At "FMV Işık Schools(İstanbul/Turkey)" this week, we did an "mindfulness" exercise in our zoom class. It was a different experience for all of us. 

       We moved away from the negative effects of the pandemic, and our project set its purpose. It was an unusual experience for some of us.Mindfulness, by training us to pay attention moment by moment to where we are and what we are doing, mindfulness can help us choose how to behave, poke (or shake) us out of Autopilot mode.By teaching children meditation and mindfulness skills, we help them improve their well-being and enable them to meet the stresses of the world with presence, self-compassion and openness.

        When we teach children mindfulness, we give them the tools they need to build confidence, cope with stress and relate to uncomfortable or challenging moments. The earlier we do this in their young lives, the greater the opportunity to help them develop endurance and develop and improve mindfulness practices as they mature.

Sibel Yanardağ

 March 26, 2021

We had a great meeting tonight.

We means: we students and teachers. 

One hour together, introducing ourselves, getting to know each other a bit better (both teachers and students). It's a Friday, the start of a weekend. 

We could have been anywhere else, but choose to stay here, on a platform, to stay with our friends from all over Europe. To see and hear from them.

A bit of shyness at the beginning ... an explosion of happiness and gratitude for this chance at the end.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still, treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

(Rumi)

And so we are.

Thankful for the lessons we are learning and the people we are knowing.

26th March online meeting

 

I.C. 'L. Pirandello' - Fonte Nuova (Rome - ITALY)

For our eTwinning Project, we learnt some Cybersafety best practices. Then, we created an animation using Plotagon  ... it was the first time with this app, and it was real fun! :-)

Animation on Cybersafety tips

 March 9th, 2021

Today, at 'Luigi Pirandello' middle school in Fonte Nuova (Rome, ITALY)  we did some activities in class: watching an animation about Internet Safety Rules, and after that we worked on some interactive worksheets to see how much we learnt about some important basic rules to stay safe online.

Here is a video about our lesson:

If you want to have fun and learn something new, here is the link to a KAHOOT! game we played on February 9th to celebrate the Safer Internet Day: 

Safer Internet Day KAHOOT

March, 1 2021

During the first half of this month, our students will focus on Cybersafety and Netiquette, two very important issues nowadays, where the World Wide Web has entered our lives and plays a key role in many of our daily activities.

Our students are going to prepare animations about these topics. 

We already started to speak about them during our online lesson on February 9, when we decided to celebrate together the Safer Internet Day.

[You can watch the video of our lesson here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTnqKelRIo4&t=7s ]

It'll surely be great fun!😎

... to be continued ... 

 

 

Our students designed logos which might represent the nature of our project.

Have a look round at their works in this virtual exhibtion tour!

Link to our VIRTUAL EXHIBITION