Hi! Good to see you again this new year with new hopes and dreams..Sorry to keep you waiting for this post. There were lots of ‘academic things’ that needed to be done, but let’s head on, shall we!?
We have completed our third theme, which focused on social studies entitled ‘Fair Play for All’. This theme ran from October 8th until November 19th. The Central idea for this theme was that different value systems can affect social justice. To understand about this central idea, we set up some lines of inquiry; what values are, the principles of human rights and social justice, and how personal and institutional behaviors and attitudes affect each other. After this theme is finished, we hope that the students will have an enduring understanding that people have different values that affect social justice. We have loads of activities to show you!
We started the theme by watching a movie entitled ‘Over The Hedge’. The story was about a group of hibernating ‘Amish-like’ animals (relying solely on nature) which had an unexpected encounter with a ‘city’ raccoon. Along the way, their values finally changed on how they look at things, especially others. A good movie to teach about values in life!
Related to this theme, November 20th is ‘Children’s Rights Day’ which is also a form of celebration of human rights. So, we set up some activities related to this day. We made some banners reflecting the celebration of this day, and we had a fundraising activity by selling badges for Rp 5,000 each, and were able to collect Rp 3,150,000 from students and teachers of SBR. WOW!
This fund was donated to the Bina Harapan orphanage in Bogor City. We visited them on December 7th. Besides donating the money and stuff that we collected (many thanks to the parents who supported this activity by donating some items, like rice, books, etc.), we also played games with them! Look at how our students were having fun with the orphans!
From that movie, students made a comic-like reflection about the value(s) that changes, and what characters from the movie had the major influence on those changes. Then, they shared the changes of values they really experienced in their life. After watching the movie, they know that values can change over time, depending on the situations they meet.
We had a discussion with students on how institutions accommodate the difference of values in life. They said rules and law could accommodate them. To check their understanding, we made a timeline about the parts of their life (watching TV, eating breakfast, etc.) which are affected by rules and law. It turns out, almost all aspects of their lives are affected! It kind of surprised them! Let’s see what they had in mind!
Related to this theme, November 20th is ‘Children’s Rights Day’ which is also a form of celebration of human rights. So, we set up some activities related to this day. We made some banners reflecting the celebration of this day, and we had a fundraising activity by selling badges for Rp 5,000 each, and were able to collect Rp 3,150,000 from students and teachers of SBR. WOW! This fund was donated to the Bina Harapan orphanage in Bogor City. We visited them on December 7th. Besides donating the money and stuff that we collected (many thanks to the parents who supported this activity by donating some items, like rice, books, etc.), we also played games with them! Look at how our students were having fun with the orphans!
