Monday 21 May 2012

The Art Week in Thorner School by Mayra, our Long-Term Volunteer in the UK

THE ART WEEK IN THORNER SCHOOL

 From the 23th to 27th of April it was the “Art Week” in Thorner School. The students work hardly every day during the school year so Mss Byrne decided to organise one week in which the activities for the kids were only crafts. 

The class where I am is “Ash class” and it’s in Reception. They are four and five years old and they love making crafts. Our activities for that week were about the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The first day, on Monday, we worked the SPRING starting the day reading the book “ The tiny seed“. The proposed activities were making flowers baskets with different kinds of papers and stickers, looking real flowers and painting them on a card, using the computers to make fireworks and some writing. Besides, the children could play with whatever they wanted and we could find some of them dressing up or playing with barbies.


The second day, on Tuesday, we worked the SUMMER with a special book; a holiday scrap book from Mss Byrne son. It was about the holidays they had in the summer of 2010. The children enjoyed reading the book and looking the pictures.
The activities they made were making suns with paints and wool, making a poster with different flowers, making the rainbow with different materials such as paints, papers balls and glitter, painting symmetrical butterflies, and some writing too. Besides, they had some free play.

The third day we worked the AUTUMN. The teacher read the book “Percy and the park keeper“ and explained the different activities for the day. They were dressing a bear with autumn clothes such as raincoat, rain boots, hat and umbrella; making patterns with autumn symbols, making leaves with seeds, some writing and making bakery! We made bird nests using hot chocolate and cereals. That was the best one for them.

The fourth day we worked the WINTER starting the day reading the book “Laura´s Christmas star“. The activities for the day were drama, making snowmen with soap, some writing and painting some tiles with winter symbols. 

The last day we made pottery to make symbols about all the seasons: butterflies and flowers for the spring, icecreams and suns for the summer, hedgehogs and rabbits for autumn, and snowmen for winter. Can you recognise them in the picture? It’s a mystery where they are!

It was a great week for children and teachers, although I have to say teachers finished more tired than normally. For me it was a lovely experience because I could enjoy with every child, sometimes helping them and sometimes just playing with them.







Mayra Oreste Armendáriz
Long Term EVS Volunteer in the UK
Project part of ACTIVE EUROPEAN YOUTHS
and supported by the British Council
and the Youth in Action programme of the European Union.

For more information about ACTIVE EUROPEAN YOUTHS, please click here: http://volunteersturnupthevolume.blogspot.co.uk/p/active-european-youth.html

 


Tuesday 15 May 2012

9th MAY 2012 : around 70 young people came to our OPEN DAY.

There are many international opportunities funded by the European Commission (Volunteering, Training, Workshop, etc), but few are known by the public. For this reason, Everything is Possible and Europe Direct decided to celebrate the European Day by sharing these international opportunities during an Open Day on the 9th May at the Leeds Central Library.



We prepared an open market from 13.00 to 19.00 where people discovered, European opportunities abroad. Everything is Possible volunteering and training projects were discuss with the public. Former volunteers were there as well to share their experience.



We also ran two info sessions during which we presented volunteering and training projects overseas.



Around 70 young people came during this day and nearly 30 expressed an interest to learn more about the volunteering and training projects.

Coming Wednesday 16th May, Everything is Possible with the support of Leeds Direct will organise at the Leeds Central Library a second session with 20 of this young people interested by a short term projects. This weekend we will organise another meeting for those who want to do a long term project.

Everything is Possible is a non-profit organisation which offers mobility opportunities abroad.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

OPEN DAY - Join us on the 9th May!

OPEN DAY - Join us on the 9th May, at the Leeds Central Library to learn more about European Opportunities Abroad.