If you were Prime Minister for a day – what would you do to:
help our young people grow up safe, happy and resililient
give young people the skills they need to learn, work and fully engage in community life ?
reduce the physical and mental health risks facing young Australians, including negative body image, anxiety and depression, obesity and alcohol-fuelled violence?
enable young people to accept responsibility for their actions and their behaviours?
help young people to negotiate the challenges of today’s society?
Feedback received from young people via the Prime Minister’s blog will help inform the Government’s plan for young Australians.
The first Peace Day was celebrated on September 21, 1982 and officially declared in 2002.
The video above is of a song from the International Day Of Peace Alliance – a group in Brisbane which has initiated a project for schools - Peace Doves for Children in Conflict Zones . The aim is show support for children in Conflict Areas by sending them paper doves. An instuction sheet can be found at this linkIf your school doesn’t want to send the doves away, why not display them in the classroom or in Peace Trees around the school.
The Culture of Peace is a new initiative aimed at uniting the strenghts of existing organisations to build peace for future generations. It will be the Internet anchor for a Global World Peace Celebrations website where people from around the world can post videos and messages relating to the achievemnet of peace through environmental sustainabiulity.
11 Days of Global Unity Sept. 11-21 is an annual promotion of peace, justice and environmental responsibility that communities and organizations take part in around the world. It culminates on U.N. International Day of Peace.
Resources to support Peace Studies can be found on the CMIS Resource Bank.
Thanks to Niels Damgaard (twitter.com/NielsD) for tweeting news from the IASL Conference and providing access to podcasts from the conference.
Embedded here, courtesy of Neils and MediaFire, are links to podcasts of Carol Kuhlthau’s (Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, Brunswick New Jersey – USA) keynote address [5.6MB download]
To coincide with 2009 being the year of the Blood Donor, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service has launched a new interactive website aimed at students in years 7-1o.
Blood Buddies is a cross-curricular site which allows students to discover the why and how of Blood Donation. There is a Virtual Blood Donor Tour which takes the user through what happens when one donates and the requirements of being a donor. The site also explains the science of blood and uncovers some of the myths associatied with donating blood. Teachers’ Notes with curriculum links are included on the site.
Students are future blood donors and this site is a valuable tool in encouraging them to consider becoming donors when they are old enough.
Did you know that the Australian flag is the only national flag that has ever flown over an entire continent?
It has done so since it was first raised on the site of the new Capital City in 1908. The flag was first flown in 1901 over the dome of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne which then housed the Parliament.
For this 108th Anniversary of the Australian Flag being flown for the first time, schools are encouraged to hold flag raising ceremonies on the day. Information about the flag can be found on the Australian National Flag Association website along with messages from the Governor-General and other dignitaries. Teachers can also find information on lessons. and a timeline of events. A blank flag for colouring can be found at this page and a video of the Story of the Flag is also available for download from the website.
On the Federal Government website It’s an Honour, there is some excellent information about the significance of flag elements and protocols to be followed when flying the flag. Schools can obtain a free copy of the publication Australian flags from electorate offices of Federal Members of Parliament and Senators. A brochure guide about National Flag Day can be downloaded from the website.
Schools and libraries are important organisations that provide support for our students to participate in all of these events and achieve positive literacy outcomes. If you still have some energy after Book Week, they are both worthy of the attention of your students.
And – if you have some time after all that – September 8 is:
The Twitter feed from the tag #iasl this morning contained a pointer to a site that is hosting video links from the International Association of School Librarianship 2009 Conference. Currently available on the site are Ross Todd’s presentation Guilded Inquiry meets Web 2.0 and Roberto Pittarello from the University of Padua speaking about Stimulating Creativity and Reading through making books according to Bruno Munari’s Method. More material will be added to the site as the conference progresses.
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