#winterschool

[coto524]

before i forget to tell y’all about it here’s some of the weird shit that happened in winterschool

we went to berlin and ended up at the old airport they forgot to demolish

i surprised everyone with my knowledge of obscure catalan pop songs

we had a rolling new year’s party where we celebrated midnight for each time zone across europe with a countdown, a rendition of the internationale (which i need to learn the lyrics to tbh) and alcohol

me and some fellow Queers made a zine about queer theory into which we somehow managed to shoehorn a poem about bdsm by allen ginsberg

international snack evening (everyone brought something from their own country) - highlights include the russians serving what was basically pot noodle, us brits serving tea from a massive saucepan and the catalans playing drinking games with a porró

the queer squad argued about hogwarts houses almost continously for six hours... i got bored and went and manned the bar

all sorts of weird lingua franca shit - the event was meant to be in english but a lot of people weren’t great, it being their second or third language, so german, spanish, arabic and russian all got involved

palestinean card games aka the most hardcore games to ever happen, seriously, you don’t know

also that reminds me i made about 10 friends solely through playing card games

there were meant to be 6 of us from the UK but one fam forgot to check his email so couldn’t get to germany in time

DMCs in the alcohol-free space in the evenings, featuring puppy piles and an irish lesbian recounting her hilarious romantic mishaps

one of the co-ordinators was this german trans dude who honestly reminded me a lot of puck from a midsummer night’s dream, he was more awesome than weird but i feel like i should give a shout out to his elfin and mischievous ways

that time us fams from woodcraft folk recited the envoi and everyone was like ‘....are you in a cult’

[nwisblog]

Course B: Holidays around the world

Class K4

December 23rd,2022

The final day of winter school happened today. On our last day, we focused on having fun! We enjoyed dancing to many Christmas-themed songs. We also sung " jingle bells while jingling bells, and What do you want for Christmas?" song and each child shared with their classmates what they wanted for Christmas.

By listening to two books about Hanukkah and Ramadan, we continue our exploration of holidays around the world.

We did a Christmas board game, they had to provide numerous answers in order to reach the goal.

They created a natural Christmas wreath for their craft using ornaments from both Christmas and nature. They decided which rhinestones and ornaments to use and where to place them on their wreath. The result was fantastic!

Enjoy the winter break and Merry Christmas!

[nwisblog]

Course B: Holidays around the world

Class: K4

December 22nd

Holidays from around the world are our new topic for today.

New songs about Christmas and other holidays were introduced. To review Christmas vocabulary, the chanted to the Christmas ABC song.

They sew a stocking with a dark green ribbon as their first craft, and they decorate it with a snowman or a Christmas tree decoration, using different materials such as felt,  pompoms, foam...

After hearing the story of “the elf on the shelf”, they searched around school's classrooms for the elf named “Franky”

It was really fun!

[nwisblog]

Course A: Arctic and Antarctic animals

Class: K4

December 21st, 2022

Today was the last day of course A.

We went over all we had learned about the arctic and antarctic species. An arctic and antarctic picture was briefly shown, and we were asked to identify what was there in a quiz.

While listening to the story of the animals of Antarctica, we danced and sang along to wintertime tunes.

They created a snow globe as a craft by filling a jar with a water and glue mixture and adding Styrofoam balls, glitter, and snowflakes. To stick on the jar lid, they picked the penguin they liked best.

On dark blue paper, they also drew aurora borealis using chalk. To recreate the aurora lights, they use their fingers to fade the chalk.

They also played with fake snow and penguins figure to mimic antarctica.

They seemed to be having a great time and are eager to learn something new from tomorrow!

[nwisblog]

Course A: Arctic and Antarctic Animals

Class: K4

We learned more details about the Arctic today. We understood from reading about the Arctic that during the winter, the Arctic sky is enough dark for the Northern Lights to be visible under the best conditions, and as they looked at the sky, they were in awe of its beauty.

They also discovered that as the earth warms, ice is melting and animals are having a harder time finding food.

A bingo game helped us review the names of many Arctic and Antarctic animals

They practiced fine motor skills during craft by stringing beads onto pipe cleaners to create sparkling snowflakes.

Additionally, they made a polar bear using a variety of blue paint colors and supplies including sponges and bristle brushes.

[nwisblog]

Today, the children learned about the coldest city in the word which is located in Siberia, Russia. People who live there sometimes cannot get any water supply because the pipes are frozen. They cannot eat vegetables because plants cannot survive the cold temperature. They also learned where snowflakes come from. At craft time, we made a snow pillow. The children also saw the result of our experiment. The snowflakes they made yesterday got crystallized after a day!

[nwisblog]

Today, the kids learned about snowflakes. Snow is not white, but translucent. There are no snowflakes that are the same in design! The children also made a bead snowflakes ornament. We also had a science experiment. The children made snowflakes using pipe cleaners and we dipped it in hot water with sodium borate. This will crystallized the snowflakes! In the afternoon, the children had a lot of fun playing snowball fight. They also wrote a journal entry for today!

[le-evy]

😂😂@nanazulu_ look at this blurry picture that I bumped into today. I still remember this day like it was yesterday! I think all those sweets that you ate were the reason why you were so jumpy at the end of everyday🤣 . ☝️This was the very first BYB winter school in 2017, It was the longest one too(3 weeks!). Apart from that those 3 weeks were super fun😪! . . #winterschool #throwback #matric2017 #tutorials #tutoring #education #matric2020 #grade12 #brightyoungbrains #school #class #learn #teach #study (at Throwback ヅ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEBs1NIpo5e/?igshid=4lbpo4s3cfuj