The world needs "PEACE"

                                         It's really terrible to hear so sad news. 

                                    Solidarity for our German and Turkish friends.

Typical Christmas sweets

                                                                BUON NATALE
Natale, or Christmas, is a very special holiday throughout Italy and each region has its own traditional dishes.Have a look at the typical sweets in our region!

Christmas countdown ......

Dissemination - trip to Dublin Castle

Myself and Melissa travelled to Dublin Castle to exhibit our DIRES project. We were 1 of only 15 exhibitors and the only school- to - school partnership project. This was our NA's (Leargas) annual Conference and the theme was "the road least travelled" based on a famous poem by Robert Frost. We had a lot of visitors to our stand and we distributed copies of our cookbook. More Dissemination!! Also I collected a prize for an etwinning project I did with my students. W.e have received a National and a European Quality label for this...very proud day!

Anti- Bullying Collaborative story

We also created a collaborative story (seperate eTwinning Project) based around the theme of Anti-Bullying. We had great fun with our Spanish friends when we were writing it. We illustrated it and used Kamishibai to "tell" it!

Anti-Bullying Campaign - Theme "Respect"

Middle 3 and Middle 4 ran an Anti-Bullying Campaign in Our Lady of Fatima School from 5th- 9th December - The theme was "Respect". It was a very active week and the students were responsible for the week activities which included: Workshops, Puppet shows, "Respecto Man" - Superhero who helped on yard!! The students also organiseda colouring and poetry competition and presented prizes/certificates to students who showed great "Respect" to their peers.

Dissemination on the local magazine

The mobility at HKS on "Il Murese" the local magazine

Merry Christmas to all DIRES friends

The students of "Gasparrini" Dpt Secondary School in Castelgrande

realized this tree using plastic bottles. 

The work was coordinated by the Science teacher.

Enjoying Xmas at "Gasparrini"Dpt in Castelgrande

Middle 3 and Middle 4 are running the In school Anti-Bullying campaign in Our Lady of Fatima. The theme for the week is "Respect". They have created a character called "Respecto Man", who will be on yard duty and will be awarding students with "certificates" for showing a fair and respectful attitude. More pictures to follow at the end of the action packed week. Here the students are promoting the week to the different student classes.

Disability day

Disability Day, or the International Day of People with Disability, is a day that has been promoted by the United Nations since 1992. The aim of Disability Day is to encourage a better understanding of peopleaffected by a disability, together with helping to make people more aware of the rights, dignity and welfare of disabled people, as well as raise awareness about the benefits of integrating disabled persons into every aspect of life, from economic, to political, to social and cultural. Disability Day is not concerned exclusively with either mental or physical disabilities, but rather encompasses all known disabilities, from Autism to Down Syndrome to Multiple Sclerosis.

The History of Disability Day

Everything started in 1976, when the United Nations General Assembly made the decision
that 1981 should be the International Year of Disabled Persons. 
The 5 years between the making of that decision and the actual Year of Disabled Persons were spent contemplating the hardships of the disabled, how the opportunities of the disabled could be equalized, and how to ensure the disabled take part fully in community life enjoying all of the rights and benefits non-disabled citizens have. 
Another issue that was touched on was how world governments could go about preventing disabilities from touching people in the first place, so much of the talk was about the viruses and other illnesses that lead to various kinds of disability. The decade between 1983 and 1992 was later proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, and during that time, all of the concepts previously created became parts of one long process that was implemented in order to improve the lives of disabled persons the world over.