March in review & Intl day of Sport for Development and Peace

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"There is no more powerful platform for promoting shared values than sport."

Irina Bokova

UNESCO Director-General

Today, the 6 April we are celebrating the 4th International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. 

In August 2013, the sixty-seventh session of the UN General Assembly decided to proclaim 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

"Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the United Nations’ objectives for development and peace."

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In August 2014, the World Youth Forum on Sport, Culture, and Peace was organized by UNESCO and the Nanjing Municipal Government, bringing young men and woman together from across the world to explore common challenges and solutions.

Education:

"Sport is a way to include everyone."

Irina Bokova

UNESCO Director-General

According to UNICEF play is not only a child’s inalienable right – it also influences physical, socio-emotional and cognitive development. 

The right to play is protected in Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the right to sport, which is specifically contained in other international treaties. 

In European schools, i'ts the last week before Spring break. Teachers will find a way to include the values of sport in cross-curricular project led by Sport teacher.

After this important introduction, time to my review of the most read posts of March 2017.

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

Éducation : Ma Vie de Courgette : les enfants en péril : film & jeu

Education : Talking about International Women's Day

Jovens & Criatividade : 3.ª Edição Concurso Artes & Talentos

Schools : Spring equinox is here ! 

Schools : World Theatre Day : Go to the theater ! 

Education : Talking about World Water Day #waterReuse 

Schools : And now, World Poetry Day ! 

Escolas : Visitas de Estudo : José de Almada Negreiros: uma maneira de ser moderno.

My usual readers know that blogging is my free contribution to inspire new  and young teachers, with some activities no matter the subject, when I have the time between work.

Hope you enjoyed my pedagocical proposals published in March and included some in your lessons.

Easter is here! That's nice time to think about family and some traditional games.  

I hope that you will have a great weekend! 

G-Souto 

06.04.2017

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March rundown of the best posts + Frozen

Porto | Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

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Hello again from Porto, where after some Spring beautiful days, the rain is back. The weather outside is so disagreeable ! We are not happy. 

The best idea for a Saturday afternoon? Go to the movies. Captain America by Marvel's comic  or Frozen, Disney's new animation. I decided Frozen.

Frozen 2013 | Disney Animated Movies

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I was very curious about Frozen. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story The Snow Queen, which combines a jumble of various heroines and heroes and a late-arriving villain, into a story that’s serviceable rather than inspired. Of course you know Andersen. 

Disney's new animation turns Snow Queen into a funny, touching adventure that could rescue the princess film - with not a prince in sight.

Frozen features two princesses... Oh ! Yes, speaking about princesses, I read an interesting article about the success of Frozen, the top-grossing animated film in box office history.

Did you know why Disney's Frozen is a film that conforms to "rules" established by US cartoonist Alison Bechdel?

Frozen 2013 | Disney Animated Movies

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The film have at last two female characters (Anna and Elsa) and a scene in which they converse on a subject that does not involve a male character or men in general. Yes, Anna and Elsa who have conversations about a range of topics, among them political matters in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle.

Films in which named female characters have conversations that do not revolve around men are likely to enjoy more box office success than films which do not, according to an influential US website.

Women do matter ! Read on Time magazine, and L'Express, two interesting articles . Oh ! That's nice. Because March is the women's month. 

Education:

I hope you don't miss to introduce Frozen in your lessons to explore the pedagogical insight about girls in the 21st century even we are talking about fairy tales.

Here are March's most popular posts:

Let's play the flute: Apps for Education 

Education : Earth Hour 2014 

Le Printemps des Poètes en classe 

Spring Equinoxin school 

Europeana? Competition Educational Apps : Get involved 

Education: Talking about International Women's Day 

Coding Education? Oppa, the Google learning tool 

Estudantes Lusófonos : Concurso Universitário International Design & Multimedia 

Education : World Poetry Day 2014 

Hope you could catch some interesting ideas to your own lessons. My usual readers know I write in English, French, and Portuguese. So on March, I wrote in those three languages.

By the way. Thank you friends ! My blog has reached 4,350 pageviews on March ! I am grateful to all of you coming from all around the world.

"Education has to connect with the real lives of young people and not stifle their talents and dreams."

Ken Robinson

Wherever you are this weekend, I hope that the spring weather is treating you better than me !

G-Souto

05.04.2014

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