Celebrating Young Women on the Move and Girls on the Run

On Thursday June 16th, we had our Celebration for Young Women on the Move and Girls on the Run at our Crescent Town Library. Each girl brought with her a female role model (her mom, grandma) to celebrate this evening with us.
Here is the Young Women on the Move video presentation:

This is our shared writing activity:

Because I Am A Girl...

• I can choose the things I want to do

















• I can make my own decisions

















• I could be anything in the world

















• I can rap and make my own decisions

















• I can make anything happen

















• I have the right to do whatever i want to do

















• I can keep my heart open to all the other girls around me

















• I can do anything

















• I can be a pilot

















• I can say anything and wear anything

















• I can love anybody

















• I am the heart of the family

















• I will run

















• I can inpsire other girls to change the world

















• Boys can't hit me

















• I can choose to create life

















• I can like any colour I want

















• I can take care of kids

















• I will lift up women and girls through my actions and words NOT tear them down

















• I can go anywhere

















• I can run, ply, hip hop and more

















• I can fly high!

















• I have been blessed with the joys of motherhood

















• I can wear skirts everyday!

















• I can change the world and make it a better place

















• I have the power to help those around me life a better life

















• I can dream-believe-make it happen-anywhere, anytime!

Speaking of what Girls Can...read this!

http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/1005586--hamilton-solving-energy-problems-with-girl-power#.TfIiGBSOhzE;twitter

Please read the above article to find out what a 19 year old girl accomplished!
Girls Can!

You Are Who You Are

Today we read the book, Girls Can! Make it happen by Rick Kupchella.
In this book we learned about 3 wonderful women:
Sandra Day O'Connor
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Sally Ride

We then created a brainstorm of all of the things we feel girls are. Girls are:

• intelligent


• strong


• talented


• brave and strong


• beautiful


• positive


• respectful


• peaceful


• cool


• awesome


• wonderful

Girls can...

• sing


• read


• drive


• write


• dream


• run


• lead


• do anything


• make a difference!

We then practiced this through drama. We slowly transformed into who we visioned ourselves to be when we grow up. We then used corridor of voices to explore this.

Pictures from Camp Robin Hood

In the Arrowdome, learning cooperative games.

Untangling a human knot at our year end celebration.

Playing giant jenga at Camp Robin Hood

Here we are trying to keep the ship balanced. We were able to do it for 100 seconds!

What a great day at Camp Robinhood. Here are YW on M from Crescent Town P.S., Secord P.S. and Birchcliff P.S. Everyone had a fabulous time - it was SUCH a great event!

Happy International Women's Day!

TDSB celebrates Internation Women's Day Today
For more information, visit the site below:
http://tdsbweb/MediaRoom/tdsbwebRoom.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&enableNav=true&self=29125

Power and Control

On Thursday, we discussed the importance of Power and Control with Neelam.
Reactions create power and control for bullies.
We also watched It's A Girls World. For more information, click on their website below:
http://films.nfb.ca/itsagirlsworld/GirlsWord.html

To review what Neelam taught us, please read below:


Anti-Bullying Workshop
Crescent Town PS
Girl’s Group

Components of Workshop:
1. Differentiating between good and bad friendships
2. Reviewing first few minutes of “It’s a Girl’s World” and reviewing the different characters and their roles. Applying knowledge of good/bad friendships.
3. What are the characteristics of Bullying? How can we stop the bully from taking power and control away from us?
4. Discussion: Why is it important to help others? (Role of the Bystander)

What are the characteristics of a good friendship?
Good Friendship
Honesty

Sharing

Kind
Stand up for you
Don’t spread rumours
Someone you can talk to about your problems
Won’t leave you behind








Spread rumours
Lie to you
Leave you
Hurt you
Gossip about youWhat are the characteristics of a bad friendship?

Bad Friendship


What are the characteristics of Bullying? What does the Bully want?
Bullying
POWER/CONTROL
Attention
Reaction

Hurt on Purpose
Over & Over Again




Bullying
Attention
Reaction

Hurt on Purpose
Over & Over Again








If the victim tries not to give the bully the reaction they want (to show hurt) and the bystanders do not give the bully attention (laughing, making comments or even just standing by doing nothing) then it makes it hard for the bully to continue to hurt over and over again.
Sometimes the bully does this because he/she was a victim themselves or because they are going through difficulty in their personal life. We want to be careful not to bully the bully, just to stop the behavior.

Video:
It’s A Girl’s World (showed the first few minutes)
A Documentary about Social Bullying
Classroom Version
National Film Board of Canada Production

Today is Amelia Earhart Day!

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/achievements.html

Amelia Earhart was the 1st person to fly by herself between Honolulu and Oakland.