Pinewood Planner: November 24

Please be reminded that there is NO SCHOOL on Friday.

You’re One in 8 Billion

I have just finished an article about the world population reaching a record 8 billion people according to estimates from the United Nations. To help us understand how each of us fits into a world of 8 billion people, I thought it interesting that The Washington Post created an interactive experience using demographic data that you can customize by age, country, and gender.

I have shared it with our teachers and I share it with you, too, to encourage you to find out where you stand in this moment - and where the world is headed in terms of population. I was shocked to learn that 80% of the world is younger than me! What will you be surprised to learn?

Check below the interactive article.

Dr. Roxanne Giampapa

ARTICLE

LAST WEEK AT PINEWOOD

ESA Moon Camp competition

The Artemis I mission lifted off on Wednesday, November 16 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the first spaceflight in NASA's Artemis program. During the next missions of the program, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon and establish the first long-term presence there.

Pinewood students are preparing for this exciting new era! Thirty-four 8th graders working in six teams are participating in the European Space Agency's Moon Camp Explorers Challenge. They will work during their MYP Product Design lessons with their teacher Mr. Kosmidis to design their own Moon Settlement using 3D modeling software. Their project should be adapted to the Moon environment, make use of local resources, and provide food, energy, protection, and water to the astronauts. Following the Design Cycle, they have already completed their research and will move on to the development of ideas and creation of the settlement. Participating teams from all over the world will compete for the ESA Moon Camp Explorers prize for the best project that will be announced in June! Stay tuned!

Pinewood already has a history of supporting students to explore their scientific interests in creative ways.

Back in 1994, the first aerospace student club was formed by 17 Pinewood students with an interest in space exploration throughout history. This desire to explore science and technology outside of the classroom is present across generations and demonstrates one of Pinewood's strengths and values: cultivating curious and creative minds.

Early Years students had messy play fun

The early-year students had the most wonderful opportunity to immerse themselves in Messy Play! A team from the Messy Play activity center, set up the most wonderful discovery area in our art studio. They brought in huge mounds of clay for building and creating, trays of oobleck waiting to be explored, and heaps of colored sand, rice, and soil for digging. The philosophy behind Messy Play is to foster curiosity, imagination, and exploration. There are no boundaries and the children are able to fully enjoy the sensory benefits of the materials. It certainly was an amazing experience and the students even got to build their own school from clay.

Charity bake sale - Elementary

Our Elementary Student Council representatives recently held a charity bake sale for a non-for-profit organization in Veroia and Vergina 'Πρωτοβουλία για το παιδί' (Initiative For The Child, established in 2008). Students in grades 1 to 6 uncovered how initiatives like this inspire us to look beyond the sweets, to some lasting learning opportunities. The three-day event was an exploration of building empathy through sharing and doing something kind not only for the people who enjoyed the treats but also for the people who will receive the donation. When preparing the items, they used their creativity in baking, decorating, and packaging them. They also practiced math skills while shopping and measuring out ingredients for the recipes, and selling the treats (giving change). We are so thankful and proud of our ESC reps!

'PINEWORD' by our journalism club

Our Journalism after-school Club finished their fall issue of ' Pineword', our very own Pinewood newspaper, which will be "published" on December 1st. Hard copies will be available at the Secondary and Elementary campuses.

READ PINEWORD HERE

COMING UP AT PINEWOOD

Happy Thanksgiving

Tomorrow, our students, faculty, and staff will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at school. We want to thank all our parents, students, faculty, and staff for their food contribution and a special thank you to those who have a turkey in the oven at this very moment.

THANK YOU to our parent sponsors, Stohos Food and Fournarakos

for donating meatballs and bread

Surplus food from the Elementary feast will be donated to SOS VILLAGES. They will provide 10 families with a meal on the same day.

Surplus food from the Secondary feast will be donated to EDA homeless people. EDA is cooking 3 times per week for 70 homeless people. Their president, Ms. Kuriaki Fragou, will be joining us to help prepare the food for distribution.

Pinewood at the Aegean Tournament

Pinewood will participate in the Aegean Tournament on the first weekend of December with three teams:

Boys basketball
Girls Volleyball
Boys Volleyball

All members of the Pinewood community are invited to come and cheer for our young athletes!! Find the schedule below:

Door Decoration Competition

The time has come for our Secondary students to start their Christmas Door Decoration Competition.

Instructions for Students:

Topic: Winter and festive theme

Process: Plan, prepare, and present the decorations of your allocated door during the Advisory and lunch break.

Competition criteria:

- Does your door represent the theme?

- Does your door demonstrate originality and creativity?

- Does your door demonstrate craftsmanship?

Panel of judges: Ms. Kapanidou and IB2 art students

PINEWOOD - CAS PROJECTS

CAS Project - Peer Mediation

Students in Grade 12, Olivia Mastrogiannaki and Evangelia Vangelova, are running the peer mediation project for our Secondary School. Therefore they are going to receive intensive training on mediation in an effort to constantly support students from Grade 7 to Grade 10.

The project will take place daily during lunch breaks and start with identifying the issues and problems to be resolved between students.

CAS Project - Virtual pet adoption

Grade 12 students Melina Ilias and Martin Gotsev grew up with animals around them. Therefore they decided to organize their CAS project around Thessaloniki’s dog shelter. They want to take this opportunity to help animals and raise awareness for virtual adoption. Virtual adoptions are currently Stray Planet's main source of income and provide approximately 50% of the food required.

THE CATS AND DOGS WILL LOVE YOUR DONATIONS: dry food for adult dogs/puppies/cats, blankets, pillows, deworming products, and collars. (DEADLINE DEC 20). Collection point Elementary reception and Secondary reception.

MORE AT PINEWOOD

Thanks to our parents who joined the second session of NESA Parents as Partners 2022-2023: Manage Your Family’s Screen-Time So It Doesn’t Manage You! with Joy Marchese. The recording and slides from the November 16 session have now been added to the Parents as Partners InfoHub.

The next and final webinar of this first semester series is on:

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 4pm Athens, Greece time (GMT+2).

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - DECEMBER

disaBILIty project

Saturday, December 3, is the International day for Children with disabilities. To show our support we would like to raise awareness for the disaBILITy charity. This is a project initiated by parents from the Imathia area in an effort to build a dedicated building for disabled children. In their e-shop, you can buy BILI items to support their cause.