The current display charts on the Citizenship Education pinboard are as follows.
Saturday, 21 November 2015
Global Citizenship Education - Showcasing Country profiles
It can be seen that the knowledge of students on various countries within and around the region had been cultivated through the subject of Citizenship education from the beginning of this academic term.
Saturday, 19 September 2015
Parents in Oman advised to check time tables to limit books in children' school bags
By Times News Service - 19/9/2015
On its part, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has advised parents to check their children’s school time-table online so that they do not have to carry unnecessary books to school.
“This will help children to carry a fewer number of books,” said a teacher at a government school.
Rajagopal T. Naganathan, medical director, Atlas Hospital in Ruwi, who is also an orthopaedic surgeon, said that ideally the school bag should not weigh more than 10 to 15 per cent of the child’s body weight.
“Children can develop serious back pain because of the weight of bags they carry to school. So it is very important to carry less weight in school bags and sit in the right posture in the classroom,” he told the Times of Oman.
This advice comes after city-based doctors reported a rise in cases of spinal abnormalities in students, including disfiguring curvatures known as scoliosis.
On its part, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has advised parents to check their children’s school time-table online so that they do not have to carry unnecessary books to school.
“This will help children to carry a fewer number of books,” said a teacher at a government school.
Rajagopal T. Naganathan, medical director, Atlas Hospital in Ruwi, who is also an orthopaedic surgeon, said that ideally the school bag should not weigh more than 10 to 15 per cent of the child’s body weight.
“Children can develop serious back pain because of the weight of bags they carry to school. So it is very important to carry less weight in school bags and sit in the right posture in the classroom,” he told the Times of Oman.
This advice comes after city-based doctors reported a rise in cases of spinal abnormalities in students, including disfiguring curvatures known as scoliosis.
Monday, 8 June 2015
The surprise of a lifetime - Inspiring work by Ozlem and Samsung
Video courtesy : Samsung duyan eller, Turkey
This video was a part of a term-end lesson at Sri Lankan School Muscat. Enjoy!
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Beautiful Quotes
“I touch the future. I teach.” ~ Christa McAuliffe
“The greatest gift that you can give to another is knowledge, for knowledge is power—power to build and to dream. What you can envision in your mind, you can achieve.” ~ Jack Podojil
“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” ~ Charles Kuralt
“Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.” ~ Andy Rooney
“In teaching, you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.” ~ Jacques Barzun
“A child miseducated is a child lost.” ~ John F. Kennedy
“If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.” ~Confucius
“Good teachers are costly. Bad teachers cost more.” ~ Bob Talbert
“I’m not a teacher, but an awakener.” ~ Robert Frost
“Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” ~ Anatole France
Thursday, 23 April 2015
The Sultanate records a population of 4.155 million
Source: Times of Oman
Posted by Poorna de Silva; Anjalie Silva
Muscat: Oman's population touched 4.155 million by the end of last March with a growth rate of 0.4 per cent.
Omani citizens' population was 2,325,982, while the expatriates numbered 1,892,143.
The latest statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) show that a majority of the Sultanate's population resides in the Governorate of Muscat.
Posted by Poorna de Silva; Anjalie Silva
Muscat: Oman's population touched 4.155 million by the end of last March with a growth rate of 0.4 per cent.
Omani citizens' population was 2,325,982, while the expatriates numbered 1,892,143.
The latest statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) show that a majority of the Sultanate's population resides in the Governorate of Muscat.
Monday, 23 March 2015
SAI & TIMES OF OMAN
OPEN ESSAY WRITING AND POSTER MAKING
COMPETITION - 2015
“SPREADING THE LIGHT THROUGH HUMAN VALUES”
On Saturday, 11th April,
2015 at the Indian School Al Ghubrah (0945hrs)
TOPICS
CHOSEN FOR 2015 COMPETITION
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Group
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Grade
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Topic
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A
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1st,
2nd, 3rd
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I
Love my Garden
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B
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4th,
5th, 6th
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A
Good Book is the Best Friend
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C
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7th,
8th, 9th
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Serve the Society with
Modesty
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D
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10th,
11th, 12th
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Blessed
Oman Beautiful Oman
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Participants will
be given 90 minutes for Essay Writing and 120 minutes for Poster
Making.
SUGGESTED
WORD LIMIT FOR ESSAY WRITING:
Approximately 400
words for the A and B groups and 700 words for the C and D groups.
PLEASE NOTE – IMPORTANT
· Each Group in a particular category (essay/poster) can have 05
students only. (05 members for essay + 05 members for poster making)
· Students who wish to participate in this competition are requested
to contact Mr Poorna de Silva without delay.
Monday, 2 February 2015
iPads and other tablets could affect children's ability to control their emotions
Source : The Independent UK
Posted by Poorna de Silva & Anjalie Silva
The emotional development of many children is being stunted by the excessive use of mobile technology, such as tablets or iPads, new research claims.
Child psychologists at Boston University School of Medicine in the US found that children who heavily used devices were unable to control their emotions.
Instead, they end up masking or displacing them on to technology-related activities.
Dr Jenny Radesky, a clinical instructor in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics at the university, said: “It has been well-studied that increased television time decreases a child's development of language and social skills.
“Mobile media use similarly replaces the amount of time spent engaging in direct human-human interaction,” she told the Daily Telegraph.
Posted by Poorna de Silva & Anjalie Silva
The emotional development of many children is being stunted by the excessive use of mobile technology, such as tablets or iPads, new research claims.
Child psychologists at Boston University School of Medicine in the US found that children who heavily used devices were unable to control their emotions.
Instead, they end up masking or displacing them on to technology-related activities.
Dr Jenny Radesky, a clinical instructor in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics at the university, said: “It has been well-studied that increased television time decreases a child's development of language and social skills.
“Mobile media use similarly replaces the amount of time spent engaging in direct human-human interaction,” she told the Daily Telegraph.
The research, published in Pediatrics journal, did find that television programmes are educationally beneficial for pre-school aged children but that children ages under 30 months cannot learn from television and videos.
At this age, children are dependent on “real-life interactions”.
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