42 school children from Kurland Primary recently signed up for a new environmental club founded by Dollars for Change and Kurland English and Life Skills teacher Mrs. Merle Davids.The group was given the job of naming their club and decided on “The World is in Our Hands”, a fitting name considering the direction of the activities and the proposed linking up of projects and communications with students overseas in the U.K. and America.
Students were asked to suggest points of interest to examine in terms of the natural environment but the response was much more diverse - from social concerns and prevention of cruelties to domestic animals, to a desire to learn more about computers - the club promises to be educationally useful and exciting.
One of the intended activities will be run in conjunction with an overseas school and will be geared towards art and recycling – with both groups creating a piece of sculpture out of found materials and displaying their progress on an online blog on the internet. The students will be able to correspond with their foreign friends and exchange opinions and ideas whilst learning more about computers and the internet as an educational and research tool.
As a means of expanding horizons while also teaching more about the world immediately around you, the club seems set to make the world more within the grasp of Kurland’s youth.
