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Service LearningThe Service Learning Programme at UNIS Hanoi is centralto our Mission and Guiding Principles and is firmlyembedded in both Curricular and Co-Curricular activitiesfrom Elementary through to High School. Service Learningintegrates meaningful community service with instructionand reflection to enrich the learning experience, teachcivic responsibility, and strengthen communities. As an IBWorld School our students in Middle and High School areencouraged to complete a programme of Service Learning.The programme is organised around a number of key areas,including: Poverty, the Disabled and the Disadvantaged;Education; Health; Environment; and, Service to the UNISCommunity.In Elementary School, students are involved in ServiceLearning through units of inquiry, after school activities andwhole school projects.The Service Learning Programme for our younger studentsis closely related to the action component of the IB PrimaryYears Programme which encourages students to make adifference in their world in growing concentric circles ofinfluence - starting with themselves and exploring outwards.Some examples from 2011-12 include; Peer Helpers,Spirit Days and Student Council for the UNIS Community;broadening to the Hanoi community with the Blue DragonWalk-a-thon and Tet Bag Gifts for SJ Vietnam; and finally aworld view with a letter exchange programme with Kamaishiin Japan following the Tsunami disaster.MSHS Programmes in 2011 – 12Thuc Son OrphanageDance 4 LifeSausage SizzleCAS Leadership ProgrammeCancer HospitalEducation for Nature VietnamPeace VillageOperation SmileNhat Tan English TeachingOne Thousand Paper CranesBlue Dragon Swim TherapyBlue Dragon SoccerThuc Nghiem ScienceHelping HandsKoto Sport and SwimmingThuc Nghiem SportNhan Ai Centre for the ElderlyThuc Nghiem MusicNature and Creativity: SJ VietnamPaper RecyclingSaturday Soccer CoachingHabitat for HumanityEarly Childhood EducationRenovation ProgrammeUNIS Hanoi AmbassadorsOxfamWind Turbine ProjectUNIS Hanoi TranslatorsDirect ActionUNIS Hanoi Staff AssistantUNIS Hanoi Community GardenFor more information contact Service Learning Coordinator,Nick Whatley: nwhatley@unishanoi.org18UNIS Hanoi Annual Report 2011-2012
Reel YouthReel Youth is a not-for-profit, media empowermentprogramme supporting youth, adults, organisations andbusinesses to create and distribute engaging films about theissues they care about most.These components and the lessons learned from ‘Reel Youth’have become central to the organisation and developmentof Service Learning Programmes at UNIS Hanoi.In September 2011, sixteen students from UNIS Hanoi wereselected for a 5-week workshop with the action group ReelYouth. Their brief was to explore the United Nations theme‘Rapprochement of Cultures’ through the creation of filmdocumentaries focusing on two of the current Service projectsat UNIS Hanoi: ‘Thuy An Orphanage’ and ‘Helping Hands’. Inthe gala premiere, held to showcase these documentaries andshare what they had learned, the students talked about theproject as one of the most meaningful learning experiencesthey had ever taken part in.The key components of the ‘Reel Youth’ programmeincluded:building strong connections between UNIS Hanoistudents and people in the broader communitydeveloping strong connections between students,teacher-supervisors and partner organisationsa focus on reflection, evaluation of group goals, and thepresentation and celebration of learningdeveloping specific skills through the programme (e.g.film creation, communication, organizational, and selfmanagementskills).www.unishanoi.org 19
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