I La Paz Newsletter, February 2014

Issue #3 February, 2014

International Exchange: EL SALVADOR

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ecently we have had the opportunity to share our country and our school with 6 students and a teacher visiting from El Salvador. Here are two of the visiting students’ impressions about their experience as part of this International Exchange:

“We arrived to Mexico on 19th January. It is a pleasure to come to your school and meet all of you.

Since we arrived our host families have been very nice and lovely.

They have shown us many things and places and our favourites were Six Flags, Centro Historico, Kidzania, Parque Bicentenario and Museo Papalote.

We feel grateful and the best is

the food, our favourite food so far are tacos, quesadillas, flautas, burritos and Takis fuego.

We are so thankful for being chosen for this new experience and for having the opportunity to meet this amazing school and country. Thank you” -Simon Choi and Ashley Valle.

We at Instituto La Paz are very proud of this program and we are sure that it is an experience that changes students’ lives for the better. I would like to invite you to become part of this select group of students and follow their progress on our newsletter and also keep up to date with educational programs around the world.

Bon Voyage!

Miss Dalila Rivera

Our UN Visit

By Edgar Franco and Xiadani Larios

Students representing the organizational committees for PAZMUN had the opportunity to visit the United Nations offices in Mexico City. They took part in a conference commemorating the Victims of the Holocaust.

As commented by two of the participants at this conference: “What we liked about the conference was the approaches taught in order to prevent bullying. We were shown how the smallest insult can provoke actions leading to bullying.”

“What we gained from the conference was a great experience and allowed us to reflect on the feelings of victims of this atrocity and as a result we cannot stand for bullying to be part of our or any other culture.”

We ask you to stand with us.

Libraries in Mesopotamia In Mesopotamia people used to write primarily on clay tablets, usually rectangular, which was left to dry in the sun or were burnt after writing on them. Sometimes they added the name of the owner of the tablet, and the scriber.

These tables were kept off the ground, in wooden boxes or wicker baskets along the walls in the central rooms within the palaces.

Tables were ordered by different subjects, for their importance.

Libraries in Greece In Greece there was a huge distribution of books and reading, mainly due to the emergence of alphabetic writing (which facilitated the technique of writing) and the extension of education, which came through the schools and teachers, as well as through the Sophists and the centers of study and research, as was the case of the Academy of Plato or Aristotle’s Lyceum. These were schools in which was discussed and it was about philosophy, science, religion, etc.

Libraries in Rome The book, was a Roman Greek replica. The most used source again, was the papyrus however, they also used a waxed wooden tablet called “Codex”, which would displace the papyrus.

The codex was formed by joining two or more tablets, tied one side (so that they could close in on themselves), the inner face was smeared with a layer of wax in order to write over with a punch.

The book marketing started in Rome, which will lead to the emergence of library books, workshops that manufactured and sold the books, where slaves were copying the texts.

Rome saw the first public libraries.

In 39 d. C. including that of Asinius Pollio, located in the Temple of Liberty, which is regarded as the forerunner of the public library.

The Ancient World Libraries The library of Ebla (Mesopotamia) Thelibrary of Ashurbanipal (Mesopotamia) The Library of Alexandria The Library of Pergamum

Modern World Libraries Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland Biblioteca do Palacio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa III, Lisbon, Portugal

http://www.gutenberg.org/ http://openlibrary.org/ http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ http://www.wdl.org/es/

Emily Rodda

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mily Rodda has won the Australia’s Children’s Book of the Year Award five times, and is a US bestseller with her Deltora Quest, Deltora Shadowlands, and Dragons of Deltora series.

Her title The Key to Rondo has recently been published in the United States to critical acclaim.

Her first book, Something Special, was published in 1984.

It marked the beginning of a career that has seen her become one of the most successful, prolific and versatile writers in Australia. She has written or co-authored well over fifty books for children, and as Jennifer Rowe (her real name) she writes popular mystery novels for adults. Her children’s books range from picture books to young adult novels.

She has been a full-time writer since 1994. “I feel very lucky to have a job I love so much,” she says. Her four children, including twin boys, have given her plenty of inspiration over the years.

Emily Rodda currently lives in Australia.

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Storybird

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torybird is a visual storytelling community. A global hub of readers, writers, and artists of all ages.

Our idea: let anyone make gorgeous, art-inspired stories in seconds.

That simple idea has made us indispensable for millions of people. Teachers rely on us to get students from K-12 writing and reading. Families adore us for our constant stream of stories.

And tweens and teens use us to connect with each other and express their angst.

We’re one part educational platform, one part real-time publishing, and one part social network. And we’re 100% nifty.

How do I make a story?

Making stories on Storybird is easy, fast, and fun.

To start, visit “Create” and explore the images until you find an artist that you like.

On the art page (the single image pages where you can make comments) or the artist home page (where you see all the artist’s images), tap the “Use this art for...” button and the artwork will load into the editor.

A note about making stories: you’ll be happier and more creative if you work with the artwork and try to unlock its stories rather than working against the artwork and trying to ram it into a story you’ve already written.

In the editor, drag and drop images from the work area onto the page and use the white space to write your story.

Use the Menu in the bottom-left corner to “Save and Close” a story that’s unfinished. Select “Publish” when you’re done.

Private stories can be shared via email or codes with friends and family.

Public stories are moderated by our Storyspotters.

Once approved, your story will appear on your profile, search, and the feeds of your followers.

You can email and embed public stories and share them on social networks.

Create, read, and share visual stories.

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Ragdoll Pose (Utkatasana)

Ragdoll Pose is a fantastic pose to promote a calm and stress-free feeling in body and mind.

This is a fantastic pose to release tension in the neck and shoulders and will help students focus on long, deep, slow breathing leaving them feeling refreshed, relaxed and ready to take on new challenges.

Both are forward bends which help to calm the mind, reduce fatigue and anxiety, and sooth frayed nerves.

Take a yoga break, do the Ragdoll Pose, and enjoy!

To do the Ragdoll Pose you want to reach way up with your arms, and then slightly bend your legs as you fall forward reaching for the floor.

Let your head hang down, your arms hang down. Let go. Shake your head yes, shake your head no and take some deep, long breaths, letting your body sink a little bit further to the floor with each exhale. After a little while press into the floor with your feet and slowly roll yourself back up to standing one vertebrae at at time.

Bring your hands to prayer or leave them by your side for one last inhale and exhale.

Baked-potato mice These baked-potato mice are almost too gorgeous to eat!

Makes 4 potato mice.

Ingredients: 4 medium baking potatoes 1 tbsp oil 2 tbsp butter Half cup milk Half cup grated cheddar cheese For Decorations: Cherry tomatoes Chives Radishes Raisins Green onions Instructions Wash the potatoes and pat them dry. Prick the skins with a fork and put the potatoes on a baking sheet. Brush them all over with oil. Bake the potatoes until they are soft. Medium sized potatoes take about one hour in an oven preheated to 400°F. Cool enough to handle? Then cut off the tops and carefully scoop out the soft potato centers with a spoon.

You can throw away the tops (or eat them).

Mash the soft centers with the butter, milk, three quarters of the cheese , salt and pepper. Then put the mixture back into the potato skins.

Sprinkle the remaining cheese on the potatoes and cook under the broiler for a few minutes until golden.

Make a nose and whiskers by cutting the chives into lengths of about 3 inches. Take a small cherry tomato, stick a toothpick in one end and insert this into the baked potato to make a nose with the chives tucked behind to form the whiskers.

To make the ears and eyes, cut the radishes in half and make two indentations with a blunt knife. Place the radishes on either side of the potato to form ears and then place the raisins in front to make the eyes.

To make the tail, choose a part of the green onion that is pointed at the end. Insert this into the back of the potato to make the tail.

Don’t forget to remove the toothpick before eating

1. How many 1, 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers can be made from the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 with no digit repeated?

2. How many odd 3 digit numbers can be formed from the digits 7, 8, 9?

3. Write down the Prime Numbers between 50 and 100.

4. How many triangles are there in the figure of the bottom? Is there a pattern?

Arrange burned matches or toothpicks (you can use soda straws) in this shape 1) Remove 6 matches to make 3 different sized squares.

2) Remove 4 matches to make 5 identical squares 3) Remove 8 matches to make 4 squares

Arrange the four letters so that the same letter is not in the same row, column or diagonal more than once.

We invite you to be part of this newsletter by sending us all your recipes, articles and mind games to: colibri@ilp.edu.mx Where we are waiting to be enthralled.

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