Education Systems Around the World

'In Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong, students, parents, teachers and the public at large tend to share the belief that all students are capable of achieving high standards.


'The context is important. You cannot transpose Hong Kong's style of learning somewhere else without changing the parents, teachers and classroom architecture.'

These are two quotes from the interesting  links Luis has found for this week's discussion.

Sala 1.1.at la U.P.San Sebastián De Los Reyes

Wednesday 22nd April  at 18.30h

 Friday 24th at 19h

Hi!

We hope you all enjoyed the Easter break.
Happy Wednesday is back and the story you will hear tomorrow is Billy's Bucket.
And here's a song, a traditional  song about a bucket...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-ffhvefsw

That's on Wednesday 18th April at 18h.
 Room 1.1,
Lu Universidad Popular Sanse

In the same room adults can converse on the interesting topic below.
Cheers!

Protect your identity

One of the fastest growing crimes in the U.S.A. is identity theft.

This can involve stealing a person's social security number and then filing a fake tax return.

Or stealing their photos from the social media and using them again under a different name.

Can you imagine how difficult it is to prove your own identity?

That is our topic for discussion at La Universidad Popular San Sebastián De Los Reyes at 18.30h

Join us!

For the links write to asedow@gmail-com

No hay lecturas compartidas este mes de abril

Today's reading at the Biblioteca Central has been postponed until the 19th May.

We apologise for the inconvenience

Well, that's it for the time being folks.
No more ASEDOW activities until the 8th April.

Raquel's good idea went very well and the collection of stories and memories read by the readers was interesting indeed. So much so that we will compile them and everyone will have a copy of all the stories.
It was a good challenge and maybe we can begin a St Patrick's Day tradition.

Members should renew their annual  membership.

If you want to join ASEDOW deposit 15 Euro annual membership fee  in our account at the Caixa, a bank just beside The Universidad Popular in San Sebastián De Los Reyes.
Here is the number:

2100 - 1984 - 72 - 0200130268

Write to us at asedow@gmail.com and tell us clearly the  name you want on your membership card
so that we don't make cards for the person who makes the payment, sometimes a family member. 

Happy Easter!

Remember to send us your pictures of the  Wilde flowers

Wednesday 25th March

Happy Wednesday for small children and accompanying adult

18h La U.P.  Metro Baunatal Sala1.1. 

This TV ad will help the children pronounce the P really well and it will introduce you to a nice chocolate bar called Penguin for when you are feeling Peckish... in other words a bit hungry.

Come and hear another story, clip and craft  activity.

AND Now we are on to N!

And a lovely video about Nelly the elephant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a-m3pH9Dr8

The Talking Group

18h 30

The topic this week is organ donation. It is interesting that in Britain there is a shortage of organ donors whereas in Spain that is not the case.
In the links Luis has sent us, we are told that 15% on operations in the world are done with organs obtained illegally.
Write to us at asedow@gmail.com if you want to receive the links before airing your views on this interesting topic

TALKING GROUP

PLEASE NOTE

As it is the day before Father's Day, the talking group will NOT be meeting on Wednesday 18th March.

Enjoy the break!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY MARCH 18^th 2015

It is St Patrick's Day on Tuesday and Día del Padre on Thursday so for this week's Happy Wednesday which is sandwiched between them, we'll commemorate both of those days.

The story we're going to read is called, You Can Always Count on Daddy.

For the activity we'll have four leafed clovers to colour in and I will have prepared some leprechaun paper puppets for the kids to take home and for them to colour in the other side if they want to.

We are onto the 'p' sound, perfect for Patrick and Papa and plenty more words beginning with a 'p'.

I'll see if I can think of an extra video clip to play as well.

So, come rain or shine, I'll be there and I hope to see you!

Audrey

Happy Wednesday

Hi everyone,

This Wednesday we will read this lovely book, see a videoclip and draw the pet we would like to have.

Hope to see you there!

Cris

Sala 1.1. Universidad Popular San Sebastián De Los Reyes

Wednesday 5^th March 2015

Cris

Begging in the streets

What is your take on this social problem?
Come and air your views.
We have two talking groups. One on Wednesday and one on Friday.
Contact us at asedow@gmail.com for more information and to receive the links