AOI FESTIVAL

Date: February 27-28, 2009

Venue: Tianjin Experimental High School

Organizers: Tianjin Experimental (Wang XiuLan, Coordinator) and International School of Tianjin

(Barbara Wrightson, Coordinator

Festival theme = IB Community Theme“Sharing Our Humanity”

The fight against poverty

Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, and combating terrorism

Education for all

Global infectious diseases

Digital divide

Natural disaster prevention and mitigation

(High Noon” by J.F Rischard, 2002)

Festival Schedule

Thursday, February 26 - Beijing schools arrive in Tianjin and go to homestays; chaperones/teachers dinner

Friday, February 27 - Festival starts at 8:30 a.m.

Welcome Address - Tianjin Experimental Prinicpal

Guest speaker

Group activities

Break, lunch and dinner provided

Day closes with performance by Tianjin Experimental

Festival Schedule

Saturday, February 28 - Festival starts at 8:30 a.m.

Guest speaker/guided group reflection on Day 1 experience

Group activities

Group presentations

Break, lunch and snack provided

Beijing students depart for home by 3:30 p.m.

What do schools need to do to prepare for the festival?

Design an activity for 15 or more students.

Designate one or more of your teachers to run the activity at the festival.

Choose no more than 20 students to attend the festival.

Get 2 or more of your teachers to chaperone your students.

Get funding to attend festival (100RMB per person)

What kinds of activities do we need?

• Last year’s activities were:

• Voice of the Festival

• Rooftop Gardens

• Ideas to Action

• Drama

• Board Games

What kinds of activities do we need?

• Some ideas being considered for this year:

• Voice of the Festival

• Other activities repeated from last year?

• Cooking activity (poverty dinner?)?

• Documenting the disappearing hutong life (IST)

• Building a community in a tent in the gym (IST)

• Something from Global Issues Network

January 15 (Tianjin Experimental has Spring Festival holiday from January 25 - February 17)

Student names/ages/genders submitted

Chaperone names/genders/housing preference submitted

Money remitted

Activities submitted (including list of equipment and space needed)

Deadlines

Questions?

Tianjin Experimental High School

Wang XiuLan, MYP Coordinator

email address wangxiulan7@hotmail.com

International School of Tianjin

Barbara Wrightson, MYP Coordinator

email address tist_myp@hotmail.com