‘noche en blanco – project’ ‘ our sleepless night at school ’

‘NOCHE EN BLANCO – Project’

‘Our Sleepless Night at School’

IES María Zambrano, Leganés (Madrid) Spain

INITIATIVE BROUGHT UP FROM THE SUPPORT STAFF AT “MARÍA ZAMBRANO SECONDARY SCHOOL”

FOR THE PROMOTION OF CULTURE FAR FROM THE STRICT AND FORMAL MORNING ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL

ParticipantsAll enrolled students at the junior secondary school (First Cycle) during 2012/2013 school year.

Schools were limited to a maximum of 100 students. Before hand, students had to queue in order to obtain a place for this event. To do this they had to fill out an application form, which was then signed by the parents who also covered any expenses.

Voluntary participation of teachers from different departments


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Main purposesTo create a different space dedicated to the promotion of cultural awareness and human values.

To encourage students to acquire knowledge with a more effective and easier approach to culture, from a more realistic perspective according to student’s age and their social development.


Objectives General

Provide a different and original space using out of the ordinary activities. This will involve meetings, creative areas and a cultural approach to help students in their development with positive experiences inside the high school.

Specific

- Develop students’ imagination and creativity through training, sport and handmade activities.

- Generalize global learning for students with special educational needs using different contexts, improving their integration.

- Educate on specific aspects taken from the cross-curricular subjects by using games, sports and cultural references.

Activities

• Craft activities • Egyptology • Beyond The Naked Eye/Comenius Project • Plaster Masks • Chinese shadow theater

• Sports • Flash-mob • Human Giant Puzzle • Sensory Gymkhana • American track

• Exhibitions • Microscopic world/Comenius Project • Human Rights

• Cineforum • Party

Time Purpose Activities 21:00 pm OPENING Welcoming and delivery of documentation.21:15 pm DINNER Dinner service and litter gathering22:00 pm CRAFT ACTIVITIES

(PART 1)Distribution and activities.

23:30 pm CINEFORUM Viewing of the selected movie.1:00 am SPORTS Distribution and sport events2:00 am EXHIBITIONS Visiting exhibitions and activities

implementation. 2:30 am CRAFT ACTIVITIES

(PART 2)Activities and then the end of craft activities

3:30 am PARTY Party with free food, drink and music.4:30 am SLEEPING TIME Ready for bed8:30 am WAKE UP Everybody gets up, picks up bags and cleans

the resting area.8:45 am BREAKFAST Breakfast service and litter gathering9:00 am CLOSING Final photo of all participants and closing.

TimelineThe Project was developed overnight on the 31st of May and in the early morning of the 1st of June 2013.

Craft ActivitiesCraft activities will beorganized by all participating departments, and carried out by students with the advice and monitoring of teachers.

BEYOND THE NAKED EYE/Comenius ProjectTime Objectives Developme

ntPlace Materials

22:00-23:30 pm

To enhance students to know the legacy of the first microscopists of the Baroque Era and their contribution in our daily lives.

To appreciate how experimentation plays a critical role in explaining the world around them

Checking the importance of the microscope in biological studies.

-Organizing pairs

of students.- Slides preparation: unstained and stained-cells.

-Observation of microorganisms and different tissues using the newly constructed microscope.

The Recreational

classroom specially

adaptedfor this event

Lab Equipment: microscopes, labsupplies,

Laboratory samples,

different tissues, microorganisms,

Our hands on activities:


Paper Chromatography

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Time Objective Development

Place Materials

2:00-2:30

am

Expand their knowledge and strengthen abilities already acquired in a more visual way.

1.Place materials in exhibitors

2.Each student goes through and gathers the necessary information.

Therecreation

alClassroomspecially adapted

for this event

-Materials to expose

-Exhibition Panels

Questionnaires

EXHIBITIONSAreas where students’ work were exhibited.

Microscopic world/Comenius Project


Visit to the EXIBITION……2.00 am

‘noche en blanco – project’ ‘ our sleepless night at school ’

Documents

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