Thursday, February 28, 2013

Field trip to CBC Radio

CBC News February 25, 2013
If you click on the link below, you can listen and read the script for CBC news for February 25th, 2013.

Listen

Read
Below is the CBC website. Check it out to listen or read the news.
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/


This is a studio where a radio host and his guests sit during a radio show.





Here is Tom, our anchor.

 This is 5 o'clock CBC News Our anchors are from right to left: Lillian, Helen, Sarah, Queena, and Eileen.

 11 o'clock CBC NewsOur anchors are: Winnie, Queena, Bonny, and Penny.

Elaine and Bonnie

Linda, Cindy, and Susan


We are on TV.


 Our host was Jody. She was awesome.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Amanda Todd CBCNews 2012 10 13



Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old girl from Port Coquitlam committed suicide in October last year. She was being bullied. She posted a YouTube video detailing how she was stalked and bullied.

A month after Amanda's death, Premier Christy CLark and the Government of BC organized a conference to find ways how to deal with bullying.
BC Premier Christy Clark’s ERASE Bullying SummitAnti Bullying summit in BC
BC Premier Christy Clark’s ERASE Bullying Summit

BC Premier Christy Clark’s ERASE Bullying Summit
http://www.netnewsledger.com/2012/11/14/bc-premier-christy-clarks-erase-bullying-summit/

Monday, February 25, 2013

Amanda Todd

Amanda Todd, a 15-year old teenager from Port Coquitlam committed suicide in October last year. whe was being bullied. She posted a YouTube video detailing how she was stalked and bullied. This is the video.



Click on the link below to read a newspaper article on the impact Amanda Todd's death had on her family and community.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/27/bc-anti-bullying-port-coquitlam.html

Bullying

While you're preparing to share your part of the story about bullying, you can refer to the vocabulary links below.
Vocabulary: Bullying


More vocabulary on bullying




What is Bullying?

Different kinds of bullying:
Physical bullying means:
  • Hitting, kicking, or pushing someone…or even just threatening to do it
  • Stealing, hiding or ruining someone’s things
  • Making someone do things he or she don’t want to do
Verbal bullying including cyber-bullying means:
  • Name-calling
  • Teasing
  • Insulting


Watch the video to hear some examples of name calling and using hurtful language.

 Cyber bullying is a type of verbal bullying that happens online or electronically (the Internet, mobile phones or other technology).



Click on the link below to listen to the news about cyber bullying.
Cyber- Bullying

  Here is the answer key for the listening on bullying.

TRUE / FALSE:
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c. T
d. F
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f. T
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SYNONYM MATCH:
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influence
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impact
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victims
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injured parties
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menacing
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threatening
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consent
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permission
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spread
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circulated
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vulnerable
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weak
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commented
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remarked
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impulses
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urges
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magnified
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increased
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profile
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description
PHRASE MATCH:
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A new report on the influence
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of the Internet on US teens
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annoying and potentially
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menacing online activities
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having rumors about them
c.
spread online
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the most common
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complaint from online teens
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Teenagers still believe that worse
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bullying happens offline
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making themselves
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vulnerable
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39% of social network
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users had been cyber-bullied
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Bullying has entered the
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digital age
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the effect
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is magnified
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through a website, online profile
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or blog posting
GAP FILL:

Cyber-bullying spreads in the US

A new report on the influence of the Internet on US teens reports that one third of teenagers who surf the Net have been victims of cyber-bullying. The research, conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, says: “About one third of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.” However, the most common complaint from online teens was about private information being shared rather than direct threats or physical violence. Teenagers still believe that worse bullying happens offline.
The report discovered that as more young people join social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, they are making themselves vulnerable by sharing more of their personal information online for cyber-bullies to find. The survey found that 39% of social network users had been cyber-bullied in some way, compared to 22% of online teens who had never used social networks. Report author Amanda Lenhart commented: "Bullying has entered the digital age. The impulses behind it are the same, but the effect is magnified. In the past, the materials of bullying would have been whispered, shouted or passed around. Now, with a few clicks, a photo, video or a conversation can be shared with hundreds via e-mail or millions through a website, online profile or blog posting."

Non-verbal (Relationship) bullying means:
  • Refusing to talk to someone
  • Spreading lies or rumors about someone
  • Making someone feel left out or rejected
What do all these things have in common? They’re examples of ways one person can make another person feel hurt, afraid, or uncomfortable. When these are done to someone more than once, and usually over and over again for a long period of time, that’s bullying.
The reason why one kid would want to bully another kid is this: when you make someone feel bad, you gain power over him or her. Power makes people feel like they’re better than another person, and then that makes them feel really good about themselves. Power also makes you stand out from the crowd. It’s a way to get attention from other kids, and even from adults.




Click on the link below to play a game:
Anti-Bullying Week

Read more about bullying


  Bullying

Many children have a good idea of what bullying is because they see it every day! Bullying happens when someone hurts or scares another person on purpose and the person being bullied has a hard time defending themselves. So, everyone needs to get involved to help stop it.
Bullying is wrong! It is behaviour that makes the person being bullied feel afraid or uncomfortable. There are many ways that young people bully each other, even if they don't realize it at the time. Some of these include:

Punching, shoving and other acts that hurt people physically
Spreading bad rumours about people
Keeping certain people out of a group
Teasing people in a mean way
Getting certain people to "gang up" on others
The four most common types of bullying are:

Verbal bullying - name-calling, sarcasm, teasing, spreading rumours, threatening, making negative references to one's culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, unwanted sexual comments.

Social Bullying - mobbing, scapegoating, excluding others from a group, humiliating others with public gestures or graffiti intended to put others down.

Physical Bullying - hitting, poking, pinching, chasing, shoving, coercing, destroying or stealing belongings, unwanted sexual touching.

Cyber Bullying - using the internet or text messaging to intimidate, put-down, spread rumours or make fun of someone.

What are the effects of bullying?
Bullying makes people upset. It can make children feel lonely, unhappy and frightened. It can make them feel unsafe and think there must be something wrong with them. Children can lose confidence and may not want to go to school anymore. It may even make them sick.

Some people think bullying is just part of growing up and a way for young people to learn to stick up for themselves. But bullying can have long-term physical and psychological consequences. Some of these include:

Withdrawal from family and school activities, wanting to be left alone.

Shyness
Stomachaches
Headaches
Panic Attacks
Not being able to sleep
Sleeping too much
Being exhausted
Nightmares
If bullying isn't stopped, it also hurts the bystanders, as well as the person who bullies others. Bystanders are afraid they could be the next victim. Even if they feel badly for the person being bullied, they avoid getting involved in order to protect themselves or because they aren't sure what to do.

Children who learn they can get away with violence and aggression continue to do so in adulthood. They have a higher chance of getting involved in dating aggression, sexual harassment and criminal behaviour later in life.

Bullying can have an effect on learning
Stress and anxiety caused by bullying and harassment can make it more difficult for kids to learn. It can cause difficulty in concentration and decrease their ability to focus, which affects their ability to remember things they have learned.
Bullying can lead to more serious concerns
Bullying is painful and humiliating, and kids who are bullied feel embarrassed, battered and shamed. If the pain is not relieved, bullying can even lead to consideration of suicide or violent behaviour.

How common is bullying?
Approximately one in 10 children have bullied others and as many as 25% of children in grades four to six have been bullied. A 2004 study published in the medical Journal of Pediatrics found that about one in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying. Studies have found bullying occurs once every seven minutes on the playground and once every 25 minutes in the classroom.
In the majority of cases, bullying stops within 10 seconds when peers intervene, or do not support the bullying behaviour.

Students are most vulnerable to bullying during transitions from elementary to junior high school, and from junior to senior high school.

There is a correlation between increased supervision and decreased bullying. Bullies stop when adults are around.

What are the myths about bullying?
Myth #1 - "Children have got to learn to stand up for themselves."
Reality - Children who get up the courage to complain about being bullied are saying they've tried and can't cope with the situation on their own. Treat their complaints as a call for help. In addition to offering support, it can be helpful to provide children with problem solving and assertiveness training to assist them in dealing with difficult situations.

Myth #2 - "Children should hit back - only harder."
Reality - This could cause serious harm. People who bully are often bigger and more powerful than their victims. This also gives children the idea that violence is a legitimate way to solve problems. Children learn how to bully by watching adults use their power for aggression. Adults have the opportunity to set a good example by teaching children how to solve problems by using their power in appropriate ways.

Myth #3 - "It builds character."
Reality - Children who are bullied repeatedly, have low self-esteem and do not trust others. Bullying damages a person's self-concept.

Myth #4 - "Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt you."
Reality - Scars left by name-calling can last a lifetime.

Myth #5 - "That's not bullying. They're just teasing."
Reality - Vicious taunting hurts and should be stopped.

Myth #6 - "There have always been bullies and there always will be."
Reality - By working together as parents, teachers and students we have the power to change things and create a better future for our children. As a leading expert, Shelley Hymel, says, "It takes a whole nation to change a culture". Let's work together to change attitudes about bullying. After all, bullying is not a discipline issue - it is a teaching moment.

Myth #7 - "Kids will be kids."
Reality - Bullying is a learned behaviour. Children may be imitating aggressive behaviour they have seen on television, in movies or at home. Research shows that 93% of video games reward violent behaviour. Additional findings show that 25% of boys aged 12 to 17 regularly visit gore and hate internet sites, but that media literacy classes decreased the boys' viewing of violence, as well as their acts of violence in the playground. It is important for adults to discuss violence in the media with youth, so they can learn how to keep it in context. There is a need to focus on changing attitudes toward violence.

Source: Government of Alberta

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Diversity Health Fair

Unfortunately, it's too late to apply to volunteer at the Health Fair because they closed the application process yesterday. You can still go to the fair. Here is the information from their website.

2013 Vancouver Diversity Health Fair  

The 9th Annual Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is coming this spring on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The theme of this year's event is 'Chronic Disease Prevention'. 
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013
Location: Croatian Cultural Centre | 3250 Commercial Drive | Vancouver, BC | V5N 4E4
Click to view the Area/Parking Map

Event Overview

The Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is the largest event of its kind in Canada and has evolved into one of the most exciting and dynamic multicultural events in the Lower Mainland. Last year, over 3500 people attended the fair. 
This free, family-friendly event features over 50 health and wellness related exhibitors, interactive culinary demonstrations, health screenings and onsite tests, spectacular multicultural entertainment and children’s activities. The Fair aims to provide newcomers, immigrants and ethno-cultural communities with access to a wide range of health and wellness resources, presented in a number of languages including Cantonese, French, Korean, Mandarin, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Our Healthy Cooking Stage features talented local chefs including Chef Victor Bongo of Super Chefs of the Universe. Move It! Joe Ink, Estilo Cubano, Zumba Vancouver will get your hearts pumping and feet moving with interactive multicultural performances and Gymnastics BC and More Sports will keep the kids active and entertained! 
New to the Fair this year is our Food Truck Cafe - an assortment of local food vendors offering up a tasty array of ethnic eats!
Join us March 9th from 10am - 3pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre located at 3250 Commercial Drive in Vancouver.
 Click on the link to check out different volunteer opportunities.  Volunteer positions at Diversity Health Fair

Volunteer Information
Tas Goel, Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@amssa.org
604.298.0745
Diversity Health Fair


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Yoga class

Our fearless yoga teacher was Rose.






Thank you for a great yoga class, Rose.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Field Trip ideas


 Here are the links for the CBC newsroom tour and Food Bank tour. If you want to get some more information before you vote, click on the links below.

CBC Newsroom Tour:
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/communityspaces/newsroom-tours.html

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank
https://www.foodbank.bc.ca/

If you have some other field trip ideas, let me know.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Happy Lunar New Year

 Wishing you a healthy and prosperous Year of the Snake. Click on the link to see the greeting card.
Gung Hei Fat Choy

Here is the song Sara sang to us on Thursday.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Grammar: Sentence structure

Today in class we talked about sentence structure: simple, compound, and complex sentences. Click on the links below to check your knowledge on the types of sentences.

Explanations and Quiz:Simple, compound, and complex sentences

Quiz on Sentence structure