humane education's workshop 5-6 september 2014
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Humane Education's Workshop 5-6 September 2014TRANSCRIPT
Franschhoek, 5 - 6 Sept 2014.
Humane Education's workshopCARING CLASSROOMS
Please contactbehavioural consultant
and therapistdirectly:
Tel: 011 802 5817Yossi Vissoker
The Humane Education TrustPO Box 825
Somerset West 7129 RSAInternational: +27 21 852 8160
Tel: 021 852 8160Fax: 021 4131297
Louise van der Merwe
On 5 & 6 September 2014 , some 43 educatorsattended our LOTTO-sponsored two-dayworkshop, entitled Caring Classrooms, in Franschhoek,Western Cape.
On the agenda: OUR COMBO WORKSHOPin the way we treat animals and
Aimed at teachers and educators in theFoundation and Intermediate Phases of the National Schools Curriculum,every delegate took away with them our 180-page
, our bookletand a big bag of
DBE and WCED-approved, curriculum-compliant readers, workbooks,posters, felt-packs and pin boards, and badges to be earned by younglearners, called “ .
Becoming Proudly Human Bringing anend to the scourge of bullying.
Teacher's Guide toHumane Education Knocking down the barriers to learningby behavioural consultant & therapist ,Yossi Vissoker
I'm a Caring Kid”
Totally Awesome!– the way one delegate described HumaneEducation's workshop CARING CLASSROOMS
Humane Education wishes to thank all those who made ourWorkshop such a rip-roaring success.
Thank you .Thank you , head of the SPCA in Franschhoekwho made it happen.Thank you to at for thewonderful venue, accommodation and hospitality.
Thank you to the who attended, some of themhaving travelled long distances to be with us.Thank you to and last but not least...Thank you to own
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LOTTOMaggi Marjoram
Errol and his team Travellers Lodge
all 43 delegates
Humane Education donors,Humane Education's fantastic team,
Vivienne, Zwivhuya Louise.
Thank you , behavioural consultant and therapist,for presenting the workshop on
Yossi Vissoker'Knock down the barriers to
learning'.
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“This was a very interesting workshop. It empowered us to take care of our
animals at home and also to relate better to our kids in the classrooms.”
“Enjoyed it so much. Learned how to enjoy animals. There's lots you've given
me to take to school and teach the children.”
“Excellent, informative workshop. Thank you!”
“Informative, Different and Totally AWESOME.”
“I think the workshop was very insightful and encouraging. It really gives you a
new way of how to bring caring into the classroom. Thank you.”
“Very thought-provoking, inspiring and educational. A lot of material to take
back and apply in our area. Thank you!”
“The workshop was very educational and relaxed. Thank you for enabling me
to learn more. I will now look at the children and animals with new eyes. Thank
you for the new insight you have created in me.”
“It was very interesting. I learnt a lot.”
“What I would like to say is that as a SPCA inspector, I felt, at the beginning,
that this workshop was not intended for me but, would you believe, I now feel
that I am exactly in the right place. It is very inspiring and I feel that I will be
able to make a difference in the communities in which I work after all.
Thank you very much.”
“I thought it was wonderful, very interesting and a great delivery. You have
given me a lot to think about. Thank you.”
“The workshop was very good and educational. The facilitators are very, very
good.”
Delegates were requested to write down what they wouldtake away with them from our workshop (apart from ourBig Bag of Resources). These were their replies...
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“What an amazing and interesting session. Keep up the excellent work!!”
“What a wonderful afternoon. I never thought I would stay focused. But
congratulations on a wonderful presentation. Amazing. Thank you very much.
An eye opener.”
“I have learned that I can stop and prevent the abuse of children and animals.”
“The workshop was wonderful, exciting and interesting.”
“The presentation was very educational. I have much more insight.”
“The problems that we, as teachers, face in our classrooms – I will follow up,
but in a good manner and professionally.”
“I realise from this workshop that I can make a very big difference in my
community. Attending this workshop was worth it.”
Vivienne Rutgers demonstrates the way to use theTeacher's Guide to Humane Education
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“Abuse takes place in the lives of animals as well as people. Adults as well as
children. I wish I could attend more of this kind of workshop.”
“This workshop has aided me in my job because I understand things better.
Keep up the good work and thank you for all you do.”
“I will take from this workshop an understanding of how to deal better with a
child's problems.”
“I feel now that I can help break the cycle of abuse that creates bullies in
children. More workshops like this are needed. We need to do our best to bring
change and stop the bullying among the kids.”
“I will take away with me much more open-mindedness. I will check situations
from the other person's side.”
“I want to make a difference in someone's life; to take the message forward. I
really enjoyed this course.”
“I have gained more insight into how to help children in my community and to
understand the importance of animal welfare too. Also I now have a greater
understanding of why abuse happens and I now have a good guide on how to
handle it all with a little more sensitivity, rather than by being too
authoritative.”
“I now have a far greater awareness of the factors affecting a child's ability to
learn and have learned methods with which to deal with these factors.”
“The magnitude of the social problem affecting all aspects of our lives... we
see only the iceberg above the water. We are not addressing the iceberg that is
unseen and dangerous below the water. We may not be able to solve it all in
our life-times. But we can play our part now for a future solution.”
“I've had a lot of fun here. It was very nice and I have learned so much. I must
respect children and animals.”
“In the future, I will remain calm, take a moment to assess the whole situation
and then start at the root of the problem and work slowly but surely towards a
solution. Be patient! Look deeper. Don't take things at face value!!”
“Violence towards an animal is often the result of violence that the
perpetrator has experienced”.
”I will be better able to help children with problems and understand my
learners better.”
“I will teach children to care for things that can't take care of themselves, such
as our pets.”
“Always acknowledge the reason for fear. How to deal with conflict.”
“Fabulous. Would like more workshops please.”
“I know now never to make a child feel that he/she is 'useless'. Always look at
children with greater insight.”
“I would like to learn more.”
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Which of the are taken away by cages?Five Freedoms
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“As a teacher I know now how to act with children who present problems. I
know how to react and help the learners.”
“The future of humankind depends on our children being taught compassion for
the defenseless.”
“I know now that we are part of the solution for the future.”
“Respect should also be given to animals. Please do visit our school in order to
help us help the learners.”
“A very interesting way of integrating Life Skills with other learning areas. Thank
you.”
“Let the child know you are on his/her side and understand them! And never
ever raise your voice! Get to the background of everything.”
“Rewarding. I need more.”
“To teach with compassion and to teach compassion.”
“Find the problem behind the behaviour of the child. Deal with that. Not the
symptoms.”
“I have learned here how to handle a naughty child at my school and to think a
bit deeper about why the child is like that.”
“I will take away with me an understanding that we should go with boldness
into the schools even when we feel that we are rowing the Atlantic with a
teaspoon.”
“I learned about the chain of violence that must be broken in order to teach
children compassion and caring for others.”
“I learned here how to deal with learners with different case studies especially
those learners with bad behaviour in the class.”
“I learned that people battle with personal fear and anxiety which has an effect
on how they treat others.”
“I understand how to approach people, children and animals much better.”
“The workshop opened my mind as a parent. Because I'm dealing with a lot of
it (bad behaviour). I know better now how to deal with my kids at home.”
“The workshop was very instructive. I have a lot more insight into how animals
have the same needs and feelings as ourselves.”
“Not what I expected. Made me think! Enjoyed it.”
“Thank you. I enjoyed the workshop. I would like it to continue as I feel we did
not cover enough regarding solving the problem of assisting us to get adults
and children to show respect for themselves, each other and animals. It is a
long road. Please help.”
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Delegates fit together theFive Freedoms for all Animals
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Acknowledgement and Support from the WCED
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Humane Education’s Workshopscutting edgeshow teachers the way to use our 180 page ...Teacher’s Guide
... and help bring an end to the scourge of
bullying and abuse.
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THANK YOU to all the delegateswho attended our workshop in Franschhoek
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Book a Workshop at your school
Franschhoek, 5 - 6 Sept 2014.
Humane Education's workshopCARING CLASSROOMS
Please contactbehavioural consultant
and therapistdirectly:
Tel: 011 802 5817Yossi Vissoker
The Humane Education TrustPO Box 825
Somerset West 7129 RSAInternational: +27 21 852 8160
Tel: 021 852 8160Fax: 021 4131297
Louise van der Merwe