Guest Speakers this week!

Wow! We have two guest speakers coming this week to help you as you continue to focus your group on exactly what it is that you are interested in investigating for your exhibition project.

Tomorrow, we have Maria Jose Lemaitre, from the ministry of Education coming to talk briefly about the general idea of children's rights and specifically about the children's right to education here in Chile. To be prepared for this talk, take a few minutes to review the rights about education for children and think of some questions that you might like to ask. She will be visiting us first thing in the morning.

On Thursday, we have another guest speaker, Sergio Rodrígues Tramolao, from Opción which is a group dedicated to teaching others about children's rights here in Chile. This year, Opción is focusing specifically on violence against children and how we can all work together to stop it from continuing in the future. To prepare for this guest speaker, visit their website www.opcion.cl and find out more about the organisation and how they are trying to help. In addition, next week they are having a country wide poll where students are encouraged to submit and vote for questions about children's rights. After the poll closes, the questions that were most popular will be taken to the government on behalf of the children in Chile for discussion. What a great opportunity to be involved in something so important to kids your age! Please take a look with your family and discuss what you think. Be sure to post any comments that you have below!

Wow...I'm looking forward to hearing what you think about the guest speakers and posting some pictures on this site as well!

Miss Jessica