Tasis

We have students involved from our 4th and 5th grades (which is Year 5 and Year 6 in the British system). Students will be following both a curriculum and taking part in school environmental projects. We will be linking our projects to Dr. Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots organization. The curriculum we will cover comes from the educational curriculum set by Robert Swan’s 2041 organization. This deals with the issues of preserving the last natural environmental area on earth – Antarctica.

The students will explore issues such as the impact of travel and transport, the physical environment of Antarctica and what is taking place with shrinking ice due to warming temperatures, respect for our earth, sustainable energy, the animals of …

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The Roots & Shoots Award Ceremony in London was a wonderful way for my students to share their work with others. The girls were especially excited that Dr. Jane Goodall herself was going to be there. I brought along two Upper School students named Madeleine Larsson and Martina Svennson. They had spent eight days with me in Romania in the summer.

The girls and I worked with a charity called Romanian Children’s Relief, where students from our school, TASIS, have been volunteering for years. The difference with this trip is that it was just the two girls and myself. The girls worked with abandoned babies, toddlers with …

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Wendy has been taking students to Romania, with her to help with Romanian Children’s Relief. Two of the students that she took in June, helped care for abandoned babies and a group of Romanian children. The project had been started by a former Tasis student.

The school has done charitable work for Redwings Horse Sanctuary.

The school has linked up with Richard Dunne at Ashley to see what work they have been doing for the environment. A group of students are going to set up an environmental club in September.

Wendy has also been invited to Antartica by Robert Swan, where they will investigate sustainable energy and leadership. So in light of this Wendy has started a club called …

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Tasis in Egham, Surrey joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Tasis is on a map and read about their local environment here.