EL AGUA Y LA TIERRA EN UN CARNAVAL DEL LENGUAJE

On April 23th Amalaka school celebrated the Spanish Language Day and also the Earth Day.

From the beginning of the morning, the students were excited and anxious for the activities they had programmed. When they arrived to school, they put around the school, some posters and pictures related to this celebration. Some of them said: “a book is your best friend”, “If you don’t have anything good to say, keep in silence”, “save the world, take care of water”. The day was sunny, and plenty of nice activities. At 8 o’clock arrived to school the students of Novirao Totoró, who were invited to share the day in Amalaka. Some of them rode their bicycles, and the others came on foot. They were amazing when they saw Amalaka, since it was the first time they did it. Then, the principal talked and gave the welcome to them, and the two schools were together into the biggest maloca, in order to start the programmed activities. A woman who was the indigenous governor of Totoró spoke in Nasa yuwe language her mother language, to thank for the welcome. Some students acted remembering the arrival of conquerors, some others singing and dancing. There were other activities like competitions and games such as bagged race, awards rod, spoon and egg race, and in some games Amalaka students were the winners. After that, the students went over the ecological path and to the river. Then they had a delicious lunch. Some students of Novirao school were recording and taking pictures. Indeed, Amalaka school is beautiful.

We could observe that in that kind of activities, the Freinet’s methodology is applied, because children felt free and happy for sharing their cultural environment. The students participated and leaded the activity, being themselves the authors of their learning.

Besides, the order and discipline were excellent and the interaction among the students was planned and expected.

Conclusion: The activity illustrated us the students in Amalaka have a good sense of sharing with others as a community; because, they showed by meaning of their behavior.