Learning through technology
The pandemic and social distancing prompted the launch of a new learning process, which has been fully experienced since then. Technology emerges as a great ally, as it ultimately allows the school to reach each student’s home. We have been lending a new approach to digital culture, breaking preconceived ideas, overcoming limits, rearranging it. And […]
School Curriculum Amid the Pandemic
How to follow WHO (World Health Organization) recommendations to stem the spread of coronavirus while living in the slums of Kibera, Kenya, where people not only face overcrowded conditions, but have no access to something as basic as water? This question – featured on a report published on the UN website – was introduced to […]
Let’s Grow Seeds?
“A small garden, a vegetable garden, any piece of land is a whole natural world of its own, called microcosm… t teaches us not only the values associated with our emotional connection with nature – life, death, survival –, but the values of patience, perseverance, creativity, adaptation, transformation, and renewal.” “A boniteza de um sonho” […]
School: keeping an eye on racial issues
During recent weeks, anti-racist protests and demonstrations have been occurring across several cities around the world and on social networks in response to the death of young João Pedro (RJ), George Floyd (USA) and so many other black lives lost. The images are shocking and reveal where humanity stands regarding racial equality. Racism is a […]
Reflection: new learning experiences
Sometimes life leads us to deep transformations, forcing us to make new moves, to find other paths and to see other beauties. As João Guimarães Rosa said in his work The Devil to Pay in the Backlands: “Life invents!”. Such wisdom is timeless. More than ever we are witnessing life inventing and calling us to […]
Meatless Monday
Recently, our planet has been showing signs of imbalance and urging all of society to think about new ways of living, guided by greater awareness, harmony and responsibility. To answer such an urgent and pivotal calling, making the school a more sustainable environment where everyone can help build a prosperous and feasible future, last year […]
Our experience at Inhotim
“What if we gathered our team in a fascinating location like Inhotim where we could plan for 2020?”. Considering be.Living’s 20th anniversary celebrations and anticipating a new cycle ahead, full of opportunities and aspirations, Principal Analívia Lacerda came up with this idea and invited the school management team to spend two amazing days at the […]
Yoga at school: expanding awareness through play
Inhale and exhale. See how that feels. Observe the space of your body when it is stationary and on the move. Explore positions as if you were a dog, cat, bridge, or a mountain. Feel the air you breathe, which is invisible and sustains you. Try releasing this air like you’re a little bee… These […]
Coronavirus: learning to be together at a distance
People all over the world, including Brazil, are experiencing a turbulent time with the global outbreak of the coronavirus. In order to retrain the spread of the disease, we would like to announce that, starting this week, our two be.Living units of will be closed for an indefinite period. It will be a time to […]
Teacher: a chance to be reborn every year
As children, who doesn’t remember the whirlwind of emotions we felt on returning to school at the beginning of each school year? A mixture of longing, nervousness, excitement; the eagerness to know who would be our teacher, who would be in our class, and how much we might explore, experience and learn! Somehow, we sensed […]