Mrs. Loida Pott's Class
Mr. Silvio Gongora's Class
Mrs. Yesenia Chan's Class
My students presenting their future job. It was a very blessed and exciting time with my students. Even though, we were far but it was amazing being able to communicate through zoom or video calls. They had to write a report/paragraph expressing what they want to be in the future. For their presentation, they had to dress up demonstrating their dream job! Everyone was ready, prepared and anxious to present. The biblical through line encouraged was that of being Image-reflectors as they demonstrated their response to Christ’s call to be co-workers. They also showed their interest and enthusiasm to become a successful person in life. They also shared how grateful they are to God for guiding them with knowledge that help them learn something new each day. The restoration act taught was that we are all image-reflectors, we all reflect God’s image and that all the characteristics we admire in God we can also find them within us. As humans, we make mistakes, learn from them and look for God at all times.
My children had to write a thank-you letter to someone who helped them or was kind to them. They had to think of an adult or a child. They had fun reading and listen the different letters and getting to know for what they were thankful. I truly enjoyed the time together with my students and the beautiful things shared that day inspired us all. One of the through lines encouraged was Beauty-creators praising God by creating beautiful things. Glorify and praise God by creating things that are beautiful and pleasing to Him. Another through line encouraged was Servant-worker serving others as Christ served us. The restoration act taught was that we could make a difference in this world. We can show Jesus’ light in serving others and be responsible in acknowledging the kindness of others by being kind to others as well. Always keeping the Golden Rule in mind: treat others the same way you would like to be treated!
STANDARD 2 STUDENTS AT WORK
Aiden Cawich and Mirleidy Aban are responding to God’s call to be Earth Keepers by taking care of the environment. They are presenting their posters ‘Make a Better World’ and ‘Save the Earth’ to show the importance of recycling and the impact of pollution and waste to the environment. They know that “God is before all things, and in Him all things hold together" (Colossians 1.16–17). So if they neglect, abuse and spoil the environment, they are damaging something that is precious to God. They’ve learnt that by caring for the earth properly, they enable it to be fruitful and to play its intended role in giving glory to God. That is part of their proper worship of God.
Gayleidy is a wonderful Creation Enjoyer, she is celebrating the wonderful life cycle of a fish which gives testimony of God’s wonderful creation. She is also an Order Discoverer learning the stages of growth that a fish goes through in its life cycle. She has learnt that this creature has been a reminder to us of the diversity and patterns in God’s creation. She has learnt that organisms have unique life cycles, but all life cycles include birth, growth, reproduction and death. God is an intelligent creator and just as He has designed the fish to undergo a complete transformation in its life cycle, he also designed each of us to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually. Our ultimate hope is that each of our students will undergo a complete metamorphosis spiritually and will know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.
Aiden and his dad are Image Reflectors by taking care of their bodies doing outdoor exercise and eating healthy. They know that they are made in God's image, so since God is made up of three persons (Father, Son, and Spirit), it makes sense that they are also made up of three (mind, body, and spirit). In order to take care of themselves, they must be healthy spiritually, physically, and mentally. If one area struggles, all struggle as a whole.
Story of Transformation of Weekly Celebration
Wednesday 15th February 2023
by Mrs. Yesenia Chan Standard 3 Home-room Teacher Concepcion Presbyterian School
I can begin my weekly celebration story by sharing that during these past weeks of teaching, I noticed the importance of rewarding my students for working hard, performing good and behaving well. I noted that giving students rewards for their efforts helped them to feel that their hard work is appreciated. I implemented this classroom management disciplinary plan to motivate my children in class. Children should behave well, participate in class activities and perform well to receive tickets. Whenever they get 10 tickets, they would be awarded with small tokens, an award and photographs of students will be posted as students of the week or month. Several students were rewarded these passed days. Up to now, this has helped, it is a powerful, positive and growth mindset to have in the classroom and encourage students to feel better about the work they complete, as well as themselves. This promotes feelings of happiness and children are willing to cooperate in class and more importantly it helps as a way of worshipping and praising God with whatever they do. I invite them to be God-worshippers and we offer thanks, praise and honor to God by the way we live. We also use the Bible verse found in Psalms 100: 2-4 2Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. 4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise his name. Moreover, students look forward to get tickets as they are rewarded for their behaviour, performance and participation and they joyfully rejoice when they reach the goal of getting the 10 tickets. Their photographs with awards and tokens are displayed on the wall for others to see and celebrate with them. They love and look forward for it and at the same time put more interest in their schoolwork, as they participate more in class and work hard to behave good. It is a good reminder that it is God who works in them, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. They do well and honor God as they work to accomplish their goals. This also helps others to keep trying to reach the goal of obtaining their 10 tickets to be rewarded for their hard work and dedication in class. To conclude, I can state that I am aware that there are many other ways to motivate my students but I wanted to share how this idea is helping me up to now with my students. I work with Standard 1, 2 and 3 students as I teach Language Arts and Spanish and this strategy has been working positively.
Concepcion Presbyterian School Standard 1, 2 and 3
Students of the week/month!
Transformational Story
By: Magda Vellos
One of the most amazing times at our school and in our classroom is when we pray and share how thankful we are to our marvellous and omnipotent God. We cannot deny the fact that every day that passes we can see God’s mercies extended to us. Everything around us speaks of Hs love for us. When we have Language Arts classes I ask my students to reflect and share what they have learnt and what God is telling them through the lesson for the day. Most of the times we can see how fragile we are and how much we need of our God. One day we discussed and reflected on having Spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear God. We spoke about the importance of hearing God everyday and what He says also, the importance of being obedient to His voice. If we do not have spiritual eyes to see and spiritual ears to hear we will never be able to see or hear God. We pray daily for God to open our spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear Him every day. I asked my students the question, “How does God speak to us?” After much discussion we realized that our awesome God, in His love and splendour speaks daily to us through His creation, His Son, Jesus Christ and His Word (The Bible). Students drew some pictures of ways God speaks to them. Now, we look forward to what God will tell us as He opens our eyes to see and our ears to hear Him every day.
We are learning to be community builders. Santaigo is always seen happy and likes to hug anyone. He is a very helpful child. During these last weeks he had been seen trying to build his relationship with his friends He brought apples to be shared with his classmates. He tries his best to help others when the need arises. He likes to include anyone who wishes to play with him. The rest of his classmates are eager to help him accomplish any task given to him. His loving manner in which he treats his friends has help him make many friends. He is learning to make a difference is doing small gestures of love for a better world.
Each day is a different one whereby we learn to live as a community whether you are big or small. As young children they learn to help those who need help, are lost or simply confused and guide them. At this young stage they learn that God created everything we have and be thankful in all circumtances. We know that sharing the word of God is very important for them to able to reflect in their own actions. A hug says more than words cannot express.
Learning Outcome
A 4.41 mentally multiplying any 2 digits’ number by 4,5,9, multiples of 10, 25 and 50 using shortcuts.
Story line:
Help my Students to Explore and to Empower God’s Nation
The students at Concepcion Presbyterian School are known for their enthusiasm for learning, but some face challenges when it comes to mental math.
It is with God’s help I decided to embark on a journey to transform God’s image bearer's perception of mental math.
It's been years, I have decided to come up with ideas to make mental math exciting and fun. I decided to turn the upper division classes filled with mathematical wonders.
With God’s help I want Concepcion Presbyterian School to become the kingdom of numbers, where students embark on a quest to conquer mental math challenges.
I have introduced a variety of strategies such as (Vedic, masic, mm 11-19, masic with 3 digits, magic, #1, square number with 2 digits, square numbers with three digits, math stories, PEMDAS, some and some more, some went away) These magical strategies help my students on their journey and taught them how to visualize numbers in their minds.
On February 29, 2024. Some students from upper division will showcase their new found skills. On such day, I am planning to bring in together the community/parents, students, and teachers to be witnessed of the math trivia. The transformation has been evident not only in their mathematical abilities, but also in their confidence. Students who once feared Numbers now will open their arms to express their gratitude to our creator, the Kingdom of Numbers are becoming a symbol of how a little magic, creativity could turn a challenging subject into a delightful experience.
As they further their studies, Concepcion Presbyterian School students continue to thrive in the world of numbers, carrying the lessons of the world of Numbers, of their transformative journey with them through and their academic lines.
The magic of mental math has not only become part of their education but will also cherish their time in the kingdom of numbers created by God
Standard 2 Story of Transformation
Rise in the present of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.
Leviticus 19:32
Blessed are those who have the opportunity to share good memories with their great grandparents. Spending time with them and sharing a card to show them how especial they are for their family.
Servant Workers in the Community
“I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day”. Acts 23: 1b
Each servant worker plays an important role in the community, to serve its community and God with humbleness and pride.
Discovering Together God’s Fingerprints in Creation
Joyful discoverers of God’s wonderful creation.
Using their God’s given talents to serve God and others.
Transformational Story
By: Magda Vellos
One of the most amazing times at our school and in our classroom is when we pray and share how thankful we are to our marvellous and omnipotent God. We cannot deny the fact that every day that passes we can see God’s mercies extended to us. Everything around us speaks of Hs love for us. When we have Language Arts classes I ask my students to reflect and share what they have learnt and what God is telling them through the lesson for the day. Most of the times we can see how fragile we are and how much we need of our God. One day we discussed and reflected on having Spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear God. We spoke about the importance of hearing God everyday and what He says also, the importance of being obedient to His voice. If we do not have spiritual eyes to see and spiritual ears to hear we will never be able to see or hear God. We pray daily for God to open our spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear Him every day. I asked my students the question, “How does God speak to us?” After much discussion we realized that our awesome God, in His love and splendour speaks daily to us through His creation, His Son, Jesus Christ and His Word (The Bible). Students drew some pictures of ways God speaks to them. Now, we look forward to what God will tell us as He opens our eyes to see and our ears to hear Him every day.
Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork.”
On June 25,2024 Concepcion Presbyterian Pre and Primary School held its preschool promotion ceremony and it's grade 8 graduation celebration.
WELCOME TO AN EXCITING
NEW SCHOOL YEAR
2024-2025
CONCEPCION PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL
Celebration Story for Standard 2
Teacher: Walter Lizarraga
Community Builders
It has truly been a privilege and a blessing to teach at Concepcion Presbyterian School for the past 18 years. This first cycle, we are focusing on how to be community builders, and I have engaged students in various experiential games designed to foster character development and strong moral values.
Throughout this journey, I've noticed that teamwork remains a challenge for some. To address this, I use the acronym TEAM—Together Everyone Achieves More. I have also invited parents to join us in school activities, reinforcing our community spirit.
With God’s blessing and guidance, I am confident that we can help our students become true image bearers of Christ.
The picture above captures our students planting cilantro seeds as part of a garden project, working together in harmony. We eagerly anticipate a fruitful harvest of cilantro in the future!
Karim Aban a little boy from infant 1 class was cleaning the school yard. He was picking up garbage on the campus, helping keep the grounds clean. He was certainly an Earth Keeper. While collecting trash, he stumbled upon a tiny snail shell nestled under a tiny plant. As he held the delicate shell in his hands, he marveled at its intricate design, perfectly spiraled and unblemished. In that quiet moment, he was filled with awe, realizing how extraordinary God’s creation truly is. The small snail shell stirred something deep within him, opening his heart to the beauty of the world around him and reminding him that even in the smallest of creatures, God's greatness is reflected. From then on, his simple acts of picking up litter became an expression of gratitude and reverence for the Creator’s work. Karim Aban is such a Creation Enjoyer!
Transformational Story by Magda Vellos
Living the Through lines
It is so impacting when you see your students living the through lines in a vivid and practical way. I witnessed this event this week. On Tuesday November 12th we were given the big surprise that our school will be visited by the village chairman and other visitors. They came to our school to give out tickets to our students to visit the mechanical games that were stationed at La Victoria Plaza, here in the village of Concepcion. Perhaps, some of the students had been privileged to these mechanical games but some do not have that luxury. Well, on Tuesday, the students all got a FREE ticket to go to the mechanical games since it was the last day of entertainment. I believe all of the students took the given blessing and opportunity to go and have some extra fun. The following day we all came to school with so much excitement to hear about the fun our students had when our school leader Mrs. Cobos intoned, “Let’s go and clean the field.” They were given an invitation to go and clean. No one murmured or complained or disagreed. It was the first time I saw so much excitement in the eyes of the students and they all ran to the gate and waited for them to be taken to the field. The field is just a few feet away from our compound. It did not take us all to have that field so spotless except for the area where the mechanical games and stations of the owners of the games. Everyone began cleaning, picking up every piece of trash from the around the field. The visitors watched with so much delight. They seemed enlightened by the act of picking up all the mess that was left the day before or maybe days before.
We all joyfully worked in community as we served others and the community as a whole. After the cleaning, I invited by students to write a reflection on how they felt to be a Servant Worker, Community Builder and even an Earth Keeper and their response warmed my heart. I read words like: proud, excited, joyful, responsible, blessed, special and encouraged to help the community and even their friends and colleagues to care for God’s Wonderful Creation. Praise God! To God be all the Honour and Glory forever and ever!
Preschoolers Celebrating Story
First Day of classes Celebrating classmate Birthday
Celebrating Letter P formation and sound Celebrating Literacy Day
Staying on task Group work
Standard 3 Story of Transformation
Students have been involved in different activities where they have seen God’s fingerprints in the past two months of cycle one.
Students practicing to
be Servant Workers/ Image Bearers by sharing their blessings with needy student from different classes in our school.
Sharing healthy snacks during break time
promotes healthy eating and building
friendship.
Presenting healthy food plates and enjoying it for lunch time.
In Science, students put into practice the scientific method, learning about the process of growth of a bean seed and writing observations in their science logbook. They learned how God made tiny seeds as a bean to grow into a plant that provides food for many families. Students learned that just as they had to take care for their bean plant, God cares for each one of them and wants to transform their lives into a living testimony that will yield good fruits for God.
Standard 1 making a representation of the diversity of cultures in Belize. Students learned that all cultures are important because God has created them in a unique way. They need to show respect and appreciate for all people.
Cultural presentation
Practicing scientific experiments
and incorporating technology to create a robotic hand. God gave talents to scientist to do things to help humans.
Scientific tools used by scientists to rediscover the wonders of God’s Creation.
Story of Transformation of Weekly Celebration
Wednesday 9th October, 2024
by Mrs. Yesenia Chan Standard 1 Home-room Teacher
Concepcion Presbyterian School
“Serve the Lord with gladness!” Psalm 100:2 is our storyline for this school year. My students and I want to serve others and be helpful in different ways in the classroom and outside the classroom. We are practicing being community-builders and God-worshippers as we serve and help joyfully. We are practicing that while we serve others we are also serving God. Being engaged in different school and class activities give students the opportunity to help each other in different ways, it can be cleaning the school yard, helping a classmate during a class activity and group work or even being there to support a friend who is in need. Children are reminded to use our hands to help and not to hurt others and that when we help we need to do it joyfully. For some this is not something easy to do but with practice, it can be possible because love and service go hand in hand. Children have been practicing being responsible to have materials ready and in this way they are prepared and ready to participate in the class activities prepared for the day. It has been good to see how children help each other and share with others when they need to. This has been very helpful as a class because we can work together and support each other.
The Transformational story on the Fruit of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit, described in Galatians 5:22-23 as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, are more than mere virtues; they are transformative qualities that redefine who we are and how we interact with the world. When we allow the Spirit to cultivate these fruits within us, they guide our behaviour, deepen our character, and bring about powerful changes in our lives and in the lives of our image bearers of God.
Life is a profound journey filled with countless blessings that we often take for granted. While each student’s experience is unique, the fruit of the spirit are universal treasures that enrich our existence and give us purpose. These attributes shape who we are and remind us to cherish each moment we are given.
Today my students and beloved staff had the opportunity to demonstrate their given talents to draw a tree depicting the fruit of the Spirit and to elaborate its definition within their respective groups. They also had the to choose one fruit of the Spirit to focus on this week and pray for guidance to grow in it.
Tft Story
School Leader: Christian Cobos
Concepcion Presbyterian School
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we embrace the Christian principle of sharing our blessings with others. As a school we took time to reflect on God’s love and generosity in our lives. It is important to recognize that our abundance is a gift meant to be shared with others. By reaching out to those in need, we not only fulfill our calling to serve but also create a ripple effect of kindness and gratitude within our communities. Teaching our students to give selflessly cultivates a heart of compassion and a deeper understanding of what it means to be the hands and feet of Christ. It is my prayer that this Formative Learning Experience has a lasting impact on both the giver and the receiver. We were to share God’s love and our blessings with six families from our village.
Mrs. Virginia Cano
TFT Story
October 2, 2024
I am grateful to the Lord for giving me the opportunity to work with little children, here in Concepcion Presbyterian School. Throughout the years I am able to see how Teaching for Transformation is flourishing in the life our little ones. I am able to see how God’s love is being shown among our students. Below you are able to see Infant 2 students implementing the love of Jesus. I can see and feel the love God has planted in them everyday. The throughlines, Community Builder and Servant Workers is expressed through actions. Children are exercising kindness, responsiveness in helping others. They also work together with respect and are willing to help each other in the different activities in class and school. A community doing things for the Lord is being expressed. They also recognize when they fail with their action and without someone telling them to say sorry they automatically go and say sorry. These change can only be done through the work of the Holy Spirit and learning about our Lord, Jesus Christ.
