August 2014
First blog for the year
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It has been a wonderful start to the school
year. There has been lots of smiles and excitement. Thanks to all the parents I have already
met and discussed about your child’s interests and needs during the meet and
greet sessions. As the school year progresses students will
take more of a leading role editing and presenting this blog. At this stage
their role is to take photos of daily activities that the class can comment on.
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For most of this term we will be focused on
one unit about explorers as in a few weeks time will be exploring during our
class camp. Please see the outline of the unit below:
Transdisciplinary theme – Where we are in place and
time
Central idea – groups
of people explore beyond their own territories
Lines of inquiry –
Explorers in history
How exploration has impacted people around the world
How technology influences exploration
Key concepts – Reflection, perspective, change
Learner profile – inquires, knowledgeable,
reflective
Attitudes – commitment, independence, curiosity
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Yours sincerely,
Scott Masson
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Daily Class jobs
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Each
day student’s have responsibility for a class job. After the first week it can
be said with conviction the daily photographer and time monitor is the busiest.
These are the roles decided by the students:
Daily
photographer, time monitor, free day, hand out stationary, desk monitor, feed
the fish, turn on/off lights, turn on/off a/c, pencil sharpener, pull up and
down screen, messenger to the office and classes, locker monitor, homework
folder check and drink bottle check.
Class camp
The Middle School and Grade 3-5’s will be going on a 3day/2 night
camp in Week 6, September the 17th to 19th of
September. The venue will be a familiar place for ISB students, Batu Tapak
campgrounds in Sukabumi. We will be doing quite a bit of preparation before the
camp as this connects nicely with our unit of inquiry. Tents are provided and students will
camp on high flat ground surrounded by mountains, jungles and farm land. There
will be walks, treks, cooperative games and outbound type activities. Please have a look at
the website, batutapuk.com which is both in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
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Alert!
Koalas have been spotted eating ice-cream.
There are a different number in each state. We used units, tens and
hundred and placed in each state.
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What is
inside the box? We put things inside
that were related to us and shared with our class mates. |
We looked
at ourselves inside a mirror and painted our portraits. We then made positive
comments about ourselves.
For example:
When I look inside the mirror I see
someone who is ……........
a handsome boy. very intelligent. good at sport. very kind.
My favourite part of my body is
my…………..........................
mind because I can think. nose because I can breathe. brain because it can make me smart.
Students in control of the camera
Each day we have a daily
photographer. They take snaps throughout the day and then select their 3 favourite
photos. As a class we decide on the comment.
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We asked the
school ground staff how heavy is a papaya and how many papaya’s there are in a
tree. It was all about our Maths and at our teacher’s house the papaya tree
snapped and the challenge was to find out how many papaya’s are normally in one
tree and how heavy their combined weight is. |
We have library once a
week. For part of our lesson we listen to a story read to us by the librarian. This
story is, “The chocolate touch.”
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This was when we danced
in the hall. It shows everyone is moving different ways. |
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Sometimes we need more
help from a teacher especially if English is not their first language.
Who likes to play soccer? It feels better
running on the basketball court because it is easier to run compared to grass.
The bad news is there is a good chance that if you fall down it will hurt 10
times more than the grass.
This is a picture about Maths. One of the
students asked how many cups were in a galon of Aqua. We estimated and then
did the test. The answer was 21 litres or 84 cups. We can check if our answer
is right if we times by four. There are 4 cups in 1 litre. 1 cup is 250ml.
At assembly we read aloud our desert crow
to city crow letters about our Burke and Wills explorers bad luck and needing
help. Some of us were a bit nervous waiting but very happy to be able to run
around and release our energy.
Our challenge in design and technology was
to make a boat that could support 1 person who needed to be “snug tightly”. We
will test the sailing boat next week. I hope the weather is calm.
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Hello Grade 3-4-5, looks like you had lots of fun at the camp. We enjoyed seeing your hats when you visited our class and you are welcome anytime. We will have to come and visit you too.
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