Looking for Volunteers!

We are looking for volunteers to share about how they express  themselves. Last week, Ms.Nadine showed us her inspirations about making jewelry and how she has unique ideas to show how she expresses herself.

A necklace made out of a piece of broken porcelin.

Ms. Nadine explaining how she expresses herself.

Ms. Nadine showed us some of her ideas and jewelry. Her ideas were amazing and unique. Her job is a goldsmith. Instead of using metal covered in gold paint, she uses real gold to make her jewelry. 

A sketch of a ring.

Measurements of sizes and shapes of a necklace.

                                                   

 Thank you for reading this.

  We hope you can tell us how you express yourself. If you want to volunteer, please come to the Gr 3/4/5 classroom and speak to Ms. Trish or Ibu Hasanah.

A sketch of a ring.

Another sketch of a ring.

Measurements on how big it is to fit.

Who is our Inspiration?

In the Grade 3/4/5 classroom, we are planning how we will incorporate our inspirations into the Exhibition. We all chose an inspirational person. Our inspirational people are Leonardo di Vinci, Jim Henson, Pablo Picasso, Rowan Akinson or Mr Bean, Caesar Milan, David Attingbrough, Ole Kirk Christiansen, George from Master Chef, Claude Monet, Nelson Mandela &  Neil Demarco as some examples.
We are also planning the four components for our exhibition. The four components are visual arts, performing arts, written/spoken and choice. We made a chart for all of the students to organize their ideas. We also need people to come and share their inspirations with us. If you are interested about sharing with us, tell our teacher Ms.Trish.
We will see you at the exhibition.

Mr.Bean

Jim Henson

Picasso

Cesar Milan

Master chef George

Ole Kirk Cristiansen

Central Idea Term 4 How We Express Ourselves

In the Gr. 3/4/5 classroom, we have been working on the Exhibition and our central idea for Term 4. We are currently working on selecting our theme song. Next week, we are going to share about who we have chosen as our inspiration. We are currently doing a mind map how people express themselves. Our central idea is "People are inspired and express their uniqueness."

On 15/04/2014 we were talking about the components of our exhibition. There are 5 different components; visual arts, performing arts, expressive written arts, our choice and a report about an inspiring person. We almost decided our theme song. Our two choices are "Happy" and "Best Day of My Life". We would like you to come to our Exhibition on Friday 6th of June.

The areas where our exhibition will be in the Creative Design Lab and in the hall. In the Creative Design Lab, we are having a art gallery. In the hall it will be a exhibition area where we will have our performing arts presentation.   

We are writing about different ways we can express ourselves.

 

Wednesday, 5th March 2014

TERM 3

As a follow up to our previous unit: Natural    Disasters; Pak Imam (Rahma’s Dad) gave us avery informative presentation about his job as a Geologist with the Repsol Mining Company. We learnt a lot about tectonic plate movements over time, how studying rock formations can give geologists a better understanding of what is happening below the Earth’s surface, as well as below the oceans. Our students became very good at recognizing patterns in the rocks and could explain what had caused the formation of these rock patterns. Many thanks to Pak Imam for giving up his time to share his knowledge    with us.

The Transdisciplinary Theme for our current Unit of Inquiry is: Sharing the Planet.

Central Idea: Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance of organisms within systems. Our Case Study is The Rainforest.

Lines of Inquiry:

·         Ways in which ecosystems, biomes and environments are interdependent.

·         How human interaction with the environment can affect the balance of systems.

·         The consequences of imbalance within ecosystems.

      As part of this unit we visited the Botanical Gardens (Kebun Raya) to study some of the many fascinating trees and plants that grow naturally in tropical rainforests.

Despite intermittent rain we had a great time following a route to study a wide variety of trees, creepers, vines, epiphytes, fungi and flowers,  such as: the ‘Sausage Tree’, Lipstick Palm, bamboo, Strangler Fig, water lilies and lotuses, bananas, rattans, ginger, coffee and nutmeg trees, and the magnificent ‘King of the Forest’ with its huge buttress roots. Many thanks to Helen Henry, who    gave  up her time to accompany us on this trip.

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 j  We enjoyed a very informative presentation from Jacqui Sunderland from BOS: The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. This is an Indonesian non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Bornean orangutan and its habitat. It is currently the largest orangutan rescue and rehabilitation organization in the world. Jacqui’s presentation was really moving as she introduced us to some of the many orangutans who have been rescued, enrolled in orangutan classes and successfully rehabilitated. It takes approximately seven years of around the clock care to nurse them back to health and teach them all the orangutan skills they need to be able to be released into the wild. The students asked really thoughtful and relevant questions and showed great empathy for the plight of the endangered orangutans that are at risk of extinction. We really appreciate Jacqui making the time to share her presentation with us.

MATHEMATICS

 

     The three classes are developing their understanding of measurement using both the metric and imperial systems. We are focusing on linear measurement, perimeter, area, volume, time, (analogue and digital clocks and elapsed time). At the moment we are working inside the classroom but will take it outside weather permitting.

                           

READING

      We are enjoying participating in a stand-alone reading unit based on our own personal favourite books. This involves sharing and ‘selling’ our books to others to encourage them to read and enjoy a wide range of books. So far this is proving very popular with all students fully involved in the reading and sharing process.