Week of 28th of November

PYP 8 News

Week of 28th November, 2016

Dear Parents, Last week St. Francis said goodbye to our Mexican exchange students. The exchange students said they had a great time and we would like to thank everyone for making them feel at home. This week PYP 8 Beta and Sigma will be visiting the Thompson Advertising Agency on Tuesday, and PYP 8 Omega on Wednesday. Last week students began planning and creating their own advertisements, so this trip will be a great opportunity for students to extend their knowledge by seeing how professionals go about designing advertising campaigns. It should be fun! Please remember to book a meeting with your student´s homeroom teacher this week on "you can book me". Parent meetings are on Thursday, Dec 1st. We look forward to reflecting on another productive term.

PYP8

Week of 28th November 2016

Homework

Language: Exhibition Reading (See Google Classroom for complete directions)

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Portuguese: Will be given by Portuguese teachers.

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Maths: MyImaths: Number lines with negative numbers

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Unit of Inquiry:  Cancelled due to parents meetings

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PYP 8 News

Week of 21st November, 2016

Dear Parents, Last week St. Francis welcomed students from Mexico who will be visiting until this Friday. It is a great chance to share cultures and gain new perspectives from other parts of the world. Perfect for concepts we are exploring in Unit 3! This week we will continue looking into persuasion techniques, and how language and images can be used for positive change. Students will begin to investigate slogans and think about how they can be used to increase awareness of a global issue.

Week of 21st November 2016

Homework

Language: Exhibition Reading (See Google Classroom for complete directions)

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Portuguese: Will be given by Portuguese teachers.

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Maths: MyImaths: Area of 2d shapes or Volume of cuboids

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Unit of Inquiry:  Slogans (Directions will be given on Google Classroom)

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News Week of 7th November, 2016

PYP 8 News Dear Parents, Last week PYP 8 had a great time wrapping up Unit 2 by conducting their very own science experiments. Students were given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of the scientific method to learn about a natural phenomena they were interested in. This week we are beginning Unit 3 to investigate bias and perspective in different media types. We are also looking forward to another excellent assembly by PYP 8 Sigma. Hope to see you there! Julia experimenting with different weights. João and Raphael measuring distance.

PYP8

Week of 7th November 2016

Homework

Language: Find an online news article (see Google Classroom for good websites) related to your exhibition group. Read the article to become familiar with it. You will use this article again next week.

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Portuguese: Will be given by Portuguese teachers.

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Maths: MyImaths: Coordinates and graphing

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Unit of Inquiry:  Create a list of at least 10 ads you have seen that day. It can be from TV, the internet, print (newspapers / magazines / books / comics) or billboards on the street or in malls / stores.

Use the following sheet to record your ads.

Recording daily ad intake homework

Answer the following questions:

“Do you make your own choices about what products / services you buy? Who or what influences you? How do you make choices about what you want and what you buy?”

“How do ads influence your life? Do you think your life is better because we have ads? Justify your answer?”

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