PYP 8 News
Week of 6th February 2017
Dear Parents,
We have begun to find out about what it means to be a civilisation through various elements. Our reading last week helped us to see these elements through the eyes of the Sumerian Civilisation which led into shared writing on each element.
We continue to focus our writing on structured paragraphs with a main point and evidence in each of these paragraphs to then build an explanation/opinion. This work will be used again and again within our non-fiction writing.
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Friday Tribes
We finished Friday with a fun, team building activity scavenger hunt. Children worked in their exhibition groups to go around the school, linked arms within their group and hunt for various objects. They had to take a picture and then show this picture to a PYP 8 adult, whilst trying to collect each adult’s signature before visiting that adult again.
The children and adults really enjoyed this and the reflections afterwards focused on strategies used and how working as a team in such activities can be taken back into the classroom for group work……..e.g. making simple decisions quickly by turn-taking, having someone lead the group or agree with others ideas and later share your idea for which object to hunt next.
PYP 8 adults have already decided to build on this activity next week (if it doesn’t rain) with a secret twist to the rules that children will only discover once the activity starts.
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Things to remember this week….
This week there is nothing extra to remind you about apart from school play practice on Saturday @ Pinheiros campus!!
Here is the link for parents/friends of parents to sign up if they have any expertise to offer specific groups for Exhibition. Many of you have signed up already but we are especially looking for any expertise to help our animal groups and climate change group. If you feel you or someone you know can help, please fill in the form linked here
The week after next is very busy with trip to the theatre, bake sale and official photos so watch this space.
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Homework
Language Homework Out - Monday 06-02 -16 Return - Tuesday 07-02 -16
Instructions - Read the example of a non-chronological report. Read the features of a
non-chronological report and write about how well the author did in writing the report. Resources - https://docs.google.com/document/d/199g-MaaD5OenqYZHdimrjvWKnHP7S2j3JOvY59rhKTo/edit
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Unit of Inquiry: Out - Wednesday 08-02-17 Return - Thursday 09-02-17
Research your note taking form on google classroom. Add this work to your exhibition folder so your group can use next week. If you have difficulties finding a resource, ask your Mentor or Exhibition teacher to help you find one. Remember to use sites like Newsela or tweentribune -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths Homework Out - Thursday 09-02-17 Return - Friday 10-02-17
Instructions - There are 3 tasks for percentages of amounts. Your teacher will tell you which one to attempt.
Look at the lessons of the other task for dec/fract/perc 1 - we will study this on Friday.
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