Week 4 - 13th February 2017 - PYP 8 News

PYP 8 News

Week of 13th February 2017

Dear Parents, In our Unit of Inquiry, we continued to find out about the Sumerian Civilisation in groups.  Looking at its elements, how they developed visually displayed through timelines.  We are moving into understanding the importance of the geography and how geographical elements affect and drive the elements of civilisation. We continue to show connection of the civilisation to present day. Exhibition groups worked hard to move from more general research to more focused research.  There is a lot of hard work coming over the next few months so please support your children and motivate them at home to fully immerse with their inquiry.

Our work in Class Sharing understanding in Maths to build new concepts with converting between percentages, fractions and decimals.

Finding out and connecting geographical elements that may affect the growth of a civilisation. Groups produced their first visual ideas to show the elements of a civilisation using a timeline, geography and fonts for titles.  The class then critiqued the piece to see how it could show deeper knowledge and understanding.

Things to remember this week…. School photos this week Tuesday morning - theater trip Friday - Bake Sale (please prepare Thursday night and bring in - ideally supporting children to make the items) See device reminder letter sent last week.

Homework Exhibition: Out Monday due on Wednesday for Exhibition lesson. To continue researching your question from last week`s homework or extend through a new question.  If you are having difficulty with this see your Exhibition teacher Monday or Tuesday lunchtime. Use the same sheet as last week and highlight information on the website to help you take notes. _________________________________________________________________________________ Maths:  Out Wednesday due Thursday Your maths teacher will show how to use the website on Tuesday during Maths and you will set your own homework to challenge yourself. Your teacher will give you a piece of graph paper where you will write the question and show your working out. You will then mark the answers afterwards. This is also a trust exercise as you have access to the answers - so what is more important is showing your working out! http://www.helpingwithmath.com/printables/worksheets/WorksheetGenerator02.htm The website will be shared on Google Classroom by Mr. Benzie on Tuesday. ________________________________________________________________________________ Language: Out Thursday due Friday Instructions -  Finish working on the non-chronological essay based on your cause and effect research of events in history. Introduction - Introduce the premise of the event in history that has been chosen and the main events that caused it. At least 3 paragraphs of content : Go into details of at least 3 causes of the event giving references to the research.    Conclusion - Connect the cause and effect of the historical event

Thanks from the PYP8 Team

Mr. Benzie, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Hurst, Mrs. Spalla, Mr. Oliveira and Ms. Bianco.