Dear Parents, The students are in full exhibition mode. With the school play taking the time and energy of almost half of our PYP 8 students, we have all had a good opportunity to think about how to live the Learner Profile attribute of being balanced as students learned what it takes to keep up with all their commitments. The PYP8 teachers have been amazed at how resilient all the drama kids have been! Most have been keeping on top of their work and have still been active members of their exhibition groups. The students in Bugsy Malone did a fantastic job and should be commended on keeping it all together with the requirements of the play and their school work. The play was fantastic and the hard work of both students and teachers was extremely evident.! At this point in the exhibition, we are moving into a phase where we can see an end in sight. The most important thing for the students now is the action. All the research they have done should be leading them to an issue that matters. Our students must engage in an action where they are making a difference in the community. Having completed action plans, they are now ready to go out into the wider community to make a change. At the same time as managing the action for the exhibition, students will be completing their essay, creating a formal presentation, a board display and an art piece that represents their thoughts and feelings regarding their issue - so, lots to do. We will all enjoy our holiday starting as a half day on April 13th.

Upcoming things to remember…. Wed.​ 15 th March- PYP 8 Parents meeting re. Itatiaia Trip​ (this has been moved forward as per parents request)​ April 4th: Student Led Conferences. April 14th to 21st - No School. Half term break. Exhibition Week - May 1st - 5th (information will go out later regarding the specific date for parents to view the Exhibition). Itatiaia life skills trip 10th May - 12th May

Homework Exhibition: As the exhibition unit is focused on independant work, the students will be expected to use their time at home towards working on their exhibition. Students have an essay to write, actions to coordinate, posters and art installations to create. Students will also be expected to continue primary and secondary research in support of the work they are doing. Thursday - Due Friday MyImaths

Thanks from the PYP8 Team

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

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PYP 8 News

Week of 13th March 2017

Dear Parents, Book week was a success. Students had the opportunity to read with younger students, purchase books and participate in different activities that ranged from Readers Theater to creating their own stories… I hope many of you enjoyed International Day, set up by the high schools to celebrate the diverse community of St. Francis. There were treats and performances from all over the world. Many PYP 8 students and parents were spotted either helping out at booths or participating as a spectator. It is wonderful that we can support the entire community! The business of PYP 8 is not going to stop. We have officially started the exhibition Unit - which means the Exhibition is now 6 weeks away! (well, school weeks, at least - not counting holidays). As students have done the bulk of their research and are now consolidating that information into a research paper - of course students will still do research to continue to add to the essay on an ongoing basis. The main thing we are going to focus on is primary research including collecting data using surveys, interviews and trips. The most exciting and pivotal part of the exhibition is the Action - meaning students use their research to identify a problem and decide how they can have an impact on their community. We are asking parents to be supportive of their student as action will most likely require students to go someplace, and perhaps might have some cost involved. Talk to your child about what their action is - make sure all trips and action plans are approved of by the classroom teacher or exhibition teacher so we can keep track of who is going where and who is doing what. I look forward to seeing you all during the exhibition week to celebrate the learning our students have done. Look forward to receiving an official invitation somewhere closer to the week of May 1st - May 5th!

Upcoming things to remember…. Itaitiaia Parent Meeting has changed and is now 15th March, 8am Pinheiros - Please attend to have all questions answered! This week IB evaluators are going to be in school checking up on the progress of our programs. They will be talking to teachers and students. This Friday PYP 4 and 5 are putting on a bake sale. Bring money! Saturday 18th March is a play rehearsal - 9:00 to 15:00. Pinheiros. April 4th: Student Led Conferences. April 17th to 21st - No School. Half term break.

Homework Exhibition: As the exhibition unit is focused on independent work, the students will be expected to use their time at home towards working on their exhibition. Students have an essay to write, actions to coordinate, posters and art installations to create. Students will also be expected to continue primary and secondary research in support of the work they are doing. Thursday - Due Friday MyImaths - Pie charts

Thanks from the PYP8 Team

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

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Week 7 - 6th March 2017 - PYP 8 News

PYP 8 News

Week of 6th March 2017

Dear Parents, Hope you all had an enjoyable break and Carnival.   This week is the last week of Unit 4 and children are putting together a visual presentation and written piece to show their understanding of the central idea that past civilisations impact upon today’s society. In Maths this week we will work in our own classes on conversion between measurements.  The following two weeks we will be focused on data entry and analysis using pie charts and line graphs.  This will be done in Exhibition groups so as children can apply this to their exhibition where appropriate. After this week, PYP 8 go into top gear as we start our Exhibition unit proper on the 13th March.  Please continue to support your children and communicate with teachers any ideas/trips before going ahead and planning these.  Raise any questions, doubts or issues you or your child have asap with class teachers and they will resolve in school.  Please remember the dates for the final presentation.

Things to remember this week…. This week is book week….. From Thursday, before and after school - school play tickets to be sold Saturday 11th March - St. Francis International Fair

Homework Language  Out Monday and due Tuesday Focus on either your written non-chronological report or visual display and spend 40 minutes adding to the work you have to finish, in-class, by Friday for Unit 4. _____________________________________________________________________________ Exhibition:  Out Wednesday and due Thursday Work on Primary research or narrowed down research from Wedensday’s lesson _____________________________________________________________________________ Maths:  Out Thursday due Friday Myimaths - Teacher will show you the differentiated tasks from which you should choose the best one to challenge you.

Thanks from the PYP8 Team

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