Grade 6KD Bake Sale- Dec.3-7th!

On the 3rd day of December the Grade 6KDs gave to me...

A Scavenger Hunt !- $5 entry! ( One for Primary students), (One for Secondary)

Meet at the Thatch to participate!

On the 4th day of December, the Grade 6KDs gave to me...

Bake Sale!- $ 5-10$ - Thatch- Goodies to fill the bellies!

On the 5th day of December, the Grade 6KDs gave to me...

Christmas Karaoke-(5$) Primary Students can meet at the Thatch and Grade 6 students will meet them there to bring to classroom 73 to sing and then walk them back to the Thatch before the end of their break.

Secondary students meet in Rm. 73( my classroom)

On the 6th day of December, the Grade 6KDs gave to me...

Popcorn! (5$)- Thatch

On the 7th day of December, the Grade 6KDs gave to me...

Ice lollies!- (5$) 

Weekly update 26- 30 November 2018

Dear Parents,

This was a very productive and interactive week. Students shared timelines on how technology has changed over time, the reasons therefor and how new technological inventions aids us to learn and communicate better, easier and more effectively. Students watched video's of and discussed the latest invention in the world, this lead to deeper inquiries of advantages and disadvantages of modern technology.
Students have been creating their devices for the future in the class, it seems like we have some future scientists and inventors brewing in grade 2.


We felt it fit to integrate Digital Citizenship for this weeks ICT lesson in a collaborative and fun manner. Eight QR codes were hidden in the classroom, students were requested to search for them. Once they were found students scanned the QR codes by independently finding the QR scanner App on the I-pads. The QR codes took students to several different videos about Digital Citizenship, such as be kind online, tell an adult, personal information, what is the internet?
Students then applied some summarizing skills taught in English to jot down the main ideas for group sharing and presentations.

 


Ms.Sharon our school nurse came to speak with students on personal hygiene and self-care. Students had fun with the interactive games and sharing of ideas. Ms. Sharon will continue next week with another lesson on self-control, making good decisions, being kind and caring towards others.



Drop everything and read Friday!

Enjoy the weekend.

Weekly update 19th -23rd November

Dear Parents,

In Math, students have been sharing and discovering a variety of additional methods to use in algorithms. Amongst them were trade first and the partial sum method. Students enjoyed sharing and peer teaching each other on some of the methods parents have shown them at home. Students will continue to practice these addition algorithms next week, as not all learners have grasped this concept.

Homework of the coming weeks:

No-tech week  26-30 November, students are requested to not use any devices for the whole week. students will reflect on the no tech week next Friday. Students will keep and update a login book of their daily activities. Students will reflect on how they experienced the no tech week next Friday.  Encourage your child to create games to keep themselves entertained during the no tech week.  We would love students to bring in their games for us to try at school.

Math:

Discuss time e.g we'll be leaving in five minutes, we'll leave at 3:00, etc.
Talk with your child about how you use math every day and show them how you use math. We continue to look at various ways to represent data.

When cooking, ask your child to help and study measuring with you, e.g temperature, quantities, capacity, and weight.

Encourage your child to measure things at home e.g family heights, foot size. Encourage them to draw and measure lines using different lengths using rulers. This is a great hand-eye coordination practice.

Talk about real-life measurement- e.g speed when traveling to/ from school, adding up grocery items, weighing fruits and vegetables at the market, how you determine how much milk, flour, sugar, and other staples to buy for your family, etc.

Do activities on Mathletics

Language:

Students are bringing home leveled readers. They must read every day, and out loud to an adult at least twice a week.

Spelling City activities.

Students had an awesome time at the post office, ask your child to tell you all about it.

Weekend events

Weekly update 12-15th November

Dear Parents,

Students went on a scavenger hunt to identify and make authentic connections of the different forms of communication around the school campus. Ms.Catherine from the office conveniently called for Ms. Debbie over the intercom speaker to come to the office, this helped students realized that the intercom is used at school to make announcements, and to worn of fire drills.

 For the upcoming week, parents are requested to make their own communication timelines for students to present in class. You need to give a timeline of your communication history from birth to date. We have a couple of Field Trips lined up for the upcoming weeks to help our students with their inquiry journey of the unit.

In language, students have started writing descriptive essays. We discussed how voice is an important part of writing to help the reader see what the writer wants to convey. We had a writing session with Oranges were students had to incorporate their five senses into their writing. Students also wrote a reflection about International day were they also used their senses to add voice and detail to their writing.

ICT integration was ongoing this week as students continued to discover and create patterns for the Sphero to form squares and triangles, Some students were challenged when they had to follow a car track on our classroom carpet.

Homework:
1. Please help students access the blog to view their homework for the following weeks as part of the authentic connection to how technology helps us learn.
2. Have talked about the positive and negative effects of technology.
3. Choose a gadget/device of (form) of communication then find out how it works for class sharing.
4. Bring in communication or technology devices that can be added to our class Museum.
5. Learn a new method for doing addition and subtraction sums then share with the class.
6. Students need to bring an envelope and local stamp to school.
7. Spelling city and Mathlectics (new activities have been assigned)

Unit 3 PYP Newsletter

Dear Parents,

Your children have received 10 spelling words on their respective levels, these are the same words that student gets for spelling city and word sorts done in class. Students need to practice the words for our spelling bee competition for this Friday, we are trying to have this activity be a weekly event for fun. The spelling words are stapled into students reflection books.

Here are some reading comprehension activities for your Child, they know their reading colours.

Pink  Worksheet
Brown  Worksheet
Green Worksheet
Grey  Worksheet
Black  Worksheet
Purple  Worksheet Worksheet
Pale blue  Worksheet
Lemon Worksheet

Please find our PYP Newsletter for Unit 3.

Thank you.

Dear Parents,

Thank you for all your support and assistance in making the International day such a huge success. We could not have done it without you!

The class and individual photo packages are ready for collection for N$ 100.00 per student, this is not compulsory.

The Photo Package consists of the following photos:

• 1x A5 individual photo
• 6x passport size photos with Bookmark Calendar
• 2x A6 individual photos
• 1x A5 Class photo

Remember to wear blue to support Diabetes awareness on Thursday the 15th November 2018.

Be on the lookout for more photos and our PYP Newsletter later in the week.

Weekly Newsletter 5th-9th November

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that The official opening for the international day starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning. The Grade 2's will perform at 11:40, we expect all students to gather at our stall (Botswana) by 11:00 in preparation for the performance.

Students have all received their shirts and skirts, please ensure that they are wearing them tomorrow for the performance. Boys will wear black short/long pants with their shirts. Girls wear plain white vest/t-shirts with their shirts. They are welcome to bring a change of clothes to wear thereafter.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, be prepared to be blown away by the grade 2 performance!

This week started off with students tunning into our new unit Where we are in place and time. The central idea is Innovations and inventions change the way we communicate.

Tuning In - Nonverbal morning- till the first break.

Students had fun during the non-verbal morning. They were given task cards to read and follow

instructions, they played silent games and even mimed. Students reflected on their non-verbal

morning after first break

Students reflected on a non-verbal morning:

What did you Think?  

Am I in the right class? What’s going on is there a meeting? (Vivian) Why can’t we talk? (Gui)

What did you like?

quietness/ peacefulness ( Kahilu) Silent reading (Nini) The activity cards (Dino)

What did you not like? It was hard to communicate ( Hazel) People did not read the signs - Shhh! No talking.

(Reuben)

What other ways did you use to communicate? Sign language (Dino)  Written communication (Helmina) Miming (Dino)  Dancing (Reuben)

ICT: Students were introduced to Sphero's this week by Mr. D, this is a more advanced time of coding (robotics) students will continue to work with the Sphero mini for the next few weeks.

Homework for next week:

1. Parents have homework too. Draw a timeline of how technology has evolved from your birth till present, your child will present/ share your timeline.

2. Students need to get an envelope, postcard, local and international stamps and bring to school.

3. If you have any old devices e.g typewriters, walkmen, old landline/ mobile phone at home please borrow them to us to build a class Mesum of these items.

4. Students can do research, find pictures, and information on how people long ago used to communicate as well as the different forms of communication for sharing.

Weekly update of the 29th- 2nd November.

Dear Parents,

Wow, how time flies when you're having fun! International day is next weekend, the 10th of November and students have been practicing very hard to get the dance routine just right. I'm positive that you'll be very impressed with their moves.

I have received all cash contribution for the student's outfits for International day.

 Parents, that have already added their names to the grade 2 sign up sheet for donations I thank you. If you had not yet had the time to have a look at the sign-up sheet,  please have a look and indicate what you will be able to contribute towards the day to make it a success. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board in front of Ms. Pamela's class.

Some special requests for International Day:

1. Donations of chicken, meat. wors, beef still needed.
2. Cash donations of any amount are welcome.
3. Help with selling at the stall. Duties have been divided into 30 mins time slots. ( sign up sheet on bulletin board)
3. White, Brown feathers
4. Beads, buttons, etc to make ankle shakers
5. Drums and hand shakers.

Students have been very busy this week:

This week students were introduced to The Daily 5. The Daily 5 is a literature framework that teaches students to work independently, work on concentration, reading stamina and perseverance. This allows for differentiation and gives the teacher time to work individually with students.



 view our class album here

Have a Fun weekend.