Weekly update 28th - 1 February 2019

Dear parents,

This week found students being creative, they did fractions with their shoes.

Some students questions:

1. What fraction of the shoes have shoelaces?
2. What fraction of the shoes are a size one?
3. What fraction of the shoes are white?
4. What fraction of the shoes are sandals?



Students making their thinking visual during problem-solving in math.

  Students have been tested for new reading levels. They will start bringing home new levels from next week. You might find these questions helpful when helping your child to decode words during reading:

1. Did that make sense?
2. Does it sound right?
3. Does it look right?
4. What sound/letter does it start with?
5. Look at the picture.
6. Think of another word that might fit that makes sense?
7. Take a closer look at the word?
8. Does the word remind you of a word you know?
9. Does the word have a smaller word inside that you know?

Our focus this week for PSPE was Feelings, we read a wonderful book about feelings. The book is about Ishi a rock, this rock gives students tips that on how to be happy. Ishi says when something feels impossible, I sleep and rest, and try again the next day!
Students will find their own Ishi (rock or pebble) decorate it then passed it on to a friend to share their happiness.

We also watched a video and discussed some random acts of kindness? Students are encouraged to do something kind and record it in the reflection book.



UOI:

This week in the inquiry cycle we focus on finding and sorting out more about our unit.
Student agency is part of the new enhanced PYP, this means we focus on what students want to learn an inquiry into, where they choose to drive the inquiry. Students have been made a part of our planning. This week student constructed their own central idea to the unit.
Made connections to the Key concepts, form- what it looks like, smell like, this is states of matter.
Causation- How it changes, why it changes?

We have been working on good questioning, sorting and aking meaningful questions, questions that will lead to deeper thinking and inquiry.
Students questions were sorted into categories such as closed questions, open-ended questions, questions that are easily found on google, questions that take a long journey to find the answers. Students enjoyed this activity as they discovered that most of their questions asked were closed, require a simple yes or no answer, or were easily found on the internet.