Weekly update 6-10 May 2019

Dear Parents,

Monday morning dance party!

Some student comments, questions, and wonderings recorded:

Why are we dancing? Is this a special day? Why do people dance? Are we celebrating something?
Are we dancing to warm up? Are we dancing for exercise? Students questions and wonderings lead us to further discussion about celebrations, how and what we celebrate and that dance is a form of expression. We tapped into our values and beliefs and discovered that we have many similarities in them.
The dance party provocation helped students to start making connections to our new unit How We Express Ourselves and put together a kiddies central idea:

The dance party was done as a provocation to provoke student wondering, questions that lead to the unveiling of our new unit How We Express Ourselves. Students put together a kiddies central idea: We express and appreciate our cultures, values, and beliefs.

In Math, students looked at the money in the station. The task was to identify the features of money and draw what they see.
Security features on money

Some features students identified on the money were:
1. Glossy print and texture of money.
4. Portrait of Dr. Sam Nujoma.
6. Signature of the Governor Mr. Ipumbu Shiimi.
7. Portrait watermark that appears when the note is held against direct sunlight.
8. Security thread, the thread changes colour from green to blue.


For more pictures view our album here.

Homework for next week:

1. Continued discussions on their family values and beliefs.
2. Cultural items (artifacts) that they could bring in, share about and add to the inquiry - walking gallery. Please do not send in food at this stage.
3. Bring in money from other countries (currencies) for more activities on money.
4. Empty food, toy boxes and containers for our class shop.
5. irregular verbs

Happy Mother's day!