Dear Parents,
I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. We had a great time on our field trip, hunting for signs and symbols around the mall. We will be sharing photos very soon.
This week is the last week of our Unit of Inquiry ‘How We Organize Ourselves’. The children will be walking around our campus to identify an area that would benefit from a sign. They will then design the sign to communicate a message - a command, a warning, or an information sign. Once these are finished then we will be working with 2PH and showing them our signs and asking them to critique their effectiveness. Students will then reflect if their sign does communicate their message, and if not, identify what they could have done differently.
In Math, the children will be looking at the associative and communicative properties of number to understand that addition and subtraction do not follow the same rules and that the order of certain steps and operations can alter the output.
Language: Last week, we learnt to identify and sort steps within the scientific method including asking a question, conducting background research, forming a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, observing/recording/analyzing data, and forming a conclusion. We also attempted our 'lava' experiment, completing the first half of the scientific method. This week we will do the experiment again, following the same steps (when conducting the experiment) but in a different order to see if we end up with a different result. We will complete our observations, analyses, and conclusion this week. In addition to this, if time permits, the children will watch Pie Corbett who tells stories through signs. They will attempt writing their own stories using signs to communicate.
Announcements/Reminders
As always, thank you for your continued support at home.
Warm regards,
Bhavna
I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. We had a great time on our field trip, hunting for signs and symbols around the mall. We will be sharing photos very soon.
This week is the last week of our Unit of Inquiry ‘How We Organize Ourselves’. The children will be walking around our campus to identify an area that would benefit from a sign. They will then design the sign to communicate a message - a command, a warning, or an information sign. Once these are finished then we will be working with 2PH and showing them our signs and asking them to critique their effectiveness. Students will then reflect if their sign does communicate their message, and if not, identify what they could have done differently.
In Math, the children will be looking at the associative and communicative properties of number to understand that addition and subtraction do not follow the same rules and that the order of certain steps and operations can alter the output.
Language: Last week, we learnt to identify and sort steps within the scientific method including asking a question, conducting background research, forming a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, observing/recording/analyzing data, and forming a conclusion. We also attempted our 'lava' experiment, completing the first half of the scientific method. This week we will do the experiment again, following the same steps (when conducting the experiment) but in a different order to see if we end up with a different result. We will complete our observations, analyses, and conclusion this week. In addition to this, if time permits, the children will watch Pie Corbett who tells stories through signs. They will attempt writing their own stories using signs to communicate.
Announcements/Reminders
- Sports Day: Unfortunately, the PE department have had to postpone sports day. It will now be in March. When we are closer to the time I will send out the information passed on from the PE department.
- Grade 4 Souk: Please see last week's post for information about the Grade 4 Souk. We will be going on Wednesday 25th. If you would like your child to participate please send in no more than 15AED in an envelope with your child's name on it.
- Report cards will go home early February. More information to follow from the primary office.
As always, thank you for your continued support at home.
Warm regards,
Bhavna