Christmas Market Schedule on Friday

Dear Parents,

Christmas Market is on Friday. You are all invited to watch the performances and to buy goodies hand made by your children. The Market aims to raise funds for a certain charity. Please support this project.

Below is the schedule on that day.

8:30 - 10:00AM -  usual routines. 

10:00 - Recommended Snack Time

In the MPR:

10:20AM -                          Greeting by Alex (and Kate)

10:25 - 10:30 -                   Baton Twirling 

10:30 -10:40 -                    Early Years 

10:40 - 10:45 -                   Grade 1 

10:45 - 10:50 -                   Grade 5/6

10:50 - 10:55 -                   Whole School Song

10:55 - 11:00 -                    Introduction of cause and opening of the market. 

11:00 - 12:00 - Christmas Market 

12:10 -                               Gather back in MPR / Visit from Santa

12:30 ~                               Return to homerooms for final goodbyes. Children Grade 1 and under MUST be 

                                           picked up by a parent or guardian at the classroom. 

See you all on FRIDAY!!! :)

Mrs J

REMINDERS

Dear Parents,

We are on the last school week for the year 2018. This will be a tremendously busy week for everyone especially for the kids.

Please be reminded of the following:

1. School lunch order should be paid by Wednesday, 12 December 2018.

2. On Thursday, Mrs Akiko (Junsu Yu's Mom) will help us bake cookies for the Christmas Market.

3. A Holiday homework will be given for the kids. The homework will include 3 reading comprehension texts, 1 Writing and 1 Math. This will be given on Thursday, 13 December 2018.

4. I will be on leave from January 2019 to end of March, 2019. Ms Ramani will be in charge of the class. She has been with us for a couple of days and has familiarised herself with the kids, the routine and the lessons. Please feel free to talk to her and ask her anything under the sun.

See you on the Christmas Market!!!

Regards,

Mrs J

What does LIMITED RESOURCES mean?

This is what we want our students to understand prior to starting the new unit. To make them grasp the concept of LIMITED RESOURCES, the students were asked to choose 5 materials they will need to come up with a Christmassy artwork. It was fun to observe them as they were choosing the materials and also as they were making them. Let us see what will they bring in to the reflection part of the activity. :)

I See, I Think, I Wonder

As part of tuning into the new unit, the Grade 1 students were given a challenging task - they went around the school and looked at the garbage disposal system we have. They tok note of what they saw and observed in the I SEE column.  The follow up task will focus on wha they THINK and what they WONDER. :)

Exploring the concepts of CONNECTION and CHANGE

The Grade 1 students confidently explained to the visitors the big idea they explored this unit. They mentioned the CONNECTION of things we have at present to the ones in the past. They also shared the possible reasons why things had to CHANGE. Good work, Grade 1s!

How did people make cloth in the past?

This is a big question, and the students experienced making a small cloth out of wool. The process is called FELTING. Look at how committed they were! :)

Collecting and Presenting Data

The Grade 1 students asked their friends about their favourite colours. They did a tally chart and presented the results through a bar graph. :)

Introducing Ms. Ramani

Dear Parents,

As I would be on leave from beginning of January to end of March, Ms. Ramani will take care of the class. 

She is very happy to meet you and will be coming over for meet and greet on the 6th of December 2018, Thursday.

Please drop by the classroom on that day from 8.30 to 9.00 AM OR between 2:45 and 3:30 PM. See you all!

Grade 1

Why did changes have to happen?

One of the students raised this question at the beginning of the unit - "Why did changes happen?"
and precisely he is correct with his wondering. Why can't things just stay the same all throughout our lives? Why changes should happen? What caused the changes?

In order to address that query, the students worked in pairs and wrote down their perspectives why certain gadgets/items need to be modified or changed. They shared their opinion to the class in the end.

Weaving in the Past

As this unit focuses on the difference between children's lives before to children's lives at present, the class read and discussed the story "Charlie Needs a Cloak".

In this text, it was shown how clothes were made in a step-by-step way in the past, and the students explained how they get clothes today. After discussing literature, Ms. Rose taught the kids basic weaving. The kids enjoyed this unusual experience and loved to do more during their play time.

past and present

At the beginning of the unit, our class had to deconstruct the Central Idea: CHILDREN INTHE PAST LIVED DIFFERENTLY FROM HOW WE LIVE TODAY.

To start with, we tried to make a clear difference between the concepts of PAST and PRESENT. The students looked at pictures and sorted them out into 2 groups: THEN and NOW. They also explained why they came up with such. Good work, Grade 1s!