Read Alouds with a difference

Storytime or as we are calling it now Read Aloud time happens frequently throughout the day. I love reading great books, that I own or that the children and  I have borrowed from our school library. Sometimes, the children choose to hear a story read online from a guest reader; storyline online or tumblebooks.

Today they listened to a story read by an astronaut from SPACE!

Read an article about it;
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5acf73f0e4b0d70f012ecff0/amp

or better still go and listen to more stories together;

http://storytimefromspace.com/

Happy Reading

And a great article on the importance of reading to your child.
http://www.thisisinsider.com/benefits-reading-to-kids-2017-8

Elementary House games - Tuesday 22nd May

Next Tuesday the Elementary student council are running  games in the gym at morning break. 

Students can join in the fun and represent their house team. 

Wear house t-shirt to school on Tuesday

Our new eating space

We have moved to our new lunch space.
We really like some things about it:

• There is air-conditioning- so it's cool and it feels good.
• It is all fresh and new.
• The chairs are comfortable and a good size.
• The tables are the right size.
• When people to line up to choose the food, you can see it.
• We have sinks to wash our hands.
• The cafeteria is near, we don't have to walk far.
• It is inside.

There are other things though that we don't think are so great...
We're discussing solutions to these issues at the moment and sometimes change is challenging and these perceived problems may iron themselves out in due course as we get used to our new space.

Don't forget...
If your child has home lunch, it needs to be delivered to our new eating area!

Where we are in Place and Time

Transdisciplinary Theme

Where we are in Place and Time

Central Idea

Journeys can connect us with people and places near and far

Lines of Inquiry

• The different ways to plan and document a journey (function)
• How journeys can connect people (connection)
• The choices we make when we travel (reflection)

Learner Profile

Inquirer I act upon my curiosities

Reflective

I can think about what I have learnt

Attitudes

Independence

I show independence in my learning

Commitment I can finish what I have started

We have started tuning into this unit by sharing what we did on the holidays

Where did you journey to?Did you go far or near?Did you stay at home, Did you stay here?

and talking about what we already know about journeys

Happy Khmer New Year

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing Khmer New Year break.

See you all back refreshed and ready for the last few months. 

(I cannot believe how quickly the year  has gone!)

A parent shared how they enjoyed the Maths games at the Student Led Conference and would have liked to play them all so...

Here are 2!

We love Guest Readers

Whenever Guest Reader is put on the schedule, the children get excited to see who will visit.
Here are some pictures...

Thank you Guest Readers for spreading the joy of books with the class.

New Maths Module

 Here is some information about the Module that we are beginning to explore in Maths.
You might find some of the tips useful.
:)