Back into the Swing of Things!

PYP5 Beta students busy at work observing the properties of 3D shapes.

Here we are counting Faces, Edges and Vertexes!

 
 
 

 

Cool 3D Shape Rap

Homework this week:

Language (set on Mondays, due on Tuesdays) -
Green
Yellow
Red
Red adapted

Maths (set on Fridays, due on Mondays) -

Extra Maths practise will be available online here. Students can access using their individual user name and password. In case you forgot these information please contact the class teacher.

Have a great week!

                                                                                                                                            PYP5 Team

Congratulations PYP5 Pupils!

PYP5 Pupils, Congratulations on the outstanding job in leading your own conferences.  It was a joy to see the pride on your faces and that of your parents as you led the conferences!  You  worked very hard toward this goal and accomplished it with independence, confidence and determination!


Notes & Important dates

• 14th - 16th April - Primary Play - Alice in Wonderland - Make sure you book your calendars to support our young thespians.

Homework this week:

Language (set on Mondays, due on Tuesdays) -
Green
Yellow
Red
Red adapted

Maths (set on Fridays, due on Mondays) -

Green and Yellow
Red

Extra Maths practise will be available online here. Students can access using their individual user name and password. In case you forgot these information please contact the class teacher.

Have a great week!

                                                                                                                                            PYP5 Team

Student-led conferences this week!

Student-led conferences this week!

Notes & Important dates

• Thursday, April 7th - Student-Led conferences (Pinheiros)
• Wednesday, April 6th - Student-Led conferences (Jardins)
•  Meetings will last 20 minutes and pupils must come in complete school uniform.
• 14th - 16th April - Primary Play - Alice in Wonderland - Make sure you book your calendars to support our young thespians.

PYP5 Pupils concentrated on building fraction walls and creating equivalent fractions!

Homework this week:

Language (set on Mondays, due on Tuesdays) -

Green
Yellow
Red

Maths (set on Fridays, due on Mondays) -

Red

Yellow

Green

Extra Maths practise will be available online here. Students can access using their individual user name and password. In case you forgot these information please contact the class teacher.

Have a great week!

                                                                                                                                            PYP5 Team

Lição de casa 

Acesse os links abaixo:

Grupo 1
Grupo 2

Grupo 3

March 28th, 2016

Welcome back to school! 

We hope you had a great time over the holidays!

Before our mid-term break the PYP5 students went on a field-trip to the Market.  Their objective was to fulfill two important challenges!  

Before the kids went to the market they planned a fun and healthy pic-nic.  The class was then divided into 5 small groups (sweets, savoury, dairy, drinks, and fruits and cutlery).  Their first challenge was to find the ingredients and other items for their picnic within a R$30.00 budget.

Their second challenge was to compare brands and prices before making their purchases. 

This trip was a very practical way to show students how the math skills they are learning in school, such as summing up totals (adding), making change (subtracting), and budgeting can be applied to everyday life. 

The trip was a HUGE hit among the kids and they topped it off with a very rewarding pic-nic!

Notes & Important dates

• PYP 6 & 7 Students have organised a bake sale this coming Friday, 1st April in order to raise money for Action Projects in the Primary.  We would like to ask you to support our project by letting your child bring money to buy baked goods (savoury and sweet). The price per item will be R$2. Please send money (no more than 5R$) in children’s diaries and teachers will help them purchase items.

Homework this week:

Language (set on Mondays, due on Tuesdays) -

Green
Yellow
Red

Maths (set on Fridays, due on Mondays) -

Red

Yellow

Green

Extra Maths practise will be available online here. Students can access using their individual user name and password. In case you forgot these information please contact the class teacher.

Busy Week Ahead!

Monday, March 14, 2016

Last week we went on a field-trip to Banco do Brasil.  The trip to the bank showed students how the math skills they are learning in school can be applied to everyday life when they grow up. They visited the bank's vault and observed the daily routine and responsibilities of the bank employees.

Our fifth Unit of Inquiry has begun! 

 How We Express Ourselves

Careful thinking and planning can help us express ideas

Lines of Inquiry: 

-Personal expression and creativity -Reasons for planning -Putting plans into practice

We started with the following provocation:

The PYP5 students were asked to prepare an event - something related to expressing ideas (Dance competition, Karaoke, etc).

Each class decided on the type of event and set off by searching for pupils and materials needed to realize their event. When they approached teachers, staff members, bedeis, heads etc... requesting the resources needed they were kindly denied to their access to materials and resources stressing the need for planning, scheduling, and following a system.

They were faced with: 'Oh, sorry! I can't lend you costumes because I have a class next period when they will need them. Next time, please let me know in advance so I can reserve these items for you.'  Or, 'Oh sorry, we can have an event today during lunch time! It's not in the calendar. We need at least a week in advance to put things in our school calendar'.  

Students were made to feel that they needed to think and plan before carrying out their proposal.

Students were then debriefed in class on what happened and began to unpack the new central idea: Careful thinking and planning can help us express ideas.

It was a great provocation to get the wheels in their minds turning!

A few reminders for this week:

- SAT's Tuesday - Friday

- Field-trip to the Market

- No school next week (midterm break)

Have a nice week!

PYP 5 Team

Homework this week:

Language (set on Mondays, due on Tuesdays) -

Red

Yellow

Green

Maths (set on Fridays, due on Mondays) -

Red

Yellow

Green

Extra Maths practise will be available online here. Students can access using their individual user name and password. In case you forgot these information please contact the class teacher.