Welcome Back!

Dear Parents, 

We hope you had a wonderful holiday and it is great to see the children back. We have a few changes coming up this week. 

New homework days effective immediately:

Tuesday: Maths (due on the following Monday).

Wednesday: Portuguese

Friday: Language Arts

Please find below the homework assignments for this week:

Maths: Number/add and subtract mental/ 2- mixed sums 10s and 100s via Myimaths.com

Language: Verbs

As always, please communicate via your child's diary with any questions or concerns you may have. Thank you very much. 

Mrs. Abad, Mr. Torii, and Mr. Picazo

Homework

Dear Parents, 

We are approaching the final week before break. Your children are spending time this week enjoying various workshops organised for Art Week. Please find the homework assigned for this week which is due on Monday, 20th October. 

Maths: Go to www.MyiMaths.com and complete the add subtract mental math assignments (homework is differentiated and will vary per child).

Language: Adjectives worksheet (Scary Larry).

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to communicate via your son/daughter's diary. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Abad (Pinheiros), Mr. Torii (Jd. Europa), and Mr. Picazo (Jd. Europa).

Homework and Reminders

Dear Parents, 

Below please find the Maths and Language homework assigned for this week:

Maths: MyiMaths.com (Number - Add / Subtract Mental) to be assigned on Wednesday due on Monday. 

Language: Adjectives worksheet  (To be assigned on Friday due the following Monday). 

A reminder that classes will end at 12:10 on Friday, 3rd October due to elections.  If you have not returned the yellow unit folder along with the “Two Stars and One Wish” form completed, please do so as early as possible.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Abad (Pinheiros), Mr. Torii (Jd. Europa), and Mr. Picazo (Jd. Europa).

Dear Parents,

Please find below the link to the overview of our second Unit of Inquiry.

Unit 2 - Overview

A Busy Week Ahead!

Dear Parents, 

We have a busy week ahead and an exciting trip next week to look forward to! Please make sure to review the packing list sent out last week to ensure you are able to bring all of the items listed. 

This week, the following homework is being assigned for Maths. 

(1) On Wednesday, please log-in to MyiMaths and complete the task named "Number, Facts, and Doubles 2" Due on Thursday. 

(2) Since we are heading to Peraltas, no homework will be due this coming Monday. 

We understand that there some times may be difficulty accessing MyiMaths.com If you have an extenuating circumstance (e.g. no power, internet service failure) please let us know and we can arrange for some time for your child to complete the homework during the school day. 

Any questions or concerns, please communicate via your child's diary. 

Thank you very much. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Abad (Pinheiros), Mr. Torii (Jd. Europa), and Mr. Picazo (Jd. Europa).

First Week of September!

Dear Parents, 

It was a pleasure to meet all of you last week during our Goal-Setting Meetings. This has certainly given us an opportunity to identify your child's strengths and establish strategies to handle their areas of need. Throughout the process, please feel free to follow-up with us through their diaries which we read each morning. We look forward to taking big steps together throughout the year. 

As we move into the fifth week of our academic year we would like to explain the homework structure in more detail. In PYP 5, homework consists of 15 minutes of daily reading + 3x week - 15 minute tasks in Literacy, Numeracy and other areas including Portuguese. Therefore, Portuguese homework is assigned on Tuesday, Maths on Wednesday, and Language on Friday. All homework is expected on the following school day. 

This week, the following homework is being assigned for Maths and Language. 

(1) On Wednesday, please log-in to MyiMaths and complete the task named "Presenting Data - Frequency Bar Charts - Level 3" Due on Thursday. 

(2) On Friday, please complete the Language homework worksheet called "Think of a Proper Noun." Due on Monday. 

Again, it was a pleasure to meet all of you last week. We hope this blog will bridge the connection between our classroom and your homes with the best interest for your child's learning. A reminder to please sign and return one copy of the Goal-Setting reports as early as humanly possible. 

Thank you very much. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Abad (Pinheiros), Mr. Torii (Jd. Europa), and Mr. Picazo (Jd. Europa).

Welcome from the PYP 5 Team!

Dear PYP 5 Parents,

We would like to send out a big welcome back to everyone! We are very happy to see all of you and looking forward to a great year! A big special welcome to the new students in PYP 5! We would like introduce this blog as a communication tool between our classrooms and your homes. As always, the diaries will still be going home so please continue checking your messages there. 

Our PYP 5 learning community has already been immersed into an array of topics within the transdisciplinary theme: Sharing the Planet. Over the first six weeks, everyone explores key aspects of our planet through the central idea of "how access to equal opportunities depends on human choices." From the central idea, we think deeper about how the accessibility to these opportunities has a connection to human and children's rights, children's lives around the world, and equal opportunities. We also begin the unit with place value, comparing numbers up to 1,000, mental maths exercises, and plenty of in analysis with bar graphs. Overall, we are already starting to realise that with the skills we build now, we will be great thinkers in the future! For further information, please visit our Curriculum Overview PYP 5 Unit 1. 

We are already off to a great start and looking forward to a successful academic year! Please check the blog every day for up to date information. We have some very exciting news coming up with our Maths Programme!

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Abad (Pinheiros), Mr. Torii (Jd. Europa), and Mr. Picazo (Jd. Europa).