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Migration



We are very happy to welcome three new students into our class.  Gafee and Geoff are excited to have Aum, another boy to join them. The two new girls are called Anfield and Bua. This brings the class to a total of ten students.



This week we began inquiring in migration. Firstly, we considered the reasons why people have to migrate. We are beginning to see that this is often because of challenges they face in their home country. We've already begun to talk about some countries we've heard of, but want to find out more about. These include Afghanistan, Honduras,  Syria, Myanmar,  The Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria and Brazil. All of these are interesting places to study in terms of what it happening in terms of migration. Most of them are mentioned in news stories too, and so please encourage your child to watch such stories with you.






On Thursday we had a very interesting time in the clock tower. The students learned a little about how it feels to be excluded from the community and to be without any knowledge of what is going to happen next. There is a lot to tell. Please ask them about it.







Our writing this week has been related to our own experiences of change and movement. We looked closely at the features of a recount, and then began to recount our experiences of either changing school or moving house.  The class book we have started to read is about the historical town of Pompeii in Italy. We are enjoying a story about how the people had to migrate away from Mount Vesuvius.



We are looking forward to having you visit our classroom next Friday. Please see the invitation letter sent home today.

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