Year 6 Term 2 Week 9 Blog

English

This week in English class the students have learned about John Muir a famous author from North America who worked to save the forests of the world. The students created, mind maps, and wrote a reflection about what they have learned about John Muir. Also the students worked on the writing process based on picture prompts. The students were able to read their essays and share them with the class. For next week the students will be working on building their grammar and using more advance vocabulary within their writing.

UOI

In UOI class the students are continuing to work on their Unit 4 projects. The students are now working on creating e-books and documenting their research findings into their e-books. They will continue to work on the same concepts for the next 2 weeks which are listed below.

Transdisciplinary theme: Sharing the Planet -An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in

the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things;

communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities;

peace and conflict resolution

Central idea: Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance of

organisms within systems.

Key Concepts: causation, connection, responsibility Related Concepts: balance, biodiversity, interdependence

What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea?

Ways in which ecosystems, biomes and environments are interdependent.

How human interaction with the environment can affect the balance of systems.

The consequences of imbalance within ecosystems.

Maths

This week in Maths class the students continued to work on the following concepts to learn how to divide fractions from whole numbers and how to simplify fractions. The students also learned how to convert fractions and percentages into decimals.

Green Group:

Divide proper fractions by whole numbers (e.g. 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6 ).
Find simple percentages of amounts.

Yellow Group

Divide proper fractions by whole numbers (e.g. 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6 ).
Find simple percentages of amounts.
Solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy.

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Cooperation

Today we presented an assembly on cooperation. We acted out a story about two donkeys who fell down exhausted and hungry because they could not cooperate. We are proud of ourselves for demonstrating cooperation so well. Here is a picture of us cooperating, creating a poster about cooperation. Another highlight of our week has been interviewing teachers about their cultural backgrounds. In our literacy lessons, we spent time writing carefully worded questions for these interviews. The experience of interviewing a teacher helped us develop in confidence and most importantly we were fascinated to hear about the traditions, values and beliefs of Scotland, South Africa, England and China. Here is Natasha interviewing Ms. Maria about the culture of South Africa. Natasha was able to come back and report her findings to the class. After these interviews, we wrote letters to thank the teachers involved. We've done a good amount of shared reading this week...

OUR FIRST WEEK AS YEAR 6

We Are Year Six Welcome to Year 6. Here is our first photograph together. Why were we all smiling so much that day? Well, there are so many reasons. Firstly, we were glad to welcome Moriah, our new classmate from Idaho. We're looking forward to getting to know her more and finding out about where she has come from. Secondly, we realise that we are fortunate enough to have a large classroom with a beautiful view over green fields. Another reason for the smiles is that we also had the opportunity to arrange the room as we wanted it. A third reason is this: - Yes, we've enjoyed our first week together. Please continue following our blog. It will be updated weekly and contain things to make you smile too!

Term 1 Week 9

We hope everyone will have a calm and relaxing half term break. Whether staying in Udon or traveling do remember to stay safe. We hope that everyone will return to school face to face after half term. ผมหวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าทุกท่านจะมีช่วงพักที่สงบ. ไม่ว่าจะพักอยู่ในอุดรธานีหรือเดินทางไปต่างจังหวัด ผมหวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าทุกคนจะกลับมาพบกันที่โรงเรียนอีกครั้งหลังจากช่วงพัก. We packed bags for a weekend break in a hotel. We remembered many important things but most of us forgot at least one thing. นักเรียนจัดกระเป๋าเพื่อเข้าพักในโรงเเรม. เรามีของจำเป็นที่นำติดตัวมาด้วยหลายอย่างแต่ทุกคนต่างก็มีอย่างน้อยหนึ่งสิ่งที่ลืมนำไป. We have begun our preparations for our Year 5/6 Primary Years Programme Exhibition (PYPX). We have created a display outside the classroom which will chart our progress. We have worked out our groups, mentors our central idea. We will share more information with you after the half term break. นักเรียนได้เริ่มเตรียมการสำหรับโครงงานชั้นประถมเยียร์ 5/...

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