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Year 6 Term 3 Week 2 Blog

English This week the learners worked on building their skills in the four main types of writing: Expository, Persuasive/Argumentative, Narrative, and Descriptive. For each day this week the children focused on a different style of writing. For next week the children will work on building their reading comprehension and fluency skills.  Maths   In Maths class this week the children have been working on different activities to help build their problem solving skills using different methods of Maths computation including the following: multiplication, division, subtraction and addition or various types of numbers. For next week the learners will be working on projects to help build and share their knowledge of geometric shapes and prisms. UOI In UOI class this week the  children were responsible for sharing their Human Migrations presentations with the class. They have began to present these to the class for assessing. The children were...

Year 6 Term 3 Week 1 Blog

English This week in English class the learners have been working on building their reading comprehension and fluency skills, making inferences and building their confidence is creating video responses relating to the stories they have read. In addition, as part of their Student Led Conferences the children should have shared their work from Term 2 with you along with share their portfolios and complete the provided self-reflection sheet. For next week the children will be working on building skills in the 4 different writing styles.  Maths  In Maths class this week the children have been working on converting units of measurement including length, mass and liquid volume. For next week the students will be focusing on problem solving skills including multistep problems.  UOI This week in UOI the children have been working on creating a Google Slides presentation to share their knowledge of human migrations. As a class we have ...

Year 6 Term 2 Week 13 Blog

We have now come to the end of Term 2 for this academic school year. Due to COVID-19 there have been some major changes that we have had to adapt to for the last 2.5 weeks of this term. I would like to thank the parents for all of your support in helping to make this transition as smooth as possible and I would also like to commend the children for their hard work and engagement during these online learning sessions. Hopefully we will be able to return to in class learning as soon as possible. Parents please keep an eye out for any updates that may be sent via email or via the school Line group during the break regarding the COVID-19 situation. In English class this week the children have listened to the audio-book "The Boxcar Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner. The children were assigned different comprehension questions for each of the 6 parts of the audio-book. In Maths class this week the children worked on maths computation of fractions. The learners focu...

Year 6 Term 2 Week 12 Blog

We have now completed week 2 of our virtual learning sessions. This week I would like to commend the learners for their hard work and for their engagement in our virtual learning lessons. They continue to grow in confidence using Google Classroom, Flipgrid and other resources. The children have been sharing some videos and photos of their work with me and I have attached a few to this blog for the parents to see. For any Flipgrid videos parents will have to ask their child to login to their accounts to view the videos. In English this week the children worked on different reading and writing activities. They completed a unit on building their skills in grammar. For next week the learners will continue working on similar activities to build their writing and reading comprehension skills. The children have also been assigned to at least 20 minutes of independent reading each day.  In UOI class the learners continued to research and build their knowledge on human migrat...

Year 6 Term 2 Week 11 Blog

Dear Parents, We have just completed our first 3 sessions of the Year 6 Virtual Learning. As we continue to use Virtual Learning to cover learning tasks I will continue to make changes as we proceed to make this format of teaching and learning as engaging as possible for all. As Virtual Learning is something new to Thailand it may be difficult in the beginning for parents and learners to initially get used to using. However, Virtual Learning has been in practice for many years in many nations and is now currently being used all around the world during this time to combat the spread of Corvid-19. Please ensure we are doing everything possible to help your children continue learning while at home.    Most students have been very proactive with completing their daily tasks. Please encourage your child to continue to take part in the daily video calls, share their questions with me and to view videos associated with the learning tasks to help build their understanding...

Year 6 Term 2 Week 10 Blog

English  In English class the learners began reading an autobiography on the life of John Muir. John Muir, is one of the famous North American authors that the students learned about during International Week.  He worked to preserve the forest of North America. For writing, the learners worked on creating stories that incorporate some of their spelling words to help build word meaning skills. For next week the learners will be researching different assigned topics, gather data and then respond by reflecting about what they learned from their research.    UOI This week in UOI the learners have worked on wrapping up their Unit 4 projects. The learners have created Ebooks relating to the central idea for this unit. Examples of their work and summative assessment can be found in the following link:  Unit 4 Summative Assessment Projects .  Beginning next week the learners will be covering a new topic for Unit 5. The learners wil...

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 fini...