Newsletter 14.10.16

Good Afternoon,

A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class. 

Even though this is the last week before the well deserved break, pupils have still been working hard and have shown great dedication to their own education.  

Pupils were committed to writing this week and are now fully aware of how the first assessed check in will work. This will be taking place during the first week back after the October break. Pupils have been instructed to have a finished draft prepared along with a character sketch and story arc plan.

Some students have requested to work on their stories over the break. We support our student's love of their work, but we encourage you to only ask and inquire about their process and not direct their work as we wish to conference to learn more about what they have attempted to apply in their writing.

On Thursday pupils sat the first math assessment. Everyone worked hard and quietly and all showed great respect if they finished early, by not disturbing others. I was incredibly happy with all the results that pupils got. The tests will be coming back today, please look through them, sign the test on the front and then return them after the October break. 

Test Grade Class Breakdown:

15 children got 1’s
6 children got 2’s
1 child got a 3

Important Dates:

-          Monday 31^st October, Halloween day. Pupils are permitted to come to school in costume and the afternoon will be full of Halloween inspired activities.

-          Monday 31^st October – Friday 4^th November, English first check in.

Here is an overview of the areas of study we will focus on throughout the first week back:

English:

This week in writer’s workshop we will be looking at moving on from a draft to a revision, learning that a draft is only the second step in writing a wonderful story. Pupils will look back over their drafts and decide which one they would like to improve and revise.

Children are getting much better at noting important parts of their text now to talk about later. This week we will work on pupils being able to discuss a book they are reading with their reading partner.

Math:

This week will be spent introducing the new multiplication and division pathway. It will consist of various mini lessons that teach children several strategies for simple multiplication and division.

Science:

In science pupils will be continuing to learn about different countries around the world, we have been doing this by looking at a number of different aspects of countries and societies. This week pupils will compare the life of an average German person with the life of two other people from very different geographical and societal backgrounds.

Humanities:

Before the break pupils were introduced to a board game that encourages almost all of our character strengths we will play this again, building on what we discussed previously.

German:

Liebe Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,

 neben dem Lernwörtertest haben wir uns in dieser Woche auf die Förderung des Hörverständnisses  konzentriert. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler sind zusammen mit den Alsterdetektiven einem Lebensmittelskandal auf die Schliche gekommen.

Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihrer Familie erholsame Ferien.

  

Herzliche Grüße

Agnes Fojcik

Sports:

We have now finished our endurance running unit in sports; I couldn’t believe that half the class were able to run without stopping for over 20 minutes! Amazing! We will be starting a team games unit after the October break. From now on we will stay indoors for sports therefore only indoor shoes are required.

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Sincerely,

Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.