Newsletter 10.02.17

Good Afternoon,

A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class. 

It is great to see pupils finishing up their first persuasive letter and move on to planning their second. I think a lot of children are enjoying this persuasive unit and a number of children have asked if they can write out of lesson time as they ‘want to persuade their parents’. I introduced Syllogistic logic this week which has really helped students focus their reasons by giving them a simple process to follow when they choose a topic to write about.

We’ve worked hard on money and will be continuing on this briefly into next week. One major part of the money unit is playing a game called Gotta’ Collect ‘em All. In this game children start with a number of collectible cards that they have designed and a small amount of money. Pupils then trade, barter and buy from different people around the room to try and meet one of four different winning conditions. This game gives pupils practical money skills as well as building quick thinking into an approachable and accessible game.

Children are now well on their way with their science projects. Most have chosen there 3 or 4 overarching questions. Students were great at creating large, interesting questions that would give them a lot to research. Pupils will have more time over the next week to research and then another week to prepare and practise their presentations. They are able to make a poster, powerpoint or even simply stand and talk to the class if that is what they wish.

If you have not returned the back page of the report card to yet, please do this within the next week.

The up and coming bike training sessions are below, on these dates your child will come to school as normal and the school bus will take us to the training centre. Please ensure that your child brings their cycling helmet on these dates.

Important Dates

-          Bike training dates (update)

o   Monday 20^th February

o   Friday 24^th March

o   Thursday 27^th April

-          Parents Evening Wednesday 15^th related to up and coming teaching and the Wegscheide overnight trip.

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

English:

Within writers workshop we will be continuing to improve our persuasive arguments with use of connectives and a final closing statement.

We will continue to analyze and read non-fiction texts critically. This week we took special notice of the structures and features you can find within a non-fiction text and used this to help us take notes effectively. This has paired wonderfully with our science unit as children have been reading a lot of non-fiction whilst researching.

Math:

We will continue with our money pathway next week. I informed pupils that I expected them to have the first side of the pathway finished by Monday so they appropriate time to finish the rest next week. We will then be completing the check-in quiz on Wednesday.

Sport:

Within sport we have been focusing on moving quickly and safely around our environment. This has involved jumping and landing safely, completing a forward roll, using walls and objects to get to new height and finally completing the 3 point vault. During next week’s session I will be assessing pupils on these skills.

Deutsch:

Liebe Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,

in dieser Woche standen die Buchpräsentationen der Schüler im Vordergrund. Dabei hat die Klasse ihren Teamgeist und ihre Fairness bewiesen. Trotz vieler Präsentationen waren die Schüler stets aufmerksam und stellten jedem Kind interessierte Fragen oder gaben differenziertes Feedback.

Desweiteren wurden die neuen Lernwörter ausgeteilt (s-Laute: s, ss, ß; siehe Anhang).

Zu Ihrer allgemeinen Information der Notenspiegel der 2. Klassenarbeit (Reizwortgeschichte):

Note 1	Note 2	Note 3	Note 4	Note 5	Note 6	Durchschnitt
7	7	5	3	-	-	2,18

Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihrer Familie ein erholsames Wochenende,

freundliche Grüße

Agnes Fojcik

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sincerely,

Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.