We are nearing the end of our unit Who We Are. This week we have focused on Learning and the Brain and also the best conditions to enable us to learn. We created presentations to share with the Primary School at assembly and we made a poster for each class with the ways to help them learn each day in their classroom. Below you can see the photos our our groups and the poster we made for the other classes.
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This week we took some time out to check on our friends and reminded each other how important it is to ask R U OK? 10th September each year is R U OK Day. #ruokday2020 This week we also focused on different learning communities and our ATL of research skills. We researched about the education system in our home countries and the different types of learning styles.
This week we started swimming lessons. Although the lessons had to be conduction in a way that the students were socially distanced, they still had lots of fun and learnt new skills. Here are some of their reflections and some photos. On Monday, my class and I went to the Sports Lifestyle Center at Bukit Merah for the swimming lesson.First, the coaches tested us to see what we can do and can’t do. After they finished testing us, they started split us into a couple of groups. I was with Justin, Haoming, Sara and Daniel.when they finished splitting us into groups, we started swimming.first we did kicking . Lastly, we swam using arms and then we did freestyle. Finally we finished the swimming lesson.we said thank you to our coaches and rode back to school by bus and ate our snacks at school. I really enjoyed the first swimming lesson. By Anri On Monday, I went swimming with my class at the Sports Lifestyle Centre at Bukit Merah. I went to the pool by bus. The bus was as big as an elephant . It had a lot of seats . When we got to the pool, we had to line up to go inside and take off our masks . Also, we had to take our goggles out of our swim bags and sit down on the steps, waiting for the next instruction. The coaches tested each of us to see what we could do and then they put us into groups . They told me to swim freestyle to the first ladder and then breaststroke to the next ladder. I did a good job . After the test, I felt very elated . I learned how to float on my back and swim freestyle without a kick board. The coach told the 4 of the kids in our group to do 2 rounds of everything we learnt without a kick board. I also learned how to kick properly with and without a kick board. I changed into my school uniform and put my socks and shoes on and went out to wait for the bus back to school. I felt very tired because I swam for 2 hours . I can't wait to go back next week and learn more! I wanted to swim more. By Sara In mathematics this week Grade 4 had an opportunity to show what they know about large numbers, addition, subtraction an also multiplication and division. The students had to choose their own numbers and create mind maps that show everything they can think of that makes that number special. Below are some of the numbers and what is special about them .
Today we celebrated World Math Day!
Some of the activities we completed were.... Making puzzles, patterns or word problems for others to solveParticipating in a March Math Challenge (by Mathletics) Dressing up as a symbol, or a number, or wear a riddle. Today we dressed up as some of our favourite book characters! Book Review Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Author: Jeff Kinney Book Genre: Fiction One interesting thing about my book: The interesting thing about the diary of a wimpy kid is that we are reading his diary instead of a normal book we read. What is your opinion about this story? My opinion about the book is that it is very funny Who would you recommend this book to? I would recommend this book to Grade 4 and 5. by Justin. Book Review Book Title: Dog Man Book Author: Dave Pilkey Book Genre: Graphic novel One interesting thing about my book. Dog man ends up going to jail!!!! What is your opinion about this story it is very fun to read and cool Reason to support my opinion: Because it is a cliff hanger and I like cliffhangers. There is a whole bunch of adventures. Who would you recommend this book to: I would recommend this book to Grades 3-6. Summary of my book: One sunny morning Dog Man woke up and saw around one million dollars and 90cents so he went to return it to the bank. But then Dog Man was put into jail and wasn't allowed out for 4 years... what will happen next? Find out next time! By Stefan. This week we are celebrating Literacy Week at ISS. We have started the week by decorating our door. It was a unanimous vote that Pokemon was the book to use! We started off by drawing our favourite Pokemon characters and then we wrote a simile about each Pokemon. Below you can read the similes about our Pokemon drawings.
Unknown: Unknown is as dak as the night sky. Koshiro Zasian: Zasian sword technique is strong as a car. Rintaro Lunal: Lunal is as dark as midnight. Axel Chandelure: Chandelure is as hot as fire. Haruya Duralugon: Duralugon is as strong and heavy as a trailer. Rintaro Kyogre: Kyogre is as strong as a shark. Justin Togepi: Togepi is as cute as a baby. Hoor Jirachi: Jirachi is as cute as a baby. Koshiro Beware: Beware is as fierce as a bear in a battle. Apple Pikachu: Pikachu is as cute as a baby. Caleb Rayquaza: Rayquaza lives in the sky like God. Rintaro Meltan: Meltan is as small as an insect. Koshiro Zeraora: Zeraora can move as quickly as thunder. Rintaro Dragonite: Dragonite is as fast as a bird. Haruya Snorlax: Snorlax is as lazy as a sloth. Stefan Jigglypuff: Jigglyfast as a puff is as cute as a baby hamster. Stefan Charizard: Charizard is as hot lava. Axel Ditto: Ditto is as slippery as slime. Koshiro Mewtwo: I am Mewtwo I'm as legendary as pokemon. Kotaro Zapdos: Zapdos powers are as strong as thunder. Justin Poliwag: Poliwag is as slow as a turtle. Chaitanya Squirtle: Squirtle is as wet as a swimming player. Jinwoo Mew: Mew is as cute as a cat. Jinwoo Yveltal: Yeveltal is as Horrible as a rat. Caleb Jolteon: Jolteon is as fast as lightning. Axel Cutiefly: Cutiefly is as fast as flash Fatima Lugia: Lugia is as a dragon. Haruya Eevee: I'm as Pokemon in the world and I love to dance. Dinara Flareon: flareon is as hot as the sun. Hoor primal kyogre: primal kyogre is as powerful as a tsunami. Bosco Sylveon: Sylveon is as cute as a strawberry. Hoor Ultra necrozma: Ultra necrozma is as shinning as the sun. Bosco Arceus: Arceus is as ancient as Zeus. Jinwoo Latios: Latios is as fast as a Jet. Chaitanya Pichu: Pichu is as yellow as Pikachu. Chaitanya Piplup: Piplup is as small as a mouse. Hoor Raichu: Raichu is as Yellow as a banana. Justin Leafeon: Leafeon is as Dainty as a cat. Hoor Marshadow: Marshadow is as dark as night. Rintaro We’ve just returned after our winter break! Most kids had a busy holiday as they travelled outside of Singapore to see family and friends for the Christmas season. Lunchtime has been a great time to catch up with friends and hear about what they did (the girls are the ones chatting, the boys have been playing their usual games of soccer!) Another good thing about school is that we get to do this great thing called “Daily 5” it is a time where we get to pick our own Daily 5 activity the choices are reading, writing and listening to reading and publishing our stories. The last thing that most kids in our class said they liked (and by most kids I mean the boys) they said they like PE. In PE we mostly are running kicking balls. Okay I know it says only 3 moments but we wanted to mention PA which stands for performing arts. I wanted to add this because this week we started our unit for drama! What we did on the first day is use puppets and create our own characters plus we interacted with the characters. We can't wait for the next lesson! Thanks for reading! ISS International Day By Fatima ISS is pretty much known for having fun parties and events, and one of the main events is International Day! On Friday the 13 of December was International Day 2019!!! It felt so strange, it felt like it was my first international day. But the one thing that makes International Day amazing is you get to meet people from different countries and learn about different religions. It always starts with the parade of nations. The parade of nations is when different people hold the flag of their nationality and say hello in their language. Others will sit with people from their country and will clap and cheer when their country comes on stage. International Day is more than just a school event it builds friendships between all grades! And that is what International Day is all about. ISS INTERNATIONAL DAY By Daisy Last Friday, 13th of December 2019 was ISS International day. It was a very fun experience. First thing in the morning was the parade of nations. There were around 40 countries in our school. I never knew there were so many countries! After that, there was someone singing the national anthem. Then it was the choir’s turn to perform. There were lots of performers-dancing, singing and also a preview of Aladdin Jr! Then we all went back to class following our flag-bearer. High school students came to our classrooms. Our class made bird feeders for birds who could not migrate because of climate change. Finally it was lunchtime! There were so many different types of food. They were all very delicious. I loved all of them! This International Day was the best. THE BEST EVER! International day by Bosco Flags- I like how they said hello in their home language with their flags on the stage. The performance- The performance was great and I also liked how they expressed themselves through music. Food-The food tasted so good and I know how food from other countries tastes. Clothing- Other countries clothing looks great and the different style. ISS Preston Campus By LISA I went to the ISS high school with the other Grade 4, K1 and K2. We looked around the school and ate pizza (but I don’t like pizza, so I ate my own food). I was surprised that this place was about 70 years old and it was an army camp too. At the canteen, the teacher told us that the high school students also eat their lunch under the white tent. Under the white tent, there were blue table that same as the ones in my school. I was happy that there is Korean class room and Korean flag. We had a quiz before the pizza and we got a perfect score! After lunch, we came back to school. Preston High School by Haruya Today, I went to Preston high school. (ISS) It was a little fun day. First, we saw the high school. Mrs Adamberry’s husband was talking about the high school. We visited some rooms. I thought Preston was a very big campus. Next we visited a Hall. Then we answered some quiz questions. We made a group and answered about the High school. We remembered about school and we wrote it down. My groups result was 9/10. I was hungry after the quiz. After the quiz, we ate pizza. It was so tasty. I ate 4 pieces because it was delicious. Then we wiped the table. So I got 3 house points. It is a good campus. I’m looking forward to going to Preston, (next year) so we can study and play at the Preston campus. About our new school by Dinara We went to our new school to have a look and it’s big. When we went to the canteen we looked out the windows and it was soooo beautiful we could see the sea and we saw an Indonesian island. We were looking at the halls and badminton area it was sooo cool! And I forgot to say that our new school is in the jungle and the teachers said in the jungle we have monkeys and a lot of animals out there and we were eating PIZZA at canteen it was sooo yummy! And we were looking at library too. I had fun!!! |
AuthorsGrade 4 has begun the 2020-2021 school year filled with excitement towards our learning journey ahead! We are a group of learners who are active in our own learning through inquiry. Each day we make connections to the real world and take ownership of our learning through sharing our voice and action. Archives
March 2021
EDUCATORMrs Vanessa Adamberry |