Build A Shelter

Building a shelter.

After being arriving on our island, we now have to design and build a shelter.

What resources do we have?
Where is the safest place to build?
Why is it important to build something to shelter in?
How do we build a shelter?

The design and construction process proved very different and we had to get creative to complete the shelter building project.

Making A Fire

What are the 3 things fire needs?

Air, heat and fuel

What happens when one of those things are removed?

Creating heat by using friction.

Olympic

Timelines and historical events connected to the Olympic games

Unit 1 - How We Organize Ourselves

Transdisciplinary Theme 

HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES

Central Idea 

People create organization to solve problems and support human endeavor and  enterprise.

Lines of Inquiry

- Why people join organizations

- Purpose of organizations

- What makes a successful organizations

The Island - You are your best hope.

You are about to head off on your dream vacation, your bags are pack with all of you favorite  things. What could possibly go wrong?

Packing time - What should I take? My i-pad? Do I need any toys? So looking forward to my dream vacation. 

Make The Ten

Making Tens - a challenging game of quick addition skills. 

Remy has 6 - is he able to make 10 with the cards that he has?

Pramiti and Ava set up to do battle, who has the quickest addition facts knowledge?

Tin Man

The Olympics Rio 2016

What an amazing world event, where the finest athletics compete for their countries.

In class and to help us learn about sports, sportsmanship and the human body we are making sculptures. 

We begin by taking a square piece of tin foil.

Ava, it isn't that hard. Cut and gently press together each piece, shaping the head, and body. The the arms and legs.

Just like so - the running man.

Now, our turn. Great start Kaitlin.

Beginning of School

Welcome to the 2016/17 academic year.

Ibu Mercy and I are pleased to have a new group of students joining our Grade 2 students - Nasya, Kyle and Yunchae.

Ava, Kaitlin, Zo, Remy, Dinov, Pramiti and Janvi make up this awesome group of learners.

So let's begin by creating some art and posters to help us all learn about ourselves and how to learn in our great classroom and school.

5th Unit Of Inquiry - Sharing the Planet

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

People have a responsibility towards practices that sustain and maintain our local environment

Title
Reuse, Recycle, and Reduce

Lines of inquiry :

• Our local natural environment
• Personal choices that help sustain the environment
• Reusing and recycling different materials

Key Concepts: Responsibility, Connection
Transdisciplinary Skills: Social, Self-Management, Research

Learner Attitudes: Appreciation, Commitment, Cooperation, Integrity, Respect

Learner Profile: Thinkers, Principled, Caring, Reflective, Courages