St. Francis PYP 7 Blog : Welcome to PYP 7

Welcome to PYP 7!

First of all, PYP 7 teachers and assistants would like to welcome pupils and parents to PYP 7 at St Francis College and in particular to the PYP 7 blog, which is a digital portal through which you will be able to keep up to date and informed about what is happening in the classroom.

Our blog posts will predominately focus on the learning that pupils have been undertaking in the previous week and may also provide information into what is in store for the coming week. Our blog will contain pictures from all three PYP 7 classrooms (PYP 7 Omega and Sigma in Jardim Europa and PYP 7 Beta in Pinheiros) and will also include homework activities (note that pupils will be provided with their homework in class – this is just an extra resource for when children are absent or for parents to access when needed).

On Wednesday, the school opened its doors to welcome parents and we would like to thank those who came to meet their children’s new teachers in person and get an overview of the year ahead.

On Thursday, in much anticipation, pupils returned! In Jardim Europe, PYP 7 pupils were extremely excited to find out which class they would be in and of course keen to find out which classmates they would be spending the next year with. Teaching staff were well prepared for the day, as they had already been back for a couple of weeks ensuring that the school was ready and to make sure that those holiday cobwebs were firmly dusted off.

Over the course of the next couple of days, teachers modelled their own inquiry cycle into the pupils they would be working with for the next academic year. Having spent time over the previous week ‘tuning in’ by checking pass on records with examples of work from PYP 6 and meeting previous teachers, teachers were ready to start ‘finding out’ all about their pupils themselves. There were many opportunities for the children to express their interests, what motivates them, the strengths and weakness and their personal targets for the year ahead.

Pupils and teachers also worked on creating vital Classroom Agreements and putting in place clear procedures and routines which will provide the strong foundations into creating a positive and hard working learning environment, in which we hope al pupils are given the opportunity to develop and flourish to the best of their ability.

Finally, we hope our blog will be a useful resource and we welcome any feedback on how we can improve and better its content. So please do not hesitate in contacting teachers to let us know how we can use the blog to further strengthen our communication.

Reminder: Please bring in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) authorisations, as pupils will only be allowed to use their devices once the school has received this document. Dismissal authorisations with ID copies also need to be updated.