Monday, 21 November 2016

Homework - Week beginning 16/11/16

Homework - Week beginning 16/11/16



Unit homework 




Our week of learning - Week starting 7th November

Our week of learning - Week starting 7th November


PYP7 Beta completing case studies
Our language learning last week centred around the genre of recount texts: A Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. We used images of conflict for inspiration and we were able to use our imaginations to retell events. 

In Maths, we have been completing our statistics learning, with data being presented and read in a variety of ways. 

Our classroom inquiry into conflict has continued strongly this past week. We have examined types of conflict, with Rwanda and Apartheid in South Africa being our focus. We have also used well-known fairy tales as a way of examining the needs and wants of people in conflict. 

A major component for this unit is the skill of conflict resolution - a useful skill we carry with us our whole lives. This skill will be developed as we move our way through the unit, and referenced for the remainder of PYP7. 


Global conflict explored in PYP7 Sigma



Monday, 7 November 2016

This week's homework

This week's homework


Language - due Tuesday

Maths - due Wednesday

Unit of Inquiry - due Thursday

Our week of learning – PYP7

Our week of learning – PYP7

This was a transition week for PYP7, with each class finishing up our unit on materials and starting a new and exciting unit on conflict.

In Language we have been wrapping up our unit 2 objectives, with each class applying the units learning in both fiction and non-fiction writing – and in-depth interaction with texts taking place as part of our readers workshop.  

Halloween in PYP7 Sigma

Unit 2 Maths is currently being wrapped up, with us exploring shape and statistics. In shape we are exploring the properties of shape  - symmetry and angles. Our statistics learning centres on presenting and reading data in various ways. 

Tuning in at PYP7 Beta



Our new Unit of Inquiry kicked off this week with each class tuning in to levels of prior knowledge. This included: gallery walks to provoke current knowledge, game playing to stir emotions of conflict and discussion around conflict – based on our previous ‘Build your own country’ work.


Provoking 'conflicting' emotions in PYP7 Omega