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One of our newest classmates has made her first screencast! We're so proud!

We hope you enjoy it and that you find it helpful.

Celebrating Earth Day this week - Wednesday

Welcome to Wednesday!

Today we have a great presentation created by the Making A Difference club here at school. Today's presentation looks at the worrying situation of endangered animals such as which animals are endangered and why they have become endangered.

Endangered animals (mad) from year6withmrlowe

Thinking about your learning, what other animals do you know of which are also endangered, but may not appear in this presentation? Why have they become endangered? 

Celebrating Earth Day this week - Tuesday (Earth Day)

Happy Earth Day!

Today, 5G wrote their pledges on how each of us are going to make a change in our own lives to help save the Earth and improve everyone's life. A pledge is more than simply a promise. It is something we agree to do and are committed to seeing it happen.We've placed those pledges on small green leaves which are now being put up on a tree outside the Staff room. In two weeks, we'll have a look to see how well we kept our pledges!

Today, we watched and discussed this video on saving the Earth...

Thinking about your learning, what pledge could you make to improve the health of the Earth?

Celebrating Earth Day this week - Monday

Today, our class was asked to watch this fabulous video explaining how, with 5 minutes a day, we can help save the Earth. We also will be learning the song which is really cool too! Thanks to Ms. Webb for giving us these materials!

Thinking about your learning, after watching, what can you do for 5 minutes a day to help save planet Earth?

Earth Day Tomorrow!

A Great Trip

Pre-Trip Briefing

Now that we have arrived back home to Singapore, we'd like to share some of our Jungle Trek images.

Onboard the ferry to Bintan Island

We had a great time "Boom Netting" along one of the rivers.

TechKids at Nexus

This week was a big week for 5G and Year 6 as TechKids began providing tech support to other learners around the school. In a nutshell, TechKids are upper primary school learners who have very good mentoring and technology skills who volunteer their time to help support and teach tech skills and coping methods for children in the same or lower year groups and, even teachers!
Here are the pictures of our inaugual session!

5G Sings!

Year 5 gave a fabulous rendition of "Alexander's Cat" complete with actions. Voices were clear and you hit every note! Great job!

Pause for Thought: Enthusiasm

This week's Pause for Thought is about enthusiasm. Being enthusiastic means more than being just "rah, rah!" at a big game or competition. While it is important to cheer on your team mates, that's not the sole idea behind being enthusiastic.

As a learner, being enthusiastic means being interested in learning. It means going that extra distance to answer those nagging questions about a topic you've learned in or outside of school. Enthusiasm is infectious. It builds bridges, and results in action.

Be enthusiastic about something which makes this world better.

I chose this video because it is enthusiasm in the form of a small boy. What an effort he made and he didn't give up - and what about that cheer he gave at the end. When we are enthusiastic, we get that extra joy of a job well done.

So, thinking about your learning, what are you enthusiastic about? Why are you enthusiastic about it? What have you learned by being enthusiastic about your chosen topic?

"We're all going on a ... holiday!"

We'd like to thank all our visitors and subsribers and let you know we are going on a well deserved 2 week vacation! We'll return to our normal blogging activities on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014. Have a happy and safe vacation, where ever you go and whatever you do. Take Care, Mr. William

Year 3 & 4 PYP Exhibition

Year 3 and 4 put on a fabulous, sparkling exhibition in school today. Our roving photo journalists Iris and Adriel visited the exhibition and collected these interesting video clips from the assembly and the exhibition.
Great job Years 3 & 4!

Year 6 Exhibition

Yesterday, 5G All-Stars had an opportunity to visit our Year 6 friends in celebration of their PYP Exhibition called "Going Global". We had a great time finding out about world trade, black markets, child labour and a range of other important issues. The Year 6s worked super hard and clearly knew what they were talking about and didn't even need rehearsed speeches! Wow!

Here is a little video we put together using Animoto to help celebrate the great efforts the Year 6s have put in to expanding their understanding of these important topics.

Cheetah by James V.

LI: To write a descriptive paragraph using as many writing tools  (similes, metaphors, etc.) as possible. 

I can run faster than a race car at full speed. When I pounce - whoosh, I bring the flaming burning African air with me. Race me if you dare! My spots are a blur as I blast through the desert like a rocket. 
Runners in a race want to be me!


Image Credit: Airwolfhound

Cheetah by Adriel

My spots become a blur. 

The sand around me starts to fly. My fur whooshes in the wind. The sand is a field of bones. My tail swings side to side like a crazy whip as my ears start to twitch.

My eyes shine brighter than the sun.



Image Credit: flickrfavorites

Rainbows by Doga

Rainbows aren’t what people think.
In my imagination they are gray, brown, yellow and pink. Yellow is my favorite fellow. Black and orange are never seen. Green rainbows are a pretty scene. Rainbows are sparkly and shiny too. They are purple, red and blue, rainbows are here for you!

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons