What is Energy?

Hello PYP 6 Community!!

We are off to a great start to Unit 4 and are looking forward to delving deeper into the topic of ENERGY! We have completed several 'tuning in' activities where we accessed students prior knowledge to facilitate new connections to ideas and concepts we will be investigating throughout the unit. Now we are 'finding out' new information related to energy. This week students read about the different ways that energy is a part of our lives and our world and then made skits to express that information.

What is Energy?

• Energy is light
• Energy is heat
• Energy makes things grow
• Energy makes things move
• Energy runs machines
• Energy doesn't disappear

Here are some photos of the students in action:

PYP 6 Beta

PYP 6 Omega

PYP 6 Sigma

Homework 30th January 2017

Language

Easy

Medium

Hard

Maths

Easy

Medium

Hard

Energy Saving Provocation

 Energy Saving Provocation

Welcome back to all pupils. We hope you and your parents have had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday. As a provocation for unit four we asked students in the interest of saving energy which would they prefer to live without; hot food or air conditioning. We convinced the students that this fictional choice was actually part of school policy dependent on their vote. This produced a lot of lively debate as you can see from the photos below. 

Please use the link for energy pictures to discuss energy issues in your child's mother tongue. This will help develop understanding for the unit as well as further developing linguistic abilities.

Maths Progression

St Francis Bazaar

Thank you to all the parents for your support in the bazaar. The products made were very high standard and sold out very quickly. Congratulations to the students for their excellent performance.

Activities over the Holiday

Please note that as of today (Tuesday, 13th December) no more reading books will be sent home. However, we would like to invite you to continue encouraging children to read over the holidays.

Attached is a log for your child to keep track of the pages they read over the holidays. They can read any sort of book in any language, including Raz Kids books online, the important thing is that they read as much as possible! When they return to school teachers will discuss what they’ve read and we have a couple simple prizes for those who read as much as possible!

Flat Stanley

For your holidays we will provide pupils with a flat Stanley cutout. Please take flat Stanley with you on your travels and record details through photos and videos of his adventures. When you come back we can use this for display and show and tell activities.

Maths 

Term 1 was a great success in terms of aligning with the British National Curriculum in Mathematics. A progression of topics were covered and revisited via the 100 Maths Lessons. Moving into Term 2 we will continue building on that success, moving forward in a logical and enriching way.

Please check some photos from inside the classroom:

Homework Week of Dec 12

Maths

www.myimaths.com


Language

Rhyming Medium - Hard 

Rhyming Easy

OR

Haiku

Giant Biome maps and Biome Research

In PYP 6 we have been investigating biomes. Students used their research skills to investigate the differences in climate, vegetation, animals and location between biomes. Students also improved their geographical skills by using atlases to identify the specific location of biomes on a world map. Students then used their knowledge to create a giant biome map of their own. 

PYP6 Omega creating a world biome map

PYP6 Sigma creating a world biome map

PYP6 Beta researching into different biomes

We would also like to thank parents for their support in creating items for the Holiday Bazaar. The items made look very professional. We look forward to seeing you all there at the Holiday Bazaar this Saturday the 10th of December.

Homework 5th December 2016

Maths

My iMaths

Language

Finding your Voice