Year 5 Poetry (1)

A Great Lucia

Our class walked down to the church this morning for Lucia. Tanne, Anya, Won (Esther) and Caroline sang beautifully in the choir, Caroline also gave a lovely reading and Won a short solo. It was the best Lucia that I have seen performed at ISGR and a big thank you has to go to Moragh and the whole choir for their efforts.

PTA newsletter

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homework wk50

A reminder that Lucia is on Tuesday morning. we will be leaving at 8.30 sharp, so at school on time.
Due Tuesday

• POI assignment due

Due Thursday

• Spelling sheet
• Maths pp. 100 & 101
• A Haiku and a Definition poem or here (click on the name to remember how to write them)

Due Friday

• Reading Journal

ASSESSMENT PROJECT OUTLINE

Stressed that the due date (13th December) for your project is coming up and you;
a). Left your project outline sheet at school??
b). Your dog ate it????  or
c). Your little brother turned it into a paper aeroplane and you just watched it fly out the window of your car????
If you have said yes to at least one of the above then help is at hand!

Just click on CLICK HERE and the magic blogspot fairies will take you to it.

Winter Bazaar

Here is the times that people will work on Sunday

STUDENT	TIME
James	11.00-11.30
Ivan	11.00-11.30
Eleanor	11.00-11.30
Sander	11.30-12.00
Sofia	11.30-12.00
Ibrahim	11.30-12.00
Nathan	12.00-12.30
Marcus	12.00-12.30
Daniel	12.00-12.30
Caroline	12.30-13.00
Maria Luiza	12.30-13.00
Alva	12.30-13.00
Anna	13.00-13.30
Alex D.	13.00-13.30
Noa	13.00-13.30
Isabella	(when ever you are free to help out)

PTA Newsletter Wk 48

PTA Update Week 48

Authors Chair #1 by Sander

Goosebumps; Horrorland

 DR. MANIAC VS ROBBY SCHARTS

by R.L. STINE

It all began when Robby made a comic on his laptop about him being attacked by a villain he made, then he realizes that Dr maniac is his brother Sam and another villain, the scarlet starlet, is his friend! And then; he pressed DELETE. Because they’re from his laptop. And well yeah. and that was a comic! Soon Robby meets Britney and Molly from revenge of the living dummy –and slappy! Also he meets 2 other girls from the scream of the haunted mask. This book is cool but it did remind me I freak out of this kind of book.

And I think that the book was nice but creepy I highly recommend it.

The series of Goosebumps horrorland is about every one has scary times and all go to horrorland…… read them all and you’ll know what’s what.

Homework week 48

Here is the homework for this week:
Due Wednesday

• Find one poem to bring in, it could  be your favorite one, one you just found or one that you wrote yourself. If you want to you can bring in more than one. Print it out, copy it, bring in the book and I'll photocopy it or send it to me.

Due Thursday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 79 & 80.
• Spelling sheet
• First draft of your Inquiry project. You need to show me your research papers, research notes and your rough draft of your report (this could be your report written out or your report in point form). Everything you show me should indicated that you are ready to start to write out your report properly

Due Friday

• Reading Journal

5D up-date

Hello parents and students,

We have had  some fast and furious weeks since coming back to school after the Autumn break. We have finished our POI (Programme of Inquiry) unit that looked at conflicts and how we can resolve them. Started a new POI unit which focus on migration, why people migrate, where do they go to and what happens when they get there. We visited Emigranternas Hus down by the river and found out why 1.4 million Swedes moved to the USA. We have had our swimming day, started and finished Persuasive writing as well as Report writing and had our first ‘authors chair’ (well done Sander).  On top of this we have started our new POI assignment.

Over the next few weeks we will be continuing this pace as we will be working on our POI assignments in class (and at home!) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays so if you have a laptop/ipad and you are allowed/ you allow your child to bring it in then do so as our one good and one very old computer cannot help 22 students all at once! Note to parents: laptops will be locked in the safe when not in use. We will be starting our poetry writing unit this week which will conclude on the last day of school with a poetry recital, where parents will get to hear their children perform their own original poems while nibbling ginger cookies and sipping glögg.

Unlike the dull memories of poetry writing we have from previous years this time we will be jumping around, acting, singing, yelling, performing short poetic plays and generally having fun and  writing poems in the process.

If you have not looked lately at the school calendar we have an in-service day this Tuesday 29^th.

This year Lucia will be on Tuesday 13th December. This is a whole school event which involves all of ISGR going to Annedalskyrkan (click here for link to map). The concert starts at about 9.00 and lasts around 45 mins. Please make sure that all students are at school on time on this day as we will need to leave at 8.30 to walk down to the church. If you get stuck in traffic etc and you are driving, please go straight to the church. If you are student  taking public transport by yourself, please go to school and talk to someone in the office. And yes parents are welcome! 

I have asked the students to go home and talk to their parents it see if they will be attending the Winter Bazaar next weekend as we work out some type of schedule for year 5 next week. The schedule will be simple and as I informed the class, work around when people will be visiting the Bazaar. Next week I will find out who will be attending the Bazaar and out of those people who will be willing to help out. I will then sit down with Camilla and make a schedule. The PTA will be meeting the class on Thursday for a few minutes to give the students some final information.

On the last day of school both the year 5 classes will be putting on a poetry recital for the parents. The students will be reciting their own poems and the recital will take up almost all of the short last day. We will start at around 8.50 and continue for about an hour and have pepparkakor (ginger bread cookies) and glögg for snacks. This has always been a great morning and a great way for students to show off some of their talents. I understand everyone is very busy, but if you can make it please do, even if it’s for 20min.

Homework Week 47

We have a large amount of work to get through this week so make sure you get a bit done each night!
Due Thursday

• Maths practice book p.77 & 78
• Spelling sheet

Due Friday

• Reading Journal
• Good copy of your report

Get started on your POI assignment, start researching, highlighting and taking notes. You have to bring in your first draft of your assignment next Thursday, so start now!!

Sander is doing Authors chair this week

Winter Bazaar 4th Dec

Dear parents,

 

The students in both Grade 5 classes expressed an interest to participate in the ISGR Winter Bazaar on Sunday 4th December 2011, and decided, democratically, to organize and run some activities for it. These activities will include a Winter Themed Treasure Map; the prize will be a Children’s Christmas Hamper Basket. The students also wanted to do the following two games: Name the Teddy and Guess the number of Lollies in the jar.  Profits raised by the children from this venture will be used by the Grade 5 classes to organize a fun activity for the children later in the school year.
Angela Graham and Anjna Patel have kindly offered to help create the Winter Themed Treasure Map. The children will be able to add their personal touches at the end. We are asking you for a suggested donation of 20 kronor from each of the Grade 5 children to put towards these prizes. We would be grateful if you are able to send the money in by the end of this week (25th November) to give the Angela and Anjna time to purchase the items for the basket.

Thank you for your support,
Camilla and Christian

Assessment task

Good copy of the report is due on 15th Dec.The Migration of People Throughout the World Has Occurred Continually Over Time[1]

PTA Newsletter Week 47

PTA Update Week 47

Maths Practice Test Answers

Here are the answers to the practice test we did today
(p.39)

• $0.80
• $2.15
• $1.80
• $4.25
• $3.55

(p.40)

• 5.3 : 53
• 0.817 : 8.17 : 81.7
• n=0.007
• n=5.03
• 4 : 40 : 400
• 1.6 : 16 : 160
• 7.832 : 78.32 : 783.2

(p.41)

• n=0.12
• n=0.4
• n=0.2
• n=0.6

(p.42)

• b
• c
• a
• b

(p.43)

• 2.7981
• 0.3276
• 0.00305
• 0.0004

(p.47)

• 454 people
• 102 lunches

(p.48)

• 1075.8
• 563.14
• 2158
• 608.5
• 859.29

(p.50)

• 70
• 5
• 600
• n=8
• n=80
• n=50
• n=20

(p.51) estimates should be near the below numbers 

• 9
• 6
• 6
• 3

(p.56)

• 25
• 2.5
• 0.25
• 280
• 28
• 2.8
• 250
• 25
• 2.5

(p.57)

• 0.6
• 0.56
• 0.83

To immigrate or to emigrate, that is the question

What would Hamlet be doing if he was about to leave Denmark to move to Sweden?

From: www.dictionary.com

em·i·grate

 

verb (used without object), -grat·ed, -grat·ing.

to leave one country or region to settle in another; 

migrate: toemigrate from Ireland to Australia.

im·mi·grate

  verb, -grat·ed, -grat·ing.

verb (used without object)

1.

to come to a country of which one is not a native, usuallyfor permanent residence.

homework Wk46

Due Thursday

• Spelling sheet
• Your persuasive writing task - Make a brochure for Göteborg needs to be finished by Thursday break time
• We have a Maths test on multiplying and dividing decimals on Thursday. From your Maths Practice Book study and look over all lesson 7 for multiplication and lessons 8 & 9 for division.

Due Friday

• Reading Journal
• Interview of a family member about emigration/immigration due for Friday POI. I will go over this home work on Tuesday.  

PTA Newsletter week 46

PTA Update Week 46

PTA newsletter Week 45

sorry for the delay. I had some trouble uploading it last week. Pta Update Wk45

Swimming Day

Don't forget the school swimming day is this week on Wednesday (16-11-11), you will need to make sure that you do the following:-

• Pay 25:-
• Bring your tram card
• Bring a towel and swimming costume
• A large lunch and large bottle of water

We will be taking the bus outside the school at 10.30 and we will be back just before 14.30

Preet has made a resource website for year 5, this is a 'live' document that teachers and students will add to this year and the coming years. At the moment there isn't much there. Have a look

Homework Wk 43

POI project is due first week back after the break on Thursday 8th November (wk 45)
Due Thursday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 53 & 55
• Spelling sheet

Due Friday

• Reading Journal

PTA Newsletter Week 43 & 44

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Homework

WEEK 42


POI project is due on the 8th of November, get started!

Wednesday

• printout or email a link (christian.dayment@isgr.se) on a legend

Thursday

• Math Practice Book pp. 42, 43 and 44
• Spelling

Friday

• Reading Journal
• Finish group story on a Myth

PTA Newsletter Wk 42

Pta Update Wk42

Our new POI assessment

How We Organize Ourselves

Homework

WEEK 41

Thursday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 39, 40 & 41
• Spelling sheet
• Print out or email Christian the link to a Myth that you find on the internet (If you find one in a book as your parents if you can bring it to school and I will photocopy the pages)
• Post a link to the youtube video your group used during your presentation on the brain. Also post a link to your video interview that you did the other day. If you have trouble doing this email it to me. christian.dayment@isgr.se

Friday

• Reading Journal

Party time

You can find the sign up sheet on the front door of our class room 20111010101539608

PTA update Wk 41

Pta Update Wk41

Our BAMBA

Kids saying there is nothing to eat at BAMBA? See one of the reasons why our lunch hall was the second best in Sweden last year! I was going to say that you can find the weekly BAMBA lunch menu on the school website but I checked it out and they still have the old menu from week 15 :-/ so I'll have to ask them to update it.

Information about photos

For the people who missed our photo day (Matteo and Anya) the photographer will be coming back this Friday to take individual photos. He will also be taking sibling photos. If you would a photo of all your children at school then please print out and fill in the form below. Edit: something has happened to the document when I have uploaded it and all of the gs have disappeared (!) Sibblings Picture 7th Oct If you are having trouble understanding how you will get or order the school photos here is some information for you in English from the photography company Special Are Eng Ara I1

Lost property

Here is a list of the things that are in lost property  at the front office


Items in Lost Property

A few New (and old) things

Hi everyone, I have done a bit of work with the blog today, firstly after talking to Preet we decided that it was better to take away the 'pages' on the blog and just 'label' (tag) every post. So now if you want to see all the posts that have to do with the PTA then just click on the Label on the right or on the bottom of a post.

I have also found a way of being able to display documents without having to put them onto Google docs. I will now upload all documents to my account in scribd.com then upload them onto the blog from there, this way we can have them in this reader format.

Pta Update Wk40

Pta Update Wk39

Homework

WEEK 40


Email the person that you want to interview for POI tonight. Don't forget to tell them who you are, what you would like to do (tell them that you want to video record them), why you are doing it, and when can you interview them.

You also have to write out your five questions to ask them as soon as possible. You can make a document on Google docs.  (docs.google.com) and your whole group can add their questions from their own computer at home.

You have to be finished with the interview and filming by Friday morning so we can edit the film in computer class.

Due Thursday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 34 & 36
• Spelling sheet

Due Friday

• Reading Journal

Old homework

WEEK 39
(all homework is due on Friday this week)
Due Friday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 14, 18 & 22
• Study for Maths review on Friday
• Spelling sheet
• Reading Journal
• Write a good copy by hand of one of your descriptive writing examples (on the hill or small object). This is to be done on an A4 piece of paper

WEEK 38

Due Thursday

• Maths Practice Book pp. 7 & 8
• Spelling sheet
• Group Inquiry lesson plan ready to present

Due Friday

• Reading Journal
• email and blog started (by the end of school Friday)

WEEK 37
Due Wednesday

• On A4 paper write down the calories and Kilojoules of a food or drink product

Due Thursday

• Inquiry assessment, an outline of a 5 - 10 minute lesson plan typed and printed out (can be printed out at school if you can't do it at home)
• Spelling sheet

Due Friday

• Maths Practice Book, page 6
• Reading Journal

old parent info

PTA Newsletter Week 39

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/

Games

This is a wedsite with games for English, Maths and Science.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesizeprimary/

Coming events

For a detailed calender of the school year please go to the school website http://www.isgr.se/

Up and coming for 5D

October:

• Developmental talks Wednesday 12th
• International days, Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th

November

• Week 44 school holidays (From Monday 31st Oct - Friday 4th Nov)

Useful links

 here is a link to the Hubble telescope, you will find some stunning pictures as well as a large website to explore http://hubblesite.org/gallery/

The BBC has a great website for kids to improve their language and Maths. It follows the U.K. curriculum which has a lot of similarities to what we do in the PYP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Danny Macaskill

For all those who left (danced out of) the class before I showed this video, have a look. The thing I love about this is how much training, hard work and time Danny would had to put in to become one of the best in the world at what he does. It just goes to show, you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.

Video we used in our Inquiry

PTA weekly letter

Each week Sara, our class PTA rep will be sending be the weekly PTA newsletter which then will be linked to the blog. I will add it as an attachment in the 'Parents' section. You will need to have a gmail account to be able to open it because I have to up load it into google docs. as this is the only option with adding documents to the blog.

I am working with the school IT guru, Preet to find ways around this problem as I know not everyone has a gmail account.

You can find the newsletter in 'Parents' now

The Brain!

We have now finished all our lesson presentations on the brain. Most of you have found some great videos and I would love it if you could send me the link to the video that your group used (if you used one) so I can put it up on the blog.

No school Thursday

I know no student will forget but just incase. No school this Thursday, instead us teachers will be going to school to learn a few more things. I know you all will be getting ready for the Maths review on Friday by spending your day off going over all the Maths that we have done so far this year!

Developmental Talks

Hi Parents,

the developmental talks are coming up before the break, you can find the information here. If you can not make it to school on the day please email me so we can work something out.

Blogs

Today we worked in and with our blogs. Some of us have done a lot of work at home over the week, others have worked out problems that they have been having and have started writing. Please take the time and have a look at you child's blog to see what they have been up doing.

A letter from the school nurse about head lice. Click here to download

Hi Parents if you have not done it, please check out the school calender please do so. The next big event coming up is the Inservice Day is next Thursday 29th September (week 39). The school will be closed to students on this day

For Filip J: christian.dayment@isgr.se

Since the start of the school year we have been looking at how best we learn. Are we Visual, Audio learniners or do we learn best through actions? Here is a video that some students requested to see again.  It is  how our brain can be tricked.

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-the-brain-works-Illusions-26618138

School Jog

Today we had a great (and windy) school jog in Slottsskogen. Students battled the wind and rain to raise money for the childrens cancer fund. As a class we ran 108 laps which equals 108:- to charity.  Well done everyone!

Welcome

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