Multi-Cultural Week

Don't they look fabulous in all their nations' finery? I was so proud of them in Multi-Cultural week - they all dressed up in the required costumes each day to end the week in their own country's national dress. They also played amazingly in the Multi-Cultural performance night on 'The Gamelan'. What great musicians they are!

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Our Spooky Jacks!

Grrrrrrr!


“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Cookie Decorating

Budding chefs?!


“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Halloween Pumpkins

The week of Halloween was spent carrying out a lot of 'spooky' activities, including learning about the history of Halloween and the rituals involved, ghost stories, writing news articles about strange phenomena, carving pumpkins and decorating Halloween cookies.

I think it's so important for the students to celebrate or acknowledge each culture's traditions.

First hand knowledge and experience leads to acceptance and understanding.

That's why we have celebrated and will celebrate Ramadan, Eid, Diwali, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentines, Chinese New Year, Easter, and anything else that may come up between now and June!

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Recycled Goods

As promised, an update on what has been happening in 5B!
The photo above are pots/bowls that the students made out of recycled paper. They are actually, incredibly strong! The kids loved doing this project as part of their 'Pollution' science unit of work.
The unit is very exciting and the students have been doing some amazing experiments.
So far, we have:
1) classified and measured the amount of trash found on the NJIS campus per day
2) worked out how long it would take our class to fill up with trash.
3) Devised products made from recycled goods.
4) Collected water from different samples (canals, rainwater, taps, fountains,. puddles, gutters) and measured the acidity of the water as well as filtrated it to make cleaner, clearer looking water.

Next week, we will be testing for acid rain in our rainwater and looking at how acid rain affects living things. (including growing plants in acid rain water). Very exciting!


“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown

Eager Beavers

I have lots to update you on, (our fantastic Science unit packed full with exciting experiments, as well as Halloween activities and Multi Cultural Week), but meanwhile, I thought I'd post this photo of how keen they are to be in school!

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss you will land among the stars!”-Les Brown