MYP Term 1 Week 3 Blog

Year 7&8 Weekly Blog

Notice

Please be aware that beginning next week the Year 7/8 children will begin their swimming lessons with Mr. Xavi. Swimming classes will be held every Wednesday. Mr. Xavi will continue to monitor the weather and water temperature to ensure the water is not too cold for the children to enter the pool. Should it be too cold then the children will carry on with regular PE lessons for the day. Please ensure that your child brings their swimsuit, towel, googles, and swimming cap with them every Wednesday.  

Language & Literature 

This week in Language and Literature class the learners have worked on their communication skills. The children have been exploring how television works and and finding facts on how it has evolved over time to communicate messages and programs from around the world. As part of their reading the learners will be focusing their attention on reading a memoir/biography. This week they began reading "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. For next week the children will be learning about film making, documentaries and news reporting. 

Individuals & Society

This week in our Individuals & Society the learners worked on exploring the consequences of plastic in the oceans. The children also took part in an environmental case study on deforestation and what consequences it has on the water cycle.  For next week the learners will be learning about Human Rights. 

Maths

MYP students continue to hone their math skills this week by practicing operations with fractions, decimals and percentages. Students have completed an assessment test in order to better provide them with structured activities that will build on their prior knowledge. Students will be introduced to the distributive property and the concept of variables next week.

Science

This week students have been carrying out an experiment to investigate the ability of different materials to protect eggs from cracking. To everyone's surprise, all of our chosen materials designs protected the eggs up to a 3.5 meter drop. Students will need to redesign the experiment to extend the range of the drop. After the experimental data is collected, the students will graph their data and summarise their findings.  

Homework 

Each MYP classroom teacher will be assigning their homework via Google Classroom. The children should be reading at least 15 pages per day from "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. EAL learners will have their own reading to do from Ms. Liza.

                                                                 

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