IB Achievers of the Week

Unit of Inquiry

This week, in our Unit of Inquiry on Energy, we started with a provocation activity where students explored different objects, such as a flashlight, hair dryer, chime, speaker, and battery, and made connections to the topic of energy. Following this, students investigated different forms of energy, including kinetic and potential energy, and explored different types of energy and how energy changes, transfers, and transforms in everyday objects. The hands-on activities helped students make real-life connections and deepen their understanding of energy in action.

Next week, students will continue their exploration of energy by learning about renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. 

Central idea: Energy may be converted, transformed and used to support human progress.

Specified Concepts: Form, Function and Responsibility

Lines of inquiry: 

• Renewable and non-renewable resources 

• How energy is converted and transformed 

• Responsible use of energy

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Learner Profile: Thinker, Inquirer and Knowledgeable    

Mathematics

This week in Maths, students explored turns and angles in a hands-on way. They physically modeled quarter, half, three-quarter, and full turns, using whole-body movements to understand clockwise and anticlockwise directions. They learned to identify and describe turns in degrees—90°, 180°, 270°, and 360°—and connected these to fractions of a turn. Students also practiced reasoning with partners to explain why some turns end facing the same direction, regardless of direction. In addition, students explored different types of angles, including acute, obtuse, right (90°), straight (180°), and full turn (360°), and used protractors to measure angles accurately. 

Next week, students will dig deeper into 2D shapes and angles, exploring how angles appear in different shapes and how to measure and describe them accurately. 

Literacy

This week in literacy, we began our writing unit with a pre-assessment activity where students wrote about whether school uniforms should be banned. They had to choose a side and justify their reasons, which led to a lot of questioning, discussion, and reasoning. Following this, students explored persuasive writing strategies, including emotive language, repetition, exaggeration, evidence, and rhetorical questions. They then applied their learning by analysing persuasive texts, identifying and highlighting the features that make writing convincing.

Next week, students will focus on writing an introduction paragraph for persuasive texts. They will learn how to grab the reader’s attention, state their opinion clearly, and give a hint of the reasons they will use to persuade. 

Home Learning

Each Friday, activities will be shared via SeeSaw, including weekly spelling words. Students are expected to return their completed home learning by the following Friday. This can be submitted in one of three ways: directly on SeeSaw, as a physical copy, or in a home learning journal (which we can provide if preferred).

In addition, we highly recommend that students read every day at home. Daily reading builds fluency, strengthens comprehension, and nurtures a lifelong love of books.

Thank you for supporting your child in developing positive and consistent learning habits.

Spelling
Spellings are assigned on seesaw 

Math
For math, task is assigned on seesaw

Literacy
For reading, task is assigned on seesaw

Unit of Inquiry (UOI)

For UOI, task is assigned on seesaw
Arabic/ Islamic
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