IB Achievers of the Week

Unit of Inquiry

This week, in UOI, we had a session with Ms. Hope where students learned about marketing and advertising, followed by hands-on activities to explore how advertisements influence our thoughts. At the end of the session, students had fun creating their own “GUS” projects, which can be used to promote media within our school community. It was an engaging way for students to connect learning with real-world application 

Next week: students will design a Grade 4 newspaper, making connections to what we are learning in our inquiry. 

Central idea: Media is a tool that can influence thinking and behavior.

Specified Concepts: Causation, Change and Perspective

Lines of inquiry: 

• How media provides insight and information

• How culture influences media 

• How audiences interpret and react to media differently

Learner Profile: Open-minded, Communicator, Risk taker

Literacy 

This week, students continued learning to write free verse poems, focusing on organising their work into stanzas, with each stanza exploring a different theme. They enjoyed experimenting with language and imagery to express their ideas creatively. 

Next week: students will write from different perspectives to explore how media can be interpreted in multiple ways. 

Science

This week, in Science, students began by decoding a Morse code message, which introduced the idea of using patterns to communicate. They then explored how computers use binary code, creating and testing their own secret messages to see how information can be transferred through patterns.

Next week: students will review the topic of waves learned in class through hands-on activities to reinforce their understanding. 

Mathematics

This week in Moths, students learned to read line graphs, solve related questions, and understand how to gather information from the graph. They also reviewed key concepts studied throughout the term to reinforce their learning. 

Next week: students will continue working on data handling, exploring different types of graphs and how to interpret them 

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: Practice your words, we will have a spelling test on Friday.
Maths: Choose your spice level and complete the reflection on Term 2, focusing on: addition and subtraction, angles and degrees, common factors, and simplifying fractions. All of these will be reflected on in the end of term assessment taking place next week.
Literacy: For grammar, can you match the Latin root to the definition?
Unit of Inquiry (UOI): Our new UOI is all about How We Express Ourselves. Our home learning this week links to our writing, for writing, can you write a poem from one specific perspective applying your understanding from your writing lessons in class thsi week.
Arabic/ Islamic:
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