Year 3

1. Culmination Project UOI 4

In our fourth unit of inquiry (How the World Works) students were able to demonstrate their understanding by creating an energy based culmination project. This presentation was done during our collaborative Team Teaching time that happens every week. This time enables both the Class Teacher and Expat Teacher to work collaboratively to meet the learning needs of all students.

The Central idea for this unit is People Harness energy for human activities and lines of inquiry are:

1. Different forms and sources of energy,

2. The transformation and uses of energy,

3. Benefits and challenges in using different forms of energy.

Year 3 students created a presentation for their Culmination project. This presentation allowed the students to practice their research skills. Students used the scientific method to display the transformation of energy in their particular energy demonstration. Students also explained about the benefits and challenges associated with their energy choice. After doing the presentation, students did self reflection about things that they were doing well and things that they needed to improve on in the future. Students were also given the opportunity to write a peer assessment that would provide constructive feedback to their classmates.

2. Assembly Term 3 and Sandwich Making

To celebrate the end of Term 3, Year 3 had an assembly. During the assembly we were able to recognize the students who best represented the characteristics of the Learner Profiles of Inquirer, Risk Takers and Principled. The Global Award winners for these Learner Profiles were Joshua, Bianca, Maria, Aswin, Sakina and Allana.

After we congratulated our Global Award winners we were then able to demonstrate our creativity by making sandwiches together.

At the end of the assembly, students watched their classmates perform. While they watch the performance, students could enjoy eating their sandwich creation. Students who participated in the performance were Jiwoo, Ojas, Ha jun, Joshua and Lazio.

Both teacher and students were very pleased with our end of term assembly.

3. MSC Term 3

At the end of Term 3, Year 3 students celebrated the learning process by enjoying the Mid Semester Conference. During this activity students and parents met with Year 3 teachers. All parents were able to meet with the teachers virtually. Over all Year 3 teachers were very pleased with the students’ progress in Term 3. Teachers awarded 200 house points to students if their parents wrote a reflection about their child in Managebac on the day of their MSC. They would receive 100 house points if their parents wrote a reflection in Managebac on the following day.

4. Guest speaker Ibu Windy - UOI 5 (Where We Are in Place and Time)

Year 3 students were lucky enough to have Ibu Windy as a guest speaker. She shared her migration story as a child. Her father worked for the Indonesian Ministry of foreign affairs. When she was nine years old, her father was assigned to the Indonesian Embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea. The family spent almost 2 weeks traveling to their destination. They had to fly to Kuwait, Amsterdam, Moscow, and Pyongyang from Jakarta. She said having to live in one of the most isolated countries was unique but challenging. Her whole family had to adjust to the different customs, traditions, and boundaries from what they were familiar with. The family returned to Indonesia after her father completed his 3 years assignment. The journey home was shorter as they could fly via China. By that time, Indonesia had already opened its diplomatic connection with China.

When she was 12, the next move was to Warsaw, Poland. Once settling in Warsaw, her younger sister joined the International American school, where Ibu Windy spent an entire year at home taking piano, Polish and French lessons privately when not looking for schools that suited her. Her parents even took her to see schools in Prague, a close neighboring country. After many eye-wakening discussions with her parents about her future, she decided to join a Polish-Mexican school. She thoroughly enjoyed her life in Warsaw. She loved learning about different cultures, experiencing other food, and exploring cities and countries around Europe whenever they had time.

After three years of living in Warsaw, the family returned to Jakarta. Ibu Windy said even though she enjoyed the whole experience, she was falling behind academically. She has been exposed to at least 6 different languages and struggled to keep her formal Bahasa Indonesia. Luckily, her father was offered a position at Indonesia's National Cyber and Crypto Agency. Her father no longer had to be posted in countries for many years. He would only travel to a country for 30 days maximum before traveling to another country. The whole family could settle back in Jakarta and be able to support their kids' learning barriers.

After the Ibu Windy presentation, Year 3 students wrote a reflection about the guest speakers' presentation. It was a great experience for Year 3 listening to Ibu Windy’s fascinating story. Thank you so much Ibu Windy, for sharing your migration story!