Year 5

Mother Tongue Language Day

What is a Mother Tongue?

A Mother Tongue is the first language that a child learns and is familiarized with when they are born. If that person forgets this language, the mother tongue is the second language they learn.

Who started Mother Tongue Language Day?

Mother Tongue was made by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999. The UN general assembly welcomed the day in its resolution of 2002.

What is the difference between a first language and a Mother Tongue?

A Mother Tongue is the language you are familiar with and already familiar with before you were born. A first language is a language you acquire through school or socializing, like with family.

Why is A Mother Tongue important?

For many people their mother tongue/native language is a really important part of their identity. Learning your mother tongue helps you appreciate your family’s culture and heritage. It can also give you a greater appreciation for the diversity of cultures in the world. 

What happened on Tuesday 21 Feb, 2023?

Students were encouraged to bring their native traditional food to school February 21st, 2023! Valeia from year 5B made a short video, where the students showed their native food and spoke in their native language. It will be shown in the Year 1 Assembly (February 24th, 2023).

We demonstrated the Learner Profile, Knowledgeable because we knew what our native food and language was and we spoke about it. We also demonstrated being Communicators because we expressed how good our food is and listened to others.

Here is the link to the video, created by Valeia and Almeera, Year 5.

UOI 4 CUMULATIVE ACTIVITY 

Hello! We are Anka and Katherine. We are from year 5B. We are going to share about our M.U.N, which was our UOI 4 cumulative activity.

What is a M.U.N?

M.U.N (Model United Nations) is when students represent a conference the U.N would have. Each student would be a delegate from a country; however, for our M.U.N., there would be 2 students for each country. The conference would have four sessions and an introduction. Each delegate would have to discuss a topic chosen by the chairs, or the year/class.

Process of MUN

The process of MUN was challenging because we had to research a lot about our country. We also had to find reliable sources for research. Then, we have to take notes and put them in our own words and save them somewhere, such as google docs. We also had to create a position paper and our country profile. A position paper is where we stored and wrote our speeches. A country profile is general information about the country, such as the location, population, head of the country, etc. When the real MUN came, everyone was wearing formal attire and labels for what country they were delegates of. First, the chairs introduced themselves. Then, we introduced ourselves using the country profile that we made. After that, the first committee session started, with the topic of what your country’s position is on global climate change efforts. When all the delegates finished their speech, the second committee session was about the effects of climate change in their chosen country. The third committee session was about the policies made, and the fourth committee session was about the country's opinion on whether the global climate change effort is successful or not. After all the committee sessions finished, the country delegates had the chance to move around and discuss with other delegates from different countries about the resolution. The resolution is like the solution discussed by the delegates.

How does a M.U.N affect students?

Students can gain new skills, for example

• Research skills

• Communication skills

• Social skills

• Debating skills

These skills can help students with their work, saying that most work requires some of these skills and improves them! Having social skills can affect their health, too. Some kids may have problems that need to be talked about. So having social skills can help them!

Our MUN experience

Anka:

During the MUN, I was the delegate of Saudi Arabia. My partner was Darren from 5B. We made a research paper dedicated to how climate change affects Saudi Arabia, how it can damage our economy, the policies created, and also if they were successful or not. When finding the correct sources, the source was very difficult to find because there aren’t many sources about Saudi Arabia and climate change. Fortunately, we found lots of sources, such as the United Nations and the Saudi Green Initiative. After we took notes, we organized it and made it into 5 speeches. The introduction and four committee sessions. Then, we practiced the speeches. The MUN conference happened on 14 February 2023. During the MUN, my partner had to go to Singapore. The MUN was running smoothly. When it was the resolution time, everyone worked together. I went to different countries like Canada and the USA. I was one of the people that gave the speech for the resolution. In the end, some students got an award. Such as outstanding delegate, best delegate, best dressed, etc.

Katherine: 

In the MUN, I was the Canadian Delegate. My partner was Nathan from 5B. We worked together to make a position paper after taking notes about how climate change affected Canada. The research was mainly about the topics that were given, but we added some more information. We found a few reliable sources, one being the official Canadian Government website, to help us. After, we agreed on who was saying what and organized our notes. Then, we made our position paper and practiced saying our lines. The M.U.N went smoothly, everything went well. When it was the resolution, I was one of the “sponsors” for the resolution. Different countries went to us, such as Saudi Arabia, Norway & India. In the end, people from both 5A and 5B got awards such as outstanding delegates, honorable mention, best delegate, best researcher, and more! 

5B MUN Introduction 

Hello, we are Valeia and Daniya from 5B, and we will share our introduction to the MUN session.

To prepare the Year 5 students for our cumulative activity, we had a session on Model United Nations (MUN). This introduction session was on January 20 by several secondary students. During the presentation, we learned about 5 things. First, what is the MUN? Second, the roll call. Third, the general speaker's list. Fourth, the Moderated caucus. Lastly, the resolution. 

What is the MUN?

The MUN stands for Model United Nations. During the MUN, there is the role call, general speakers lists, the moderated caucus, and the resolution. In the MUN, the delegates debate on the chosen issue/topic to find a resolution. In the MUN, there are one or two delegates for each country. We must also prepare a position paper before the MUN and a short speech about each moderated caucus session.

Role call

The role call is where each delegate raises their plate card once the chair calls their country name, and then they say present or present and voting. There are also points, which if you want to go to the bathroom or do anything personally, you raise your plate card and say the point of personal privilege. If you have any questions or want to respond to a delegates speech, you raise your plate card and say the point of information. Lastly, if you have questions about the rules, raise your plate card and say the point of parliamentary privilege.

General speakers list

The general speaker's list is where each country's delegate raises their plate card. Once all countries have raised their plate card, the order of the countries that were called before must share a short speech about their country. The speech must contain the country's profile, including population, name, language, area size, the capital city, etc.

Moderated caucus

The moderated caucus is the different sessions in the MUN. Each session has a guiding question we must research to find the answer to. Once we finish the research, we put it on the position paper. Each moderated caucus must have a speech of 60-90 seconds. Once researching, your own opinion/perspective does not matter, but your country does! In the MUN, you must show the chair that you understand your country’s perspective best.

Resolution

After all moderated caucus sessions are finished, there is the resolution. There are two types of resolutions. One of them is the unmoderated caucus which is when you make up the resolution on the spot and vote based on what you think your country would choose. The other one is where the resolution was already made by the chairs and you just need to vote.

Experience

The experience was very fun. The secondary students were nice, and after the presentation, we tried to do a little simulation of the MUN, which was about the best type of Indomie. There were delegates of Indomie Goreng (fried Indomie) and Indomie Rebus (boiled Indomie), and each delegate from both sides must share their research. We had about 10-15 minutes to research and prepare the speech. We also learned once we were finished with the speech and we still had time left, we must say, “I yield my time back to the chair.” In this session, we were knowledgeable students as we learned new things, and we now know what the MUN is and how it goes. Overall, I think the secondary students did a great job presenting and sharing the MUN with us.

Year 5 Assembly

This is article is about the Year 5 Assembly. In the assembly, we talked about the different types of government in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, China, the U.S.A, Indonesia, India, Russia, Korea, 

On January 27, we had our Year 5 assembly. At this assembly, we also presented the different types of governments, such as democracy, dictatorship, theocracy, etc. Others were assigned to foreign countries as delegates.

 We pretended to be in a UN meeting about climate change, and each delegate/country talked about their thoughts for 1 minute. In the end, there was a resolution where the countries agreed to find a solution to stop climate change. Countries included in this meeting were Saudi Arabia, India, China, North Korea, the United States of America, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom. At the end of the assembly, everyone sang “Heal the World" by Michael Jackson. 

Everyone practiced hard to prepare for this assembly. Before performing for the community, we rehearsed for two weeks. Almeera wrote the lines for the delegates, and we gave her suggestions. The students explained the different types of governments and made their own lines.

The learner profiles we demonstrated were risk takers because we were all so nervous when we did the play, and we had not done an assembly in a while so we were unsure of the outcome. We did the assembly and it worked out fine. 

Here is the link to our assembly