Specialist Classes

Below you will find what is being covered throughout this unit in specialist classes.

Central Idea: Passion, purpose or curiosity inspire us to lead and take action.

Ideia Central - Paixão, causa ou curiosidade inspira-nos a liderar e agir.

Physical Education

Central Idea: A better coordination of the movements of our hands, eyes and feet increases our success in net games.

An inquiry into the similarities and differences between the many kinds of skills we can play in net games.
How can we improve hand/foot and eye coordination in net games

Aquatics UOI - Strokes Development. Improvement of freestyle and backstroke. Introduction / development of breaststroke and butterfly.

What can you do at home?

Motivate your child to participate in activities which could involve volleyball, newcomball, badminton, tennis.

Chat with your child about the good things and the challenges he/she is facing to perform any skills of net games.

Talk to him or her about the successful criteria of any of the swimming strokes mentioned above (eg. streamline body position, arms stroke, legs propulsion),

Performing Arts

Rhythm and beat - the difference between, as well as an exploration of the various note values (quarter, half, whole, eighth, sixteenth) and their accompanying rests.

In addition, when the students have completed their masks, they will be working alone or in groups to create a skit that they will perform for the class. I will select 2 or 3 skits for performance at our Primary Assembly on March 18th.

What can you do at home?

Ask your child to write some rhythmic patterns and perform them for you.

Performing Arts

For their PYP exhibition, the students will plan and create art (individually or in groups) that is personally meaningful and that represents their understanding of their central idea.

What can you do at home?

The final piece of art is important but we highly value the whole creating process. Talk to your child about how they could represent their understanding through art. Help them to find inspiration through books and on the internet.

Portuguese A (Home language)

Compreensão e Expressão:

Antecipar ações narrativas a partir de elementos do paratexto, sequências de descrição e de narração;
Preparar apresentações orais (exposição, reconto, tomada de posição) individualmente ou após discussão de diferentes pontos de vista;
Mobilizar conhecimentos sobre a língua e sobre o mundo para interpretar expressões e segmentos de texto;
Utilizar procedimentos de registo e tratamento de informação.

Leitura :

Ler integralmente textos literários de natureza narrativa, nomeadamente um livro infantojuvenil.

Escrita livre/orientada:

Escrever textos em que se defenda uma posição com argumentos e conclusão coerentes;
Realização de percursos pedagógico-didáticos interdisciplinares.

Nota: As aprendizagens essenciais desta unidade preveem capacidades de organização, registos de observações, de relatórios, de criação de campanhas de sensibilização, de criação textual, entre outras.

What can you do at home?

Fale sempre com o/a seu/sua filho/filha em português e faça perguntas sobre o dia para incentivar o uso da língua portuguesa em sua casa.

Motive-o/a a ver notícias em português.

Incentive que escrevam sempre que tiverem oportunidade. Como em qualquer língua, “são necessários o contato e a prática constantes”.

Para relaxar, sugestão de um jogo educativo online:

http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/aprender-portugues/a-brincar/jogo-da-gloria.html

Portuguese A (non-Portuguese speakers)

Language focus:

To practice Formal and informal Communication

Expressions used in telephone conversations

Listening/Speaking:

Telephone role plays:

Taking phone calls
Making phone calls
Ending phone calls

Reading/Writing:

Exploring texts

Conversations
Messages
Notes

What can you do at home?

Share with your child your knowledge of Portuguese and show enthusiasm about the language.

Encourage your child to use some Portuguese language when meeting people and when going to places such as restaurants, cinema, coffee shops, the airport and other shops.