Issue time12:08:00 pm, by jwallace Email 627 views
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Over the past week now we have been starting off our PYP Exhibition. So far we have created our Central Idea, Lines of Inquiry and decided the Key Concepts that connect to our unit.

Our Central Idea is: We need to ensure that everybody in the community we are in feels valued and included.

 

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Issue time11:51:00 am, by jwallace Email 645 views
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We have been working on peace and conflict. We have thought of a central idea: Peace and conflict affect the world and living things people's lives in positive and negative ways.  and People can find need to find peaceful solutions to have better lives. conflicts so that people and all living things do not suffer.

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Issue time10:46:00 pm, by cbarnfather Email 814 views
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Our fifth unit of this year, on `How the World Works` has begun!


Central Idea

The earth’s natural cycles influence the activity of living things and us. 

地球の自然のサイクルは地球上の生物や私達に影響を与える。

Points of Inquiry

* natural cycles (e.g. night and day, weather patterns, seasons) (causation)
* the actions people take in response to earth’s natural cycles (change)
* patterns of behaviour in living things related to earth’s natural cycles (connection)

・自然のサイクル(夜と昼・気象のパターン・季節など)(原因)
・自然のサイクルに応じて人々がとる行動(変化)
・自然のサイクルに合わせてとる生物の生態系(関連)

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Issue time10:40:00 pm, by cbarnfather Email 354 views
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Over the last six weeks, Grade 1&2 have been exploring the central idea, 

Awareness of our characteristics, abilities and interests informs our learning and development. 

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Thank you to: Dumbarton Middle School, Maryland, USA. Your cranes have arrived safely and are being desplayed at school for us to appreciate your beautiful cranes, wish for peace and hard work. They will be soon taken to the Peace Park.