Newsletter week 43, 2015

Dear parents,

The first ten weeks of school have passed and it’s time for a well-earned break. We’d like to thank you all for a pleasant and constructive round of parent-teacher conferences last week which we hope will be of benefit to all students’ academic and social well-being.

We have now come to the end of our first IPC learning unit built around Chocolate, rounding it off with a fun (and tasty) class trip to Chokladfabriken and then an afternoon of watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All students developed their skill of being able to use secondary sources to obtain geographical information.

When we come back from the Autumn break we will begin our next unit which is called Bright Sparks, a science-based unit all about electricity.

The first week back is also Celebrating Reading week. 30 minutes each day will be set aside exclusively for Reading and 3rd graders will also have an opportunity to read a story to their buddies in the younger grades. Students may wish to bring in books from home to read during reading time. Students may read whatever interests them however the idea is that they should read something appropriately challenging. At the bottom of this post you will find a selection of authors and novels which are popular from third grade and beyond.

Although no formal homework has been issued for over the autumn break, students are encouraged to keep practising their reading by using Raz kids and finish off any uncompleted Mathletics homework.

Some important dates which are coming up:

26 October - 30 October (week 44) - Autumn break, no school

Week 45 - Celebrating Reading Week

18 November - Teacher professional development afternoon, students dismissed at 12.45

19-20 November - Mr Gordon is away at ECIS teacher’s conference in Barcelona

We wish you all a pleasant and relaxing week with your families.

Kind regards,

Mr Gordon, Mrs Nilsson & Miss Kristy

Please find some pictures below from our class trip, our latest buddy activity, Halloween and United Nations Day:

Selection of children’s authors

C.S. Lewis
(The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe etc.)

Roald Dahl
(Boy, Going Solo, Danny the Champion of the World, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, George's Marvellous Medicine etc.)

J.K. Rowling
(Harry Potter series)

Michael Morpurgo
(War Horse, Farm Boy etc.)

Annabel Pitcher
(My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Ketchup Clouds)

Astrid Lindgren
(Pippi Longstocking series, The Brothers Lionheart, Mio, My Son etc.)

Cressida Cowell
(How to Train Your Dragon series)
Philip Pullman
(His Dark Materials trilogy)

as well as:

Beverly Cleary, Enid Blyton, Jacqueline Wilson, Rick Riordan

Winners of prestigious children’s book awards such as:
The Carnegie Medal
The Newbery Medal
The Caldecott Medal