Report Writing

This week we have been focusing for our writing on "Report Writing".

The class were shown how to make a pyramid outline first.

They had to read a book then write as many facts as they could. Once they are happy with the facts they have they then have to group the facts. Once grouped then  give each group of facts a name, label them.










Once completed they then use the pyramid outline to write their report.
It is a good and easy way to get started.

The children enjoyed cutting up their facts. Once finished the children will also put on their blogs

Visiting Jewish Synagogue

Today the Grade 4 children loaded back onto the buses and got the opportunity to visit a Jewish Synagogue.


The Jewish community have built a new synagogue and it was great to see what they have done.


Rabbi Butman spoke to the children about the various traditions that the Jewish faith (Judaism) follow and the history of the faith.

Understanding other peoples beliefs

As part of our unit of inquiry on "Who we are belief system" the class paired up and researched with their partner one of the top 6 major faiths.



These being Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Shintoism, Hinduism and Judaism.




The children had to find facts about their faith under the following headings
History
Belief
Place of worship
Celebrations
Holy books and symbols
Daily practices




It was great listening to them discuss the different faiths. Some they had heard of some they hadn't.
The message that seems to be the same in all the faiths is that we all need to be tolerant of other peoples beliefs and values.

Just because someone is of a certain faith does not mean they are bad as portrayed sometimes in the media.

Buddies get electrical

Today our buddy class the "Tigers" came up to our class to explore with the electric circuits.



As part of the Tigers (KG) UOI on electricity they partnered up with their buddies to learn how circuits work.








They had great fun with their buddies seeing how big they could make their circuits.

Some great learning taking place and real problem solving.

Catholic Church Visit

Today all the G4 children visited a Catholic Church and had Father Charlie talk to the children about "Christianity".


The drive to the church was interesting as we weaved in and out of narrow back streets. At one stage I thought we would not be able to fit through some of the ally ways in our vans.

As part of our unit "Who we are belief systems" the children got to see what the Christian Faith hold dear to them.

Father Charlie talked to them about how a mass (church service) is run and the different areas with in the church. He also stressed to the children that it is the people in the church that make the church, not the physical building.


His big message to the children was that christians believe in love, forgiveness and getting on with everyone. Something everyone should live by.

Father Charlie also explained the work the church does with families in Phnom Penh.

The church has kindergarten classes that they run for disadvantaged families at the church.
The also have a community medical centre, a house that families can stay in while their children are in hospital and hospice (support for families that have someone dying).

It was really great to hear what the church does for disadvantaged families in Phnom Penh.

International Day

On Saturday ISPP hosted it's annual International Day.


A day when we can celebrate the diversity of the school.  There were some 23 country booths and 35 different countries that were involved in the parade of nations.






It is a true proof of how internationally minded we are at ISPP.

It was a great day and some great performances.