Farewell class of 2015-2016

Here is a photo montage created by Joshua and Ryu of the class. Enjoy...

I thought I would take this time to thank you all for what has been an outstanding year it has been in our class. 

I have really enjoyed teaching your children this year.  I will not get the opportunity to thank you all personally so please accept my thanks for all the support you have given me and your children this year.

I know they are ready to move up to Grade 5 and they are excited to be seniors.

The class this year have been wonderful children. They are a hardworking, dedicated, open minded and principled children. They each embody the PYP learner profiles and attitudes showing how much they value what they learning and doing in the class.

Thank you again for your support and your kinds words.

In the maori culture (native people of New Zealand where I am from) there is a saying

Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective

Enjoy the summer break. Travel safe and I look forward to catching up with you when we return in August. I hope all the children will remember me and come and say hello to me when they walk past....and not run away in shame. If they do I promise to embarrass them even more.

To Craig and Xayniyom -  I wish you all the best on your next adventure. We will miss Joshua.

Angkor Wat bike first training session

On Sunday Mr Ben held his first bike training session for the upcoming Angkor Wat fun bike, run Grade 4 / 5 trip.
The children (and parents) were up nice and early on Sunday for a 30minute bike training session on Diamond Island.


It was a great turnout of parents and children.












Mr Simon took up a spot along the course to cheer everyone along and was fascinated watching two cranes working on a construciton site collide with each other as they were moving things around the constrcutions site.

On the way home we had to stop to get Kate's flat tyre repaired on her bike.
Lucky it went down after her training session.



The run training will start on Tuesday and Friday this week with the children running for 15-20 minutes from 11.30-12. They will then have their lunch after training.

As time gets closer to the event the distance will increase.

Make sure you remember to bring your running shoes and maybe a change of clothes on Tuesday and Friday.

Shape of a leader presentaion

Today the class started to share their presentaitons on the leader they have been researching to the class.



There were some creative ways that the children shared their understanding of their leader from slide, explain everything and video.

Team Time

On Friday we held our first "Team Time". It was an opprotunity for the children to share something we have been learning in the class.


We have all been busy working on our Unit of Inquiry - Shape of a leader. The classes focusing on - 'That people have played a leading role in societies which has resulted in change".



The classes for our dance performances focused on just a few of the attributes leaders showed - teamwork, motivation and cooperation. 
These are some of the attributes a leader needs to have to drive their team, business and even community forward.

Another great attribute the classes showed was "risktaker". It is not easy standing up in front of an audience to perform.

I was really proud of the class for the way they got stuck into the dance they choose.





Well done to Hyein and Seo Young for being the presenters for our first team time. They did a fabulous job and also showed great attributes of a leader by leading our team time.



I have included some photos of our dance routine and a video. Please dont judge the big tall person in the back with his lack of coordination.

I hope you enjoy.

Click on the link below....

Mr Simon's class dance routine

Swimming

Today I took some photos of the children at swimming.


They were all working really hard to improve their stroke and technique.









The class can be really proud of how they are doing.








It sure looked like they were having fun.

Something special

This week the class had to bring an item from home to share with the class.
They had time to practice what they wanted to say at home then they had to tell the class about it. There were some really special items from family photos to special watches.

I was really proud of the effort they put in especially speaking in front of the class.

Speaking infront of your peers is one of the biggest fears people have, it is not an easy thing to do.