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.

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.

One School many Languages

Here is a video by our EAL teachers on way your mother tongue is so important to children that don't speak English as their first language.
It is a very touching video.
Thank you to the our wonderful EAL teachers and children for sharing it with us

Buddy Time

This week when we meet with our buddy class - Ms Melinda's KG1 class, we spent time helping them design a community as part of their UOI.

The children were asked to design a community. They could design their own town and put in what facilities, shops etc that they felt was needed to make a community.

It was interesting listening to the children from both classes discuss what was needed in their community.


We ended our session with a dance. Again some great moves from both classes.

Buddy Class

On Friday we got to spend time with our buddy class K1 Miss Melinda's class.

We read to our buddies and then went out and played a game called "red rover".


We look forward to spending some more time with our new buddy class.



The class really enjoyed time with the K1 children. It fit lovely with our UOI - Leadership and being good role models.