Term 1 Week 7

Central Idea: We all mature throughout life and need to take care of ourselves as we change.

Line of Inquiry: The things that support our well-being during adolescence.

The video, How to Handle Gossip and Rumours on GetEpic was really helpful in learning more about our social development as we go develop into young adults.  We each had the opportunity to talk with a teacher of our choice to ask questions about well-being during adolescence.  We then wrote advice for others about how to take care of oneself while growing through adolescence. 

This week we started learning about the digestive system. On Thursday, we had an opportunity to look at a pig stomach. We looked closely and talked about what we saw. We began to understand more about how it actually works.

In this picture, we were wondering about its shape and the fact that the inside and outside of it are different. We began to understand the function of the stomach lining; it makes digestive juices to break down the food. 

The liver was very different in texture and colour. Using magnifying glasses we were about to see tiny holes and tubes. We are now doing  some research to learn about what they might be.

This bag of liquid shows an investigation we did into how food is broken down. We were trying to imagine just how the food in the stomach is broken down. 

After that, we began to read the book called Science Explorer: Digestion on GetEpic website. We learnt a lot more about how the digestive system functions.

For English, we had an opportunity to look at some grammar lessons. The Past Simple Tense and Present Perfect Tense were the ones that we focused on this week. We felt more confident to write and speak as these tenses correctly.





Maths

This week has been the final week to work on our Maths statistics project. The students have been back into the classrooms to present their research and findings across the school. On Friday, they presented their research and findings as a whole class to Mr. Scott and Ms. Charlotte, who are on the school's menu committee. The students have worked really hard on this project and developed skills including research, analysis and presenting and also built on their confidence.

We completed a team-building exercise where the students were placed into groups at random. The aim was for them to work together to cut out the puzzle pieces and put them together to create a multiplication table. The purpose of the task was to make them realise that sometimes we need to take our time in order to achieve the answer. It was not a race! This encouraged the students to use effective communication, whilst also thinking about their multiplication knowledge to solve the problem. Some found it more difficult than others, but on reflection enjoyed the problem-solving task and have asked to do more in the future.

We started to look at conversion between fractions, decimals and percentages. Next week, we will be looking at changing between fractions, decimals and percentages and finding the simplest form as well as equivalence.

Thai

In our class this week, we have been focusing on conjunctions. We learnt more deeply about each conjunction and how we can use it in a sentence. We have had a great time to practise our Thai language skills. In out TAL class, we have looked at days, months, and some consonants. Question making was one of the lessons we focused on.