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Planet Earth in focus for Upper Primary pupils

Save our planet! Be the change you want to see!

During this IPC-unit, Upper Primary pupils have learnt a lot about why people move from one country to another. They have also understood how these movements affect planet Earth.

News report by Miss Jenny

During the first two months of the new school year, Upper Primay pupils have studied the differences between travelling, moving and migrating. Pupils have learnt about this important topic and understand that we live in a constantly changing world. Different events — like natural disasters or conflicts — force some people to leave their home countries. Others choose to leave their home country to study, work or start an important project in a different part of the world.

Štefan, Kihachi, Hanna, Shawn, Mohammed, Rita, Mohammed and Roméo have all been able to express thoughts, ideas and new learning during this unit.

With all these people travelling, moving and migrating, pupils know that almost any type of journey pollutes the air. Pupils also know that climate change is affecting our planet and they know that global warming is causing problems. Instead of giving up, pupils have been trying to think out of the box and find creative solutions to this problem. By inventing an imaginary eco-friendly hotel on an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pupils have tested new ways of thinking.

If everybody tried to think as hard about saving the planet as these pupils have done, there is hope for our planet. The time to change our behavior is now! What are you waiting for?

As you might have understood, Upper Primay pupils have learnt more about writing newspaper articles. This has been a great way to link Literacy to this ongoing IPC-project. Pupils write other text types as well. During Wednesday mornings, pupils have Creative Writing sessions together with Miss Ana. This time their texts are based on scenes created with LEGO from the LEGO Education boxes. You can see the scenes here in the blog, but if you want to read the actual stories, you have to come and visit us.

We have had fun and exciting times here in our class during the last few weeks. We enjoyed Kaaru's visit here in class, it was great to see her again and to hear about her new school. We have celebrated Hanna's birthday and we have shared Rita's joy for receiving the headmaster award. Pupils have presented facts from our IPC-unit during an Assembly and have also performed playing instruments. Upper Primary pupils did a great job!

Time flies and pupils are amazed that it is already the end of October and time for the Autumn holidays. Pupils have learnt many new strategies in Numeracy, as well as important Numeracy vocabulary. They have had their first maths test, the mid-term test, and have discussed these with their teacher. By implementing the Growth Mindset, pupils have been able to see these maths discussions as great ways to learn from any mistakes. All pupils know that they can learn new things - they all try to keep a positive attitude and believe in themselves - and they try to challenge their brains to move new information from the short-term memory to the long-term memory.

As part of our goal to learn more about each other's countries and cultures (International Mindedness), pupils have learnt a bit about the Day of the Dead, a Mexican tradition. Pupils enjoyed this art activity!

After the holidays, Upper Primary pupils will meet again and continue learning new exciting things! Now, we will all just enjoy an autumnal week off!