There is something in the air...

Is it springtime? Or is it electricity? The sun is shining and the flowers are growing in the garden! We see butterflies and bumblebees flying around. This is a great time of the year!

Upper Primary pupils are full of energy and have loved working with our IPC topic, ‘Full power’! They have learnt how to use scientific language when documenting their experiments and they can explain why a circuit is illuminating a bulb … or not. They have built circuits and have been eager to test different alternatives when the result has been less successful. They have learnt how to read instructions carefully. They now know more about Fair tests. They are starting to think like scientists.

During Literacy lessons, pupils have learnt even more about instructions. They know that the purpose is of this text type is to make someone else interested in trying to for example make or bake something by following a number of steps. Pupils have been discussing others’ instructions and they have been writing their own instructions, they have unjumbled jumbled up instructions and they have been using bossy verbs (imperatives) and lots of time connectives while doing this.

During Friday mornings, Upper Primary pupils are joining an art project called ‘CAMPUS’. Pupils work together with pupils from a local Dutch speaking school. Artist Elly helps them try different techniques. There will be an exhibition 18-21/5, so in May we will go and visit to see the final result. You can also follow their work on Facebook.

Like always, pupils sing, play, write, solve problems and learn. Lego challenge gives pupils a chance to build and program Lego models. Miss Marianne has challenged Upper Primary pupils to think about different beats in music and how to use your own body as a drum. It sounds really cool when pupils sing 'Lean on me'!

A lot of time was of course also spent practising and preparing for the International Festival here at ISG. Upper Primary pupils hope that their performance made the audience reflect and think about planet Earth in a different way. We only have one planet and we have to take care of our home planet ‘swirled in blue’. We should share what we have and take good care of all living things around us!

The light has returned, it is officially springtime and we have changed the clocks! Let’s enjoy the Easter holidays before we meet here at school again for more learning before the summer holidays!