Welcome to Primary!
In the mornings we focus on the main curriculum areas of literacy and numeracy. Miss Jenny works with the upper-primary students and Miss Maija works with the lower-primary students. During this time we do guided reading, writing and maths. Our small class sizes allow us to read one-on-one with the students and work closely alongside them. Our current IPC-unit is called "Young entrepreneurs". So far we have discussed coins and the history of money, businesses in our local area and most importantly people's needs and wants. We will be building on the idea of needs and wants to lead into a small inquiry, encouraging the children to think creatively about how we can help people who do not have their basic needs to survive.
During the week we also have music with Mr Simon and PE and swimming lessons. At the end of every week we finish Friday afternoon with "choosing time". All students love this time!
We read every day, either online or in books, with a teacher or cuddled up in the sofa!
Our new IPC-unit is interesting, we now know a lot more about what the difference is between "needs" and "wants". We are busy drawing a city with all the necessary things for us and our families.
And then it is lovely to relax before hometime on Fridays!