Maps Away!

Grade 2 has recently begun a new POI titled, “A Sense of Europe”.  We started by asking ourselves, where is Europe?  What is Europe?  Each member of the class was then given a blank sheet of paper and attempted to make a map of Europe.  The finished maps were very insightful.  Afterwards, we examined a real map of Europe and discussed the definition of a continent.  The class then proceeded to examine the individual countries in Europe.  Did you know there are 42 countries in the continent of Europe?  Plus, an additional five countries that are in both Europe and Asia.  That’s a lot for a small continent!  We then began to learn about the different parts of a map, including title, compass rose, symbol, scale and legend.  By the end of our POI, there is no doubt Grade 2 will have a true sense of Europe.

 

 

Dads Breakfast

Just a quick reminder that this year’s Dads Breakfast is on Tuesday January 29 at 845 in the cafeteria.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Kind regards,

Ms. Christine Aberley

Fireworks

Grade 2 is back to work!  This week we welcomed in the New Year with a series of fun activities.  To begin, we did a quick pair and share speaking exercise.  Next, we read a non-fiction book and learned about how the New Year is celebrated in different cultures around the world.  Then each member of the class wrote a short text about what they did to celebrate, focusing on the 5 Ws (Who, what, when, where, why).  Whether in India or Argentina or at home here in Switzerland, everyone had the opportunity to watch colorful fireworks launch in the night sky.  To accompany their text, we drew fireworks using oil pastels onto black paper.  The results were explosive!  Grade 2 also thought about the remaining school year and wrote “resolutions” to help them be best students in 2013.

 

Happy New Year,

 

Ms. Christine Aberley

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Schoolwide Opinion Survey

You will by now have received an e-mail asking you to spare a few minutes to complete a survey. Please, please, please do it! Your feedback, together with that of the staff, the board members and the students will help us to evaluate our performance as a school and from that we will be able to identify where change/improvement is needed. Here are the basic instructions, the link to the survey and the code you need.

Please complete the survey for each child individually, to enable us to get detailed feedback. Indicate the Number of Children in the School as 1 and disregard the other choices.


Go to the website http://www.endicottresearchcenter.net/


Enter the following survey code: CNP329310 and click GO


Ignore the last three questions (57-59).


When you reach the last screen, click SUBMIT.

THANK YOU!