Today 5KP were lucky enough to hear a lecture from William Lindesay who has for a long time been a great advocate for the Great Wall of China. William caught a train down from Beijing last night and will return this evening after an action packed day of speaking with grades 4-8 and also parents and staff after school.
I would like each of the 5KP students to post a blog about his presentation on their site by this Friday. Don’t forget you also should have completed your Space Journal 1 and 2 by now as well as a response to the visiting author days last week.
Check out these sites for more information on William and his work on the Wild Wall.
http://www.2walls.org
http://www.wildwall.com
Bye for now

Here are 5 or our 5KP students getting ready for our recent Chinese New Year concert where they performed the Chinese Minority Hat Dance.
Kate, Christina, Paige, Letitia and Elley

 

Students, this is the link you need to go to to discover more about your Space Webquest.
http://search.saschina.org/spacetest/index.htm

This is the project you will be working on in Science and Social Studies over the next 4-6 weeks so it is important you understand what is going on and keep up to date with tasks in class. Read the information down the left side of the page by clicking on the links in red. Under process, pay particular attention to the journal entries which you will be completing for assessment.
Remember to go to:
http://search.saschina.org/spacetest/index.htm

Good Luck! We are counting on you for a better future!

Well done to Elley and Kate who added to their blogs over the Chinese New Year. Please go to their great blogs to read about what they were up to over the New Year and make a comment congratulating them on their efforts. They will both be receiving vouchers for the fun store for their hard work.
Here is a photo of Elley…
and here is her blog address:
http://blogs.saschina.org/echoung2014

and here is our other star student Kate…
and you can see her work at:
http://blogs.saschina.org/kma2014

Congratulations Girls, keep up the good work.

Hello everyone and welcome back for the final four weeks of the 3rd quarter. The time really flies between now and the end of the year so make sure you use your time wisely at home to stay on top of tasks at school. In four weeks, Spring Break will be here and your 3rd quarter reports go home. After Spring Break vacation we have our parent teacher conferences and then the time flies even faster until your elementary years come to a close and summer begins.
Please remember to add to your blog this week by posting an entry about how you spent your Chinese New Year break. The blog must have a link or a photo with it, this link or photo should be related to your vacation. Good Luck.
Here is a photo of me…

Hello Students, I hope the fireworks aren’t keeping you awake. We had a great time setting some off on the weekend and we are really enjoying having some time off during this exciting time of year in Shanghai. Remember there is a prize for the student who has the time, energy and inclination to create some interesting blogs over the Chinese New Year Holiday. It is not essential that you add to your blog but I would love to see you trying out some new things and having a go at practising your adding of links and photos.
Bye for now 5KP, see you in a week.
Mrs P

Dear Students
As I sit at my desk getting ready to leave for the day, I just wanted to wish you all a really happy and restful break. When you come back, the time will go very quickly between now and the end of your elementary school time. Before you know it, you will be in middle school, whether it be here in Shanghai or somewhere else.
Over the break, don’t forget to blog, if you get the chance and if you have something to blog about and remember to try and add some links or pictures if you can, as it makes your blog more interesting.
Relax and enjoy your time away from school.
Bye for now
Happy Year of the Pig!
Mrs Power

During every school week, the Grade 5 team try and have a few sessions of Sustained Silent Reading (S.S.R) or Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) time. Some weeks are too busy to do a lot of reading but we fit it in when we can as the kids really enjoy it and it is great for their reading development. Our tech guru Mr. Utecht, sent us a great link this weekend to a site which discusses the changes occurring in S.S.R. and D.E.A.R. around the world. Have a read and see what you think.
http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/mahlness/2007/02/is-this-ssr-20.html
Bye for now.
Here is Paige enjoying some reading ‘the old fashioned way’…