Upcoming Dates
Tuesday March 16-ES ASSEMBLY is at 8.10am in the MPH.
-PYP PARENT WORKSHOP – 9:30 AM – HS/MS LIBRARY- Bronwyn Weale will conduct an informal coffee and question session on PYP after the ES Assembly. If you have specific questions please feel free to email these to her in advance, wealeb@asbindia.org or just come along with your thoughts and wonderings to share.
March 19- Report Cards Go Home
APRIL 22- Student Led Conferences
APRIL 29 - ES SWIM GALA
MATH UPDATE: his week we will wrap up our Geometry Unit. We have learned a lot about attributes of Polygons and 3-D shapes. Come check out our shapes we made while learning about inserting text boxes and pictures into Microsoft Word. This week we continue our partnership investigations on quadrangles, in particular the differences and similarities between a rectangle, square and rhombus. What makes a square so special anyway?
INQUIRY & LITERACY UPDATE: Our Folktale Unit is in full swing. We are exploring different kinds of folktales: fables, legends, trickster tales and pour quoi tales that explain how things came to be in nature. We are studying the elements of folktales and what they teach us about a culture. We are also making connections in writer’s workshop, looking particularly at organization and how most stories have a problem for the main character or characters to solve, which is somehow resolved at the end. We are also focusing on the aspect of the oral tradition of folktales, this week telling folktales orally with our Reader’s Theater groups.
FESTIVAL OF NATIONS AND PARADE OF NATIONS 2010:
(In case you missed it, below is the information printed in this Week’s Superintentdent message from the Friday Flash)
When? Thursday March 25th
What Will Happen?
8:15 – 9:15 am Festival of Nations Program in the MPH
Featuring country performances from Malaysia, South Africa, USA, Israel, Korea, France, New Zealand, as well as the Indian National Anthem and the World Music Ensemble! The MPH will be a packed house so please help us maintain a safe atmosphere!
1:00 – 2:30 pm Parade of Nations in the MPH
All students will participate in the parade. Students of all ages will sit together by country and when their country is called, they will enter the MPH, walk on stage as a group, and present their country flag while music from that country is played. It is a grand and momentous event! At the end of the parade, a group of faculty will perform the Dandiya dance and several students will perform a Bollywood number. Parents are invited and it will be wonderful lively time, so we are counting on you to please help us maintain a safe atmosphere.
How Can I Participate?
· Talk to your child about this special event to celebrate all the countries in our community!
· Encourage your child to wear something special to represent their country of citizenship or another country with which they have a connection.
· Wear something special yourself!
We look forward to this celebration of our amazing cultures and traditions!
