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RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
Iman Nishiki (Grade 2) Kazuki Fujimoto (Grade 7)
Audri Ayman (Grade 1) Iman Nishiki (Grade 2) Wang Chun Lam (Grade 3) William Kim (Grade 4) Miju Rahman (Grade 5) Liyan Siddiqi (Grade 6) Daniela Oh (Grade 7) Cheng Hao Yeh (Grade 8)
Greetings! I hope all is well with you. Things here are great!! The 1st Quarter is upon us and there are many events that will be taking place at RIS. When you talk with your students, make sure that they keep you up to date on all the wonderful opportunities they are having at school. I enjoy having them here and look forward to seeing their smiling faces each day. Please look for information sending you about setting up a conference with your child`s teachers in the Parent-Teacher Conference Day. We have a goal of 100% parent participation. We can only accomplish this with your assistance and cooperation. We realize there are many activities and events that fill our calendars. Sometimes we seem to lose focus with all that goes on throughout the school year. Our main purpose is to provide students with the best educational opportunity possible and to help them achieve academically. We really need parental help to ensure that the homework is being done and that studying for tests are priorities. One other quick thing that I need to mention, that is very important. Whenever possible, take time to read with your students. It doesn’t matter how young or old they are a good story or book is a wonderful thing to share. The Faculty and Staff are reading many wonderful books this year and are trying to share a love of reading with our students. However, there is no substitute for what takes place in the students own homes. You all do a great job of supporting your students and it is greatly appreciated!! Have a fantastic academic year!!
Thanks,
In this issue!
Principal`s Message ... 1
Awards ......................... 2
Events ........................... 2
Member Spotlight ...... 3
Winter Social ............... 3
District Goals ............... 4
Committee Chairs ...... 4
2-32 YANGJAE 1-DONG, SEOCHO-GU, SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA 137-886 PHONE + 82 2 571 2917 FAX + 82 2 572 2916
In this issue!
Principal`s Message ... 1
ESL Corner ................... 2
IMYC for the MS .......... 3
Congratulations! ........ 4
Investigators ................ 5
Field Trips ...................... 6
Student Council .......... 6
Rainbow International School Mission Statement
Rainbow International School enables students to achieve academic excellence
while being encouraged to be global leaders who promote global peace through equity,
innovation, diversity, integrity, community, care for the environment and self-respect.
“A nation`s durability depends on the education of young generations"
7 Things Your Quiet ESL Students
Are Not Telling You
I’m hearing too many new words.
It’s too hard for me to do this on my
own. Can I work with a classmate?
Please don’t put me on the spot.
Please, be patient with me. I’m
trying my best.
I need some time to think before I
answer.
I don’t care about “Mr. Smith” from
the book. This is boring!
I don’t understand your handwriting.
In this issue!
Principal`s Message ... 1
Awards ......................... 2
Events............................ 2
Member Spotlight ....... 3
Winter Social ................ 3
District Goals ................ 4
Committee Chairs ...... 4
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Teacher PD Day/October 26th No School/October 26th Parent-Teacher Conference/October 27th/9:00AM-3:00PM
ESL Corner ESL 1-3 Learning Environment
When you come and visit ESL 1-3 you will
discover a positive a learning environment,
a place where students are comfortable to
challenge themselves to enhance their
learning.
Learning Letter Sounds
The ESL classroom is a place of
encouragement and smiling
faces. Throughout the day all learning
levels stop by our class to ask questions or to
share something that is special to them. We
are very grateful to be able to contribute to
so many lives and watch R.I.S. students
excel in life learning.
Making Fruit Salad
We promote and embrace all styles of
learning. Our daily lessons always involve
hands on activities. Take a look at some of
our recent class activities.
Phonics Games
Our Beginner Group just finished
learning about different shapes, colors,
and food. Each student made a
colorful picture out of the shapes and
colors they have learned and wrote
about their picture. Also, they created
a very hungry caterpillar with their
writing!
Interviewing Friends
Our Developing Group takes every
chance they can to use their new
technology as a learning tool in
class. We have recently used our
iPad's to research how to make a
kite. Come visit our classroom to see
what else we have been busy
learning.
Building Words with Letter Tiles
Researching How to Make a Kite
Middle School ESL Students
Get Creative AND
Responsible!
by Ms. Jaclyn Jones,
Middle School ESL teacher
Students in middle school ESL are
working together to prepare a skit
for the school-wide assembly on
responsibility! They have defined
responsibility as, “Doing the things
you are supposed to do,” and
they have also listed specific tasks
that students should be
responsible for. At the assembly
each student will each play a role
in explaining the concepts to the
student body, such as, “Do your
homework!” and “Be on time for
class!” Middle school ESL students
are building their relationship skills
as they team up to convey the
message efficiently and
accurately. They are also using
creativity to make eye-catching
and engaging visual aids. Good
work, students!
Diversity is who we are at Rainbow International School.
It means more to us than what country we come from, what we look like, and what language we speak.
IMYC for the Middle Schoolers
tolerance
integrity
success
diversity
Parent-Teacher Conference Parent-Teacher Conference (PTC)
will be held on Saturday (9:00AM –
3:00pm). It's a chance for you to
ask questions about the class or
your child's progress. It is also a
time for you and the teacher to
work together as a team to discuss
ways you both can help your son
or daughter.
Grade 8 News We began a new International
Middle Years unit (IMYC) on
Thursday, October 4th. The new unit
our 8th grade students will be
working on is called Identity. The big
idea is “Our sense of self, and that of
others, is continually developing
through our different interactions
and impacts on how we exist in the
world.” During our focus in this
theme we can see examples of how
interaction between different
cultures helps individuals and
communities to develop a sense of
identity, and to understand that of
others. Students will consider their
own sense of self in terms of their
cultural values and how these
impact on the choices that they
make.
For our entry point students created
self-portraits and completed I AM
Poems.
Hanguel Day (Korean Alphabet day)
We made a big T-shirts celebrating on
the Hanguel day!!
Do you know the Korean Alphabet
day?
The Korean Alphabet day is the 9th
October.
The great King Sejong made this letters
about 500 years ago
for he felt the compassion for common
people who couldn't express
themselves without writing system like
this.
The Korean Alpabets consist of basic 14
consonants and 10 vowels.
* Consonant (14) :ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ
ㅈ ㅊ ㅋㅌ ㅍ ㅎ
* Vowel (10): ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ
We can make a word with a
consonant and a vowel.
The Hanguel is so creative and easy to
learn so we Koreans are really proud of
this.
Grade 5 Students
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
Home Visits
Dear Parents,
RIS teachers will now be available to visit
our students through home visits. We feel
meeting with student’s families at home
provides a unique opportunity for our
teachers to better understand their
students as well as a chance to develop
a closer relationship with our RIS families.
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Our ESL program focus on improving
students’ language skills including
speaking, reading, writing, and
comprehension in a fun way. There is a
weekly vocabulary to enhance their
English. There are various activities in
the lesson to cover every aspect of
language skills. Students make the most
of their Ipad and MacBook and the
smartboard by reading e-books, doing
SMART lessons, researching, and using
educational apps. Furthermore,
students have a homework folder to
take every night to prepare and review
the lesson.
ESL 4 – 5 Shaping Up in Third Grade!
Our bodies are the most valuable
things we’ll ever own! It’s our job to
keep our bodies fit and healthy
because it has to last us a lifetime!
With this in mind, the Grade Three
students have been learning all
about how best we can do that
through our Shaping Up IPC unit. So
far, we’ve learned about the human
skeleton, muscles, and organs.
Among many things, we’ve put
together a life-size skeleton,
memorized the names of certain
bones and muscles, and became
scientists to investigate the effect of
vinegar on chicken bones.
As we continue our study on our
bodies, we will explore how to eat a
balanced diet, all about the
benefits of physical activity, and
even about the spreading of germs,
how much sleep we need, and how
food advertising influences us. We
can’t wait to see what’s in store in
the upcoming weeks! Watch Video
Grade Six Social Studies
In sixth grade middle school social
studies were are exploring our
creativity and how the world around
us channels their creative spirit into
productive and usable products. This
week we looked at the War Khasis
tribe, from India, and how the create
suspension bridges using only natural
materials such as rocks, trees, roots
and dirt. After examining images of
these beautiful creations the sixth
grade class was tasked with making
their own. They were provided
materials of popsicle sticks, wire, art
straw and rocks. Their goal was to
make a bridge that could hold the
weight of a water bottle and was at
least 2 - 3 inches in height and 6
inches in length using only the
materials provided. They got their
creative juices flowing and created
several structures that fit these
requirements. They'll be able to
become members of the War Khasis
tribe in no time! Jerry and Joshua
completed the sturdiest structure but
everyone did a fantastic job. Head on
over to the sixth grade social studies
blog on LMS to view the kids in action!
Tolerance integrity success diversity
RIS Students are Compassionate Community Participants
Grade 4 & 5 Crime Scene
Investigators Training! Over the next three weeks Grade 4 & 5
will be following a unit of work on a
theme that focuses on ‘Scientific
Enquiry and Materials’. This unit of work
is titled, “Investigators.”
These days we have lots of science
knowledge at our fingertips; it can be
found quickly and easily on the
Internet. The science knowledge in
books and websites is what other
scientists have discovered in the past.
To discover new things ourselves we
need to be able to be able to ‘do’
science not just ‘know’ about it.
During our unit we will learn how to ‘do’
science. We will learn several,
important, scientific skills. These skills can
be used in a whole range of scientific
situations. However we will use these
skills to investigate one branch of
science: materials and their properties.
We will also see how these skills can be
applied to one real world context – the
exciting world of forensic science!
During this unit we will be focusing on
Science. In Science we’ll be finding out:
• About several ways to investigate in
science
• How to make sure our investigations
are well designed and reliable
• Ways to: collect, record, interpret and
present our findings
• About several materials and their
properties Watch Video
RIS MASCOT School Mascots are a terrific way to
boost school spirit! They are thought to
bring good luck. Do you know what the
RIS mascot is?
It’s the bottlenose dolphin! To celebrate
our mascot, and promote the protection
of species and their habitats, we
recently adopted a bottlenose dolphin
from the World Wildlife Fund.
Don’t be surprised to see our new
dolphin friend out and about in the
community. The grade 4 and 5 students
will be solving investigations along with
their marine CSI partner.
RIS has adopted a Bottlenose Dolphin!
Fight the Flu! * Why do we need a flu shot?
A cold is not very serious,
because it can disappear in a
week. But the flu is very serious; it
can often cause side effects. So,
you can't prevent the flu by
having a shot.
* How often do you get a flu shot?
People should get the flu shot
every year. Flu viruses can mutate
very easily, because of that a
previous flu shot can't help you
anymore.
* The effect of flu shot.
After you get a shot, you still can't
avoid all types of viruses. If you
get a shot, it takes two weeks for
the maximum amount of new
antibodies to start to fight viruses
and help prevent you from
having the flu for more than 5
months.
* When to get the flu shot?
In Korea, the flu spreads out from
January to March. Therefore, the
best time to get flu shot is from
September to November.
Where to get the flu shot?
Somang NaeGwa hospital
provides flu shot. The hospital
provides discount for RIS families.
Staff, students and parents who
have medical insurance can get
the flu shot for 15.000 won.
Hospital: Somang NaeGwa
(Internal medicine doctor)-
소망내과의원
Location: 1-26 Yangjae 1-dong.
Hana Bank 2nd floor
Phone: 02-571-0875
Time: 11:30AM-5:00PM Tue-Thu
11: 30AM-06:00PM Mon-Wed-Fri
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand. Chinese proverb
INVESTIGATORS
RIS Students are Critical and Creative Thinkers - Independent Learners - Effective Communicators - Healthy Individuals
Hooray.....Let's go on holiday!
In Grade one we have started a new
and exciting unit called 'Hooray, let's
go on holiday'. As our Entry Point we
went on a field trip to 'Mr Sand, let's
play!'. This was a great starting point to
help the students visualize getting
excited and going on a holiday. While
there, we were guided through 6
different stations. The first was a short
puppet play about how pebbles turn
to sand and then sand turns to mud.
Next we moved to a pottery area. We
took mud and made fossil necklaces.
We made sand art with colored sand,
searched for buried treasure in the
sand, played in an ant house, and had
some time in a sand playground. Thank
you Ms Kim for leading our first field trip
in grade one :) More Photos
2-32 Yangjae 1-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 137-886 Phone +82-2-571-2917 Fax +82-2-572-2916.
www.rischool.org
Student Council in R.I.S. acts as
a student government, giving
students a voice in determining
school activities and
environment. Student Council
helps the students to promote
harmonious relations
throughout the school, organize
school events, work on student-
faculty relationship and get
involved in all aspects of school
to improve the environment.
Through student council,
students learn leadership and
responsibility.
Student Council meetings run
weekly during the extra-
curricular time.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Grade 2 and 3’s Field Trip!
On October 18th, Grade 2 and Grade
3 went on a field trip to Seodaemun
Museum of Natural History. We had a
lot of fun exploring the 3 floor museum.
Each floor taught us something new
about how the Earth and humans
have changed over time. The students
were very excited to see real life
dinosaur fossils! Starting on the third
floor, we explored how the Earth was
created, along with the various rocks
that exist around our planet. On the
second floor we began to see the
various dinosaur fossils the museum
has on display.
Everything from the giant
Tyrannosaurus Rex to tiny dinosaurs
that are believed to have been birds.
More Photos
The students were also excited to look
at various animals that can be found
on different continents. There were
polar bears, hawks and jaguars on
display, along with many others.
We finished our tour of the museum
with a 3-D show about what a typical
day in a dinosaurs life would have
looked like. The students really
enjoyed and learned quite a bit!
Watch Videos of the Student Council
1. Intro
2. Spook-O-Rama
3. Spirit Week
Real-Life Experiences
Field Trips! Field Trips
Field Trips!
