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Agenda:• General Information• Mathematics• Units of Inquiry (UOI)• Language Arts• Exhibition Information

Branching off in to individual classes:• A guided tour of your child’s classroom and the timetable• Homeroom teachers’ expectations including homework and lines of communication• Homeroom parents, answering of questions• Email addresses

6:05pm - For parents who have more than one child in the Primary School, they may choose to visit their child’s other classroom(s)Parents wishing to inquire about how EAL works in P8 are welcome to go to the EAL room (107) in TISA 1.

• Thank you • Nut free school• Absences• Birthdays• Homework expectations• Parent participation-

homeroom, trips, birthdays, guest speakers

• Trips – please can children bring packed lunches for field trips

• Change of T Shirt for PE lessons (twice weekly)

• Role of subject specialists

• EAL and LS teachers• Mother Tongue Workshop –

10/9 8:45am – 10:00am in the Primary Staffroom

• PYP Workshop – 4/9 - 8:45am – 10:00am in the Primary Staffroom

• Week 5 Transition Workshop – 17/9- 8:45am – 10:00am in the Primary Staffroom

• Flash drive / USB pen Google Docs

• P8 website and blog

GENERAL INFORMATION

MATHEMATICS IN P8

Number

Measurement

Data handling

Pattern and function

Space and shape

WHAT DOES MATHEMATICS LOOK LIKE IN P8?

Where possible Mathematics is ‘hands on’

Students draw their understanding of knowledge and skills through concepts

Students are empowered to ‘live’ the language of mathematics

P8 UNITS OF INQUIRY – TIMELINE OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES

How we organise ourselves–18th August – 19th September

Where we are in place and time– 22nd September – 31st October

Sharing the planet– 3rd November – 12th December

P8 UNITS OF INQUIRY – TIMELINE OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES

How we express ourselves - 5th January – 13th February

Exhibition- 16th February – 1st May

How the world works- 4th May– 19th June

LANGUAGE

Oral language – listening and speaking (debating)

Visual language – viewing and presenting (projects)

Written language – reading (instructional, enjoyment, meaning)

Written language – writing (to inform) including grammar and spelling)

P8 EXHIBITION

What is the exhibition? Decide collaboratively on a central idea.

A personal, local and global connection that leads to action

The role of our students

The role of our P8 teachers and staff (mentors)

The role of the community

Your role and staging of the exhibition.

NAMES AND CONTACTS

Mr Michael Hinds – hinds_michael@tisa.az

Mr Nick Palmer – Palmer_Nicholas@tisa.az

Mr Matt Franklin - Franklin_Matthew@tisa.az

Mr Dan Bergthold - dbergthold@tisa.az

Mrs Fiona Hunter - fhunter@tisa.az

Student Diaries:

Please sign your child’s student diary on a Thursday evening so that

when they come to school on a Friday we too can sign it off for

closure on a school week.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

Thank you for your continued support – it is appreciated!