Monday, December 14, 2015

Dec 14th - St Francis Bazaar + Happy New Year!







We would like to thank all the students and parents for making the Bazaar such a successful event. We were able to raise a lot of money for charity! Pupils and parents worked very hard when making the items. THANK YOU! We hope you have a lovely holiday and see you next year!




Reading over the holidays

We strongly encourage you to read with your 
child over the holidays!!!



 

Some of our children's favourites:

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Stone Soup by Tony Ross


The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle




Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle




Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle




Jack and the Beanstalk by Barbara Vagnozzi

Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
Papa Please Get the Moon For Me

The Gruffalo
Spot Bakes a Cake



Monday, December 7, 2015

Dance and Physical Education in PYP 1




Dance and Physical Education



In Dance, children have been exploring different basic movements to the music.

 They have been working with spatial awareness and expressing different means of
 transportation through movement, using their body as a tool.

















In PE, children used different sports equipment to perform specific gross motor skills.

Take a look:













Monday, November 30, 2015

"Little Red Riding Hood" play


"Little Red Riding Hood" by "Le Plat du Jour"


PYP 1 pupils went on a fieldtrip to the theatre to watch "Little Red Riding Hood" by "Le Plat du Jour" on Tuesday, November 24th. 
They were able to ask some questions to the actors at the end of the performance.

















Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Science and Maths Week!




Science and Maths Week



Pupils had an exciting week and had the opportunity to explore
 different Science and Maths activities and games. 

They had a great start on Monday by watching the Mad Scientists presentation. This sparkled their curiosity and made Science fun!









PYP 1 First Assembly






Mad Science




Beta

Blowing Race





Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Experiment


Sorting objects



Sharing discoveries 

Delta




Blowing Race

Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Experiment
Mixing Baking Soda with Milk, Vinegar and Soda


Sorting objects according to their properties (metal, wood and plastic) with PYP 2 Omega

Shape Arrangements with PYP 2 Omega



Blowing Race with PYP 2 Omega







Sigma

 Baking soda and vinegar balloon experiment

 Blowing race

 Shapes to create different structures and little movies.
 Vinegar, coke, milk and baking soda experiment.
 Teaching the PYP 2 the blowing race
 Magnets race
Magnetic or not test


Omega

Shape arrangements



Sorting objects according to their properties (metal, wood and plastic) 


Blowing race


Baking soda and vinegar balloon experiment


Teaching the baking soda and vinegar balloon experiment to PYP 2 Sigma


Sorting objects according to their properties (metal, wood and plastic) with PYP 2 Sigma


Sink or Float