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06
2012
Just in Case- Typhoon plan for school
It looks as though the main rain will fall this evening. However, as you know these things can be unpredictable. At the moment it looks as though things will go as planned for tomorrows grade 5 ceremony. However, the back up plan if this is not the case, is that we would do it on thursday morning at 9:00 in the auditorium followed by morning tea, before the final assembly.
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2012
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12
06
2012
Summer Reading suggestions: We are almost at the end of the school year but you should keep trying to read especially if you are not going to be speaking in English during the holidays.
In Grade 6 you will be reading Holes by Louis Sachar.
To get a head start, you might want to read it this summer. Then, when you read it again in class, you’ll feel more confident and be able to dig a bit deeper.
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12
06
2012
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Team of Grade 4-5 Student volunteers needed: special Kizuna Connection event on afternoon of Saturday 16th June.
A small team of volunteer G4-5 students are needed to help with a special Kizuna Connection art activity event for local elementary school students, starring spectacular local mural artist ROCCO.
During the event, will be making individual gift bags and large canvas murals to donate to elementary schools in Ishinomaki and Higashi Matsushima in the Tohoku disaster zone.
It will be a fun creative event, but you will also have thee chance to do something for your community.
The participants wil be local Japanese elementary school students, so if you can speak Japanese it is great, but you do not need to be a Japanese speaker to volunteer- the participants want to practice their English too!
Interested? Paces are limited, so please contact Eddy Jones ASAP for more details, and by Thursday 14th June at the latest.
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6
06
2012
Dear Grade 5 Parents,
We would like to formally invite you to attend the YIS 2012
Grade 5 end of year celebration.
We will be holding the ceremony in the Auditorium beginning at 11:15 am on Wednesday, June 20th, followed by a Grade 5 lunch, organized by class parents. Ela Benson, Giannia Schlaefer and Evonne LaBarge.
More information on the potluck will come from these parents. Thank you parents!
We will be sharing some Grade 5 memories, listening to some speeches and presenting the students with a certificate, followed by lunch and a dance party.
Robyn Treyvaud from Cypersafe Kids in school will be talking to the grade 4 and 5 students in the afternoon between 2:00- 3:00.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday June 20th.
Kind regards,
YIS Grade 5 Team.
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10
05
2012
Central Idea
Society is affected by its natural resources and by how they are allocated and used.
Country Research
We are researching information about the following countries to see if we can make some conclusions about life in different places around the world.
We know that different countries have different resources and that wealth and poverty may be connected to the geography, land use, environmental issues, climate. We will be finding out about the impact on the quality of life for people by looking at statistics related to life expectancy, literacy rates, and the GDP for the following counties.
1. Niger
2. Somalia
3. Thailand
4. Australia
5. South Africa
6. Netherlands
7. Finland
8. China
9. Indonesia
But first we need to define some important terms.
Natural Resources
Happiness
Poverty
Poor
Wealth
Rich
We will be adding more information in the weeks ahead! Get ready for some informative in class keynotes and presentations where we will be researching and presenting over the next few weeks in teams.
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