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Friday, 13th January 2017

Lower School Newsletter

Learning in the Lower School

Ace Time

We have only been back for a week and we have already had a wide range of learning experiences!


Year 6 had an interesting day trip to The Houses of Parliament on Thursday. This is an integral part of their understanding of how governments work and how laws are passed. Tamar in Year 6 commented that she met an MP who talked to the class about Brexit, the NHS and how laws are made.


Year 4 also had a trip on Thursday to the British Library. They looked at a range of maps as detectives to see how countries and borders had changed over many years. Josh in Year 4 said he really liked it.


On Wednesday we were visited by Google and we had a Virtual Reality (VR) day. We looked through VR glasses and explored places that were tied in to our current Units of Inquiry, for example Year 1 are studying how people live and how that has changed over time and they went on a virtual reality tour of Buckingham Palace. (Photos above)


I also saw some nice pieces of work this week - Naoki and Charlene from Reception shared their written work with me, they have both independently written several sentences about themselves independently, which is very impressive. Elina in Yea 4 also shared a piece of collaborative factual work about people's rights demonstrating her understanding of paragraphs. It gave detailed descriptions, and shared references and quotes from a range of sources. Elina took action by sharing her perspectives - we will be rewarding action with a Sparkie. Students also earn Sparkies when they model the IB Learner Profile and learner attitudes.

 

Competition
Our Dwight Scientists are running a competition to design a logo that they will use to represent their group. This will close on Tuesday, 17th January.

The Week Ahead


  • Clubs start on Monday 16th January. Please click here to view the club enrolment list, please note that each day is under a seperate tab.
  • Term 2 curriculum overviews are now online. To view the Kindergarten and Reception overview, please click here. To access the Year 1 to Year 6 overviews, please click here.
  • On Wednesday, 18th January, Year 5 will be going the Royal Observatory in Greenwich as part of their Unit of Inquiry on Understanding the Earth and the Solar System.
  • On Thursday, 19th January Year 2 visit Science Museum as part of their Unit of Inquiry on Inventors and Discovers.
  • On Friday, 20th January students from Years 5 and 6 join with their peers from Upper School and represent Dwight School London at the Young Voices evening Concert at the O2.
  • Saturday, 21st January will be an exciting day for Dwight Lower School as we have 5 swimmers representing Dwight and London in the National Swimming Championships at the Olympic Park - good luck to Sterre, Josh, Ben, Alex and Marika.
  • IBPYP evening and afternoon INSET for parents take place on Tuesday at 7.00pm and Wednesday, at 2.00pm hosted by Jenna Brooks - here is a radio advert to tell you what is involved - written and starring Angad and Josh in Year 5 and 6 respectively. Please click here to register.

Updates and Key dates for 2017

  1. Young Voices Concert (involving children from Upper and Lower School) 20th January.
  2. Mid Year Reports sent out in the week ending 10th February.
  3. Ace Time takes place on 9th and 10th February.
  4. Year 5 have their 3 day & 2 night Residential in Suffolk from 22-24th March - more details to follow.
  5. Year 4 have their 2 day & 1 night Residential in Greater London from 23-24th March - more details to follow.
  6.  Dwight Lower School International Fun Run and Breakfast takes place on Friday, 31st March.

Super Question and Language of the Week

This week we asked the children to find out What coin will be replaced in the year 2017?

Next week our language of the week will be Portuguese.

Reminder: It is getting colder and is forecast to get worse - please ensure that your child has a coat, hat and gloves.

We hope that you had a good break and we would like to wish you all a happy and healthy new year.

Kind regards

Matt Parkin
Lower School Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday - 17 January 2017
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Wednesday - 18 January 2017
All day
 
Wednesday - 18 January 2017
All day
 

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