Hello everyone!
The students kicked off their week by reviewing the meaning of the 3Rs. They drew pictures of what they saw and what they learned from last week’s visit to Econecol . It was a very valuable experience for them to actually hear from the horses’ mouths, what happens to the materials collected from garbage stations around their neighborhoods. The points of interest were:
- When household appliances such as washing machines and fridges are dismantled, the plastic and screws are set aside. The plastic is usually used to make plastic cups and the screws are melted to make something new. The dismantling process is done by hand so it’s very hard work!
- Cardboard boxes are recycled to make new cardboard boxes and newspapers are used to make toilet paper.
- Clothes that are in good condition are shipped to different countries across the world where they can be worn again(reused).
For the phonics lessons they learned about the long vowel a sound,” a_e”. The words introduced were cake, bake, date, rake, safe, gate, name and plate.
Tuesday was an exciting day for everyone as the whole school gathered in the music room to celebrate the births of those born in June. They enjoyed ‘baking a cake’ for the birthday girls and boys, and watching a magic trick.
One of the parents suggested making paper from milk cartons would help the students appreciate materials that they encounter in their daily lives. So we started preparing for that together as a class.
The steps involved in the process were as follows:1. Peeling off the thin plastic material from the milk cartons. 2. Ripping them into small pieces. 3. Using a food processor to make the pieces even smaller and finer. 4.Levelling the pieces in a rectangle shaped tofu container.5. Compressing the pieces and using a sieve to drain excess water from these pieces and then leaving them to dry! Everyone is excited to draw on the paper they made from the milk cartons!!!!
This was a very valuable experience for them as they navigate Unit 1’s central idea because it showed them significance of recycling and reusing. No one knew that it was possible to make paper from milk packs!
Everyone enjoyed making a craft for their dear fathers for June 15th’s father’s day. They sure do love their fathers to the moon and back!
They read ,” get the pets” for this week’s reading lesson.
The students have been hard at work watering and measuring the growth of the vegetables they planted a few weeks ago. They have also been talking about what plants need to grow and the basic structures of plants.
The week ahead(June 16th-20th)
Next week’s main focus will be reviewing the meaning of the word “reduce” . We will also begin end of unit assessments. These will continue until the unit’s official end date, June 30th.
Have a lovely weekend!
