Class Dojo

We are now using ClassDojo to record House Points. This application enables teachers to give house points for positive behaviour/attitude and also take away house points for negative behaviour/attitude. You will be able to track your child's progress via the website. Everyone has received a username and password for student access and parental access.

I hope to see everyone receive as many positive points as possible!

Accelerated Reader

Each student received a username and password to give to their parents/carers for Accelerated Reader. This information will enable you to access information on quizzes your child has completed on English books they have read. Last week, each student sat the Accelerated Reader test and received feedback from myself on the level appropriate for their reading ability. This information can be found in the inside of their yellow reading record book. If you have any questions regarding the books that your child is reading then please contact me.

I would ask that each student reads every night and selects a variety of different authors and genre's from the library as this will provide them with a better understanding of vocabulary and text structure.

Students, remember to ask myself, or Mrs Wilson (who is an expert!) on books that may interest you. There is no point reading a book that you do not enjoy.

Homework

A note to all students

At the beginning of the academic year, you were told set days of when homework for English and Mathematics would be given. The timetable for Homework is also available on the blog for reference. It was also explained that Science homework would be given but no set days would be provided as this would change depending on the topic or the amount of work covered within class time.

Unfortunately, I have been disappointed with the standard of homework submitted so far from 5L. Many of you are choosing not to complete homework or you are not completing it to the standard I believe you are capable. Instead, you are rushing through it and making careless errors.

Homework provides opportunities for reinforcement of work learned during school time and for you to develop research skills. You may need to seek information from reference materials such as the internet, books, etc. and by doing so, are helped along the path to becoming independent learners.                

Having the responsibility of needing to meet deadlines promotes self-discipline, an attribute which will impact on school work and beyond.

If you are finding a piece of homework difficult then I do not mind answering questions; as long as those questions are before the day that the homework is due. Can I ask that everyone, from this point onwards, completes homework on time and to the best of their ability.

 

Form 5 Science Talk

As part of our Science topic on 'Organs of the Body, tomorrow, Ms Anabela Mesquitac will be presenting a question and answer session with Form 5. Each class will have the opportunity to ask questions to further their learning. Could I ask that each student thinks of 2 very good questions about the heart for tomorrow. This will help us structure the lesson and not waste time thinking of questions on the day. Students should write the questions in their homework book.

Many thanks.

 

Global Goals

On September 25th 2015, 193 world leaders committed to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. If every school in the world teaches children about these goals, we will help them become the generation that changed the world



In Primary, each class is concentrating on a Global Goal. The children in our care today can change the future.

In 5L, we will be concentrating on Gender Equality.

'If all girls and boys learn about gender equality, we can expect a more gender-sensitized world which will reduce crimes against women and girls and help grow respect for every human alive. And then, we can have that truly prosperous world that we dream of having'.


If any parent has a strong knowledge of this subject or feels passionate about the topic and would like to come in to class to discuss this issue with the students then please contact me. We will be studying this topic for the next three weeks.

Many thanks.

 

Tuesday Trip

Tomorrow, Form 5 will be carrying out research in a local area walking trip to conduct some geography field work. We will be using the River Douro as a case study for current Humanities topic ‘Rivers’.

There is no cost to parents for this trip. As it is a local area walking trip parental permission has already been granted.

We will leave school at 1.40pm and return before 4:10pm. Full school uniform is required. 

The trip will be postponed in the event of wet weather.

 

House Captains and Vice Captains

The new House Captains and Vice Captains

 

 

Bragança Alexandre Camelo
Catarina Ramirez
Maria Cadilhe (vice)

 

 

 

 

Lancaster João Pedro Bastos
Maria André Santos
Salvador Koehler (vice)

 

 

 

 

Windsor Filipa Pipiras
Guilherme Isidoro
Joana Enneking (vice)

 

Finally...

Finally, I have uploaded all the photographs taken at the Form 5 trip.

 

My sincere apology for this delay!!

 

I hope you enjoy...

 

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students in 5L who were nominated by their peers in Form 1 to Form 5 to be either Captain or Vice Captain for their House.

Filipa - Captain - Windsor
Guilherme - Captain - Windsor
Joana - Vice Captain - Windsor
Maria - Vice Captain - Braganca

Well done to all students who had the confidence to speak at the assembly on Monday and try out for the positions.

Follow the blog!

Thank you to Mr Charles who provided me with an ICT lesson on blogging! You can now follow the class blog by receiving emails when a new post appears on the main home page. This may save you time logging on to the blog and will provide up to date notifications. At the right hand side of this page it should allow you to enter your email address, a verification code should be entered and then a confirmation email will be sent to your inbox. Thanks for taking the time to visit the blog!

This week we are learning...

This page on the blog enables parents to understand what their child is learning each week in school. It could provide a conversation starter with them to find out what they have learnt each day. I hope you find it useful.

Computing

Below are the links to the games that we played today in Computing.


For next week, think how you could use ideas from these games to plan your Computing game.


www.google.com/doodles/doctor-whos-50th-anniversary


light-bot.com/flash-lite.html

Photographs

5L will have their photograph taken on Friday Period 1.

Please could all students wear full school uniform.

 

Photographs Update

Further to the email sent to all parents, the class and individual photographs will now be taken on Thursday and Friday of this week. When I receive the day and time I will update to the blog.

Thanks.

 

Baksetball and Football Teams

Today is the start of the after school clubs. Many students in 5L have signed up for either Girls Football or Boys Basketball. At Basketball practice today Mrs Costello and I will be stating that not everyone will be selected to represent the school at the Lisbon Tournaments. Due to the amount of students who have signed up to the club (20 with others on the waiting list) it would be impossible for us to accomodate all students. The final team selected will be the students that we think can be competitive and have performed to the best of their abiliy, not only at basketball club but throughout all aspects of school life. It is inevitable that some children will be disappointed but we hope that clarifying the expectations at the beginning enables students to understand that they may be disappointed when the squads are announced.

Thank you for your support.

 

House Captain and Vice Captain

I would ask that any student who wishes to try out for Captain or Vice-Captain lets me know tomorrow. If anyone requires any support on what to say during the assembly please feel free to speak to me between now and Friday.

 

Class and individual photographs

Tomorrow, 5L will have to smile for the camera as we are getting our photograph taken. This is scheduled for Period 9. Please could students wear full school uniform and leave any accessories (bracelets, necklaces, etc) at home.

Thank you!

 

Form 5 Trip

Please could I ask that all students bring the permission slip for the Form 5 trip to school tomorrow.

Information has been sent via email but any last minute questions can be asked at the Parent Information Evening tomorrow.

Thank you.

Welcome!

I would like to welcome everyone to the Form 5L blog for academic year 2015/2016.

It has been a great first day getting to know the students and I hope they have all enjoyed the start to Form 5.