Saturday, February 28, 2015

Hunger Lunch

We are lucky enough to eat every day so we had a hunger lunch to help us think about what it might mean to be in a group of people who don’t get enough nutritious food.
Through random selection we were put in the following groups to represent three different income groups of the world’s population.
  • High Income – 10 students ate pizza, crisps, chocolates and drank juice.
  • Middle Income – 30 students had chicken, vegetables, rice and bananas and had water from their own bottles.
  • Low Income – More than 70 students had plain rice and had to travel for their water.
When asked if how the food was distributed was fair, Athiphou (high income group) responded, "No, because first we tried to share food then people started stealing food and some people didn't get any."

New Unit of Inquiry

HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES
Food as a Resource

   CENTRAL IDEA: Knowing how food resources are distributed enables us to understand a community's challenges and opportunities.

KEY CONCEPTS: Form, Function, Connection
RELATED CONCEPTS: Distribution, Production

QUESTIONS:
What are essential food resources?
How are food resources produced and distributed?
What are the challenges and opportunities connected to food production and distribution?

LEARNER PROFILE ATTRIBUTES: Caring, Principled

ATTITUDES: Empathy, Integrity

Monday, February 23, 2015

Jumble Sale


Mondays from 7:05 to 7:40am @ the Secondary Campus (Front Gate)
Thursdays from 7:15 to 7:50am @ the Early Years Centre (Picket Fence Area)
Fridays from 7:15 to 7:50am @ the Elementary Campus (Gate on Street 370)
Or drop off to the Admissions & Communications Office based at the Early Years Centre anytime. Email communications@ispp.edu.kh for more information or collection of large items.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Minecraft at School

Dear Ms. Paula,
We think we should use Minecraft at school.
From,
Ms. Teresa's Class
Students were asked why Minecraft was a good learning tool for schools. Here is a word cloud based on their responses.

Minecraft - Angkor Wat Reflection

Sokvattanak-I learned that we need to plan together because we could make lots of mistakes.
Jan-You have to plan before you build so you do not have to destroy and start again.
Micah-I learned that you have to talk a lot to each other because we need to make a plan.    
Monica-I learned that before doing anything we need to talk to each other.
Zoe-I think working in a team for Minecraft is good, because then it might take to long for like if one person is working on one thing it will take to long.
Kanika-I learned that if we work as a team we could get our work done faster because if we don’t concentrate we cannot finish our job.
Beaunita-I learned about working as a team is hard because sometimes people don’t listen       
Pheakdey-I learned that being a team is hard because we were arguing about some stuff.
Monica-I learnt that you need to explain what your friend did wrong before you destroy their work.
Oscar We learned communicating by the chat box was helpful.
Sophia - We communicating well because we can click T and instead of talking loudly we can write.
Natasha- We should have made a plan earlier and bring it with us.
Micah-I learned that we need to talk to each other because we had to go back and destroy some things.
Serey - I learned that not to chase chickens and throw potions everywhere and i also learned that putting costumes or armour is not important because this lesson is building Angkor Wat in Minecraft.
Juliana - I was principled because I work as team.
Beaulinda - I learn that we can not chase chickens then i am wasting time and don't steal other   people's stuff.  
Monica - I learnt that I need to focus on my job, because if you play you are wasting time.
Kudzaishe -We where principled because we did not get distracted by the chickens and other things.
Sovanreach - We were not so principaled because some time we say some thing that we are not aloud to say.



Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Subtraction Word Problems



Kanika, Sok Vattanak, and Beaulinda made a song to help us remember subtraction phrases.
- Monica

These 3 were brave enough to sing all about subtraction. They got the idea from listening to a rap song about geometry.
- Natasha

Monday, February 2, 2015

National Museum of Cambodia

Today we visited the National Museum of Cambodia. We saw many statues of Hindu gods. We learned that before Buddhism, Hinduism was popular in Cambodia.  We are now interested in learning Hindu stories.

Our guide said many of the items in the museum came from ancient temples. Athiphou asked,  “Isn’t it wrong to take things from the temples?” Our guide explained that museums help keep important artifacts safe.