Sakura Book and Art Votes

Congratulations to all the girls who have read from our selection of English and Japanese picture books, English chapter books, and graphic novels. Thanks also to those who entered a piece of art in the Sakura Art Competition.

This week is VOTING week. Students from all over Japan, including SIS, are voting for their favourite book in each of the Sakura book categories and also for student art work.

Many girls showed commitment,  perseverance and integrity during the months we held the event. Congratulations to all those who achieved or surpassed their reading goal.

For those who did not reach their goal there will be another opportunity in the new school year when we will have a new set of great books, selected by the school librarians of Japan.

We will publish the results in the first week of May.

SPA Luncheon Performances

Last Thursday, the 3rd graders performed with other grades at the SPA Luncheon. First, the grade 2-4 choir sang a Native American song, "Blue Waters of the North":

Later, students from all elementary grades did a "flash mob" to the song "Better When I'm Dancing". Look for 3B on the left side and 3A on the right:

Thanks to Ms. Kampa, Ms. Swain, Ms. Hashimoto, and Mr. Dallaire for getting the performers ready so quickly after Spring Break.

Decimals (tenths and hundredths)

In math students have recently started exploring decimals and learning about the tenths and hundredths place value. 

We have explored these concepts with games, photos, and measurement. Where can you find examples of decimals in the real world?

Japanese Sakura Medal Book Review Contest 2016

G3 Seo Yoon, Jaeun, Sono, Yangfan and Rino

Their works have been sent to the 2016 All Japan Sakura Medal Book Review Contest in Japanese!

Excellent work, girls!

Elementary School Art Exhibition

All girls in Elementary contributed work for an Art Exhibition as part of Student-led Conference Day. 

The work was displayed in the brand new Drama room above the new grade 6 classrooms by the North gate. 

The Grand Finale Art Exhibition (in case you missed it) will be in the Gym on April 12 and will encompass Kindergarten through grade 12.

Going Further in Math

Although our multiplication and division unit finished a while ago, third graders are still going further by publishing videos about math. At the beginning of the unit, students quizzed each other with multiplication and equal shares stories:

After fully understanding multiplication and division stories, some students created videos where the viewer had to figure out what type of math story it was:

Finally, students finished up the unit by teaching others different method of 2 and 3 digit multiplication. Do you know these methods?

The third graders are eager to keep sharing, so keep an eye on this YouTube channel for future tutorials.

Exploring the Gymnastics unit in 3A PE!

Central idea: Developing body control, balance, and spatial awareness while using creativity to express ourselves confidently in movements and gymnastics skills. 

Beginning with balance beam and forward rolls