What a perfect day for Valborg! Not too hot and not too cold. Right in the Goldilocks zone. We have had one and a half weeks without phones and already students and teachers alike are talking about the positive effects they are seeing. Students appear more engaged in classes and there are better conversations among students and teachers. There have been some issues with the "grey" areas of the rules however, with respectful dialogue this will sort itself out. Below is a link discussing why less phone time is a positive thing. Please take some time to read through this.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/691462
We would like to thank all of the students who gave upp their lunchtimes to perform on world book day. It was an incredible production with songs from classics like Oliver Twist, The Wizard of Oz and the talented MYP3 girls playing the Titanic theme song (my personal favourite!). I hope this builds something for the arts in the future at MIS. It really was a tremendous performance, and I know the crowd with it's sing along had a great time.
Enjoy the day off tomorrow and see you fresh and ready to go Thursday.
All the best,
Leighton and Carina
Important information:
May 1st Holiday, the students are free from school
May 30th-31st Ascension Day. Holiday, the students are free from school
June 4th 13.00- Service as Action Celebration Assembly
June 7th UN Sustainable Development Goals Day (½ day at school, ½ at home)
On Managebac week 19
MYP3B Science - Unit Test
Students will have an end of topic test on the content and skills they have experienced throughout the unit. They will be based on the 3 strands of Objective A and will last approximately 60 minutes. There will be 4 questions (2 for strand (i) and 1 each for strands (ii and iii) and will be assessed using Criterion A for MYP3
MYP3B Science - Global warming research project
Students will be tasked to research the issues regarding the problems that exist as a consequence of global warming and the how the problem could be solved. They will need to produce an infographic-style poster that explains how the technology/scientifc knowledge behind how the solution works and why that makes it suitable for reducing the problems related to global warming. They will also need to consider the implications of using solution on one other 'factor/knowledge area'. I will assess the task using Criterion D. The infographics need to be exported to a pdf file format and then uploaded to both Managebac and Google Classroom.
