Welcome to Grade 5

Highlights from this week..

What Is Comprehension?

by Aysenur LAWSON | April 25, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6 | 0 Comments

Reading comprehension involves the ability to read a text and understand its meaning. To comprehend what we read, we need two closely linked skills: word reading and comprehension. Word reading refers to recognizing the words on the page or screen (such as in Raz...

Busy busy lunchtimes

by Peter LAWSON | April 25, 2024 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music | 0 Comments

The music room has been a hive of activity this week at lunchtimes. Students have been feverishly readying themselves for the Talent Show happening on May 9th. Auditions are next week- I look forward to seeing what the kids are going to do. I already have some...

حضور ندوة اللغة العربية الرابعة بمسقط

by Nabawia AL BALUSHI | April 25, 2024 | Arabic, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6 | 0 Comments

بفضل من الله تعالى قمت بحضور ندوة اللغة العربية الرابعة بمسقط بعنوان ( تعليم اللغة العربية وتعلمها: رؤى وتجارب عملية)وكانت ندوة ذات فائدة عظيمة بتنوع محاورها الخمسة والأوراق الكثيرة التي تم طرحها في أيامها الثلاثة ٢٢-٢٤ إبريل، والأجمل ورش العمل التي صاحبت الدورة وربطت...

High Five!

by Rachel Louise MACLUGASH | April 25, 2024 | Grade 5 | 0 Comments

Wow! We more than made up for the weather disruptions last week. We were so grateful to all be back safe and sound for a full week of school. All students worked extremely hard and we got everything completed and running on schedule. They absolutely smashed their...

Talent Show in the PYP

by Peter LAWSON | April 18, 2024 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Music | 0 Comments

Hello all, Here is a quick video explaining the Talent Show in primary school. We have been talking about this in school for a long time now, so most students are aware of the procedure for auditioning. The Talent Show is on May the 9th. Watch the video for other...

Threats and Solutions.

by Rachel Louise MACLUGASH | April 18, 2024 | Grade 5 | 0 Comments

In our Unit of Inquiry, we have been looking at threats to various ecosystems, one of which has been changing weather patterns, Unfortunately, we experienced this first hand this week. We sincerely hope that your families and friends are all safe and well, and our...

Greetings from our EAL department

by Viviana Andrea PAEZ Rojas | April 4, 2024 | EAL, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS) | 0 Comments

Did you know that we have a specialized team known as the EAL (English as an Additional Language) department? The primary focus of our EAL department is on fostering academic success and social integration for our students who are learning English as an additional...