{"id":272142,"date":"2022-03-17T13:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=272142"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T09:26:39","slug":"g6-week-27-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2022\/03\/17\/g6-week-27-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"G6 Week 27 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Parents and Students,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another busy week, welcome to the end of week 27.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Oman Week:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week students have been learning about Oman and our wonderful Host Country Culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For this we have tested Omani Halwa and coffee, learnt about the Omani National Dress, Made Omani style Jewellery, designed a traditional Omani Khanjar, Abaya and Alkumma as well as learning about the Frankincense trail in Oman and playing traditional Omani games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For photos of students hard at work learning and having fun this week please see our Grade 6 Picture folder linked below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1BRwnYiIdKL8xbX06X4ijZcAqvdMqN2y6?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2021 2022 Week 27 photos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Notices\/ Worth Repeating<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Important meeting for parents and students:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the Grade 6 Exhibition unit coming up soon, I would like to have a brief meeting with all grade 6 parents and students to discuss this.\u00a0 For this meeting, please join me at 6pm on Sunday the 20th of March by clicking on the following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meet.google.com\/msu-jmef-aid\"><b>Homeroom Google link<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I look forward to seeing you there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Regarding Covid 19:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you will have seen in the news, regarding health and safety protocols around Covid 19, Oman is making moves towards normalcy. We continue to maintain our high standards and our current procedures however and ask that we all remain vigilant in this respect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As a reminder please see the points below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not send your child to school if they are exhibiting any symptoms of Covid.\u00a0 Keep them home until a doctor confirms that they can safely return to school.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please inform the school immediately once you are aware of any confirmed covid cases in your family, or of any close contacts with confirmed or suspected cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please follow the updated Covid Management protocols which our school will be following in the event of positive or close contact cases throughout our unvaccinated primary population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Primary grades will maintain grade level &#8220;bubbles&#8221;.\u00a0 This means they will eat and play within their own designated outdoor spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to maintain these bubbles, After School Activities will not resume until further notice.\u00a0 We will continue to monitor the situation carefully.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music and PE will continue as normal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Homework<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week for homework students have been asked to learn spelling words, to revise their basic facts, to watch educational programmes and note their thoughts and reactions to their viewing. As a result of this we have had some very interesting discussions with students growing their understandings of what climate change is as well as what can cause this. I hope you have been enjoying some of this informative, thought provoking viewing also. Please also remember to sign your child\u2019s homework each week.Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Reading, Writing and Inquiry<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Central Idea: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human actions impact climates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lines of Inquiry:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For this we will inquire into the following;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human and natural causes of climate change\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Effect of climate change on animals\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Effect of climate change on biomes\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For our UOI, students have been watching footage about our planet and how human action impacts climates. Students have also been putting together a list of other resources that inform this subject. For this please see the link below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fmmZXpqBVTzmOfs4xhNVlKoNOxEH2JCxRRlPmnrEaAw\/edit\"><b>G6 E-resources for Sharing the Planet\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For writing, we have also been working on using words instead of \u2018Said\u2019 in our writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please see below a presentation I have put together as a reference for this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1pJ6fLB5Q71KZEL3s3Zc6MBgn2Rt0nTVTEpNkyZy3wh0\/edit#slide=id.g118f683bfb7_0_25\"><b>Instead of Said<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Mathematics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For mathematics this week students worked to grow their mathematical understanding of geometry. This included learning about; faces, vertices, corners, 2 and 3 dimensional shapes as well as compass directions, coordinates, angles, scales, reflection, tessellation, rotation and translation. Please see the link below for samples of class work as well as some of the resources we have used for this learning. Math is all around us \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>G6 Geometric Art\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1yOnNFOT4gmXsPTAgDczoy5hEnA4Kwg-miEMygkVX7So\/edit#slide=id.gbb13e92fa5_0_9\"><b>G6 Math Tessellation Art Islamic Geometry 2021-2022<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ca5J_moee7U\"><b>How to make a Tessellation &#8211; the easy way<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For our Grade 6 schedule please see the link here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1rx773cILFeJD_LMvzjRm1-cK5c7FSddW0n0bI1RaENk\/edit#gid=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grade 6 schedule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wishing you a great weekend ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincere regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your partners in learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Grade 6 Teaching team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glen Nicholson, Maryam Al Muqbali, Khadija Alornrani<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Students, Another busy week, welcome to the end of week 27.\u00a0\u00a0 Oman Week: This week students have been learning about Oman and our wonderful Host Country Culture. 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