{"id":292128,"date":"2023-08-24T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T09:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=292128"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:22:36","slug":"we-love-grade-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2023\/08\/24\/we-love-grade-4\/","title":{"rendered":"We love Grade 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello everybody,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We, Ms Amy, Ms Sri &amp; Ms Suad, are very pleased and excited to have had a great start with a delightful bunch of students and a refreshing set of \u2018start of the year\u2019 activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What we did in Week 1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Getting to know each other and team building activities were our major focus this week. This means lots of conversation among students where they learn to ask questions, be good listeners and interact with each other. We have established some routines that students are expected to follow at the start of the day, during transition, during class and at the end of the day. We read a fun book \u2018First Day Jitters\u2019 and the students expressed their first day feelings by drawing emojis and by doing a write-up about how we felt on the first day of school. We also self-assessed our writing and drawing using a rubric. Please see the rubric attached herewith. At the end of the week, we worked on coming up with our essential agreement, establishing a class culture base on kindness and motivation for learning,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find samples of students\u2019 work this week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1W1MFllQi42um6QYsfNqG3GDo1Jxzf-pj\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Week 1 photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Google Drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seesaw journal (please let us know if you do not have access to Seesaw yet)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-292154 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/IMG_1754-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"122\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 92px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 92\/122;\" \/>Family Message Journal: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students will bring home an exercise book \u2018Family message journal\u2019. This is a book that students would use this year to refl<\/span>ect on their learning and share this with their parents. Today, they wrote a letter to their parents about their first week at school. We highly appreciate you taking time to go through this and have a chat with your child. Also, please feel free to write your messag<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e\/comment below your child\u2019s letter a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s a reply from you. We look forward to reading these.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Homework: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will start Homework from the end of Week 2. More information to come next week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note regarding Swimming:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regrettably, we <\/span><b>have to temporarily postpone swimming classes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for students in grades 3 to 6 due to this matter. The pool has developed an unexpected leak, causing water to drain more rapidly than usual. Please know that this issue is actively being addressed and the work is going on to resolve it promptly. We will keep you updated through email as soon as the pool is repaired and ready for use. <\/span><b>Meanwhile, all physical education (PE) classes will continue as scheduled.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Things to bring everyday:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water bottle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sun hat\/cap for outdoor play during morning recess<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pencil case<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Healthy snacks and Lunch<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A quick heads up on upcoming events:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">30 Aug &#8211; Parent Information Evening<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 Sep &#8211; After-School Activities Round 1 begins (Sign up information will be sent out soon)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any questions about this or anything else school related,\u00a0 please do not hesitate to contact us via email at: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:a.norman@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a.norman@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:s.raghuraman@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s.raghuraman@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:s.albalushi@abisoman.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s.albalushi@abisoman.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We eagerly look forward to meeting you on Wednesday, the 30th of August, during the Parent Information Evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a lovely week ahead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-292152 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/2-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/2-480x270.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-292151 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/1-480x270.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks &amp; Regards<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Srikala Raghuraman, Ms Amy Norman &amp; Ms Suad Al Balushi <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/Rubric-EMOJI-Jitters-Google-Docs.pdf\">Rubric EMOJI Jitters &#8211; Google Docs<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everybody, We, Ms Amy, Ms Sri &amp; Ms Suad, are very pleased and excited to have had a great start with a delightful bunch of students and a refreshing set of \u2018start of the year\u2019 activities.\u00a0 What we did in Week 1: Getting to know each other and team building activities were our major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}