19th August, 2019

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PYP Newsletter Year 2

Dear Parent,

Welcome to a new academic year and fresh beginnings!

I hope everyone had a great summer break and are re-
freshed for a lot of learning and fun.
We are delighted to have you as partners in our community
of life-long learners. We take great pride in fostering a col-
laborative spirit that is nurtured through inquiry-based
learning.
Please find the information for our current Unit below.
CENTRAL IDEA

Choices of role models reflect the beliefs and values of indi-

viduals and societies

LINES OF INQUIRY
• What determines our beliefs and values
• How the society’s beliefs and values impact our choices
• How our beliefs and values impact our choice of role
models

Through this unit the students develop an understanding of

the trans-disciplinary theme:

WHO WE ARE
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values;
personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual
health; human relationships including families, friends,
communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities;
what it means to be human.

IB World School 1
 TEACHER QUESTIONS
CENTRAL IDEA
• How do we show what we believe in/value?
RELATED VO-
CABULARY • What makes a good role model?/ How do we
know that one is a model?
• Choices
• How do role models influence people?
• Ability
• How do we choose our role models?
• Exemplar
• Hero KEY CONCEPTS
• Mentor
• Trust
• Faith Causation:
Why is it like this?
• Confidence The students will inquire into the reasons of why we have
role models? How they affect our life and decisions?
• beliefs
Connection?
• values How is it connected to other things?
The students will be able to understand this key concept
• Ethics
while they will explore how our role models are connected
• Result to our beliefs and values.

• Society Perspective:
What are the points of view?
• Community
Students will learn about the influence individuals have to
• People inspire meaningful change. They will explore the different
ways in which people strive to make a difference in the
• Group
world. They will develop perspective as they will learn how
• Leader different people have different role models.

• Positive
• Negative
• Qualities
• trait

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IB LEARNER PROFILE
Communicator:
Someone who talks……
They will share ideas with others in many ways, including class
discussions, presentations while inquiring about different role
models etc.
Knowledgeable:
Someone who knows……
Students will acquire new knowledge by digging deeper into all
the concept related to the central idea. They will learn and re-
tain new ideas and information.
Open-minded:
Someone who respects others’ views……
Student will respect and value choices of their peers whom they
idealize as role models.

TRANS-DISCIPLINARY SKILLS
Social skills:
Respecting others…..
The students will learn to respect and appreciate opinions and
views about their role models
Research Skills:
Observation…….
They will gather information about different role models and
their traits and analyze this information which will polish their
research skills.
Communicating Skills:
Talking about ideas……
They will have better communication skills through activities
involving listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and pre-
senting through role plays.

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 Subject Specific Content SUBJECT FOCUS

• Social Studies

• PSPE
LANGUAGE
• Language

The students will enhance their listening and speaking skills enhanced by contributing
to group discussion, sharing ideas and information.

They will learn about different personalities through reading texts and retelling famil-
iar stories in sequence while reading different fiction texts

They will be using adjectives, verbs and pronouns while describing their role models
and writing about them.

To develop their research skills they will be given an introduction on how to use the
internet to access relevant information; process and present information in ways that
are personally meaningful.

MATHEMATICS

The students will learn to count, compare, order and estimate numbers to 1000.

They will recall addition and subtraction facts through different techniques.

They will read and write the time to the minute and second, using intervals of 10
minutes, 5 minutes and 1 minute, on 12-hour and 24-hour clocks.

They will be introduced to inequalities (greater than or less than).

SOCIAL STUDIES

The students will identify different kinds of role models

Students will convey an awareness and understanding of their role models in a variety of
ways. (oral, pictorial, written and role-play)

They will inquire into the beliefs and values that affects their decisions.

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 URDU
‫۔گفت و شنید‬
‫ی‬ ‫ںن‬
‫کرسکی۔‬
‫ں‬ ‫می اعتماد ےس گفتگو‬
‫سامععی یک موجودیک ں‬
‫سکی ۔‬
‫می گفتگو کر ں‬
‫لہج ں‬
‫شفاف ے‬
‫سکی۔‬
‫می معلومات فراہم کر ں‬ ‫ن‬
‫اپن اردگرد ےک ماحول ےک بارے ں‬
ٰ
‫پڑھای‬

‫نا مانوس الفاظ پڑھنا۔‬، ‫مانوس‬

‫می جملوں اور واقعات یک ترتیب یک سمجھ ھونا۔‬ ‫ن‬

‫کہان ں‬
‫ی‬ ‫ن‬
‫می استعمال کرنا۔‬
‫اپن مانوس اور نامانوس الفاظ یک شنا خت اور روزمرہ زندیک ں‬
‫لکھا ی‬
ISLAMIYAT ‫ھی۔‬ ‫ے‬ ‫می ن‬
‫معن پیدا ھوت ں‬ ‫اس بات یک سمجھ ھونا کہ لفظوں یک ترتیب ےس جملوں ں‬
‫ن‬
‫بامعن جملہ سازی۔‬ ‫می موجود الفاظ ےک زریےع‬
‫عبارت ں‬
Surah Fateha with translation
‫سوالیہ)۔‬،‫عالمات وقف کا ا ستعمال(ختمہ‬
Oneness of Allah
Introduction to Sunnah
Traits of Holy Prophet (PBUH) as a role model

MUSIC

Students will choose and sing songs of legends of their own

choices.

They will also inquire about music history of music legends.

PERSONAL SCOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

In this unit, students will inquire about choices of role models.

Students will use their values to establish criteria to select their indi-
vidual hero and/or role model and discuss issues of perfection and
flaws and their own aspirations for the future.

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 IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
19th August - Back to School After Summer Break Whole School Orientation
21st August - Whole School Assembly (Grade 5 Red and Grade 10 Red)
23rd August - Eid Gala
27th August - PYP Assembly Grade 5 Blue & 5 Red (We generate, transform and use energy in various
ways that has an impact on the environment)
2nd September - Coffee Morning for Early Years Parents
4th September - High Achievers’ Award Ceremony**
5th September - Student Voice Election Nominations
9th & 10th September - Ashura Holidays*
11th September - Student Voice Election Speeches and Campaigning
12th September - Student Voice Election Campaigning
13th September - Student Voice Election Day
17th September - PYP Assembly Grade 4 Red (Understanding ourselves can influence the way we live)
20th September - Punctuation Day
24th September - PYP Assembly Grade 4 Blue (Understanding ourselves can influence the way we live)
27th September - Swimming Gala**
2nd October - Investiture Ceremony & Whole School Assembly (Grade 3 Red & Grade 8 Blue)
4th October - PYP Parent Ed & Inquiry Walk
* date may change subject to moon sighting

** date may change subject to ongoing circumstances

HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD AT HOME

• Work towards a healthy lifestyle (eating well and exercising regularly) since par-
ents are the biggest role models for their children.
• Discuss with your child about famous personalities and why they are idealized by
children.
• Good role models can make lifelong impressions on children. Speak to your child
about choosing the importance of good role models that contributed to making a
positive difference to mankind.
• Take your child to a local library or a book store and have them pick biographies/
autobiographies that they can read on famous personalities that impacted and
touched the lives of others.
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