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PATHWAYS SCHOOL GURGAON
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In This Issue
Glimpses of the week
Time to recap
Learning Engage-
ments
CAS Activity
Founders Day Prac-
tice
Dear Parents,
Greetings!
The students were engaged in a thought provoking CAS
activity wherein they interacted with the students from
Bagiya School to understand different perspectives and
be more Open– minded and empathetic towards the com-
munity .
Warm regards,
Antara McNamara
Jigyasa Chandna
Grade 5 Weekly Newsletter Week of 12th October’ 2016
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Presenting their understanding on impact of government systems
on the lives
of citizens
Understanding the difference between rights
and responsibilities
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Inquiring into complex sentences
Tuning into adjectives through
a ‘Back Biting ‘game
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How the World Works
An inquiry into the interconnected of human-made systems and
communities: the structure and function of organization: societal
decision-making, economic activities and their impact on humankind
& the environment.
Central idea:
Government systems influence the lives of citizens in different
ways
An inquiry into:
Organizational structure of different government systems
(Function)
Impact of government on the lives of citizens( causation )
Rights and responsibilities of citizenship ( reflection )
Learning engagements:
Pupils
reviewed their week-end task on ‘impact of government on lives
of citizens’
were tuned into the third line of inquiry through a sorting game
wherein in they framed and sorted statements into rights and
responsi-bilities for their class-room.
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Learning about Long division method through HCF Relay game
Going further into long division method by a TIC TAC TOE
game
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CAS activity with the students of ‘Bagiya School’
Created an advertisement
on keeping India Clean
Presented their slogans and role play
on the importance of cleanliness
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Riana is a Principled girl who willingly
and readily accepts and fulfills all her
responsibilities
Emre is Open –minded and courageous . He
volunteered to learn to speak in Hindi to be
able to interact with students from ‘Bagiya ‘
Oshwin is a communicator . He is
confident at articulating his thoughts
through speech and writing.
IB Learner Profile stars
of the week
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VISUAL ART :
In continuation
with previous
class students
added details to
their portraits and
completed their
art work.
Taking the learn-
ing further they
also started mak-
ing their own
paintings inspired
by the artist’s
style.
Funders Day practice
Pupils:
enhanced their understanding of the basic structure of a recount
by dis-cussing some of the recounts written by their peers
delved deeper into the types of sentences and understood the
difference between compound/ complex
Practiced framing different types of sentences prior Knowledge
assessment of the Types of Adjective through the ‘Back
Biting ‘game Identified different types of adjectives to
demonstrate understanding practiced finding out the HCF and LCM of
the given numbers. HINDI :
Core level
Picture Composition (चित्र वर्णन) through discussion followed by
the writing practice
Intermediate Level
Practiced Counting 1– 25 (चिनती १ से २५)
Ab initio Level
Recapitulated आ, ‘इ’ and ‘ई’ मात्रा through discussion followed
by written practice
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DANCE:
Students are in
the process of
learning a new
dance routine for
the Founders’
Day production
and practising the
same during their
dance classes.
Welcoming the students from ‘Bagiya School’
PE:
Cricket Students practiced different techniques and skills
for batting and bowling in Cricket.
Swimming They practiced streamlining body position while in
the pool.
They performed water confidence drills like hop-
ping, walking and submerging.
They practiced freestyle flutter kick in different vari-
ations.
They practiced Arm and Leg Action Propulsion and
Recovery
They practiced and participated in the Inter House
swimming competition.
Horse Riding Students practiced mounting and dismounting the
horse during horse riding classes.
They also practiced normal walk gaits
Yoga Class discussions were held to understand the ben-
efits of Yoga and Yogic Practices.
Breathing exercises like Kapalbhati and various
yogic standing postures were practiced in classes
They Practiced Standing postures
Taekwondo They were introduced to the basic commands and
techniques of Taekwondo and practiced the same.
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Time to recap and go further
Unit of Inquiry
Apply thinking, research and social skills to find out the
following:
The responsibilities that each member of your family carries out
The rights that each member of your family enjoys Present your
findings using a graphic organizer of your choice
Language :
Investigate different types of Adjectives using the link given
below
http://www.myenglishgrammar.com/lesson-3-adjectives/1-kinds-of-adjectives.html
and graph-
ically organize your findings.
Identify different types of nouns from Chapter 4 of your Reader
and create a Word wheel. Numeracy:
Practice sheet on the concepts covered so far
Hindi: Spelling Challenge will be held on Monday, 17th October,
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Core level : निर्जीव, मलुायम, सज्र्जि, अिपुस्थित, मौखिक,
ववद्वाि, साहसी, ठोस, थवततं्र, सौभाग्य Intermediate Level: चिड़िया,
वथत,ु कहानियााँ, पसैा, पौधे, बारह, पदं्रह, सत्रह, अठारह, उन्िीस Ab
initiio : पीिा ,िढ़ ,रि ,िहर ,िाहहए ,इसललए ,मछली, घिी ,हािी
,ककताब
Spell Challenge on 21st Oct 2016
Antara McNamara
Form Tutor
Grade 5 Q
Jigyasa Chandna
Co- Tutor
Grade 5 Q
magnificent - extremely beautiful or impressive obedient-
willing to comply with an order or request
relieved- no longer feeling distressed or anxious victorious-
triumphant
zealous- having or showing zeal
quaint- old-fashioned
bewildered - confused
embarrassed - feeling or showing embarrassment
fierce - displaying a violent aggressiveness
colossal- extremely large
immense- extremely large or great, especially in
scale
miniature- very small of its kind
petite- attractively small and dainty
miniature- very small of its kind scrawny- unattractively thin
and bony
obnoxious- extremely unpleasant gigantic- huge
http://www.myenglishgrammar.com/lesson-3-adjectives/1-kinds-of-adjectives.html
