Notice from the Music Department:

Please return all instruments by Thursday 10th June!

Busy week this week! MS Parent Meeting (Monday), MS Step-Up Day (Wednesday), Bridge Challenges, Poetry, Playground Plans, Mandala Maths etcetc

AND

At the start of the year, we set a goal of 1500 visitors to our blog (500 hits more than last year’s G5 class). Now, with only 3 weeks to go… guess how many visits we have had (don’t cheat!)…?!

 SOOOO – we have had posts from all around the world, from 6 of the 7 continents (which one is missing…?!)

We have had 33 different countries visit our G5dragons site… Which one do you think is the coolest/most different?

We have had over 350 comments on 56 different posts (before this one!). How many comments per post on average…?

What would you suggest to the Grade 4′s coming up to G5 next year? What should be done differently/better?

Comment below with your answers, thoughts and suggestions…

I hope this works!

If not – click here! This WILL!

YES! That’s us…!

Any suggestions or tips from our world-wide friends & family members…?!

We are all well into our research & preparation for the Mini-Exhibition BUT just try one thing…:

GO TO ‘Mashpedia‘ and do a search for your topic NOW!!!

It searches through ‘Twitter,’ ‘Youtube,’ ‘Wikipedia,’ ‘Digg,’ the news & MORE for current info on your topic – GREAT stuff

Hope you all had a wonderful break!

An exciting time for the G5 students – we have started our culminating event of Elementary School: the PYP mini-Exhibition…!

Some of the tools that our Grade 5′s could make use of (hint hint g5dragons!) include:

• video reflections: much better than having to write everything down!
• Google Custom Search: very useful and MUST HAVE tool for all educators – teachers try making your own here NOW! Or try out our energy custom search on the sidebar to the right →
• Brainpop: basic overview of hundreds of topics explained by an animated Tim & Moby. Currently we are working with a free trial (check with teacher for username & password – although you probably can guess…!)
• Mindmeister: an excellent collaborative online mind-mapping tool – perfect way to brainstorm on a topic over the internet
• written reflections: I’m sorry – we had to! BUT this MAY be more fun than you think… we are trying to get them onto your own blog space on the GLG (GEMS Learning Gateway) 

and much MUCH more

 Some of you are already very knowledgeable about how to be safe, respectful & responsible on the ‘big wide web.’ I also know a few of you could do with a few reminders… Here are 2 FUN sites to learn about how to keep safe on the internet…!

1. thinkuknow
2. safekids

Please comment on what you learnt OR were reminded about that YOU think is important…!

While I was looking through some GREAT student blogs from Hong Kong Academy and Shanghai American School I came across Andrew’s Weebly site. It looks like he is doing an Exhibition right now too and had embedded this fun cartoon about wasting energy from youtube:

Over the past week, we have been reflecting on the G5 Camp 2010. Below is Jang Woo’s ‘animoto‘ that he made – does anyone else want to share? Send me the ‘embed code’!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.