Powerful questions - "Who we are" PYP unit in 2nd grade

Our second grade students are asking all kinds of powerful questions as part of their "Who we are" PYP unit.
Their main statement is: Viele Menschen bilden eine Gemeinschaft - Many people form a community.
After having brainstormed the different communities they are a part of, they are currently looking into the roles of our school community members.
Their classroom walls and boards outside show how much of this inquiry process is driven by students and the questions they ask. Based on their interests, students formed groups and inquired deeper about community helpers. As a result they created profile posters and are now working on writing a story that involves their chosen community helper. What a perfect example of how PYP lets us integrate different subject areas seamlessly.
At this point they are busy developing interview questions and I can't wait to spend time with them next week when they will conduct interviews with GSP community members!

Learning together

Our grade school students are a tight group in PE this week!
Herr Vanderstraeten has worked with students to negotiate a parcours full of obstacles.
After students were comfortable on their own, they partnered up and are now mastering the parcours tied together with a friend.
I'm sure the students can name at least 4 learner profile attributes that they apply to do this successfully:Which ones would you pick?

 

Summer reading - recap

Good morning!
our students created some fantastic book reports. When I talked to children and families I heard how many of you read and created projects together as a family. What a great way to make reading fun!
There were many creative projects on display throughout grade school this week, here are some pictures in case you haven't had a chance to see them. All students who participated with a German and an English project will join me for an ice cream party today after lunch.

Welcome back!

Dear GSP families,

welcome back, we really missed you all!
It was great to see everybody and start the school year together. As I peek into classrooms I see already so much learning going on. 4th graders were writing about their summer, 1st graders were learning how we do lunch here in grade school and much more.

When you ask your child about their day, they - hopefully - have much to share with you tonight.
Sometimes though it feels that the only answer you get from them when you ask "what did you do at school?" is "nothing".
I found the following article this weekend and thought it offered some great ideas to start that conversation differently. Do you have a favorite question to ask? I honestly like them all!
Here is to great conversations.
25 ways to ask your child "how was school today?"