Grade 4 weekly newsletter

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 Volume 8 Issue 3 Sneak Peek 16th to 20th February 2020 Glimpse of the week Reminders Assembly  Students those who have taken the library books kindly “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. return it by Sunday. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” This quote explains how these feelings are just a part of humani-  Bring revision worksheets of all subjects and get it checked ty, not inessential. This is a paramount topic because by the subject teachers. love and compassion are what is needed to get through daily life. One should take this quote serious-  Prepare well for the final examination ly because these feelings can help get through life with a positive attitude that can lead to success. Keeping this thought in mind, students exhibited a skit which explains a world with loving, compassion- ate people will make for a better, caring, and encour- aging society. These acts of kindness can keep your- self, help you protect other people, and boost others and one’s self confidence. The song in the skit “God vow to protect us at all times from all kinds of evils and be there for us in hours of need and crisis.” –The students worked together as a team and presented a mélange of thoughts, ideas and expressions.

PASME TEST 2020 Progressive Achievement Scales Middle East (PASME) online assessments specifically develop and customized to suit the diverse needs of Indi- an curriculum schools. ACER has developed a range of evidence—based online assessment tools designed to monitor the progress of stu- dents in key learning areas to effectively cater to the wide diversity of schools and students in the middle east . The test are for students from grade 3 to 10 and can be administrated individu- ally or to whole groups of students on demand. Each test within a key learning area is calibrated to a single measurement scale. There are separate scales for reading Compre- hension, Mathematics and science. The test pro- vides quantitative data on students perfor- mance, which can be compared fairly and relia- bly between tests and over time, and qualitative data which describe performance at different levels of achievement. The tests are ideal for un- derstanding current strengths and weaknesses of individual as well as cohorts of students and are design to inform teaching and learning strat- egies and monitoring of progress through the comprehensive reports and feedback.

Math Wizard Felicitation Children feel encouraged when their work is appreciated and therefore, we felicitate them with rewards. This not only drives them to work harder but also boosts their confidence tremendously. In addition, Felici- tation builds healthy competition among them to grow, apply themselves and give their best with each passing day. It tends to create a feeling of pride and achievement among students thus motivating them to be more productive. Our team strongly believes that felicitation are a way to encourage good behavior and competitive spirit. They have always provided us with a healthy, ethical and fairly competitive environment to grow in every sphere of activity.

Ancient Egyptian art refers art produced in ancient Egypt between the 31st century BC and the 4th century AD. It includes paintings, sculptures, and drawings on papy- rus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. Most of the artwork created by the Ancient Egyptians had to do with their religion. They would fill the tombs of the Pharaohs with paintings and sculp- tures. Most of this artwork was there to help the Pharaohs in the afterlife. Temples were another popular place for art .The Egyptians were one of the first cultures in the world to create pottery, students of grade 4 are learning about Egyptian pottery art.It is helping the students to under- stand more about the Egyptian culture and art forms

Activity Model making Wind powered Crane A science model represents a particular phenome- non happening within the world by making use of something that can represent it practically, thus making it easier the way to understand. These Working models of science could be in the form of a diagram or even a picture, or even a physical model. Many students at the school level enjoy to create these cool models with great ideologies and interesting facts Students of grade 4 explored about the function of wind powered crane and made a model by their creative idea using waste materials. They learned how wind energy can be con- verted to mechanical energy through the model.

Diya Tessa - 4A Zainab Ubaidullah - 4B Johann Basil -4C

Mohammad Ayaan 4A Abhijith Shaj 4B Sameeha Rayana 4CA

Measurement provides a standard for everyday things and processes. From weight, temperature, length even time is a measurement and it does play a very important role in our lives. The mon- ey or currency we use in our real life is also a measurement. Students applies the measurement in daily life. They find the rate of different grocery, vegetables and fruits items. They understood the us- es of measurement where its using how in supermarket and all giving offers what’s the profit and loss because of the offers.

Writer’s Hub ‘Book mark’ A bookmark is a piece of thick paper, leather, or plastic that we can put between the pages of a book so that we can find a page again quickly . It can be of any design placed between the pages of a book to show where a person stopped reading .It is a thin mark- er, commonly made of card, leather, or fabric, used to keep a reader's place in a book and to enable them to easily return to it. Alternate materials for bookmarks are paper, metals like silver and brass, silk, wood, cord (sewing), and plastic. Some books may have one or more bookmarks made of woven ribbon sewn into the binding. Other bookmarks incorporate a page-flap that enables them to be clipped on a page. Children came up with the innovative ideas to create beautiful book- marks using colourful papers, stickers, glitters and many more.

Parenting Tips………. “To be a parent is the most difficult task in the world”.  Avoid nagging. Gentle reminders are welcome from time to time.  Stop comparing your child with other students and their achievements.  Have realistic expectation from your child as per his capabilities and interests.  Encourage sleep patterns and some form of regular exercises.  Providing a healthy, positive and empathetic emotional environment is crucial, which parents are often forget.  Highlight your child’s strengths. Encourage a dialogue to move ahead from past failures.  Acknowledge that it is normal to be supersensitive and impulsive from time to time. Family members are usually the first targets. Try not to overreact to such outbursts.  Don’t panic when they announce just before the examination that they don’t re- member anything. Reassure them, even if you think they could be right. You can say something like this-‘Just do the best you can. We know you’re giving it your best shot’.  Students will disperse at 12 Schedule of Final Examination 19- Noon from 4th March 20  Spring activities will be con- 04-03-20 Science ducted from 15th to 19th March. 05-03--20 Islamic/M.Sc 08-03--20 Mathematics 09-03-20 Arabic 10-03--20 Hindi/French 11-03-20 English 12-03-20 Social Studies

Dear Parent, Here we are at the threshold of completing one academic year and beginning a new one. Through our years, we have seen tiny wobbly steps growing into confident strides; monosyllables converting to endless banter; hidden giggles turning into open laughter; and most important of all fear and uncertainty being replaced by trust and confi- dence!!! We feel extremely happy to have played our part in the learning journey of our children and wish them the very best in all their endeavours. Thank everyone for your end- less hours of volunteering, chaperoning, reading, organiz- ing, donating and doing whatever was necessary to support students both at home and at school. Looking forward to having our new learners and our little seniors aboard! With best Regards