Ict Club by Mr. Daan
Week Year 1 / 3 (4) Year 4 / 5 / 6 Week 1 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world. Discover the world with www.geoguessr.com Week 2 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day. www.gonoodle.com Week 3 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ Make short 30 sec. videos online with www.animoto.com Week 4 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ Make a free website about a hobby or interest. http://www.wix.com/ Week 5 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ Making boards and collect information on Pinterest based on your interest. www.pinterest.com Week 6 Make avatars, play child friendly games, online colouring, sketch and paint http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/ictclub/ Interactive multimedia poster where teachers and students can share information outside of the typical research project. Posters can include video, pictures, text, and music.http://www.glogster.com/ Dear Parents,
This is the end of our first ‘Introduction’ week and all our students are doing a great job in the year 5/6 classroom. I look forward to our upcoming weeks and help our students to become; Academic Achievers, Confident Communicators, Critical Thinkers, Technologically literate and Active and Responsible citizens. I have high expectations for your child and I will do all that I can to help your child achieve those expectations. You as a parent can help me. Some children will get their work done in class and some will not. The way you can help is to ask your child every school day if schoolwork needs to be done, and if so, make sure your child completes the assignment. (Ask for their weekly plan also downloadable @ http://mrebbers.weebly.com/weekplan.html ) Your help and support will not only make your child more successful in school this year but will instill good study habits that will last a lifetime. Some of the assigned homework is on the computer, make sure your son/daughter knows how to log in and use the correct website. Please check Class Dojo on a weekly basis and if you have any questions about classroom behavior, grades or other don’t hesitate to send me a message and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to go over the student handbook with your son/daughter and sign afterwards. I handed out most books from the book packet but we are currently still waiting for some of the year 6 Science Books. These will arrive next week. For any further questions please send me a message, Thanks for all your support! Have a good weekend, Mr. Daan Parents of Year 5 /6 International
Dear Parents, The summer holiday is over and it’s time to get back to schoolwork. As your child’s year 5 and 6 teacher, I would like to introduce myself, explain my expectations and give you an overview of what we will be doing this year. My name is Daan Ebbers and I am the Year 5 and 6 English, Maths, Science, ICT, SOSE, IPW and Art teacher. I have earned my bachelor’s degree in International Education from Iselinge University in the Netherlands in 2012. I have over three years of experience in working with primary and secondary students. I started as a relief teacher at Singapore International School @ Da Nang and taught year 5 and 6 for the past two years. I already know some of you and I look forward to meeting those of you I have not met yet. It is important for you to understand how my class works so that you are able to monitor your child’s progress. Each morning students are expected to turn in homework, go to their lockers and get the supplies / books for that day and start their individual reading time for 30 minutes. The purpose of this reading time is to improve their focus, concentration and it gives them a good/relaxing start of the day. In these 30 minutes I can check their homework and help my students individually that struggled with their previous assignments. After these 30 minutes their daily schedule will start. We will discuss the school rules found in our Student Handbook in the first week of school. Please take some time to review the rules with your child at home so that you and they are familiar with them. We take these rules very seriously in our school and by not following these school rules there will be consequences for our students. We will create our own year 5 and 6 classroom rules during the first week of school. On most nights, homework should average around 30 minutes. Of the 20 minutes set aside for homework, 10-15 minutes a night will usually be for English and the other 15 minutes for Mathematics and Science. I do encourage a great deal of independent reading for pleasure with my year 5 and 6 students. Developing a love of reading is so important to a child’s education future and I view reading for pleasure as a priority. Please let me know if you find that your child is regularly having more than 30 minutes of homework because this indicates that we need to talk. Communication between parents and teachers is crucial for you to monitor your child’s progress in school. Each night please take the time to check your child’s weekly plan. Students in my class receive on Monday morning an individual week-plan. This schedule contains class-work, homework and extra assignments. If a student is struggling in my class I create an individual plan with less work. If a student is working quickly and understands the subjects well he/she will receive more challenging work on this week-plan. Homework tasks will be checked on the back of this week plan daily. The week plan enforces independent work during class-time and group work during projects. Class Dojo (www.classdojo.com) is a classroom tool that helps me improve behavior in my classrooms quickly and easily. It captures and generates data on behavior that I can share with you and administrators. Class dojo focus is on reinforcing positive behavior and engaging students in minutes. As a parent you can sign up and follow your child’s progress. I’ll keep in touch with you as a parent with the Dojo messenger. I am looking forward to getting to know your children and watching them grow and develop academically. I am happy to start work again and excited to see how much our students will accomplish this year. I will send an invitation soon to invite you for our Parent Information Morning. Warm Regards, Daan Ebbers (www.mrebbers.weebly.com) |
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