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Inquire, communicate, understand and have fun !

Life is a journey and the better we understand it through our own experiences and those of others, the more enjoyable and fulfilling it becomes. We can achieve this by becoming aware of a real sense of learning through our lifetime, developing and adapting our knowledge and skills to effect positive outcomes for ourselves and those around us. The year ahead offers the children and adults of Room 1004, International School, Manila the opportunity to further develop our skills of collaboration, critical thinking, reflection, empathy and understanding so that we may fulfill our true potential to be caring, creative problem solvers in the global community.......and one more thing. We are going to have lots of fun getting there! (Click the Fiery Phoenix picture on the left to get an overview.)

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Arrays in our World. Understanding what Multiplication Really Means.

Previously in grade 2, children had experience with equal-sharing division situations. In the following activity, children worked with equal-grouping division situations. It isn't important that children be able to distinguish between the two meanings of  "division" at this point. However, it is important that they have had informal experience with both meanings. The flickr slideshow shows how the Fiery Phoenixes Read full article »

Discovering and Understanding Earth and Beyond.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ismanilaes/sets/72157628833934933/ Through scientific investigation we can discover and understand what is beyond Earth. That is the big idea of our fourth unit of inquiry of the year, which is entitled Discovery. There are many ways that we can discover and understand the universe in which we live. So far this year through our units of inquiry we have looked at concepts of what makes ourselves Read full article »

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Communicating.

Literacy and the power of words. Reading, writing and verbal communication.

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Scientific and Social Inquiry.

Research, experiment, discover and understand scientific and social phenomena.

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