A very fun overnight experience!

        Today and yesterday, we did PYPX Overnight experience. The G5 teachers organized this event for us to learn how to cooperate effectively and communicate among G5 students. Most of the experience, we were playing games, reading or discussing with each other to learn how to plan, moniter and evaluate (metacognition). In addition, we learnt what our intelligences are (ex. spatial, musical, intrapersonal, etc.) and just solving conflicts and finding ways to interact efficiently with other G5 students.
        One thing I enjoyed while doing the overnight experience was a game called, 'Catch it if it can!'. To win, your team must build a launcher and a catcher with the supplies provided only in a limited amount of time. The launcher must be able shoot a ping-pong ball into the catcher. It was very hilarious to look at the other team's launchers and catchers work. My group was very succesful and tied with another with 52 points because I recommended to use a lever to launch our ping-pong balls so it can fly high and place the catcher where the testing ping-pong ball lands.
        Another time I enjoyed was free time before we had to get ready for bed. The teachers gave us 2 hours to play so I planned to try the scooters, a triangle-shaped plastic tray with wheels. I played on the scooters for over an hour and half. I rode on them lying down, sitting and even spinning until I felt so dizzy that I decided I needed a break to calm down my brain.

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        I think this overnight experience helped fade my worries away about exhibition from my mind and calm me down. I realize this experience will help me find a good route to a wonderful exhibition.                                                      

Is the attitude 'Commitment' an important role while we are doing exhibtion?

Today G5 studied a bit about the word 'Commitment' and what it means. Commitment means persevering (never give up or lose hope) and showing self-discipline (saying 'No' to things you want). On our blog, we need to write why or why not commitment is important part of the PYP Exhibition. I believe that commitment should be one of the most important values for our PYP Exhibition.

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Commitment is understandable by thinking of this phrase, 'Never give up'. If we give up something while we are working on the project, our presentation could end up as a disaster.  Try ones best to untie the problem knot and find a solution and stay on the task. Also Commitment means responsibility. When everyone in a group does their work on time with decent quality, we can say that everyone takes resposibility so well.  Consequently, I strongly believe that commitment is very important attitude that we should include in our Exhibition. I am ready to commit myself to sucessful Exhibition.

It's is the first day of a long journey- PYP Exhibition

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Today was Grade 5's first day of PYP Exhibition journey. We started off by categorizing various words into different groups. After we finished, we tried to connect the main words into one big group. My discussion group went around other tables to examine what was similar with and what was different from ours. Next, we interacted with the teachers about why we classified the words into those groups.
I felt that the teachers were making us organize these words for an important purpose and try to encourage us to compare the different ideas among the groups. The teachers led us to think more in diverse ways, so later we can develop better thinking skills. I enjoyed this lesson and it was better than I thought; I was really worried that we might choose our team members straight away and have to choose a topic or somthing! But this lesson calmed me down a bit, I look forward to having another wonderful day tomorrow.

Compass Points About PYP Exhibition

In Branksome Hall Asia, PYP Exhibition is a overall presentation explaining about a unit we enjoy or want to find out. Now I am going to explain what I need to know and which things in exhibition I am excited or worried about and some suggestions for moving forward to make a good presentation by using compass points. First, I need to know some information about the unit which I am going to present and make a hooking question to excite people who are reading my presentation. I am excited about making the presentation and research about the topic. I am worried about getting partnered with people that play and don't do anything, fuss and whinge and say mean words, wrong teamwork, argue and don't talk for weeks, make a horrible presentation and break friendships. Something I wish about exhibition is that it is going to be a sucessful presentation.

Mind Map about Bullying

This mind map explains who are involved in a situation of bullying, where bullying happens, how to stop the bullying, why bullying happens and types of bullying. I hope this mind map helps bullying stop because I think bullying is cruel and mean and nobody should have the right to hurt someone physically or mentally.

Craig Kielburger, a boy who starting acting as a activist for the rights of children at 12 years old

Craig Kielburger is an activist who detested child labor starting at the age of 12. Craig found out that Iqbal Masih, a 12 year old like himself was murdered for protesting to stop child labor, he was shocked that lots of children in poorer countries work in factories to earn little money. He made a website called 'Free The Children' with his school friends. When he grew up into an adult, he began arranging popular events that helped children working in factories. Ind the end, he saved lots of children from child labor.

My thoughts about the 12-year old boy who protested to ban child labour

Iqbal Masih is a 12-year old boy who tried to stop child labour. He was murdered on Tuesday on the 18th of April. All he was trying to do was stop the owners of carpet-weaving factories from hiring children. His protests lead dozens of factories in Pakistan to close. His family had borrowed money from the owner at severe interest rates, he was still 13,000 rupees ($189.35) in debt. When I heard that Iqbal worked in a carpet weaving factory and was earning 1 rupee per day, I was shocked that anybody could allow a young boy to work as a slave to weave carpets everyday in a small, cramped, dirty room with lots of other children. I never knew that people were so mean to kids. I wish I could help them by visiting them and give them money and support them. Iqbal was poor to die because he tried to ban child labour. People should read about this article and support these children. Let's support the needy people around the world!