It was wonderful to see the whole school from kindergarten 1 to Class 6 taking part in our Covid-free Reading Schoolhouse 2023 and enjoying the different activities every day. We started on Monday with the buddy classes reading together. The kindergarten children were bubbling over with excitement as they walked over to join their buddy classes. Not only did they get to visit the big school classrooms, but they got to sit, snuggle, and listen to their buddies reading just to them.
On Wednesday, Class 5 students went and read to all the classes in the school. They all practiced a lot beforehand. Those reading to kindergarten had to learn how to show the pictures to the children while reading at the same time. Well done Class 5!
The whole school parade was held on Thursday morning in the playground. The children came dressed as their favourite character from a book. They explained their choice to their class first, then joined the parade. It wasn’t always easy to work out who the characters were. But we all had fun trying to guess.
Friday was our tenth Book fair. As always, the children loved to opportunity to look at, choose and then pay for their own books. It actually it’s a good maths activity for the kindergarten children.
We all had a fun week reading and being inspired by some amazing authors. We look forward to seeing our own future authors.
Paula Thornburrow, kindergarten 2 teacher
Dieses Jahr organisierten die Lehrpersonen wieder eine wunderbare Leseprojektwoche (Reading Schoolhouse), um die Kinder für das Lesen zu begeistern und zu motivieren.
Durch vielfältige Aktivitäten konnten die Kinder für verschiedene deutsch- und englischsprachige Bücher neugierig gemacht werden. Im Kindergarten beispielsweise tauschten sie untereinander ihre bereits gelesenen Bücher aus (Book Swap) und im Primarbereich lasen die „buddies“ sich gegenseitig ihre Lieblingsbücher vor (Buddy Reading). Besonders beliebt war der „Dress up day“, an dem die Kinder im Pyjama mit Kuscheltier und Kissen oder sich als ihren Lieblingscharakter:in verkleidet in die Schule kamen. Sowohl die Lehrpersonen als auch die Fünftklässler lasen in einzelnen Klassen verschiedene Bücher vor und die Kinder lauschten fasziniert mit grossen Augen den Geschichten von Tieren, Monstern und tollkühnen Held:innen.
Déborah Nguyen, Lehrperson 1.Klasse
Our primary 4 classes have been studying the solar system since the beginning of the second term. Throughout these lessons, we learned about the sun, how it is at the centre of our solar system and how the earth is one of many planets that rotate around it. We continued learning about comets, meteors, and stars. We ended off our unit discussing why day and night are caused by the earth’s spin.
We were assigned a planet that we had to research about and used the internet along with book resources in our classroom. Our teacher provided us with guided questions to help with the research. Once we completed the research, we created a colourful and informative poster on our planet. We were the experts for our planet!
Over the course of a week, we laid out all the posters around the classroom and had a gallery walk. Some students created a 3D model of their planet to include in the gallery walk. The best part was going around the class and reading and learning about other planets. While doing so, we gathered information from all the posters and filled out our booklet with lots of new information. We completed the project by creating a front cover for our booklet.
Fadwa Abou-basha, Primary 4 Teacher
Am Donnerstag, den 19. Januar fand nach zweijährigem Unterbruch wieder eine Suppenküche an der SIS Wollishofen statt. In der Suppenküche gab es Punch, Kuchen und eine Gemüsesuppe, welche die 6. Klasse am Morgen selber gemacht hatte. Viele Leute kamen und alle liebten das Essen, sowie die verschiedenen Desserts. Wir gaben allen Kindern einen Becher Punch, es war ein grosser Erfolg und alles war gratis! Viele Leute sagten, dass alles sehr lecker sei. Die Suppenküche war eine sehr gute Idee und alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer gingen am Abend froh nach Hause.
Celia & Sophia, 6 Klasse