Okpo International School

Newsletter

May 15th 2013 Where serious learning is seriously fun!

OIS INTERNATIONAL DAY 2013! - Thursday 16 May The 2013 OIS International Day Fair will be taking place outside on the football pitch from 12:30 to 14:30. There will also be assemblies during the day (see the full schedule below). We are all very excited for tomorrow! NOTE: While there is no cost to enter the fair or to take part in booth activities, there will be a PTA Juice Tent and a UNICEF donation box. Please ensure that students have some cash on them for these reasons! 9:00 – 9:40 10:50 – 11:30 12:00 – 12:30 12:30 – 14:30 14:30 – 14:45 14:45 +

Upper School Assembly Lower School Assembly Upper & Lower School Lunch International Day Fair Students return to class Classes finish for the week!

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: After school activities will be cancelled for Thursday 16 May due to International Day (unless otherwise indicated by club teachers). Please ensure that students have a way home at the end of the school day on Thursday. We apologise for any inconvenience.

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING WEDNESDAY 22 MAY, 19:00 - 20:00 Next week parents will have an opportunity to learn more about the IMYC, which is a new programme we are bringing into the school. It follows on from the IPC which we use up to Year 6. This event will be of particular interest to parents of students in Year 6, Year 7, and Year8, but all parents are welcome to attend. Students in Year 6, Year 7, and Year 8 may also join us, since they may find it helpful to know more about what lies in store for them next year. There will also be information about other changes to the Middle School, such as the creation of a 1-to-1 laptop environment. If you are interested in attending, it will really help us if you click here to let us know you are coming in advance.

SATURDAY JUNE 1ST ULSAN JUNIOR CUP - UPDATE Thank you to the students who have signed up for this soccer tournament. We have two teams entered in both the Under 10's and Under 13's categories. There is still space for other students (from Year 4 to Year 8) that are keen to play! If you are interested, please speak to Mr Steven.

1

Spelling Practice Ideas  ABC Order - Write your words in alphabetical order.  Rainbow Words - Write your spelling word with a crayon or marker. Trace over each word again with another colour. Now trace each word one more time with another colour.  Backwards Words - Write your words forwards, then backwards.  Silly Sentences -Use all your words in ten sentences  Picture Words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.  Story Words - Write a short story using all your words.  Scrambled Words -Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up.  Word Search - Make a word search with a friend, then trade and solve.  Surround Words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colours.  Ransom Words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper.  Pyramid Words - Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.  Words-in-Words - Write your word and then write at least 2 words made from each.  Delicious Words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat!  Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely.  Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand.  Reversed Words - Write your words in ABC order… backwards!  3D Words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.  Magazine Words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue it on paper.  Cheer - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words!  Sound Words - Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, check to see that you spelled all the words correctly.  Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa.  Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colours of crayon or ink for different words.  Backwriting - Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back, having the partner say the word when completed.  Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad.  Flashwriting - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air.  Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it.  Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code.  Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.  Flash Cards - Write words on index cards and practice with a partner reading and/or spelling  Highlighting - Use a highlighter to highlight either all vowels or all consonants  Colour Coding- Copy the code. Add two colours. Use the code to write spelling words (___=vowels, ___=Consonants)  Word Values -Use all spelling words. Write each spelling word and its value (vowel=2 points, consonant =1 point)  Font Fun - Type all your words 3 times each with a different font each time.  Word Scramble - Write all your words scramble up and give them to a friend or family member to unscramble.  Parent Scramble - Ask a parent to scramble spelling words for you to unscramble.  Game Time - Create 2 index cards for each word. Play a game of Concentration or Go Fish with a family member.  Ball Toss - Toss a ball to spell out each spelling word with a partner.  Bouncing Words -Post words on a wall. Bounce the ball for each letter in a word. Switch hands for each word.

2

‘SPRUMMER JAM’ 2013!

3

SHARK CLASS IPC – FAIRGROUNDS! The Sharks Class has recently been following an IPC unit of work on a theme that focuses on ‘Fairgrounds’. We all know that fairground rides are designed to thrill our senses, through fear, excitement and the unexpected. How are these rides powered in a way which enables them to speed up and slow down at just the right moments, whilst staying on a track that twists upside down? These mysteries were revealed as we learned more about the science behind energy, forces, sound and light.

For the Exit Point of our unit, we visited Meworld in Busan. We all had a fantastic time and enjoyed riding the rollercoaster, the flumes, and the Viking boat among many other rides. Fortunately the park was very quiet and we were able to go on all the rides as many times as we wanted.

4

Our Five Senses

The Penguin class has been learning all about their five senses. We have sensory stations set up in our classroom to explore each sense. We have learned that sometimes we only use one or two of our senses at once and other times we use all of them! Take a look inside our classroom…

We cut out pictures from magazines and pasted them under the sense we thought we would use the most.

We listened to sound clips on the computer and made a guess of what it was.

This is our taste test station. Was it sour, sweet, salty or bitter? We took a guess what it was.

This is the touch station. Can we guess what it is just by feeling it?

This is the smell station. We took a guess what it was just by smelling it. Some were a little tricky!

We tried to build a Lego house by sight. We tried to copy the one in the picture.

5

Author of the Week! Continuing for a second week with the books of Steven Cosgrove, this time we will be reading a tale that ties together two issues that the students of OIS are clearly passionate about – one of these is a willingness and readiness to embrace people’s differences and accept them for who they are, and the other one is a clear reluctance to accept that finding litter on the ground orin the sea has to be an inevitable fact of life. Cosgrove has woven these two issues together very nicely in his tale of “Cap’n Smudge”, a simple story with a clear message that I’m sure will stay in the minds of OIS students for a long time to come.

I love you, mom!

Me, too.

엄마! 사랑해!

*엄마 oh-ma = mom, mommy

Oh-ma! Saranghae!

*아빠 appa = dad, daddy

나도. Nado. By Ms. Oona

Principal’s Awards! Congratulations to all students who have been nominated for Principal’s Awards this week! Some of last week’s awards were not presented last week so those children will receive them on Friday. NAME: Isabella Marciano Araz Javadi Grace Thorley Caleb Conner Swapnil Das Tassos Vitakis Khushi Verma Viktoria Arabadzhieva Artham Bordoloi Alisa Zakirova Ulviyya Cargill

CLASS: Dolphin Dolphin Dolphin Dolphin Dolphin Penguin Penguin Penguin Shark Shark Shark

6

CALENDAR MAY 2013 15 16 17 22 24 31

Teachers’ Day International Day! School Closed: Buddha’s Birthday Parent Information Evening 7 to 8pm – Middle School Tiger Class Assembly Kiwi & Monkey Assembly Pizza Lunch & Movie Night

JUNE 2013 1 3 21 26 28

Sat. Soccer Competition: Ulsan Junior Cup (Y4 – Y8) 9am PTA Meeting @ Caffe Bene Movie Night Summer Concert Geoje Art Center Pizza Lunch

JULY 2013 3

Last Day of School. Finish at 12.10pm

AUGUST 2013 30

Open Afternoon 1 to 3pm

SEPTEMBER 2013 2 School starts 18,19,20 Chuseok Holiday, school closed.

7