27/11/14

27th November 2014

House photo competition

Category winners

Category 1 – Grade 1-2

Category 2 – Grade 3-4

Category 3 – Grade 5-6

Criteria for competition

Relevance – it has to be related to the IB attitudes.

Appreciation	Empathy
Commitment	Enthusiasm
Confidence	Independence
Cooperation	Integrity
Creativity	Respect
Curiosity	Tolerance

Originality – How unique or special is your picture? This could be the use of colour, angles, lenses or other techniques.

Submission date

No later than 19th December 2014

Submissions sent

Electronically to photocompetition@askeris.no

Submission must include

A jpg of the photo – no bigger than 2MB

No hard copies – digital only

A message explaining why the picture relates to one of the IB attitudes

Parents can help but you have to take the picture yourself

Prizes awarded

40 house points

A certificate of achievement

Pictures framed and displayed in school and displayed on the school web-page

Important points

 We would prefer if the pictures didn’t contain people, but if the picture contains a person, you must have that person's permission. Pictures will be posted on the internet.

10/11/14

10th November 2014

Please see below the Welcome to Unit letter for Unit 3 and the information letter regarding the 'Celebration Box' project that your children need to complete at home during this unit.

Unit 3 - How we express ourselves

Dear parents,

For our next unit of inquiry, the children will be required to complete a research project at home. As you know our new unit is all about Celebrations. For this project, the children will need to choose one celebration and create a ‘Celebration box’ all about their chosen celebration. The children will need to research to find out facts about their celebration and then using this information create their box. We suggest that they use a shoe box and include in it any things that they think tell us about their celebration. They can draw pictures, print pictures, make objects, write labels and include written facts all about their celebration.

The children will need to bring their ‘Celebration box’ into school on Monday the 8th of December. During that week of school, they will share their box with the class.

Important facts you could find out are:

1. Who celebrates the celebration?
2. When is it celebrated?
3. What do people eat during this celebration?
4. Do they wear any special clothing?
5. How do people celebrate this celebration?
6. What are they celebrating?
7. Why is this celebration important?
8. Do other cultures celebrate the celebration differently?

List of possible celebrations:

• Birthdays
• Diwali
• Eid al Fitr
• Christmas
• Saint Lucia
• Easter
• Halloween
• Chinese New Year
• Weddings
• New Year
• May 17th
• Bonfire Night
• Other

This is simply a guideline, please feel free to add other information or resources to the box that are relevant. This is an independent project where individual creativity and thinking is encouraged. If you have any queries regarding this project, please do not hesitate to email us.

Best wishes,

Angie and Brent (Grade 1 Teachers)