The Tiger, March 31st 2023

P5 Team

PYP Spanish

¡Seguimos aprendiendo en español!

In Spanish class, we are constantly developing our understanding of the language as a tool to communicate, and transferring knowledge and skills across subjects. This semester, the students have shown enthusiasm, curiosity and a great ability to make connections. It is great to observe students respond spontaneously in Spanish for most of our routine communication, such as checking attendance, sharing how they are feeling, talking about the date and the weather or asking to go to the bathroom. 

The Spanish students have shown great independence, sharing their understanding, skills and knowledge. In different grades, we have learnt about the cultural celebration of “Carnaval”. We have learnt to describe and predict patterns. We have read about animals and practiced describing them and we also learnt about the animal species. We have developed our conversation skills by practicing the “question of the day”. We designed schools and communities and developed our writing and speaking skills to describe them. We sang songs together and shared presentations to explore the concepts and central ideas of our units. It has been a pleasure seeing the students develop their ability to make choices in how they want to creatively share their work.

Gwenola Colleu and Neris Naranjo

PYP Spanish Teachers

M3: Songs of Our People

As part of their current unit, “Songs of Our People”, the M3 students studied songs from around the world looking at the authors’ use of techniques and the effects these can have on audiences. As a summative task, the students had to write original songs based on themes related to freedom, justice and world peace. Take a look at some of the final songs here.

M2: Poetry Books

The M2 students recently completed their unit on, “Why Is Poetry Good For Your Soul?” in which they learned about different genres of poetry as well as poetic techniques and their uses. As a summative assessment, the students showcased their learning through creating poetry books, in which they chose an overall theme, creating poems in different genres (and illustrations) which related to these.  Take a look at some of their creative work below:

M1: EI (Emotional Intelligence)

As part of their unit on “What do we need as a 21st century student?” the students have been learning about elements of Emotional Intelligence, and how and when to practice these. In order to develop their understanding of this concept, as well as their reading comprehension skills, the students were tasked with comparing texts in two genres, fiction and self-help. After reading these, the students found moments in which fictional characters could have better implemented the principles of EI, as well as tips for being more Emotionally Intelligent from self-help authors. Take a look at their findings below: