The children have had a great week as we continued with our inquiry into how exchange systems affect Singapore. We visited the Maritime Museum at Sentosa to discover more about the Maritime Silk Route including the explorers and adventurers who voyaged the seas, some of the goods they traded, the ports they visited and finally how Singapore was influenced.
Some children came back with questions about the old port in Singapore and how the boats brought in goods and about the spices that were traded and how they are used. Many wanted to know more about Sang Nila Utama (the founder of Singapore), Marco Polo (the Italian explorer) and Zheng He (the Chinese explorer). Some children are finding out about the modern day cargo ships and port in Singapore. They have been researching more about their chosen area. In Maths, we have begun our new unit which examines Chance and Probability. The children have begun to explore the language of probability: Impossible/Possible, Uncertain/Certain, Unlikely/Likely and Equally Likely. They were thinkers and identified examples for each term and illustrated these. We will be connecting this to our UOI (exchange systems help our community) and our ISS Fun Fair stall. Grade 2 will create our own Arcade with games that the children will design and create from recycled materials. This was inspired by Caine's Arcade in LA. We looked at the 5 step Design Process and began independently sketching our ideas. The children then did a gallery walk to identify people with similar ideas with whom they could collaborate and began making prototypes this week.
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