ASJ we successfully produced our first end of the unit celebration for the semester. Here is a overview of the festivities! 

The theme of Grade 1 was “Helping Hands”, which focused on people in a community work together to meet each other’s needs. 

Students goal was to understand the roles and responsibilities within a community while reflecting on who they admire and what they want to be when they grow up. 

Students worked in teams to create a displays showing their actions and gave presentations on these as part of the exhibition. 

These activities strengthened their social and communication skills, by the end of the unit students had a deeper understanding of how they can contribute to the communities they are part of. It was a successful start to a journey of growth and learning!

Next, Grade 2 created “Let’s Be Producers” where students learned how communities function by exploring the role of producers and consumers. 

The highlight was a classroom exhibition where students created handmade items, taking on the role of producers. They presented their creations to their classmates and participated in a money-free product exchange. 

This interactive experience gave them a fun, hands-on way to understand the value of goods and services.

Then, Grade 3 theme was, “Market Day”. Grade 3 students culminated their learning journey by hosting a Market Day, where they applied their understanding in a real-world scenario. 

An in-depth inquiry into essential economic concepts such as needs and wants, consumer behavior, and how producers meet consumer demands. 

Students participated in a marketplace simulation, using  money to experience the challenges of the real world. Their inquiries led them to explore the production process, particularly focusing on toy production—from design to molding and mass production. 

The highlight of the Market Day was the natural competitiveness and collaboration that emerged, with students enthusiastically buying and reselling each other's products at better prices, all in the spirit of fun and learning. What a successful and engaging end to a memorable unit!

Afterwards, Grade 4 Let’s Get Organized! Exploring different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) We touched upon Organization purposes and structures, problem solving and the 17 SDGs, and briefly looked at leadership and data gathering. 

Highlights of this unit included students bringing in their own research and data to give credibility to organizations actually attempting to fix problems around the world. This self-development of their global awareness encourages their engagement and adds more questions to our wonder wall. 

Alongside that, the students also focused on self-management skills such as digital literacy and rules to using ipads/computers, keeping their research in a safe location, and keeping resources organized and tidy for future use. Students were encouraged to give their voice into how problems could be solved and they could potentially develop or support organizations in the future.

During Grade 5s theme, “Building Future Leaders Today”, students inquired into leadership as a concept, looked at the qualities of leaders by researching about local and international leaders. 

They had moments of reflection where they engaged into the “I CAN”  exercise meant to help them discover their existing self-management skills. Going further, Grade 5 students then researched about rights children have using the guidelines from the United Nations. 

They  matched those with  responsibilities they believe come with those rights. This helped them discover that the success of leadership relies on the suport of the people they lead. All in all, it was a very successful end of unit display whilst creating future leaders.

Finally, Grade 6 students successfully focused on understanding different forms of governments, systems, and organizations that were built to help society. Students used their research skills to understand the impact of governance, the role of citizens as well as their rights and responsibilities in different areas of the world. 

Students took action by gathering the information they collected and presenting it for other students via learning activities and utilized their social skills by collaborating during the creation of their poster which was also presented and provided room for a Q&A discussion. 

Overall, students showcased open mindedness when discussing the differences of how countries are governed as well as their natural abilities to be inquires urging them to learn more.

Overall, we must send a heavy congratulations to the students who worked tirelessly during the Unit 1 How We Organize Ourselves. 

The work surely spoke for itself, students will continuously thrive while sharing what they know, understanding new concepts, producing high quality work which is viewed throughout the learning environment and ultimately being used in their daily lives.

我们ASJ成功举办了本学期的第一次UOI 结题庆祝活动。让我们一起来看看吧！

一年级的活动主题是“小帮手”，关注的是社区中的人们齐心协力，互相帮助。

学生们的目标是了解社区中的角色和责任，同时反思他们钦佩的人以及他们长大后想成为什么样的人。学生们以小组为单位创作了一个展示他们行为的展览，并在展览中做了演讲。

这些活动加强了他们的社交和沟通能力，到单元结束时，学生们对如何为他们所在的社区做出贡献有了更深的了解。这是一个成功的开始，一个成长和学习的旅程！

二年级创设了“让我们成为生产者”的活动。

学生们通过探索生产者和消费者的角色来学习社区如何运作。最精彩的是学生们承担“生产者”的角色，制作手工物品的课堂展示。

他们向同学们展示了自己的作品，并参加了一场免费的产品交换活动。这种互动体验为他们提供了一种有趣的、亲身体验的方式来了解商品和服务的价值。

三年级的活动主题是“赶集日”。三年级学生通过举办集市日活动将他们的学习之旅推向高潮，在这个活动中，他们将自己的理解应用到现实世界中。

深入探讨基本的经济概念，如需求和欲望，消费者行为，以及生产者如何满足消费者的需求。

学生们参加了一个市场模拟，用钱来体验现实世界的挑战。他们的探究引导他们深入探索商品的生产过程，特别是关注玩具生产——从设计到成型再到批量生产。

赶集日的亮点是突显人类天生的竞争和合作能力，学生们本着有趣和学习的精神，热情地购买和转售彼此的产品，并以更好的价格出售。多么成功和吸引人的学习尾声，这是一个令人难忘的单元！

四年级研究了各种各样的组织。由探讨不同的可持续发展目标（SDG）我们谈到了联合国的宗旨和结构、问题解决和17个可持续发展目标，并简要介绍了领导力和数据收集。

本单元的亮点包括学生们带来他们自己的研究和数据，为那些试图解决世界各地问题的组织提供可信度。这种全球意识的自我发展鼓励了他们的参与，并为我们的问题墙增添了更多的问题。

除此之外，学生们还提升了自我管理技能，如数字素养和使用ipad /电脑的规则，保证了研究的安全性，以及整理资源以备将来使用。学生们被鼓励就如何解决问题以及他们将来可能发展或支持的组织发表意见。

五年级的活动主题“今天培养未来的领导者”。学生们将领导力作为一个概念进行探究，并通过对本地和国际领导者的研究来审视领导者的品质。

他们进行了“我能行”的练习，这是为了帮助他们发现现有的自我管理技能。接着，五年级的学生使用联合国的指导方针研究了儿童的权利。他们认为权利与责任相辅相成。

这帮助他们发现，领导的成功依赖于他们所领导的人的支持。总而言之，这是一个非常成功的单元展示，同时培养未来的领导者。

六年级的学生成功地理解了不同形式的政府、制度和组织，这些都是为了帮助社会的正常运作而建立的。

学生们运用他们的研究技能来了解国家治理方式产生的影响、公民的角色以及他们在世界不同地区的权利和责任。学生们采取行动，将收集到的信息通过学习活动呈现给其它年级的学生，并在制作海报的过程中发挥了他们的社交技能。

海报也被展示并提供了讨论的空间。总的来说，学生们在讨论国家治理方式的差异以及他们天生的探究能力时表现出了开放的心态，这促使他们学习更多。

向在第一单元《我们如何组织自己》中不知疲倦学习的学生们表示热烈的祝贺。

学生们在分享自己的知识、理解概念、制作高质量的作品的同时，将不断茁壮成长，这些作品将在整个学习环境中被看到，并最终应用于他们的日常生活中。