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Fernway School An IB Candidate School

Fernway School An IB Candidate School. Fernway School “Welcome to the Fernway Family”. One of five K-4 Buildings: Boulevard, Fernway, Mercer, Lomond, Onaway Built in 1927 15 Classrooms, 3 per grade level Over 350 students 37 staff members. The Mission of the Schools.

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Fernway School An IB Candidate School

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  1. Fernway School An IB Candidate School

  2. Fernway School“Welcome to the Fernway Family” • One of five K-4 Buildings: Boulevard, Fernway, Mercer, Lomond, Onaway • Built in 1927 • 15 Classrooms, 3 per grade level • Over 350 students • 37 staff members

  3. The Mission of the Schools The District will nurture, educate, and graduate students who are civic-minded and prepared to make ethical decisions; who are confident, competent communicators, skillful in problem solving, capable of creative thinking; who have a career motivation and a knowledge of our global and multicultural society.

  4. Our Mission: Civic-minded, ethical students • Student Mediation • Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR) makes annual visits to the 4th grade • Family Service Projects

  5. Our Mission: Confident, competent communicators • Curriculum centered on effective and varied expression • Readers Theater • Reading groups • Writers Workshop • Kindergarten Journaling • Performances

  6. Our Mission:Skilled Problem Solvers • Curriculum-centered problem solving • Chess Club • Enrichment Programs • International Baccalaureate programme • Successmaker computer program • Science Lab field trips

  7. Our Mission:Creative Thinkers • Curriculum centered on creative outcomes of learning • Music and Art classes • Art Club • 3rd grade Musical • 4th grade Poetry Play

  8. Our Mission:Career Motivated Students • Scientist in the schools • Parent career visits and volunteerism

  9. Our Mission:Global and Multicultural Knowledge • Mandarin Chinese taught weekly • International mindedness a focus of IB

  10. The Mission of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."

  11. Transdisciplinary Themes • Who we are • Where we are in place and time • How we express ourselves • How the world works • How we organize ourselves • Sharing the planet

  12. Learner attitudes and attributes Attribute of the week: Inquirers! I am curious. I ask questions. I enjoy learning new things about my world.

  13. Some of our essential agreements

  14. Some of our wonder walls

  15. Featured Country: Australia • The first Australians were a people known today as Aborigines. The Aborigines may have lived in Australia for as long as 50,000 years. • Australia has more kangaroos than people. • Australia is the only country that is also a continent. • Australia is often called “Down Under.” This is because the land lies entirely within the Southern Hemisphere, the half of Earth that lies south of the equator. Resources:

  16. Previous Kindergarten IB Unit Who We Are New places, New Faces! Central Idea: People find out more about themselves and others by trying new things and making new friends.

  17. Previous Kindergarten IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves Helpers and Tools Central Idea: People use signs and tools to communicate, organize and stay safe.

  18. Previous Kindergarten IB Unit Sharing the Planet Peace, peeps! Central Idea: Conflicts can be solved peacefully.

  19. Current Kindergarten IB Unit How We Express Ourselves Story Time Central Idea: Stories help people discover and show their ideas and feelings.

  20. Previous 1st Grade IB Unit Who We Are Dude! Central Idea: People build relationships with families, friends and within communities.

  21. Previous 1st Grade IB Unit Sharing the Planet Keep Living Things Alive Central Idea: Living things survive in habitats that people can protect.

  22. Previous1st Grade IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves Do You Really Need That? Central Idea: Each person fulfills his/her needs and wants by selecting different goods and services.

  23. Current 1st Grade IB Unit How the World Works Matter? It Matters! Central Idea: Liquids and solids can change temperature, shape, and direction.

  24. Previous 2nd grade IB Unit Who We Are Choices! Central Idea: People make choices in various settings and their actions have a consequence.

  25. Previous 2nd grade IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves Money Matters Central Idea: People use money in ways that have a powerful impact on the world.

  26. Previous 2nd grade IB Unit How the World Works Change, Change, Change! Central Idea: Many events in the natural world occur with predictable change.

  27. Current 2nd grade IB Unit Sharing the Planet The Power of Habitats Central Idea: Living things impact the environment in which they live. The environment also impacts living things.

  28. Previous 3rd Grade IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Central Idea: Members if communities collaborate to establish and implement organizational systems.

  29. Previous 3rd Grade IB Unit Where We Are in Time and Place Culture Club Central Idea: Cultures exhibit both change and continuity across time and place.

  30. Previous 3rd Grade IB Unit Who We Are Problem? No Problem! Central Idea: People develop and acquire skills to solve problems.

  31. Current 3rd Grade IB Unit How We Express Ourselves Tell Me Your Story! Central Idea: People have always been and will always be storytellers.

  32. Previous 4th Grade IB Unit Who We Are Investigate, Innovate! Central Idea: Technology and innovations impact people’s well-being.

  33. Previous 4th Grade IB Unit How We Express Ourselves Digging for Information Central Idea: Artifacts provide evidence about the events that happen in history.

  34. Previous 4th Grade IB Unit Where We Are in Time & Place Moving On! Central Idea: People immigrate and migrate because of challenges and opportunities.

  35. Current 4th Grade IB Unit How We Organize Ourselves Justice For All! Central Idea: Decisions promote or denyequal opportunities and social justice.

  36. Inquiry ~ a driving force to our learning!

  37. Action Fernway School…changing the world one action at a time!

  38. February Birthdays

  39. Upcoming and recent fieldtrips! • 2/4 - Hassell – Planetarium • 2/4 - Paskewitz – North Chagrin • 2/6 - Berggrun - North Chagrin • 2/7 - Harden – Planetarium • 2/7 - Paskewitz – Art Museum • 2/13 - Hayduk – Planetarium • 2/13 - Lewis – North Chagrin • 2/13 - Berggrun – Art Museum • 2/14 - Hassell – Art Museum

  40. Fernway Important Dates! • 2/7 Grade 4 Mixer for Girls 6:30pm Woodbury • 2/9 Pancake Breakfast 8:00am • 2/13 Grade 4 Mixer for Boys 6:30pm Woodbury • 2/14 Valentine’s Day Activities 2:30pm • 2/18 Presidents’ Day (School closed) • 2/21 Professional Day (No classes) • 2/22 Conference Day (No classes) • 2/28 Grade 3 Musical

  41. $6 per person – all you can eat (kids 4 & under eat free) Pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice & coffee 50/50 raffle & door prizes Dancing with Damon from 9-11 am Bring a friend AND a nonperishable food item to benefit the Cleveland Food Bank

  42. PTO News! ABC School Donation Program Support Fernway School While You Shop! Sign up for a Heinen’s Preferred Customer Card and register for the Tasteful Rewards program. Select (or reselect) FERNWAY as the school of choice at www.heinensrewards.com! Heinen’s will make a donation of 1% of your purchase to PTO.

  43. PTO News! Earn box tops for Fernway by shopping online! Target, Gap, Crate & Barrel, and hundreds of other online retailers offer box tops with every purchase when you shop through the Box Tops Marketplace. Sign up to support Fernway at www.btfe.com

  44. PTO News! Show Your Fernway Spirit! Fernway car magnets now available! Want another way to show your Fernway pride? Fernway car magnets are now available for $2. The magnets will be available for purchase at PTO events, along with your favorite Fernway spirit wear.

  45. Front Back $10 kids $12 adults

  46. Kindergarten

  47. 1st Grade

  48. 2nd Grade

  49. 3rd Grade

  50. 4th Grade

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