How far?

Calculate how far your food/clothes and toys/electrical toys have traveled to get to you:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distance.html

ISD Calendar Change

“Please note that there is an error in the ISD calendar. May 27^th is a normal school day. This is not a conference day. We have already had our second conference day.”

Divine Chocolate

Learn more about where Fairtade chocolate come from....

http://www.divinechocolate.com/about/default.aspx

An important insert for your blogs

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY

Dear Parents,

The Elementary School Library is using the month of May to prepare for its move upstairs.

There is going to be a lot of work to do and all of the Library's books and shelving must be packed into boxes by Wednesday the 7^th of June, just two days before the end of this school year.

Because of this there is going to be a change to this year's Summer Check-Out programme.  Summer Check-Out is the term used to describe the borrowing of books for the summer holidays.

This timetable shows the plan we have put in to place:

20 May 2011	All things borrowed by parents and by children must be returned to the Elementary School Library by this date.
23 to 25 May 2011	The Elementary School Library will be closed. In this time we will prepare the library for Summer Check-Out
26 and 27 May 2011	Summer Check-Out will take place over these two days

This is how Summer Check-out will work:

Summer Check-Out only applies to families who are returning to ISD in August and only if all of your family's library books have been returned.

Each family may borrow up to 15 items

Check out will take place from 8.15 to 9.30 and from 3.00 to 4.00 on both days and all books will be due back on 16 August 2011.

Books chosen in the morning will be available in the afternoon.  If you choose your books on the afternoon of 26 May, they will be ready on the afternoon of 27 May.

If you have any questions, please feel free to come and talk with either Mrs Dawber or myself.

Yours Sincerely,

Kirk Owen

Elementary School Library

Descriptors for German Native Reports

Für alle Eltern, deren Kinder in einer German Native Klasse sind.

Nachstehend finden Sie die Beurteilungsstufen, die in den deutschen Zeugnissen verwendet werden:
Der Schüler zeigt stets gründliche Kenntnisse und ein gründliches Verständnis der Inhalte sowie eine hohe Kompetenz der Inhalte sowie eine hohe Kompetenz in den Lernprozessen und Fertigkeiten. Darüber hinaus ist der Schüler in der Lage, diese Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten in authentischen Situationen anzuwenden.


Der Schüler zeigt fundierte Kenntnisse und ein fundiertes Verständnis der wichtigsten Lerninhalte und erreichte eine angemessene Kompetenz in den Lernprozessen und Fertigkeiten der Bereiche Sprechen, Lesen und Schreiben.


Der Schüler zeigt grundlegende Kenntnisse und ein grundlegendes Verständnis der Lerninhalte und verfügt über eine begrenzte Kompetenz in den Lernprozessen und Fertigkeiten der Bereiche Sprechen, Lesen und Schreiben.


Der Schüler zeigt begrenzte Kenntnisse und ein begrenztes Verständnis in einigen Lerninhalten und verfügt über eine sehr begrenzte Kompetenz in einzelnen Lernprozessen und Fertigkeiten.

Important links

Paul McCartney's ideas:

http://www.meatfreemondays.com/helptheplanet/

Clever farming:

http://www.verticalfarm.com/

Carbon Footprint

Calculate your own Carbon Footprint:

http://www.planet-positive.org/how_2_kidscalc.php

What do you think?

Now try this one:

http://calc.zerofootprint.net/youth/#

Why do you think they are different?