The Learner Profile
PYP Attitudes
Transdisciplinary Skills
Action!
Open-minded
This morning Mr Gideon's class did a great job acting out how to be open minded. Well done everyone! Mr Steven also presented the awards to the winners for the Little Scientist's Fair. Congratulations to everybody who took part and to all of our budding scientists!
Risk taker
Today Ms Zamzam's class connected their current unit: Where we are in place and time with their focus learner profile attribute: risk taker. These students taught us about important people who were risk takers in their lives and because of this they eventually went on to achieve great changes for our society. Well done everyone-you were excellent public speakers and we all learned a lot. Congratulations also to all of our amazing Grade 3 risk takers who proved that they were willing to try new things and be courageous. Well done everybody!
Social Skills
This morning Mr Muhammed and some of his students taught us about social skills-what they are and why it is important for us to use them.
Mr Mohamed Alanber also had some good news to share this morning as he awarded three amazing students certificates for having competed in the recent Islamic competition. Well done everyone!
Ms Holly and her class launched a fundraising appeal to help the people in Nepal after the recent devastating earthquake. Her students will be available in the morning and end of the day in the playground for people to contribute donations by buying helping hands to decorate the Nepalese flag. Thank you for being caring.
Mr Mohamed Alanber also had some good news to share this morning as he awarded three amazing students certificates for having competed in the recent Islamic competition. Well done everyone!
Ms Holly and her class launched a fundraising appeal to help the people in Nepal after the recent devastating earthquake. Her students will be available in the morning and end of the day in the playground for people to contribute donations by buying helping hands to decorate the Nepalese flag. Thank you for being caring.
Commitment
This morning the students in Grade 3 reflected upon how committed they have been lately as they had to practice a lot to put on such a fantastic concert! The students showed their appreciation to Ms Holly today for being the director of their concert. She put a lot of time and effort into coordinating such an amazing performance and she showed her commitment by never giving up!
Grade 3 also showed their commitment yesterday by being such wonderful ambassadors of learning, leading their parents through their conferences yesterday.
We had lots of awards today...Ms Haifaa awarded committed students certificates for working hard in the Islamic competition and each homeroom teacher awarded a certificate to a well deserved committed student in their class. Great job everyone!
Grade 3 also showed their commitment yesterday by being such wonderful ambassadors of learning, leading their parents through their conferences yesterday.
We had lots of awards today...Ms Haifaa awarded committed students certificates for working hard in the Islamic competition and each homeroom teacher awarded a certificate to a well deserved committed student in their class. Great job everyone!
Enthusiasm
Communicator
Today Ms Elaine's class taught us lots of different ways to be better communicators. We learned that when we're speaking to someone we need to have eye contact, speak clearly and loud enough so that the other person can hear, and we need to use the correct words in full sentences. They also told us that we can communicate through reading, writing, pictures, singing and non-verbally through actions. Grade 3 have some amazing communicators and they all received certificates today-well done everyone!
Research Skills
Courageous Risk Takers!
This morning Mr Steven invited up any student who wanted to show that they were a courageous risk taker. We were treated to a selection of performances from Yousef showing us Yassin's dance, to Mr Peter telling us a funny joke about tomatoes! Well done to all of our amazing risk takers in Grade 3!
Principled
This morning, Ms Holly's courageous kids acted out short sketches to teach us how we can be principled in our daily school lives. Ms Holly's students were extra amazing as they filled in for all of their friends who were absent! Well done everyone-we all learned a lot and hopefully will all be more principled in our words and actions as a result of today's assembly!
Action!
Today Ms Elaine's class gave us clues about what our assembly would be about...our clever students guessed correctly that the answer was action! So many children shared how they have taken action over the last six weeks while they were learning about their unit of inquiry based on weather. Well done everyone!
Research Skills
Curiosity
Ms Zamzam's class used their creativity to write and act out a wonderful drama about curiosity. Well done to all the students who took part-you were fantastic! We had many students in Grade 3 this week who showed curiosity by asking questions and wondering about the world around them. Great job everyone!
Appreciation
Well done to Ms Shivania's children who taught us all about showing appreciation today. The boys and girls read out their ideas in big loud voices so that we could all hear and understand. Congratulations to our appreciative students who were awarded certificates for saying thank you and appreciating things by caring and looking after them. Well done to everyone!
Knowledgeable
This week Mr Steven's class shared how knowledgeable they are. Three boys showed off their expertise in their favorite subjects areas-Amir loves math and knows all about division, Abdulrahman loves english and told us about the different elements of fictional texts and Ali is passionate about Jordan. He told us about the UAE's connection with Jordan and a little bit of its geography.
We have lots of knowledgeable students in Grade 3 so well done to everyone!
We have lots of knowledgeable students in Grade 3 so well done to everyone!
Action
Well done to all of our wonderful Grade 3 students who took action during their How we express ourselves unit about advertising. Ms Holly's class shared with us their idea on teaching the KG kids about the Learner Profile. They made life-size cardboard cut out kids and decorated them with ways that they thought IB kids exhibit the Learner Profile attributes. This will help to make our school a better place!
Lots of individual students shared how they took action too. Well done everyone!
Lots of individual students shared how they took action too. Well done everyone!
Transdisciplinary Skills
Today Ms Elaine's class showed us lots of different ways to use our skills in the classroom and in the playground. They created role-plays on using thinking and social skills to resolve problems. All the Grade 3 students were able to name the five different sets of skills; research, thinking, social, communication and self-management and they could explain what each one meant. Super work Grade 3!
Independence
Today Mr Gideon's class showed us how to be independent when we are doing our work in class. Well done to all of our independent children in Grade 3 who can look after their belongings independently and complete tasks on their own showing us how they will make great future leaders!
Creativity
Ms Sana's class showed us their abundant creativity today with their amazing new designs for cereal boxes. Not only had they fantastic ideas but they were also very artistic in their use of graphics-we could have future advertising executives on our team!!! Congratulations to all of our fabulous creative geniuses in Grade 3-you are an inspiration to us all!
Thinker
Ms Shivania's class played a super game with everyone at assembly today, to show how we were all thinkers. Terrific job everyone and congratulations to our worthy certificate recipients. It was great to hear all of your teachers' wonderful stories about how you were using your thinking skills.
Communicator
Mr Muhammed's class did an awesome job today of explaining to all the Grade 3 children, what it means to be a communicator. Through actions and questions they showed their audience lots of different types of communication. Well done everyone!
Action
Ms Holly's class challenged everyone today with a "Name That Right" quiz. Her students were fantastic presenters, using actions to give the audience clues to each right. This showed how knowledgeable everyone has become from their first unit about the government and rights and responsibilities.
The Grade 3 kids also shared what action they have taken individually throughout this unit. They really put their learning into practice. Great job everyone!
The Grade 3 kids also shared what action they have taken individually throughout this unit. They really put their learning into practice. Great job everyone!
Empathy
Ms Elaine's class acted out role plays today to illustrate to everyone how we can show empathy to others. They showed us that when we imagine how other people are feeling, we can then understand what they are going through. Congratulations to all of our empathetic certificate recipients!
Reflective
At this morning's assembly, Mr Steven's class showed us how they are reflective in their class by using smiley and sad faces when they are looking over their work. Other Grade 3 kids told us that they think about their day at home and some kids write in a diary. What do you do? Being reflective helps us to make our lives better by improving our work and our behavior. Well done to all of our amazing reflective Grade 3 students!
Caring
Well done to all of our caring Grade 3 students. Thank you for showing kindness to your fellow classmates and for being great examples for everyone to follow.
Action:Unit 1: Who We Are
Good job Anyka and Omar from Mr Steven's class who have already taken action in their first unit about rights and responsibilities. Omar made a poster and Anyka made a book to teach others what they have learned so far. Well done!
The IB Learner Profile
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers: We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.
Knowledgeable: We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
Thinkers: We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators: We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
Principled: We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Open-minded: We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.
Caring: We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
Risk-takers: We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.
Balanced: We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives-intellectual, physical and emotional-to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. we recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
Reflective: We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers: We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.
Knowledgeable: We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
Thinkers: We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators: We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
Principled: We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Open-minded: We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.
Caring: We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
Risk-takers: We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.
Balanced: We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives-intellectual, physical and emotional-to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. we recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
Reflective: We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.