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The learning process will be evaluated in a continuous, cumulative, and therefore procedural, man-
ner, with systematic record of each student’s development, for promotion and retention purposes
Red House International School will keep tabs of students’ frequency in school activities. Students
must attend 60% of classes.
TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEME
Who we are How the world works
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws;
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs the interaction between the natural world
and values; personal, physical, mental, social (physical and biological) and human societies;
and spiritual health; human relationships in- how humans use their understanding of sci-
cluding families, friends, communities, and entific principles; the impact of scientific and
cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it technological advances on society and on the
means to be human. environment.
We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and
Principled justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere.
We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Central idea
We share our planet with animals
Throughout this Unit, Bernardo had the opportunity to understand that we share space and
resources with other living beings on the planet. Once we watched videos and read books about
different animals, we could observe he had previous knowledge about animals that live in the
land, water, or sky: "Esse é o starfish," "O horse mora no grass."
"A sailor went to sea" became one of Bernardo's favorite songs. He quickly learned the animals'
names (turtle, jellyfish, blue whale, shark, octopus, and seahorse) and engaged in singing and
miming using his hands. Music got his attention easily and he also had fun singing B-I-N-GO and
clapping with excitement.
It was interesting to see Bernardo sorting cards and plastic animals by air, land, or water "A zebra e
a giraffe vão no land" happily, he participated actively contributing to our Investigation Theme.
Bernardo has always been delighted with Art Learning engagements, and one day he made sure
he would show the teacher that he was proud of his work and dirty hands with green paint: "Ana, I
am painting!" After painting and gluing feathers, two eyes, and the beak on the toilet paper roll,
he had fun playing with his bird: "Você quer ver? Fly up in the sky"
Bernardo enjoyed solving some animal puzzles as he worked on numbers sequence. He could
easily relate if they lived in the sky, water, or land - "Ah, ele tem asa e fly!", "O tubarão vive na
água e come fish"
Regarding the other learning engagements, he preferred sensorial activities like painting the land,
water, or sky, sorting and gluing animals by habitat, and playing with sea animals in the water tray.
Central idea
Art fosters reactions
This Unit of Inquiry provided students with rich opportunities for guided and free artistic
explorations, which involved different types of stimulus. Bernardo participated in many learning
engagements related to Art like Painting, Theater, Music, Dance, and Literature. When we asked
him, "What comes to your mind when we talk about Art?" Bernardo showed his fingers and said:
"Pintar assim ó."
He put a lot of effort into every painting, coloring, collage work, and learning engagement we
performed. He managed his work with motivation and enjoyed describing what he was feeling or
experiencing. For example, "Eu coloco o orange pompom ali e fica tudo sticky" - when placing
pompoms on the contact paper; "Vamos ver que cor vai virar? Virou orange!" - when mixing the
paint for the Artglass work technique.
As for our performance show, Bernardo was genuinely committed and performed very naturally,
singing and dancing to his classmates the song "Viva la vida." He was delighted to explore our
sensorial board outside, especially the materials similar to the drums, hitting the metal with
wooden spoons and showing the song's rhythm, pretending to be an artist: "Tira foto, eu sou
Coldplay."
Bernardo is a communicator and appreciated all the art pieces we have shown during this Unit
and used different materials to express himself. When painting the newspaper, he was excited
and described his work using orange paint and a paintbrush: "Eu tô fazendo a house do Capitão
America." Regarding "The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh," when the teacher asked him, "What
do you see in this art piece?" he proudly said, "I see yellow and blue right here." We will continue
motivating him to produce complete sentences in English.
We have noticed that Bernardo has been showing more interest in doing puzzles and coloring
with assistance, having a teacher beside him keeps him motivated - "Ô Ana, eu tenho um puzzle
piece aqui. Me ajuda?
Bernardo, we are very proud that you have been engaging and actively participating in all of our
learning engagements. Your contribution and thoughts enrich our days!