Last Days

Samara's Last Day

Cesare's Last Day

WALT's Diary

As the year is approaching, the weekly tradition of sending our class elephant home with her diary is also coming to an end. I would like to thank all the parents who supported their children in writing in WALT's diary. 

Some Photos

Who Let the MIS Dogs OUT....WE DID!

And they were fantastic. What a great night. CONGRATULATION TO ALL INVOLVED!

Working with Money - EURO

Dear Parents of Grade 1,

We are currently learning about money and the differences between EURO and other countries money. It would be great if your child could bring in some different currencies apart from EUROs. A zip lock bag or small purse is advisable so that the children will bring it back home.

Thank you for your help!

Easter Egg Hunt

Today we had an Easter Egg Hunt outside to celebrate the upcoming holiday break :)  The kids had a lot of fun searching for the eggs outside in the grass!  Have a wonderful Holiday Break!

  

Ready, Set, GOOOOOO!!!!

We All Scream for ICE CREAM!

 Ice Cream Experiment

What we want to find out: How will the liquid milk turn into a solid?

First we planned out each step of the experiment before we started.

1. Observe the materials.

2. Ask a Question to solve.

3. Make a Hypothesis...I think.....

4. Plan the Experiment.

Then it was time to conduct the experiment.  After adding all the ingredients to their plastic bags and the ice they had to shake, shake, shake the bag for 15 minutes.

After shaking the bag for 15 minutes, the liquid milk magically turned into a solid!  Then it was time to taste our science experiment!

The children learned that the salt that was added to the ice made the ice melt at a much lower temperature and much faster than without salt.

The salt helped the ice melt faster and at a cooler temperature. This allowed the liquid milk to turn into a solid much faster since the temperature was so cold.

We connected this ice cream experiment to what we do in winter time with the icy roads.  When the roads are icy we put salt on the ice to make it melt faster.

We Love Being Scientists!

 Ivory Soap Experiment

 What we want to find out:  What will happen to a bar of soap when placed inside of a microwave?

First we planned out our experiment together on the board and then we began the experiment!

The children were very eagar to see what happened to the soap.  Our class hypothesis was that the solid soap would melt into a liquid.

 

Oh boy was our hypothesis wrong!  The soap expanded into a large foam bubble! 





 After we finished our experiment with the soap in the microwave we learned that the water and air trapped inside of the bar of soap when heated had to go somewhere.  The only place for the soap to go was out!  That explains why the bar of soap expanded and grew into a large foam sculpture.  But what should we do now with this big foam soap?  

We decided as a class that we would make new soap using the foam sculptures!  But first we needed to crush up the big ball of foam and add a bit of water to the soap to make it a liquid texture.



After the soap was made into a liquid, the students added some food coloring to make their soap a fun color.  They then used different cookie cutters to form their soap into a mold.

We had such a fun time making new soaps!  The children are very eagar to take their soap home next week and try it out !

Schulkino Mar 7th

On Thursday, March 7th, Grade 1, will be going to the Viernheim Kinopolis to participate in

the Hessen Schulkinowochen. This is a yearly event that provides an entertaining way of teaching

important skills and concepts.

We plan to leave MIS around 9:20 AM and return no later than 12:00 PM. We will travel with the

tram. The total cost for this trip is to be confirmed and will be given to you in a later communication.

Please make sure to bring money if you want your child to be able to purchase popcorn and beverages. Please make sure that your child securely holds on to their money in either a wallet or a Ziploc plastic bag.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher.

Fasching Friday

Friday 8th February is our annual Fasching parade and party. 

Children are allowed to dress up in costume on this day. There will be prizes for the best female, best male and best home made costume in each grade.

There will be dancing, face painting, sausage eating, pancake flipping and pasta stringing.

It is a half day so please be prepared to pick your children up at 1pm or prearrange for them to be in aftercare.

Lunch will be served as usual, it will be a sandwich lunch in the classroom. 

Parents, if you would like to help out on this day, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.

See you there!

Welcome to our new student Khalid and to our new class pets.

We recently have had Khalid join us in grade 1.

We have also had a few fresh water squids and snails join us in the classroom.

LANGUAGE GAME TIME

We learnt some new language games in English this week. Here are some photos of us playing them.

Winter Concert and Bazaar

The day started off with a bang with our winter concert. We had lots of different performances from all classes from Reception 1 through to Gymnasium.

We also had a chance to show off our musical talents with some solo and group performances.

 

Next we went and enjoyed some of the wonderful cakes and cookies from the MISPA parents

and some hot dogs.

We had many activities for the children to enjoy.

Face Painting



Magnetic Fishing

Playdough Activity

The Rumage Sale

Art Auction

Make a Christmas Decoration

Cookie Decorating

Gummy Bear Guess & Raffle Boxes. (Winners are announced on Wednesday).

Thank you to all staff, parents and students who made this day possible!