This week we started to work with our groups. We learned how to collaborate with each other, we learned more about each other. We mailed our student mentor Myeisha Sohail and finalized our first student mentor meet up. We had our 1^st meeting with our student mentor on 26^th of April. In this week, we made our essential agreements, we discussed what our LOI’s, ATL’s (approaches to learning), LP’s (Learner profiles) could be and wrote them as notes. We have completed many tasks this week, together as a group and individual. 

On the first day of our exhibition, we were divided into our groups. Our First Task was to make our personal and group padlet’s. Our teacher Ms. Cherise had uploaded a list of things our padlet’s had to contain. 

The next day, we had our first group meeting. We first took our group photo and uploaded it on out group padlet. We then discussed why we chose this topic and how did we connect it to the global goal we chose. 

The next day, we mailed our student mentor. After that we made our essential agreements, we discussed our ATL skills, LP skills, our Central Idea and our LOI’s.

The next morning, we had our first student and student mentor meeting. 

These are some of the ideas Myeisha gave us:

-Art mural on DIA wall

-Go on the radio 

-Contact Ukraine embassy

-Create a children's book

-News center

-Meet with Mr. Graham

-Post things on social media.

According to our group, we had completed almost all our tasks. We were confident with the research and the work we had done this week. We were done with almost all our research. The only thing we have not done is interviewing enough people. Our group member Jiyu Won interviewed her basketball teacher who is from Ukraine.

This was his response: Basketball teacher interview- summary of what he said: Putin has the power to cause a war, even though most Russians disagree. And Russians are not rich, so they earn money by being in the army. If members from the Russian army do not act by their president’s orders, they might go to jail.

Our Goals for next week:

-       Finalize our ATL’s, LP’s, Central Idea and our LOI’s 

-       E-mail our teacher mentor

-       Organize more meetings with our student mentor

-       Make some more research questions

-       Create artworks related to the Ukraine and the Russia war

-       Interview more people

Mail sent to the student mentor:

 

 

 

 

 

How did we use our ATL skills this week? 

 | ATL skills | How we used it this week
 | Research skills | I used my research skills this week to research about how we can take action.
 | Communicator Skills | I used my communicator skills while writing an email to our student mentor and while discussing with my student mentor and
 | Thinker Skills | I used my Thinker skills while thinking who I could interview for my exhibition
 | Self-Management Skills | I used my Self- Management skills when I organized tasks in order in our PYP exhibition time.
 | Social Skills | I used my social skills while interacting with my student mentor and my group members.
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Our PYP Exhibition Timetable

This timetable helped us manage our time and decide when we can have our student and teacher mentor meetings.

 

Our PYP Exhibition information:

Current LP’s:

-       Communicator

-       Inquirer

Current ATL skills:

-       Social or Communicator skills

-       Thinker Skills

Our current Central Idea: Art can instigate unity and peace in times of trouble.

Our current Lines of Inquiry:

LOI 1-we are inquiring into, the Ukraine and Russian war (form, function)

LOI 2- we are inquiring into, how different art movements can affect the war (change)

LOI 3- we are inquiring into, what’s other people’s perspective in how we can take responsibility to stop the 

Reflection 

This week we started to work with our groups. We learned how to collaborate with each other, we met with our student mentor 2 times. In this week, we finalized our ATL’s (approaches to learning), LP’s (Learner profiles), Lines of Inquiry, and our central idea. We mailed our teacher mentor and Mr. Graham this week and sent her our timetable so that we can schedule our first meeting next week. We have completed many tasks this week, together as a group and individual. In this week we visited our library to get some books related to our topics in our PYP Exhibition time. We have also learnt many things about exhibition with our student mentor, library books, and our research.

First, we were given a checklist of what we had to complete this week. We got into our groups and started ticking tasks we already did and marked the tasks we had to do. Our group divided the tasks we were meant to finish. After that we had to choose our ATL’s (approaches to learning) skills in our group and LP’s (learner profiles). 

Then the next day we started creating our artworks related to the Ukraine war on the app “Procreate” We then met with our student mentors and discussed the LP’s and ATL’s we chose and asked her if we need to change them. We also asked our student mentor if we could improve our art works.

The next day, we made some of our research questions related to each key concept. We started researching them with some of the library books. We also searched them on trusted websites on internet. We were then called by our class teacher Ms. Cherise to conference with her about our progress. We were also asked to give our LPs to our teacher. One of my group members also found out a video which had information about a person who is a true Ukrainian soldier. 

According to our group, we had completed almost all our tasks. Fortunately, we were able to finish all the tasks on the checklist this week. We were confident with the research and the work we had done this week. We were done with almost all our research. The only thing we have not done is interviewing people. 

 

Our Goals for next week:

-       Start interviewing people 

-       Make new art works

-       Have our first teacher mentor meeting

-       Finish our research 

-       Meet our student mentor once again to ask her if our progress is fine.

Student mentor feedbacks:

-       You can maybe make your artworks a bit dark so that it stands out more.

-       Try to contact the Ukraine Embassy in UAE

-       Do your tasks one by one not in hurry

-       How will you take action? 

-       Utilize your time

-       Avoid getting distracted

-       Contact Mr. Graham 

These are the feedbacks we got from our student mentor which our pretty helpful. These feedbacks helped our complete all the tasks on the checklist for this week 

 

Mail sent our teacher mentor:

 

 

 

 

Teacher Reply:

 

How did I use my ATL’s this week?

 | ATL skills | How did I use them?
 | Research skills | I used my Research skills when I researched through the library for my research questions and for extra research.
 | Communicator Skills | I used my communicator skills while discussing with my student mentor and writing an email to our teacher mentor.
 | Thinker Skills  | I used my Thinker Skills in the library when I was finding out which books would be related to my topic.
 | Self- Management Skills | I used my Self- Management skills by finishing all the tasks that were on the checklist first and then do the other stuff.
 | Social Skills | I used my social skills while interacting with my student mentor and my group members.

 

 

 

Our PYP Exhibition Timetable

This timetable helped us manage our time and decide when we can have our student and teacher mentor meetings.

 

Our PYP Exhibition information:

LP’s:

-       Communicator

-       Inquirer

ATL skills:

-       Social or Communicator skills

-       Thinker Skills

Central Idea: Art can help people express themselves

 

 

 

 

Research Questions:

  | Key Concepts | Research Questions
 | Form | What is Ukraine using to protect their land? What are different types of art that can bring peace?
 | Function | How do people protect their families during the war? How can art types affect the war in many ways?
 | Causation | What is the reason of the war? Why was art invented
 | Responsibility | What actions do we need to create, neat and meaningful artworks? What can we do to help resolve the war?
 | Change | How is the war manipulating other countries? Can this war turn into World war 3?
 | Connection | What artists relate to Ukraine? What countries are connected to the war?
 | Perspective | -What are the opinions of other territories -What are the points of view of other people?

 

Lines of Inquiry:

LOI 1- We are inquiring into, the formation and causation of the Ukraine and Russia war (form, function)

LOI 2- How can different art movements can affect the war (change)

LOI 3- How can we spread and raise awareness(responsibility)

 

Doubts:

-       I have some doubts about our LOI 1. I think LOI 1 is supposed to be form, and causation

-       Our mentor has her finals from 30^th-6^th of May, so how can we meet them

Reflection 

 

This week we started working in our group, we first got our weekly checklist for this week by our teacher Ms. Cherise. In this week we also had our first teacher mentor meeting with Ms. Venisha O’gilvie. We have completed many tasks this week, together as a group and individual. In this week we visited our library to get some books related to our topics in our PYP Exhibition time. We have also learnt many things about exhibition with our student mentor, library books, and our research.

First, we went to the library and started finding books related to our topic for research. On Tuesday we worked in the library with all our books. We made some research questions in the library related to our LOI’s also. We then started skimming and scanning through the books we had borrowed from the library.

In this week, we also conferenced with Ms. Cherise about our progress and out goals for next week. We also met with our teacher mentor Ms. Venisha O’gilvie in the year 5 corridor. We discussed our actions ideas, art we have done, LOI’s/ATL’s/Central Idea with Ms. Venisha. 

In this week, we started making our logo for our group. We also started making our group website on “Art for Ukraine.”

Our goals for next week:

-       Complete Research

-       Finish with the Website

-       Plan some field trips

-       Plan some more actions

Tasks to do next week:

-       Meet with our student mentor

-       Meet with teacher mentor

-       Conference with Ms. Cherise

 

How did I use my ATL’s this week?

 | ATL skills | How did I use them?
 | Research skills | I used my Research skills when I researched through the library for my research questions and for extra research.
 | Communicator Skills | I used my communicator skills while discussing about my progress with our teacher mentor and with Ms. Cherise.
 | Thinker Skills  | I used my Thinker Skills in the library when I was finding out which books would be related to my topic.
 | Self- Management Skills | I used my Self- Management skills by finishing all the tasks that were on the checklist first and then do the other stuff.
 | Social Skills | I used my social skills while interacting with my student mentor, teacher mentor, and my group members.

 

In this week I used the Learner Profile Inquirer and Communicator:

 | Learner Profile’s | How did I use them?
 | Communicator | I was a communicator when I was discussing about my progress with our teacher mentor and with Ms. Cherise.
 | Inquirer | I was an Inquirer when I researched through the library for my research questions and for extra research.

 

Our PYP Exhibition information:

LP’s:

-       Communicator

-       Inquirer

ATL skills:

-       Social or Communicator skills

-       Thinker Skills

Central Idea: Art can help people express themselves

Research Questions:

 | Key Concepts | Research Questions
 | Form | What is Ukraine using to protect their land? What are several types of art that can bring peace?
 | Function | How do people protect their families during the war? How can art types affect the war in many ways?
 | Causation | What is the reason of the war? Why was art invented
 | Responsibility | What actions do we need to create, neat and meaningful artworks? What can we do to help resolve the war?
 | Change | How is the war manipulating other countries? Can this war turn into World War 3?
 | Connection | What artists relate to Ukraine? What countries are connected to the war?
 | Perspective | -What are the opinions of other territories -What are the points of view of other people?

 

Lines of Inquiry:

LOI 1- We are inquiring into, the formation and causation of Ukraine and Russia war (form, function)

LOI 2- How can different art movements can affect the war (change)

LOI 3- How can we spread and raise awareness(responsibility)

 

Place we can have field trips:

- Infinity des Lumières- Dubai Mall

- Jameel Art Center- Jaddaf Waterfront

ARTSAWA Gallery Dubai

 

Our Survey:

Using the help of our forms we are trying to get other people’s perspectives on the war for our research.

Interviews:

We have interviewed Jiyu’s Basketball, and this was his answer: Basketball teacher interview- summary of what he said: Putin has the power to cause a war, even though most Russians disagree. And Russians are not rich, so they earn money by being in the army. If members from the Russian army do not act by their president’s orders, they might go to jail. 

I thought of interviewing my father because he is really into geography and wars, and he knows a lot about Ukraine and Russia war. Using the answers by my father we can understand other citizens perspective.

Teacher Mentor Meeting Feedbacks:

1st Teacher mentor meeting

Thursday 19 of May 2022 1:40-1:57

This Thursday mentor meeting went well we went over everything we did with Venisha (teacher mentor) such as: action what we are planning, the art mural, our research.

She also gave us some tips of how we can improve the mural and our research questions. For the first meeting with her it went smooth, and it seems like she has experience with this stuff.

Our Action Plans:

-Do art mural on one of school’s walls

-Go onto the radio

-Contact Ukraine embassy

- Children’s Book

 

 

 

 

 

.Settled around 500 AD by the Slavs, they came from Central Asia

.Slavs were united around 900 AD by princess of Savic state, Rus. 

.1242 Kiev became capital and was attacked by Attars from Central Asia, burnt the city, took control of Russia for more than 250 years

.Attars defeated by group of princes in 1380

.around 1550 Russia was ruled by Czars and Ivan the terrible expanded their boarders of the empire to the west and east

.Architects and engineers were brought to Russia to improve the city

.1812, Russia was attacked the french emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, troops were driven out

.Russia expanded south 

.1800s Russia was one of the biggest empires in the world    

 

.Before 1917 revolution Russia was a multinational empire which included

Ukrainians, 

Belorussians 

Kazakhs 

 

Georgians

Americans 

Azerbaijanis

 

 

Lithuanians 

Latvians 

Estonians

 

Around 1600 to 1900, Russia grew 130 square kilometer daily. Having no barriers around the east and west, Russia was continuously being attacked throughout history. Before Russia expanded its frontiers, it gained lots of strength. Mostly because they wanted to protect their vulnerable land. Around the end of the 18^th century, Siberia, western Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Tarar Crimea were all included in Russia. After a few years, Finland eventually joined and the first half of the 19^th century, Caucasus’ small countries like Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Also, huge parts of Central Asia were added to the empire.   

 

The first Cossacks were Runaway serfs, forming frontier settlements in the south of Russia and Ukraine. To begin with, Cossacks were against the authorities of Russia but by the 19^th century, they change their community into lush rural settlements and were really loyal to the tsar.    

 

1-Which cities were destroyed?✅

2-What weapons are they using✅

3-what is the backstory of Russia and Ukraine✅

4-which famous places were destroyed?✅
 

1-How does art play a role in wars?✅ art plays a role by showcasing emotions and art raises money for injured soldiers after war. Art can also change the perspectives of other people.

 

2-How can art change the opinion of other people?✅ Art is used to show emotion and for the war many people have different opinions. So art is used to show if people are struggling or if people don’t care and once people see what a population or person is going though they feel like making a difference.

 

3-How does art represent the situation of the war?✅ Art is used in many ways to show a situation for example the artist can paint how other people feel and what they are going through as well as what we can do to help and other peoples opinions.

 

1-How can raising awareness affect the war?✅ Raising awareness can spread news about what is really happening so people and countries can try to stop this war.

 

2-How can people raise awareness?✅ People can hold fundraisers or make a website or a youtube channel maybe create a book or a art mural on one of the cities walls (with permission) or they can contact a huge company to showcase their data in one of their adds.