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This past week, PYP students in Grade 4 wrapped up their unit on homes. Class 4.1 and 4.2 have spent the past month exploring the central idea: Homes may reflect the journeys we undertake.The third line of inquiry focused on why people move homes.

As part of their learning journey, students designed interview questions for our school’s foreign teachers to explore the reasons that motivate people to move abroad. Students conducted their interviews in small groups and used their notes to write a short summary of each teacher’s journey.

The following are the summaries of their learning:

上周,四年级PYP的学生完成了“我们身处什么时空单元”中对于房屋的学习。在过去的一个月里,四(1)班和四(2)班一直在探索一个中心思想:房屋可能会反映我们的生活历程。第三条探索线集中于“人们为什么要搬家。”

作为学习旅程的一部分,学生们设计了一些问题,通过采访外教老师们,来探索激励人们搬家的原因。学生们以小组的形式进行采访,并用他们的笔记为每位老师的旅程撰写了一篇简短的摘要。以下是他们的想法:

Miss Sara

First, she lived in USA in a city called Minnesota. She moved to China because she wanted to teach in China. She first went to China, she did not live in Beijing. She went to another city in China. She went there for one year and then she went to Beijing. She has lived in apartments. She likes to eat cucumbers in China and she has been in Beijing for one year.
– David, 4.1

This is Miss Sara. She likes to live in a small house. Now, she lives in an apartment. Miss Sara likes the food from China called cucumber. She came to Beijing because she wants to teach Beijing’s people. Miss Sara lived 3 years in China, but she just lived 1 year in Beijing. Her home country is America. She thinks where she lives influences what type of home she lives in.
– Duke, 4.1

Today I interviewed Ms. Sara.  She teaches dance for 1-4 grades.  She is from America and she has been in China for 3 years.  When she was young she had a big house.  She likes eating pizza because in America there are many ways to cook pizza.  She thinks the bedrooms in America are bigger than in China.  She doesn’t want to go back to America because she likes to teach in China.
-Iris, 4.2

Today I interviewed Ms. Sara.  She is a grade 4 dance teacher.  She is from Minnesota, USA, and she likes Chinese houses, too.  She has been in China for 3 years. She thinks Chinese house are warm and comfortable, but she likes the houses in her country more because there is more space than China.  She wants to live in Europe and own a small cozy house in the country.  She also wants to live in a big city with nice people.  She lives in an apartment now, but when she was young she lived in a big house.  She likes eating cucumber and pizza very much. She thinks China and Minnesota are different but she still likes China.
– Nancy, 4.2

Miss Pam

This is Ms. Pam. She is from America but now she lives in China because she wants to find a teaching job. She chose this job because she wants to be a homeroom teacher and her friends Ms.Vee and Mr. Daniel are already here. Her nephew and niece is hard for her to leave behind. She likes China more because she doesn’t like the president in America. Now she has at least 16 plants in her house, but she likes Daisy the most. Her favorite food is made of eggplant, pepper and tomatoes. She likes the book Little Women the most, and her favorite character is Jo March.

– Wei Wei, 4.1

Today I interviewed Ms. Pam. She is a grade 1 PYP teacher and she is from America.  She has been in China for 6 years. She came to China because she wants to get a teaching job, and her friends are here. She likes PYP better than regular school.  She likes China more now, she likes America a little because she can speak English. She doesn’t like America’s President, Donald Trump.
-David, 4.2

Today, I interviewed Ms. Pam. She is a grade 1 PYP teacher.  She is from America. She has been in China for 6 years, and she has a brother and two sisters. She has lived in Beijing because she wants to have a teaching job.  She lives in an apartment with 2 bedrooms. She thinks the difference between American girls and Chinese girls is that Chinese girls want to get married, but American girls don’t have must stress. She said that saying “Hi” and being respectful are good ways to make friends. She likes Beijing and Shanghai the best.
-Lily, 4.2

Miss Theresa

Today, we learned a lot of things from Miss Theresa. Miss Theresa said she changed home because she wants to teach and travel. Number two is her family lives there and she has a big house. She and her family live in that big house. I think this class was good, thank you, this is my summary.
– Kevin W., 4.1

Today, we interviewed Ms. Theresa. She is from the U.S.A. She came by airplane. She came to China because she wants to teach. She likes China’s food, people and the cultures here in China. There are all four seasons in the U.S.A. She lived in a house in Virginia.
– Victoria, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Ms. Theresa. She is from USA.  She has been in China for 6 years.  She teaches English.  She likes people and her students.  She likes to eat BBQ and cucumbers. She feels happy in China because China has lots of good people and students.  I like Ms. Theresa in our school.
– Lee, 4.2

Today, I interviewed Ms. Theresa. She teaches English.  She is from the USA.  She has been in China for 6 years.  She likes to eat BBQ, pizza, hamburgers, mashed potatoes and cucumbers.  She is living in a big house.
-Matt, 4.2

Mr. James

 

Today I interviewed Mr. James. When he came to his new home, he felt very happy. In the past, he lived in a lot of countries. He wants to move because he thinks China is very good. In the past, his home is suburban, now it is urban. Mr. James lives in a big home. Mr. James moved to Beijing on 9/1/2018. He lives in an apartment near the school.
– Danny, 4.1

This is Mr. James. He moved his home very often. I think he is a risk taker! He lived in Russia, England, Canada, Italy and South Korea before. He lived in a suburban area before. On 9/1/2018, he came to Beijing. He thinks China is good. His house is very big. Now, he lives in an urban area.
– Sam, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Mr. James.  He is a grade 2 PYP teacher. He is from England. He has been in China for 1 year.  When he came to China he had jet-lag and he was tired. He likes China because China is beautiful. He really likes his home because his home is big.  He likes to help students learn.
-Jack, 4.2

Miss Chrys

This is Ms. Chrys. She is from South Africa. She went to Beijing to teach. South Africa is very poor. She lives in an old house. The old house is very big. It is very hot is South Africa. The country flag has three colors red, blue and black.
– Domi, 4.1

This is Ms. Chrys. She is from South Africa, there it is very hot, and there, in winter, people can swim. Their government is very poor. Their languages are English, Afrikaans ,and Zulu.
– Amy, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Ms. Chrys.  She is a PYP PE teacher. She is from South Africa.  She likes beef noodles.  Her house is old fashioned.  She likes China because of the food and people.
-Angela, 4.2

Mr. Mahaan

Mr. Mahaan comes from Mauritius. He moved to Beijing because he needed work. He misses his dog, his friends and his home. He likes India’s spicy food in his country. He likes summer holiday. He likes the modern city in Beijing and his city is like Tianjin. He took this journey to discover new places.
– Hessy, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Mr. Mahaan.  He is a grade 4 PYP teacher.  He is from Mauritius. He has been in China for 4 months!  His bedroom has just one bed and a bed side table.  He likes to eat hot pot.  He says his favorite city in China is Guangzhou.  He wanted to get a better lifestyle, so he came to China.
-Emily, 4.2

Today,  I interviewed Mr. Mahaan.  He is a PYP Art teacher. He is from Mauritius.  He has been in China for 4 months.  He needs to work and save money for his son and get new work experience.  He came to China in September 2018.  Mr. Mahaan  went to Shanghai for New Years.  He took 18 hours to come to Beijing from Mauritius.  His home is minimalist house.  It only has a bed and a bedside table. He likes RFLS because the school is big and has many facilities.
-Wolf, 4.2

Mr. Jordan

Hello, today I interviewed Mr.Jordan. He told me his country has 37,000,000 people. When he moved homes, he feels happy and excited. He misses his family and friends and cheese. He moved to Beijing because he wants to learn more about China. His country has one big house.
– Lily, 4.1

This is Mr. Jordan. He is from Canada. Mr. Jordan wants to learn and travel in Beijing. Canada has big homes. Canada has 37,000,000 people. Jordan feels happy and excited to come to Beijing. Jordan misses cheese. He lived in a suburban area. Jordan is living in an apartment now. He chose to live in Beijing because of his wife and kids. He loves to teach kids in Beijing.
– Sarah, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Mr. Jordan.  He is a grade 3 PYP teacher. His family has 7 people.  He wants to learn Chinese and about China.  He lives in Wangfuwenxin Gangyu. He likes larou and lachang, and he likes Chinese food because Chinese food has lots of flavors.
-Abraham, 4.2

Miss Camila

Ms. Camila lives in a high population country in China. She lives in a big hutong. In the city, it is very urban, but the area is quiet and old. She wanted to move to China because she wanted to learn Mandarin and she thinks Europe’s England is small. Her job is to teach first grade. She misses her family and speaking English a lot.
– Eva, 4.1

Ms. Camila lived in a high population country before, but now she lives in a hutong. She lives in an urban area and it very quiet and old. She wanted to learn a new language. Her job is to teach first grade and she misses her family.
– Grace, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Ms. Camila.  She moved to China because she wants to learn more languages.  She is from England.  Her job is a teacher and she teaches English for PYP grade one.  She has a lot of fun in Beijing.  She plays with her friends and watches many movies.  Before, England had much pollution, but now not so much.  She chose this job because she likes students and wants to learn more Chinese.
-Aruna, 4.2

Today, I interviewed Ms. Camila.  She is a grade 1 PYP teacher.  She is from England.  She came to Beijing because she wants to learn many different languages.  She likes Beijing because here has many different people.  In Beijing, her job is teaching and she her home is a hutong.   Her home is big and she likes China.
-Wendy, 4.2

Miss Nita

Her name is Nita. She comes from South Africa. When she was moving, she was very scared. She misses a lot of things like her family. She loves her horse, so she misses her horse a lot. She came to China because she wants to be a teacher to teach people English. She also wants to earn money. In South Africa, she lived in a house with a garden. Now she lives in an apartment.
– Larry, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Ms. Nita.  She is from South Africa.  Nita thinks China is good because it is safe.  She likes eating egg and tomato.  Her favorite sport is horse riding.  She moved to China because she works here and she lives in an apartment.  Sometimes she returns to her homeland.  She has one brother and one sister.  Some cities she’s been to China are Shanghai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao.  She gets new friends because she thinks being helpful and friendly is important.

-Sunny, 4.2

Our interviewing teacher is Ms. Nita.  Mrs. Nita is from South Africa (in an apartment).  She has been in China for 5 years.  She said that she likes China because there are lots of good jobs, it is safe, and there is lots of yummy food.  She lives in China because in South Africa it isn’t very safe, she needs a job, and her husband and baby are here too.  She only went back to her homeland once a year.  Her favorite thing about China is egg and tomato, all the friendly people , and Chinese culture.  The journey in China makes her become nicer, because she meets a lot of friendly students. She has been to Shanghai and Qinghuangdao.  Ms. Nita really likes China!

-Olivia, 4.2

Miss Lisa

Miss Lisa’s hometown is Frankston, Victoria, Australia. She came to Beijing because she needs to lead PYP. Her hometown has a low population, and her full name is Lisa Coates. Her government is very kind, and she lived in a suburban area. Her favorite country is Australia.
– TT, 4.1

Today, I interviewed Ms. Lisa, she comes from Australia.  She has three babies in Australia.  I think Ms. Lisa was very kind and she is very nice.  She helps me with spelling and she helped me answer all the questions.  She came to China because she wanted to find a special job and one of the teacher in this school contacted her and she came to this school.  She works in the PYP, it has 52 teachers and she made a lot of friends.  Sometimes she will teach students.  I’m happy Ms. Lisa is in our school.
-Danny, 4.2

Today, I interviewed Ms. Lisa.  She comes from Frankston, Victoria, Australia.  She likes China because she can learn a lot from China.  She moved to China because she wants a good job.  She chose PYP because she learned PYP.  There are 249 students and 52 teachers in PYP.  She loves China very much.
-Ellie, 4.2

Miss Vee

 

Today, I interviewed Miss Vee. She said her home city is a suburban city. She needs a car there. She said she lived in a house with four bedrooms. She came to China because there are many English jobs in China. She chose to become a teacher because she loves reading and writing.
– Owen, 4.1

Mr. Merritt

Mr. Merritt is from America, the state of Ohio.  He has been in China for 8 years and his favorite food is kung pao chicken and string beans.  When he is home sick he will talk to his mom, dad or sister, and sometimes he will listen to music or watch a good movie.  In America his home is a lot bigger than some houses in China.  His home in America has four bedrooms, two floors and is in a suburban area.  He lives in an apartment  building in Beijing.  His apartment has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.  It’s smaller than the house in America.  The weather in America is the same as China, the summer is hot and the winter is cold, but there is more snow in his hometown in America.  His family has 5 people, his mom, dad, one brother, and one sister.  Mr. Merritt thinks China is good to live in, people are nice and there are very nice things to do and nice places to see.
-Eddie, 4.2

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