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This week's DiY Weekly takes us back to the WAISAL Basketball Tournament in Dakar. Grade 11 student Lai Quan Zhang, member of the boys basketball team writes about the experience.

DiY Weekly:

WAISAL in Senegal

May 17, 2012
By: Lai Quan Zhang, Grade 11

After a month of hard work and practice, our LCS boys and girls basketball teams finally arrived at their destination, the Waisal Basketball in Dakar, Senegal, the championship they’ve always been waiting for.

On January 31st, the Lincoln Community School’s basketball teams traveled to the International School of Dakar (ISD) for the 2012 Waisal basketball.  Everyone on the team was very excited and eager to win, especially the boys’ team because they won second place last year.  This year, they wanted to prove they were indeed the best. 

Stepping onto ISD's court, the Lincoln Loins were impressed by ISD’s school spirit. The gyms were painted with their home colors, yellow and black along with the school logo. Even the students showed school spirit by wearing yellow. 

The Lincoln Lions played three games on Friday. The first game was against the International School of Abuja. It was quite a struggle to win since they had a few fantastic players, and one of them could even dunk. However, the Lions pulled themselves together, took control of the game, and won by a few points at the end of the match. The other two games were against the International School of Ouagadougou and the ISD’s junior varsity B team.  The Lions won both matches.  A great end to the day!

The last day of the championship was on Saturday. Our first game was not so easy; the ISD Varsity A team challenged the Lincoln Lions with both their strong defense and unstoppable offense. Although the point guard of ISD looked very young, he was the star of the team and the best shooter.  The ISD team also had a tall center that gave us a hard time inside the key. At the beginning, the opponents were in the lead, but then the Lions took control of the game in the second half.  They made it through at the end and reached the finals.

At the finals, we were up against the same ISD Varsity A team again since they won other matches.  This game was different since the ISD had to play a semi final right before the match, so they were tired during the last game.  The Lions dominated the match right from the start.  Although the ISD A team played their best, scoring three pointers and grabbing a lot of rebounds, they were still no match for the Lions.  LCS was victorious with a score of 22-33. The Lincoln Lions stood proud as the new champions of the 2012 WAISAL Basketball tournament.


 

On May 14 and May 15 the KG classes travelled to TK Beads to see the processes involved in making beads as part of their inquiry into the central idea of how products go through interacting processes to reach consumers. Click inside to read about their visit and how they are turning their learning towards a good cause.

KG Visits TK Beads

May 17, 2012
By Miranda Rose, KG Teacher

How are things made? What are the processes involved in making different products? These are some of the questions that have been flying around the KgA classroom as we inquire into the central idea that products go through interacting processes to reach consumers.

Monday May 14th and Tuesday May 15th, the classes travelled to TK Beads to see the processes involved in making beads from recycled glass.  We learned about the different processes involved in making transparent beads and powdered beads. We saw how glass is broken, sifted, then cooked in molds to become beads. The beads are then painted, strung and sold. We had a chance to experience the different processes (even the buying part), and in some cases, we were able to lend a helpful hand.

We all selected and bought a few strings of beads to be used in our own class production line next week. We will be designing, making and selling key rings and bracelets to be sold on Thursday May 24th (KgA) and Tuesday May 29th (KgB) in the library for Gh. 1.00 each. The proceeds of our sales will go towards buying books for a library in Hujibre. Ms Tanja asked us to help her out with the project and we are happy to put our understanding of production systems to good use. We hope you can come and buy some of our products and help support such a great cause.

This week's Artwork of the Week features art work from grade 1 students. Linked to the grade 1 unit 'How we share the planet' the grade 1 students studied how artists organize and plan the main spaces in their artwork to create effects. Click inside to view full artwork.


Artwork of the Week

May 17, 2012

This week's Artwork of the Week features art work from grade 1 students.  Linked to the grade 1 unit 'How we share the planet' the grade 1 students studied how artists organize and plan the main spaces in their artwork to create effects. In a variety of media they experimented with paper direction, dividing space, using the horizon line, size, overlapping, pattern and color to create effects like realism, fantasy, expressionism, perspective, hiding and camouflage. 

According to PYP Art Teacher, Judith Bouwmans, "The pieces below were chosen so you can see one example of each experiment in the process of how the students discovered some of the many possibilities to create a unique piece of art by playing with the elements of design like space, line, shape, color and texture." 

Aside from creating an art piece, students practiced responding to their art work and their friends work using the following questions. You can also give it a try:

- What is the paper direction (horizontal, vertical, radial, even)
- What is the direction of a horizon line? (left to right or top to bottom)
- Where is the horizon line? (high, middle, low, none)
- How does the horizon line divide my space? (ground, floor, water, seafloor, sky, wall)
- What can I see in the foreground/ background? (big or small shapes, clear or blurry colors, high or low placed in my space)
- What is the artist trying to communicate? (the real world = realism, ambiance/feeling = expressionism, mixed up animal = fantasy, hiding = overlap, fore and background same color and pattern = camouflage)


 

by Eryn Osei

Grade 1A  - PYP Art

Perspective Collage

Paint

by Jasper Aikenhead-Cross

Grade 1C - PYP Art

Camouflage Collage

Oil pastel and paint

by Kaavya Pokhriyal

Grade 1A- PYP Art

Fantasy Drawing

Markers

by Karoline Seidenfaden

Grade 1C - PYP Art

Realism Drawing

Markers

by Ryan Toutounji

Grade 1C - PYP Art

Overlap Drawing

Oil pastel 

On May 17, LCS Middle School students spent their day molding bricks, carrying sand and planting trees at the Asiafo Amanfro Community School near Boti Falls for a new CAS building project. Click inside to read more what they were able to accomplish.

“Givers Never Lack” - CAS Building Project

May 16, 2012
By Daniel Tonnesen, CAS Coordinator

At 7:30 AM on Saturday May 12, twenty LCS Middle School students, four teachers and two drivers left on the bus to Asiafo Amanfro Community School near Boti Falls and spent the day carrying sand on their heads, molding bricks, moving them, planting trees and working with the village kids who would enjoy this heightened opportunity to learn through a new CAS building project. 

As a chaperone on the grade 6 field trip to Boti Falls last February, a student approached Mr. Boateng asking about the crumbling school they had stopped to visit.  “They don’t have any pencils or pens, or paper, how can they study?”  “They don’t have enough cement either, that’s why the walls are crumbling” Mr. Boateng added.  “Can we help?” was the natural question.  The Lincoln Middle School responded.

Mr. Boateng spoke with the headmaster and arranged with the CAS office to create a building project to address through action, the needs which concerned our kids.  Two months later, the children have pens, pencils, paper and enough bricks, cement and vital materials to fortify old classrooms and make several new ones.  These new walls will have the names of our students etched with sticks and sealed forever into them with mortar. The LCS middle school students came together as a community, worked beneath an old mango tree under the guiding eye of the village chief, and made this happen with their donations, and with their sweat.  In addition, they got to spend quality time with friends and integrate with rural Africa, and as Jack Lambert said, “It felt so good to breathe clean air.”

“Seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces made me feel like I made a difference,” 7th grader Ayden  Reynard said.   

Marni Urlus captured the idea that giving provides for the giver in so many ways when she said of the experience “It made us all feel good.” 

There will be a MYP Arts Night on Thursday, May 17 (4:00 to 8:30pm) at the NPAT and VPAC. Come and enjoy Art, Drama, Film and Music all in one night.

MYP Arts Night

May 7, 2012

There will be a MYP Arts Night on Thursday, May 17 (4:00 to 8:30pm) at the NPAT and VPAC.  The night will open with an Art Exhibition which will be available the whole day for viewing on May 18.  At 6:30 to 8:30pm there will be drama performances, visiting artists, student films, student musicians, creative workshops, refreshments and Trashy Bags will be selling products as well. Come and enjoy Art, Drama, Film and Music all in one night.



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