Year 3 Update Wk 25
- Thursday 29th March 2018 – Easter Holiday starts (school closes at 12pm)
- Friday 30th March 2018 – Good Friday Public Holiday
- Monday 16th April 2018 – Start of Term Three
- Friday 27th April 2018 – 3F class assembly
Sarah Brennan visits Beacon Hill
This week the children enjoyed a visit from Sarah Brennan, an Australian author who has lived in Hong Kong for many years. Sarah entertained the children with her latest story featuring the animals from the Chinese zodiac, The Tale of Desmond Dog. The story which is illustrated by Harry Harrison, tells of a brave dog and his struggles against the pirate queen Ching Shih. The end of the book tells a little of the history of this period of Hong Kong and Chinese history. You child will have brought home an order form on Wednesday and if they want to buy their own copy of one of Sarah’s books they need to bring it back to school before Wednesday 28th. Sarah will sign the book for your child so please ensure you write down their name clearly on the form.
From the Student Council…
The student council are pleased to be supporting a local environmental charity, Redress Asia, by taking part in their ‘Get Redressed Spring Clothing Drive 2018 from Monday 26th March to Friday 27th April. They are asking that you to bring in your own unwanted clothing to benefit numerous local HK charities.
To make your contribution, please send your unwanted clothes into school with your child. There will be a collection box in the school foyer
Redress is looking for good quality clothes, accessories and shoes – from high-end designer brands to high street fashion for women, men and children.*
Donations will be collected and carefully sorted by Redress for distribution to local HK charities. Top quality clothing will be sold to raise funds for Redress in a pop-up shop following the drive, whilst the clothes that cannot be used for the charity beneficiaries will be kept for Redress’ new circular economy initiative and ultimately recycled into new yarns!
Please support Redress’ work to cut waste out of fashion!
For more information please visit the Redress website: https://www.redress.com.hk
Warmest wishes,
The Student Council
Scholastic International Book Club
A huge thank you to all everyone who have already returned the raffle tickets. Unfortunately only half the raffle tickets have been returned. We would very much really appreciate it if you would return these as soon as possible. Please ensure all tickets & monies are safe guarded and correct balances returned to BHS PTA as all numbered tickets & monies are Audited under requirements of the HK Lottery License.
Homes have been influenced by a variety of factors over time.
We will be inquiring into:
- What a home is (form)
- Why homes have changed over time (causation)
- How homes in Hong Kong (the local environment) have changed over time (change)
This coming week the children will be continuing to learn about different styles of housing in Hong Kong by watching films and reading books. They may also want to interview you about the home you grew up in.
Estimation allows us to measure with different levels of accuracy
- Identifying the standard units used to measure length / mass / capacity/ time
- How we measure objects with accuracy
- How we solve problems involving measurement
Objectives:
- Read and write the time to the quarter hour and 5 minute intervals (past, to)
- Estimate and compare lengths of time: second, minute, hour, day, week, months and years
This coming week the children will be continuing to learn to tell the digital and analogue time. Please help the children by asking them what the time is! Particularly when it is quarter to or quarter past.
Mathletics passwords are in your child’s diary. Please make sure that an adult supports your child when working through the activities.
This coming week we will continue to look at the different features that are common to information texts.
We will also be looking at some new comprehension strategies that we will be developing during Reading times in class.
THANK YOUS
Thank you to all our Year Three parents who supported our Sports Day this week, it was really lovely to see you all. Also, thank you for organising the children’s Chinese costumes that they wore on Monday, the children had a great time!
