20 Oct 2017

Year 5 Update Wk 9

 

Year 4,5 and 6 Football 

Some of the year 5 students helped Beacon Hill’s boys and girls football teams in the ESF 50th anniversary inter-school football tournament held at Kings Park last Friday. The girls narrowly lost on penalties in the cup final and the boys made it to the semi final in the plate competition. Well done teams!

UOI

         

Central Idea:

Human migration is a response to challenges, risks and opportunities.

Lines of Inquiry:

  1. The reasons why people migrate
  2. The challenges, risks and opportunities of migration 
  3. The impact of migration on individuals and communities 
Perspective Causation Change
Students will understand that groups of people have different views and opinions about migration Students will understand that there are causes and consequences of migration for people and society Students will understand that with change there will be challenges, risks and opportunities.
This week we continued our look into migration. We used the research we had done on adults at home, teachers, refugees and ourselves to compare the challenges, risks and opportunities that each group encounter. We also started to think about the impact of migration on the different groups and countries that are involved. We realised it is a very complex issue with lots of different factors!
We were also lucky enough to have new author Ritu Hemnani in to read and discuss her new book, Gope and Meera – A Migration Story. We learned about the partition in India and how it influenced her story. Her book may be ordered using the form at the bottom of this update.
Number MathsImage result for addition and subtraction
Central Idea – Strategies for whole number computation can apply to fractional and decimal computation.
An inquiry into…
  • efficient mental strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction of decimal fractions
  • efficient written strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction decimal fractions

This wee we started to apply our strategies to word problems, we even came up with some of our own and visualised them using different methods!

 

 

Strand Maths
Image result for measurement
Central Idea – Accuracy of measurements depends on the situation and the precision of the tool.
An inquiry into….
  • How tools and procedures can be used to measure accurately
  • How tools and procedures can be used to solve measurement problems
  • The connection between measurements and other units of maths (conversion)

This week we were practicing our skills with scales of measurement and using floor plans to put them into a real world scenario.

Inference – Our focus this week has moved towards inference. Inferring is the skill of making conclusions based on what you know and what you have read. For example, if I read the sentence
“They stood on the sideline of the football pitch, all wrapped up in thick coats” 
I have read they have thick coats
I know you wear thick coats when it is cold
They must like football a lot to put up with the cold.
I infer that they like football a lot.
Narrative Writing – we continue on with our story writing this week.  5D have been looking at planning and structuring paragraphs. Some of the writing has been fantastic!
 

This week our Golden Book certificates were awarded to…

5C – Isabel Chan

5F – Gabbie Patience, Leah Yau

5D – Zyrus Luk

P.E. – Gingerlilly Mohammed

Mandarin – Koji Lam

5D won the book worm award for August and September for borrowing the most books from the library! Well done 5D

homelearning

  • Read the Weekly Update
  • Mathletics – continue with the set tasks
  • Reading – keep up with their reading every night.  Don’t forget to get Reading Journals signed every night and children should be reading every night.
  • Spelling – each Monday the children are sent home their 10 personal words that they need to learn for the week.  Please, can a parent (or responsible adult) support the children by...testing them (written or oral), getting them to put their words into interesting sentences (written or oral), discussing the meanings of the words, thinking about synonyms and antonyms of that word, discussing words with a similar meaning etc.  Of course, you don’t need to do all these on all nights but it’s just a few ideas to help you along.  Buddy tests are held here at school each Friday and the children will then choose their next set of words.
  • UOI……These are now overdue so please get them done!
  1. Personal/Family Migration – please make sure you have completed this (it was due this week!) so please get this in asap
  2. The Most Shocking Second a Day – please watch this video together with your child/parent and discuss www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ-IoHfimQ <– here’s the link but if it doesn’t link you through please just type in The Most Shocking Second a Day to youtube.  There is also a Part 2.  We would really like for the children to watch this with you at home as it sends an important message but may well be a little upsetting.  Can you please take the time to discuss their thoughts and feelings?
  3. Migrations of Interest – please can you take some time to write/record/put in a table/google drawing (it’s up to you!) some migrations from history (modern times or historical) that interest you. You will use this as the basis for your upcoming personal inquiry into migration.

Mandarin Home Learning  (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)

Ms Lynn (作业#5) –  Please check your Google Classroom for details.

Ms Yu  熟读“团圆”

Ms Xu – Try to retell the story learned in class in Mandarin.

MYP Meeting for Parents at Shatin College
Our Year 4, 5 and 6 parents of children who are likely to go to Shatin College have been invited to a parent information evening about the IB MYP (Middle Years Programme) that Shatin College will offer.  The meeting will be held at Shatin College on Wednesday 25th October at 6pm.  Click on the link below to see the invitation letter:

Wednesday 22nd November  – 6:30p.m. in the school hall

Professor Peter Sullivan

Peter Sullivan is Professor of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, at Monash University in Australia. He is the immediate past President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and was the lead writer of the Australian Mathematics curriculum.

Professor Sullivan is one of the world’s leading authorities in Mathematics, and will be making his a visit to Beacon Hill School this November. During his visit, Professor Sullivan will work alongside the teachers to challenge all our students to reach their full potential in Mathematics through the use of open-ended, rich learning tasks and problems.

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Sullivan will  run a  workshop for parents in order to enhance your understanding of how you may help your children in the development of Mathematical thinking. This is for parents only, there is no need for children to attend.

An e-notice will be sent to all parents, please let us know if you are attending.

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

School Photographs 23rd – 24th October 2017 – Our school photographer will be at Beacon Hill on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th October All children should come to school in their school uniform on these days.  If your child has PE on Monday or Tuesday then please make sure that they bring their PE kit to school and they will be able to change at school.
Sibling Photographs – For those of you who have more than one child at Beacon Hill, the sibling photographs will be taken on Friday 27th OctoberIf you would like a sibling photograph then please click on the link below and fill in the online form to book a space.
If you have any questions then please email Mr. Pheasant:

Big Business Crafts soon enough our Big Business UOI will be upon us and in preparation for this Miss Fearn will be running some lunchtime activities on Big Business crafts. This year we are having a push for the children to make and sell handmade items at their stall or provide a service….rather than just buying bit and pieces from Shan Shui Po and re-selling these on the day.  Children can volunteer to join Miss Fearn at some lunchtimes throughout the weeks to learn to make some items that they then might make and sell on their stall.  If you have a simple craft idea and would like to come into school and teach a small group (15 children) how to do it please contact your class teacher and we will arrange for you to take a group.

Below are some CAMP TIPS to help you get your child ready for our upcoming week away on camp and please let your helper/guardian know these too so they can let them try out these things…..

  • please make sure they can make their own bed – including putting their own sheets on…it’s one of the first things they’ll be doing when we arrive at the campsite
  • ensure they can pack and unpack their own bag – this should be practiced each day when preparing for school
  • let them choose their own clothes to wear – get them to assess the weather and dress appropriately
  • make sure they know how to hang up their towel so that is dry for the next shower
  • make sure they can fill their own water bottle – especially if you decide to go for the Camelback type of water system with the hose…they need to have the dexterity and fine motor skills to be able to unseal and seal up the water bag themselves

Start of School Arrangements – Please note that students should not arrive at school before 8.30am. Teachers are on duty from 8.30am. Any child who arrives early cannot be supervised.

Healthy Living at BHS – We promote healthy living at BHS and therefore children should only bring water to school. Please do not send milk drinks, sugary drinks or any other kind of drink. We have water fountains and taps where students can refill their (BHS) water bottles throughout the day.

Some other points for your info:

  • Please avoid giving out sweets or lollies to students for rewards etc. If some are sent in for birthday treats, the children should put them away in their bags and take them home. We want to avoid students running around or going on buses home whilst eating lollies etc. I will remind the bus mums of this too.
  • The outside stairs can be slippery when wet. Please remind the children who use this staircase to take extra care.
  • We need one more volunteer to be on the PTA this year. Please let me know if you are interested. The first meeting is this Thursday at 3.30pm.

School Book Bags – Your child needs a named book bag in school to carry their reading books to and from school for both home readers and library books. This means that the younger children will need to remember their book bag every day.  It should contain their reading book, reading journal and on library days, library books.  The reading journal is an important part of the communication between you and your child’s teacher, therefore, please remember to add a positive comment when you have read with your child.  

Guest Author – if you wish to order the book from our guest author, the form is below.

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