18 May 2018

Year 2 Update Wk 30

Monday 21st May – BHS CPD – school closed.

Tuesday 22nd May – Public Holiday Buddha’s Birthday

Thursday 24th May – Summer Concert 7.00pm

Friday 25th May – 2K class assembly.

Tuesday 29th May – Year 1 Bake Sale. Bring some money to buy a cake at snack time.

Wednesday 30th May – Year 2 Trip to the Peak

Tuesday 5th June – Year 2 pizza lunch.

Monday 18th June – Public Holiday Tuen Ng Festival

Friday 29th June – End of school year 12 noon.

Thank you

Our trip to DB on Tuesday was very successful and the children had a fantastic time. Thanks so much to the parents who helped, we couldn’t have done it without you. See photos below.

BHS Dance Off 2018

Congratulations to the following Y2 children who made it through to the next round of the competition:

Eunice 2A Amira 2A Shawn 2D Casey & Olivia 2D Seraphina & Mona 2D

Khristie, Beatrice & Chloe 2D

They will perform again on Thursday 31st May- best of luck to them!

In Maths we continued looking at the likelihood of various scenarios, using the words ‘certain’, ‘likely’ ‘unlikely’ and ‘impossible’. We used counters, jars, cards, dice and coins to investigate probability.

Our trip on Tuesday was a huge success! All the groups made it to Discovery Bay, arriving at different times having travelled in a variety of ways. It gave us great examples of journeys on public transport to discuss and reflect upon.

Central idea: Geography influences how people interact with their environment.

Lines of inquiry:

The significant features of places -form
How the features of a place influence our activities -causation
The relationship of our location to other parts of the world – connection

Next week we will start to learn some facts about the continents- their countries, geographic features and famous landmarks. The children will be using an atlas and information books to learn more. They will be learning where Hong Kong is on a world map and about its neighbouring countries.

Position and Direction

Next week the children will continue to describe position and direction using mathematical vocabulary for example, left, right, forwards, backwards, North, South, East and West.

Try playing this fun game using coordinates: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L350/index.html

Please continue to complete the activities on Mathletics.

Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:

https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

Our English focus is information reports. The children will be reading reports and fact files about continents and countries, and will be writing in this formal, non-fiction style. The children will continue using their writing targets to focus on in class when writing. In reading we will begin working on making inferences when reading, using the children’s background knowledge.

Please continue to read with your child at home and ask them to retell the story. Please encourage your child to write down the title of the text they choose from Big Universe.

Well done to:

2K Hayley Gan

2D Daphne Luk

2A Chloe Chu

Yuto Balenieri 2A for Mandarin

Geography

Look at maps with your child and discuss the key and what the map shows. Discuss places and countries you have visited together, and any geographical features you may have seen- mountains, rivers, lakes, seas for example. Please email your teacher with any photos you have of your travels so your child can discuss with the class.

Fun Friends

This week we made a step plan. Try making one at home with your child. There are plenty examples in the pupil activity book page 43 onwards . It could be trying a new food or learning something. Each step should be small and achievable, and always start with the easiest step. Rewards can be given for each step but they should be interpersonal such as a hug from mum or having a family games night.

A suggested story for this week is Pog by Lyn Lee and Kim Gamble. Don’t forget to remind your child to be brave and relax for at least 10 minutes a day.

Spelling

The children will be given new spelling words next week.

Reading

Please be reminded that in Year 2, your child will not bring home a reading book on Tuesday or Thursday they will need to read on Big Universe. Children login and select ‘My Library’ from the top of the page. At the right hand side in the ‘Filters’ section they can select the ‘Grade Level’ of books. If the children select kindergarten,grade 1 and 2 this is the most appropriate reading age for them (5-8 years).

Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.