11 Jan 2019

Year 3 Update Week 17

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Monday 14th January – Trip to Mei Ho House
Tuesday 29th January – Y3 Pizza lunch (bring own cutlery and plate)
Friday 1st February 3pm – Chinese New Year (half-term) break
Monday 11th February – First Day Back

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Mr Lowe and Ms Mak are hoping to collect old electronic or battery operated items and toys that have moving parts that are no longer needed as part of our Makers stock. If you have anything you can donate please send it to school and put it in the collection box in the foyer labelled Old Electronics.

Lunch forms can now be collected from Ms Anna at reception for new registrants.

Please note that 3G’s P.E. days are now on Thursdays and Fridays.

Year 3 Playdate Database

Arranging playdates to help your children develop their social skills were a major discussion points this week at parent consultations. Please find linked below documents to parent/ guardian contacts for children in Year 3, feel free to utilise them to help organise playdates for your child. The documents are free for you to edit so please make sure you read the important information on the top of the page before you add your contacts in. Please be mindful of others and only edit your contacts.

3M

3G

3W

BHS Lunchtime Experiences: A message from our Student Council

At BHS we have lots of great clubs which our students really enjoy so Ms Chung challenged us to create even more! As the student councillors we interviewed our friends and classmates to find out their favourite clubs. We were wondering if any parents would like to help run these clubs? Do not panic! You do not need to be an expert or world champion, just enthusiastic and willing to help. This could be as an one off session or more, it is up to you. Please click on this google form to volunteer. The Student Council will then get in contact with you to organise the club. We will help with all the logistics such as venue, students and resources.

Thank you for any help you can give us.

Year 3 Teacher Contact Information

Mr Matt Glencross – glencm1@beaconhill.edu.hk

Ms Marie-Claire Mulligan – marie@bhs.edu.hk

Ms Samantha Saxena – saxens7@beaconhill.edu.hk

Ms Jane Wu – wuj2@beaconhill.edu.hk

Year 3 phase leader

Mr Andy Thompson – thompa5@beaconhill.edu.hk

Learning Centre Days

3G – Wednesday

3M – Tuesday

3W – Wednesday

PE Days

3G – Thursday and Friday

3M – Tuesday and Thursday

3W – Tuesday and Friday

Once again we have hit the ground running in year 3 with many exciting activities both in and outside of the class room. It was lovely to see the students energised and refreshed after their Christmas break and raring to go for the new term ahead.

We also had our first excursion of the year during which we spent a wonderful day out at Tai O and Tung Chung. Where the children throughly enjoyed their investigation into different types of housing.

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 (the local environment) Hong Kong have changed over time (change)

Next week we will continue our inquiries into homes around the world and continue to have conversations about the different homes we can find in Hong Kong. We will also be visiting Mei Ho House which is a preserved example of the first public housing provided by the government in Hong Kong.

We will also be investigating the different materials that homes are built from and be conducting science experiments into the form and function of these materials.

Central Idea: Multiplication and Division are related and are used to solve problems

Lines of Inquiry

- The roles of symbols and the language of multiplication and division

- Mental and written strategies for multiplication and division

The relationship between multiplication and division

Next week the children will practise their multiplication skills in a variety of open-ended tasks. We will also be looking at the inverse connection between multiplication and division, before moving on to a measurement inquiry focusing on time.

Please encourage your child to practice their times tables.

Unit 3 – Writing to describe using Non-Chronological reports

Big idea for language: Writers can use descriptive language and careful word choice to give detailed information.

Reading

Comprehension Strategies: Summarising and Synthesising

Readers summarise the text and develop new ideas.

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Next week, the children will continue to identifying features of an information report and have a go at writing individual information reports. They will begin to look at the ways in which readers synthesise information in order to improve their comprehension.

Congratulations to these students for being awarded a Golden Book Certificate this week!

3M – Megan Wong

3G – Ethan Wu

3W – Ashley Lau

Mandarin – Adam Wu (3M)

Time

Create a weekly/ daily schedule

Using digital and analog clocks, sequence and describe important events that happen in your day or week.

You may present your work (digitally or on paper) using a timeline. Feel free to choose another form of presentation!

We shared and discussed these slides with the children regarding their home learning routine this year and they are buzzing with excitement! We will also be send home some (suggested) guidelines to help them manage their efforts and time. Assignments will be set up in the Google Classroom if anyone who chooses to create and/or share something digitally. Otherwise, the children can bring their learning in on the due date. Their work will be shared and celebrated in class.

Due date: Wednesday 23rd of January

Spelling Journals
Children should bring their spelling journals home every day to practise their spelling words.

A reminder that on a Monday and Friday, the children will read from Big Universe and borrow home readers on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. Big Universe passwords are in your child’s diary.