Year 3 Update Week 19
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Monday 28th January – Sarah Brennan author visit
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Tuesday 29th January – Y3 Pizza lunch (bring own plate and any cutlery needed)
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Friday 1st February 3pm – Chinese New Year (half-term) break
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Monday 11th February – First Day Back
As part of our new Unit of Inquiry, we would like the children to bring in an old white shirt, preferably adult size. The children will use the shirts as a ‘lab coat’ as part of their forces unit. Please note, the children will be using the old shirts to write new vocabulary on.
PIZZA LUNCH
We will be having Pizza lunch on Tuesday 29th January 2019. As part of our theme of well-being and responsibility we would like to protect our environment from unnecessary waste. If your child is having pizza, they will need to bring in a reusable lunchbox or plate to use. We greatly appreciate your support in this.
致家长：我们将会在1月29日安排批萨饼午餐。
In order to support the Year 1’s preparations for Sharing Day, Year 3’s Mandarin lesson on Thursdays will be switched to Fridays from the week of 29th January for six weeks.
Book Drive
Brody, Ryan and Muchan in Year 6 are organising a Book Drive to help spread our love of reading. The Sony Corporation will collect books to create mobile libraries in South Africa for schools that do not have enough books for children to read. If you have books that are:
Please send them to school. There will be a collection box in the school foyer from Monday 21st January. Any books you can donate will help spread the enjoyment of reading.
Old Electronics Collection
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.
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.
In Unit of Inquiry this week, the children demonstrated their knowledge of all that they had learnt about homes in Hong Kong by completing a summative assessment and writing an information report. The teachers were delighted with the way in which the children were able to use the features of a report, especially the use of sub-headings and paragraphs!
In Maths the children continued their exploration of time (half past, five-minute intervals past/ to the hour and quarter past/ to). The children also learnt about using calendars as another form of measuring time.
Check out some photos from the week!
To mark the end of our Unit, Adrian Ferguson, a Civil Engineer spoke to the children to recap on their knowledge on all that they had learnt about homes, structures and the materials used during construction.
Central idea:
Scientists learn about forces and motion through the scientific process
The children will be inquiring into:
forces affect the motion of objects (connection)
Types of forces (form)
scientific process (function)
Next week, as part of our provocation, the children will be exposed to a variety of experiments in order to get the children thinking about scientific processes.
Multiplication and Division are related and are used to solve problems
The children will be learning to:
- 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 revisit division and expand their thinking using open- ended learning engagements.
Next week the children will be introduced to their new text type – writing to instruct. The children will deconstruct different text in order to explore the features of a procedure.
Reading
Comprehension Strategy: Visualising
Next week the children will learn to visualise to aid comprehension when they are reading.
Congratulations to these students for being awarded a Golden Book Certificate this week!
3W – Sean Sham
3M – Hayley Gan
Spelling Journals
Children should bring their spelling journals home every day to practise their spelling words.
Mathletics passwords are in your child’s diary. The children should check their accounts regularly and complete any assigned tasks.
