21 Sep 2018

Year 3 Update Week 5

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Monday 24th September – BHS CPD (school closed)
Tuesday 25th September – Day after Mid-Autumn Festival (public holiday)
Monday 1st October – National Day (public holiday)
Tuesday and Thursday 9th, 11th October – Parent Teacher Consultations (more info to follow)
Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day (Hong Kong Community Chest)
Friday 12th October (3pm) – October break
Monday 21st October – First day back

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.

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Parent-Teacher Consultations

The booking system for parent-teacher consultations are now live on the Gateway. Please make sure you can log onto the Gateway and book an appointment with your class teacher.

Weekly Spellings

The children have buddy spelling tests three times per week. It is so important they have time to learn their spellings in the evenings. The spelling words are high frequency words that are used in their writing. We really appreciate your support with this matter.

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 – Wednesday and Friday

3M – Thursday and Friday

3W – Tuesday and Friday

With school closure taking place during to typhoon Mangkhut, the children came back to school with many stories and experiences to share! In class, we discussed how we can keep ourselves safe during extreme weather and how it affected Hong Kong and other cities in Asia.

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The children really enjoyed their visit to the Mid Autumn’s Market this week. It was so great to see them converse with PTA helpers in Mandarin when they bought their lanterns, mooncakes and fruits!

Children also had fun inquiring into 3D shapes and other forms of communications such as braille or sign language.

Effective communication can be enhanced through different methods.

We will be inquiring into:

How signs and symbols facilitate effective communication (form)
How the arts can be used to communicate (function)
The reasons and impact for communicating in different ways (causation)

Next week the children will consolidate their understanding of this unit by determining most effective ways to communicate with others in a range of different situations. They will also take it further by creating their own scenario and form of communication and justify their choices.

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Next week the children will be playing games and solving problems in order to consolidate their understanding of shapes and place value.

Next week the children will have the opportunity to reflect on their writing and write a recount about their Mid-Autumn Festival. If you have any photos of your children celebrating, please send them in or email them to your child’s teacher.

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There was no Golden Book Assembly this week due to school closure after typhoon Mangkhut.

We shared and discuss 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 3rd October

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.