18 Mar 2019

Year 6 Update Week 26

upcomingdates

Monday 25th March- Friday 29th March- Book & Green Week

Friday 29th March – Gecko Maths Competition at Island School

Saturday 30th March – Earth Week

Thursday 4th April – ESF Primary Choral Concert

Friday 5th April – Ching Ming Festival – School Closed

Wednesday 10th April – Easter Concert

Friday 12th April – End of Term (12:00)

Action in the PYP at BHS

Thank you for all the great examples of Action that you are taking. Action in the PYP is when students are inspired through their learning and their experiences to make a difference to their lives or the community connected to real life issues and opportunities. We would like to celebrate our students taking action outside of school

Please could you email examples to me, tsuik4@beaconhill.edu.hk, and I will share through our newsletter.

There are different types of Action. Last time I gave a description of how ‘participation’ is a form of action, below is a description of how advocacy is a form of action.

Type of Action

Examples

Advocacy

Promoting an idea that you feel passionately about e.g. social, environmental or political

Making people aware of an issue you feel passionately about

Debating

Sharing ideas with friends, classmates or family

Coming soon- BHS GREEN BOOK WEEK!

Starting on the 25th March the children at BHS will be able to share their love of reading and caring for the planet even more during our Green Book Week. Here are some of the ways your child can be involved:

Dress up Day

On Tuesday 26th March the children and staff will dress up as book characters for the day. There can be a green, environmental link to the costume, it can be made of recycled materials or it can simply be your child’s favourite book character. Prizes will be given in each class for the most creative costumes.

Get Caught Reading in Nature Competition

The children can enter this competition by sending a photo of themselves reading in the great outdoors. There will be prizes for creative and fun ideas. All entries are to be sent to Ms Jeves at emily.jeves@bhs.edu.hk All entries need to be emailed by 1st April. Please include the child’s name and class in the email subject header.

Art competition

Mr Hoskins and the Eco Squad have launched an exciting competition that all children can get involved in to draw or paint native Hong Kong wildlife. All entries are due in 29th March. The top two entries will be displayed in the school’s butterfly garden.

More details about other events are available in this week’s newsletter.

Please make sure your child is applying deodorant. The weather is now starting to warm up and the Year 6 children are beginning puberty and therefore sweating more. Please help them to keep on top of their hygiene.

Talent show auditions

Year 6 students are currently practising their performances in preparation for the upcoming talent show finals at the International Food Fair.

PYPX 2019

The exhibition is well underway, the children have grouped themselves into similar interest areas and started to talk about ideas, thoughts, names and where they would like to go next with their thinking.

Golden Book Certificates

Due to mentor meetings, no Golden Book Certificates were given out.

Transdisciplinary theme:

Central Idea

An individual’s interests and beliefs lead people to take action, which makes a difference to their community.

Lines of Inquiry

My interests and beliefs (Perspective)

How my interests or beliefs in ___________ influences my community (Change)

I can justify and share my learning and action (Responsibility)

The children have had their first exhibition meeting with their mentor. This was a chance to share their ideas and discuss a plan in their groups. Year 6 have also met up in their groups during the week to brainstorm action ideas and make connections to the key concepts. The children will continue to add to their exhibition journals, documenting their thinking and starting to formulate a clearer idea of their focus area.

Number Maths