20 May 2016

Year 4 Update Wk 35

May 24th – Year 4 Pizza Lunch
May 26th – PTA Quiz, 3.15 pm
May 27th – Summer Music Concert, 7 pm
June 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd – Year 4 Swimming
June 2nd – Changes Unit
June 9th & 10th – School Closed
June 24th – End of school year, 12.00 pm finish

Just keep swimming, swimming…

Letters have gone home regarding swimming lessons. Please fill in the reply slip carefully as this helps Mr Teahan form the swimming groups. Make sure that you and your child read the letter carefully so that they are clear on what to bring on their swimming day.

Changes Unit

Dear Parents,

Thursday 2nd June, the Years 4s will be studying the ‘Changes’ section of their PSPE curriculum. The students will be shown some videos, followed up by discussions. If you would like to borrow the DVD to view beforehand, please contact susan.chung@bhs.edu.hk

The BHS Sex Education Policy can be viewed on the Gateway, under Documents and School Policies.

This week we wrapped up our units in English and Unit of Inquiry. This involved preparing for summative tasks as well as reflecting on our learning.

Year 4 teachers have begun the end of year reading assessments.

It was great to see so many parents at the 4M assembly this week. Your children were brilliant, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we loved performing it.

How We Organise Ourselves

Central Idea: The way we communicate information through digital media can bring challenge, benefits and responsibilities.

Lines of Inquiry

How new digital media is used and organised
Evaluating information
Our responsibility in virtual environments

This is a paperless unit, designed to encourage the students to see the positives and challenges of using digital media on a daily basis.

Fractions and Decimals

Central Idea – Fractions and decimals are ways of representing whole part relationships

Lines of Inquiry:

Constructing and representing equal parts of a whole
Identifying, ordering and describing fractions using mathematical language
Understanding the relationship between fractions and decimals

The children will be:

Completing the final assessments

Report

To present information about something, generally describing an entire class of thing, whether natural or man-made.

The structure of an information report:

an general opening statement or classification, for example sparrows are birds .
a series of paragraphs detailing aspects of the subject (can use sub-headings)
diagrams or illustrations to aid the presentation of information
concluding or summarising statement (this is not always necessary)
a glossary to define terms

4W – Sean Li

4M – Hugo Cheung

4J – Justin Li

Maths – Daily Math Review

English – Conjunctions

Homework books are collected and marked each Friday. Please ensure homework is returned each Friday as late homework will not be marked.

Home Reading Books

We are fast running out of home reading books and the library teachers have been culling the ‘out of date’, mangled or ripped books to assist with the ordering of new texts for the upcoming school year. In the meantime please make use of ‘Reading Eggspress’ for the home reading program.

Library News

As you will have seen in the school newsletter it is now possible for parents, younger children and other family members to borrow from our library. By registering for a family borrowing card you can borrow two books from any section of the library, including the new Parent Collection which contains books about healthy living, behaviour management, fun art activities and days out for children in Hong Kong. The library is open for family borrowing at these times…

Before school	After school
Monday	2.45-3.30pm
Tuesday	8.15- 9.00am
Wednesday	2.45-3.30pm
Friday	8.30-9.15am

To register for a family borrowing card please complete the form found on the school website’s communications page. For any questions please contact Emily Jeves jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk

Music – Mr Gibson

Mr Gibson has shared a link to help the children practise their ukulele at home.

http://goo.gl/CH5vHz

Ukuleles to be brought to school on the following days; 4M Thursdays, 4W and 4J Fridays