15 Apr 2016

Year 2 Update Wk 30

The Kowloon Tong trips may be scheduled this week depending on the weather.

Friday 22nd April

2M Assembly- Children in 2M should wear their own bright clothes to school on this day.

Wednesday 4th May 2016

Year 2 Theatre Trip – Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales

Raffle Tickets

Pleas ensure that all tickets from the International Food Fair are returned promptly.

Portfolio reminder

We are still missing a few portfolios so if you could please return any remaining portfolios to school as soon as possible.

Kowloon Tong transport trips

Year 2 classes will visit Kowloon Tong transport interchange the week beginning 18/04/2016. These are weather dependent and may need to be rescheduled. This will serve as a provocation for our next U.O.I. which is all about transport systems. We will not require parent helpers for this trip.

Library Book Bag

Please make sure your child has their book bag and library books on the correct day.

Daily Collection

Children are taken by their class teacher to the front steps at 2:55pm daily, to allow them to leave the building in a safe manner before 3:00pm which is when the Y4-6 classes are dismissed. Please ensure you are there for 2:55pm to pick up your child. Thank you.

This week in Year 2 the children have started to think about the different modes of transport that they know. We have completed our previous Unit of inquiry and carried out our summative assessments. On Thursday the children visited the Year 5 Big Business Day where they were able to buy toys, food and drink. They loved this experience as they were able to see the independent businesses set up by their peers in the upper school and also their older siblings.

Transport systems are directly related to the needs of a community.

This week we have started to think about the different types of transport that we know. We have begun to identify the modes of transport in our surrounding environment and further afield.

To begin with, we listed all of the transport that we know and we self assessed our work based on a set criteria using a traffic light approach of Red, Amber and Green. Next we carried out our pre-assessment and we identified the transport found around Hong Kong and the reasons it was used here. Likewise, we listed the transport that wouldn’t be used and the reasons for this.

An activity we really enjoyed was using the alphabet and creating a list of transport with each letter. We found this very challenging and fun.

Next week, we will continue to look at transport in more depth and try to visit the MTR in Kowloon Tong.

Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

We have been working very hard to learn the 2, 5 and 10x tables in class and at home. We have carried out an assessment on the 2x table this week and shall follow this with the 5 next Friday and the 10 the following week. This week we have started to complete a class multiplication grid where we have expressed different ways of showing our times tables. We have been introduced to division and have started to share objects equally between a set number of people.

Each day, we have been completing our mental maths books which incorporate multiplication and division. We have been making a super effort to practise our times table for the week.

Next week we will continue our work on division and will work on the 10x table during mental maths.

This week we have been looking at information reports. We have continued to complete our reports about materials and have peer assessed our work. We have ensured that we are alphabetising our words and practised using a dictionary to find key words in the text. As part of our guided reading we have been researching transport timelines in Hong Kong and answering questions posed to us.

Next week during our phonics lessons, we will continue to look at Unit 6 in the Get Reading Right programme.

We have been working very hard on learning different adjectives, sentence structure and information reports. Therefore next week we shall be trying to create sentences about the modes of transport around Hong Kong using these skills.

We will be describing the transport in detail using word banks and creating a word wall of adjectives that we can add to as we progress throughout this UOI.

2A- Joseph Chan

2F – Gabriella Li

2M – Arthur Wong

PE– Rei Kitamura

Times Tables

10x table test will take place on Friday 22nd April 2016

Spelling

Spelling homework is given out weekly. Our next spelling test will be on Friday 22nd April.

Reading

Children continue to bring home one book per night to read with an adult. If they do not complete the book in one night, they are able to bring this home to read the following night. Please ensure that you are leaving a comment about your child’s reading in their reading journal.

Learning Centre Parent /Family Borrowing

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; emily.jeves@bhs.edu.hk

Fruity Friday

Every week at Beacon Hill we have ‘Fruity Friday’. Children are asked to bring a piece of fruit as their healthy snack. We will let you know in advance if and when PTA will be selling fruit so that your child can bring in money then.

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