Year 3 Update Wk 18
- Thursday 25th January – Year 3 Theatre Trip
- Tuesday 30th January – Year 3 Pizza Lunch
- Wednesday 31st January – Marie Marchand Positive Behaviour (more information below)
- Tuesday 6th February – Year 2 Bake Sale
- Friday 9th February – 3A Class Assembly
Marie Marchand – Parenting Consultant
It is great to see that so many Year Three parents have signed up to this parent meeting. If you have not yet signed up please do so through the e-notice service.
We are delighted to welcome back Marie Marchand to present at Beacon Hill School on January 31st from 6-8pm. This year’s focus will be positive behaviour management strategies for parents- Discipline without Shouting. Please see the details and sign up via the gateway https://tg.esf.edu.hk The cost will be $50 per person.
Marie is an excellent speaker- both entertaining and informative and we thoroughly recommend any parents from year 1-6 to come and enjoy her presentation.
Scientists learn about forces and motion through the scientific process
- Types of forces (form)
- forces affect the motion of objects (connection)
- scientific process (function)
Next week, we will start our fourth unit of Year Three. The children have already completed their pre-assessment. Next week we will be introducing the Central Idea and the Inquiry Cycle that we will be following when completing science experiments. The children will have a chance to play with various pieces of equipment that we will be using through the unit to have the chance to make wonderings and discoveries.
Estimation allows us to measure with different levels of accuracy
The children will be inquiring into:
- Identifying the standard units used to measure length / mass / capacity
- How we measure objects with accuracy
- How we solve problems involving measurement
Next week the children will continue to look at some problem solving connected to perimeter and area. They will also continue their work in class on some mental maths strategies.
Mathletics passwords are in your child’s diary. Please make sure that an adult supports your child when working through the activities.
This coming week we will be starting writing to instruct/ procedure writing in our writing lessons and visualising in our reading lessons.
To start this unit, the children will be reading different procedures and instructions to identify the general features of this text type.
Visualising is a very important part of reading and makes reading meaningful. During this unit we will be helping the children to create images and ‘movies’ in their heads as they read a text. At home they can practise creating images when they read and also when they are read to. Talk together about what you see and see if it is different.
Cold Weather Clothing
Thank you for making sure the children have their names in their clothing. Can we also ask that the children only wear layers over the top of their sport’s kit as many children get very hot and sweaty and waste a lot of their lesson time removing the under layers as they are underneath their t-shirts.
