Year 1 Update – Wk 6
A reminder that next week is BHS Colours Week and that next Friday 29th September is Colours Day.
As part of our 50th celebrations we are aiming to give back to our community by holding an Action Day on the 8th December in partnership with Bethune House, Sunshine Action, Sai Kung Stray Dogs and Soap Cycling. On the 8th December each year group will have the opportunity to help make food parcels to help those who are in need in Hong Kong. More details will follow about that day as we get closer to it. We are aiming high and the amount of money we need to raise equates to $250 per child.
To kick-start our fundraising, we are going to have 4 days of lunchtime activities where children can make a minimum donation of HK$20 to join in fun events such as karaoke. This will build up to a very special day on Friday 29th September we are calling ‘Colours Day’ where all children will take part in one of two sponsored events – either a sponsored walk/run or a sponsored readathon depending on their interest. Each year group will have half an hour for the events. Sponsor forms can be downloaded and printed off from today’s Newsletter. We encourage all our students and their families to support this day of action to help in our drive to support those in our community who are in need. And of course, on Friday 29th all students should come dressed in their house colours.
This week the children have been finishing their inquiry into the properties of 2D shapes and they have been exploring the vocabulary of corners, edges, sides and equal aswell as learning some new shape names such as, pentagon and rhombus.
Central Idea: Numbers can be added and subtracted
Next week in Maths we will be starting a new unit based on addition and subtraction. The children will explore different practical activities and games based on number bonds to10. These are otherwise known as fact families or “Friends of 10”.
0 + 10 =10, 1 + 9 = 10, 2 + 8 = 10, 3 + 7 = 10, 4 + 6 = 10, 5 + 5 = 10, 6 + 4 = 10, 7 + 3 = 10, 8 + 2 = 10, 9 + 1 = 10
We will also be developing the children’s understanding of 1 more than and 1 less than using numbers up to 100.
Mathletics: Please spend some time each week exploring the different activities that we have set for the children. As we are starting a new Maths unit, we will open up more tasks linked to addition and subtraction this week. Under the ‘play’ section, children can practise their basic facts by playing games with partners from around the world. It is not intended that the children will do these tasks totally independently so please help your child to become familiar with the layout of Mathletics and how to go about completing the tasks. Have fun!
Congratulations to the following children for their Golden Book certificate on Monday.
1W – Hobert Yau
1P – Annabelle Young
1L – Tristen Tang
Other Information
Messy Play 
As mentioned above, messy play is a very important play experience for young children to have. We have come up with a few suggestions that you could try at home. Please send us in any photos of you and your children having fun and being messy at home.
- Gloop (See recipe below)
- Playdough
- Shaving foam
- Slime
- Bubbles
- Sand play
- Water play
- Soil and digging
- Plasticine
- Clay
Here is a simple recipe that you can use to make gloop at home.
You will need:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of water
Food colouring
- Place the cornflour into a large container and add a few drops of food colouring.
- Let your child pour the water into the centre of the mixture.
- Allow your child to mix the water into the cornflour with their hands. Allow them to play with it before it is totally mixed together. Ask them how it feels.
- Have fun together!
