Year 2 Update Wk 27
Tuesday 1st May – Public Holiday Labour Day
Tuesday 8th May – Year 2 trip to Discovery Bay. We need as many parent helpers as possible on this trip as the children will be travelling in groups using a variety of public transport. Please sign up on the e-notice or let your class teacher know if you are now able to help.
Monday 21st May – BHS CPD – school closed.
Tuesday 22nd May – Public Holiday Buddha’s Birthday
Friday 25th May – 2K class assembly.
Tuesday 29th May – Year 1 Bake Sale. Bring some money to buy a cake at snack time.
Tuesday 5th June – Year 2 pizza lunch.
Monday 18th June – Public Holiday Tuen Ng Festival
Friday 29th June – End of school year 12 noon.
As you may, or may not, be aware, we are celebrating Beacon Hill’s 50th anniversary this year, including a special 50th celebration year book. If you are a past member of the Beacon Hill School community we would like to hear from you with any memories, suitable stories or simply any message to be included in the year book.
Please could you send your contribution to alumni@bhs.edu.hk. We would appreciate it if you could send the messages etc in by Friday 4th May. If possible, send us a photo of when you were at BHS!
Thanks in advance.
- The children can perform in groups or solo
- The aim is to have fun
- The dance should be around 1 minute
- There will be a lower school and upper competition
You can support your child by helping them create and rehearse their dance.
BHS Clothes Drive
Thank you for supporting our Student Council’s action by taking part in their ‘Get Redressed Spring Clothing Drive 2018 ’ which ran from Monday 26th March to Friday 27th April.
For more information please visit the Redress website: https://www.redress.com.hk
Warmest wishes,
The Student Council
The children have continued to work in groups to create transport systems of their own.
The children have also been sorting 3D shapes according to their properties.
Information Literacy lessons have continued with Ms Jeves and the children were introduced to the MTR app on the iPads.
We have been looking at maps of Hong Kong to identify the locations of Beacon Hill School and Discovery Bay, preparing to plan our journey on 8th May
Central idea:
Transport systems are directly related to the needs of a community.
Lines of inquiry:
- Features/parts of transportation systems (form)
- Decisions involved in using transportation (function)
- How elements of a transport system connect to meet the needs of a community (connection)
The children will plan how they intend to travel to Discovery Bay. They will look at maps of Hong Kong as well as using the MTR app on the ipads. They will also look at maps on Google Earth and relevant timetables. This will help the children with the choices they need to make. They will organise themselves into groups so they know who they will be travelling with.
The children will continue to create their vehicles using their designs to select the necessary junk materials, dowel, cardboard wheels and paints.
Central Idea:
Shapes are classified and named according to their properties
Lines of inquiry:
- Naming 2D and 3D shapes
- Classifying 2D and 3D shapes
- Properties of 2D shapes (tessellation & symmetry)
- The relationship between 2D and 3D shapes
The children will investigate symmetry through folding 2D shapes, sorting pictures and creating symmetrical patterns and pictures.
Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:
We have been looking at Relaxing today. Try to practise the strategies at home for 10 minutes a day, without any TV or screens on! You can encourage your child to use these strategies when they get upset or angry. Please also remind your child to be brave, looking people in eye, smiling and using a brave voice. More activities that you can do every day are on page 28 of the pupil book. Remember to look for the yellow stars!
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
