4 May 2018

Year 2 Update Wk 28

Tuesday 8th May – Year 2 trip to Discovery Bay. Please see information below.

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.

Discovery Bay Trip

Parent helpers will have received a letter with information about the trip today. Please be in the school hall at 8:40am. You will need to bring your lunch and an octopus card with $150 credit.

Each child will need:

To be dressed in their PE kit

School sun hat

Snack and picnic lunch

Water

Mosquito repellent

Octopus card with $100 credit

A decision will be made by 7:30am on Tuesday morning and you will be informed via email if the trip is cancelled due to inclement weather.

Memories of Beacon Hill

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.

With the weather changing, it is very warm in the classroom. The children must wear top layers which they can remove to avoid feeling faint whilst working. All children must wear a BHS hat during breaks, lunch times and PE lessons.

BHS Dance Off 2018

The Year 2 Dance Off will take place on Monday 7th May during the lunch break.

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.

We have been looking at maps of Hong Kong, MTR maps, bus timetables and transport apps to plan our journeys to Discovery Bay.

The children have been practising finding halves and quarters of quantities, using hands-on equipment.

The children have been able to take part in the Year 6 Action that they have organised as part of their Exhibition.

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 go on their planned journey to Discovery Bay. On the way they will be thinking about the different transport they are on and how the different systems are connected.

After the trip the children will make comparisons between their journey and those of their classmates. They will be thinking about cost, journey time, comfort and enjoyment.

Central Idea:

We collect information to make sense of the world around us and it can be organised in different ways

The children will be identifying activities and familiar events that involve chance and describe them using appropriate vocabulary for example ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’.

Please continue to complete the activities on Matheletics.

Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:

https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

Our English focus is about grammar and sentence structure. We will be looking at the idea that good writers structure their sentences and choose their words carefully.

The children will be using their writing targets to focus on in class when writing. They will be writing sentences to show what they have found important in the non-fiction books. Their focus in reading is Determining Importance.

Please continue to read with your child at home and ask them to retell the story. Please encourage your child to write down the title of the text they choose from Big Universe.

Well done to:

Obi Mak 2K

Janice Lee 2D

Anji Imaizumi Wong 2A

Mandarin – Amartya Shiv Agarwal (2A)

Transport

Over the next few weeks, why not explore HK by travelling on different forms of transport. How many different forms of transport can you go on? Think about their cost, speed, comfort and any other interesting things about them.

Fun Friends

Today we have tried to be aware of self-talk and the difference between thoughts and feelings. Please discuss green, helpful thoughts and red, unhelpful thoughts with your child, helping them to understand them as much as possible. All thoughts are okay but green thoughts can make us feel happier in life and try new things. Remember to relax for at least 10 minutes a day. Ask your child to give you a pizza massage or read the story Giraffes can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker together! And don’t forget to help your child practise being brave. Home activities are on page 32 of the pupil book this week.

Spelling

Your child should learn the third list on the card.

Reading

Please be reminded that in Year 2, your child will not bring home a reading book on Tuesday or Thursday they will need to read on Big Universe. Children login and select ‘My Library’ from the top of the page. At the right hand side in the ‘Filters’ section they can select the ‘Grade Level’ of books. If the children select kindergarten,grade 1 and 2 this is the most appropriate reading age for them (5-8 years).

Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.

Year 2 Update Wk 28

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