28 Sep 2018

Year 3 Update Week 6

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Monday 1st October – National Day (public holiday)
Tuesday and Thursday 9th, 11th October – Parent Teacher Consultations (more info to follow)
Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day (Hong Kong Community Chest)
Friday 12th October (3pm) – October break
Monday 21st October – First day back

Change to timetable for 3M – PE days are now on a Tuesday and Thursday.

BHS Lunchtime Experiences: A message from our Student Council

At BHS we have lots of great clubs which our students really enjoy so Ms Chung challenged us to create even more! As the student councillors we interviewed our friends and classmates to find out their favourite clubs. We were wondering if any parents would like to help run these clubs? Do not panic! You do not need to be an expert or world champion, just enthusiastic and willing to help. This could be as an one off session or more, it is up to you. Please click on this google form to volunteer. The Student Council will then get in contact with you to organise the club. We will help with all the logistics such as venue, students and resources.

Thank you for any help you can give us.

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Parent-Teacher Consultations

The booking system for parent-teacher consultations is now live on the Gateway. Please make sure you can log onto the Gateway and book an appointment with your class teacher.

Weekly Spellings

The children have buddy spelling tests three times per week. It is so important they have time to learn their spellings in the evenings. The spelling words are high frequency words that are used in their writing. We really appreciate your support with this matter.

Year 3 Teacher Contact Information

Mr Matt Glencross – glencm1@beaconhill.edu.hk

Ms Marie-Claire Mulligan – marie@bhs.edu.hk

Ms Samantha Saxena – saxens7@beaconhill.edu.hk

Ms Jane Wu – wuj2@beaconhill.edu.hk

Year 3 phase leader

Mr Andy Thompson – thompa5@beaconhill.edu.hk

Learning Centre Days

3G – Wednesday

3M – Tuesday

3W – Wednesday

PE Days

3G – Wednesday and Friday

3M – Tuesday and Thursday

3W – Tuesday and Friday

Year 3 Social Mixer

In order to promote social skills and prepare the children for camp, the year group gathered this week for a social mixer!

People worldwide have access to rights and opportunities that can look different.

We will be inquiring into:

Difference between needs and wants (Perspective)
Children’s rights and responsibilities (Responsibility)
How children rights are protected (Reflection)

Next week the children will begin Unit 2 and will inquire into wants and needs.

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Next week the children will inquire into different mental strategies used in addition and subtraction calculations. The children will focus on the jump strategy.

Next week the children will look at writing to entertain and will inquire into the features of a narrative.

There was no Golden Book Assembly this week due the Mid-Autumn Festival break.

Thank you to all the children who have already brought in or shared their home learning. The teachers have been blown away by the children’s creativity and eagerness to share their learning. So far we have received yummy cupcakes, croissants, menus, cooking demonstrations, posters and even students writing and performing their own songs! There is still plenty of time to showcase creativity!

We shared and discussed these slides with the children regarding their home learning routine this year and they are buzzing with excitement! We will also be send home some (suggested) guidelines to help them manage their efforts and time. Assignments will be set up in the Google Classroom if anyone who chooses to create and/or share something digitally. Otherwise, the children can bring their learning in on the due date. Their work will be shared and celebrated in class.

Due date: Wednesday 3rd October

Children should bring their spelling journals home every day to practise their spelling words.

A reminder that on a Monday and Friday, the children will read from Big Universe and borrow home readers on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. Big Universe passwords are in your child’s diary.