29 Nov 2019

Year 3 Update Week 15

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Friday 6th December – PTA Disco

Wednesday 11th December – Christmas Concert

Friday 13th December – Last Day of School (noon finish)

From the Year 5s

As part of their inquiry into marketplaces, the Year 5 students will be hosting a Christmas Market for the school on Thursday 12th December in the school hall. They will be selling handmade Christmas craft and Christmas-themed food and drink items.

Students are invited to bring along $80-100 to shop. We also encourage them to attend the market with a reusable shopping bag and an empty snack container for any food items they may purchase.

All profits from the day will go to support ImpactHK. This is a local charity that supports the homeless community with kindness and empowering them for change. Children from Beacon Hill have supported ImpactHK in the past through kindness walks and donations from one of the House Days. Please visit the link below to find out more about ImpactHK:

https://impacthk.org/

Year 3 Teacher Contact Information

Mr James Whyman– whymaj4@beaconhill.edu.hk

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

Ms Samantha Saxena – saxens7@beaconhill.edu.hk

Ms Chloe Dale – chloe.dale@bhs.edu.hk

Year 3 phase leader

Mr Andy Thompson – thompa5@beaconhill.edu.hk

Learning Centre Days

3H – Tuesday

3M – Tuesday

3D – Monday

PE Days

3H – Monday and Thursday

3M – Monday and Thursday

3D – Wednesday and Thursday

Central Idea:

Effective communication can be enhanced through different methods

The children will be inquiring into:

How signs and symbols facilitate effective communication (form)

How the Arts can be used to communicate (function)

The reasons for and impact of communicating in different ways (causation)

Multiplication and Division are related and are used to solve problems

Lines of Inquiry

The roles of symbols and the language of multiplication and division
Mental and written strategies for multiplication and division
The relationship between multiplication and division

Reading

The structure and organisation of written language influences and conveys meaning.

Writing

The structure of different types of texts includes identifiable features.

Speaking and Listening

People interpret messages according to their unique experiences and ways of understanding.

Viewing and Presenting

Visual texts provide alternative means to develop understanding.

Please check with your child to see if they have received a Golden Book award.

Your child now has a reading eggs username and password. Please encourage them to use this at home as well as or instead of big universe. Their usernames and passwords are stuck in their diaries.

WWW.READINGEGGS.COM

IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH BIG UNIVERSE ON AN IPAD, PLEASE TRY A DIFFERENT DEVICE OR USE READING EGGS. THANK YOU.

A reminder that on a Monday and Friday, the children will read from Big Universe/Reading Eggs and borrow home readers on Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday.

Mathletics passwords are in your child’s diary. The children should check their accounts regularly and complete any assigned tasks. If they have completed all tasks then they can enjoy LIVE mathletics.

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