Year 2 Update Wk 26
Monday 27th March – 2K trip to Kowloon Tong MTR
Wednesday 29th March – 2G and 2M trip to Kowloon Tong MTR
Thursday 30th March – 3:30pm Junior Choir Spring Concert
Friday 31st March – School Finishes at 12noon
Tuesday 18th April – School term starts
Do you have a job linked to HK transport? For example, emergency services, MTR, KMB, Highways Dept.? Would you be willing to come in and talk to Year 2 about that transport/system? If you are, please let your child’s teacher know.
The children had a wonderful time on Monday in their different character and maths costumes. A lot of time and effort clearly went into the designing and making of some of them so well done.
Year 2 were lucky to have another visiting author. David Schwartz showed the children how there is so much more to books than just reading, there can also be maths! The children enjoyed listening to him reading his books and helped him with some of the maths elements. How much popcorn do you think he has in that bag?
The children in Year 2 are also being taught about colour mixing during some extra art lessons with Ms Yu.
Central idea: Transport systems are directly related to the needs of a community
Lines of inquiry:
- Features/parts of transportation systems
- Decisions involved in using transportation
- How elements of a transport system connect to meet the needs of a community
The children have enjoyed sharing their knowledge of the different transport systems in HK. They have also had time to create a town and play with HK vehicle models.
Next week the children will visit Kowloon Tong MTR station to find out how it operates and how the station links to other transport systems such as buses and taxis.They will be thinking about how maps and signs are used to help people find their way and the facilities at the station. The children will also be designing vehicles which they will make after the holidays.
Thank you for all the boxes that have been brought into classes already. Please help us to collect more. We are looking for bottle tops and containers, especially cardboard such as cereal boxes and anything smaller.
Shape and space
- Sort, describe, construct and label familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment using appropriate vocabulary.
The children are looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes through a series of problem solving activities. They have been creating patterns out of shapes with a certain number of sides, creating as many different shapes as possible inside squares by drawing dissecting lines and also using rulers and isometric paper to practise drawing and labelling 2D shapes. The children will be looking at the properties of 3D shapes by observing, visualising and questioning. They will also be creating and designing 3D shapes.
We are looking for parent helpers to assist with PMP for Term 3. The PMP program aims to give students experiences in seeing, hearing, touching, processing, making perceptual judgements and reacting through carefully sequenced activities. These include running, hopping, skipping, jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, throwing, catching, bowling, sliding, etc. using a variety of common and specially designed equipment to develop perception and motor outcomes along with memory training. Please email Miss Chung if you think you could commit to a weekly timeslot at susan.chung@bhs.edu.hk
