Dear
Parents and Students,
We have reached our last full week of the first semester! Next
week will only be three days long, as next Thursday will be the first day of
our Chinese New Year vacation. We will then return on the following Thursday,
30th January, for a very brief two-day week before the second
semester officially begins on February 3rd. We finished this week
with a very special Lion Dance, performed by Grade 4 students, to celebrate
Chinese Week. We also have a number of special activities next week, as
outlined at the bottom of this post.
In the Classroom:
Maths
We have almost completed Topic 10,
which has shown us how to find equivalent fractions and fractions in simplest
forms, and how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers and back again.
We will complete the topic next week, and then we will spend Tuesday's lesson
reviewing the topic before the Topic Test on Wednesday.
Literacy Workshop
We have continued with our Reading Circles
activities, and some very interesting discussions have taken place about our
current story, My Name Is María Isabel. In our grammar lessons, we have
continued our study of adjectives. We will continue with adjectives next week,
including comparatives and superlatives.
Science
We
had a lot of fun on Wednesday and Friday, as we completed our practical
assignment involving paper planes, and we will continue our investigations next
week. We have also had some insightful discussions about force, friction, mass,
and weight, and how they might differ under different conditions, including on
the moon!
Social Studies
We have
completed our study of the American Northeast, and spent the final few lessons
this week reviewing what we have learned before we sat an open-book test on
Thursday. Next week, we will shift our attention to the Southeast, and we will
compare the two regions, along with similar and contrasting areas around the
world.
Other important information
As
the seasons are about to turn, the weather has been very changeable, which
often makes us more susceptible to contracting illnesses such as the flu
outbreak we experienced back in November. Students at HIS are quite diligent
when it comes to washing hands and wearing masks when necessary, and this helps
to avoid contagious colds and similar ailments. Some illnesses are potentially
more serious than others, however, and further precautions should be taken. If
your child has a fever, or symptoms such as vomiting or a very sore throat,
please keep them at home so that they can get plenty of rest and any necessary
treatment. This also helps to prevent passing illness on to others. Taking a
day or two off school to fully recover is a far more effective remedy than
trying to 'tough it out' and attending class when not completely healthy.
Next
week, we will continue our Chinese Week celebrations. On Tuesday, 21st
January, the Chinese &
ESL class will be together to make dumplings in the class. Students should bring a bowl and chopsticks to eat the dumplings in class. On
Wednesday, 22nd January, it's our Red Day. Please remember to wear
red, as we will be taking a group photo including the entire elementary school.
We will also be having dumplings and radish cakes for lunch that day, so bring
your chopsticks again!
I hope you all enjoy your weekend, and I will see
you all Monday. Please remember to wear
red on Wednesday, and bring your
chopsticks!
Dates to remember:
Mon – Wed, Jan 20 – 22 Chinese Week
Mon – Wed, Jan 20 – 22 Chinese Week
Tue. Jan 21: Cooking dumplings in Chinese/ESL – bring a bowl and
chopsticks
Wed. Jan 22 Dress in RED, bring
chopsticks for lunch
Maths
test – Topic 10
Jan
23 – Feb 2 Chinese
New Year Vacation
Fri. Feb 14: Valentines Day
Mon. Feb 17: Clubs start
Feb
17 – Feb 21: Literacy
Week
Students of the Week
Yusei, Xavier, Riko, and Yolanda
Well done, everyone!
(and feel free to add your own!)
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