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3 Mar 2017

Yr2 Weekly Update – 03/03/17

How the World Works

Forces affect objects around us.

 

Inquiry

This week we looked at Fair Testing and what makes a test  fair.

We decided that a fair test is one in which only one thing is changed and everything else stays the same. For example when we made our paper planes, we brainstormed the following ideas that we might change in order to conduct a fair  test.

  • Number of folds
  • Size of the plane
  • Mass of the plane
  • Add paper clips
  • Shape of the wings
  • Add more wings

 

We focused on Scientific Inquiry Method to help us with our critical thinking. We have specifically try to become better at drawing conclusions.

Some classes used push and pulls to sculpt action figures inspired by artist

Alberto Giacometti.

 

Literacy

We continued to work on procedural and informational writing. Some  classes read and followed instructions to make some friendship bracelets and fish art. Some classes looked into pronouns and worked on how to use pronouns properly in their   writing.

Some classes looked at how to make writing come alive by adding wow words. We read lots of books and generated a huge bank of words to help us write better.

 

Maths

Students continued to work on understanding the concepts of part-whole and equal sharing as they relate to quarters and  halves.

 

Important:

Thanks for sending in the stuff for junk modelling. Please keep that going. We have had a couple of glass and metal containers sent in and these pose health and safety problems. Please send in plastic and cardboard items only.

 

Action

 

A big well done to Emmy Hodes who has won a first prize in an under 6 years piano competition on 26th Feb 2017.

(“First Education: Hong Kong Students Music Competition 2017”)

 

IMPORTANT DATES

13 March: Maths Week

17 March: ESF Choral Concert

18 March: School Fair

23 March: Student Led Conferences 3-6pm

24 March: Classes suspended for Student Led Conferences

27 March: KJS Music Concert

29 March: Year 2’s Trip to Lion’s park

We will send out the information about this trip in the next Newsletter. In case you would like to volunteer for this trip, please contact your child’s class teacher.

31 March: Last Day of Term – ENDS AT MIDDAY