YEAR 3 ABADESCO

25-29 NOV. 2013

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Where We are in Place & Time
Central idea: A nation is made up of many
unique individuals, cultures and communities.
We are learning how to write information reports
for this unit and we used the National Symbols of
Singapore as our topic for our first information
report. In finding out more about the national
symbols, we also learned a bit more about
Singapores history and why they use certain
symbols like the lion and the orchid.
Our concept for this unit is perspective. In
understanding that people have different
perspectives, we hope to develop into more
open-minded and respectful citizens of the world.
MONDAY
Swimming with Ms. Lola
*bring swimming kit
E-mail: gabadesco@chatsworth.com.sg Class website: http://year3abadesco.weebly.com
TUESDAY
PE with Ms. Unso
WEDNESDAY
Mandarin with Ms. Song
Music with Ms. Pittaway
Library with Ms. Rich
*bring Library bag
THURSDAY
Field trip to the
Peranakan
Museum
FRIDAY
Mo Day!
Homework due
Action Time focus:
My Passion
Unit of Inquiry
We have been developing our understanding of
why we borrow in subtraction. Through the use of
base 10 blocks and making number stories,
students understood better why numbers have to
be regrouped, traded, exchanged, etc. We also
have been working on explaining the steps that we
use when completing number problems.
Maths
We pretended
to prepare
Singapore
Soup in class
where the pot
symbolized Singapore and the
ingredients represented
everything that makes up
Singapore. For this weeks
challenge, think of other
ingredients that you can add
to our Singapore Soup. Some
of the ingredients that we
already listed are: different
people, languages, celebrations,
HDBs, respect, national symbols,
places, animals, physical features
UOI Challenge
November is Mens Health
Month (Movember) and to mark
the end of this month in school,
everyone is invited to come to
school wearing a mustache and
your House shirt. Students who
come to school wearing both
will get a merit.
Mo Day
Dates to Remember Dates to Remember
22 November End of CCA/ECA Session 1
28 November Field trip to the Peranakan Museum
2-3 December Bookaburra visit in the school hall
6 December Semester 1 Reports sent home
11 December Concert practice at Tanjong Katong Secondary
12 December
December Concert at Tanjong Katong Secondary (along Haig
Road), 10am-11:30am. Seating is from 9-10am
13 December
December Market, 9:15am-11:30am (all proceeds will go to the
Typhoon Haiyan survivors)
School will nish at 2:30pm
16 Dec. - 3 Jan. December Holiday
6 January Semester 2 begins
13 January CCA & ECA Session 2 begins
Addition & Sbutraction with Regrouping
In light of Supertyphoon
Haiyan that greatly affected
many parts of the
Philippines, we can do our
share in helping out by
donating $5 for a case
of bottled water.
Who: For the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan
What: $5 for 24 bottles of 500ml. water
Where: Samar and Leyte, Philippines (with the help of The Youth
of Santuario de San Antonio and the Meralco Foundation)
When:
How: Give $5 to your Homeroom teacher in an envelope
Donations in kind will be accepted until
Drop-off point is the school lobby (beside the staircase)
What we need:
Clothes (practical, usable, sorted by size)
Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, tissue paper)
Candles and matches
Ready to-eat food in easy-to-open packages
(biscuits, canned goods with pull rings)
Please e-mail ms. Abadesco at gabadesco@chatsworth.com.sg for questions or comments
DECEMBER 13TH, FRIDAY
By November 22nd, Friday
Abbie Rose and tbe Magic Suitcase:
Pic|ing up a Penguin's egg RFALLY got
me into trouble
A66!F ROSF and 6!LLY bead to tbe Soutb Pole Ior an
adventure! !t began vben Abbie pic|ed up a penguin's
egg. Tbey got cbased by penguins, tbe ice brea|s and
tbey encountered a bungry leopard seal. Fortunately, an
unli|ely bero comes up vitb a clever plan and saves tbe day!
Secrets oI tbe SWAMP
AlIie, Pacey and Lu|e, are supposed to go to a
svamp to ta|e pictures oI borsesboe crabs Ior
a project, but tbey end up baving tbe adventure
oI a liIetime. Tbey discover many secrets oI tbe
svamp sucb as up-close encounters vitb vildliIe,
a spoo|y bungalov and an underground staircase!
MFFT-THF-AUTHOR
NF!L HUMPHRFYS
Saturday, 23 November 20J3, ^pm
kino|uniya Singapore Main Store
Neil Humpbreys vill be
sbaring vitb you more
about bis latest cbildren's
boo|s at tbis event!
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31st October 2013
Dear Year 3 Parents and Guardians,
Year 3 students will visit The Peranakan Museum for the Mandarin programme integration with the Unit of
Inquiry - A Nation is made up of many unique individuals, cultures and communities. Students will be
exploring the cultural diversity of our host country, Singapore, through experiencing the historical richness of
the South East Asia Peranakan culture.
On Thursday the 28th of November, we will be leaving school at 9:10am and returning at approximately
11:30am. In the museum, students will have the opportunity to see the worlds finest Peranakan collection
displayed in ten different galleries. They will learn about the origins of the Peranakan culture including their
food, feasting, celebrations of marriage, religions, lifestyle and more. Students will immerse themselves in
the uniqueness of Peranakan culture through some hands-on activities such as stamping on coloured papers
with beautiful symbols, taking photos for the unique collections that interest them and both sketching and
creating their own artwork.
We will provide a selection of traditional Peranakan snack for students to taste once we return. Please let us
know if you have any concerns about this.
Students may bring a camera if they wish to. Please note that it is their responsibility to look after their
belongings. Students will wear their school uniform for the field trip. Afternoon classes will be as normal.
Please fill out the reply slip below, and attached consent form, and return with the payment (exact amount
please) by Thursday the 21st of November.
Kind regards,
Ms Song dsong@chatsworth.com.sg
Ms Chiu schiu@chatsworth.com.sg
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REPLY SLIP FOR FIELD TRIP TO THE PERANAKAN MUSEUM
Name of child __________________________

Please check all that apply
______I am allowing my child to join the field trip and have enclosed $4
______I am not allowing my child to join the field trip
______I am willing to join the field trip as a parent volunteer (1 needed from each class only)