K2 Weekly Newsletter # 25

Week of March 10th, 2014

EC Week 26 UISG EC Division

Whats been happening? We ended our UOI on transportation last week. For our summative assessment, children individually drew their own community map, describing the various transport used for specific purposes. This is our transition week to our new UOI on living things. We had quite a few children absent last week so we will finish the summative assessments with them while the children start to explore the central idea through trying to define what a living thing means. We will have related games and books for the children to explore. We would also appreciate if you send your childs baby photos so that we could discuss changes and stages of growth. We will return all the photos after we finish our UOI. A field trip to the Guangzhou Zoo is in planning. We will again need help from parents soon. The date of this field trip will be confirmed this week. Reminders: Children with no hats have to stay on the veranda at play time, so please help your child send his/her hat back to school. Library books and Home readers need to be returned in order for a new book to be chosen. Thank you for your cooperation! UOI Information Transdisciplinary Theme: How The World Works Central Idea: All living things go through a process of change. Key concepts: Causation, change, form Related concepts: Animals, plants, growth Lines of inquiry -Living vs Non-living things -Exploring different lifecycles -Basic needs between people, animals and plants

We would like to thank last weeks Classroom Helpers

Helper Line Leader Snack & Lunch Calendar/Weather K2G Zi Yue Rachel Lucy K2R Khalel Willem Lin K2Y
KyeongChang,Yusaku Maja& Isabella Tim

This Weeks Focus Going Further

Language: Rr Red Robot Continued -Letters Oo and Ff (Oscar Orange & Firefighter Fred) UOI: Tuning In stage Go on a living things hunt around the school/ prior assessment Living and Non-living things cut and paste activity *Finish summative assessment for those who were sick last week Putonghua: Mathematics: Introduction to patterns Number focus from 10 -15 (counting/formation/recognition/order to 15) Creative Art: Pick fallen leaves / Leaf rubbing PE: Music:

Calendar of Upcoming Events And Celebrations

Month March 11 Event/Celebration Open Day Comments A good time to visit P classes and see what they do there Reminder for storytellers More info to come soon Tentative swimming info session for EC parents

18 Week of 24 27

Mother-Tongue Storytelling Photo week UPTA meeting

Something you should know

Pre-school Art The process of creating craft projects is always more important than the end result. If your child does succeed at completing the project correctly, consider this a bonus. Never let your children feel that there is a right or wrong way to express themselves through their preschool craft activities. I find that often our results are far from the pictureperfect crafts depicted in most craft books.
From :http://www.shirleys-preschool-activities.com/preschoolcrafts.html

Any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Ms. Stephanie(K2R)- sfairall@uisgz.org Ms. Chan (K2Y) cchan@uisgz.org Ms. Daoqiong (K2Y)dqiong@uisgz.org Ms. Rimma (K2G) rfatkhutdinova@uisgz.org Class Reps: K2R waiting K2Y Antonias mum (Nadine):ptnschmitt@me.com K2Y Elises mum (Ulrike):ulrikeranzow@googlemail.com K2G Rachels mum(Gillian): gilliangao53@hotmail.com K2G Emersons mum (Tiffanee) : kaihonu73@gmail.com Learn more about IB: www.ibo.org K2 webpage: k2uisgz.weebly.org (password = k2pl@yground)