K2 UISGZ Newsletter Week of 8

th
September 2014
This week in Letterland K2 met Annie Apple. We
also read stories about apple trees for our Unit of
Inquiry. We were lucky enough to borrow the EC
oven for the week. K2G and K2R made apple
cakes and apple pies, and K2Y made baked
apples. Please see our website for some photos
of these activities.

On September 11
th
we will have a parent
information session. Please let us know if you can
attend and if you will go home on the school bus
that day. We look forward to seeing you there.

The schedule for 2 way conferences will be given
to you on Tuesday 9
th
. Please do return the
booking form if you have not already done so.
Unit of Inquiry: How We Express Ourselves
Central Idea: Stories communicate ideas and
emotions and invite a response
Learner Profile: Communicator, Risk Taker, Thinker
Attitudes: Confidence, Tolerance
Skills: Communication, Social, Thinking
Concepts: Form, Function, Reflection
Lines of Inquiry:
How to construct an effective story
How stories are created and shared
Feelings and emotions that stories evoke
Language: Dippy Duck character - D sound, song &
story
Mathematics: Numbers: Beginning to recognise the
numbers 1-5. Singing number songs, tracing and
copying numbers, reviewing shapes
Creative Art: Studying The Enormous Watermelon
and creating a watermelon vine
PE: Cooperative Games
Music: Changing the story "Goldilocks and 3 bears" to
the 3 tapping bears / drums and musical games
Putonghua: Role-playing characters in the story The
pig in the pond. Vocabulary: character, like, pig,
duck, old man. Try to guide children to say a sentence
"I like____(which character in the story)"in Putonghua.

Class Helpers K2G K2R K2Y
Line Leader
Sean Ellen Dan
Snack & Lunch
Chanel Apolline Brae
Calendar/Weather
Juhyuk Kharis Adrian



Hats please send a labelled hat to school for
your child to wear outside. Hats are
sent home every Friday for washing
Sunscreen please sunscreen your child before
he or she comes to school. If you
would like to send a bottle of
sunscreen to school we will help your
child to apply it before outdoor play.
Mosquito repellent we recommend you send
some repellent to school.
Shoes please remember to send some shoes for
your child to change into when
coming into the classroom.
Bus changes Please let us know in your
communication book and / or by
email if you want to change the bus or
pick up your child from school
Ms. Stephanie(K2R)- sfairall@uisgz.org
Ms. Silvia (K2Y) sscorza@uisgz.org
Ms. Rimma (K2G) rfatkhutdinova@uisgz.org

K2 web site: k2uisgz.weebly.com
(password - k2cl@ssr00m)

Date Event Comments
Thursday
September 11
th

2014

K2 Parent
Information
Session
2pm in the EC
Music Room.
Please return
the reply slip
Wednesday
September 17
th

2014
Two-way
conferences
Please return
the booking
form ASAP
K2 UISGZ Newsletter Week of 8
th
September 2014