Year 2 Update Week 28

Friday 5th April – Ching Ming Festival.….no school

Wednesday 10th April – Easter Concert

Friday 12th April – Last day of school before Easter holidays, 12 pm finish

Wednesday 1st May – Public Holiday

Tuesday 7th May – Year Trip to Discovery Bay

Monday 13th May – Public Holiday

Tuesday 14th May – BHS CPD – School Closed

Autism Awareness DayThank you for all the donations. Beacon Hill School managed to raise a significantamount for JCSRS. Details to follow.

Action in the PYP at BHSNext week the Year 2 students will be involved in action that is beingtaken in school by our Year 6 students for their exhibition.Thank you for all the great examples of Action that you are taking. Action in thePYP is when students are inspired through their learning and their experiences tomake a difference to their lives or the community connected to real life issues andopportunities. We would like to celebrate our students taking action outside ofschool

Please could you email examples to me, tsuik4@beaconhill.edu.hk, and I will sharethrough our newsletter.

There are different types of Action. Last time I gave a description of how‘participation’ is a form of action, below is an description of how advocacy is a formof action.

There are different types of Action. We would like to start with a focus onAdvocacy. See below for a definition and examples.

Type of Action Examples

AdvocacyPromoting an idea that you feelpassionately about e.g. social,

environmental or political

Making people aware of anissue you feel passionately

aboutDebating

Sharing ideas with friends,classmates or family

School Uniform

Please ensure your child has a hat every day. As with Sports Day, the day can startout cloudy, but then brighten up and the children can get catch the sun easily. Timetable

PE Kit Library Bags

2D Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday

2FTuesday, Wednesday,

ThursdayThursday

2K Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Wednesday

Unit of Inquiry

This week the children developed a greater understanding of how systems workwhen they went on a short trip to Kowloon Tong MTR station. They also looked atthe bus station and the taxi stand.

The year 2 children continued creating their own communities with transportsystems connecting the different buildings and areas.

Some children have made key chains with beads and sketched different forms oftransport.

Maths

The children have continued their Maths unit on measurement. Each class islooking at a different area of measurement in turn. Scroll down to see ideas tosupport your child’s understanding of measurement at home.

English

The children are continuing to develop their English skills as they participate inwriting workshops.

All classes have been inferring as a comprehension strategy. An inference is whenwe use our background knowledge, alongside clues from the text to understandthat which is not explicitly stated.

As part of the Year 2 English curriculum at Beacon Hill School, the children are alsoregularly engaged in learning that promotes their understanding of how to applyphonics and handwriting skills to improve their reading and writing.

Fun Friends

We are now moving onto “R” for RELAX. In these sessions, the children will discusshow the body sends us signals to indicate when we are hungry, thirsty, need arest, etc. They will also share and learn relaxation techniques and strategies, suchas Bubble Breathing. Find out more by using the username and password inyour child’s Home School Diary to log into the Fun Friends onlineprogramme!

Central idea: Communities create systems to meet the needs of people.

Lines of in inquiry

Features of transportation systems (form)How the different parts of a transportation system work (function)The needs that different transport systems meet (connection)

Next week the children will be creating their own transport by using theirimagination. They will collaborate in a group to create a vehicle that is efficient,effective, environmentally friendly and beautiful.

Central Idea: Measurement involves comparing, ordering and sequencingobjects and events.

Lines of inquiry:

Ways different objects can be measuredDifferent informal measuring tools for comparingWays different objects can be measured using formal unitsChoosing the appropriate tool to measure

Over the next week, the children will finish inquiring into capacity, mass andlength. They will be thinking about non-standard and standard units of measure,estimating and measuring accurately.

All of the Year 2 classes have also spent some time on the Daily 10. This is a usefulway to check and support your child’s mental maths skills. Different levels can beset. Please see the link below: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Hit the Button is another fun game that practises a range of different mentalm a t h s , i n c l u d i n g m u l t i p l i c a t i o n f a c t s .https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Writing focus: Writing to describe

Next week the children will continue to use language in a range of waysto describe different topics.

Reading focus: Inferring

Next week the children will continue looking at how the clues from the text canhelp them infer and understand what the author does not explicitly tell them.

Well done to:

2K – Jana Hau2D – Flora Fei

2F – Adam Pan

SLT Award – Adam Pan (2F)

Mandarin – Mandy Jia (2F)

SpellingThe children will get a new spelling card after the Easter holidays. In themeantime, if they would like to practise their spelling, they could play the gameson the following link https://pbskids.org/games/spelling/ In our class handwriting lessons, we have begun to introduce the children tocursive handwriting. Correct letter formation is very important. Please encouragethis at home. Home ReadingPlease read at home with your child each day and sign their Reading Journal.Please encourage your child to write the date and title in their Reading Journal,including for Big Universe. In Big Universe, select ‘Library’. On the right-hand side you will be able to selectthe ‘grade’ for your child. The appropriate grade selection is kindergarten, 1stgrade and 2nd grade. This covers the age group of our children at BHS. Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when theyhave Mandarin lessons.

Support your child’s understanding of Measurement even further at home with thefollowing ideas.

Invite your child into the kitchen and have them help weighing andpouring out ingredients for baking.Let them weigh themselves and other objects on the family scales.Measure their height and help them measure the heights of other peoplein the family.Engage them in discussions around estimation, for example, “I think thechair is about 10 hands high. What do you think?” or “I think this milkbottle holds more liquid than this can of coke. How can we find out?”Let them play with measuring cups, jugs and spoons in the shower orbathtub.