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News from K1 H’birds April 22 to May 10 2013

News from K1 H’birds April 22 to May 10 2013

What? 5 weeks to go to the end of the year – It cannot be!

·        What a busy 3 weeks we have had since the holidays!  The children have all enjoyed sharing and singing their favourite songs, rhymes and moving in different ways.  For the unit’s summative assessment the children will perform several items for your enjoyment on Friday May 31, at the morning assembly at 9am.  Please mark your calendar.  Thank you.

·        Show and Tell for the rest of the term is something that begins with the letter of your child’s first name or nick name. 

·        Thai Culture Day on April 26 gave the children some experience of traditional Thai activities. These activities live on today and are much enjoyed, especially throwing water on each other! The children also ate heartily at the kantoke table of chicken, somtum and sticky rice.

·        Student Led Conference day on May 1st was an exciting day for parents and students.  The children displayed confidence and joy while showing their parents what they do at school.  Thank you for your attendance to support your child’s learning.

·       End of year concert: The children have already begun practicing songs for their concert performance on Wednesday June 12^th at the K3 Graduation. This year it will be at our Kindergarten campus.  We are singing ‘APIK’ and ‘Inanay’.   We would like your child to wear the school PE uniform of shorts and shirt, thank you. An APIK summer school t/shirt could also be worn with dark blue/denim shorts.

·        Wednesday is swimming day.  Your child must have a separate swim  bag for suit, towel and cap for girls.

·        Library day.  Please don’t forget to return the library book in the library bag on a Friday. 

·        Hat:  Please make sure your child has a hat at school.

We are looking forward to the last 5 weeks of our fourth term.  Your children have all further developed the attributes of being inquirers, being reflective and taking responsibility for their learning since returning from the April holidays.  It is great to see them asking and answering questions displaying their curiosity and knowledge. 

    

Thanking you.                                    

K1 Team

Pictures for Student Led Conference

Thai Culture Day

Student Led Conferences

Student Led Conferences  Wednesday 1st May  2013

Student Led Conferences will include the students guiding their parents through activities in subject areas such as language, math, U of I, and specialists, spending time with the student’s portfolio, writing up reflections and a short teacher, parent, student conference. This should last about 1 hour.

Wherever possible the student will act as interpreter. If this is not possible please arrange with the official language interpreter mutually agreeable times.  Please include ELL teachers. Please talk with other teachers to ensure there are no sibling timetable clashes. KG will be having their SLC’s on the same day so please coordinate with teachers there if any of your students have younger siblings attending KG.

During this day the student should guide their parent through all specialist rooms including the library, ICT lab etc.

Teachers can arrange their schedule the way they would like it based on this template.

Time	Students
8.30 – 9.30	Shuhan	Kate	Kaede
9.30 – 10.30	TT	Amy	Talon
10.30 11.30	Copter	Annie	Hayama
11.30 – 12.30      pm	Sophia
1pm- 2pm	Lunch

Tuesday 30^th April 2013     8.30am  Tanoo and Jang Jang

                                       3pm      Fuchang and Ayumi

Thursday 2^nd May 2013       8.30am  Yi Yi  and Jasmine

                                      3pm   Tye

UOI 4th Term - Songs, Rhymes and Movement

UOI 4^th Term April 2013     

Songs, Rhymes and Movement       

Transdisciplinary Theme:  How we Express Ourselves                                            

CENTRAL IDEA:

 Songs, rhymes and movement express many aspects of our world.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OF INQUIRY April 22 to June 7        7 weeks                                                  

April 22 – May 3                                                                                            2 weeks 

Question 1  How we express ourselves through songs, rhymes and movement?

Tuning In:  What are songs, rhymes and movement and what do you know about songs/rhymes/movement?    

Children bring in their favourite song/rhyme/movement and perform it.

Listening to songs/rhymes and performing movement  

Draw a reflection picture of favourite song/rhyme/movement.

May 6 to May 23                                                                                       3 weeks

Question 2 How do songs, rhymes and movement help us learn about our world?

Listen to songs/rhymes and tell us what it is about and what you learned from it.

Listen and perform a movement and tell us what you can and learned from it.

Listen to songs/rhymes/movement from other cultures.  Discuss/reflect

Parents, colleagues come in and teach a song/rhyme/movement from other culture. 

Ms Elena teach us a Romanian song and dance.

Aboriginal song and dance ‘Inanay’.

Thai teachers teach Thai songs, rhymes and movement.

PE teachers teach children the Hakka dance with a poi. 

PE teachers teach other movements

May 27 to June 7                                                         2 weeks 

Question 3 How do songs, rhymes and movement make us think and feel differently?

Recite/sing/move to different songs and rhymes. Are they happy, sad, funny, scary, difficult, easy, fast, slow or just lots of fun?   

After performing a song/rhyme or movement, a rubric is completed of how the song/rhyme/movement made them think and feel and why?

Drawings, painting, role-play.

Assessment and Closure

Friday June 7   at 9am Children perform a song, rhyme or movement for their Parents.

Using a Rubric the children will be assessed and complete a self assessment of their knowledge and understanding of the Unit.

END OF UNIT AND END OF YEAR   -   HAPPY HOLIDAYS   

Songs, Rhymes and Movement

Dear Parents,

During the last term of the school year, our Unit of Inquiry will be ‘Songs, Rhymes and Movement’ under the transdisciplinary theme of ‘How we express ourselves.’  Our central idea is ‘Songs, rhymes and movement express many aspects of our world.’

The Unit of Inquiry will focus on:

·        How we express ourselves through songs, rhymes and movement.

·        How songs, rhymes and movement help us learn.

·        How songs, rhymes and movement make us think and feel differently.

Please assist us in this process of inquiry based learning by completing the following during the Songkran break. 

·        Ask your child to select his/her favorite song or rhyme and have him/her bring a copy or in a book to class during the first week after the Songkran holidays.

·        Please use your first language to ask your child why it is their favorite song or rhyme and send the answer in your child’s communication folder. 

We would appreciate your support and encouragement for your child’s learning.

Kind regards,

Kindergarten 1 Team

เรียนผู้ปกครองชั้นอนุบาล 1 ทุกท่าน

      หัวข้อของหน่วยการเรียนรู้  สุดท้ายของปีการศึกษานี้ ในชั้นอนุบาล 1 คือ “บทเพลง และบทกลอนประกอบท่าทาง” โดยมีจุดประสงค์การเรียนรู้หลักคือ เพื่อให้นักเรียนได้เรียนรู้ว่าบทเพลงและบทกลอนประกอบท่าทางเหล่านี้สะท้อนให้เห็นวัฒนธรรมที่หลากหลายของมนุษย์

         หน่วยการเรียนรู้จะเน้นให้นักเรียน:

-          สามารถแสดงความรู้สึกของตนผ่านทาง บทเพลง บทกลอนประกอบท่าทาง

-          เรียนรู้ว่าบทเพลง บทกลอนประกอบท่าทาง ช่วยให้เราเรียนรู้เกี่ยวกับโลกได้อย่างไร

-          เรียนรู้ว่าบทเพลง บทกลอน ประกอบท่าทางทำให้เราคิดและรู้สึกต่างกันได้อย่างไร 

ขอความกรุณาผู้ปกครองทุกท่านให้ความร่วมมือ ในการทำให้กระบวนการเรียนรู้ของนักเรียนสมบูรณ์แบบยิ่งขึ้นโดยการสนับสนุนนักเรียนให้ทำกิจกรรมต่อไปนี้

    --  ให้บุตร หลานของท่านเลือก บทเพลง หรือ บทกลอนที่ชอบมากที่สุดซึ่งจะเป็นภาษาใดก็ได้ แล้วนำมาโรงเรียนในสัปดาห์แรกหลังวันหยุดสงกรานต์

    --  ถามบุตร หลานของท่านด้วยภาษาที่ใช้พูดที่บ้านว่าทำไมถึงชอบ บทเพลง หรือ บทกลอน นั้น แล้วส่งคำตอบแนบมาใน Communication folder ส่งกลับครูประจำชั้น

          ทีมงานชั้นอนุบาล 1 หวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าจะได้รับความร่วมมือจากท่านในการสนับสนุนการเรียนรู้ ของนักเรียนซึ่งเป็นบุตรหลานของท่านเช่นที่เคยเป็นมา

                                                                             ขอแสดงความนับถือ

                                                                               ทีมงานชั้นอนุบาล 1

News from K1/H : February 26 to March 22, 2013

Thank you to parents for supporting their children in their learning during this term’s UOI ’Air, Food and Water’.  Over the past 4 weeks we have been exploring:  How do our air, food and water change and how can we look after these resources?  We observed: 

·        Simple experiments with ice and water measurement

·        Dehydrated foods to hydrated

·        Fresh fruit smoothies

This Unit of Inquiry has provided the children with lots of learning opportunities and they now have more awareness of how important air, food and water are to their lives and to the future of our earth.  

·        Love to Read Week:  The children listened to stories every morning at Assembly. We had fun travelling to the MBC and the children and were in awe of seeing the elementary students performing songs in the musical ‘Pirates’.  Today K3 and Grade 1 performed shorts plays for everyone’s enjoyment.   It was a fun week.  The children who brought books to swap were pleased with their new books.  Thank you for your participation.

 

·        It is VERY IMPORTANT that your children wear shorts and PE shoes on Mondays for safety and agility.   Swimming will continue on Wednesdays after the holidays.

Your child must have a separate swim bag.

No plastic bags please. Your children cannot recognize their belongings in a plastic shopping bag.  If possible, please dress your children in their swim wear from home.  Please have your children wear clothes to change into after swimming which are easy for them to put on themselves.  Thank you.

Please send in a new toothbrush with your child next term.

  No toothpaste necessary thank you.

 

Show And Tell: Air, Food And Water

Air, Food And Water

Reminder: No School on Monday February 25

Monday February 25, 2013 is a special Buddhist holiday, Macha Bucha Day. NO SCHOOL

News from K1/Hummingbirds February 4 to February 22, 2013

Our Unit of Inquiry for the 3^rd term ‘Air, Food and Water’

Transdisciplinary theme of ‘Sharing the Planet.’

Central Idea:  ‘We share resources of air food and water with other living things.’

Over the past three weeks we have exploring:

What are living and non-living things and what do they need to live?

How do living things use air, food and water where do they come from?

·         Ocean and pond animals

·         Plant and animal life

·         Growing beans

·         The simple water cycle – clouds, rain, evaporation

·         Observing flowers in and out of water

·         Dissolving salt in water and observing evaporation

·         The food chain

·         From farm to market

·         Completing assessment tasks

AIR, FOOD and WATER DIARY

Thank you for working with your child to complete the air, food and water diary showing how your child used these resources at home during one day or over a week.   Thank you to those people who have completed the diary already.  Your support helps to build your child’s awareness of the importance of our earth’s air, food and water.   Please use pictures, photos or drawings.

(sample attached)

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  Please be reminded that Show and Tell is a very important part of the program.  Show and Tell is your child’s special time to tell us about something he/she has brought in.  Show and Tell this term must be something relating to ‘Air, Food and Water’.  Please look at the inquiry schedule to help you and your child choose something related to the current week’s study. 

PE is Monday and Wednesday:  Your child must wear shorts and PE shoes.

Library books:  Please kindly encourage your child to take responsibility for the library book that they choose each week.  Each week the book must be returned so they can choose another one.

Thank you

K1 Team