Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
News from K1/Hummingbirds February 4 to February 22, 2013
Our Unit of Inquiry for the 3rd 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
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
News from K1/H’birds January 14 to Feb 1, 2013
Welcome
back to Semester 2, Term 3.
Thank you to those who brought in show and tell items
from your Christmas holidays or relating to our new unit of inquiry. Please be reminded that Show and Tell is a
very important and necessary part of the
program. Show and Tell is your child’s
special time to tell us about something.
The central idea of our inquiry is
into:
‘We share resources with other living things’.
An inquiry into: What living things need;
How our air, food and water can change; and
Showing responsibility for our air, food and water.
Please collect pictures, photos or information about air,
food and water for your child to show and tell about. You have already received
a schedule of our program in your communication folder.
Thank you for your participation in our International Day
celebrations and completing our road trip observation form. From feedback I have received, it was an
enjoyable and beneficial activity on the way up to the MBC. The group of children that came with the
teachers also observed an abundance of resources just around the buildings on
campus.
The children also made us proud singing ‘It’s a small world
on the stage.’ It was an enjoyable and happy day with so much delicious food
from different countries. Thank you to
all parents who cooked food and to all parents who attended. Your support is much appreciated.
This term’s Unit of Inquiry, Air, Food and Water is our
science unit and teaches very important topics to stimulate your child’s
interest in our environment. We ask for your cooperation to work with your
child in different parent/child observation activities this UOI.
In the coming 2 weeks, you will also receive an A3 diary
page to complete with your child at home showing how you observed and/or used
air, food and water. You may use
drawings, photos or written words.
K1 Hummingbirds Library day is Friday:
PE is Wednesdays and Fridays: Your child must wear shorts and PE shoes.
Thank you,
K1 Team
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