A welcome to all parents

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* Y1G
June Gibbard and Mandy Wong
* Y1W
Angela Wong and Rachel Chan
* The IB PYP (Primary Years Programme)
* Units of Inquiry develop skills, as discrete lessons and as
trans-disciplinary skills, in:
1) Language (English and Chinese)
2) Mathematics
3) Science
4) Social Studies
5) Performing Arts including Music
6) Visual Arts including Art and Design Technology
7) Information Literacy and ICT
8) Personal, Social and Physical Education
6 Units of Inquiry:
1) Who We Are a study of relationships
2) Where We Are In Place and Time a study of personal histories
3) How We Express Ourselves a study into celebrations
4) How the World Works a study of patterns and cycles
5) How We Organise Ourselves a study of the school
6) Sharing the Planet a study of limited resources
How We Express Ourselves
Where We Are In Place and Time
Sharing the Planet
Ask
Wonder
Investigate
Sort Share
Act
* Daily home readers
* Whole class and small guided groups
* Camera words sight vocabulary
* Phonics patterns (Get Reading Right)
* Weekly Library time - own choices from the library
* Classroom book corner independent reading
* Students should also keep up reading in the home language (reading
record book)

* Synthetic Phonics used in Get Reading Right
Unit 1 s m c t g p a o
Unit 2 r l b d f h i u
Unit 3 v w z y j n k e
Unit 4 ll ss zz ff
Unit 5 - sh ch th wh
Unit 6 ck ng qu x

Every child progresses at an
individual rate depending on
factors such as home
languages spoken and
familiarity with the
sounds of English.

* Teacher led focused tasks
* Independent journaling
* Developing fine motor skills of tool handling through activities
e.g. use of paintbrushes, pencils, crayons and pens.
* English letter formation top-to-bottom, left-to-right
orientation
* Stand-alone and integrated into the Unit of Inquiry
* Hands on learning and exploration of quantity, shapes and
proportions
* Focus groups and independent tasks
* Practice and consolidation of early number experiences
* Students work at their ability and mixed ability levels within the
class
* Daily 40 min lessons
* At start of school, Y1 students taught together (4 groups)
General introduction whilst teachers assess students, get to know them
* Divided into CNL (Chinese Native Language) and CFL (Chinese Foreign
Language) groups based on:
-Chinese is a home language
-experience and exposure to Chinese
* All Y1s learn traditional script (as it is the script in HK)
* All learn 4 Skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing within CFL or
CNL Scope & Sequence

* Swimming (Terms 1 and 3) parent help needed to escort children to
and from the pool
* Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) developing balance, strength and
coordination parent help needed to support each activity in the
rotation
* Competitive Sports Day in Spring team events and a few races.
* After-school activities Asia-Pacific Soccer, Gymnastics twice weekly.
* Students to arrive at school in kit on PE days. White trainers only.

* Daily reading Home readers, Raz-kids
* Mathletics
* Chinese
* Sharing bags
Sharing Bag
* 8.15am Bell rings, students go up to class
* 12.30pm Lunch in the hall until 12.50pm
* 12.50pm till 1.20pm Play time ! Climbing Frame only
from January "
* 2.55pm Bus students will be dismissed by AT
* 3.00pm Home time. The teacher must have contact with
each parent/carer before the child is allowed to leave.
* Checked shirt in place of the polo shirt
* White PE kit and trainers. Optional tracksuit (PE DAYS ONLY!)
* School ruck-sack: Water bottle, Hat, Reading folder, Chinese folder,
Home-School book
* Lunch and snack boxes must be named and also be opened
independently.

* The teacher!
1) PLEASE name everything!
2) Volunteer for trips and PE
activities
3) Check the Home-School
book daily
4) Check the Bulletin and
class webpage weekly
5) Communications via email
or in the play ground at the
end of the day
* Your child!
1) Daily reading at home
(English & Chinese books)
2) Keep up reading in their
home language
3) Be an inquirer! Ask and
encourage your child to
share their learning
4) Be informed! Book PIMs,
PTCs and performances in
your work diary early.
* First day of school PIM 28
th
August
* Meet the Teacher evening 3
rd
Sept
* Introduction to the PYP 12
th
Sept
* Chinese Studies PIM 19
th
Sept
* Phonics and Reading PIM 31
st
Oct
* Maths PIM 21
st
Nov
* All PIMs are 8:30am.
* Use the Orchard II (Learning Departments Homeroom) to
access the curriculum guides for each year group.
* Parent-Teacher conferences 6
th
-10
th
October.
* Mid-Year report available online 17
th
December
* 8.10am - Teachers will be on the playground. Please be on
time bringing your children to school.
* 8.15am - Classes will go upstairs with their teachers.
* 2.55pm - Bus children will be dismissed to the bus by the AT.
Please make sure your child knows that they are on the bus so
they are not looking for you.
* 3.00pm - Home time! Be ready to greet the children in the
playground. Dont forget to say bye to the teacher!