Dear Parents and Students,
Our final
week of Semester 1 has been a lot of fun with our Chinese Week activities
providing some variety throughout our busy schedule. Thank you to Ms. Tsai,
Mrs. Lin, Ms. Debbie, and Ms. Barry for organising and coordinating the
activities on Tuesday and Wednesday, and thanks also to all of our specialty
teachers for including theme-based activities in our specialty classes. We
should also thank Ms. Vicky and Ms. Sutherland for providing some entertaining
Performing Arts activities this week. A link to photos of the activities can be
found at the end of this post.
We completed
another topic in Maths this week. Topic 12 is all about decimals, and we have been
converting fractions to decimals, and then decimals back to fractions, and we
have also been comparing decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers on a number
line. We will review the topic when we return
from the break, and then our topic test will take place on Tuesday, 12th
February.
In
our Literacy Workshop, we enjoyed reading Heatwave! and held some
engaging discussions during our Reading Circles workshops. Everyone is
contributing to these discussions now, and we are all improving our skills in
drawing inferences, making connections and arriving at conclusions. We also enjoyed
coming up with hyperboles and trying to write our own tall story.
In Science, we
have been experimenting with electricity, and learning about currents,
circuits, conductors, and insulators. A link to pictures of our investigations
is included at the bottom of this post. We will continue our study of
electricity after the break.
In Social
Studies, we have completed our study of the American Northwest, and
spent the final few lessons this week reviewing what we have learned. When we
return, we will shift our attention to the Southeast, and we will compare the
two regions, along with similar and contrasting areas around the world.
For the
second week running, we finished our week by saying goodbye to a classmate.
Soushi is leaving Hsinchu during the vacation, and will start school elsewhere
for Semester 2. Good luck Soushi, we
will all miss you!
I hope
everyone enjoys a restful vacation and safe travels. Happy New Year of the Pig,
and I'll see you all back at school on 11th February. 新年快樂！
Important Dates:
Fri-Sun, Feb 1-10: Chinese New Year vacation – School closed
Mon, Feb 11: Semester
2 commences
Tue, Feb 12: Math
test – Topic 12
Feb 18-22: Literacy
Week
Feb 28-Mar 29: Peace
Day Public Holiday
Click here for photo albums of our:
Students of the Week
