Unit of Study
Our new Unit of Study is titled 'Me and My School' and is focusing on 'What school means to me'. We will be exploring the immediate environment: the natural and man-made features, people's roles, relationships and responsibilities.
This week the children have all been on exploratory walks around the campus, visiting areas that they have not been to before, using their ears and eyes to notice different things and creating many 'I wonder...?' questions. They have identified things that are of interest to them and these will be investigated further, beginning with some simple map making and discussions.
David Watson Library
Throughout K1 and the first term of K2, the children chose their library books from a selection brought to them from the DWL. This term will see each class visit the library, once a week, to share a story and select two books to take home.
The classes will go to the DWL on the following days:
K2SMH - Wednesday
K2JiS - Thursday
K2ZBr and K2HWe - Friday
The classes will go to the DWL on the following days:
K2SMH - Wednesday
K2JiS - Thursday
K2ZBr and K2HWe - Friday
Visiting a bigger library and choosing books from a much larger selection will be such an enjoyable experience for the children. We are very excited about this transition in our programme, as are the children, judging from our first visits this week! Enjoy sharing these books together. Please remember to return them before your child's next DWL visit to ensure he/she can check out some new books.
The above two classes will begin the swimming programme on Thursday 15 January. They will swim on both Tuesday and Thursday, up to and including Thursday 12 February.
Your child will need to wear his/her school uniform to school and bring a separate bag with swimming things packed inside. He/she needs swimmers, a UVA swim top (compulsory), goggles, pool shoes to wear down to the pool and a towel, or preferably, a hooded towel cape or a towelling bath robe. Please pack a plastic bag for wet swimmers. If your child does not have a UVA swim top, one can be purchased from the UWCSEA College Shop. Please ensure that all items (clothing, footwear, etc) are clearly named.
If for any reason your child is not able to swim one week, he/she will sit poolside and watch the lesson.
Our main Service in K2 is our shoe box initiative. Some of you will be familiar with this, if you have already had children in the Infants, but for some of you it will be your first time. In K2 we have a wonderful Afternoon Tea, where the shoe boxes are given to elderly guests. Please click on the link here "K2 Shoe Box Afternoon Tea 2014" to the video from last year to see just what a lovely event it is for everyone involved.
Today a letter was sent home today requesting items for the shoe boxes, together with a small booklet. Please could you send the items to school in a named bag by Monday 19 January.
All children will be packing a shoe box at school so every child will need the items, irrespective of whether he/she will be attending the Shoe Box Afternoon Tea. Any extra shoe boxes will be delivered by the Grade 1 students to elderly residents in neighbouring HDBs. The list below will serve as a reminder of the items that are needed:
• A face flannel
• A tin of tuna
• A tube of toothpaste
• A toothbrush
• A brush/comb
• A small pot of Tiger Balm
• A homemade card
• $20 (for items bought in bulk by UWCSEA and a Hong Bao)
Thank you so much in advance for supporting this initiative.
Another letter was sent home today giving details about our upcoming K2 Service Initiative.
If you wish your child to attend the afternoon tea between 2:30pm and 3:30pm, please return the reply slip by Monday 19 January. We need to finalise numbers for catering purposes so would appreciate your timely returns.
If your child is attending, he/she needs to wear something Chinese or in the colours of red and gold.
IMPORTANT
Please note that all the K2 children will need to be collected from their classrooms at 11:45am to give us time to get the classrooms ready and prepare for the event. Children attending the afternoon tea will need to be brought back to their classrooms by 2:15pm. We will finish at 3:30pm.
We are all very much looking forward to another wonderful afternoon with our elderly guests.
Swimming K2JiS and K2ZBr
The above two classes will begin the swimming programme on Thursday 15 January. They will swim on both Tuesday and Thursday, up to and including Thursday 12 February.
Your child will need to wear his/her school uniform to school and bring a separate bag with swimming things packed inside. He/she needs swimmers, a UVA swim top (compulsory), goggles, pool shoes to wear down to the pool and a towel, or preferably, a hooded towel cape or a towelling bath robe. Please pack a plastic bag for wet swimmers. If your child does not have a UVA swim top, one can be purchased from the UWCSEA College Shop. Please ensure that all items (clothing, footwear, etc) are clearly named.
If for any reason your child is not able to swim one week, he/she will sit poolside and watch the lesson.
K2 Service - Operation Shoe Box
Our main Service in K2 is our shoe box initiative. Some of you will be familiar with this, if you have already had children in the Infants, but for some of you it will be your first time. In K2 we have a wonderful Afternoon Tea, where the shoe boxes are given to elderly guests. Please click on the link here "K2 Shoe Box Afternoon Tea 2014" to the video from last year to see just what a lovely event it is for everyone involved.
Today a letter was sent home today requesting items for the shoe boxes, together with a small booklet. Please could you send the items to school in a named bag by Monday 19 January.
All children will be packing a shoe box at school so every child will need the items, irrespective of whether he/she will be attending the Shoe Box Afternoon Tea. Any extra shoe boxes will be delivered by the Grade 1 students to elderly residents in neighbouring HDBs. The list below will serve as a reminder of the items that are needed:
• A face flannel
• A tin of tuna
• A tube of toothpaste
• A toothbrush
• A brush/comb
• A small pot of Tiger Balm
• A homemade card
• $20 (for items bought in bulk by UWCSEA and a Hong Bao)
Thank you so much in advance for supporting this initiative.
Shoe Box Afternoon Tea
Wednesday 4 February 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Another letter was sent home today giving details about our upcoming K2 Service Initiative.
If you wish your child to attend the afternoon tea between 2:30pm and 3:30pm, please return the reply slip by Monday 19 January. We need to finalise numbers for catering purposes so would appreciate your timely returns.
If your child is attending, he/she needs to wear something Chinese or in the colours of red and gold.
IMPORTANT
Please note that all the K2 children will need to be collected from their classrooms at 11:45am to give us time to get the classrooms ready and prepare for the event. Children attending the afternoon tea will need to be brought back to their classrooms by 2:15pm. We will finish at 3:30pm.
We are all very much looking forward to another wonderful afternoon with our elderly guests.
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