Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 11

Dear Parents,

We have now reached the second-to-last week of the year, and I am having many moments where tears are filling my eyes. Saying goodbye to the Year 2 students will be no easy task next week! Let’s take a look at what we have been up to!

📚 Literacy

We’ve had lots of fun this week stepping into the shoes (or paws!) of the bear from Goldilocks and Just the One Bear 🐻📝

  • Year 1 have been focusing on sequencing and adding descriptive language to their diary entries.
  • Year 2 have been working on using expanded noun phrases and the suffix -ment to make their writing more detailed and exciting!

The diary entries have been full of imagination, personality, and lots of bear-sized adventures!


✏️ Maths

Year 1 – Telling Time ⏰

Year 1 have been learning all about time and are doing so well! They’ll complete their end-of-unit assessment next week.

This week, we’ve covered:

  • Days of the week
  • Months of the year
  • Hours, minutes, and seconds
  • Telling the time to the hour
  • Telling the time to the half hour

It’s been great fun using clocks and games to explore the concept of time!

Year 2 – Super Shapes 🔷🔺

Year 2 are diving into a new unit all about 2D and 3D shapes, and they’re really enjoying it! We’ve especially loved drawing symmetry lines this week.

Here’s what we’re learning:

  • Recognising 2-D and 3-D shapes
  • Counting sides on 2-D shapes
  • Counting vertices on 2-D shapes
  • Drawing 2-D shapes
  • Finding lines of symmetry on shapes

They’ll wrap up this unit next week with a fun review and assessment.


🌱 IPC – Little Gardeners at Work!

Our IPC unit continues to blossom! 🌻✨

This week, we’ve been:
🌿 Watching our beans grow like magic (some children are hoping for a beanstalk as tall as Jack’s!)
🌻 Learning about the life cycle of a seed
📝 Drawing labelled diagrams of sunflower seed cycles
🌱 Planting our sprouted beans into soil to help them grow strong and tall!

The children are loving being hands-on scientists and can’t wait to see what happens next in our growing journey.


🎢 Field Trip – Gyeongju World (Tues 24th)

We’re so excited for our end-of-year field trip to Gyeongju World next Tuesday, June 24th! 🎉

🕘 Departure: 9:00 AM
🕞 Return: 3:30 PM

Please remember:
👟 Wear comfortable clothes and shoes
🍱 Bring easy-to-eat food (no microwave)
💸 You may send 2,500 won if your child would like to buy a waterproof jacket

It’s going to be an unforgettable day of fun and celebration! 🎡🎈

See you all next week for our last week of the year~ Let’s make it a good one!!

Mrs Sim

U=Unwind 🙂