Dear Parents, We’ve had a fantastic and full week in Year 1/2! Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to and what to expect in the coming days: 🔤 ABC Countdown Fun!The ABC Countdown continues to bring smiles and excitement to our days! 🎉 I’ve included an A3-sized version of the countdown in your child’s folder to help you keep track — I know it can be tricky to remember all the special days! 🎲 Monday is G for Games Day!Please send a card game or board game with your child on Monday. We’ll have a fun time playing … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update-Term 3 Week 8
Dear Parents, What a wonderful and busy week we’ve had in Year 1/2! The children have been working hard and having lots of fun along the way. Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to across the curriculum 👇➕ Maths MagicWe’ve been diving into new topics in Maths and the children have been showing some great thinking and problem-solving skills! 🧮 Year 1Sum.3.5 – Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)Position and Direction AssessmentSum.4.1 – Count from 50 to 100Sum.4.2 – Tens to 100Sum.4.3 – Partition into tens and ones 📊 Year 2Time AssessmentSum.3.1 – Make tally chartsSum.3.2 – Create tablesSum.3.3 … Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 7
Happy Friday to everyone! Hope you are all well and have had a great week. Firstly, thank you to everyone for your support with the literacy writing this week. The children did so well in their assessment, and I was so proud of them. It was a great end to our week. We will be starting our new Literacy unit next week which is based on the book, “Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson. I am excited to start this one! Maths Year 1 finished their unit on Fractions and sat an end of unit test on … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 6
What a short but fun-filled week it has been in Year 1/2! With the national holidays and our professional development day, we only had two days together—but we packed in plenty of learning and smiles. MathsIn Maths, Year 1 students explored the concept of quarters. We worked through objective 2.7 – Recognise a quarter of a quantity and objective .2.8 – Find a quarter of a quantity. The children enjoyed using practical resources to share items into four equal parts and really impressed us with their understanding. Meanwhile, Year 2 students focused on telling the time. We covered Objective 2.2 … Mrs Sim’s Weekly Update – Term 3 Week 5
Hello Everyone! We’ve had another fun and productive week in Year 1/2, filled with learning, creativity and imagination! 📚 Literacy This week, we finished reading Toys in Space, and what a lovely, heartwarming ending it was! The children completed a range of writing activities, including creating invitations for a party that the toys organised to help cheer up Octopize. They focused carefully on grammar and punctuation, and I was really impressed by the progress they’ve made in structuring their writing. We also wrote diary entries, retelling the events of the party from the perspective of one of the characters. It’s … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 4
Dear Parents , We’ve had a fantastic week in Year 1/2, filled with exciting learning across all curriculum areas! Here’s a little peek into what we’ve been up to in class: 📚 Literacy We’ve continued our journey through the imaginative book Toys in Space by Mini Grey. The children have loved exploring and using the story to inspire their creative work.The students designed their unique space creatures and described them using powerful adjectives and the grammar points we’ve been focusing on, including ‘un-‘ prefixes, ‘so that’ sentences, and past tense verbs. The students also began writing letters in character as … Mrs Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 3
Dear Parents, We’ve had a fun-filled and productive week in Year 1/2 with lots of exciting learning happening across the curriculum! 📚 Literacy We have continued reading Toys in Space by Mini Grey. Year 1 students wrote imaginative sentences about what the toys might see, hear and feel as they looked up at the sky. They also practised using the prefix ‘un-’ and created their own speech bubbles for the characters, including the word ‘if’. Year 2 extended their learning by practising the conjunction ‘so that’ in their sentences – for example, “The robot has a key so that he … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 2
Welcome back, everyone! We’ve had a fantastic start to Term 3 and enjoyed a lovely week together in class. This week, we welcomed our new student, Ana Clara. We’re so proud of her bravery and positivity during her first week here at HFS — she’s settling in beautifully! Here’s a look at what we’ve been working on: Literacy We began our new book Toys in Space with lots of excitement — some toys even came to visit our classroom! The students helped guide them back to their homes by creating maps and using name tags tied around them. Mid-week, the … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 3 Week 1
We made it to the end of Term 2! It has been a term packed with great learning, progress and fun. Busan Science Museum We had a lovely trip to the Science Museum on Wednesday. The children made their own automata, explored the museum and had fun playing at the park. Here are some pictures for you 🙂 Maths This week Ms. Yun, our trainee teacher has been having a lot of fun with the students on the tuff trays-wonderful hands-on learning! Year 1 Spr.5.2 – Measure mass Spr.5.3 – Compare mass Spr.5.4 – Full and empty Spr.5.5 – Compare … Mrs. Sim – Weekly Update Term 2 Week 10
