Week 12 update

Hi there,

It has been another busy week in which we have been very proud of our students achievements both in and out of school. From football tournaments to piano assessments, from silk screening a painting to finally telling the time, multiple achievements are continuously happening here each week. It is important from time to time to sit back and think about just how much our students accomplish each week.

This week the school had some special visitors, observing the quality of learning happening around the school. Each class was visited on a couple of occasions through the week and the Year 3 children were excellent ambassadors for the school.

It was an exciting week using the MacBooks to explore the world around us. The children had a great time exploring Google Earth, using it as a tool to visit far away places without even leaving their chair. Our topic, 'Humans Change Their Environments For Different Reasons' has started a lot of discussion about how we are changing our environment in Phuket. We used the timeline feature to travel back in time to examine some of the changes that have been made on the island. There were some very eye-opening changes for sure!

In Maths this week, the children continued learning about time, specifically how to read and represent time on digital and analogue clocks. This is a skill which takes a lot of practise to master and it would be very helpful for all of the children to have some support on this from home. It is obviously an important life skill which needs nurturing. All of Year 3 had some fun with a giant 'Time BINGO' game on Tuesday afternoon.  

Time Bingo

Time Bingo

In Literacy, we began to look at a new text type - expositions. Over the next few weeks the children will be learning to form stronger arguments by providing a number of reasons that support a given position. It will be just in time for Christmas so be prepared, they may try to convince you to buy them a very expensive gift! Learning to write expositions will support our topic in which the children will make a proposal to Mr. Richards about what should be done with the empty school land adjacent to the tennis center.  In order to gather evidence for our proposal, on Friday we all went on an in-school field trip to survey the land. It was a hot day but the children used their measuring skills and understanding of perimeter to calculate how much space there is for a new development. On their way to the survey site the children looked at a lot of changes that have happened, or are happening, around the school.

Notices

PE: 

Our curriculum rotation will change next week. Please note that your child may need to bring in a swim kit each Monday and Thursday depending on their class.

3JM - Basketball (regular PE Kit)

3PJ -  Yoga (regular PE Kit)

3KG - Swimming (swim kit required)

BISP Soccer 7's

On Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of November, BISP will host a massive football tournament in which some of our students will be involved. If you have time, come along and support our teams, it is always a fantastic event.

National Holiday Observed

On Tuesday 5th December, the school will be closed for a national holiday commemorating the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. School will resume again on Wednesday 6th December.

Have a great weekend everyone!