K2 UISGZ Newsletter Week of 17th November 2014

We hope you enjoyed your short holiday last

week. K2 teachers and teaching assistants had
a very productive two days of training.

Unit of Inquiry: Who We Are

Central Idea: Family relationships shape our identity

We also thank those parents who were able to

come along and participate in our first MotherTongue Story Telling session last Wednesday. It
was a very enjoyable time. Information on our
ongoing sessions will be sent home shortly, and
we hope we can get lots of volunteers to share
their favourite stories fromt heir home country
with us.

Learner Profile: Caring, Open-minded, Reflective

Attitudes: Appreciation, Respect
Skills: Communication, Research
Concepts: Connection, Form, Responsibility
Lines of Inquiry:

Language: Oo sound, Letterland character Oscar

Orange
Mathematics: Numbers: count to determine the
number of objects in a set; Data Handling
understand that sets can be organized by different
attributes
Creative Art: painting water colours with fine brushes
PE: Kidnastics Gymnastics for Kids - learning how to
balance, jump and roll
Music: Exploring simple autumn songs while using egg
shakers / song Over in the Meadow
Putonghua: review of family members / read two
books A week with grandpa () and
The brave caterpillar ( ) / song
Two Tiger (.)

Hats please send a labelled hat to school for

your child to wear outside. Hats are
sent home every Friday for washing
Sunscreen please sunscreen your child before
he or she comes to school. If you
would like to send a bottle of
sunscreen to school we will help your
child to apply it before outdoor play.
Mosquito repellent we recommend you send
some repellent to school.
Shoes please remember to send some shoes for
your child to change into when
coming into the classroom.
Bus changes Please let us know in your
communication book and / or by
email if you want to change the bus or
pick up your child from school

Class Helpers

K2G

K2R

K2Y

Line Leader

Chanel

Laila

Selin

Snack & Lunch

James

Kharis

Roos

Mia

Ellen

Rachel

Calendar/Weather

Ms. Stephanie(K2R)- sfairall@uisgz.org

Ms. Silvia (K2Y) sscorza@uisgz.org
Ms. Rimma (K2G) rfatkhutdinova@uisgz.org
K2 web site: k2uisgz.weebly.com
(password - k2cl@ssr00m)
Class Representatives:
K2Y Ms Sonja Hobusch sonja.hobusch@gmx.de
K2G Ms Jessica Gamradt jess81@gmx.net
K2R waiting

Similarities and differences within family units

Roles and responsibilities in families
How family histories influence our identity
Cultural diversity of families

Date

Event

Comments

December 2

Family Country 9.00am

Celebration
10.30am

December 12

Festival of
Lights

More
information to
come soon