Peace Day

Dear Parents and Students,

Another great week has past and I assume everyone is delighted about the long weekend to come with Monday, February 28^th, being a public holiday.  Students, enjoy the extra off day with your family and friends! 

Parents and Students, here are the diary entries for March:

March 3 & 4:  Bye Bye Birdie – HIS Theater Department’s musical at Hsinchu Cultural Center.  Show time is 7.30PM.  This is going to be unforgettable!!!

March 12:  Sports Day  - Lots of fun for students and a fun family day!

March 14 – 18:  Spirit Week

March 22/23:  Music Treasure Hunt (surprise prizes are up for grabs!)

March 28 – 31:  International Week

March 31:  Last day of school before Spring Break 

(Spring Break is April 1^st – April 10^th)

Curriculum Progress for Week 3 of the second semester:

Math:  We had started Chapter 13 and we finished the first 6 lessons.  Chapter 13 is all about customary measurement. 

Science:  We completed Chapter 10 this week and learnt about cycles and patterns in space.  Next week we will review Chapter 10 and make sure we understand the vocabulary.  Once we finish Chapter 10 we will work on Social Studies block units.

English:  We learnt about the characters in a story, the setting, and how to plan the plot (Chapter 8).

Reading:  We are busy with our third story, Two Days in May, and next week we will work with prefixes and suffixes. 

Seven students presented their Planet Presentation this Friday, February 28^th.  The other seven students, please remember that we are looking forward to your presentation next Friday, March 4^th. 

We also have tests again… please take note of the following test dates:

Math:  Monday, March 7 ~ Chapter 12 and 13

Science:  Wednesday, March 9 ~ Chapter 8, 9 and 10 (Unit D).

English:  Friday, March 11 ~ Unit 7 and 8

Our student of the week is Stanford Yu.  Stanford always completes assignments and homework well and he performed wonderfully in his Planet Presentation.  Congratulations, Stanford!  You are a star!

Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!!!

Stay healthy and take care!

An unforgettable Valentine's Day

Dear Parents and Students,

Our week kicked off with Morris Gleitzman who visited our school on Valentine’s Day!  We were all so privileged!  He is a friendly man with a great sense of humor, and who has very interesting stories to tell – and write!  We all got a signed bookmark from him and most of them are already in use!  Valentine's Day 2011 will surely be unforgettable!

Here is our class with Morris Gleitzman:

Morris Gleitzman signed the books written by him that we had bought:

Curriculum Progress for Week 3:

Math:  We finished Chapter 12 about Time and Temperature.

Science:  We worked very hard on Chapter 9 about our Solar System. We finished the first two lessons of Chapter 9.

English:  We finished Unit 7 in our booklets. We will practice more on writing a personal narrative in Week 3. 

(Social Studies: We will continue with Social Studies as soon as we finish Unit D in Science.)

Everyone needs to bring a shoebox (with its lid) to school not later than Monday, February 21^st.  You will need these boxes during Music class.  You are going to make guitars out of the shoeboxes!  Exciting times!

Remember about the Planet Presentation!  All the Gr.3's  are almost finished with their PowerPoint documents.  Students, remember to make some cue cards and come present your inner and outer planet on Friday, February 25th.  

It is Johnson Chiu’s birthday on Saturday, February 19^th.  Happy Birthday, Johnson!  We hope that you will have an unforgettable birthday and we wish you a wonderful year ahead.

Our student of the week is Sharon Tang.  Sharon is improving tremendously and her scores are always outstanding!  She is giving 100% in all areas of school.  Congratulations, Sharon!  You are a star!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

The Second Semester...

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome back to a new semester. I hope you all had an unforgettable Chinese New Year vacation.

We are very happy to have two new students in our class from this semester. We want to warmly welcome Kevin Yang and Johnson Chiu to our Gr.3 team -“You fit right in!”

I am very excited about our Valentine’s Day activity.  Morris Gleitzman will be here on Monday, February 14^th!  Students, remember to bring your Morris Gleitzman books to school on Monday, to be signed by the author. What a privilege to meet this well known Australian author on Valentine’s Day!  Students, to make Valentine’s Day more festive, let us all wear pink, red and/or white on Monday.

Curriculum Progress for the first week of the second semester:

Math:  We reviewed and students were tested on Chapters 10 and 11.  We started with Chapter 12 and we learnt about time measurement this week.

English:  We started with Unit 7 this week and we are learning how to write a personal narrative.  We learnt about good beginnings and endings in a personal narrative.

Science:  We are nearly finished with Chapter 8. We learnt about the water cycle and the weather.

Reading:  We started with Theme 4 and our first story was about puffins, pufflings and their habitats.

Students, remember about Monday’s Science test. Study hard. Also keep in mind that the Planet Presentation is on February 25^th. 

This week we had two birthday celebrations.  It was Shawn Kao’s birthday on February 9^th and Sharon Tang’s birthday on February 10^th. We all got spoiled with super delicious pizzas, cake and snacks. Thank you, Shawn and Sharon. Happy birthday! We hope that the year to come will be an unforgettable one with good health and lots and lots of happiness. 

Our student of the week is Ryan Huang.  Ryan is a very good example of a student who is working very hard and putting in extra effort.  Congratulations, Ryan. 

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Happy Chinese New Year

Dear Parents and Students,

I cannot believe we are at the end of the first semester!  I am very proud of the Grade 3’s!  I am proud of the hard work everyone has put in, their energy and enthusiasm, and their positive attitudes.  Thank you, Students, for an unforgettable first semester!  Thank you, Parents, for your hard work too, your time, your support and your continuous cooperation.  What a pleasure to have you all on our team!

Curriculum Progress in Week 20:

Math:  We finished the unit on Division.  (Chapters 10 and 11)

Science:  We finished Chapter 7 and we learnt a lot about the Earth’s resources and how we should protect it and use it wisely. 

Reading:  We finished Theme 3 and went back to Theme 2 for some parts we had missed.

Oral presentation:  Most students are finished with their research and busy with their PowerPoint documents.  Some students already started with their speech and making cue cards.

Evelyn Hsu is leaving us and will go to school in Canada from next semester.  We are very sad to say goodbye to such a lovely student and friend, and we wish her all the best for her future and her stay in Canada.

Michitaro Yasui’s birthday on February 5^th but we celebrated with him on Friday.  Happy birthday, Michitaro!  We hope that you will have a wonderful day and we wish you endless happiness and great health for the years to come.  Thank you for treating us to delicious pizza and cake! 

Our student of the week is Yehna Jung.  She takes her class job very seriously and she is an excellent helper in the class.  Her quality of work is remarkable and her level of enthusiasm is invariably high!  Well done, Yehna!  Congratulations!    

Happy Chinese New Year to all of you!  Enjoy the break and spending time with family and friends.  Those of you who are travelling, take care and keep safe.  Have fun, everyone!

Nónglì xīnnián kuàilè