K2 UISG Newsletter Week of 9 March 2015

This week we have our Transportation field trip on

Tuesday. We will be able to use a variety of
transport including bus, ferry and train.

Unit of Inquiry: How We Organise Ourselves

Please be sure to send your childs water bottle and Central Idea: Transportation systems are directly
related to the needs of a community
backpack to school on Tuesday. If possible please
have your child wear UISG PE clothes. This is to
Learner Profile: Thinkers, Inquirers, Knowledgeable
assist us with safety while out of the school as we
Attitudes: Commitment, Enthusiasm
are then able to identify our students more easily.
Skills: Research (formulating questions, data
handling), Thinking (evaluation)
We will be doing a lot of walking on our field trip so
Concepts: Function, Responsibility, Change
please have your child wear comfortable shoes.
Photos of the field trip will be on our K2 website
later this week.

Lines of Inquiry:

UOI: Decisions involved in using transportation

Language: Ll, Letterland character Lucy Lamplight
Mathematics: Number - Understand whole part
relationships
Creative Art: Creating transport with recycled
materials
PE: Healthy Living and Fitness Activities
Music: "10 little airplanes" song
Putonghua: classifying the transports we learnt
according to where they are functioning. Students
will be guided to say out the sentence in
Putonghua: Airplane flies in the sky/ Submarine
works under the water/ Bus is running on the land.
Class Helpers
K2G
K2R
K2Y
Line Leader

Ashton

Grace

Ori

Snack & Lunch

Rachel

Woni

Lee

Amy

Ellen

Jiho

Calendar/Weath
er

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

How transportation systems are different in

various communities
Changes in transport systems over time
Decisions involved in using transportation

Hats please send a labelled hat to school for your

child to wear outside. Hats are sent
home every Friday for washing
Coats and Jackets we will be sure to have all
students wearing their coats any time
they are outside.
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

Date

Event

Comments

Tuesday 10 March Transport Field

Trip

Please have your

child wear UISG
PE clothes if
possible

Tuesday 17 March Mother-tongue

Story Telling

From 2.45pm