K2 UISG Newsletter Week of 4 May 2015

We hope all K2 families had an enjoyable and

relaxing long weekend.
We have all planted some seeds in our classrooms.
We are already noticing some seeds are changing.
We think they are going to grow. Some children
think they will grow into flowers, others think they
will grow into trees. We check our seeds every day.

Unit of Inquiry: How The World Works

Central Idea: All living things go through a process
of change

Learner Profile: Inquirers, Knowledgeable

Attitudes: Curiosity, Appreciation
We also have some tadpoles that are getting bigger Skills: Research (formulating questions, data
handling), Thinking (evaluation)
every day. Many children think they know what the
Concepts: Form, Causation, Change
tadpoles will change into, but some are still not
sure.
Lines of Inquiry:
Swimming starts for K2 this week. K2R swim on
Mondays, K2Y on Wednesdays and K2G on
Thursdays. Please remember to send swimming
clothes and a towel for your child on their swimming
day.

Comparing living things and non-living things

Different life cycles
Basic needs between people, animals and plants

Hats please send a labelled hat to school for your

child to wear outside. Hats are sent
home every Friday for washing.

UOI: Basic needs between people, animals and

plants
Language: Zz, Letterland character Zig-Zag Zebra Mosquito repellent we recommend you send some
repellent to school, especially as the
Mathematics: Number understand the relative
weather is getting warmer now.
magnitude of numbers
Creative Art: Frog in the pond project
Spare clothes please be sure to send some spare
PE: Swimming
clothes to school for changing after play
Music: Turtle song (song and movements)
time.
Putonghua: The sunflower life cycle in Chinese, such
as seed()root()sprout(), bud(),
Shoes please remember to send some shoes for
leaf(), stem(), flower()
your child to change into when coming
Class Helpers
K2G
K2R
K2Y
into the classroom.
Xi Lin
Brian
Inah
Line Leader
Bus changes Please let us know in your
Mia
Darin
Hiro
Snack & Lunch
communication book and / or by email if
Cristina
Haruto
Dehu
Calendar/Weath
you want to change the bus or pick up
er
your child from school

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

Date

Event

Comments

Week of 4 May

PE swimming
focus

Please remember
swimming clothes
and a towel

Tuesday 19 May

Mother-tongue
Story Telling

Thursday 21 May

Student-led
conferences