Kennedy School Year 1 Familiarisation Session 1
Objectives 2
The aims for your child this morning: • Meet children who will be in their class • Chance to meet teachers who they will encounter next year • Develop confidence in the school environment and some of the routines • Know what to expect • Become less anxious about coming to Kennedy • Separate from parents more easily in August 3
Aims for you this morning: • An opportunity to meet other parents and staff • To learn more about life at Kennedy for your child • To find out about the organisation for the start of school • To develop a support network 4
The Leadership Team Ms Traci Mrs Emma Mr Bryce Salter, Navin, Pedersen, Vice Vice Vice Principal Principal Principal Mr Joshua Blue, Vice 5 Principal
Year 1 class teachers Mrs. Allen Mrs. Jeffes Miss Flint (1A) (1J) (1R) 6 Ms. Scott (1F) Mr. Sweet (1S)
http://www.kennedy.edu.hk/famday ORGANISATION FOR THE YEAR AHEAD Information pack - http://www.kennedy.edu.hk/famday Medical information Immunisation Emergency contact Drug administration Gateway Epayment, PPS leaflet Parent consent form Year 1 organization letter 7
ORGANISATION LETTER Buses Snacks and Lunch School Bag Reading pocket Diary PE kits/Houses Uniform Laptops Swimming 8
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIRST DAYS IN YEAR 1 10:00am – Tuesday 19th August (10 children) 10:00am – Wednesday 20th August (10 children) 10:00am – Thursday 21st August (10 children) 10:00am – ALL CHILDREN Friday 22/8 to 29/8 TILL 3:00pm Monday, 1st September ALL CHILDREN START 8:30 to 3:00pm 9
THE CURRICULUM IB Primary Years Programme We believe: Children need to explore, inquire and engage with the world around them Children need to be encouraged to ask questions and to seek out answers Children need to create their own understanding of the world around them Children need to have a strong foundation in the skills of Reading, Writing and Mathematics Kennedy School provides a caring, supportive and academically challenging environment which helps develop students academically, socially and emotionally 10
WHAT WILL MY CHILD BE LEARNING AT SCHOOL? 11
IB Learner Profile IB learners strive to be: CARING THINKERS RISK-TAKERS KNOWLEDGABLE BALANCED OPEN-MINDED COMMUNICATORS PRINCIPLED REFLECTIVE INQUIRERS 12
PROGRAMME OF INQUIRY How We Organize Ourselves — Community Who We Are — Characteristics, Abilities and Uniqueness How We Express Ourselves — Imagination How the World Works — Materials Where We Are in Place and Time — Homes Sharing the Planet — Living things 13
Year 1 Curriculum - Literacy Building Phonemic Awareness Reading and Writing • For Enjoyment With Purpose • Handwriting Speaking & Listening Library 14
Year 1 Curriculum - Numeracy Number Patterns and Function Measurement Data handling Space and Shape 15
Year 1 Curriculum – PE / Games Physical Development Fine and Gross Motor Skills ( P .M.P ) 16
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD 17
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT Art Music Dance Stories Structured Play 18
In Year 1, we aim to provide the foundation for the learning your child will do throughout his / her school life. 19
Chinese study at Kennedy School Wednesday, May 28, 2014
What is Chinese learning about? Wednesday, May 28, 2014
The Chinese Team John Cheung Lois Ma Judy Lee (Zhang Lao Shi) (Ma Lao Shi) (Li Lao Shi) Lucy Wong Denggao Zeng (Wong laoshi ) (Zeng Lao Shi) Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Chinese Programme We follow ESF Chinese curriculum guideline with our curriculum design, choice of resources and main textbooks Chinese simplified characters and Putonghua is the teaching media Programmes of Inquiry are part of Chinese curriculum with different focus according to PW groupings Chinese festivals are celebrated in line with curriculum and PYP POI Wednesday, May 28, 2014
What do students study in Chinese? 学什 么？ Year One ‘s Chinese is topic based. Students will learn to recognise and respond to words, phrases and simple sentences in spoken Chinese, identify and respond to features of written Chinese; use known words in Chinese to interact in everyday activities and demonstrate developing writing skills by recognising and tracing stroke orders, stroke directions and basic root words. E.g. • Body Parts • Greetings and • My family • Colors classroom languages • 12 animals and Pets • Weather (including school items) • CNY Celebration • Mother ’ s day • Numbers • Dragon boat • About me festival • Mid- autumn Festival/ Christmas Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Key principles of teaching Chinese Activities are constructed around texts Lessons include the systematic teaching of Chinese strokes, radicals, structures and sentence patterns Learning falls in meaningful contexts Wednesday, May 28, 2014
How do children learn Chinese in Class? • Learning Chinese through music Wednesday, May 28, 2014
• Learning Chinese through games
• Stroke recognition
• Character writing
谢谢！ Wednesday, May 28, 2014
ASSESSMENT PIPS – Performance Indicators in Primary Schools Ongoing teacher assessment End of Unit reports -3 x year End of Year report 31
OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE TEACHER Meet the teacher evening -September Parents evening – November 3way conferences – Parent/Teacher/Child - March 32
TYPICAL DAY IN YEAR 1 Inquiry learning – transdisiplinary Specialist lessons e.g PE, Chinese, Music Library time Weekly newsletter to update you on learning 33
OUR CURRENT YEAR 1 CHILDREN What’s it like to be in Year1? 34
PTA 35
SCHOOL NURSE Nurse Irene Wong 36
Parents If you would like to volunteer to be our class parent please contact: Elspeth Penny at pta@kennedy.edu.hk Parent helpers -meeting in September. Start volunteering from October.
We look forward to working with you and your children to have a happy and successful time at Kennedy. If you have any questions to be discussed, please contact us and we will be pleased to help you. 22 38 enavin@kennedy.edu.hk
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