Exciting Learning Ahead!

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I hope you all had a wonderful time with your families during the Lunar New Year celebration and the term break. We are excited to welcome the children back to school and hear their holiday stories.

As we returned, we celebrated the Lantern Festival, learning about its history through the story “Lantern Festival” (元宵节的故事) and making Tangyuan (sweet dumplings) with glutinous rice flour and brown sugar.





During our Chinese Assembly time, we read “A Family Photo” (一张全家福) and explored how families celebrate the Lantern Festival together.




In our Unit of Inquiry “Sharing the Planet,” we examined animals in both zoos and the wild, discussing their habits and survival skills through story books  “动物园”（The Zoo）and “野生动物” （Wild Animals）. 



The children participated in an engaging animal guessing game, enhancing their vocabulary by asking questions and describing details.



We also matched wild animals to their habitats, deepening our understanding of their environments.






Additionally, the children enjoyed singing "Hakuna Matata" (哈库那玛塔塔), which features various wild animals such as elephants, flamingos, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, and lions.



This week, we started to explore plants; children learned about seeds growing through the story “小种子”（The Tiny Seed） and explored the essential elements involved in the process, such as soil, sun and rain.

We sang the song “一颗小小种子“ （A Tiny Seed）to reinforce the key vocabulary as well.





All the theme-related stories and songs have been attached to the K2 Learning Slide, serving as a valuable resource for you to reinforce the language with your children at home.

We update our Chinese albums weekly, which provide a fantastic tool for encouraging your child to share what they have been learning on Chinese days. Please take some time to review the album with your child.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at joey.zhao@hillside.edu.hk. Thank you for your support!


Class Blog: 


Turtle



Chinese Albums:


Turtle AM                 Turtle PM



Chinese Learning Slide： 


K2 Chinese learning slide

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