Exploring in Middle Primary

Hello dear families,

Year 2 and Year 3 have been particularly busy with the run up to Christmas. They have been learning fabulous songs in music class and we too prepared our song for the Christmas show. It is wonderful to see them enjoy music.

Our IPC project came to an end with the children individually presentating their project work on explorers; they have researched exploreres from Marco Polo to Jacques Coutseau. Come upstairs and have a look at your childs work on display.
In relation to our project on Victorian Times we went to an exhibition on child labour in Miat, Gent. Fourteen children, from different countries told their stories in a very informal way, Middle Primary were intrigued to learn more about the hardships children had to endure. We also took a look around Miat were they were many inventions to be seen.

Year 2 have settled into a very nice routine, and they are working wonderfully, individually and in pairs during the mornings. We have been working hard on descriptive vocabulary, punctuation and short stories. In numeracy our focus is now on multiplication.

We had a fantastic language exhange activity with a local school, Sint Paulus. We read a story with them and then completed various related tasks. Middle Primary were very caring towards the pupils of Sint Paulus. It was also a great opportunity for our children to practice their Dutch skills.

The lego challenge is still a favourite of all the children and the last weeks Alma, Gwen, Hector, Aryan, Anika and Norah had the privilege to programme a lego model, they are most certainly learning a lot from Mr. Hans.

We have also been enjoying birthdays, Geffen, Valentin and Anika shared cake and goodies with the class. Such a lovely treat. I would like to take this moment to thank you all for my fabulous birthday gifts, so very thoughtful!

To end this term Middle Primary went ice-skating, it was wonderful to see them trying to skate and others becoming more confident at skating. Looking forward to many more such activities.

We great sadness we must say farewell to Anika. She has been a positive influence in Middle Primary and she will be sorely missed. Take care sweet Anika and we wish you and your family the very best.

On this note, we wish you all a lovely holiday. Stay safe.

Ms. Rebecca and Ms. Ana

I hand over to Ms. Anelda:

Hello everybody,

To start the term, we have been reviewing some numeracy and literacy topics and most importantly we have been adjusting to our new morning routine

There are lots of different activities going on in Year 3 each week. Students have been working with different tasks in numeracy, learning their Multiplication Tables, Fractions, practicing different Adding and Subtraction strategies and Problem Solving skills.

In literacy, Class 3 has been learning the difference between Fiction and Non-fiction books. We talked about the kinds of pictures, words, elements, and the reason for reading both genres. With all these differences in mind, our next job was to choose a Non-Fiction book, look through it and write our own book review. They did a perfect job!  Furthermore, they have been learning more about grammar rules, spelling rules and practicing their writing skills. I would also like to congratulate the Year 3 students for their amazing performance on their spelling tests. I am very proud to see so many perfect scores! Keep it up guys!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

Ms. Anelda