We had a whole-school assembly this morning in which Mr. Smith, the head of mathematics, congratulated the school on their performance in World Maths Day. He also gave certificates to the children who got the highest scores. Well done, Year 1, for your part in helping the school!

And special congratulations to Kim Jun Hyeok! Well done, Harry!

The children have some interesting homework this week!

This week and next week we are learning about writing fantasy stories in English class. So let me introduce you to Yuk Yuk and the Denlops. The Denlops are magic people who live under the ground. Yuk Yuk is a Denlop,. We talked to him today. He told the class that he is 600 years old, and he was very happy to meet us.
For the parents, an explanation: This website is a sophisticated artificial intelligence, child-friendly and completely safe. Children can ask the character Yuk Yuk questions, and he will answer them. It's lots of fun, and wonderful practice for their English!
Talking to Yuk Yuk is a little difficult for some children in Year 1. It is homework for Mr. Kohll's English class (Lily, Eunice, Jae Hun, Ellen, Woo Bin and You Bin) but other children can talk to him as well if they want to!

For the children who can't talk to Yuk Yuk, here is some homework (and for Mr. Kohll's English class too, please!)

Two wonderful websites to help improve your English.

The first is called Learning Chocolate. It's an excellent website for English as a Second Language. Very useful for Miss Rhonda's class, and it will be a big help for all Year 1 children.
For homework, I want you to go to this page and play at least three of the games. This will help you improve your English, learn about the Science of plants, and it will be a big help for some of you doing Projects on plants.
The second website is very useful for learning English. Every word has a picture above it to help explain the meaning of the word. For homework I want you to read this story about going to the dentist. This will help us in our PSHE topic "People Who Help Us."

And finally...

Have a wonderful weekend!

World Maths Day is over! I know many of the children played at home, and the whole class played today in the ICT suite, against children from all over the world.

I'm quite proud of this - I've written an exciting story that can be played as a game. The children have to travel around the world in search of new plants. Unfortunately, this morning their ship was sunk in a sea storm, and they had to stop. But they began again, and will hopefully finish by Friday!
The game is called "The Great Plant Expedition" and will be available on the website next week!

This afternoon we looked at all of the children's Projects. Well done for the work on them! Each child has now been given a new question to answer. Next week they will all show their projects to the class and talk about them.

Today in PSHE we talked about the people who can help us when we or others are sick. We talked about doctors, nurses, vets and dentists. The children had fun roleplaying them, and learned a lot about what doctors and dentists do.