Learning about Britain.

Welcome to the second week of summer! There is lots of exciting news to tell you.

First of all, the children had another letter from the Easter bunny today! He said he was very happy they had decided he should live in Britain, but he had some questions. He asked the children to help him find out about Britain - why it had four countries, and the people who lived there, what the weather was like, what British food is like, what beautiful cities and buildings and fun places there are, who the Queen is, and what British people do for Easter. the children have worksheets to take home. Can you help them to find any interesting things? Click here for some websites to look at on this page of mrkohll.weebly.com. Also click here for some websites to learn about Easter.

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Today we had a class photo. Thank you for making the children look so smart! The photo will be in the TRIS Yearbook at the end of the year. Sadly, Su and Sarah were away today - sorry, you two - so we must make sure we take photos of them to add to the Year 1 Yearbook page.

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Ellen came back from her holiday in Holland today. We're very happy to have her back. She brought presents from Holland for the class - European chocolate Easter eggs! As you can see, they really liked them. Thank you, Ellen!

Also, we're happy to see that the potatoes we planted are growing well!

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Click here to go to Miss Lucey's page. Play with her pet dog and let her tell you about herself!

This week we will be learning about information books in English classes; we will be helping the Easter Bunny to learn about Britain in Geography; we will be learning about addition and subtraction in maths; and in PSHE our work is on homes. In Phonics, the children will be learning ie words (pie, flies, ties) and ea words (sea, pea, tea).
Have a very good week!
Mr. Kohll and Miss Lucey.

Finally, an important note for parents. At TRIS we use the Assessing Pupil's Progress system (APP) to assess how well children are learning. this is the system recommended by the British Government. The documents have noe been posted online for you to read. You can now see what your child is learning, and what they will learn in the future. Please feel free to ask me a question - leave a comment here, or in the homework diary, or come to speak to me - if you need any help with them.
There are eight levels of APP and Year 1 pupils are generally expected to be at level 1 or sometimes level 2, according to their ability.

Have a very good week!
Mr. Kohll and Miss Lucey.

Final important note:
Nursery, Reception and Year 1 and 2
Swimming Gala, thursday 14th April

Here is a letter from Miss Mackay about the swimming celebration. Please read it and send back your reply. A letter has been sent home,. You can read it, or download it here, or read the translation (click below the fold).

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Dear Parents   We would like to invite you to join us for the Foundation and Key Stage 1 Swimming Gala here at school on Thursday 14th April from 9.30am. Students from Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes will be carrying out fun activities and skills tests to demonstrate how their swimming confidence and ability has developed this year.   On the day students will be at the pool for approximately 2 hrs so please send them with the following items to make sure they are prepared and happy throughout that time; ·         Swimming costume, cap, goggles and towel as normal

·         Poolside shoes

·         Their school tracksuit or equivalent, sweatshirt and sports trousers to keep them warm

·         Water and a small snack they can eat while waiting.

·         An extra towel to be used as they come in and out of the water – this means they still have one dry for after their shower at the end.

·         Something in their house colour to show their team support – Dragon Yellow, Pegasus Blue and Phoenix Red.

Please complete and return the slip below to let us know if you are able to attend on the day, how many people will be coming, and if you will require transport from Ao Cheng or the Sheraton.

Please return this slip to your son/ daughter’s class teacher by Friday 8th April.

We look forward to seeing you on the day,

Yours Sincerely

Susanne Mackay

PE Department

                                                                                                                                                           

Foundation & Key Stage 1 Swimming Gala – To be returned to class teacher

Name of Son/Daughter                                                           Class                           

I will / will not be attending the Swimming Gala on Thursday 14th April.     (please circle appropriately)

I will / will not require transport from           Ao Cheng   or    Sheraton        (please circle your choice)                                        for         people.

Signed: