HIST PRIMARY CAMPUS NEWS and INFORMATION Bulletin 11, Week 2, Semester 2, 2018-19天津黑利伯瑞国际学校小学主要校园新闻和信息一周总结

　　Dear primary school parents and families,

　　亲爱的小学家长们

　　Welcome back! It is great to see our staff and students refreshed after the winter holidays and ready to begin a new semester of teaching and learning. There are only 20 weeks in this semester, so it is important that we make the most of every teaching and learning opportunity.Our new students have settled in well and I am sure many have already made lots of new friends. Like last semester, this semester will also be action-packed with many events, competitions and guest appearances. For example, in week 7, we will be graced again with the visit of renowned Australian educator Mr. John Fleming. Mr. Fleming is a deputy principal at Haileybury Melbourne and has been teaching in Australia for over 40 years. He is also an Australian government appointed education advisor and will come into primary classrooms to offer advice and feedback. In week 8, there is a planned excursion and in week 10 there is a planned sports carnival. Towards the end of this semester, we also hope to hold Haileyvision (an English song and performance competition) which has already become a Haileybury primary school tradition.

　　欢迎回来!很高兴看到我们的员工和学生们在寒假过后以饱满的精神状态回到校园，投身新一学期的工作学习。这学期只有20周，所以我们会珍惜每一个教育教学机会。新的一个学期，我们迎来了几名新同学，所有新同学都得到了妥善安排，并且我相信他们中许多人已经交到了新朋友。和上学期一样，这学期的活动同样丰富多彩。包括众多特色活动、竞赛和客座活动。例如，在第7周，我们将再次迎来澳大利亚享誉盛名的教育家约翰·弗莱明先生的访问。弗莱明先生是墨尔本黑利伯瑞学校的副校长，在澳大利亚任教40多年。此外，他现担任澳大利亚政府任命的教育顾问。访问过程中，他将参观小学教室并提供建议和反馈。第8周，学生将踏上精彩的校外学习之旅。第10周，我们将举办体育嘉年华。到本学期末，我们有望举办黑利伯瑞小学部的传统活动 – 黑利视角(一场英语歌曲和表演比赛)。

　　Students received awards for outstanding winter holiday homework

　　New year 4 students Daniel Huang, Jack Hu, Sam Xia and Robin Wu have been conscientiously completing homework during night study

　　Year 3 green students review English during morning study

　　Renowned Australian educator – John Fleming will be visiting our school in April.

　　The primary school sports carnival will be held in April

　　Haileyvision (English song and dance extravaganza) is planned for the latter half of this semester

　　This semester we will be continuing with our English performances and competitions at assembly on Fridays as well as the presentation of weekly merit awards to high achieving students. Last Friday, on the 22nd of February, we held our first assembly of the new semester with nine students from years 2,3,5 and 6 participating in a mock round 1 CCTV competition. In congruence with the requirements of the first round of the CCTV competition, students were given 60 seconds to speak on any topic of their choosing without the usage of notes or palm cards (many thanks to Mr. Jason who did a fantastic job as the timekeeper). Following their speeches, students were also asked questions from a panel of assessors (Mr. Williamson and Ms. Sanchez) regarding their speech. The audience was impressed with the English spoken fluency of our students and gave applause according to their appreciation or liking of each speech. Lower primary English teachers Mr. Rosenfield and Mr. Webb were given the arduous task of ranking the loudness of each applause. Finally, Mr. Rosenfield had the honour of announcing the names of the three students who had received loudest applause. Well done to all our participants and a special commendation must go out to the winners who are listed below:

　　本学期我们将继续在周五的集会上进行英语表演和比赛，并向表现优异的学生颁发每周优秀奖。上周五(2月22日)我们举办了新学期的第一次集会，分别来自2、3、5、6年级的九名学生参加了模拟中央电视台比赛。为了符合该比赛第一轮的要求，学生们需要在不使用任何笔记或手卡的前提下，完成60秒的自选话题的演讲(在这里感谢杰森教师出色地完成了计时工作)。演讲结束后，学生们还要回答评估小组(威廉姆教师和桑切斯教师)针对他们所做演讲提出的问题。观众对我们学生的英语口语之流利印象深刻，并根据对每一次演讲的欣赏及喜爱程度献上掌声。低年级英语教师罗森菲尔德先生和韦伯先生被赋予了一项重要的任务，即对每一次掌声的响度进行排名。最后，罗森菲尔德老师荣幸地宣布了三名收获了最热烈掌声的学生的名字。所有的参加者都表现得非常出色。在此我要特别表扬一下三位获奖者：

　　Merit Awards are given out every week at assembly to outstanding individuals

　　Jack Ning from grade 5 spoke well at the CCTV mock competition

　　Donna Li from grade 3 spoke well at the CCTV mock competition

　　Jennifer Sun from year 3 spoke well at the CCTV mock competition

　　Peter Li from grade 2 spoke well at the CCTV mock competition

　　Tony Yu from grade 2 spoke well at the CCTV mock competition

　　Jinny Guo from year 5 won the CCTV mock competition in week 1

　　Mr. Williamson and Ms. Sanchez were the assessors at the CCTV mock competition

　　Jinny Guo (5), Coco Li (6) and Ethan Wu (6) were the winners of the CCTV mock contest

　　The first round of the CCTV competition took place at our school on the 28th of February. Given the success of our primary school students in this national English competition last year, it was decided that all students be given the opportunity to participate in the initial rounds of the competition this year. Due to the large number of entrants, the speeches had to be delivered in classrooms this year as the auditorium does not have enough capacity to hold all our students. In round one, our students spoke for a maximum of 60 seconds on any topic of their choosing without the usage of notes or palm cards. If they had a talent performance, this could only be for a maximum of 30 seconds with the English speech being the other 30 seconds. After the presentation, they were also asked some questions by the CCTV judges. I am pleased to announce that 68% of all our students have progressed onto round two. In round two, students will be given 60 seconds to answer the ‘My Dream’ topic without the usage of any notes or palm cards. They will then be asked questions by the judges on the topic for another 30 seconds. Students are also able to perform a talent show during this second round, but the talent performance must be closely related to the topic of their speech. We hope you will continue to support your child in this renowned national English competition and we trust our students will continue to shine brightly this year.

　　中央电视台(希望之星)第一轮比赛将于2月28日在我校举行。鉴于我们小学部学生去年在全国英语竞赛中获得的优异成绩，校方决定给予所有学生参加今年首轮比赛的机会。由于参加者众多，校剧院无法同时容纳所有学生，所以今年的演讲将会在教室里进行。在第一轮中，学生需要在不使用笔记或手卡的情况下，根据他们自由选择的主题发言，做一个不超过60秒的演讲。如果他们有才艺展示，要确保展示时间控制在30秒内，为英语演讲留足三十秒的时间。演讲结束后，每一位选手还要回答评委们提出的一些问题。我很高兴地宣布，68%的小学孩子成功进入第二轮。在第二轮中，学生们将有60秒的时间，在不使用任何笔记或手卡的前提下，针对“我的梦想”这一主题进行作答。然后，评委们将在30秒内就这个话题提问。学生们也可以在第二轮表演才艺，但才艺表演必须与他们演讲的主题密切相关。我们希望您继续支持您的孩子参加这项著名的全国英语比赛，我们相信我们的学生今年会继续大放异彩。

　　English Reading fluency is a priority in the primary school. The reading buddy program started in December 2017 and will continue into this semester. Every week, many middle school mentors will come into the primary school to help our lower primary school students read. The collaboration between the two sub schools has been a success as it has provided intensive language support to our students. It has also given our middle school students an opportunity to give back to the school community by providing a valued service. In addition to the lower primary buddy reading program, we have around 1000 books in our primary school library which are available for our students to borrow on a weekly basis. Titles include the Oxford Reading Tree series (levels 1-9), Step into Reading (levels 1-4), the I can read series (Adventures of Biscuit, Berenstain bears, Splat cat, Marley the Dog, Little Critters, Flat Stanley), National geographic readers and Usborne First Library. Students may borrow one book at a time from their English teachers who will manage the borrowing and returning of these books. If a student would like to borrow a specific book or more than one book at a time, special permission may be granted, however, please note that if a student loses a book, the guardian of the student will be required to pay the cost of replacement before the student will be allowed to borrow again. Please look at the table below to see which International English teacher is managing the graded reading of your child.

　　英语阅读流利是小学的重中之重。于2017年12月在小学开始展开的阅读伙伴计划，本学期仍会继续。每周，许多中学导师都会到小学来帮助我们的低年级学生阅读。两学部之间的合作取得了巨大成功，它为我们学生的语言学习提供了莫大帮助。同样，这一活动让我们的中学生有机会以高质量的服务回馈学校。除了低年级伙伴阅读计划外，我们的小学图书馆还有大约1000本书可供学生借阅。书名包括牛津阅读树系列(1-9级)，单步阅读(1-4级)，我可以阅读系列(饼干冒险，贝伦斯坦熊，splat猫，马利的狗，小动物，平板斯坦利)，国家地理读者和乌斯本第一图书馆。请阅读下表，了解哪位国际英语教师正负责您孩子的分级阅读。

　　Donna Li and Dora Xu from year 3 can be seen reading with a middle school student in the reading buddy programme

　　Head of English Ms. Cheryl Mckenna can be seen reading with lower primary students in the reading buddy program

　　Some of the 1000 graded readers which were bought and available for our students

　　Some of the 1000 graded readers which were bought and available for our students

　　Our primary school parents were treated to a special guest lecture in the auditorium at lunch time on the 22nd of February. The lecture was presented by Ms. Liu Ru who is a practitioner at First Central Hospital. The title of her presentation was ‘The Skill and Practice of Love’. Ms. Liu Ru’s speech focused on clinical and experiential understandings of physical development and parenting issues such as communication, managing emotions, internet safety, issues related to the usage of mobile phones, stranger danger, depression, status, sexuality, peer pressure, self-image, adolescence, academic issues and respect. She stressed that what is shown on the outside is the direct result of what is happening on the inside, so it is important to fix problems before they get out of control. She advised parents to accept their child’s way of expressing him or herself but to manage or deal with the issues that their child may be experiencing in an educated and appropriate way. Ms. Liu said that contrary to popular belief, parenting is not easy and that parents should take lessons on how to improve in their parenting. Overall, the talk was very interesting, and I am sure that much of the advice given will be taken on board by our parents.

　　2月22日中午，我们的小学家长在剧院迎来一次特别的客座演讲。讲座由第一中心医院的执业医师刘茹女士主持。她的演讲题目是《爱的技巧和实践》。刘茹女士的演讲主要探讨针对一系列问题的临床判断以及经验理解。内容包括身体发育以及养育问题，她强调，外部所显示的是内部所发生事情的直接结果，因此在问题失控之前解决问题很重要。她建议父母接受孩子表达自己的方式，但要以教导性的、适当的方式处理或处理孩子可能遇到的问题。刘女士说，与人们普遍认为的相反，养育孩子并不容易，家长应该学习如何提高他们的养育能力。总的来说，这次谈话很有意思，我相信我们的父母会采纳很多建议。

　　Ms. Liu Ru who is a practitioner at First Central Hospital gave a talk on ‘The Skill and Practice of Love’

　　It was great to see you at the primary school English, Chinese and Mathematics parent teacher presentations on the 22nd of February. Core subject teachers from years 1-6 were given 15 minutes each to summarise what they had taught last semester and outline the syllabus for the new semester. Parents were also given opportunity at the end of each teacher’s presentation to ask questions about the progress of their children and to voice any questions or concerns they may have had. The meeting provided parents with an opportunity to touch base again with their homeroom teachers and their subject teachers. It was also an excellent opportunity for our new families to meet and greet their subject teachers for the first time and to exchange information. Overall, it was a calm and relaxed afternoon with many parents leaving not only satisfied with the progress of their children but also with a better understanding of what their children are learning on a day to day basis. Many thanks must also go to Jinny Guo (year 5) and Penelope Weng (year 6) who assisted our international teachers with translation duties. We look forward to collaborating and cooperating with you this semester to ensure that your child continues to grow and improve with each passing day.

　　很高兴在2月22日的小学英语、汉语和数学专题介绍会上能有机会与您沟通。1-6年级的核心学科教师每人用15分钟的时间来总结上学期的教学内容，并概述新学期的教学大纲。在每位老师的演讲结束时，家长也有机会就孩子的学业进展提出问题，并提出任何可能的问题或担忧。这次会议为家长们提供了一个机会，让他们有机会与班主任和学科教师再次接触。这也是我们新生家庭第一次有机会与各学科老师会面并交流沟通。总的来说，这是一个平静轻松的下午，许多家长不仅对孩子的进步感到满意，而且对孩子的日常学习有了更清晰的了解。感谢郭津彤(五年级)和翁紫暄(六年级)，他们帮助我们的国际教师完成翻译工作。我们期待本学期与您合作，确保您的孩子每天都在不断成长和进步。

　　Mr. Rosenfield spoke to parents about his plan for the new semester at the parents’ information sessions

　　Mr. Jason spoke to parents about his plan for the new semester at the parents’ information sessions

　　Mr. Webb spoke to parents about his plan for the new semester at the parents’ information sessions

　　Ms. Yoyo Gao spoke to parents about her plan for the new semester at the parents’ information sessions

　　Ms. Tina Tian spoke to parents about her plan for the new semester at the parents’ information sessions

　　Although we are only in the second week of school, the primary school is already moving forward in leaps and bounds. The children have already chosen their new club activities for the new semester and primary school parents have already met up with their homeroom teachers and subject teachers. We have started strongly so let us continue working together to make this semester another excellent semester of teaching and learning.

　　虽然只是本学期的第二周，但小学部已经在大跨步前进。孩子们已经为新学期选择了新的社团活动，小学家长们已经与他们的班主任和学科老师见面了。我们有一个很好的开始，就让我们一起努力，让所有学生与教师在这一学期继续成长。

　　Lift up your hearts and your smiles at Haileybury

　　William Fang (M.Ed, B.A/B.Ed, Grad Dip Ed. (Primary), B. Min (Hons.))

　　方士铨 (教育硕士，文学士/教育学士，教育研究生(小学), 神职学士(荣誉学士学位))

　　English Curriculum Coordinator - Primary School (Upper Primary) 

　　Haileybury Tianjin International School

　　小学部英语项目课程负责人(4-6年级)

　　天津黑利伯瑞国际学校

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