Dear primary school parents and families.

　　亲爱的小学部家长们，

　　It has been another busy and action-packed two weeks at the primary school in Tianjin. Our primary school mid-semester exams were held on the mornings of the 25th and 26th of October. All students from years 1-6 completed exams in English, Chinese and Mathematics. These exams were between 60 -90 minutes in length depending on the age of the students and the subject matter being examined. Leading up to the examinations, teachers had been working industriously to prepare students for their exams and students completed revision tasks and worksheets across the core subjects of English, Chinese and Mathematics. We are currently in the middle of our first semester in Tianjin and despite the cold temperature outside, the staff and students all felt the heat from the added pressure of these examinations. Students were relieved after the exams and many of our students performed exceptionally well. Exams not only examine subject content but also examination technique such as time management, so it is important for students to master this from an early age. You will receive your child’s academic reports and grades soon so keep your eyes open for them.

　　在最近的两周中，所有老师们都在为学生的考试忙碌着。我们的小学中期学期考试是在十月二十五日，二十六日上午举行的。所有1-6年级的学生都完成了英语、语文和数学考试。根据学生年龄和学科，考试的时长在60到90分钟之间。在考试前，老师们为学生的考试做了充足的准备，学生们完成语文，数学，英语核心学科的复习任务。我们目前正处于第一学期的中期(我们的学年从9月开始)，尽管外面的温度很低，但是我们的老师和学生们在教学和学习的活动中都展示出了极大的热情。学生们在考试后都松了一口气。许多学生表现得特别好。考试不仅考查学科内容也考察学生们对时间的管理能力，让学生从小掌握这种能力很重要。您很快就会收到孩子的学术报告和成绩，请您持续关注。

　　All students from years 1-6 participated in English, Maths and Chinese exams

　　The year 6’s and the year 5’s all had their exams together in the first-floor library

　　Our year 1 students underwent their first exam under the supervision of Becky Li

　　Our year 4 students worked hard prior to the exams

　　Mr. Rosenfield supervised the year 3 English exam

　　A parent-teacher meeting was held on the 2nd of November. Like how parent-teacher meetings are conducted in Australia, parents were invited to speak to their homeroom teachers as well as their core subject teachers concerning the progress of their children. With the mid-semester exams and half of the semester completed, teachers were able to holistically convey to parents concerning the progress of their children. Teachers took the opportunity to show parents student work from tests, exams, exercise books and workbooks. They also detailed to parents on how they can assist their children with their studies. Judging by the cordial and frank conversations which were had on the day, it is safe to say that many parents were very pleased with the progress of their children and by the education provided by the school. We will continue to listen to the suggestions and advice given by our parents and we look forward to collaborating and cooperating with you to ensure that your child continues to improve every day.

　　家长会在十一月二日举行。类似于在澳大利亚的家长-教师会议的方式，家长们被邀请来学校，和班主任，主科老师谈谈他们孩子的进步。随着期中考试的结束和整个学期的过半，老师借此机会从考试、测验，练习本和练习册中向家长展示学生的学习。他们会详细的阐述他们如何帮助孩子的学习。从当天亲切坦率的谈话来看，可以肯定地说，许多家长对他们的孩子的进步和学校提供的教育感到非常高兴。我们将继续听取父母的建议，我们期待着与您继续合作，让您的孩子继续每一天都有进步。

　　Lower primary school English teacher Mr. Williamson enjoyed speaking at the parent-teacher meeting

　　Upper primary school English teacher Ms. Sanchez talked to parents about their child’s progress at the parent-teacher meeting

　　Upper primary school English teacher Mr. Swerdfeger clearly detailed to parents their child’s situation at the parent-teacher meeting

　　Lower primary school English teacher Mr. Rosenfield talked to parents concerning their child’s progress at the parent-teacher meeting

　　Lower primary school English teacher Mr. Webb elaborated to parents about their child’s progress at the parent-teacher meeting

　　Upper primary school English teacher Mr. Fang enjoyed talking to parents concerning their child’s progress at the parent-teacher meeting

　　On the morning of Friday the 26th of October, all of our primary school students participated in a physical examination which was held in the school gymnasium. ‘A healthy body is the capital for revolution’ is a well-known idiom. It speaks of the necessity of a healthy body as a prerequisite for accomplishing any meaningful work. Our students participated in various physical tests and measurements such as eyesight, height, weight, and lung capacity. Judging from the tests, it may be that some of our students may need to start wearing glasses as they had trouble reading the eye chart. At Haileybury, we believe maintaining a healthy body is critically important if students are going to excel in their academic studies. Results from the physical examinations will be available soon so please contact your homeroom teacher for more information.

　　10月26日星期五上午，我们所有的小学生都参加了在学校体育馆举行的体检。俗话说，“身体是革命的本钱”，健康的身体是完成任何有意义工作的先决条件。我们的学生参加了多种的身体检查，如视力、身高、体重和肺活量。从测试结果来看，我们的一些学生可能需要开始戴眼镜，因为他们在阅读时有些困难。在黑利伯瑞，我们认为，如果学生想在学业上取得优异的成绩，保持健康的身体是极其重要的。体检结果将很快公布，所以如果您有需要，请联系孩子的班主任。

　　All our students took eye-sight tests

　　Coco Yang from year 2 had her height measured

　　Rain Biao from year 5 had his chest measurement taken

　　Lung capacity was also tested during the physical examinations

　　Angel Du from year 2 had her weight taken

　　Emma Ye from year 3 had her sitting height measured

　　This year we have three new international teachers who have joined our primary school English teaching team. Mr. Rosenfield is one of our new English teachers at Haileybury. He teaches English to Years 2 and 3 and physical education to students in upper primary. Mr. Rosenfield was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois in the U.S.A. But as a child, he lived for a year in both Israel and Scotland which resulted in an interest about foreign countries and cultures. Throughout his childhood, Mr. Rosenfield attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, founded by the progressive American educator John Dewey. Critical thinking and creativity were stressed over rote learning. This has instilled Mr. Rosenfield with a lifelong love of learning and a desire to instil these values in his own students. Mr. Rosenfield went on to attend Pomona College in Claremont, California, one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in America. Mr. Rosenfield graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Developmental Psychology and a minor in history. Among other professional experiences, Mr. Rosenfield taught English for more than 8 years at schools in South Korea. These experiences have imparted Mr. Rosenfield with a good understanding of the difficulties ESL learners face. Mr. Rosenfield tries to teach quite complex material in as clear, simple and natural terms as possible. He also believes in the importance of a sense of humour to overcome language barriers and to instil fun and creativity in learning. Mr. Rosenfield is happy to be at Haileybury and looks forward to a fun and successful year of teaching and learning with his students.

　　今年我们有三名新的国际教师加入了我们的小学英语教学团队。Rosenfield先生是我们黑利伯瑞新来的英语老师之一。他教英语2年级和3年级，还有一部分体育课。Rosenfield先生在美国的芝加哥、伊利诺斯州出生长大。但当他还是个孩子的时候，在以色列和苏格兰都生活了一年，也培养了在其他国家生活和学习其他文化的兴趣。Rosenfield先生在孩童时代就读于芝加哥大学实验室学校，该校是由美国进步教育家约翰·杜威创办的。批判性思维和创造性使Rosenfield先生终生热爱学习，并渴望将这种特性传授给学生们。之后Rosenfield就读于加利福尼亚克莱蒙特的波莫纳学院，这是美国最具选择性的文科学院之一。Rosenfield先生毕业于伊利诺伊大学厄本纳-香槟分校，获得学士学位，主修发展心理学，辅修历史。在其他职业经历中，Rosenfield先生在韩国的学校教了8年多英语。这些经历使Rosenfield先生对ESL教学有了很好的理解。Rosenfield先生试图以清晰、简单、自然的形式教授复杂的材料。他还认为，幽默感对于克服学生语言障碍、灌输学习乐趣和语言创造力具有重要意义。Rosenfield先生表示他很高兴来到黑利伯瑞，并期待和他的学生一起度过一个充满乐趣和成功的学年。

　　We welcomed Mr. Saul Rosenfield to the primary school this year

　　Mr. Rosenfield is currently teaching year 2 and 3 English as well as upper primary physical education

　　All our new local and international primary school teachers have completed their demonstration lessons. Demonstration lessons are excellent opportunities for teachers to showcase their talents to others as well as for teachers to learn from each other. In this bulletin, we will focus on reporting the demonstration lessons of our international teachers. Mr. Saul Rosenfield gave an enjoyable demonstration lesson on the 22nd of October with his 3 green English class which focused on vocabulary and creating sentences. Mr. Rosenfield’s overarching goal was to get students to construct their own sentences rather than for students to complete the mundane task of filling in the blanks. The students showed that they were up to the challenge as they created many of their own imaginative sentences. On the 23rd of October, Ms. Paula Sanchez gave a demonstration lesson with her year 6 students. Her aim was to review present and past obligations (have to/had to) and to practice writing past obligations. After the students were modelled correct sentences, they had the opportunity to construct their own sentences. Ms. Sanchez followed the Haileybury teaching methodology of ‘I do, we do, you do’ which allowed her students to actively engage and construct their own learning. Her students were well-behaved and they enjoyed the lesson. Lastly, Mr. Jason Swerdfeger gave a demonstration class with his year 6 class on the 24th of October. Similarly, his lesson intention was to help students revise grammar and sentence building for their mid semester exam. He constructed a method for labelling the different parts of speech in a sentence and the students spent the period deconstructing sentences as well as unscrambling different parts of speech to create sentences. Mr. Swerdfeger has developed a good rapport with his students and they enjoy his positive energy he brings to his classes. Overall, it was great to see our new international and local teachers showcase their talents and I am sure much was learnt from observing them.

　　新加入小学部的教师们已经完成了示范课。示范课是教师展示教学技能的绝佳机会，也是教师相互学习的绝佳机会。在本次的公报中，我们将专注国际教师的示范课。10月22日，Rosenfield先生在3Green班上了一节公开课，整堂课的重点是学习词汇和造句。Rosenfield先生的首要目标是让学生自己构建句子，而不是让学生完成填空的日常任务。这对学生们来讲是项挑战，但他们也造了很多自己的句子。十月二十三日，Paula Sanchez老师给六年级的学生上了一节示范课。她的目标是帮学生复习现在式和过去式。在学生模仿写出正确的句子后，他们便可以独立地造句子。Sanchez遵循了黑利伯瑞教师的“我做，我们做，你做”的教学方法，这让她的学生能够积极参与到学习活动中去。学生们在课上表现出色，并很享受这一刻。最后，Jason Swerdfeger先生在十月二十四日的6年级班上了一节示范课。同样，为了更好的应对期中考试，这节课的目的也是帮助学生复习语法和造句。他将示例句子中的词汇标注出词性，帮助学生了解句子结构，并可以用不同类型的词来造句。Swerdfeger先生和他的学生们建立了良好的师生关系，学生们很喜欢他上课时带来的正能量。总的来说，看到新的国际和中方教师的教学技能，我感到很高兴，我相信通过这些示范课，老师们也互相学习了很多。

　　Miss Sanchez gets up close with year 6 student Mark Yan

　　Ms. Sanchez followed the Haileybury teaching methodology of ‘I do, we do, you do’ which allowed her students to actively engage and construct their own learning

　　Mr. Rosenfield uses kinaesthetic ways to help his students cement their understanding

　　The students constructed their own imaginative sentences during Mr. Rosenfield’s demonstration lesson

　　Mr. Swerdfeger gave a demonstration lesson on parts of speech

　　Mr. Swerdfeger brings much positive energy and enthusiasm to his lessons

　　On the afternoon of Friday the 26th of October, a music fair was held in the primary school. The event was organised by Melody Guo who is our department’s music teacher and international English teacher Mr. Joshua Webb who shares a passion for music and the Arts. Originally, the event was planned to be held outside in the garden area behind our department but due to the cold weather outside, it was brought inside. There was a huge variety of musical performance presented and these were categorised into the five groups of piano, instrumental, dance, singing and band. The event was organised in a street or busking arrangement whereby the audience which included teachers, non-performing students and primary school leaders were given gold and silver tokens which they placed into the performers’ money boxes. The performers then collected the gold and silver tokens which they later exchanged for prizes. The first act of the afternoon was Mr. Webb’s Lion dance which brought much fun, excitement and a bit of terror to our students. The primary school was then amazed by the spectacular musical talents from an innumerable number of students. For example, the rock performance of Tom Sun on drums (year 6) and Harry Wang on electric guitar (year 6) nearly brought the house down. You would have been forgiven for mistaking Bobby Li for rapper Jay Z due to Bobby’s rap performance and his exceedingly cool costume. Amy Wang and Jessie Yan (year 5) performed a captivating piano duet. Elsa Huang and Judy Zhu (year 2) were dressed in traditional Chinese costume and performed a lovely song and dance routine and Kevin Hou from year 6 wowed the audience with his amazing street dancing abilities. Overall, it was an awesome, action packed, high adrenaline and talented display of musical talent and ability by our students. Many thanks to Melody, Joshua and Mr. Xu for their hard work and organisation of the event.

　　十月二十六日星期五下午，小学部举行了一次音乐市集活动。这次活动是由小学部的音乐老师郭光宇老师和Webb老师一起组织， Webb老师热爱音乐和艺术。最初，这一活动计划在小学部后面的花园区举行，不过由于天气寒冷，活动改到室内举行。演出的音乐种类繁多，分为钢琴、器乐、舞蹈、歌唱和乐队五部分。活动以街头或街头表演的形式举行，观众包括教师、学生及小学部领导等，他们均可领取金银代币并将其送给演出者。下午的第一幕是Webb老师的狮子表演，它给我们的学生带来了很多乐趣。学生们的音乐天赋也令观众们印象深刻。六年级的孙政阳的架子鼓和六年级的王皓然电吉他的摇滚表演几乎让全场沸腾。而李泽嘉的说唱表演和他非常酷的服装会让观众们把他比作说唱歌手Jay Z。五年级王沈乐和闫浩嘉表演了一段精彩的钢琴二重奏。二年级的黄怡宁和朱怡菱穿着中国传统服装，演绎了一段可爱的歌舞表演。六年级的侯光政用他惊人的街舞能力征服了观众。总体来说，这是一次充满热情活力，才华横溢的音乐活动。感谢郭光宇老师、Webb老师和徐主任的辛勤付出和组织。

　　The music concert was organised by Melody Guo and a lion (Mr. Joshua Webb)

　　Mr. Joshua Webb kicked off the event with a ‘Lion dance’

　　Did someone say Linkin Park? (Harry Wang and Tom Sun from year 6)

　　Is it Jay Z or is it Bobby Li from year 5

　　Amy Wang and Jessie Yan (year 5) performed a captivating piano duet

　　Elsa Huang and Judy Zhu from year 2 sang beautifully

　　Let’s dance (Kevin Hou from year 6)

　　Our year 3 students were brilliant

　　Lainey Deng from year 3 is rich

　　Patrick Tu shows everyone his earnings from his piano recital

　　Classical GuZheng music was also featured in the music concert (Angel Tu – year 5)

　　Year 1 student Sophia Yang sang a beautiful song at the music festival

　　Year 1 students Aimee Yang, Zoe Wang and Mia Wang show their earnings from their performance

　　Coco Yang and Judy Zhang from year 2 wowed our young audience

　　Lastly, we are also excited to announce that 4 students from Monash University will be coming to our primary school in a couple of weeks to complete their teaching practicums. Monash is one of the top eight universities in Australia and the collaboration between Haileybury and Monash is reflective of the high level of interest Haileybury has evoked in Australia as well as the elite partnerships Haileybury Tianjin has been able to forge in just five years’ time (Haileybury Tianjin began in 2013). We wish the student teachers every success as they embark on the exciting yet challenging task of imparting English language proficiency to Chinese students in China.

　　最后，我们也很高兴地宣布，来自莫纳什大学的4名实习生将在未来几周内来到我们学校的小学部完成他们的实习活动。莫纳什大学是澳大利亚排名前八的大学之一。天津黑利伯瑞国际学校(天津黑利伯瑞国际学校始于2013年)在5年的时间里就已建立起与其他著名学校的精英伙伴关系。我相信，这也反映了澳大利亚对我校的高度关注。我们也祝愿实习生一切顺利，因为他们将开始一项令人兴奋但又具有挑战性的任务，即如何教授中国学生的英语。

　　Monash university is one of Australia’s best universities and 4 student teachers will be completing their teaching practicums at our school

　　Monash university students have been completing their practicums at Haileybury Tianjin for many years

　　Out of all of the universities in the whole world, Times Higher Education ranks Monash university at number 84

　　Five Monash education university students completed their teaching practicums in the primary school last year

　　Lift up year hearts and your cash 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

　　02/11/2018