HIST PRIMARY CAMPUS NEWS and INFORMATION

　　Bulletin 4, Week 8, Semester 1, 2018-2019

　　天津黑利伯瑞国际学校小学主要校园新闻和信息

　　公告4，第8周，第1期，2018-2019

　　19/10/2018

　　Dear primary school parents and families.

　　亲爱的小学部家长们，

　　It has been another fruitful and exhilarating fewweeks at the primary school in Tianjin. Academic rigor and student achievement have always been priorities at Haileybury. Consequently, the school has established systems and procedures for ensuring academic success. As an international school, one of the ways this is done is through regular classroom observations. Every week, international teachers and their classes are observed by management to ensure that high standards of teaching and learning are maintained and the Haileybury model of teaching and learning is being followed. Everything from the reduction of teacher talk time, the writing of the lesson’s objectives on the whiteboard, neat student handwriting, student engagement, classroom management, the warm up, student comprehension and focus is monitored and assessedin these observations. International teachers also observe each other so that good teaching practice can be spread across the whole department. On Wednesday the 10thof October, our deputy director of teaching and research – Rosie Jiang, also inspected the lesson plans of teachers and the exercise books of our students. The department found many exemplar pieces of work however we will also continue to formulate ways to improve our student outcomes. The department also held a meeting on Friday the 12thof October which evaluated the demonstration lessons of our senior teachers. The Haileybury ‘I do, we do and you do’ model of teaching was reemphasised and effective classroom teaching practice was discussed.

　　在天津黑利伯瑞国际学校的小学部里，精彩纷呈的几周又过去了。严谨的学术和学生的成就一直是黑利伯瑞所追求的。因此，学校建立了一整套完善的系统来确保教学质量。作为一所国际学校，通过定期的听课是一种有效的方法。每周，管理层都会对国际教师及其班级进行听课，以确保高水平的教学活动，并遵循Haileybury的教学模式。减少教师谈话时间，通过听课制度，把课程目标呈现在白板上，整洁的学生书写，学生参与，课堂管理，热身，学生理解和专注度。国际教师也互相观察，以便良好的教学实践可以在整个学部推广。10月10日，星期三，我们的教学副主任——姜老师，也检查了老师的教案和学生的作业本。也从中发现了许多典范，但我们也将继续制定提高学生成绩的方法。在十月十二日星期五召开会议，评估资深教师的示范课程。重新强调了“我做、我们做、你做”的教学模式，探讨了有效的课堂教学实践。

　　Primary school international teacher - Ms. Paula Sanchez has her lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Jason Swerdfeger has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Saul Rosenfield has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Joshua Webb has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　A primary school English subject observation sheet

　　Rosie Jiang (Deputy director of teaching and research) and primary maths coordinator Amy Sun checked the exercise books of students to ensure high academic quality is upheld

　　Head of primary school - Ms. Vivian Jia evaluated the teaching of our senior teachers in a meeting on the 12thof October

　　Rosie Jiang (Deputy director of teaching and research) spoke to our teachers about ways to improve their pedagogy

　　Our teachers plan and reflect on their lessons

　　Some of the neat writing of our primary school students

　　Haileybury has long had a policy of cooperating and collaborating with the parent community of our school. Feedback from our parents is continuously gathered through our weekly academic report system and these comments are collated and examined. Adjustments and improvements to teaching and learning are constantly made through this system. Parents, however, bring to the school more than just their comments and observations - they also bring their skills, talents and networks. On Friday the 12thof October, three year 6 parents presented three lessons to our year six students. Penelope Weng’s grandmother spoke to the year 6 yellow class on ‘How to take better care of yourself and about etiquette and culture’. Tony Chai’s mother spoke to the year 6 blue class on‘Using maths games to improve maths thinking’ and Louis Zhao’s mother brought Rudra who is her yoga instructor to the year 6 green class. Rudra gave a captivating yoga lesson which the students thoroughly enjoyed. We trust that the mutual collaboration between the school and its parents community will continue into the future and that we will also continue to learn and grow from each other.

　　黑利伯瑞长期以来注重与我们学校的家长合作与交流。通过每周的周报告，不断收集来自家长的反馈意见，并对这些意见进行整理。通过这个周报告不断地调整和改进教学。然而，家长给学校带来的不仅仅是他们的建议，他们还把技能、才识带到学校的课程中来。10月12日星期五，三名六年级的家长分别给我们六年级的学生上了三节课。翁紫暄的姥姥在6yellow班的课堂上讲到“如何更好地照顾自己和礼仪文化素养”。柴雅轩的妈妈在6bule的班级里为大家上了一节关于“从数学游戏中体会数学思维”的课，赵晓军的妈妈把瑜伽教练鲁德拉带到了6green班，Rudra给学生们上了一堂精彩的瑜伽课。我们相信，学校和家长之间的互助合作将一直持续，我们也将继续相互学习和成长。

　　Penelope Weng’s grandmother spoke to the year 6 yellow class on ‘How to take better care of yourself and about etiquette and culture’.

　　Penelope Weng’s grandmother received a certificate for her lesson from the department

　　Tony Chai’s mother (6 blue) spoke to the year 6 blue class on‘Using maths games to improve maths thinking’

　　Tony Chai’s mother received a certificate for her lesson from our welfare director – Mr. Xu.

　　Louis Zhao’s mother (6 Green)brought Rudra who is her yoga instructor to the year 6 green class. Rudra gave a captivating yoga lesson which the students thoroughly enjoyed.

　　Breathe in and then breathe out!

　　Soccer is an activity which is offered as part of our club program in the afternoons. On Saturday the 13thof October, 13 year four and five students travelled to Daystar Academy in Beijing for a soccer tournament against 7 other international schools. They were accompanied by international principal Mr. Robert Erwin, Primary school welfare director Eric Xu and their soccer coach Mr. Joshua Webb. For many of our students, this was the first time they had played and represented the school in an interschool sports activity. Our students played four games against Keystone A and B, Daystar Academy and Hope International. The games consisted of two 10-minute halves with a small break in between. Many of our students such as Hulk Zhang, Bobby Li and Prince Fu played valiantly and showed outstanding skill and technique well beyond their years. Although we did not manage to win any of our matches, the tournament was a steep learning curve for our players regarding soccer skill, teamwork, sportsmanship and physical endurance. It was encouraging to see so many of our parents come and cheer our players on during the tournament and I am sure many of our players made our parents proud. Haileybury will continue to participate in interschool sporting competitions in the future and I trust we will continue to improve.

　　足球是我们下午活动课提供的一项课程。10月13日，星期六，13名来自四五年级的学生前往北京的Daystar学院(启明星双语学校)参加足球比赛，与其他7所国际学校比赛。陪同他们的还有国际校长罗伯特·欧文先生、小学部德育主任徐老师和他们的足球教练Webb老师。对我们的许多学生来说，这是他们第一次代表学校参加校际体育活动。我们的学生对阵Keystone (北京鼎石学校)A、B、Daystar (启明星双语学校)学院和北京协力国际学校四场比赛。比赛包括两个10分钟比赛，中间有一个小间歇。我们的学生，张梵智浩、李泽嘉、付子君等，都表现得非常勇敢，他们的技艺和技巧都超出了他们的年龄。尽管我们没有赢得比赛，但对于我们的球员来说，在足球技术、团队精神、体育精神和体能方面，都得到了提高。看到这么多父母在比赛中为我们的球员加油助威。我相信，父母们也为孩子们的表现感到骄傲。黑利伯瑞今后将继续参加校际体育比赛，我相信我们会不断地进步。

　　Our under 11 soccer team travelled to Daystar Academy in Beijing for a soccer tournament against 7 other international schools on Saturday the 13thof October

　　They were accompanied by international principal Mr. Robert Erwin, primary school welfare director Eric Xu and their soccer coach Mr. Joshua Webb.

　　Our students had fun and learnt about the game of soccer at the time

　　Go Haileybury Go!

　　Our boys gave it their all!

　　At Haileybury, we are always looking at ways to improve the English teaching and learning of our staff and students. Last year, the English buddy reading program was established and it continues to be a success as it has provided intensive language support to our students.Like last year, we are lucky to have the support of middle school students (around 50) who are listening and reading to 100 primary school students from years one, two and three. They are reading from the popular Oxford Reading Tree, I can read and the Step into Reading series. Teachers and students have commented on how smoothly these sessions have been. They have also noted the many smiles that have radiated from the faces of our children when students accomplish the honourable feat of reading a book in their second language. The school will continue to support this important program because reading is an important aspect of language acquisition. In addition to the Middle and Primary school joint English buddy reading initiative, primary school students have also been borrowing take-home readers since the first week of school. We now have over 1200 graded readers. This year we added American National Geographic graded readers into our collection. We also have childhood favourites which include The Oxford Reading Tree series (levels 1-9), Step into Reading (levels 1-3), the I can read series (Adventures of Biscuit, Berenstain bears, Splat cat, Marley the Dog, Little Critters, Flat Stanley) and the Usborne First Library. Students may now 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.

　　在黑利伯瑞，我们一直在寻找提高我们的英语教学和学生学习的方法。去年，英语伙伴阅读项目成立了，并且取得了成功，因为我们的学生提供很多帮助。像去年，我们很幸运地得到了中学生(大约50人)的支持，他们从听和读对1-3年级的100名小学生进行帮助。他们是从流行的牛津阅读树，我可以阅读和阅读系列的步骤。老师和学生都可以有序的进行这项工作。他们还注意到，当学生们完成了用他们的第二语言阅读一本书的时候，我们的孩子们脸上洋溢出灿烂的笑容。它对激发学生阅读兴趣和拓宽语言学习机会起到了很大作用。阅读是语言发展的一个重要组成部分，未来将在孩子的课余时间推出更多阅读活动。除了中小学联合开展英语伙伴阅读活动外，小学生自开学第一周以来也一直借书，把书带回家阅读。我们现在有超过1200名读者。今年我们增加了美国国家地理杂志分级读者。我们还有儿童最爱，包括《牛津读书树》系列(1-9级)、《步入阅读》(1-3级)、《我能读系列》(饼干历险记》、《贝伦斯坦熊》、《斯普拉特猫》、《狗马利》、《小怪物》、《扁平斯坦利》和《乌斯本第一图书馆》。学生现在可以一次从他们的英语教师那里借一本书，由他们管理这些书的借阅和归还。如果学生每次想借一本书或多于一本书，可以获得特别许可，但是，请注意，如果学生丢失一本书，学生监护人将被要求支付更换费用，然后学生将被允许再次借。请看下面的表格，看看哪位国际英语老师在管理你孩子的分级阅读。

　　National Geographic readers are a new inclusion in our primary school’s English reading library

　　Many English classics are available to be borrowed from your child’s English teacher

　　Marcus Fonti from year 8 helps our year 2 students read in the English buddy reading program every week (Tager and George)

　　Mr. Ryan Kerns from middle school coordinates the English buddy reading program with primary school

　　Year 1-3 primary school English coordinator Nathan Williamson assists students with their reading every week (Gary and Larry from 1 yellow)

　　David Wang’s English reading has improved through the Buddy Reading program (year 3 green)

　　Eric Ma and Charlie Wang from year 3E enjoy their buddy reading lessons each week

　　This year we have three new international teachers who have joined our primary school English teaching team. Ms Sanchez is one of our new English teachers at Haileybury. She teaches English to Years 5 and 6 and works with students in Years 2 and 3 in the weekly reading classes. Ms Sanchez also teaches Spanish. Ms Sanchez is originally from Madrid, Spain, but has lived abroad since she was three years old. She takes pride in her international upbringing in Spain, the United States, France, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom. Her professional experiences in international schools in Germany and Spain make her an outstanding addition to the ESL team at Haileybury. Upon completing her BA in Fine Arts and traveling to Central America to volunteer as an English teacher in underserved neighbourhoods of San José, Costa Rica, Ms Sanchez completed a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching and another one in Secondary Education. She has also obtained her Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA). Her philosophical disposition towards the student-centred and inquiry-led approach of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is reflected in the underlying purpose that guides her teaching practice at Haileybury, which is to cultivate and encourage critical thinking by understanding linguistic concepts in the context of themes that are of personal, local or global significance (science, nature, environmental studies, etc.). In Ms Sanchez’s English class, students are encouraged to be more than passive recipients of knowledge. They are expected to participate actively in the analysis of language and in the negotiation of meaning. She accomplishes this by making her students find reasons for grammatical rules and by asking them to work collaboratively with each other. This way, student understanding is grounded deeply, and concepts can be retained for a longer period of time. Ms Sanchez derives huge professional and personal satisfaction from contributing to the growth of young learners. We are pleased to have her in the primary international team this year and we trust she will have a successful year.

　　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。Ms Sanchez是我们黑利伯瑞新来的英语老师之一。她教五年级和六年级的英语，二年级和三年级的阅读。Ms Sanchez还教西班牙语。她曾在西班牙、美国、法国、瑞士、德国和英国生活过。她在德国和西班牙的国际学校的专业经历使她成为黑利伯瑞ESL团队的优秀新成员。Ms Sanchez毕业于美术学士学位，前往中美洲，在哥斯达黎加圣何塞地区做一名英语教师，之后她获得了英语语言教学应用语言学硕士学位和中学教育硕士学位。她还获得了剑桥英语教学证书(CELTA)。她对以学生为中心、以探究为导向的内容与语言综合学习(CLIL)的哲学倾向，反映在指导黑利伯瑞教学实践上，即通过理解语言来培养和鼓励批判性思维。与具有个人、地方或全球意义的主题(科学、自然、环境研究等)相关的概念。在Ms Sanchez的英语课上，鼓励学生主动的接受知识。他们积极参与语言分析和交流。她鼓励让学生们找到语法的规则，并且要求他们相互合作来完成学习。这样，学生的理解就深深扎根了，学生可以更加牢记概念。Ms Sanchez从促进学生的成长中获得巨大的专业收获。我们很高兴她能加入今年的国际教学团队，我们相信她会在本学年做得更好。

　　Ms. Paula Sanchez loves to use new education methodologies in her teaching such as the CLIL approach

　　Ms. Paula Sanchez also teaches Spanish every week as part of the primary school club program

　　On Thursday the 18thof October, over 200 primary school staff and students set out from our school campus early in the morning for their Autumn excursion to Happy City in Tianjin. After the students were briefed concerning safety and the day’s activities early in the morning, our students collected their lunch packs which included many delicious and healthy items such as a chicken burger, yoghurt, fruit, water and cake. We arrived at Happy City at around 10 o’clock and the children spent the next five hours learning about different occupations as well as having fun at the same time. For example, they dressed up in police uniform and shot plastic water bullets at a target from a gun. They attacked each other with balls as soldiers and became STEM experts when they used Lego to create their own interesting objects. They delivered parcels to different houses and offices as couriers and made delicious cakes and hamburgers as chefs. They experienced an earthquake in a natural disaster institute and became artists when they drew their own artworks. In addition, they also used an old-fashioned printing press to print paper and they checked for dangerous goods as baggage handlers and served as airline flight attendants. Our students behaved well and were eager to learn more about all the different occupations available. It was an exciting and memorable experience for our students and they thoroughly enjoyed participating in the many exhibits on offer. We can’t wait for the next primary school excursion in Spring!

　　10月18日周四，小学部的200名学生和教师在早上前往天津希乐城参加秋季校外实践活动。老师对学生强调安全之后，学生每人领取一份学校食堂准备的美味健康午餐，包括鸡肉汉堡，酸奶，水果，水和蛋糕。我们在10点左右到达希乐城，学生们有5个小时的机会体验。他们会穿警服练习射击。他们互相用球进行双方对抗。他们前往不同的房间进行职业体验，体验作为小厨师制作蛋糕和汉堡。他们在自然灾害馆体验了地震，也体验了作为小小艺术家创作艺术作品。体验了古老的印刷术。体验了行李管理员管理危险品，航空乘务人员服务。我们的学生行为表现良好，也体验了不同的职业。对与学生来讲此次活动是一项难忘精彩的经历。我们期待着下次小学部的春游活动。

　　Year 4 students Ryan Zhang and Jim Li are holding their lunch packs as they eagerly await their arrival at Happy City

　　Year 5 yellow students were excited to arrive at Happy City

　　Is Addison Wang (year 4), China’s next elite policeman?

　　Year 1 students experienced a simulated earthquake from a toilet!

　　My name is Bond, James Bond (Julian Andrews from year 6)

　　Zac, David and Rain (year 3) may be responsible for delivering your parcels in the future!

　　Have no fear! General Tony and TNT are here!

　　Duke and Chris from 1 yellow had fun spinning wheels

　　Our year 4 students printed paper the old fashioned Chinese way

　　Year 5 teacher Mr. Eric Xu has a difficult time avoiding getting hit by plastic bombs

　　Is Jennifer Sun the next Jamie Oliver?

　　Year 1 green students give a reverent salute in police uniform

　　Is Harry Wang from year 6 the next Leonardo Da Vinci?

　　Year 6 Blue students enjoy working in a fast food outlet (Martina Tian and Oliver Zhao)

　　Life up your hearts and V signs 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

　　19/10/2018