Welcome!

Please nd your childs postcard.

Read it.

Write a response to your child on the paper
given.

If you dont have a pencil, you may use one
from our pencil box.

Back to School Night 2015

Year 3

Renaissance College
Primary School

Mindfulness
Lets do a .b!
Stop
Feel your feet
Feel your breathing
Be

Renaissance College (RCHK) is a student focused international

teaching and learning institution.

Through a rigorous and holistic curriculum, the College will

develop global citizens who strive for academic excellence,
appreciate the aesthetics and are empowered to take
progressive action.

RCHK strives to build a culture that promotes peace and
democracy, values diversity, and works toward a sustainable
future for all.

Years 1-3

Welcome to Back to School Night

The slides will be placed on the school website
At the end of the session there will be time to chat to

other parents.
Sign-ups are available to help in the class.
Thanks for making time to come this evening!

About me

The Year 3 Team

Year 3 Team 2013/14

Meet the educational assistants

working with 3LM students

Ms. Celia

Ms. Allison

Interna8onal-minded people

RCHK believes that by empowering students to become this.

Adults in the RCHK community should model these profiles

Math in the PYP

Measurement

Increased emphasis on:

Investigate meaningful mathematical problems.
Space &

Shape
Explore problems in depth and find more than one solution
to the problem.
Number

Create their own strategies and approaches.

Pattern &
Work both individually and in small groups and share
Function
their ideas and strategies withothers.

Data Handling and
:
Probability
Express mathematical thinking through drawing,
writing, journaling and talking.

What does it mean to be a mathematician?

Rich Task in Mathematics

Rich task for you to do!

Language in the PYP

Increased emphasis on:

Reading selected according to interest level.

Reading for meaning.

Writing as a process.

Engaging in spontaneous writing.

Using language for information processing.

Teaching students to read to research and inquire.

Reading

Speaking and
Listening

Writing

Viewing & Presenting

Homework Guidelines

Year Level

Homework time / day

Years 3

Reading 15 minutes
Maths skills 10 minutes
Chinese 10 minutes

Y3 Website for ideas

Please value the concept of PLAY and REST (sleep)

Research has found that 9-10 hours sleep is beneficial for learning.

Year 3 Website
y3.rchk.edu.hk
Password: primaryrchk
Can you find
- the homework tab?
- the bulletin?
- the current math unit?
- the dates for Friday Sport and Friday
Rotations?

3LM Website
3lm.rchk.edu.hk
Password: primaryrchk
Can you find your childs blog?
Take a moment to look through it and add
some comments.

Sharing
Each child will have the opportunity to be a
class sharer this year.
Sharing happens every day.
The student prepares their sharing at home.
Your child will have between 2 and 5 minutes
to share, with the whole class, a photo, a
story about a special event in his or her life
or a special item. Please do not send in
electronic items.

Friday Sport & RotaOons

This year on alternate Fridays the students will

participate in sports during periods 7 and 8

Students stay with the same sport for four Fridays

and then rotate to a different sport. The last session

is a points one where students can earn points for
their house!
Rotations are held on alternate Fridays. It is similar

to Studio Time in Year 2.

Formal and Informal ReporOng

Three Way Conference (October 15th/16th )

Written Report (January / June)
Portfolio ongoing (Goes home in March/ June)
Student Led Conferences (June)
Assembly (20th November)
Parent Meetings as needed
RCHK Bulletin on website How to get there?
Notices, Written Messages, Emails

Parent calendar includes all dates.

Assessment of student learning is ongoing throughout the year.

CommunicaOon
CLASSROOM TEACHER

MEETING WITH TEACHER

o Keep communication with the teacher brief. Use email carefully. More than 5
sentences may mean it is better to arrange a meeting.
o Please let me know via email if your child is taking a dierent form of
transportation home or if they are sick.
o The teacher is ALWAYS the first point of call.
o Incidents tell me immediately!
o Please communicate positive and negative feedback. ACTION.

Lines of CommunicaOon
CLASSROOM TEACHER

EMAIL

MEETING WITH TEACHER

YEAR LEVEL COORDINATOR

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

CURRICULUM CONCERNS
JASON DOUCETTE
TANIA MARTIN

PASTORAL CONCERNS
STEPHANIE HOWDLE-LANG

HEAD OF PRIMARY
JAMIE SCHMITZ

Y3 Housekeeping
Please make sure your child eats breakfast each day.
Children need to bring a bottle of water and a healthy snack each day.
There is a long learning time between recess and lunch.
SMART cards issued in year 4.
Communication Bags: Students are responsible for showing me any
notes and handing in any forms each morning.
Pencils and stationery. Named and bought to school daily.
Library Every Thursday.
PE Tuesdays and Wednesdays / Sports alternate Fridays. Children
need to be in their PE uniforms and must have their hats and drink
bottles on their designated PE days.
Swimming May 2016.

HATS!

Before you leave tonight

Any questions?
Please volunteer to come into our class as an

expert during our units of inquiry!

Please email me if you are interested in helping

in our classroom this year.

Please be back in the PAC by 7:15 pmThanks to RAPT

Thanks for coming to hear more about Year 3!

Your partnership is invaluable.
The Year 3 team are looking forward to a great
year.