EY1 Welcome to Term 2

Dear EY1 Families,

Welcome to Term 2! We hope you all had a relaxing break and wish you all a happy new year! This letter contains some information about the upcoming term.

 

Key Dates

Please continue to check the DBIS key dates here:https://hub.dbis.edu.hk/ 

You can also reference the EY1 Key Dates document, which will be placed on each class’s Communication Board: EY1 Term 2 Dates for Parents.docx (1)

 

EY1 Families Volunteer Sign-up

The following document will be placed outside the classrooms on your child’s Communication Board. For those families that are unable to sign up in person and wish to do so, please get in touch with your child’s class teacher to express your interest. 

EY1 Parent Volunteer Sign-up Term 2 Master.docx

 

Reading & Spelling

New reading books will come home with the children in Week 1. Please read these books over the week with your child and return them to school on your allocated day. This a gentle reminder that if you do not return the reading diary and book each week, we cannot provide your child with a new book. To further support reading and writing at home, you may wish to use the following RWI sound mat, which covers Set 1, 2 & 3 sounds: Set 1, 2 & 3 sounds

The final set of Common Exception Words for EY1 will be shared in your child’s purple book in week 1. There are some suggested activities and worksheets for your child to try at home. Please return these the week beginning 20th March.

 

Term 2 Learning

This term, we will begin by deepening our understanding of celebrations by exploring Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations. We will then move into our new unit of learning called ‘Let’s Build Structures’, and our conceptual lens will be ‘Design’. 

Please take a look at our EY1 Curriculum booklet to learn more about our English, Mathematics and Science objectives here: 

https://issuu.com/dbis3/docs/2022_23_dbis_early_years_curriculum_handbook

https://issuu.com/dbis3/docs/2022_23_dbis_transition_ey1

 

Housekeeping

Please ensure children bring the following items each day:

  • Named A3 plastic folders (for reading and library books) 
  • Named water bottle (please ensure no metal water bottles are brought to school) 
  • A small snack (in a container they can open independently, labelled with your child’s name and class)
  • Lunch box (labelled with your child’s name and class – unless your child is eating at the cafeteria) 
  • Wellies and raincoat (labelled with your child’s name and class) 

Please ensure your child wears the appropriate and correct uniform to school daily. Details of this can be found on our school website. Hats must be brought to school every day as students must wear them during break and lunch; otherwise, they will be unable to play on the playground. For health and safety reasons, students with long hair must tie it back, and jewellery is not permitted.  

EY1 Students wear the Main campus (Primary) uniform, information can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uXDtzLJhv5TGFPjclRuX63Le5Jol5P1r/view

 

Please continue to check the DBIS Parent Hub regularly for key information. Please take a look at DBIS Communication information here:

https://hub.dbis.edu.hk/communications/

 

If you have any queries about the above, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher. 

Kind Regards,

The EY1 Team

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