HSK K2 Learning Blog (2020-21)

  We had a lovely assembly Zoom today with the K2 children :) We sang English and Chinese carols, Santa paid a visit, and Suzie & Stripey were super excited to see the whole Hillside community together! We wish all the children, parents and carers a very merry winter break. Enjoy the quality time together with your family, have fun, stay safe, and we will see you in the new year 🎉

  We were thrilled to host Leith Stewart, Clinical Director of Young Folk Therapy and an occupational therapist, who led a parent webinar last week on  More Playtime, Less Screen Time  and gave us lots of valuable information and professional advice on screen time and content.  If you missed the webinar or would like to rewatch, please  click here  for the recording. Here are some resources Leith recommended: For your interest, here are some child-friendly websites that includes videos, as an alternative to YouTube: PBS Learning Media (Pre-K) PBS Kids The Kid Should See This And some free app suggestions for videos: Cakey  (On iPhone/iPad. This app allows parents to preview and select  YouTube   videos for their kids to watch. It comes preloaded with several video collections that parents can keep, delete, or edit. Furthermore, parents can create their own collections from scratch or browse those submitted by other parents.) Nick Jr...

The K2 children have been busy both on Zooms and with the asynchronous home learning (huge thanks to all of you parents!), which ensures they are developing all approaches to learning that will enable them to make connections between concepts within the unit of inquiry. Once they have consolidated their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes, and has had lots of practice making their thinking visible through drawing, it successfully sets them up for next steps in the inquiry process.  In the past 2 weeks, children have been focusing on these lines of inquiry: Function - how we design and create Causation - the choices we make in the process of design and creation Using their imagination and creativity, what choices will the children make to bring their ideas to life? How can we turn a 2D design into a 3D creation? Using materials in their home environment, children have been playing and working hard at making connections between design and creation. Let's take a look: When it comes to desig...