Here are some photos from this morning’s pool party. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend the K2 shared lunch. Thank you for your kind words and gifts for Diep and me.

Happy Birthday Seohyeon, Noe and Lily! 

These children will celebrate their birthdays during the summer holiday.

Next Wednesday we must say Goodbye to our friend Lina.  We are sad to see her go.  Lina will be moving to Ho Chi Minh City with her family and attending ISHCMC.

Reminders

• The last day of school for students is Wednesday 12 June. Children are dismissed at 12 noon.
• Students return to school on Wednesday 14 August

As this is my last blog for the year I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support for me, our class and our school.  It has been a privilege to teach your children and I am grateful for knowing each one of them.  Thank you for trusting me with them each day.

Have a wonderful relaxing holiday.

Emily

This week we have continued exploring art and enjoying the last days together as a class.  Here are some pictures from the week.

Enjoying outdoor play day.

The class with ‘Flat Stanley’. 

Flat Stanley is a book character that gets send around the world to have adventures.  Lily was sent Flat Stanley by her cousin Aurora who lives in Canada.

Having fun with our Grade 4 Buddies

Coco turned 6 last Saturday.  Happy Birthday Coco!

Reminders

• K2D swim only on Fridays. Monday and Wednesday are regular PE days.
• Friday 7 June is K2’s Shared Lunch: 11am – 12 noon. Parents are invited to join K2 in the ECC Gym for a shared party lunch. Details and the food sign up sheet have been emailed by our class parent rep Esther.
• The last day of school for students is Wednesday 12 June.  Children are dismissed at 12 noon.

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

Music and Art Morning

On Thursday Diep and I were so proud of our talented singers, musicians and visual artists. The children were so happy to share with you all the work they have been doing in Music and Art.  Here are some pictures from the morning. 

Exploration of Art and Nature

This week we have been inspired by the natural environment. The children have enjoyed creating art from natural objects we have found lying around our playground and the local environment.

Mystery reader 

This morning we were very lucky to have a Nikhil’s sister, Sufi, as our mystery readier. We really enjoyed listening to a lovely rhyming book called Oi Frog by Kes Gray and Jim Field.

         Goodbye Ruben

Next Wednesday will be a sad day for K2D, as we must say goodbye to Ruben.  Ruben and his family are returning to their home in Ireland.  Please join Diep and I in wishing Ruben, Liv Nina and Daniel, safe travels and happy times in Ireland.

Reminders

• K2D swim only on Fridays. Monday and Wednesday are regular PE days.
• Friday 31 May is Graduation Day for our 12th Grade students.  All teachers must attend the graduation. Due to this, school finishes for all UNIS students at 11.30.
• Friday 7 June is K2’s Shared Lunch: 11am – 12 noon. Parents are invited to join K2 in the ECC Gym for a shared party lunch. Details and the food sign up sheet have been emailed by our class parent rep Esther.

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

We have been exploring this question in detail this week. Popcorn has been our stimulus for writing stories, drawing, making collages, dancing and singing.  Below are some of the students’ creations.

Mystery Reader 

Today we were very lucky to have Sebastien, Sophia’s Dad, as our mystery reader. He read a book in French called Lou Lou and translated it into English for us.  We all really enjoyed it!

Reminders

• K2D swim only on Fridays. Monday and Wednesday are regular PE days.
• Thursday 23 May is the K2 and Grade 1 music concert. Please click here for details.
• Friday 31 May is Graduation Day for our 12th Grade students.  All teachers must attend the graduation. Due to this, school finishes for all UNIS students at 11.30.
• Friday 7 June is K2’s Shared Lunch: 11am – 12 noon. Parents are invited to join K2 in the ECC Gym for a shared party lunch. (More details soon).

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

We have completed another busy week enjoying exploring How We Express Ourselves and working hard in all subject areas.

Home Reading

Now that April is over (with all it’s holiday Mondays), we still have over four weeks of school left to work hard on reading. Please ensure your child exchanges their home reading books each Monday.  All the children in K2D have made such wonderful progress with their reading and we want to keep the momentum up until the very last day of K2.

K2 and Grade 1 Music Performance and Art Show

Please click here for details.

Mystery Reader

Yesterday we were very lucky to have Thomas’s mum, Geralda, read us a book called Do Not Open This Book. The children loved it so much she had to read it twice.  Geralda also went above and beyond concealing her identity as our mystery reader.

Reminders

• This Monday 13th May is Snack Sale day.  Please send your child to school with 20,000 VND to buy 2 snacks.
• The Grade 4 and 5 Seussical Musical is on next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, tickets are on sale in the performing arts centre.
• K2D swim only on Fridays, Monday and Wednesday are regular PE days.
• Thursday 23 May is the K2 and Grade 1 music concert.
• Friday 31 May is Graduation Day for our 12th Grade students.  All teachers must attend the graduation. Due to this, school finishes for all UNIS students at 11.30.
• Friday 7 June is K2’s Shared Lunch. 11am – 12 noon: Parents invited to join K2 in the ECC Gym for shared ‘party lunch: (More details soon).

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

Yesterday we all enjoyed dressing up as book characters for the book week parade and sharing books with our friends in Grade 1.  

Mystery Readers 

Yesterday we enjoyed two lovely books read to us by Karen, Coco’s mum.  They were The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin and I’m Thankful Each Day by P. K. Hallinan.

Because of Book week we also had some UNIS teachers as our Mystery readers. Thank you to Ms Penny from Grade 1 and  Mr Piggott (my husband), who teaches English in the Middle School, for reading to us.

Reminders

• The swimming timetables changes next week. K2D will swim only on Fridays, Wednesday will return to a regular PE day.
• Thursday 23 May is K2 and Grade 1’s music concert.  More details will come in future blogs.

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

Kindergarten Partnership

On Wednesday we were very fortunate to welcome Ms Huyen and her class from Sai Dong Kindergarten to spend the morning with us. Ms Huyen has been my Early Childhood Education Renovation Program (ECERP) partner teacher and she has spent four weeks with K2D throughout the course of this year. ECERP is a program through which UNIS teachers work with their Vietnamese counterparts to improve teaching in local schools. Wednesday was special because it was the first time that our children have met and interacted.  I was very proud of how well K2D hosted the children from Sai Dong.  Despite language challenges, K2D were caring and patient as they demonstrated and participated in activities with their new friends.

Here is a video of the morning.

How We Express Ourselves

K2D have started our final unit of inquiry for the year.  It is a How We Express Ourselves unit with the central idea:

Artists express ideas and emotions for different purposes.

The lines of Inquiry are:

• Inspiration of artists
• Different art mediums for expression
• Experiencing and appreciating a variety of art forms

Thought the course of this unit the children will explore many forms of art and have many opportunities to experiment and create.

Mystery Reader

On Thursday we were very lucky to have Bao Yen’s mum, Huyen, come and read to us a Vietnamese cautionary tale about a duck who didn’t listen to her teacher. Lucky we don’t have any ducks like that in our class. 🙂

Happy Birthday Nikhil!

Reminders

• Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 are school holidays celebrating Vietnamese Victory Day. May 1 is International Labor Day and is also a holiday from school.
• Thursday 2 May is the ES book character parade for book week. Your child is encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character.
• Friday 3 May is our MRISA assembly.  Your child is encouraged to wear UNIS clothes to support our MRISA volleyball teams.

Have a wonderful long weekend.

Emily

Student-Led Conferences

Diep and I were very proud of how confident and knowledgeable our children were today during the student-led conferences.  Student-led conference day is a lovely opportunity to observe and reflect on the students’ growth.  I hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did. 

Book Drive

The book drive ends this week. So far our class has not collected any books.  If you have a few books you no longer want lying around your house, please donate them to the book drive.

Welcome Noe!

Please join me in welcoming Noe and his family to K2D.  Noe is from Germany and he has a younger sister, Emily, in Discovery at UNIS.

Mystery Reader

This week we were very lucky to have Ga Yun’s Mum and Dad, Mi Jeong and Jong Kuk as our mystery readers. We enjoyed a lovely book called Every Day is My Birthday.

Happy Birthday Ga Yun!

On Thursday we were also very happy to celebrate Ga Yun’s Birthday!

Reminders

• This Monday is EARTH DAY.  Your child is encouraged to wear green to show the world they care for the natural environment.
• Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 are school holidays celebrating Vietnamese Victory Day. May 1 is International Labor Day and is also a holiday from school.
• Thursday 2 May is the ES book character parade for book week. Your child is encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character.
• Friday 3 May is our MRISA assembly.  Your child is encouraged to wear UNIS clothes to support our MRISA volleyball teams.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Emily

APAC soccer

Yesterday K2D were very excited to join with the whole of UNIS to cheer for our APAC soccer team.  The opening ceremony was very exciting.  Some enthusiastic supporters from K2D watch UNIS play The Canadian Academy team from Japan. We cheered UNIS to a 3 -1 victory.

Blue-bots

On Tuesday Ms Michelle came to K2D and taught the children how to code using Blue-bots.  The students are eager to share this learning with you at next week’s Student led conferences.

Student Led Conferences 

Next Friday 19 April is our student led conference day. The children have been working very hard preparing to share their learning with you.  Please ensure you sign up for a time to visit our classroom with your child.  Please also be aware that there is no school for K2 students on this day. Your child will come to school with you just for the duration of the conference and visits to specialist classrooms.

Swimming

Swimming on Monday and Wednesday during PE time continues for K2D till the end of April.  If your child is unwell or unable to swim for any reason please send an email explaining this to  Ms Nikki at ncarey@unishanoi.org

No Home Toys at School

Please ensure your child does not bring toys, smart watches or jewellery to school.  We have had lots of K2D children bringing these items to school in recent weeks. Along with the disappointment that occurs when these items are lost, they also cause friendship issues between students.  I would really appreciate your help in ensuring these things don’t come to school.

Mystery Reader

This week’s Mystery reader was Jenna’s mum Esther.  As yesterday was also Jenna’s birthday Esther read a lovely book called I want two birthdays by Tony Ross. We also enjoyed celebrating Jenna’s birthday at the end of the story.

Happy Birthday Jenna

Reminders

• Monday 15 April is a holiday for Hung King Day
• Next Friday 19 April is Student-led conferences. This is not a regular school day for children, children only come to school for their conference time.
• Monday 29, Tuesday 30 are school holidays celebrating Vietnamese Victory Day. May 1 is international Labor day and is also a holiday from school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Emily

I am so proud of your talented children this week.  They pulled off a wonderful market day and a fabulous assembly.  I am attaching videos of both of these.

Market Day video

Assembly Video

Yesterday we were very lucky to have Seohyeon’s Mum Heajin, as our mystery reader. She read, acted out, translated and sung a Korean book about a magical bat.  We were very impressed!

Have a wonderful Spring break.

Emily