Presenting Past Extinctions

 This week Grade 2 continued cooperating on collaborative projects about past extinctions. Using the information that they gathered from last week's reading comprehension work they researched about some of the unknown creatures that disappeared long ago and used their artistic talents to create diagrams displaying how some of them went extinct. 

Students also had the opportunity to learn from their classmates about some of the recent extinctions by watching their videos, slideshows or printed books.

In math, we learnt how to measure capacity of liquid in containers and practiced calculations which required converting litres to millilitres. We also did some experiments to see the connection between ml and cc (cubic centimetres).

On Monday, we enjoyed a special basketball clinic with some members of the Hyogo Storks basketball team! Grade 2 was happy to show off their skills! It was a lot of fun!

Finally, in PE we continued practicing for next week’s Sports Day! Please see below for more details about Sports Day, Sleepover and the Spring Musical.

Sports Day

Friday 19th April

9.00am - 12.30pm

School Yard for Early Years & Green Field for Lower and Upper Primary

We will have a great morning with activities for all our students. Please come and give them your support, all parents are welcome!

Timings

8.30am - Student arrive at school as normal
9.00am - Start of sports day events
12.30pm - End of Sports Day and students return to school for the normal afternoon programme.

You may take your child home after sports day. If you want to take your child home at 12.20pm please click here to let us know.

Please can we ask all students to:
- Wear their school T-Shirt and trainers (shoes to run in)
- Bring their water bottles
- Bring a hat and sunscreen

Sleepover (April 25 - 26)

The big event for lower primary students is fast approaching! Kindly let us know if your child will be attending or not by submitting your response by Monday, April 15. 

Lower Primary Sleepover Form

Spring Musical 24th and 26th April

Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to come and see our Spring Musical on the evenings of Wednesday 24th and Friday 26th April. We are very happy to say that all the seats are now fully booked. 

If you were successfully able to sign up using the link in the school blog, then we can confirm that you do have the seats you have requested. Rather than giving out individual tickets, we will be checking a list at the door for each performance to confirm that everyone is attending. In place of charging for tickets, we ask that you make a donation at the door that the children will give to a charity of their choice. 

Should you have any questions at all about the musical, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Azusa, Ms Schelin, Mr Sam or Mrs Harris.

Measuring Mass Extinctions

 This week we continued our math unit on measuring but moved on from perimeter and area to mass and capacity. The students used scales to help them weigh and solve problems with mass, learning the difference and relationships between grams and kilograms. We also started learning about capacity and measuring with litres and millilitres!

During unit time, the students finished working on their books and videos about animals which have recently gone extinct before digging into past mass extinctions, such as the one that resulted in the end of the dinosaurs. 

During PE, the students were real risk-takers as they practiced track and field events such as the standing long jump, skipping, javelin throw, ball throw, hurdles, sprints and 750m run.

Please remember to come cheer for them at Sports Day on Friday, April 19th.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, April 8 - Hyogo Storks Basketball Clinic for Lower Primary from 9:00 - 9:30

Tuesday, April 9 - Yearbook Photo Shoot - Rescheduled from Wednesday, April 10th

Unfortunately our school photographer is unable to take the photos next Wednesday, so we have moved the yearbook photo shoot to next Tuesday instead. Please send your child to school with their school shirt!

Wednesday, April 17th - Field Trip to Osaka Museum of Natural History

We’re going on a trip to the past for a day to see real dinosaur fossils! 

We need some more parent volunteers, so for we only have one! Please let me know if you’d like to join!

We will leave just after 9:00 and will be out for most of the day. Pack a healthy snack, lunch, picnic sheet, and drink bottle and don’t forget your DSKI shirt!