HIST PRIMARY CAMPUS NEWS and INFORMATION

　　Bulletin 4, Week 8, Semester 1, 2018-2019

　　天津黑利伯瑞國際學校小學主要校園新聞和信息

　　公告4，第8周，第1期，2018-2019

　　19/10/2018

　　Dear primary school parents and families.

　　親愛的小學部家長們，

　　It has been another fruitful and exhilarating fewweeks at the primary school in Tianjin. Academic rigor and student achievement have always been priorities at Haileybury. Consequently, the school has established systems and procedures for ensuring academic success. As an international school, one of the ways this is done is through regular classroom observations. Every week, international teachers and their classes are observed by management to ensure that high standards of teaching and learning are maintained and the Haileybury model of teaching and learning is being followed. Everything from the reduction of teacher talk time, the writing of the lesson’s objectives on the whiteboard, neat student handwriting, student engagement, classroom management, the warm up, student comprehension and focus is monitored and assessedin these observations. International teachers also observe each other so that good teaching practice can be spread across the whole department. On Wednesday the 10thof October, our deputy director of teaching and research – Rosie Jiang, also inspected the lesson plans of teachers and the exercise books of our students. The department found many exemplar pieces of work however we will also continue to formulate ways to improve our student outcomes. The department also held a meeting on Friday the 12thof October which evaluated the demonstration lessons of our senior teachers. The Haileybury ‘I do, we do and you do’ model of teaching was reemphasised and effective classroom teaching practice was discussed.

　　在天津黑利伯瑞國際學校的小學部里，精彩紛呈的幾周又過去了。嚴謹的學術和學生的成就一直是黑利伯瑞所追求的。因此，學校建立了一整套完善的系統(tǒng)來確保教學質量。作為一所國際學校，通過定期的聽課是一種有效的方法。每周，管理層都會對國際教師及其班級進行聽課，以確保高水平的教學活動，并遵循Haileybury的教學模式。減少教師談話時間，通過聽課制度，把課程目標呈現在白板上，整潔的學生書寫，學生參與，課堂管理，熱身，學生理解和專注度。國際教師也互相觀察，以便良好的教學實踐可以在整個學部推廣。10月10日，星期三，我們的教學副主任——姜老師，也檢查了老師的教案和學生的作業(yè)本。也從中發(fā)現了許多典范，但我們也將繼續(xù)制定提高學生成績的方法。在十月十二日星期五召開會議，評估資深教師的示范課程。重新強調了“我做、我們做、你做”的教學模式，探討了有效的課堂教學實踐。

　　Primary school international teacher - Ms. Paula Sanchez has her lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Jason Swerdfeger has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Saul Rosenfield has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　Primary school international teacher – Mr. Joshua Webb has his lessons observed by management on a regular basis to ensure the Haileybury model of teaching is upheld

　　A primary school English subject observation sheet

　　Rosie Jiang (Deputy director of teaching and research) and primary maths coordinator Amy Sun checked the exercise books of students to ensure high academic quality is upheld

　　Head of primary school - Ms. Vivian Jia evaluated the teaching of our senior teachers in a meeting on the 12thof October

　　Rosie Jiang (Deputy director of teaching and research) spoke to our teachers about ways to improve their pedagogy

　　Our teachers plan and reflect on their lessons

　　Some of the neat writing of our primary school students

　　Haileybury has long had a policy of cooperating and collaborating with the parent community of our school. Feedback from our parents is continuously gathered through our weekly academic report system and these comments are collated and examined. Adjustments and improvements to teaching and learning are constantly made through this system. Parents, however, bring to the school more than just their comments and observations - they also bring their skills, talents and networks. On Friday the 12thof October, three year 6 parents presented three lessons to our year six students. Penelope Weng’s grandmother spoke to the year 6 yellow class on ‘How to take better care of yourself and about etiquette and culture’. Tony Chai’s mother spoke to the year 6 blue class on‘Using maths games to improve maths thinking’ and Louis Zhao’s mother brought Rudra who is her yoga instructor to the year 6 green class. Rudra gave a captivating yoga lesson which the students thoroughly enjoyed. We trust that the mutual collaboration between the school and its parents community will continue into the future and that we will also continue to learn and grow from each other.

　　黑利伯瑞長期以來注重與我們學校的家長合作與交流。通過每周的周報告，不斷收集來自家長的反饋意見，并對這些意見進行整理。通過這個周報告不斷地調整和改進教學。然而，家長給學校帶來的不僅僅是他們的建議，他們還把技能、才識帶到學校的課程中來。10月12日星期五，三名六年級的家長分別給我們六年級的學生上了三節(jié)課。翁紫暄的姥姥在6yellow班的課堂上講到“如何更好地照顧自己和禮儀文化素養(yǎng)”。柴雅軒的媽媽在6bule的班級里為大家上了一節(jié)關于“從數學游戲中體會數學思維”的課，趙曉軍的媽媽把瑜伽教練魯德拉帶到了6green班，Rudra給學生們上了一堂精彩的瑜伽課。我們相信，學校和家長之間的互助合作將一直持續(xù)，我們也將繼續(xù)相互學習和成長。

　　Penelope Weng’s grandmother spoke to the year 6 yellow class on ‘How to take better care of yourself and about etiquette and culture’.

　　Penelope Weng’s grandmother received a certificate for her lesson from the department

　　Tony Chai’s mother (6 blue) spoke to the year 6 blue class on‘Using maths games to improve maths thinking’

　　Tony Chai’s mother received a certificate for her lesson from our welfare director – Mr. Xu.

　　Louis Zhao’s mother (6 Green)brought Rudra who is her yoga instructor to the year 6 green class. Rudra gave a captivating yoga lesson which the students thoroughly enjoyed.

　　Breathe in and then breathe out!

　　Soccer is an activity which is offered as part of our club program in the afternoons. On Saturday the 13thof October, 13 year four and five students travelled to Daystar Academy in Beijing for a soccer tournament against 7 other international schools. They were accompanied by international principal Mr. Robert Erwin, Primary school welfare director Eric Xu and their soccer coach Mr. Joshua Webb. For many of our students, this was the first time they had played and represented the school in an interschool sports activity. Our students played four games against Keystone A and B, Daystar Academy and Hope International. The games consisted of two 10-minute halves with a small break in between. Many of our students such as Hulk Zhang, Bobby Li and Prince Fu played valiantly and showed outstanding skill and technique well beyond their years. Although we did not manage to win any of our matches, the tournament was a steep learning curve for our players regarding soccer skill, teamwork, sportsmanship and physical endurance. It was encouraging to see so many of our parents come and cheer our players on during the tournament and I am sure many of our players made our parents proud. Haileybury will continue to participate in interschool sporting competitions in the future and I trust we will continue to improve.

　　足球是我們下午活動課提供的一項課程。10月13日，星期六，13名來自四五年級的學生前往北京的Daystar學院(啟明星雙語學校)參加足球比賽，與其他7所國際學校比賽。陪同他們的還有國際校長羅伯特·歐文先生、小學部德育主任徐老師和他們的足球教練Webb老師。對我們的許多學生來說，這是他們次代表學校參加校際體育活動。我們的學生對陣Keystone (北京鼎石學校)A、B、Daystar (啟明星雙語學校)學院和北京協(xié)力國際學校四場比賽。比賽包括兩個10分鐘比賽，中間有一個小間歇。我們的學生，張梵智浩、李澤嘉、付子君等，都表現得非常勇敢，他們的技藝和技巧都超出了他們的年齡。盡管我們沒有贏得比賽，但對于我們的球員來說，在足球技術、團隊精神、體育精神和體能方面，都得到了提高。看到這么多父母在比賽中為我們的球員加油助威。我相信，父母們也為孩子們的表現感到驕傲。黑利伯瑞今后將繼續(xù)參加校際體育比賽，我相信我們會不斷地進步。

　　Our under 11 soccer team travelled to Daystar Academy in Beijing for a soccer tournament against 7 other international schools on Saturday the 13thof October

　　They were accompanied by international principal Mr. Robert Erwin, primary school welfare director Eric Xu and their soccer coach Mr. Joshua Webb.

　　Our students had fun and learnt about the game of soccer at the time

　　Go Haileybury Go!

　　Our boys gave it their all!

　　At Haileybury, we are always looking at ways to improve the English teaching and learning of our staff and students. Last year, the English buddy reading program was established and it continues to be a success as it has provided intensive language support to our students.Like last year, we are lucky to have the support of middle school students (around 50) who are listening and reading to 100 primary school students from years one, two and three. They are reading from the popular Oxford Reading Tree, I can read and the Step into Reading series. Teachers and students have commented on how smoothly these sessions have been. They have also noted the many smiles that have radiated from the faces of our children when students accomplish the honourable feat of reading a book in their second language. The school will continue to support this important program because reading is an important aspect of language acquisition. In addition to the Middle and Primary school joint English buddy reading initiative, primary school students have also been borrowing take-home readers since the first week of school. We now have over 1200 graded readers. This year we added American National Geographic graded readers into our collection. We also have childhood favourites which include The Oxford Reading Tree series (levels 1-9), Step into Reading (levels 1-3), the I can read series (Adventures of Biscuit, Berenstain bears, Splat cat, Marley the Dog, Little Critters, Flat Stanley) and the Usborne First Library. Students may now borrow one book at a time from their English teachers who will manage the borrowing and returning of these books. If a student would like to borrow a specific book or more than one book at a time, special permission may be granted, however, please note that if a student loses a book, the guardian of the student will be required to pay the cost of replacement before the student will be allowed to borrow again. Please look at the table below to see which international English teacher is managing the graded reading of your child.

　　在黑利伯瑞，我們一直在尋找提高我們的英語教學和學生學習的方法。去年，英語伙伴閱讀項目成立了，并且取得了成功，因為我們的學生提供很多幫助。像去年，我們很幸運地得到了中學生(大約50人)的支持，他們從聽和讀對1-3年級的100名小學生進行幫助。他們是從流行的牛津閱讀樹，我可以閱讀和閱讀系列的步驟。老師和學生都可以有序的進行這項工作。他們還注意到，當學生們完成了用他們的第二語言閱讀一本書的時候，我們的孩子們臉上洋溢出燦爛的笑容。它對激發(fā)學生閱讀興趣和拓寬語言學習機會起到了很大作用。閱讀是語言發(fā)展的一個重要組成部分，未來將在孩子的課余時間推出更多閱讀活動。除了中小學聯合開展英語伙伴閱讀活動外，小學生自開學周以來也一直借書，把書帶回家閱讀。我們現在有超過1200名讀者。今年我們增加了美國國家地理雜志分級讀者。我們還有兒童，包括《牛津讀書樹》系列(1-9級)、《步入閱讀》(1-3級)、《我能讀系列》(餅干歷險記》、《貝倫斯坦熊》、《斯普拉特貓》、《狗馬利》、《小怪物》、《扁平斯坦利》和《烏斯本圖書館》。學生現在可以一次從他們的英語教師那里借一本書，由他們管理這些書的借閱和歸還。如果學生每次想借一本書或多于一本書，可以獲得特別許可，但是，請注意，如果學生丟失一本書，學生監(jiān)護人將被要求支付更換費用，然后學生將被允許再次借。請看下面的表格，看看哪位國際英語老師在管理你孩子的分級閱讀。

　　National Geographic readers are a new inclusion in our primary school’s English reading library

　　Many English classics are available to be borrowed from your child’s English teacher

　　Marcus Fonti from year 8 helps our year 2 students read in the English buddy reading program every week (Tager and George)

　　Mr. Ryan Kerns from middle school coordinates the English buddy reading program with primary school

　　Year 1-3 primary school English coordinator Nathan Williamson assists students with their reading every week (Gary and Larry from 1 yellow)

　　David Wang’s English reading has improved through the Buddy Reading program (year 3 green)

　　Eric Ma and Charlie Wang from year 3E enjoy their buddy reading lessons each week

　　This year we have three new international teachers who have joined our primary school English teaching team. Ms Sanchez is one of our new English teachers at Haileybury. She teaches English to Years 5 and 6 and works with students in Years 2 and 3 in the weekly reading classes. Ms Sanchez also teaches Spanish. Ms Sanchez is originally from Madrid, Spain, but has lived abroad since she was three years old. She takes pride in her international upbringing in Spain, the United States, France, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom. Her professional experiences in international schools in Germany and Spain make her an outstanding addition to the ESL team at Haileybury. Upon completing her BA in Fine Arts and traveling to Central America to volunteer as an English teacher in underserved neighbourhoods of San José, Costa Rica, Ms Sanchez completed a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching and another one in Secondary Education. She has also obtained her Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA). Her philosophical disposition towards the student-centred and inquiry-led approach of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is reflected in the underlying purpose that guides her teaching practice at Haileybury, which is to cultivate and encourage critical thinking by understanding linguistic concepts in the context of themes that are of personal, local or global significance (science, nature, environmental studies, etc.). In Ms Sanchez’s English class, students are encouraged to be more than passive recipients of knowledge. They are expected to participate actively in the analysis of language and in the negotiation of meaning. She accomplishes this by making her students find reasons for grammatical rules and by asking them to work collaboratively with each other. This way, student understanding is grounded deeply, and concepts can be retained for a longer period of time. Ms Sanchez derives huge professional and personal satisfaction from contributing to the growth of young learners. We are pleased to have her in the primary international team this year and we trust she will have a successful year.

　　今年我們有三名新的國際教師加入了我們的小學英語教學團隊。Ms Sanchez是我們黑利伯瑞新來的英語老師之一。她教五年級和六年級的英語，二年級和三年級的閱讀。Ms Sanchez還教西班牙語。她曾在西班牙、美國、法國、瑞士、德國和英國生活過。她在德國和西班牙的國際學校的專業(yè)經歷使她成為黑利伯瑞ESL團隊的優(yōu)秀新成員。Ms Sanchez畢業(yè)于美術學士學位，前往中美洲，在哥斯達黎加圣何塞地區(qū)做一名英語教師，之后她獲得了英語語言教學應用語言學碩士學位和中學教育碩士學位。她還獲得了劍橋英語教學證書(CELTA)。她對以學生為中心、以探究為導向的內容與語言綜合學習(CLIL)的哲學傾向，反映在指導黑利伯瑞教學實踐上，即通過理解語言來培養(yǎng)和鼓勵批判性思維。與具有個人、地方或全球意義的主題(科學、自然、環(huán)境研究等)相關的概念。在Ms Sanchez的英語課上，鼓勵學生主動的接受知識。他們積極參與語言分析和交流。她鼓勵讓學生們找到語法的規(guī)則，并且要求他們相互合作來完成學習。這樣，學生的理解就深深扎根了，學生可以更加牢記概念。Ms Sanchez從促進學生的成長中獲得巨大的專業(yè)收獲。我們很高興她能加入今年的國際教學團隊，我們相信她會在本學年做得更好。

　　Ms. Paula Sanchez loves to use new education methodologies in her teaching such as the CLIL approach

　　Ms. Paula Sanchez also teaches Spanish every week as part of the primary school club program

　　On Thursday the 18thof October, over 200 primary school staff and students set out from our school campus early in the morning for their Autumn excursion to Happy City in Tianjin. After the students were briefed concerning safety and the day’s activities early in the morning, our students collected their lunch packs which included many delicious and healthy items such as a chicken burger, yoghurt, fruit, water and cake. We arrived at Happy City at around 10 o’clock and the children spent the next five hours learning about different occupations as well as having fun at the same time. For example, they dressed up in police uniform and shot plastic water bullets at a target from a gun. They attacked each other with balls as soldiers and became STEM experts when they used Lego to create their own interesting objects. They delivered parcels to different houses and offices as couriers and made delicious cakes and hamburgers as chefs. They experienced an earthquake in a natural disaster institute and became artists when they drew their own artworks. In addition, they also used an old-fashioned printing press to print paper and they checked for dangerous goods as baggage handlers and served as airline flight attendants. Our students behaved well and were eager to learn more about all the different occupations available. It was an exciting and memorable experience for our students and they thoroughly enjoyed participating in the many exhibits on offer. We can’t wait for the next primary school excursion in Spring!

　　10月18日周四，小學部的200名學生和教師在早上前往天津希樂城參加秋季校外實踐活動。老師對學生強調安全之后，學生每人領取一份學校食堂準備的美味健康午餐，包括雞肉漢堡，酸奶，水果，水和蛋糕。我們在10點左右到達希樂城，學生們有5個小時的機會體驗。他們會穿警服練習射擊。他們互相用球進行雙方對抗。他們前往不同的房間進行職業(yè)體驗，體驗作為小廚師制作蛋糕和漢堡。他們在自然災害館體驗了地震，也體驗了作為小小藝術家創(chuàng)作藝術作品。體驗了古老的印刷術。體驗了行李管理員管理危險品，航空乘務人員服務。我們的學生行為表現良好，也體驗了不同的職業(yè)。對與學生來講此次活動是一項難忘精彩的經歷。我們期待著下次小學部的春游活動。

　　Year 4 students Ryan Zhang and Jim Li are holding their lunch packs as they eagerly await their arrival at Happy City

　　Year 5 yellow students were excited to arrive at Happy City

　　Is Addison Wang (year 4), China’s next elite policeman?

　　Year 1 students experienced a simulated earthquake from a toilet!

　　My name is Bond, James Bond (Julian Andrews from year 6)

　　Zac, David and Rain (year 3) may be responsible for delivering your parcels in the future!

　　Have no fear! General Tony and TNT are here!

　　Duke and Chris from 1 yellow had fun spinning wheels

　　Our year 4 students printed paper the old fashioned Chinese way

　　Year 5 teacher Mr. Eric Xu has a difficult time avoiding getting hit by plastic bombs

　　Is Jennifer Sun the next Jamie Oliver?

　　Year 1 green students give a reverent salute in police uniform

　　Is Harry Wang from year 6 the next Leonardo Da Vinci?

　　Year 6 Blue students enjoy working in a fast food outlet (Martina Tian and Oliver Zhao)

　　Life up your hearts and V signs at Haileybury!

　　William Fang (M.Ed, B.A/B.Ed, Grad Dip Ed. (Primary), B. Min (Hons.))

　　方士銓 (教育碩士，文學士/教育學士，教育研究生(小學), 神職學士(榮譽學士學位))

　　English Curriculum Coordinator - Primary School (Upper Primary)

　　Haileybury Tianjin International School

　　小學部英語項目課程負責人(4-6年級)

　　天津黑利伯瑞國際學校

　　19/10/2018