Dear SIS Families,

The issuance of semestral reports and the parent-teacher-student conferences are just around the corner. As parents, your involvement and support are invaluable in helping your child achieve their full potential, and understanding the importance of these reports and conferences is a crucial part of that process.

Please make sure to meet with your teachers to get an overall assessment of your child's progress, highlighting areas where they excel and areas that may need additional attention. You might also discuss about your child's behavior, work habits, and social skills. This holistic assessment provides a well-rounded view of their overall development, allowing you to address any concerns and promote their personal growth.

Sending official reports followed up by conferences is an important communication tool between parents and teachers. Parent-teacher-student conferences enable you to actively engage in your child's educational journey by discussing their individual needs and setting personalized goals. 

We will be sending you sign-up forms soon through SchoolsBuddy. Meanwhile, do reach out to your children's teachers if you have further questions about their performance at school.

亲爱的家长，

学期报告的发布和家长师生会议即将到来。作为父母，您的参与和支持对于帮助您的孩子充分发挥潜力非常宝贵，而了解这些报告和会议的重要性是该过程的关键部分。

请务必与您的老师会面，对您孩子的进步进行总体评估，突出显示他们擅长的领域和可能需要额外关注的领域。您还可以讨论孩子的行为、工作习惯和社交技能。这种整体评估为他们的整体发展提供了全面的视角，使您能够解决任何问题并促进他们的个人成长。

发送正式报告并召开会议是家长和老师之间的重要沟通工具。家长教师学生会议使您能够通过讨论孩子的个人需求并设定个性化目标来积极参与孩子的教育旅程。

我们将很快通过 SchoolsBuddy 向您发送报名表。同时，如果您对孩子在学校的表现有进一步疑问，请联系您孩子的老师。

SIS has a brand-new Library div, for our very own authors and illustrators.  Please stop by and browse the new additions, published by SIS students.  In class whether individually or with others, our students are writers, creators, and artists.  They have written, revised, edited, proofread and published original stories for our community to enjoy. In addition to the stories, the students have illustrated original artwork to go with their published works.

The Authors' Corner will be expanding as more and more students publish their stories, so stop by often to see what new titles have been added.  And stay tuned; we are opening an Authors' Corner at Mountainside Library soon for all those Early Years authors at Jingshan!

SIS 拥有一个全新的图书馆部分，专为我们自己的小小作家和插画家而设。请顺便浏览一下 SIS 学生发布的新增内容。在课堂上，无论是单独上课还是与他人一起上课，我们的学生都是作家、创作者和艺术家。他们撰写、修改、编辑、校对和出版原创故事供我们的社区欣赏。除了故事之外，学生们还为他们出版的作品绘制了原创艺术作品。

随着越来越多的学生发表自己的故事，作家角落将会不断扩大，因此请经常过来看看添加了哪些新标题。并敬请关注：我们即将在鲸山校区图书馆为所有鲸山的小小作家开放作家角落！

To provide a sensory experience for our Nursery students, they went on an adventure of making fruit kebabs that involved all five senses. By introducing a variety of fruits with different colors and textures, students were able to see the colors of the fruits, which stimulated their visual perception and further developed their ability to identify and appreciate the colours founds in fruits and in nature.

As the children picked up and touched each fruit, they could feel the textures of the outside -smooth and bumpy. This developed their senses of touch and fine motor skills.

The most exciting part was tasting the fruits. They enjoyed the juicy textures of the fruits and  with encouragement some students were risk-takers as they tried new fruits which introduced them some new tastes, helping to develop their sense of taste and broaden their food experience.

Sensory Integration: Engaging all five senses through this fruit kebab activity had a deeper purpose than just a delicious treat. It provided a multisensory experience that stimulated their senses and enhanced their sensory integration skills. By integrating information received from their senses, children can better understand their environment and make meaningful connections.

Home connection: We encourage you to continue the exploration of different fruits and textures at home. It can be as simple as preparing a fruit salad or encouraging children to touch and describe the characteristics of various fruits during your next trip to the supermarket.

为了给幼儿园的孩子们提供一个感官体验，他们进行了一次让五种感官都能参与的水果串的冒险。通过介绍各种不同颜色和质地的水果，让学生看到水果的颜色，刺激了他们的视觉感知，进一步发展了他们识别和认识水果和自然界颜色的能力。

当孩子们拿起并触摸每一个水果时，他们可以感觉到外面的质地——光滑而凹凸不平。这发展了他们的触觉和精细运动技能。

最令人兴奋的部分是品尝水果。他们喜欢水果多汁的质地，在鼓励下，一些学生敢于冒险，他们品尝了新的水果，这些水果给他们带来了新的味道，帮助他们发展味觉，扩大他们的食物体验。

感官整合:这个水果串活动不仅仅是美味的款待, 也调动了所有的五种感官。它提供了一种多感官的体验，刺激了他们的感官，提高了他们的感觉整合技能。通过整合来自感官的信息，孩子们可以更好地理解他们的环境，并建立有意义的联系。

家庭联系:我们鼓励你在家继续探索不同的水果。这可以很简单，比如准备一份水果沙拉，或者在下次去超市的时候鼓励孩子触摸和描述各种水果的特点。

Transitioning to a new campus can be a challenge.  Not knowing where you are going, what to expect and who you will be learning with can create mixed feelings and emotions.  Here at SIS, we make the transition from the elementary Bay campus to our middle school Net Valley campus smooth, seamless and most importantly, enjoyable.

On Wednesday afternoon, ninety-six grade five students arrived at the Net Valley campus full of excitement and expectation for what student life would be like for them as new middle schoolers.  They weren't disappointed!  

To begin their transition experiences, our grade 5 students met the Net Valley leadership team and other support staff. After introductions, middle school ambassadors took our eager grade 5 students on a scavenger hunt, to find out where learning happens.  Lunch was then served, which was followed by an interactive and exciting middle school assembly, organised by our Net Valley STUCO.

Congratulations to Jayden from 5CBP for winning a special 'Minute To Win-It' assembly act during the afternoon. It was an enlightening afternoon of building new knowledge and understandings of Net Valley student life.

过渡到一个新的校园可能是一个挑战。不知道你要去哪里，期待什么，和谁一起学习，会让你产生复杂的感觉和情绪。在SIS，我们的学生大都会从小学太子湾校区顺利地过渡到中学网谷校区，而且最重要的是这个过渡是愉快的。

周三下午，96名五年级的学生来到了网谷校区，他们充满了兴奋和对初中生生活的期待。他们没有失望!

活动的一开始，我们五年级的学生会见了网谷的领导团队和其他支持人员。在自我介绍之后，中学大使带着我们兴奋的五年级学生进行寻宝游戏，找出学习的地方。午餐后，我们的网谷校区学生会还组织了一个极具互动性和令人兴奋的中学集会。

祝贺来自5CBP的Jayden在下午赢得了特别的“Minute to Win-It”活动。这是一个有建设性的下午，太子湾校区的学生们对网络谷的学生生活有了新的认识和理解。

In grade 3 literacy, students recently completed a unit that focused on non-fiction reading and writing, allowing them to explore various topics, particularly major weather events. Through the integration of technology, students utilized the Book Creator on the iPad to create and publish non-fiction informational books about natural disasters. They learned how to take notes and expand their academic and scientific vocabulary. Furthermore, they were introduced to the importance of academic honesty, understanding the significance of citing sources accurately.

Currently, in their ongoing unit of inquiry, grade 3 students are immersing themselves in the study of culture through legends, folk tales, and myths. By carefully examining characters' traits, motivations, and actions within these traditional stories, students gain valuable insights into the diverse cultures that exist globally. Students will be encouraged to express their opinions about the stories, they are guided to provide evidence to support their viewpoints and make meaningful comparisons between different tales. This unit not only promotes critical thinking skills, but also nurtures their ability to express their thoughts effectively, fostering international mindedness as they gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultures.

在三年级的文学课上，学生们最近完成了一个以非虚构阅读和写作为重点的单元，让他们深入探索各种主题，尤其是关于主要天气事件的内容。通过融入科技元素，学生们巧妙地运用iPad上的Book Creator工具，创作并发布了关于自然灾害的非虚构信息书籍。在这个过程中，他们学会了如何进行有效的记笔记，扩展了自己的学术和科学词汇。除此之外，他们还对学术诚信有了更深刻的认识，明白了准确引用来源的重要性。

目前，在进行中的探究单元中，三年级的学生们正专注于通过传说、民间故事和神话深入研究文化。通过细致入微地分析这些传统故事中角色的特征、动机和行动，学生们不仅深刻认识到了全球存在的多元文化，还被鼓励表达对这些故事的个人看法。在这个过程中，他们被引导提供支持观点的具体证据，并进行有意义的不同故事之间的比较。这个学习单元不仅促进了学生的批判性思维能力，也培养了他们有效表达思想的能力，同时促进了国际化意识的培养，使他们更深刻地理解和欣赏各种不同的文化。

Current JS families are invited to sign up and visit their child's classroom to join a lesson.

欢迎目前的鲸山家庭报名并参观孩子的教室参加课程。

Les Restos du Coeur is a famous French association that helps and supports the poor, particularly with food through access to free meals, and through participation in their social and economic integration, as well as in any action against poverty in all its forms.

At SIS, we believe in supporting each other and our action represents what the association is doing. Therefore, we created Les Restos de SIS. We would like to be able to donate money to the same association and we have invited special guests for our event.

The students in FIP and FAL, and SIS staff members will share songs in French to represent our action. You are welcome to watch the performances that will happen on Monday 11th December. However, there is a limited number of seats. Please scan the QR code to save you a seat.

The performances will be as follow:

-KG to G2 will be from 9:00-9:45am (100 seats available)
-G3 to G5 will be from 10:15-11:00am (80 seats available)

We look forward to welcoming you at our singing concert. The QR code for making donations will be available at the theater. There will also be a donation box if you prefer to give cash.

Les Restos du Coeur是一个著名的法国协会，它帮助和支持穷人，特别是通过提供免费膳食，并通过参与他们的社会和经济一体化以及任何消除一切形式贫困的行动来提供食物。

在SIS，我们相信相互支持，我们的行动代表了协会正在做的事情。因此，我们创建了Les Restos de SIS。我们希望能够向同一个协会捐款，我们已经邀请了特别嘉宾参加我们的活动。

FIP和FAL的学生和SIS的工作人员将分享法语歌曲来代表我们的行动。欢迎您观看12月11日星期一的演出。然而，座位数量有限。请扫描二维码注册，以便为您保留座位。

演出内容如下:

-KG到G2的时间是上午9:00 至 9:45 (有100个座位)
-G3至G5的时间是上午10:15至11:00 (有80个座位)

我们期待着欢迎你来我们的演唱会上。捐款二维码将会在影院发放。如果你愿意以现金捐赠，当场也会有一个捐款箱。

Just a friendly reminder that Trimester 2 of ASA has begun and will continue through Feb-29. 

Scan the QR code and Check SchoolsBuddy for your allocations. 

温馨提醒，ASA课后兴趣课第二期已经开始，并将到2月29日结束。请扫码并登录 SchoolsBuddy 查看孩子的课后兴趣课分配情况。