Learning today, Leading tomorrow!

12 July 2019

What a super year we have had in Year 1 and Year 2! The children have blossomed into enthusiastic and confident young learners. Their passion and love of learning has guided them through a fun-filled year of challenge, exploration and play. All the children have made a fantastic transition from EYFS to Primary education.

Throughout the year, the children in Year 1 participated in lots of fun learning activities linked to our IPC topics. We began the year with ‘The Circus is coming to town’. The children were very excited when a local circus came to visit and perform for us. The children later put their co-operation skills to great use when designing and making toys during the theme ‘The Magic Toy Maker’. They showed super scientific enquiry skills when learning about ‘Flowers and Insects’.

During the topic ‘Sensational’, the children had a special visit from the students in Nhan Chinh school for the Deaf. This was a wonderful opportunity for the children to integrate with other students around Hanoi and see how they learn and for them to interact through sign language. They have developed co-operation, communication and enquiry skills that will stay with them throughout their educational journey.

Year 2 has been action packed and fun filled. We started the year with a camping trip to the EcoPark, where we developed our ability to work together and think logically. We enjoyed a very exciting visit to the aquarium as part of our ‘Water World’ Topic and ended the year with a visit to the cinema for our topic ‘Media Magic’. ‘Media Magic’ has left our learning students spell-bound and we now use a variety of ways to communicate effectively. We particularly enjoy using apps, such as SeeSaw and Chatterpix, to record our cross-curricular learning. In Literacy, we have loved developing our performance skills through role play and Talk for Writing.

A true highlight of the year was when we organised our own charity event, to raise money for ‘Think Playground Project’. We loved show-casing our talents and demonstrating our learning to parents. Most importantly we raised over 20 million VND for other children in Hanoi so they can enjoy a playground made from sustainable, recycled material.

Well done Year 1 and Year 2 on a fantastic year of learning. It has been truly wonderful to witness all of the progress and achievements you have made. We are so proud of you all!