2018年秋季開學：黑利伯瑞致小學生家長的一封信

 　　HIST PRIMARY CAMPUS NEWS and INFORMATION

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

　　公告1，第1周，第1期，2018-19

　　31/08/2018

　　Dear primary school parents and families,

　　親愛的小學家長們，

　　Welcome to the primary school bulletin of Tianjin Haileybury International School. Each fortnight, a bulletin will be written which will report on the news and events within the primary school. There will also be a special focus on the English program in the bulletin as well. We have also welcomed many new Chinese and foreign teachers into the teaching team and they have already been warmly received by staff and students. This week we will report on some of the new international teachers who have just joined us. Firstly, Mr. Jason Swerdfeger joins us this year from Ottawa, Canada. He has been in China since 2002 and has stayed predominantly in north eastern China. His hobbies include cooking, traveling, judo and drinking tea. He has taught himself Chinese and is able to speak about 7 languages. Secondly, Ms. Paula Teran is a highly qualified professional teacher and joins us this year. She holds a Master’s in Applied Linguistics and a Master’s in Education (Secondary) from foreign universities. She has lived in America, France, Spain, the U.K and Germany. Her hobbies include fitness, dancing and badminton. This is her first time in China and she is excited to be here. We warmly welcome Jason and Paula this year and we trust that they will both have a productive and successful year here at Haileybury.

　　歡迎閱讀天津黑利伯瑞國際學校小學部校報。我們將每隔兩周寫一份公告，報告小學的新聞和事件。公告中也將特別關注英語課程。很高興今年我們小學迎來了很多學生，因此，為了滿足需求，也有許多新的中外優秀教師加入到教學團隊中，對此我們全體師生都表示熱烈歡迎。本周我們將公布一些新外教的信息。首先是來自加拿大渥太華的Jason Swerdfeger先生，他自2002年來到中國，一直從事教育工作。他愛好烹飪、旅行、柔道和喝茶。他自學中文，能講7種語言。另一位是Ms Sanchez，她是一名高素質的專業教師，取得了應用語言學碩士學位和教育碩士學位。她曾在美國、法國、西班牙、英國和德國生活過，愛好健身、跳舞和羽毛球。這是她次來中國并且很高興來到這里。我們熱烈歡迎杰森和保拉在今年加入黑利伯瑞，相信他們會取得優異滿意的成果。

　　New international primary school teacher - Mr. Jason Swerdfeger joins us from Canada

　　New international primary school teacher - Ms Sanchez has two Master’s degrees

　　Becky Li is one of our new teachers

　　Our year 1 students are having a great time!

　　Anabelle Ma is revising during morning study. This is an effective way of improving her studies

　　At Haileybury, every child matters, every day. This means that we seek to cater to and respect the individual needs of every student at our school. In order to make this motto a reality, we have implemented policies and procedures across all subjects which are aimed at improving the educational outcomes of all of our students. These outcomes are holistic in nature as they focus not only on the test scores of individuals but also on the educational process in the classroom. The implementation of policies and procedures for the purpose of maintaining teaching and learning quality is seen in the Primary School English program. These policies and procedures can be broadly divided into Formative and Summative performance indicators. Formative performance indicators are process indicators such as student handwriting neatness, the utilisation of the Haileybury Teaching Model (I do, We do, You do), the giving of homework, student organisation and teaching formalities. Summative performance indicators show how successful a staff or student has been. Such indicators include student weekly test scores, the quality of homework submission, student behaviour in the classroom and parental feedback. This year we have also incorporated a new Cambridge textbook – Superminds which will used in upper primary. Superminds is a great textbook which has been specifically written to cater to primary school students who are learning English as their second language. We trust students will enjoy it and learn more English through this new textbook. We will also continue with the internationally recognised Cambridge exams this year which will be expanded to not only include the KET but also the PET exam in upper primary. At Haileybury, high standards have been set for the purpose of maintaining the quality of teaching and learning every day in the primary school.

　　在黑利伯瑞，每一個孩子的每都至關重要。這意味著我們力求滿足并尊重學校每個學生的個人需求。為實現這個承諾，我們推行了一系列全學科的教學政策和教學方法，旨在改善并提高我們全體學生的教育質量。我們取得的教學成果在實質上具有整體性，因為我們不僅關注每個學生的考試成績，同時也兼顧其課堂學習的過程。這些教學方法和教學步驟的有力實施是為了保證小學英語課程教與學的質量。這些政策和方法可以大致分為形成性和總結性這兩項成績管理標準。形成性評價也就是過程管理評價，例如：學生書寫的整潔度，作業的提交，黑利伯瑞教學模式(我做，你做，大家做)的踐行。終結性評價是教師和學生成功的體現，包括周測成績，提交作業的質量，學生在課堂的表現和家長的反饋。今年我們在低年級也使用了新的劍橋英語練習冊——Superminds。Superminds是一本很棒的教科書，是針對英語作為非母語的第二外語國家的孩子們編寫的。我們相信學生會喜歡它并通過這本新教科書學習到更多的英語。在小學部的低年級，我們將繼續使用國際認可的劍橋英語考試，今年不僅只有KET(劍橋英語入門考試)還增加了PET(劍橋英語初級考試)。在黑利伯瑞，高標準的建立都是為了保證小學部每教與學質量的提高。

　　Cambridge’s Superminds is a new textbook which will be used in the primary school

　　Cambridge’s KET and PET are the benchmark exams for our sub-school’s graduating students

　　Year students Kevin, Bobby and Alex enjoy reading English books in the library

　　At Haileybury, we seek to provide our students with world-class opportunities which are not provided in other schools. Students can select programs such as golf, tennis, oil painting, violin, piano, guitar, performing arts, dance class, robotics, and Cambridge English classes. It is important to develop students who are able to excel in fields outside of the core subjects of English, maths and Chinese so that they can become well rounded individuals. For example, it is believed that learning piano or a musical instrument will help to speed up a child’s cognitive development. As, it is impossible to provide every single extra-curricular class, actual classes offered will depend on student demand in each category so if you want your child to participate in a particular extra-curricular activity, please enrol your child as soon as possible.

　　在黑利伯瑞，我們希望為我們的學生提供其他學校所沒有的世界一流課程。學生可以選擇高爾夫、網球、油畫、小提琴、鋼琴、吉他、表演藝術、舞蹈課、機器人和劍橋英語等課程。重要的是培養在英語，數學和中文核心科目以外的領域中，使他們能夠成為全面發展的個體。例如，學習鋼琴或樂器有助于加快兒童的認知發展。但是，孩子的精力有限，因此，實際提供的課程將取決于每個的學生興趣愛好。所以，如果您想讓孩子參加課外活動課，請盡快給孩子報名。

　　Students will be allowed to choose extra-curricular activities such as golf this year during club time.

　　Students will be allowed to choose extra-curricular activities such as swimming this year during club time.

　　Students will be allowed to choose extra-curricular activities such as karate this year during club time

　　Music teacher Melody Guo teaches her students how to sing better

　　Year 5C students enjoy a cake after night time study

　　It has been a great start to the year and we hope to continue to cooperate with you this year to make it another great year of teaching and learning. If you have any questions, feel free to speak to your homeroom teacher or arrange to meet with a subject teacher.

　　今年我們有一個非常好的開始，我們希望繼續與你們攜手共進，讓整個學年的教學和學習都有一個好的結果。如果您有任何疑問，請隨時與您孩子的班主任老師交流，或安排您與任課老師聯系。

　　International primary school teacher Mr. Webb entertains his new class

　　Our year 3 students enjoy a break from their studies

　　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)

　　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)