{"id":11227,"date":"2019-10-18T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T03:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-primary-12-10-19-copy\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T07:33:32","slug":"from-the-head-of-primary-19-10-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-primary-19-10-19\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Primary 19.10.19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final week of this half term has been as busy and productive as usual. We have welcomed the CIS visitors who gave us some great feedback and were very impressed by all of the wonderful things that are going on in school. The Student Council had the opportunity to meet with the visitors and as expected did a great job of representing our Primary students. We now look forward to receiving their report and working on their recommendations for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier on in the week Year 2 enjoyed a trip to the Cocoa Kingdom Chocolate Factory. The children were able to take part in a number of fun and interactive activities and even had the chance to sample the handmade chocolate. As well as being a delicious treat for the taste buds, the trip was a great link to what the children have been learning in class and will round off their Charlie and the Chocolate Factory topic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our celebration assembly this week saw the first of our primary performers. A big well done to Year 2 who performed the Chocolate Song and did themselves proud as our first official performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we approach the beginning of Term 1.2 you will soon receive new homework grids from your class teachers.\u00a0 As a school, it can be difficult to strike the homework balance with parents often having different expectations and opinions on what homework a school should be setting for their children. Some parents believe that children should not be given homework at all while others welcome a number of homework tasks for their children to complete.\u00a0 We have done our best to listen to previous feedback and that is why we set a mixture of compulsory and optional tasks. What is clear is that homework should:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reinforce skills, concepts and information learned in class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teach students to work independently and develop self-discipline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage students to take initiative and responsibility for completing a task.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow parents to have an active role in their child&#8217;s education and help them to evaluate their child&#8217;s progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relate what is learned in school to children&#8217;s lives outside of school and help to connect school learning to the real world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be varied and meaningful and not always rote practice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions about homework or comments about the homework grids please do let me or your class teacher know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, as I come to end of my first half term, I would like to thank all of you who have made me feel so welcome and part of the KIS community. 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