Dear colleagues,
We hope everyone has had a great start in the New Year. The first semester of the school year will be completed on Friday. It is time to provide the students and their parents feedback on their progress with report cards. The report cards will be open to parents on the 5th of February, not on the 3rd as informed earlier. We wanted to open the report cards in both Elementary and Secondary section at the same time. On Tuesday, teachers will have an opportunity to ask any questions about the technical side of writing report cards as well as anything that may be related to the content. Murray will be joining us in the meeting. Also, in that meeting Heikki will reflect on the recent faculty changes. We wish everyone a productive and enjoyable week!
Time
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12:15-12:40
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12:25-12:55
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12:25-12:55
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12:15-12:40
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Week
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Cafeteria Tables
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Playground
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Playground
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Healthy lunch guide in the cafeteria line
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1/18/2016
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Heikki
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Yoshiko
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Playground Supervision Update:
Before we have updated guidelines for the playground supervision, please pay attention to the following:
We will call the playtime over at 12:55 and that is when the clean up starts. Please, do dismiss the children inside from the playground before one of the recess supervisors have confirmed that all the equipment have been returned to the shed.
Coordinator's Meetings
- Planning meetings will follow the regular schedule. We will be planning UOI#4 and preparing for the PD with Tania Lattanzio. Here is a brief bio for Tania.
- Kim will not attend Literacy meetings on Thursday afternoon or Friday
Tuesday Morning Meeting, 7:50-8:20
- Heikki’s reflection on recent changes in faculty
- Q&A session + technical support in Writing Reports
Wednesday PD and Faculty meeting time
Link to Wednesday PD Schedule
- Report Comment Writing
This week
Monday 18 January: Tech talk, please make sure you utilize the weekly opportunity to build your capacity to use technology effectively to enhance and enrich student learning
Tuesday 19 January: Tuesday Morning Meeting, Student Services weekly meeting, Peta Henshelwood arrives at Kobe
Wednesday 20 January: Report Writing Time: 14:25-16:30, Payday
Thursday 21 January: Parenting Workshop in Japanese 9-10
Friday 22 January: ES Leadership Team weekly meeting, End of Semester I
Building Professional Capital:
- Literacy Workshop: Jay and Rose and Kim will attend the annual literacy conference at HKIS this weekend with Dan Feigelson, Matt Glover, and Maggie Moon. Kim will represent CA at a network meeting with Literacy Coordinators and Coaches in the region to share our learning journey and tap into resources and ideas from other schools.
- Kanji Workshop: Emi will attend a workshop at Tsukuba International School on Saturday the 23rd. The focus of the workshop is on exploring kanji teaching methods and integrating kanji learning.
- PYP East Asian Network Meeting: (PYPEAN): Trevor will attend the PYPEAN annual meeting next week at BIFS International School in Busan, Korea on January 25th and 26th. He will be meeting with coordinators and principals from PYP schools from Korea and Japan and collaborating on curriculum projects happening within the network.
Future Dates:
January 25, Report Cards to ES Leadership Team
January 27-29, Author/Illustrator Visit - Stian Hole
February 5, Report Cards open to parents
Feb 8-10 Inquiry and Student Centered Learning Workshop with Tania Lattanzia.
Feb 11 PD Day (Program tba soon)
