Weekly Update, Monday 25 January

Dear Elementary School colleagues,

I am sure many of you have spent the past week working on your report-card-contributions. I hope that you already see the light in the tunnel and after Monday we can start focusing on teaching and learning with all our energy. Peta is looking forward to working with the Grade 5 students and the teaching team. Thank you to all for making her settling in for the short term assignment as smooth as possible. The week itself looks busy with author visit, emergency drill, many teams, and student related meetings and maybe you would like to check out the singers from Princeton University on Thursday.

Enjoy your week!

Supervision:                                                                Link to Master Schedule

Time	12:15-12:40	12:25-12:55	12:25-12:55	12:15-12:40
Week	Cafeteria Tables	Playground	Playground	Healthy lunch guide in the cafeteria line
1/25/2016	Celia	Toyoko	Jenny	Not applicable at the moment

Announced Lock Down Drill Tuesday 26 at 10:30.
Fruit salad, coffee/tea available in the ES office on Tuesday 26 from 8:00 onwards

• Acknowledging the completion of Report Card Writing
• Saying hello to Peta Henshelwood, Gr 5 teacher

Playground Supervision Review Committee - Invitation

Library Afternoon Use

Guidelines for the afternoon use of the library

Report Cards - Grows and Glows

From the fresh memory, please share your Grows and Glows on report card writing this time.

The feedback will be extremely helpful in deciding on the scope and timing of the report card development.

Building Professional Capital:
Workshops and Conference
PYP East Asian Network Meeting: (PYPEAN): Trevor will attend the PYPEAN annual meeting at BIFS International School in Busan, Korea on Monday and Tuesday. He will be meeting with coordinators and principals from PYP schools from Korea and Japan and collaborating on curriculum projects happening within the network.

Articles and Chapters

• Becoming a Math Person
• Making Thinking Visible:

Make this week's challenge to expand your use of thinking routines.

For example Music class (Hear, Think, Wonder), Early Learning (Touch, Think, Wonder) through the use of a mystery bag, Science class (Smell*, Think, Wonder) *safely. Thinking routines can be used for all grade levels in all subject areas! ‪#‎makingthinkingvisible

Coordinator's Meetings

Link to ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule

• Trevor will not be able to participate in the planning meeting on Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday Professional Learning and Faculty meeting time                    

14:40

• Consolidation of Learning with Matt Glover/building conferring kits (for classroom and ESOL teachers, and for anyone who is interested)

15:30

• Exhibition Meeting G5 Teachers and specialists

• Collaborative planning

Link to Wednesday Professional Learning Schedule

This Week

Monday 25th January, Deadline for Report Card Writing

Tuesday 26th January, fruit and coffee for breakfast, Lockdown drill, ES Student Services Meeting, Grade 5 Parents Meet&Greet Peta

Wednesday 27th January, Parenting Workshop, Visiting Author

Thursday 28th January, Princeton FootNotes - concert, Visiting Author

Friday 29th January, Author Visit, ES Leadership Meeting

Future Dates:

February 5, Report Cards open to parents

Feb 8-10 Inquiry and Student Centered Learning Workshop with Tania Lattanzia.

Feb 10 Inquiry Parent Coffee with Tania Lattanzio

Feb 11 PD Day (Program TBA soon)

Feb 12-15 Long Weekend