Dear colleagues,
As most people are very busy with the Exhibition and Conferences, Heikki and Kim decided to alter the Word Study process as follows:
This week: No Word Study meeting regarding Resources. Time can be used for collaborative planning, and preparing for conferences and Exhibition.
Next meeting May 11th: Second Word Study session: Look at resources that support the philosophy in teaching literacy and to make a recommendation for the Leadership Team.
The third Word Study session about planning with the chosen resources and sharing ideas will take place in August 2016. It will function as a reminder and introduction to philosophy, resources and practices of the balanced literacy program in the Elementary School.
Please turn to Kim for further information about the Word Study.
ES Leadership Team Communication
Monday, April 25, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Weekly Update, Monday, 25 April 2016
25 April
Dear colleagues,
After the successful Food & Fun Fair, we are heading towards the Golden Week. Teachers will be busy with the Student Led Conferences. We wish everyone best of luck with the final preparations. Also, this week is the PYP Exhibition! The pinnacle of the IB PYP in the Elementary School will give us yet another opportunity to celebrate what the IB PYP stands for and what it offers to our students. As always, we expect to be blown away by the development and maturity of the oldest ES students. We hope that everyone will have an opportunity to join the celebration of learning in grade 5.
Plans for the school year 16-17 are getting together. We will be working on finishing the calendar and schedule in the next few weeks. Additionally, the teaching teams are almost all sorted out. I am very excited to welcome Lynette to the 2nd-grade team and CA for one more year!
Please note that due to the class list compositions the EAL team, Learning Support Assistants and classroom assistants and their placements will be finalized in May.
Please note that due to the class list compositions the EAL team, Learning Support Assistants and classroom assistants and their placements will be finalized in May.
Link to the Elementary School Teaching Team. We will inform the parents about the teaching teams later this year. To avoid any additional pressure on class list preparation, we ask you not to share the teaching teams with the parents yet. Let’s have a great week!
Supervision: Link to Master Schedule
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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4/25/2016
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Rose
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Kaoru
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Brent
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Not applicable at the moment
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Wednesday Professional Learning and Faculty meeting time 14:35-16:30
2:40-3:00 Creativity Project sharing
Word Study #2 (sharing school wide resources)
[2:40-whenever Tech team with tech auditors]
This Week 25 - 29 April, 2016
Monday: Exhibition Practice begins, Tech Talk
Tuesday: ES Learning Support Team Meeting, 14:30 G4 Parents & Students watch PYPX presentations
Wednesday: Wednesday PD
Thursday: 11:15 G3, OYIS and KIA students watch PYPX presentations, 6:00 The PYPX!
Friday: Student-led Conferences, Weekly ES Leadership Team Meeting, TGIF (venue TBA)
Saturday: Senia Conference
Future Dates:
April 30- May 4 Golden Week Holiday
May 12&13: G5 Toyooka Overnight Trip
May 13 ES Assembly
May 13 JCIS Coordinator Meeting
May 20 G3-4 Concert
Building Professional Capital:
SENIA Conference, 30 April at Canadian Academy
Books, Articles, Chapters, Videos
Coordinator's Meetings
- Trevor will not attend UOI meetings this week.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Weekly Update, Monday, 18 April
Dear colleagues,
We will start our week by a training session specifically designed for Japanese parents. The purpose of the training is to provide further information about the IB education in general as well as to answer some program specific questions. On Wednesday, we will explore the 16-17 PD further as well as share the Climate Survey Data. Additionally, we will hear an update on the status of the CA content standards and benchmarks. The Food and Fun Fair will be definitely the highlight of the week. We hope to see many of the faculty there. Enjoy, hopefully, a sunny and warm 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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11/4/2016
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Kae
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Shunsuke
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Trevor
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Not applicable at the moment
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Wednesday Professional Learning and Faculty meeting time 14:35-16:30
All Faculty Meeting
- PD in 2016-17
- Climate Survey Data
- CA Content Standards
Apologies from Kim, the wrong dates were given for the next 2 sessions on Word Study.
Actual dates:
#2 April 27: 3:30-4:30 (Keesha and Resham to lead resource consideration)
#3 May 11: 2:30-3:30 (Teachers to share a practice)
This Week 4 - 8 April, 2016
Monday: Japanese Parents IB training session, ESOL ES Collab, Tech Talk
Tuesday: ES Learning Support Team Meeting
Wednesday: Wednesday PD
Thursday:
Friday: Weekly ES Leadership Team Meeting
Saturday: Food and Fun Fair
Future Dates:
25-28 April: PYPX practices around ELAC, OYIS and Kansai International Academy will visit.
28 April: The PYPX 18:00-20:30
29 April: Student Led Conferences
30 April: SENIA Conference
Building Professional Capital:
SENIA Conference, 30 April at Canadian Academy
Books, Articles, Chapters, Videos:
- No Literacy Meetings this week - Kim is on a WASC Visit
- UOI meetings: G4 Monday 8:40-10:00, KB Tues. 10:00-11:00, G2 Tues. 14:05-15:30, G1 as scheduled, G5 Thursday 8:00-8:25
Monday, April 11, 2016
ES Bookroom
- The ES Book room (S201) will be locked outside of regular school hours by request from our maintenance team. Each homeroom classroom will be given a key to access the book room outside of regular hours soon.
- Tech and Art will be using the book room on Tuesday 8:30-9:05 and Thursday 13:00-13:35 until the end of April. Teachers can still access the room during this time, but if possible please avoid sending full classes. Thank-you for your flexibility with our spaces.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Weekly Update, Monday, 11 April, 2016
Dear all amazing educators,
Thank you to all for making those important overseas orders by the deadline. We hope that the weather stays calm and allows us to get through the days this week. This week is not any different from the previous or the remaining nine weeks left. Thanks to your careful planning and relentless preparation students will be engaged and busy with learning in every classroom. Additionally, ELAC children will be enjoying their concert, and we will welcome APAC schools to CA in the whole school opening ceremony. Please keep in mind the following: Feedback on Playground Protocols and Guidelines, Requests for the facilities repairs and small updates, considering scheduling team, last SST referrals and Student Led Conferences scheduling. Have a wonderful 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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11/4/2016
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Jenny
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Toyoko
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Celia
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Not applicable at the moment
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Tuesday Morning Meeting
On Tuesday 12 April @ 8:00 am
Invitation: Gr 3 & 4 teachers (all)
Venue: Book room
Agenda: Concert practice meeting with Grade 3 and 4 teachers
Wednesday Professional Learning and Faculty meeting time 14:35-16:30
Word Study #1
Collaborative Planning, Math R&D Committee Mtg.
This Week 11 - 15 April 2016
Monday: Heikki, Kim, and Trevor meet about piloting cognitive coaching in 16-17, Tech Talk
Tuesday: ES Learning Support Team Meeting
Wednesday: Curriculum morning for recently arrived families, PreK/KA&KB Concert 1:30-2:25 pm, Wednesday PD
Friday: Operational Plan 16-17 initial Leadership Team’s Planning meeting, Weekly ES Leadership Team Meeting
Future Dates:
13 April. Pre-K/KA and KB concert, Last SST referrals
28 April, The PYPX 6:00-8:00
28 April, The PYPX 6:00-8:00
29 April, Student Led Conferences
30 April, SENIA Conference
Building Professional Capital:
SENIA Conference, 30 April at Canadian Academy
Books, Articles, Chapters, Videos
30 minutes podcast on Cultures of Thinking in the classroom (Whenever you have a moment to spare)
Coordinator's Meetings
- Literacy Meetings as scheduled
- UOI meetings: G3 Tues. 14:05-15:30, G1 as scheduled, G5 Thursday
- **Tania Lattanzio - Taking the Complexity Out of Concepts book has arrived.
PYPX Update
Students are in the second week of the 'Making Sense' Phase. This week, they will focus on their reflection/ perspective/ responsibility question to then decide on their action. Here are the five categories action that we are using to help define what types of action they can take.
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