September 5
Dear colleagues,
Hopefully, you have had a great weekend. Despite all the dark clouds in the sky and weather warnings, it was yet another beautiful weekend. Well done with finishing the listening conferences and running smooth activity rotations for students during that time! I am sure you as well as the parents found these first meetings important first steps in building a partnership between the school and homes. Now back to this week and of course the highlight is the Back to School Night.
We will go through few last minute nuts and bolts on Tuesday morning just to help everyone to be well prepared for any questions from parents during the night. Additionally, the MAPs testing will be affecting the grades 3-5 scheduling this week. Have a wonderful and calm 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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12:25-12:55
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Duty
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Cafeteria Tables
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Playground
/ Gym
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Playground
/ Atrium
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Cafeteria line
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Indoor recess ELAC Gym
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Sept 5
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Celia
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Lynette
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Ellen
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Jay
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Maiko, Kaight
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Week of 5 Sept - 9 Sept 2017
Mon 5th
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ES Student Support Team Mtg; Library Tech Talk (15:30-16:30 in the Library)
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Tues 6th
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Monthly Faculty Meeting 7:50-8:25
Multipurpose room
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Coffee, Doughnuts and Fruit Cup in the Multipurpose Room 7:45-
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Wed 7th
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14:40-15:00 Tankyuu launch
15:00-15:45 Collaborative Planning 15:45-16:30 BTSN Prep
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BTSN 18:00-20:00
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Thurs 8th
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Fri 10th
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School Leadership Team Mtg
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ES Leadership Team Mtg
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Tuesday Morning Meeting
Meet the CA TV
Nuts and Bolts: Playground Expectations, Draft revised Think Sheet,
Possibly: Intro to data analysis (Stephen)
Professional Learning, Wednesday, 31 August at 2:40 pm - 4:30 pm
14:40-15:00 Tankyuu Launch, Future PD
15:00-15:45 Department Meetings/ Collaborative Planning
15:45-16:30 Back to School Night Prep
Back to School Night
Please note, that only those teachers who are introduced (Kim, Trevor, Aimee, Rose, Saiko, Kasumi, Yoshiko, Celia and Kae ) at the beginning are expected to be in the Main Theatre at the beginning. Classroom teachers and most specialists will be waiting for the parents in the classrooms or designated presentation venues.
Reporting Cycle 16-17:
Listening Conferences 25 and 26 August, 2 September
Progress Reports 17 October
3-way conferences 22-23 October
Semester 1 Report Cards 3 February
Student Led Conferences April 28
Grade 5 Exhibition April 27
Semester 2 Report Cards 14 June
Future Dates:
Sept. 24 John Joseph Saturday Workshop
Sept. 26 and 27 John Joseph In-school Workshops
Literacy: This week will focus on planning first reading/writing units
PYP: This week's goal:
- Concept, Skill, or Disposition? If you'd like to share a lesson that highlights how a concept, skill or disposition is taught differently, please let Trevor know and he will stop by to take a picture of it in action.
- Homeroom Teachers: Sketch the unit timeline and complete the rubrics of understanding as applicable.
- Specialist Teachers: Set up Collab schedule and year goals.
Building Professional Capital:
The Language of the Classroom
Our words make a difference. This week, add 'Yet' to encourage a growth mindset!
