Sunday, November 27, 2016

Weekly Update, Monday, 28 November 2016


Dear colleagues,
The last three weeks of learning before the winter holiday are here. We will be busy with the current unit and to ensure that our planning is happening collaboratively and appropriately documented and communicated to colleagues and parents. Please, make sure that your parents have access to the updated information about the foci of your units, literacy, math and specialists' subjects on the class websites. Please check-out the future dates below, reaching as far as February 2017. Have a wonderful week!
Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 16-17    Supervision Protocols
Time
12:15-12:40
12:25-12:55
12:25-12:55
12:15-12:40
12:25-12:55
Duty
Cafeteria Tables
Playground
/ Gym
Playground
/ Atrium
Cafeteria line
Indoor recess ELAC Gym
Nov 28
Kaho
Satsuki
Kim
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Maiko, Kaight

Day
Morning
Afternoon - After School
Mon

2:30 Lockdown drill
Tue
Ikuno Elementary School visit G4

Wed
8:40 - 10:00 ES Principal Coffee - Learning Mathematics & Peek into Learning in the Classroom
14:40-15:45 Well-being (MPR), Literacy (Book Room), Math Committee (ELAC Conference room)
15:45-16:30 Practicing Cognitive Coaching, Team Collaboration
Thu


Fri

18:00 HS Music Concert
Sat
Faculty Holiday Party
Ocean Room
Sheraton Hotel on Rokko Island at 18:30


Professional Learning Opportunities    
Still few spaces available in this extremely rare opportunity to build your professional capital in inquiry, thinking and developing successful classroom habits for effective learning. 
Registration will be open this week.
Link for details: http://www.canacad.ac.jp/ronritchhart
Literacy:
  1. Hong Kong Literacy Conference 2016 (Jan 21st and 22nd)

Mathematics:

Coordinator's Meetings:                                 ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule
  • UOI Collab: Meetings will focus on planning for UOI#3 and unit links with specialists.
  • Literacy:  This week the focus is reflection and adding resources to folders for Reading/Writing Unit of study #2.  Please be prepared to share photos or documentation (including student work) you would like to add to folders.
Future Dates:
6 Dec Tuesday Morning Faculty Meeting @ 7:50: Recap of the year so far and looking ahead to spring 2017
14 Dec Town Hall Meeting with whole faculty in the BBT
16 Dec Winter Holiday Assembly @ 9:00-10:00 in the BBT
16 Dec Last day before Winter Holiday finishes @ 12:00 for all
9 Jan  First Day of School in 2017
14 Jan Shinnenkai Party
20 Jan End of Semester 1
23 January Report Cards to Heikki, Kim and Trevor

3 Feb Semester 1 Report Cards open to parents