TGIF, Friday 10 February, 2017

Let's all get together as ES and SS faculty for some winter warmth upstairs at Mikage Shinseido in Tori Bon Bon.

Where: 300m from Minami Uozaki station on the Rokko Liner
What: Enjoy yakitori and nomihodai. Meat and vegetarian plates available.
Time: 17:30-19:30

Please RSVP by 3.30pm, February 2.
Please follow the link for the RSVP

Weekly Update, Monday, 30 February 2017

Dear colleagues,

We hope you had a relaxing weekend! This week we will meet on Tuesday as a faculty, hear all about the math workshop from Trevor & Co. on Wednesday. We are returning back to our normal schedules after the reporting season. The report cards will be open to parents on Friday afternoon/evening.

As shared in the assembly, we should all make sure that students are following the morning routines so that they all go to the playground to get some fresh air before the day starts. In case someone is struggling to create student goals here are few ideas.

Have a great week!

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 16-17    Supervision Protocol

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
Jan 23	Toyoko	Steve	Jerome	---	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon	8:45 ES Student Support Meeting	Report Card Committee
Tue
Wed		14:40 Math #3 :Number Sense and Number Talks 15:45 Literacy/Math/ Report Card Committee Meeting
Thu
Fri	9:00 School Wide Leadership Team	14:00 ES Leadership Team

Professional Learning

Wednesday Professional Learning:

Classroom, EAL and Learning Support teachers are getting together in the Multipurpose room to continue learning about the recent development of our mathematics program review. Later in the afternoon, both literacy and report card committees are meeting. Art, PE, Music and Japanese teachers can spend the time planning their future units.

Wednesday Professional Learning Schedule

How to apply for PD

Coordinator's Meetings:                                 ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule

• UOI Collab: This week will focus on planning UOI#4. Please bring the posters from our meeting last Wednesday. Thanks to all who shared ideas.
• Literacy:  This week will focus on reflections of Unit #3 and ensuring all resources used are out into shared folders

Future Dates:

1 Feb Morning Faculty Meeting 7:50 - 8:25

3 Feb Semester 1 Report Cards open to parents

20 - 21 February (Mon- Tue) Winter break

22-24 Feb (Wed-Fri) Specialists focused Written curriculum PD with Tania Lattanzio

Assembly Program for Friday 27 January

Dear colleagues,

Below you can find the initial program for the Friday assembly. Please, let Heikki know if there are any mistakes or missing information.

Date: Friday 27 January 2017
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Venue: Main Theater
MCs: Shanna, Eva (Gr 5)

1. Pink Day announement
2. PE Announcement
3. Dance Performance Gr 4
4. Principal's Message
5. Dance Performance Gr 3
6. Music Performance

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to Semester 2 and congratulations for finishing or almost finishing the grading and comment writing for the Semester 1 report cards! As the reports will go out on the 3rd of February, it is time to get together and celebrate the turning point of the school year. Keep an eye on the blogger for information about school-wide TGIF as we are finalizing the date, time and venue within a couple of days. Also, on Saturday evening Feb 4, the PTA will host the annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner.

This week we will get together a couple of times as a whole faculty. First, on Wednesday we will all be planning our units in the Multipurpose Room together and utilize the collaboration and sharing of ideas. Secondly, on Friday we will have our first assembly of the year 2017.

The report card committee (Saiko, Karen T, Jen C, Ellen, Steve) will meet this week for the first time on Thursday afternoon. If anyone has got samples or ideas for reporting from other schools, please share those with the committee members.

Have a great week!

Supervision:                                          Links to Supervision Schedule 16-17    Supervision Protocol

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
Jan 23	Kaight	Joy	Yoshiko	---	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon	8:45 ES Student Support Meeting
Tue
Wed	8:30-10:00 ES Coffee - Assessment and Reporting 12:30 Assembly rehearsals	14:40 - 16:30 Collaborative Planning 16:00-16:30 Practicing Cognitive Coaching
Thu	12:30 Assembly rehearsals
Fri	9:00 School Wide Leadership Team 11:00 Assembly (Main Theater)	14:00 ES Leadership Team

Professional Learning

Wednesday Professional Learning:

We will all get together in the Multipurpose room to work on our units, and the specialist teachers will connect with those grade levels where they can find authentic and rich connections between the learning.

Wednesday Professional Learning Schedule

How to apply for PD

Coordinator's Meetings:                                 ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule

• UOI Collab: Planning for UOI#4.
• Literacy:  Continue Planning Units of Study #4 (Most teams looking at Reading)

Future Dates:

20 Jan End of Semester 1

23 January Report Card Comments to Heikki, Kim, and Trevor

23 January ERB Wrap Writing Assessments for Grades 3 - 10

1 Feb Morning Faculty Meeting 7:50 - 8:25

3 Feb Semester 1 Report Cards open to parents

20 - 21 February (Mon- Tue) Winter break

22-24 Feb (Wed-Fri) Specialists focused Written curriculum PD with Tania Lattanzio

Weekly Update, Monday, 15 January 2017

Dear colleagues,

We hope you had the chance to enjoy the quick spell of winter this weekend. The successful Japan week, the first steps in building the STEAM-lab and the Shinnenkai party were some of the highlights of past week. This week we are back into normal schedules and routines more or less, if you exclude the report card writing that will keep us all busy for the next week or so. Let’s all be active and help our students to follow and remember the routines we have established for moving in the hallways as well as the social and behavioral expectations for the snack, lunch and playtime time.

Have a great week!

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 16-17    Supervision Protocol

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
Jan 16	Shunsuke	Rose	Jen C	---	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon	8:45 ES Student Support Meeting
Tue
Wed		Report Card Writing
Thu
Fri	9:00 School Wide Leadership Team	14:00 ES Leadership Team

Professional Learning

Wednesday Professional Learning:

Wed 18 January 2017: Report Card Writing

Wednesday Professional Learning Schedule

How to apply for PD

Coordinator's Meetings:                                 ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule

• UOI Collab: Planning for UOI#4.
• Literacy:

Future Dates:

20 Jan End of Semester 1

23 January Report Card Comments to Heikki, Kim and Trevor

23 January ERB Wrap Writing Assessments for Grades 3 - 10

3 Feb Semester 1 Report Cards open to parents

22-24 Feb (Wed-Fri) Specialists focused Written curriculum PD with Tania Lattanzio

Full STEAM ahead!