Weekly Updates, Monday 28 May, 2018

Dear colleagues,
Congratulations to Satsuki-san for completing the concerts for the school year. Like the exhibitions in the visual
arts, the music concerts are marvelous displays of student creativity and artistic skills. Also, the Grade 3 business
unit was successful making enough money to ensure a trip to Kidzania.

We have three weeks of busy learning ahead of us before the long-awaited break. Again, we remind us all to keep
the students busy learning until the very end to ensure that everyone can reach their fullest potential, as well as
achieve their learning goals. The structured learning will also help the students to stay out of conflicts and from
developing a false sense of freedom and lack of accountability.

The report card comments are due this week. We have extended the deadline for the comments until midnight of
this Wednesday. Wednesday Professional Learning time is dedicated to exploring the new program integration
time expectations and report card writing.  Let’s enjoy the warm and partially sunny week!

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 17-18    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
May 28	Karen S	Derrick	Joy	- -	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 28 Day 2
Tues 29 Day 3		1:30 ES Student Support Team 2:30 ES Leadership Team
Wed 30 Day 1	Report comments due to proofreaders on Google docs by Midnight of Wed.	14:40 Feedback on meeting #1 Compass Points and designing class timetables under the new guidelines 15:45 Report writing - Data input
Thu 31 Day 2		15:05 Graduation March
Fri 1 Day 3

End-of-year Assembly:

Please send agenda items to Kim and Trevor by Wednesday the 30th.
They will need the amount of time along with audio-visual needs. Also, please note and share with students,
that there is a limited amount of time for student performances.

Professional Learning:  

Sept 8&9 Student Agency with Kath Murdoch at Tokyo International School

How to apply for PD

Future Dates:

2 June, CA Grade 12 Graduation Ceremony

9 June, Faculty End of Year Party

14 June, Report Cards to Parents

15 June, Last day of school, ES Assembly

Weekly Update, Monday 21 May, 2018

Dear colleagues,

This week the grade 3-5 students are busy with MAP testing. On Wednesday the classlist meetings will
continue as well as the report card writing. Please, have your class list data completed for the meetings.
We finish the week with the last ES concert of the year with grades 3 and 4. Please, check the Teaching Children
Mathematics magazine from the NCTM in the ES office. It has great articles, ideas, and authentic problem-solving
scenarios. Enjoy the week, sun, and busy learning in classrooms.

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 17-18    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
May 21	Jeff	Karen T	Ava	- -	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 21 Day 3
Tues 22 Day 1	MAPS (3-5)	1:30 ES Student Support Team 2:30 ES Leadership Team
Wed 23 Day 2	MAPS (3-5)	Class list meetings KB -> Gr 1 (Joy’s classroom) Gr 2 -> Gr 3 (Suki’s classroom) Gr 4 -> Gr 5 (Steve’s classroom) Report Card Writing
Thu 24 Day 3	MAPS (3-5)
Fri 25 Day 1	MAPS Make-up	Evening; grade 3 and 4 Concert

Professional Learning:  

Sept 8&9 Student Agency with Kath Murdoch at Tokyo International School

How to apply for PD

Future Dates:

26 May, International Kids Festival (Rokko Island)

9 June, Faculty End of Year Party

14 June, Report Cards to Parents

15 June, Last day of school, ES Assembly

Student Agency and Flexible Learning Spaces

Dear Colleagues,

At last week's teachers teaching teachers session, we discussed student agency and flexible learning spaces. We shared ideas about learning engagements we are trying out in our classes, explored tools to facilitate these engagements, and brainstormed ideas of how to adapt learning spaces to support.

These ideas promoted voice, choice and ownership of the learning process.

• Here is the presentation from the meeting.
• Here is doc with some of the ideas (please add ideas)

Everyone is welcome to add to these ideas and there is guidance for your teams on how to apply for changes to the physical environment for your grade level.

Weekly Update, Monday 14 May, 2018

Dear colleagues,

Thank you to everyone who supported their colleagues through T2T sessions. We trust that those sessions
were helping us in thinking our work and professional growth through the lenses the cultural forces. This week we
will have a special guest in the Elementary School. Kim Fernandes, an illustrator of children’s books, will be
working from Monday to Wednesday with our students. Thank you for Celia for designing the schedule and the
actual workshops and everyone’s flexibility with your time to make it happen. On Wednesday, the KB parents meet
with KB and Gr 1 teachers to hear and discuss transitioning practices, expectations, and anticipations
regarding the KB children’s move from the family like ELAC to the main school building.

As a reminder, please note that the initial class list meetings are starting this week. Please, make sure that you
have completed the class list data sheets for the meetings.

Meeting venues:

KA -> KB meeting: Ellen’s classroom

Gr 1 ->Gr 2 meeting: Kris’ classroom

Gr 3 ->Gr 4 meeting: Jen W’s classroom

On Friday, we have the ES Assembly. Please, make sure that those students who are presenting are joining the
practice during Wednesday and Thursday lunch recesses.

Finally, here is the draft ES Schedule for 18-19 for your perusal.

Let’s hope the weather stays sunny and dry this week.

Have a good one!

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 17-18    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
May 14	Kris	Jen W	Heikki/Trevor/Kim	- -	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 14 Day 1	Illustrator workshops (all day)
Tues 15 Day 2	Illustrator workshops (all day) 12:30 Assembly Practice	1:30 ES Student Support Team 2:30 ES Leadership Team
Wed 16 Day 3	Principal’s Parent Coffee (transitions KB to Grade 1) Illustrator workshops (all day)	13:40-15:30 Class list meetings/ Report Card Writing KA -> KB, Gr 1 -> Gr 2, Gr 3 -> Gr 4 Gr 1 - Gr 5 , PreK/KA - KB
Thu 17 Day 1	12:30 Assembly Practice
Fri 18 Day 2	ES Assembly	Last day for after-school clubs

Professional Learning:  

Sept 8&9 Student Agency with Kath Murdoch at Tokyo International School

How to apply for PD

Future Dates:

30 April - 18 May, IB Exams, Gr 12

18 May, ES Assembly
21 - 25 May, Grades 3 - 5 MAPs

23 May 23: Wed PD - Class list meeting  KB -> Gr 1, Gr 2 -> Gr 3, Gr 4 ->Gr 5

25 May, Grades 3 - 4 Concert

26 May, International Kids Festival (Rokko Island)

9 June, Faculty End of Year Party

14 June, Report Cards to Parents

15 June, Last day of school, ES Assembly