Weekly Updates, Monday 29 October, 2018

Dear colleagues,

Welcome back! We look forward to seeing you all and continue to work together again after the well-deserved fall
break. The beautiful fall weather seasoned the fall break here in Japan and, if you were traveling, we trust that you
were enjoying the sunshine wherever you spent your holiday. Fall break marks an important milestone in our school
year and we are back after sharing our evaluations with parents to engage the students to learn whatever they have
as their next steps. Thank you again for your hard work and preparation for the conferences as it will be providing
a solid basis for designing learning from now on. We will get together as a school to celebrate teaching, learning
and collaborative efforts this Friday during the TGIF.

Let’s have a great week

Kim, Trevor, and Heikki

Lunchtime Supervision:                    Links to: Supervision Schedule 18-19    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
Oct 29	Riana	Rose	Joy	N/A	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:                        Wednesday Schedule     ES Master Schedule

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 29 Oct Day 3		ES Leadership Team Meets
Tues 30 Oct Day 1		ES Student Support Team Meets
Wed 31 Oct Day 2		14:40 Self Study Introductions & Committees 15:45: Divisional TBA on Monday afternoon PTA Halloween Party (BBT)
Thu 1 Nov Day 3
Fri 2 Nov Day 1		Whole School TGIF @ Leadership Backyard

Professional Learning:  

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the

CA PD application form and no later than 10 days before the PD registration deadline.

How to apply for PD

Future Dates:

International Food and Fun Fair

11 November, Saturday

Japanese Thanksgiving Holiday

23 November, Friday

Winter Holiday begins!

14 December, Friday

Weekly Updates, Monday, 15 October, 2018

Dear colleagues,

This week we will land on the first milestone of the school year: Parent - Teacher Conferences and the fall break.
The first quarter of the year has been busy and varied with a number of planned and unplanned events,
Professional Learning, and busy student learning in the classrooms, as well as beyond the classrooms. One has
been able to observe very active, happy, and engaged learners as well as energetic and hardworking faculty
throughout the school every day. In the past week, we had a chance to speak with many parents during
the Sports Day and the Principal Coffee Morning, and the underlying tone and message were that they are very
excited and happy with the education their children are having access to.

Particularly, during the Coffee Morning parents were impressed with the students’ confidence, independence,
and respect of others when they observed student agency in the classrooms. Finally, congratulations to the
grade 5 team and students for getting through their camp despite the rainy start of the trip.

Grade 5 canoeing

Let’s have a great week and a wonderful autumn holiday

Kim, Trevor, and Heikki

Lunchtime Supervision:                    Links to Supervision Schedule 18-19    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
Oct 8	Karen T	Kaho	Kris	N/A	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:                        Wednesday Schedule     ES Master Schedule

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 8 Oct Day 2	11:20 EQ-Tsunami Drill	ES Leadership Team Meeting
Tues 9 Oct Day 3
Wed 10 Oct Day 1		14:40 Child Protection Session & Online Child Protection Module After School Club Season I ends
Thu 11 Oct Day 2	School ends at 12:00	13:00 Conferences begin 16:00-16:45 Supper break
Fri 12 Oct	Conferences	Conferences Fall Break begins!

Professional Learning:  

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the

CA PD application form and no later than 10 days before the PD registration deadline.

How to apply for PD

Future Dates:

Whole School TGIF

2 November

International Food and Fun Fair

11 November, Saturday

Weekly updates, Monday 8 October, 2018

Dear colleagues,

We trust you all had a great relaxing weekend as the typhoon missed us this time. Past week offered us a great
opportunity to have a more routine building week. Although, the grade 5 missed their trip to Sky Walk and
grade 4 had a day in a bus experience due to a flat bus tire.

This week is busy with many things going on in the school. We start on Monday with the Sports Day. Sports Day
is a shortened day, however, please make sure that all our students are dismissed either to the buses, parents, or
sent home before leaving school. On Wednesday, grade 5 students head out to their two night trip to Rokko
Mountain, we have a Principal Coffee Morning focusing on Student Agency, and in the afternoon we have
planning meetings in the first half and then teachers teaching teachers session in the second one.

Finally, on Thursday we get together in our assembly with MCs from grade 4 and hopefully, some more
presenters from either student council, announcements, performers etc. Currently, we have secured MCs,
Track Rats, KB character day parade, and Heikki’s message.

Let’s have a great week!

Kim, Trevor, and Heikki

Lunchtime Supervision:                    Links to: Supervision Schedule 18-19    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
Oct 8	Jen W	Jess	Suki	N/A	Maiko, Kaight

This week's schedule:                        Wednesday Schedule     ES Master Schedule

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon 8 Oct Day 2	Sports Day! Please follow the link for the schedule.
Tues 9 Oct Day 1		ES Student Support Team Meeting
Wed 10 Oct Day 2	8:40-10:00 ES Principal Coffee Peek into Learning: Student Agency G5 Camp	14:40 Math & Lit Grade level representatives meet with Kim & Trevor 15:15 TTT
Thu 11 Oct Day 3	ES Assembly III 10:00 am in the Main Theater G5 Camp
Fri 12 Oct Day 1	G5 Camp

Professional Learning:  

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the

CA PD application form and no later than 10 days before the PD registration deadline.

How to apply for PD

• Fri-Sun Nov. 2-4  Mathematics Specialist International Schools with Erma Anderson at

Seoul Foreign School

Future Dates:

ES Parent-Teacher Conferences

18-19 October

International Food and Fun Fair

11 November, Saturday