Thank you for the balanced and effective participation in our Wednesday meeting. I look forward to exploring the ins and outs of our draft schedule.
Slides from this afternoon.
Here are some further clarifications for the pilot schedule
Attendance
Attendance is taken at 8:30 the latest and classes resume immediately or as quickly as possible.
Recess and Snack
Please practice having recess first and snack in class after the recess. It will be important when students are having lunch at 12:25 in the actual 9-day schedule.
Lunch start time science
Grade 1 comes to lunch 12:05 - 12:10
Grade 2 comes to lunch 12:12
Grade 3 comes to lunch 12:13
Grade 4 comes to lunch 12:13
Grade 5 comes to lunch 12:13
Recess after lunch
Students are released the earliest at 12:25
Outside recess is from 12:25 - 13:10
The faculty member on lunch duty may ask assistant, EAL teacher, LS Teacher, or grade level colleague to bring their class on the right time so that they can go ahead have lunch from 12:10 - 12:25
Wednesday Schedule (8:30 - 14:25)
In the case of specials, students return to the classroom for the homeroom session until 14:25
In the case of homeroom, students will stay in the class until 14:25.
Assembly
The next ES Assembly will take place on Tuesday, 19th February will start at 9:00 and finish by 10:00 the latest.
Japanese
Japanese lessons that are shorter than 45 minutes will start 5 - 10 minutes later unless connected to lunch break. When connected to the lunch break, the lesson will start on time allowing more time for transitioning to the cafeteria.
Field Trips, Concerts etc.
Please make sure that the pilot does not stop you from going to any field trips.
Also, we may have to organize some practice for the ES concert outside music classes to ensure a sufficient amount of practice before the concerts and because some of the venues have been already booked in advance.
Parent Communication
Please, do not send parents the whole 9-day schedule as it may just confuse and scare the families.
Parents need to know about PE, library visits as they need to bring their books, and any special events like trips, concerts, etc.
A suggested line for your parent communication: In the next two weeks we are piloting a draft new schedule. School starts and ends at the same time. However, PE days and times will be different from what was previously communicated. In the next two weeks, the PE lessons are on... at... Also, we will visit the library on ... After the conferences, we will return back to the normal schedule. Should you have further questions about the schedule-pilot, please do not hesitate to turn to Mr. Soini, attend Principal Coffee Mornings, or seek further information on the CA website.
In the case of specials, students return to the classroom for the homeroom session until 14:25
In the case of homeroom, students will stay in the class until 14:25.
Assembly
The next ES Assembly will take place on Tuesday, 19th February will start at 9:00 and finish by 10:00 the latest.
Japanese
Japanese lessons that are shorter than 45 minutes will start 5 - 10 minutes later unless connected to lunch break. When connected to the lunch break, the lesson will start on time allowing more time for transitioning to the cafeteria.
Field Trips, Concerts etc.
Please make sure that the pilot does not stop you from going to any field trips.
Also, we may have to organize some practice for the ES concert outside music classes to ensure a sufficient amount of practice before the concerts and because some of the venues have been already booked in advance.
Parent Communication
Please, do not send parents the whole 9-day schedule as it may just confuse and scare the families.
Parents need to know about PE, library visits as they need to bring their books, and any special events like trips, concerts, etc.
A suggested line for your parent communication: In the next two weeks we are piloting a draft new schedule. School starts and ends at the same time. However, PE days and times will be different from what was previously communicated. In the next two weeks, the PE lessons are on... at... Also, we will visit the library on ... After the conferences, we will return back to the normal schedule. Should you have further questions about the schedule-pilot, please do not hesitate to turn to Mr. Soini, attend Principal Coffee Mornings, or seek further information on the CA website.
