Weekly Updates, Monday 21 October, 2019

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the last week before fall break! This week, in addition to being a day shorter due to the
Enthronement Day on Tuesday is still a week full of action. On Wednesday morning, Renee will lead a parent
coffee session for parents about MAPs testing and how to read and interpret the results. In the afternoon we will
get together to continue our development of Tankyuu goals and planning for the next Extended Learning.
On Thursday, we start our day by welcoming a lot of schools to our APAC volleyball tournament and finish the ES school day before student lunchtime.
The afternoon and evening are filled with parent conferences. Again, Friday is fully committed to the
conferences and we are ready to head out at 14:45 for the well earned holiday.

After the holiday we will have an opportunity to focus on Healthy Minds/ Healthy school lead by Tom Lehmy during
our two-day professional learning sessions.

Let’s be super prepared for the conferences and get through the week with smiles and sense of accomplishments
and then enjoy the wonderful and timely break.

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki

Supervision Roster:                                                                                   Draft Supervision Schedule Sept-Dec

Time Sep 9 - 13	10:15 - 10:30	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:10-14:20
Duty  (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line Tables	Shed  (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Playground Note:  Shed kept  closed (In classrooms)
Who	Riana Trevor Heikki	Kaoru	Rose Celia Enoch	Jan Orachat/NorikoM Noriko K	Riana Trevor Heikki

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 19-20

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon 21 Oct Day 5	G1 at Suma Rikyu Park 8.50-14.30	Last Monday After-school Club
Tues 22	Enthronement Day Holiday
Wed 23 Day 6	8:40 Parent Coffee: Looking at Assessment and where MAPs data fits in	Last Wednesday After-school Club Wednesday Learning: 14:40 Whole-school Tankyu Meeting 15:45 Extended Learning Planning
Thurs 24 Day 7	Dismissal at 12:00 12:00 - 13:00 faculty lunch	13:00 Parent-Teacher Conferences
Fri 25 Day 8	Parent-Teacher Conferences	Parent-Teacher 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 found on KissFlow. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 days before the
registration deadline. For further information on 'How to apply for PD - click here'.

• Learning through Wellness January 18 & 19 at Yokohama IS
• Fusing Reading and Writing Workshop in IB Schools, January 18 & 19 at Tokyo IS

N.B. All PD information posted on Blogger is by default 'Personal PD' unless otherwise noted.

Future Dates: Fall Break! 26 Oct - 3 November PD Tom Lehmy 4 & 5 Nov - Monday & Tuesday CIS/IB/WASC Accreditation Visit 16-22 November Report Cards Open for faculty November Labor Day Thanksgiving holiday 25 November Faculty Winter Party 15 December Start of Winter break - Early Dismissal 20 December

Wednesday Learning Schedule: 6 November  14:40-15:45 TBA 15:45-16:30 Healthy Minds / Healthy Schools PD Debrief 13 November 14:40-15:45 Accreditation Visit Overview 15:45-16:30 Extended Learning Planning 20 November 14:40-15:45 Tankyuu Team Peer Observations Planning 15:45-16:30 UOI #3 Planning

Weekly Update, Monday 14 October, 2019

Dear colleagues,

As Tokyo and other northern prefectures are still battling with the damage and tragedies caused by the Hagibis
typhoon, it is easy to see how lucky we were to have missed the big storm. Let’s hope there are no further fatalities.
We have two shorter weeks of usual learning ahead of us before the fall break. Tomorrow, the sports day will once
again bring students and families together to celebrate the CA community and we will be enjoying some more
serious and some less serious competitions between the red and gray. Let’s hope the rain will stay away.

Last week we had a couple of very successful events.

First, on Wednesday, parents joined Heikki to peek into learning. We were observing typical teaching and learning
behaviors at school. All parents who joined the coffee morning were truly impressed with the learning they observed
in the classrooms. Their comments included “there is an amazing spirit and focus on the class”, “students are asking
good questions to truly understand the topic”, students were teaching each other”, and” there were so many different
ways the teachers taught the children: one-on-one, small group, and whole class.” We collected data on the typical
teaching and learning behaviors and they were able to see them all taking place in the school and many of them eve
in one class during their short visit. Thank you again for the amazing cutting edge learning that is on display every
single day in the Elementary School!

Secondly, we had our fourth successful Extended Learning time taking our highly engaged students to a journey
thinking and delving deeply into the different concepts we are exploring in our units of inquiry. 

Finally, we hope that you have an initial idea of the Tankyuu goal you may be exploring this year to further develop
teaching and learning. Heikki will start scheduling Tankyuu goal meetings where you can together explore your
thinking so far and also share the observations and thoughts from the first quarter of the year.

Let’s enjoy the week!

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki

Supervision Roster:                                                                                   Draft Supervision Schedule Sept-Dec

Time Sep 9 - 13	10:15 - 10:30	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:10-14:20
Duty  (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line Tables	Shed (Gym) Playscape Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Gym) Soccer fields (Atrium)	Playground Note: Shed kept closed (In classrooms)
Who	Caterina Colleen Kieran	Suki	Neetu Colleen Trevor	Kaho Jen W Tangala	Caterina Colleen Kieran

  

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 19-20

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon 14 Oct	CA Sports Day!  Public Holiday: Health and Sports Day	Family / Free Time
Tues 15  Day 1		12:30-15:30 Self-study mtg Riana, Trev & Renee 14:30-15:30 PreK - Gr 12 Student Support Meeting
Wed 16 Day 2	9:00 School Leadership Team Meeting	13:30-14:30 Curriculum Leadership Team Mtg. Wednesday Learning: 14:40 Parent-Teacher Conference Meeting in MPR 15:20 Parent-Teacher Conference Preparation
Thurs 17 Day 3	10:45 ES Student Support Team G5 Field Trip: Kobe Sky Adventure	Last Thursday After-school Club
Fri 18 Day 4		Last Friday After-school Club 15:00 Lockdown drill

Professional Learning: 

Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the CA
PD application form found on KissFlow. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 days before the
registration deadline. For further information on 'How to apply for PD - click here'.

• Learning through Wellness January 18 & 19 at Yokohama IS
• Fusing Reading and Writing Workshop in IB Schools, January 18 & 19 at Tokyo IS

N.B. All PD information posted on Blogger is by default 'Personal PD' unless otherwise noted.

Future Dates:

CA & Public Holiday: Enthronement Ceremony Day

22 Oct Tuesday

ES Parent-Teacher Conferences

24 & 25 Oct 

Fall Break!

26 Oct - 3 November

PD Days

4 & 5 Nov - Monday & Tuesday