Sunday, October 18, 2020

Weekly Updates, Monday, 19 October, 2020

 

Dear colleagues,

Autumn is in the air, and so is the autumn holiday which is just around the corner. This week will be a short one for the students and full of excitement and opportunities to share student learning for us.

 


Congratulations to the EAL team for conducting a successful Parent Coffee Morning last week. We had good attendance and parents seemed to enjoy the well-designed workshop. 


On Wednesday, we will reflect and celebrate the collaborative journey we have had so far making this complex and the somewhat heavy start of the year significantly more manageable.




Thursday and Friday will mark an important milestone of teaching and learning and the Parent Conferences will help us to reflect and plan ahead for the remainder of the semester. We wish you every success with the talks online.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge both Remi and Murray for organizing the zoom links and the PTO schedules, as well as Kae-san for putting together this great tech help video for the use of zoom during the conferences. 

Let’s have a successful week and a relaxing autumn break!

Riana, Trevor, and Heikki


Weekly Duties:                                                                                                              Duty List Aug-Dec


Time

10:28 - 10:40

12:25-12:50

12:40-13:00

13:00-13:20

14:10-14:20


Duty Area

(*Rainy day area)

Playscape

Playscape

Soccer fields

(In classrooms)

Line

Tables

Shed (Gym)

Playscape (Gym/Classroom)

Soccer fields

 (Classroom)

Shed (Gym)

Playscape (Gym/Classroom)

Soccer fields

 (Classroom)

Playground

(In classrooms)

Note: 

Shed kept closed

Who 


Kae

Karen

Jeff

Noriko M

Heikki

Tangala

Satsuki

Enoch

Saiko

Seth

Rose

Kae

Karen

Jeff


This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 20-21


Day

Morning

Afternoon

Mon 19 Oct

Day 5



Tues 20 Oct

Day 6

8:00-11:50 ES Leadership Team Meeting

14:30-16:00 Curriculum Leadership Meeting


Wed 21 Oct

Day 7

8:30-9:25 Specialists' Meeting


Wednesday Learning: 

14:40-16:30 Celebration of our Journey of becoming Adaptive School


Thu 22 Oct

Day 8

Students go home at 12:00

Parent-Teacher Conferences begin at 13:00

16:00-16:45 an early dinner provided by Cezars

Teachers can leave at 16:45 the earliest

Fri 23 Oct

Day 9


12:00-12:45 Lunch provided by Cezars

Teachers can leave at 14:45

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'.

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


Future Dates

PD Days

Nov 2-3 Monday and Tuesday

Wednesday Learning

4th November

14:40-15:30 Inquiry

15:40-16:30 Next unit planning


Sunday, October 11, 2020

Weekly Updates, Monday, 12 October 2020

 


  

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to day 6 after day 9 on Friday!

This week will bring us a preparation session for Parent-Teacher Conferences, EAL parent coffee morning, and ES assembly. Once again, thank you to Ellen, Rose, Seth, Saiko, Noriko, and Erin for stepping up for the Teachers to Teachers sessions last week. The expertise and resourcefulness of our faculty were evident through the facilitation as well as the participation by all faculty members. We look forward to having further opportunities for sharing learning and engaging with all the expertise we have across the Elementary School. 

 

This week’s online assembly will bring the always popular birthday video and Track Rats updates among many other things. Please, let Riana and Trevor know if you would like to share learning, student performances, or announcements in the assembly on Thursday 10:50 onwards. We will be sharing the link to the session later this week. Please, mute your microphones and connect your laptop to apple tv and speakers to enjoy the assembly.



 

As we are starting our 5th cycle we are also launching the last two weeks before the autumn holiday break.

Have a wonderful week!


Riana, Trevor, and Heikki


                                               


Weekly Duties:                                                                                                              Duty List Aug-Dec


Time

10:28 - 10:40

12:25-12:50

12:40-13:00

13:00-13:20

14:10-14:20


Duty Area

(*Rainy day area)

Playscape

Playscape

Soccer fields

(In classrooms)

Line

Tables

Shed (Gym)

Playscape (Gym/Classroom)

Soccer fields

 (Classroom)

Shed (Gym)

Playscape (Gym/Classroom)

Soccer fields

 (Classroom)

Playground

(In classrooms)

Note: 

Shed kept closed

Who 


Suki

Kris

Liam

Yoshiko

Heikki

Trevor

Steve

Erin

Kieran

Angela

Caterina

Suki

Kris

Liam


This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 Master Schedule 20-21


Day

Morning

Afternoon

Mon 12 Oct

**Day 6



Tues 13 Sept

Day 1




Wed 14 Sept

Day 2

Wednesday Learning: 

14:40-15:30 Parent-Teacher Conference Guidelines

15:40-16:30 Parent-Teacher Conference Preparation

Thu 15 Oct

Day 3

9:30 Principal Coffee Morning: EAL 10:50 ES Virtual Assembly

Fri 16 Oct

Day 4




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'.

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


Future Dates

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Oct 22 Thursday Half-day & Oct 23 Friday

Fall Break

Oct 24-Nov1

PD Days

Nov 2-3 Monday and Tuesday

Wednesday Learning

21st October 

14:40-15:30 Adaptive Schools Workshop

15:40-16:30 Celebration of Teaching and Learning


4th November

14:40-15:30 Inquiry

15:40-16:30 Next unit planning