Dear Colleagues,
Happy November 1st and welcome back to the wonderful world of learning and discovery! We trust you have enjoyed the fall break and hopefully feel energized and inspired to lead the learning for the equally rejuvenated students of ours. As we return you can see that we have exactly seven weeks to go to the next milestone, the winter holiday. Luckily we have one long weekend and a PD day on inclusion and DEIJ towards the end of November.
We start the week with Extended Learning which will surely add to the excitement of starting school on Monday. ELAC will be filled with excitement in exploring shape and space through creativity and being curious about how the children use language to describe their thinking and solutions. Grade 3 is exploring the science of organisms, Grade 4 is building student and teacher capacity in conflict resolution, and Grade 5 is focusing on Sustainable Development Goals. Grade 1 continues to utilize art as an inspiration for learning.
At the Tuesday morning meeting this week, we will share the timeline for the report card writing process. On Wednesday next week, we will review the processes of completing the report cards including how to write concise, criterion-based, and actionable descriptions of student learning and their strengths, and next steps.
Welcome back and let’s have a great week!
Riana, Trevor, and Heikki
A short message from Heikki:
Dear all,
I am so grateful for all the support I have received from you and your understanding of my life situation. Riitta is happy that I am here to look after her and we enjoy every moment and day I am here in Finland with her. She sends her warm regards and well wishes to everyone and is looking forward to the opportunity to visit Japan in the near future. Please, do not hesitate to reach out for any guidance, conversation, or coaching during this time. I will have my zoom open from 11 am onwards every day. I will share my permanent link via email with you separately. I look forward to hearing from you about your daily life at school. So please, keep me updated.
This Week's Schedule: Master Schedule 21-22
Professional Learning:
Please note that in order to qualify for Professional Development, you must always apply through the CA PD application form found on new KissFlow. Applications must be submitted no later than 10 days before the
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New! IB PD: Here is the IB PD Catalogue 21-22. Here is the IB search engine to find a workshop.
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