Weekly Updates, Monday, 14 October, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

Sports Day will lead us into a busy and important week of parent-teacher conferences. Thank you for all your hard work in documenting learning and for being so well-prepared for these crucial meetings, during which we report student progress to parents.

The first part of our Wednesday session will be dedicated to reflecting on the first quarter of the school year. The second half will provide time to ensure that your classrooms, student materials, and all logistical aspects of the conferences are ready.

Please note that bite-sized PD sessions will not be held this week but will resume after the break. This week also marks the end of the first season of after-school clubs (Wednesday).

Let’s enjoy this extraordinary week and look forward to a well-deserved October break on Friday!

Erin, Trevor, and Heikki

This week’s duties:                                 Duty Roster 24-25

Time	10:28 - 10:40	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:15-14:30
Duty Area (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line G1-2 Tables G3-5 Tables	Shed-Playscape (Gym) Playscape (fence) & Soccer field #1 (Classroom) Soccer fields 2&3 & Wiggle board court  (Classroom)	Shed-Playscape (Gym) Playscape (fence) & Soccer field #1 (Classroom) Soccer fields 2&3 & Wiggle board court  (Classroom)	Playground Soccer fields (In classrooms) Note:  Shed kept closed
Who	Yoshiko Seth Rose	Heikki Trevor	Emi Kaho Noriko	Heather Satsuki Saiko	Yoshiko Seth Rose

Wet break location rotation:

Venue /order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5
Library & Makers’ Space	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1
ELAC Gym	Gr 5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 ES Schedule 24-25    

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon Oct 14	8:00-12:30 Sports Day! (Schedule)
Tue Oct 15 Day 6		Bite sized PD - None this week.
Wed Oct 16 Day 7		Last day of Season 1 After-school clubs Wednesday Learning: 14:40-15:30 First quarter reflection 15:30-16:30 PTC preparation time
Thu Oct 17	Parent-Teacher Conferences
Fri Oct 18	Parent-Teacher Conferences
	Fall Break!                                              Saturday Oct 19th to SundayOct 27th

Future Dates PTA Fall Celebration Oct 30th Wednesday 14:30-16:00 EAL Parent Workshop Oct 31st Thursday 8:40-10:00 Positive Parenting Work Nov 4th Monday 8:40-10:00

Wednesday Learning Oct 30th SEEDs 2 - Confirming your choices and scope learning on a design cycle (Presentation 1) Follow up to the first quarter reflection. Nov 6 Next unit planning and reflection. TBA

Weekly Update, Monday, 7 October, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

I trust you held your head high on Saturday, October 5th, as the world celebrated Teachers' Day. Congratulations on choosing this impactful, highly rewarding, and forever challenging profession!

The last two weeks before the fall break will be full of activity. This week, we have photo days happening throughout, Patrick Greene’s session on digital well-being (particularly on Wednesday), the October Assembly on Thursday, and finally, next week will bring Sports Day and parent-teacher conferences.

Thank you again for your flexibility, agility, and focus on literacy during Emily’s sessions. Your creativity and resilience helped us navigate through the many absences due to PD and illnesses.

This week, we’ll miss Heather and Erin on Monday as they attend PD, Seth is out on Monday and Tuesday, and Samantha will be out all week. Satya and Rebecca will be stepping in as substitute teachers.

On Tuesday, we’ll resume the Bite-sized PD sessions, focusing on the 3rd edition of Bridges. In PE, the children will focus on teamwork in preparation for Sports Day.

Let’s stay calm and have a great week!

Best,
Erin, Trevor, and Heikki

This week’s duties:                                 Duty Roster 24-25

Time	10:28 - 10:40	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:15-14:30
Duty Area (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line G1-2 Tables G3-5 Tables	Shed-Playscape (Gym) Playscape (fence) & Soccer field #1 (Classroom) Soccer fields 2&3 & Wiggle board court  (Classroom)	Shed-Playscape (Gym) Playscape (fence) & Soccer field #1 (Classroom) Soccer fields 2&3 & Wiggle board court  (Classroom)	Playground Soccer fields (In classrooms) Note:  Shed kept closed
Who	Esther Jessie Michelle	Heikki Trevor	Miyuki Z Alex Megan	Nicole Gene Meghan	Esther Jessie Michelle

Wet break location rotation:

Venue /order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5
Library & Makers’ Space	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1
ELAC Gym	Gr 5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3

This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                 ES Schedule 24-25    

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon Oct 7th Day 1	School Photos (Schedule)
Tue Oct 8th Day 2	School Photos	Bite sized PD in ES103: Bridges 3rd ed. idea share
Wed Oct 9th Day 3	School Photos	14:40-16:00  Patrick Green: The truth about screen time  16:00-16:30 Staff social
Thu Oct 10 Day 4	9:30 October Assembly School Photos
Fri Oct 11 Day 5	School Photos

Future Dates CA Sports Day Oct 14th Monday  Parent-Teacher Conferences Oct 17th & 18th Thursday and Friday Fall Break! Oct 19th Saturday - 27th Sunday

Wednesday Learning TBA