Weekly Update, Monday, 28 October, 2024

 

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome back! We hope you had a restful break and are ready for the final week of October. We are excited to see all faculty, staff, students, and families returning. This is a wonderful time to reflect on, review, and strengthen the routines you’ve established within your grade levels, learning zones and during specialist lessons. Take a moment this week to also revisit and explore the CA way.

In addition to our busy classrooms, we have a series of important events this week:

• Wednesday: Accreditation Overview and SEEDS 2 sessions.

• Thursday: parent workshop for families whose children are learning English as an additional language.

Let’s make it a great week ahead!

Warm regards,

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	Priyanka Jen Meg	Heikki Erin	Katie Kris Kae	Michelle Jessie Esther	Priyanka Jen Meg

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 28 Day 8
Tue Oct 29 Day 9		Bite sized PD: Effective Literacy Scaffolds for MLLs (Erin and Saiko) - Postponed to November 19th
Wed Oct 30 Day 1		14:30-16:00 PTA Fall Celebration Wednesday Learning: Accreditation Overview and preparation SEEDs #2: Confirming your choices and scope of choice on a design cycle (SEEDs 1)
Thu Oct 31 Day 2	8:40-10:00 EAL Parent Workshop
Fri Nov 1 Day 3

Future Dates Positive Parenting Workshop #2 Nov 4th Monday 9:45-10:00 ES November Faculty Briefing Nov 5th Tuesday 7:50 IB-CIS-WASC Accreditation Visit Nov 11-15th Mon-Fri  *IB ends on Wednesday November Assembly 21st Thurs 10:45 Labor-Thanksgiving Long Weekend Nov 23rd-25th Sat-Mon Positive Parenting Workshop #2 Nov 29th Friday 9:45-10:00

Wednesday Learning Nov 6 Next unit planning and reflection. Review of the first quarter reflection

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