Wednesday Learning - ES Tankyuu #5 Celebration May 21

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your wholehearted participation in our Tankyuu celebration yesterday. The passion, perspectives and professionalism shared by all was awe inspiring. 

Here is the presentation and our Tankyuu groups for the year.

Weekly Update, Monday 11 September, 2017

Dear colleagues,

Once again congratulations for the successful past week! First impressions were made during the BTSN and they were positive of which offers us a great foundation to build the whole school year. Again, Thank you to everyone for making the planning, preparation, and execution to go so smoothly. Despite all the buzz around the BTSN, student learning was full on in every classroom throughout the week. We believe that this weekend with the time for rest and switching your mind off from work was welcomed by all.

This week will be still somewhat special and rather busy. We will have school photos taken; MAPS baseline testing will be happening in grades 3 - 5; Coffee Morning will be organized for parents on Student Support; we will be learning math on Wed PD; getting ready for launching our personal Tankyuu goals will be on the agenda. For the Tankyuu we will provide you further guidance and options on Wednesday afternoon to help you to choose your professional learning goal for this school year. Some interesting opportunities will be related to our operational goals and the self-study for CIS evaluation visit in the future. Additionally, we encourage colleagues across the school to connect and seek collaborative opportunities for the Tankyuu. Learning is effective and motivating when it is done in social context.

So take a deep breath, stay calm, and let’s get through this week smiling as the three-day-weekend will be here before we know.

Have a great week!

Writers' Workshop in Action

 

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 17-18    Supervision Protocol

Time	12:15-12:40	12:25-12:55	12:25-12:55	12:15-12:40	12:25-12:55
Duty	Cafeteria Tables	Playground / Gym	Playground / Atrium	Cafeteria line	Indoor recess ELAC Gym
Sept 11	Jennifer C	Kae	Shunsuke	Kaoru	Maiko, Kaight

Guidelines for the photo session:

Please follow the times listed here. When you come to room N406 please have your students lined up by height. Either way is fine shortest to tallest or tallest to shortest.

We will be checking numbers and names using the computer this year so there will be no need for paper or for students filling out forms. All teachers and aides should have their photos taken when they bring their class.

I know there is a lot going on this week and there is never the best time for taking photos. Thank you for your help and patience. We will do our best to have things run smoothly.

Sincerely,

Darrick and the Publications Team

School Photo Schedule

This week's schedule:

Day	Morning	Afternoon - After School
Mon	8:45 PreK/KA W: Photos N405 9:20 PreK/KA H: Photos N405 11:30 Gr 1 T: Photos N405	13:10 Gr 5 B: Photos N405 13:30 Gr 5 O: Photos N405 13:50 Gr 5 R: Photos N405
Tue	8:50 -10:00 Gr 3 MAPS: Language	13:00-14:00 Gr 4-5 MAPS:Language 14:30 ES Leadership Team Meets 14:10 Gr 4 W: Photos N405 14:20 Gr 4 S: Photos N405 14:50 Gr 4 Sp: Photos N405
Wed	8:40-10:00 Parent Coffee Morning - Student Support Services (SS Library) G3 MAPS: Mathematics 10:30 Gr 1 N: Photos N405 10:50 Gr 1 M: Photos N405	13:00-14:00 Gr 4-5 MAPS: Mathematics 14:40-15:25 Math Learning PreK-G5 15:30-16:30 Launching Tankyu
Thu	10:30 Gr 2 S: Photos N405 10:50 Gr 2 J: Photos N405	13:00-14:00 Gr 4-5 MAPS: Reading
Fri	8:50-10:00 Gr 3 MAPS: Reading School Leadership Team Meets 10:30 Gr 3 M: Photos N405 10:50 Gr 3 T: Photos N405

Professional Learning:

How to apply for PD

Wednesday Professional Learning:

Sept 24 'Nita Copley Early Years Math Weekend Workshop

• EY Teachers, assistants and all others who are interested. Please sign-up using this form.

Oct 7&8 Foundations in Math Learning, EARCOS Weekend Workshop, Raumrudee Int'l School, Bangkok

Jan 27-28 HKIS Literacy Institute with Matt Glover, Kathy Collins and Peter Johnston **Sign-up info coming soon

Future Dates:

Sept 18 Holiday Monday - Respect for the Aged

Sept 22-23 Cognitive Coaching training

Sept 24 'Nita Copley Early Years Math Weekend Workshop

Sept 25-27 'Nita Copley Early Years Math In-school Workshop

Oct 2-4 Pia Hansen Bridges Math Workshop

Math and Mindset PD Session #1

Thank you everyone for your participation in the Math Mindsets Session! (Presentation slides) Our next session in January will focus on maths practices such as Number Talks.

Help our learners develop a Growth Mindset:

• Praise with Growth Mindset messages in mind
• Focus on improvement, effort and strategies

• Identify the Fixed Mindset to help students break up the mistaken beliefs. Let them know:
• Brains and talents are starting points
• Effort and practice grow our brains
• Actively dispel harmful stereotypes and myths

What to look for:

Four Key Messages from Jo Boaler

1. Anyone can learn maths to high levels (there is no such thing as a maths brain)
2. Believe in yourself (growth mindset)
3. Speed is not important (problem solving is)
4. Struggle and mistakes are really important (to help your brain grow and learn)

Tankyuu meetings

Dear colleagues,

Please book your Tankyuu time with Heikki by the end of this week by using the Doodle link provided in your email. We will close the booking through Doodle by this Friday 4 November at 16:30.

Thank you

Wednesday Learning - correction

Dear colleagues,

Please accept our apologizes for accidentally placing next Wednesday's plans to this week's updates.

So here are the correct plans:

Wednesday Professional Learning, 2 November
14:40 - 15:45 Math Learning (Trevor and Math R&D)
15:45 - 16:30 Tankyuu project (School-wide, Stephen Taylor)

Wednesday Professional Learning, 9 November
1. Student of Concern meetings - completing the round:

14:35 - 14:45 Grade 5 (Steve)
14:45 - 3:05 Grade 2 (Jerome)
15:10 - 15:35 Grade 3 (Karen & Suki)
15:30 - 16:05 Grade 4 (Jay, Karen, Jen)
Please find the spreadsheet here.
2. Committee work
14:40 - 16:30

2. Math R&D (Trevor leading, venue TBA)

3. Literacy Committee (Kim leading, venue TBA, please let Kim know if you would like to join)
These three meetings will be taking place simultaneously.

Positive Discipline Introduction

Thank you everyone for your participation in the Positive Discipline Introduction.  
Here is a quick recap with some linked resources:

A) Positive Discipline Definition
Positive Discipline is a program designed to teach young people to become responsible, respectful and resourceful members of their communities.

• Positive Discipline Introduction presentation

B) Positive Discipline Classroom Tools
Positive Discipline is based on the understanding that discipline must be taught and that discipline teaches valuable social skills, attitudes and a growth mindset.

1. The Mistaken Goals Chart:

• From Adler and Dreikurs research
• When misbehaviour happens, what is our emotion and what is the child's mistaken goal?
• Find a new perspective and strategy to help you and your student.

2. Classroom Meetings: (Positive Discipline site and Putting it in Action (Blog))

• Recommended for all our classes
• Develops a culture of appreciation and problem solving

C) Follow Positive Discipline on Facebook

Weekly Update, Monday 12 September 2016

Dear colleagues,

Welcome back to another great week of learning. We hope that you have been able to establish working routines that provide sufficient time for planning, teaching and making assessment choices. Collecting and looking at student work at this time of year is important to be able to design such learning opportunities that are accessible and meaningful to the students. Additionally, students are working on their social settings and getting used to their teachers, so continue to be kind and firm with your guidance and language. Also, try to get into the habit of inviting the CA TV into your classroom.

This week we will have somewhat different schedule due to student and faculty photograph taking. Additionally, it is time to start looking at each faculty member’s annual goal in the form of Tankyuu. Wednesday will provide a great opportunity for setting and brainstorming ideas that may eventually become your Tankyuu goal. Starting this week, Heikki will be having listening conferences with the new faculty. The new faculty will be asked to find a 30-minute slot for a one-to-one meeting. With the invitation, the new teachers will receive a couple guiding questions to frame the conversation. Finally, when finished the busy week on Friday, we are blessed with a 3-day mini-break and will return to school on Tuesday the 20th of September.

Enjoy your week!

Supervision:                                          Links to: Supervision Schedule 16-17    Supervision Protocols

Time	12:15-12:40	12:25-12:55	12:25-12:55	12:15-12:40	12:25-12:55
Duty	Cafeteria Tables	Playground / Gym	Playground / Atrium	Cafeteria line	Indoor recess ELAC Gym
Sept 12	Jennifer C	Kae	Shunsuke

Week of 12 Sept - 16 Sept 2017

Mon 12th	ES Student Support Team Mtg; Tech Talk (15:30-16:30 in the Library)
Tues 13th	School Photos
Wed 14th	School Photos	Professional Learning Session: Supporting differences: Student Services Tankyuu Project
Thu 15th	School Photos
Fri 16th		ES Leadership Team Mtg

Professional Learning, Wednesday, 11 September at 2:40 pm - 4:30 pm

Wednesday Professional Learning Schedule

14:40-15:45 Student Support Department

15:45 - 16:30 Tankyuu Goal setting and sharing ideas

Coordinator's Meetings:                                 ES Team Planning Meeting Schedule

Literacy: This week will focus on planning word study. Please review Word Study Overview as the guiding document for this week’s meeting.

PYP: This week's goals:

• Using the Rubric of Understanding to help support learning and ongoing assessment.
• Looking ahead to UOI#2

Friday, September 16th “Literacy Learning @ Lunch.”

Time: 12:15-1:00 (ask your partner to pick up students from outside if they are not attending)

Where: Book Room (ES 201)

What? What does a workshop classroom look like, sound like, feel like?  During this lunchtime learning opportunity, Kim will share some practical strategies to get your workshops up and running. Who: This is ideal for all teachers beginning to use a workshop model in reading/writing, or for teachers looking for new ideas.  

*A light lunch (Hummus, pita, veggies, and something sweet) will be provided; please bring anything else you might want to eat.

Reporting Cycle 16-17: (Corrected version. Thank you, Aimee)

Listening Conferences 25 and 26 August, 2 September

Progress Reports 17 October

3-way conferences 20-21 October

Semester 1 Report Cards 3 February

Student Led Conferences April 28

Grade 5 Exhibition April 27

Semester 2 Report Cards 14 June

Future Dates:

Sept 19 No School

Sept. 24 John Joseph Saturday Workshop

Sept. 26 and 27 John Joseph In-school Workshops

Sept 30 TGIF