Dear all,
Happy Thanksgiving to all those
celebrating and Happy Long Weekend (and rain day) to everyone! May you enjoy
this extra-long weekend to get on top of all the to-do lists we have personally
and professionally, rest, reserve energy for our final 4 weeks before the
winter break.
Thank yous
- "Thank you" to Joseph, Priya K, and
Clinton for helping me with my 2019-20 Art Supply Orders - Anita.
- Thank you to everyone for getting budget
request in so timely
- To EY5 teachers for hosting an rewarding
Family Math Morning
- Martina & Sarah Sahr for helping out with
the EY5 family math morning
- To everyone who has supported the growing families of Palmquist/Holdsworth and Filters
Secret Santa/Festive Friend
Sign up for
Secret Santa! Over 40 people took part last year - a fun way to
celebrate the end of 2018 together and recognise the amazing things our faculty
does every day :) Details on the link!
Vision of a Learner
Thank you to all the teachers who
nominated children for the Vision of a Learner awards this round. The following
children were selected for the following traits:
1
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Yair
|
Fijman
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1MW
|
EXPLORER
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2
|
Joonyeob
|
Kim
|
2DJ
|
REFLECTIVE
|
3
|
Clara
|
Jouin
|
3JM
|
RESILIENT
|
4
|
Daisuke
|
Kurabayashi
|
3TG
|
RESILIENT
|
5
|
Ha Young
|
Yang
|
4JN
|
RESILIENT
|
6
|
Teagan
|
Weller
|
3MR
|
EMPATHETIC
|
7
|
Mathurin
|
Le Beaudour
|
5JD
|
LEADER
|
8
|
Victor
|
Pechhold
|
3TG
|
VERSATILE
|
9
|
Yeonwoo
|
Lee
|
1KC
|
THINKER
|
10
|
Fumiya
|
Nakamura
|
5VL
|
INNOVATIVE
|
11
|
Margaux
|
Verany
|
5BT
|
COLLABORATIVE
|
12
|
Daphne
|
Guerin
|
4JN
|
ETHICAL
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Rehearsal Schedule for the Upcoming
Winter Concert
- There are NO
regularly scheduled music classes for the weeks of 10 - 14 December and 17
- 21 December.
- Rehearsals Listed
below REPLACE music classes. (Children all still receive 2 x music blocks
during these weeks)
- We understand this may be disruptive to your schedules and/or planning, so we want be sure you have this information early, and you can plan accordingly.
Teacher assistants are required to BOTH
walk classes over to the FAC theater and remain present for the duration
of the rehearsal to support the music team when they are working with whole
grades.
Blue - Music
Yellow - Dance
TIME
|
MON 10
|
TUES 11
|
WED 12
|
THURS 13
|
FRI 14
|
9:05-9:45
|
EY - 3
|
G - 5
|
EY - 4
|
G - 5
|
|
9:50-10-30
|
G - 2
|
EY - 4
|
G - 2
|
EY - 3
|
G - 4
|
10:55-11:35
|
EY - 5
|
G - 1
|
G - 1
|
||
11:40-12:20
|
G - 3
|
G - 4
|
EY - 5
|
G - 3
|
(D)
EY - 5
All
|
1:15-1:55
|
(D)
G - 3
3SS/3MR
|
(D)
G - 2
2BW/2DJ
|
(D)
EY - 5 All
|
(D)
G - 1
All
|
(D)
G - 1
All
|
2:00-2:40
|
(D)
G - 4
4MG/4JN
|
(D)
G - 5
5EF/5VL
|
(D)
G - 2
2BW/2DJ
|
(D)
G - 3
3SS/3MR
|
(D)
G - 4
4MG/4JN
|
2:45-3:25
|
(D)
G - 5
5EF/5VL
|
FULL CONCERT REHEARSAL:
TIME
|
MON 17
|
TUES 18
|
WED 19
|
THURS 20
|
FRI 21
|
9:05-9:50
|
EY Run Through
|
G1&2 Run Through
|
G3-5 Run Through
|
||
2.30-3.15
|
EY Performance
|
G1&2 Performance
|
G3-5 Performance
|
Wednesday
Community Summit: Exploring the Horizons of Wellbeing
As you may
have read in the Raptor Way blog, over the course of three early release days,
we will be holding a Community Summit to explore the horizons of wellbeing and
Wednesday, November 28th is the first of those days. Parents and students are
being invited to join all Faculty, TAs and Administrative staff to envision the
future of wellbeing at AISC. During the three sessions, we will collectively:
· Discover what we are doing best to nurture wellbeing at AISC - November
28
· Envision bold new possibilities for the future - December 12
· Design for excellence and construct the future of wellbeing at AISC - January
23
Please
proceed to the Gym for coffee/tea/snacks from 2:15-2:25 p.m. With close to 300
people to seat* by 2:30, your punctuality will be appreciated. No devices
needed *seating assignments will be shared by email.
Report Card Timeline - repeat
announcement
It is time to start thinking about the
upcoming semester report cards!
Pay close attention to character count:
as these report cards are being printed, we cannot exceed character count in
any area!
Wednesday 21 November
|
Faculty meeting focusing on data evidence for report cards
Calibrating report card data and
narrative comments in own grade level teams; a facilitator will join
you to work through a protocol and answer any questions you may have
Teams should meet in the GTL’s room
|
Done
|
Wednesday 5 December
|
ES faculty meeting time dedicated to finalise writing and proofreading
of colleagues report cards
|
|
By
Friday 7 December 4pm
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Comments (Google doc) due to admin for
final proofing (can be shared with admin proofer earlier if ready)
|
|
Tuesday
11 December by 4pm
|
Edited comments returned to teachers, can begin entering narratives
into PowerSchool
|
|
By
Thursday 13 December 8am
|
All narrative comments and ratings on standards entered into
PowerSchool - printing will begin at 9 a.m.
|
|
Monday 17 December
|
Reports given to HR teachers with named envelopes. Please double
check name, do a final glance of doc, and place into matching name envelope.
|
|
Tuesday 18 December
|
Please double check name, do a final glance of doc, and place into
matching name envelope. Give to children to take home.
|
Hour of Code 2018 - repeat announcement
* EY3 - Grade 2 is already planned/organized. Sign up is for Grades
3-5 teachers.
Coming the week of 26th November to
30th of November
RECESS - Grades 3-5
10:30 - 10:50 and 12:20-12:50
Students can spend recess time in the
CIC exploring different games and coding experiences on Code.org
+Discovery & Design Studio
Grades 3 - 5 Teachers can sign up for a session in the Discovery & Design Studio and choose ONE of
the following options for their class. You can also use the Code.org and
Scratch websites as additional resources/choices in your classroom.
Robotics
WeDo for 3&4
Mindstorms for 5 (already coding
robots so would do a fun challenge with them)
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Students can spend the time learning
about coding on an activity of their choice on the Hour of Code website.
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Students can learn about coding
through Scratch (we have task cards that guide them through different tasks
like animating their name or making characters race!)
|
Have a wonderful weekend!
Warmly,
Keryn, Dave, and Calley
Warmly,
Keryn, Dave, and Calley
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