ISY Elementary Blog

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Sandy Sheppard , Elementary School Principal

7th October, 2022

I wish you all a very happy Thadingyut break. Have a well-earned rest, and stay safe.

See here for the latest EARCOS journal.

Thank you to KG for their song in assembly and to Lin and Nway Ei from Grade 5 and Me Me, Swe Zin, and May Zin for the presentation.

See you all in a week.

Sandy

SUPPORT MEETINGS

 

 

 

 

 

Our next round of support meetings will begin after the break. Look out for your scheduled time. These meetings happen every 6 weeks. They usually start to take less time as we move forward. We will be looking at reading levels at this time among other things. 

DATES TO REMEMBER

10th – 14th October – Thidingyut Holiday

24th October – Use of turnstiles will begin

24th-25th October – Access to Education Week

28th October – Quarter one ends

30th October – Halloween Parde at the end of the school day (more information to come)

4th November – Call to Earth Day – we will have a special event in the afternoon, watch out for more information

4th November – Halloween Evening Event

26th November – International Day

END QUARTER – student survey completed and reflection, one peer walk thro and reflection meeting, meeting completed with the Principal to discuss goal setting.

 

PROGRESS REPORTING DATES

 

3rd October – Work on subject blurbs

31st October – Buddy reading of progress reports

2nd November – Progress Reports in PowerSchool

4th November – Progress Reports go home

16th November – Parent Conferences

PROGRESS REPORT UPDATE

The progress reports will be ready for entering your blurbs after the break.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to Htut Htut, who will celebrate her birthday on the 9th of October

Professional Growth Plans

Everything can be found on our ISY Faculty Pages.

As a reminder, the following is what you need to do this Quarter. They can be done in any order:

Reflect on a Colleague Walkthrough
Reflect on a Student Survey

Sandy will do a walk-through at some point this Quarter and will discuss at your professional goals planning meeting.

Once these 3 things have happened, make time to meet with your Principal. You can see from Faculty Pages whether Sandy or Christina, and Mike will be working with you on this.

If you have any questions at all or feel that you need more time to do these things by the end of the Quarter, please let Sandy, Christina, or Mike know, and we will be happy to help.

Quarter 1 Report Cards and ‘Subject Blurbs’

Report cards will be posted for parents on Powerschool on Friday, November 4.

Here is the organization and timeline for report writing:

3rd – 7th October – work on subject blogs
31st October – Buddy Reading
2nd November – Reports in PowerSchool
4th November – Reports go out
6th November – Parent Conferences

As we did last year, we will also use progress report card comments as unit summaries for our Quarter 1 curriculum maps. You will write one or two sentences as a ‘subject blurb’ to describe what was covered in your class. Every student’s progress report card comment will have this blurb in it, along with a general student comment at the end. It is okay to cut and paste from last year’s comment if it is still appropriate. 

Please write your subject blurbs on these grade-level documents – you should find your courses on these documents, but if you don’t, please let Mike know. We are using these documents so Mike can copy and paste the blurbs into your Quarter 1 Curriculum Maps. 

Subject Blurbs: PK
Subject Blurbs: KG
Subject Blurbs: Grade 1
Subject Blurbs: Grade 2
Subject Blurbs: Grade 3
Subject Blurbs: Grade 4
Subject Blurbs: Grade 5

Quarter 1 Curriculum Planning

Please use this Connected Curriculum: Getting Started to guide you in completing your Quarter 1 Curriculum Maps and related tasks.

EARCOS NEWS

Teachers are encouraged to present on items related to our strategic themes.

Greetings from EARCOS!

I hope you are all doing well. I am sharing with you the Teacher Workshop Proposals Online Submission link.
This link shall only be used to submit the field-tested workshop proposals, reviewed and ranked.

Online proposal submission link:
SUBMISSION LINK

Please note that you don’t have to re-submit the accepted workshops from last year, as we already have them (unless the presenters need to make some changes).
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

 

REQUEST

If you reply to an email that I have been included in, can you ensure that I am cc’d on the reply. By doing this, I know that the email has been followed up on. Thanks

TEACHER NEWS

  • The next assembly will be on the 21st of October at the same time. If you have something you would like your class to share, please let me or Patty know. These do not have to be polished performances.
  • The turnstiles will be activated again on the 24th of October. They will be distributed before this date. For students in Grades 2-5, they can also be used for cashless payments at the food providers. Training will be scheduled. 
  • We will be starting Pride of the Principal (POP) after the October break. Look out for more information.
  • FYI – sign-up for parent conferences will be 15-minute slots with 5 minutes in between. When the sign-up is ready, you will be able to go in and block out a lunch break along with two other shorter breaks. Specialist teachers will not have a sign-up. Specialist teachers will be in the Gym with the Senior School teachers (especially since a lot of you are cross-over teachers), and parents will be able to visit you there if required. 
  • You might enjoy reading the Secondary School Magazine here
  • Ms. Patty will be sending something to share with the students on composting after the break. This is something we will be revitalizing.

MONDAY MATH ANSWERS

Grade 2 – Ms Sheppard has 38 marbles. She lost 15 of them. How many marbles does she have left?  = 23

Grade 3 – Ms. Sheppard ate breakfast at 6:00 AM. She will eat lunch 7 hours later. At what time will she eat lunch? = 1:00 PM

Grade 4 – Ms. Sheppard counted 51 bikes on the road. How many tires did she count? = 102

Grade 5 – Ms. Sheppard is going to lunch in 3 hours. If the lunch starts at 1:30 PM, what time is it now? = 10:30 AM

 

DUTIES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL after the break

Monday – Ian/Zarchi, Tuesday – Bekka, May Zin, Wednesday – Jono, Snow,  Thursday – Charlie, Swe Zin, Friday – Isabel, Ei Ei

FREE OPPORTUNITY

I am emailing to let you know of this FREE opportunity
Join us on an amazing scientific storytelling adventure to the Moon and back!
It is FREE – for all EY settings, schools and families at home and for children with Additional Needs of any age.
Fly Me to the Moon is:
A sensory science storytelling performance made especially for Early Years children ( 3 – 6 years)
And for children with Additional Needs of any age
Told in song, sign and story – with an amazing array of textile props 
Created by Cassandra Wye, Scientist-Storyteller, www.wesharethesamemoon.org , who has travelled the world teaching and telling science as story since 1991.
The performance is available live or recorded anytime after the performance.
I have attached a PDF with more information
Fly me to the Moon – such a wonderful mix of story, learning and amazing props! The children absolutely loved it and were engaged with this imaginative storytelling adventure throughout!” Claire Harris, Bristol Libraries 
Please book in advance as places are limited
Fly Me to the Moon – is funded by Royal Astronomical Society to celebrate World Space Week
Please do get back to me if you would like to know more about  online Science Storytelling for your school
Best Wishes
Cassandra Wye
Scientist-Storyteller

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