Good Morning!
A great photo from camp to start our Friday!
Air Quality
Green Level
Staff Absent – A number of people out for PD please take note
- Sheryl Fisher (Sick leave) – Sarah ONeil will cover K2C
- Rita Zhang (Sick leave) – Ms Lu will now cover her class
- Anna Gavine (Sick leave) – Momina will cover Year 2A
- Jon Banks (Sick leave) – Jon’s support cover for Dorothy will be cancelled
- Andrea (Seeds of Hope) – Andrea’s EAL class will now stay with the Mainstream English class
- John McEnhill – (Camp) Support classes will be canceled
- Sissy Shen – (Camp) Classes covered
- Rob Watson (Professional development & camp)
- Christine (Professional Development)
Staff out at the ACAMIS Tech Conference:
- Suzanne Watt is – Zoe S will cover K3D
- Maggie Van Wyk – Kate W to cover Year 1D
- Vivi Chen – Claudia Du covering Year 1C
- Joe Dent – Bei Lei to cover am and Ada to take the afternoon
- Tania Jordan – No cover. Classes affected have been notified
- Alex Tabunets – No cover and class teachers to take lessons
- Amita Patel – No cover required
Child Protection Officers Away
- Damien, Lucia, Laura, Jane and Jamie will all be on Child Protection training, and will be off campus from Thursday afternoon and all Friday. If there are any child protection concerns during that time, please see Mary (RP) or Dusten (CP).
- Support classes and sessions for Jamie and Lucia will be cancelled
Amended Duty Roster
Please see the amended duty roster . The courtyard will be closed today.
Blogs:
Blogs published today
Character Assembly – Year 1C @ 2:20pm
Class teachers to hand out Character awards. Please make sure these are signed by Melissa.
Camps
Year 5 & 6 will be returning from camp today.
Year 4
Final day for Year 4 classes at CP Campus. They will finish off the afternoon with a parent presentation, sharing the work that they have done in the Learning communities.
All things Book Week!!
The schedule for Book Week (Week 10: Monday 28th October-Friday 1st November) will affect all teachers, EAL, specialists, Chinese co-teachers, student support services staff etc. Please can everyone take a look to ensure they know what events and activities are planned for the week. Please see the schedule attached.
Team leaders, thank you for taking the time to go through the relevant parts of the schedule with your team in your next team meeting. Please get in touch if their questions or any issues.
The week depends on the enthusiasm and support of all teachers (and staff), so thank-you in advance for this!
Please Note: Please see attached the information that was shared by Kirstie in regards to the use of the courtyard and gym during Book Week.
Book Week 2019 PECCA arrangements
RP Book Fair Sign-Up Sheet on Teams
The sign-up sheet for the RP Book Fair on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th October during Book Week is on Teams. Year 5 & 6 teachers have already signed-up for their CP Book Fair visit on Wednesday 23rd October (I will send out a reminder of times to CP teachers on Monday 21st next week).
Year 1-4 co-teachers please fill-in a time that you would like to visit the RP Book Fair with your class. EAL teachers are also welcome to do this. Two classes visiting at the same time is fine. It’s up to teachers how long or short the visit should be.
Go to Teams: YCISSH Pudong ECE & Primary Teachers> General> Files > Book Fair sign-up
A diary message about the Year 5 & 6 class visit will be in the Daily News next Tuesday (22nd October). Year 5 & 6 will visit the CP Book Fair on Wednesday 23rd October. The diary message about Year 1-4 RP Book Fair class visits will be in the Daily News next Thursday (24th October ).
Helping Hands
Last day for leaders and specialists to send in their feedback for Helping Hands and have your say!
Recent Blog Posts
There have been a number of important staff notices posted recently. Please ensure that you have checked these carefully – please see links below:
ECE & Primary Parent-Teacher Interviews
Guidelines for taking and uploading photographs – ECE & Primary
Leaders This Week:
Please note that this week there are a number of leaders away:
Rob (Mon-Fri)
Andrea (Mon-Fri)
John (Tues-Fri)
Sissy (Tues-Fri)
Christine (Wed-Fri)
Damien (Thursday – Fri)
Melissa will be taking over the Daily News and International sick leave/cover duties next week. Her phone number is: 15921703025
Reminders
EduCare Training – https://www.myeducare.com/local/educare/login.php
Music Assemblies – There is music available on the server to use at the beginning and end of assemblies @: Teachers Pub/PRIMARY/RP music/2019-2020/Assemblies/Assemblies music for year levels.
Upcoming Dates:
- Saturday, October 19
- Swim meet, SCIS HQ
- ACAMIS Tech Conference
- Sunday, October 20
- Swim meet, SCIS HQ
- Monday, October 21 (Day 3)
- Mathematics PLC
- Tuesday, October 22 (Day 4)
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- Wednesday, October 23 (Day 5)
- Curriculum Assembly Y4A
- Data PD – CEM
- Thursday, October 24
- CP Parent Teacher Interviews
- Y4 Field Trip – Guangfulin Site of Ancient Shanghai ( all day)
- Student Council Meeting – 11:30-1:30pm
- Friday, October 25 (Day 6)
- RP Parent Teacher Interviews
- CP School Photos
- Curriculum Assembly year 5A
- Saturday, October 26
- Development Swim Meet 1
Staff Lounge
Staff Wellbeing Opportunities
- Please note the following opportunities for Staff. For more information, please see the member of staff indicated:
Zumba Updates!!
Exciting News! Zumba classes are now FREE! We meet in the auditorium at RP on Mondays: 4:45pm, Wednesdays: 4:30/5:00pm, and Saturdays: 9:45am. Classes are open to YCIS parents, staff, and their guests. Scan the code to join the WeChat group. Thank you.
(Updated QR code)
- Staff Fitness – Fridays, 4.35pm, RP Gym, (Kirstie McLeod)
- Staff Yoga – Tues & Thurs, 4.35pm, RP Gym (Erin Hardie)
