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ECE & Primary Daily News – Thursday, March 11 (Day 4)

March 11, 2021 / Andrea Griego / Comments Off

Good Morning!

Staff Absent: None

Air Quality – Orange Level

Leaders Away

SLT and VPs will be away from lunch time today until the end of the week. Please see related coordinators for matters arising.

***Andrea Away Next Week March 15-19, please call Christine if you are ill:

Phone- 13166195239

Teachers Please Note:

Teachers please discuss the correct use of Blu Tack with your students. Students have been observed taking Blu Tack from the back of work posted in the corridors. Thus, work is falling down and having to be put back up. Thanks for your help with this.

Curriculum Assembly 2A

Primary Progress reports

We are aware that this may have been missed due to all the preparation for the SLCs. Teachers are required to write a progress report for any students that joined the school from Week 17 – 24. Please see the SLC guidelines for more information on when these are due. If you are unsure if a student should receive a progress report or not, please contact the office to check when they joined the school.

RP Class PE (Courtyard)

Reminder – please can all Co-teachers please move the nets to the centre of the courtyard before the lesson and then return the nets to the wall at the end of each lesson. You may leave them set up if another class has Class PE in the Courtyard immediately after your lesson.

Can all duty teacher please ensure that the nets are not touched or used during recess and ECE play time. We appreciate your support in maintaining the PE Equipment.

Please let Nathan or Kirstie know if there are any questions or issues.

Inspirational Quote:

Thank you Ivy for the lovely quote.

Reminders

Inspirational Quotes – please send to me if you have any quotes that would be good to include in the DN
Updated Duty Roster: RP-Duty-Roster – March 1st 2021
IIIP Schedule:
- IIIP Weekly Schedule_RP, Mar 8-12
- IIIP Weekly Schedule_CP, Mar 8-12
Wet Play:Red Air Buddy System 2021
Updated Duty Roster – RP – RP-Duty-Roster – January 11th 2021 Final

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, March 11 (Day 4)
- Curriculum Assembly, 2A
Friday, March 12 (Day 5)
- Pi Day Activities, Y4-6
- YCIS Connected Parent Webinar – Maths
- Y5-13 Assembly, 8.10-8.30am
Monday, March 15 (day 6)
- Staff Briefing (and refreshments!), 4pm, RP Auditorium, Primary.
- CP Student Council Kindness Week
Tuesday, March 16 (Day 1)
Wednesday, March 17 (Day 2)
- ECE/Y1-6 Staff Meeting:
  - 3.30pm – Yearbook/Lockdown
  - 4.00pm – Accreditation Mini-Self Study (Domains C & D)

Staff Lounge

Staff Wellbeing Update:

Staff Yoga Mondays 4.30pm-5.30pm RP Auditorium
Staff Fitness (Kirstie) –Tuesdays and Thursday – Gym Hall – 4.45-5.30pm

Kid’s Night In Reminder- Friday, May 17th 3:30-6:30

May 13, 2019 / Andrea Griego / Comments Off

Dear Teachers,

The schedules for KNI on Friday evening are posted below for RP and CP . Please read them carefully to identify where you have been assigned.

2019 KNI Schedule RP

2019 Kids Night In Yr 6 CP

Note, the pick up times are 6.30pm at RP and 6:45pm at CP because of the families who have siblings on different campuses. A reminder that it is also free dress day on Friday for all staff and students regardless if the students are staying for KNI or not. Diary reminder will go out on Wednesday.

Let Zoe or Andrea know if you have any questions. Your support to make it a fun night for the students while raising money for charity is appreciated by all.

2019 KNI Logistics

Thank you!

Headstart – Information for today’s meeting

February 25, 2019 / Andrea Griego / Comments Off

Hello Primary Staff,

During the second part of today’s meeting, the Headstart programme will be introduced. We will have a short discussion and then Year Level teams will break away to do some planning for the programme. This will be a collaborative, not cooperative process, meaning that the team will plan altogether and the planning will not be divided amongst team members. The documents that you will need for todays’ meeting are attached below. If you have a chance to review them before the meeting, please do but if not, it will not be a problem.

Thank you,

Student Support Team

Head Start! -2d3wrnm

Staff Leave for Friday, February 22 – Friday, March 1

February 21, 2019 / Andrea Griego / Comments Off

Hello Primary Staff,

Please note that John McEnhill will be away for an accreditation visit beginning tomorrow through next Friday. Please contact Andrea Griego as she will handle all cover (15821768025), including International teacher’s sick leave. Please send any messages for the Daily News to Melissa next week.

Also, Rob will be away on Training on Monday and Tuesday of next week – please refer any issues to one of the other Coordinators.

Thank you for your cooperation.

***Please note that the phone number for Andrea in the Daily News post was not correct but the number above is correct****

ESL in the Mainstream Course for New Teachers- All staff welcome

November 30, 2018 / Andrea Griego / Comments Off

Dear Teachers,

Most staff of our ECE and Primary teachers have been trained in one or both of the two ESL courses offered for staff – Teaching Young Children in English in a Multilingual Context (ECE and Lower Primary) & ESL in the Mainstream Class (Middle – Upper Primary). These courses are designed to provide opportunities for all teachers to develop an understanding of how better to support the needs of second language learners in their teaching.

Over time, we would like as many of our staff to be trained as possible. It is a big commitment as it involves 7-10 lessons with tasks and readings to complete at the end of each module. Some tasks require you to reflect on your teaching and/or the reading(s) provided, while other tasks involve you trialing strategies learned with your students in class. More importantly, it is an excellent course for teachers who teach second language children in their classrooms, which are all teachers at YCIS. The good news is that the course costs, including course booklets and snacks, are covered by the school. Now, all you need to do is sign up and participate. This is a priority and all teachers are expected to have this course completed after two years of employment at YCIS.

The course has been taken by a number of Chinese teachers in the past and the concepts and strategies taught are relevant for any language. We would encourage Chinese teachers to also take the course and use this for their own professional learning.

If you are interested in signing up, please inform Melissa or Andrea. The deadline to inform them of your interest in attending a course will be Friday, December 7th. Please see the attached overview of the 2 courses being offered –

Teaching Young Children in English in a Multilingual Context (ECE and Lower Primary)

Teaching Young Children in English in Multilingual Contexts Course Outline

ESL in the Mainstream Class (Middle – Upper Primary) –

Teaching ESL in The Mainstream Class Course Outline

The classes will begin on Thursday, January 10th and the remaining classes will be on Mondays. Please see the dates of the classes below:

January 10, 2019

January 28, 2019

February 11, 2019

February 25, 2019

March 11, 2019

March 18, 2019 (Early Years Course only)

March 25, 2019

April 8, 2019

April 15, 2019 (Early Years Course only)

April 22, 2019

April 29, 2019 (Early Years Course only)

Once registered a more detailed schedule will be sent out that will include times, venue and module titles. Please note that dates can change but we will aim to keep to the listed calendar.

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