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End of Year Task Checklist 2022-23- IMPORTANT

June 16, 2023 / / Comments Off on End of Year Task Checklist 2022-23- IMPORTANT

Morning all,

Coming to the end of the year, there are always a lot of tasks/jobs to complete. To aid you in this process, we have updated  the End of Year Task List. Please click on the following links and read through carefully.  We realise that the list is quite lengthy, but hopefully it will be very helpful when packing up. Team Leaders –  please run through this list with your team to ensure all team members are aware of what needs to be completed.

Primary End of Year Task Checklist 22-23

ECE End of Year Task Checklist 22-23

Please take note of the following important points:

  • All teachers will need to pack up their classroom and resources as floors will be polished and rooms will be repainted if needed.
  • Please do not start packing up your room until Thursday July 6th , in the last week.
  • Boxes can be collected from Support Division from Thursday, July 6th.
  • Teachers can start to pack away resources that they do not need and place then neatly in the ERC.

 

Renovation and Repairs during the Summer:

Please complete the below survey regarding any repairs or renovations that are required in your classroom/office during the summer:

Repairs/Renovations for your classroom/office this summer

We are in the process of confirming the movement plan and room allocations. This will come out soon with labels for you to use.

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to ask ECE and Primary Leaders

Thank you!

ECE & Primary Daily News – Friday, May 26

May 26, 2023 / / Comments Off on ECE & Primary Daily News – Friday, May 26

Good Morning!

Staff Absence and Cover Arrangements

  • Miriam (work from home) – no cover
  • Ash (camp) – Jade to cover pm
  • Tiffany Xie (SL) – Sheryl to cover

 

Y5 & 6 Camp return today!

Please note that Y5&6 will be returning from camp today.   Please contact Karen or another member of CLT for any matters arising.

 

Week 33-39 leopards says Be ‘Responsible’.

Please make sure to review this with your class. Give out plenty of tokens for students showing the outlined expectations.

This is the final new poster. Please make sure all new posters are placed in prominent location for easy reference by students and teachers. Old posters can now be removed for your learning space and recycled.

 

Year 3 BLC exhibition

11:00-12:00. Y3 will have their BLC exhibition for parents. This will start in the auditorium with a presentation followed by  the exhibition in Year 4 LC

 

1B Character Assembly: Be Responsible

Class 1B will have their Character Assembly this afternoon. Parents will be on campus for this event.

 

Weeks 34 & 35 Blogs to be published 

 

 

Staff Briefing (next week)

If there is anything you would like to celebrate or share in the staff briefing next week, please add the Information into the  PPT Template, and send to us by next Monday.

 

Sports day

K4 – Y3  Sports Day – Fri, 2 June

Y4~Y6 Sports Day – Fri, 9 June

 

TV Screen at RP

Thank you for sending the video/ PPT to put on the school TV, We saw lots of wonderful events happening in our school, and students enjoyed the activities.

We hope every year level can contribute 1 PPT/video once a month to showcase student learning with our school community.
If your team hasn’t sent the PPT/Video, please discuss this during your year level meeting.

All Video/PPTs can either send to Karen/ Elia or save on the T drive and notify the school office.

RP: smb://10.4.1.11/Teachers/@Teachers Pub/@ OFFICE/TV Slides

CP: smb://10.4.1.12/Teachers/CPprimary/CP Primary TV Slides

 

Important Information

 

Upcoming Dates & Events

  • Saturday 27th May
    • New teacher Induction Day (Puxi)
    • Maker Faire
  • Monday 29th May
    • Film Festival Awards Ceremony
    • Aspirational Leadership Prentations
    • Year 1 BASEline CEM assessments conducted Week 34 and 35
  • Tuesday 30th May
    • Spring Music CCA Concert 1 – CP Theatre 6:00pm
  • Wednesday 31st May
    • EOY Student Support Reviews ECE
    • Year 4 Sleepover Parent Meeting from 5pm
  • Thursday 1st June
    • EOY Student Support Reviews ECE
    • Spring Music CCA Concert 2 – CP Theatre 6:00pm
  • Friday 2nd June
    • YCIS CARES Monthly Meets at CP
    • Viewing of Screenagers at CP from 6PM
    • K4-Y3 Sports Day – @ RP

 

Staff Lounge

The Van Wyks and Perks social farewell will take place at Pistolera, Jinqiao on Friday 9 June from 5pm onwards.

Please scan the QR code below and add your name to the Wechat group so that we can have an idea of numbers.

See you there!

ECE & Primary Daily News – Thursday, May 25

May 25, 2023 / / Comments Off on ECE & Primary Daily News – Thursday, May 25

Good Morning!

Staff Absence and Cover Arrangements

 

  • Vivien Bai (sick leave) – Sheryl to cover
  • Tiffany Xie (sick leave) – Lily to cover
  • Ash Hardy (camp) – Jade to cover (pm only)

Week 33-39 leopards says Be ‘Responsible’.

Please make sure to review this with your class. Give out plenty of tokens for students showing the outlined expectations.

This is the final new poster. Please make sure all new posters are placed in prominent location for easy reference by students and teachers. Old posters can now be removed for your learning space and recycled.

 

Y5 & 6 Camp 

Please note that Y5&6 will be at camp for the rest of this week. Rob, Carrie, Michelle, Melissa will be off campus for the rest of this week and will not be regularly checking emails,  Please contact Karen or another member of CLT for any matters arising.

Good luck to everyone going on the Y5&6 camp –  have a wonderful trip!

 

Food Service Committee Meeting

To be held today in Conference Room at 9am.

 

K2 and K3 Sports Day

Access sports day information here

 

Y4 visiting CP and Y5 LC

Y4 will be at CP campus from P2 – P7 today

 

Visit from YC Silicon Valley Leader

Ms. Vivian Qian  will be visiting RP & CP today.  She will have a campus tour and this will not impact any lessons. Please see below schedule:

 

YCYW Parent Webinar Series @ 8pm

“The Future of Education” Resilience in a Complex World

add link here

 

Staff Briefing (next week)

If there is anything you would like to celebrate or share in the staff briefing, please add the Information into the  PPT Template, and send to us by next Monday.

 

Sports day

K2&K3 Sports Day – Thur, 25 May

K4 – Y3  Sports Day – Fri, 2 June

Y4~Y6 Sports Day – Fri, 9 June

 

TV Screen at RP

Thank you for sending the video/ PPT to put on the school TV, We saw lots of wonderful events happening in our school, and students enjoyed the activities.

We hope every year level can contribute 1 PPT/video once a month to showcase student learning with our school community.
If your team hasn’t sent the PPT/Video, please discuss this during your year level meeting.

All Video/PPTs can either send to Karen/ Elia or save on the T drive and notify the school office.

RP: smb://10.4.1.11/Teachers/@Teachers Pub/@ OFFICE/TV Slides

CP: smb://10.4.1.12/Teachers/CPprimary/CP Primary TV Slides

 

Important Information

 

Upcoming Dates & Events

  • Friday 26th May
    • Y1B Character Assembly-Be Responsible
    • Y5-6 Camps Return
    • New Teacher Meet-up/Dinner (Puxi)
    • Weeks 34-35 Blogs Published
    • Year 2 Team lab Field Trip
  • Saturday 27th May
    • New teacher Induction Day (Puxi)
    • Maker Faire
  • Monday 29th May
    • Film Festival Awards Ceremony
    • Aspirational Leadership Prentations
    • Year 1 BASEline CEM assessments conducted Week 34 and 35
  • Tuesday 30th May
    • Spring Music CCA Concert 1 – CP Theatre 6:00pm
  • Wednesday 31st May
    • EOY Student Support Reviews ECE
    • Year 4 Sleepover Parent Meeting from 5pm
  • Thursday 1st June
    • EOY Student Support Reviews ECE
    • Spring Music CCA Concert 2 – CP Theatre 6:00pm
  • Friday 2nd June
    • YCIS CARES Monthly Meets at CP
    • Viewing of Screenagers at CP from 6PM
    • K4-Y3 Sports Day – @ RP

 

Staff Lounge

The Van Wyks and Perks social farewell will take place at Pistolera, Jinqiao on Friday 9 June from 5pm onwards.

Please scan the QR code below and add your name to the Wechat group so that we can have an idea of numbers.

See you there!

Primary End of Year Reports: June 2023

April 28, 2023 / / Comments Off on Primary End of Year Reports: June 2023

Primary End of Year Report Instructions – June 2023

Good morning,

Leaders and Heads of Department, please to add this as an agenda item for the next team meeting.

Please find below any reminders and  updated instructions and make note of the following points:
  1. Curriculum statement:  Year level leaders, please work with your team to develop the curriculum statements English, Math, Topic and Chinese. These  will be added to each subject comment box.
  2. Character Formation Outcomes: These were added last year in the End of Year Report. Please take a look at these to familiarise yourself.
  3. Sample Comments: Teachers will find sample comments included in the guidelines, however please reach out to your YLL and the team for any support if needed.
  4. The report template is very similar to Semester 1 Report, with only the addition of Aspirational Grades for Years 5 & 6 students in Chinese, English and Mathematics.

End of Year Report-Writing-Instructions-2022-23

If you have any questions, please ask your Year Level Leader or Co-Head

Team leaders, please add this as an agenda item in your next team meeting. if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the co-heads.

 

Thank you!

Primary April Progress Reports 2023

February 13, 2023 / / Comments Off on Primary April Progress Reports 2023
Good Morning!

Preparation for the April Progress Reports commence this week.

We have attached the Progress Report Instructions outlining expectations and the timeline to support you in completing these reports. For this report, teachers across all subjects (including specialist teachers) will be asked to provide an effort grade for each of the Approaches to Learning (ATL) Criteria.

Semester 2 April Progress-Report-Procedures and Guidelines.docx

Please make note of the following points:

  • EAL teachers please make note of the timelines set and pass comments directly to class teachers. These will be combined with the general comment.
  • Specialists teachers are also asked to share any comments necessary for students directly to teachers as this can provide a good picture of how the child is or is settling in for parents.
  • Moderation of effort marks is also scheduled into the timeline.
  • This is the first time we have done April Semester Two Progress Reports – Please see below key points and ideas of what can be included within the comment:

Below are some areas of focus you could include in the comment:

  • Return to school  – How they have settled back since holiday
  • ATLs towards achieving their aspirational goals and grades
  • Key areas of discussions within LC
  • Students involvement in CNY celebration activities

Do make sure that general comments from Semester 1 report do not conflict with what you write in your general comment for this report.

Please can we ask the Year Level Leaders to run through the guidelines in your team meetings this week.

If you have any questions, please inform Heads of Primary.

School Photos: Week 11 (November 9th, 10th & 11th)

November 4, 2022 / / Comments Off on School Photos: Week 11 (November 9th, 10th & 11th)

Dear ECE and Y1-4 Staff,

Please see below important information regarding the upcoming School Photographs at RP, including the schedule.

Please note the following important points:

  • The Primary School photographs will take place between Wednesday, November 9  – Friday, November 11
  • Photos take place in the ECE Library
  • Both class photos and individual portraits will be taken for ALL students.

On the photo day:

  • Please be on time – the schedule is tight
  • Bring your students in order of the register (alphabetical) as this will make the process quicker

Staff Photos

  • Staff will need to have their individual photos taken. Class teachers to have theirs taken at the same time as their class,
  • For non-teaching staff – you will need to take department team photos as well as individual photos
  • Specialists/EAL/LS should go to the photo venue (ECE Library) at some point during their prep time. It is very important that every staff member has their individual photograph taken, as we will use them for the Year Book.
  • The staff group photos will take place on Wednesday 9th The ECE photo will take place at 3:35pm, and the Primary Photo will take place straight afterwards at 3.50pm on the steps near the Parent Room. We will also have a whole ECE and Primary Photo. Please note that all teachers need to attend this photoshoot and should be dressed professionally.

 Please can class teachers include a reminder of the photograph day in the student diaries a day or two before the scheduled day. The message could be as follows (but feel free to amend as necessary):

The annual school photographs will be taken this week. Our class will have their photograph taken on ………………………….. On this day all children should come to school looking smart and wearing the formal school uniform. As the class photograph will also be taken, we would like consistency in what the children are wearing (please delete following sections that are not applicable to your students)

K2 Students – Please send them to school that day wearing smart/neat clothing.

K3 & K4 Students – YCIS sports shirt and blue shorts. Ensure running shoes are clean and paired with white socks. No dresses or school button up shirts.

Primary Students –Students should wear their cotton shirts and red blazers. Boys should wear their blue winter trousers. Girls can wear winter skorts or their winter trousers. All students should wear their black dress shoes. If your child has PE on that day, it will be necessary for them to change to their sports uniform before/after their photograph has been taken.

Schedule for School Photos 2021 – RP

 

 

End of Year and Leaving Certificates June 2022

June 21, 2022 / / Comments Off on End of Year and Leaving Certificates June 2022

Dear Co-Teachers,

Like last year, we will give an individualized award to every student which celebrates an area they have tried hard or excelled at over the year.

With this in mind, we have prepared the award template. These awards should be shared at class parties in the last week.

You will find the templates for these certificates below (separate templates for RP and CP)

Action points

End of Year Certificates

  • Create a certificate for each student with their name and the reason for their award, by changing the names and reasons currently on the template.  You can work with specialists and EAL teachers (if relevant and necessary) to find an appropriate reason. You can use the comments from the specialists for the reports to help you.
  • Make sure you insert both co-teachers’ names at the bottom of the certificate.
  • Please ensure that the reason for the certificate starts with “For….”.
    E.G: For always being willing to ask for help when she needs it
  • The reason should be appropriate and reflect something positive they have done or worked at this year. A set of sample reasons is attached for your reference below. Possible Encouragement Award Reasons
  • The reason should not be “jokey”-e.g “For being the biggest chatterbox”. Find something genuine to celebrate.
  • Please give an individualised reason for each student.
  • Once you have typed up your certificates, send a soft copy of them to one of your colleagues to proofread. Please ensure you do not send certificates home with any errors or typos.
  • Class teachers then create a PDF version of each certificate and send this PDF version to the students via email. 

Leaving Certificates

  • Students who are leaving at the end of the school year, please can you present to them the Leaving Certificate also. This can be presented at the class party or the last Year Level Assembly.
  • These certificates will again be made into a PDF and then emailed to specific students via email.

Templates

End of Year Certificates for RP & CP2021-22

Leaving Certificate 2021-22

PLEASE CAREFULLY CHECK THE BACKGROUND FOR CP AND RP CERTIFICATES AS THEY ARE DIFFERENT!

 

Please let us know if you have any questions

School Photographs: November 22-24 (RP)

November 12, 2021 / / Comments Off on School Photographs: November 22-24 (RP)

Dear ECE and Y1-4 Staff,

Please see below important information regarding the upcoming School Photographs at RP, including the schedule.

Please note the following important points:

  • The Primary School photographs will take place between Monday, November 22  – Wednesday, November 24
  • Photos take place in the ECE Library
  • Both class photos and individual portraits will be taken for ALL students.

On the photo day:

  • Please be on time – the schedule is tight
  • Bring your students in order of the register (alphabetical) as this will make the process quicker

Staff Photos

  • Staff will need to have their individual photos taken. Class teachers to have theirs taken at the same time as their class,
  • Specialists/EAL/LS should go to the photo venue (ECE Library) at some point during their prep time. It is very important that every staff member has their individual photograph taken, as we will use them for the Year Book.
  • The staff group photos will take place on Monday 22nd The ECE photo will take place at 3.45pm, and the Primary Photo will take place straight afterwards at 3.55pm on the steps near the Parent Room. Please note that all teachers need to attend this photoshoot and should be dressed professionally.

 Please can class teachers include a reminder of the photograph day in the student diaries a day or two before the scheduled day. The message could be as follows (but feel free to amend as necessary):

The annual school photographs will be taken this week. Our class will have their photograph taken on ………………………….. On this day all children should come to school looking smart and wearing the formal school uniform. As the class photograph will also be taken, we would like consistency in what the children are wearing (please delete following sections that are not applicable to your students)

K2 Students – Please send them to school that day wearing smart/neat clothing.

K3 & K4 Students – YCIS sports shirt and blue shorts. Ensure running shoes are clean and paired with white socks. No dresses or school button up shirts.

Primary Students –Students should wear their cotton shirts and red blazers. Boys should wear their blue winter trousers. Girls can wear winter skorts or their winter trousers. All students should wear their black dress shoes. If your child has PE on that day, it will be necessary for them to change to their sports uniform before/after their photograph has been taken.

Schedule for School Photos 2021 – RP

 

 

 

 

BOY Assessment 2021-22

September 6, 2021 / / Comments Off on BOY Assessment 2021-22

Good Morning!

Please see attached the BOY Assessment guidelines. The following assessments need to be completed over the next few weeks. 

Year levels can decide when assessments take place, though, please make sure it is consistent across the year level.

Moderation and all data needs to have been completed and uploaded to PS, by September 28 (Thursday, Week 5)

English

  • PM Benchmark reading assessment
  • HFW
  • WTW Spelling assessment
  • Handwriting Without Tears screener – Years 1-3 only
  • Writing assessment – New writing prompt 

Mathematics:

  • Students (Years 2-6) will complete the CEM Mathematics Assessment
  • WRM assessments will take place later in the year (Autumn, Spring, and Summer)

CEM

  • All year levels to complete from Week 3 – Week 5 – Teachers to be given Teacher kits in Week 2

Please see the guidelines attached for BOY Assessments. All guidance and documents needed can be found on the server at smb://10.4.1.11/Teachers/@Teachers Pub/@PRIMARY/Curriculum/Assessment & Reporting/2021-22 Assessments/BOY

BY-Assessment-Guidelines-2021-22

Points to note:

  1. There is a new pathway on the server to access these documents. This is also in the guidance doc.
  2. Year level leaders, please run through all assessments with your team at your next team meeting

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