Good Morning!

Wish you a smooth 1st eLearning day! Here are some relate information regarding e-Learning:

Staff absent:

Lina Fei -Kristeen to cover
Eva Wang – Maggie to cover
Sunny Li- Suhang to cover

Hazel- Kathleen to cover
Rob G- Annique to cover

Sam Taylor

Derek Anderson

Teams Login info

TEAMs Login Info – ECE and PRI

e-Learning Timetable

ECE e-Learning Timetable:

Primary e-Learning timetables: https://jonbanks.cowtransfer.com/s/75fd7766269f45

e-Learning handbooks:

• • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 – Teacher version
  • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 Student Version
  • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 Parent Version

Please be aware, if parents have difficulty arranging students for home e-Learning, students can come to school. In that scenario, we will work by individual case and make the supervision schedule accordingly.

Staff Webinar recording link:

We know there were a few staff unable to make the webinar just now, so please click here to download a recording if it is helpful for you.

Cancel — Yoga Invitation/Autumn Staff Wellness Program 22-23/YCIS PUDONG

The last yoga session scheduled this Friday afternoon on RP campus has to be cancelled due to local Covid developments in this challenging period. Sorry for any inconvenience that may have caused. Thanks for your understanding.

Reminders and Important Information – please check these:

• Mid-Year Report Guidelines – Primary – https://blogs.pd.ycis-sh.com/pdprimarycurriculum/2022/11/11/primary-mid-year-report-guidelines-2022/

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, 15th December

• YCYW Parent Webinar Series @ 8pm:
  “University Pathways” THe YCYW Guide to University Success

Reminders and Important Information – please check these:

• Character Formation – Play Spaces
  • Expectation for the Football field
  • Expectations for the Basketball Court
  • Expectations for the CourtyardPlaygrounds
• e-Learning handbooks:
  • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 – Teacher version
  • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 Student Version
  • YCIS Pudong e-Learning Handbook 2022-11-11 Parent Version
• Character Education – Expectation for the Washroom
• Mid-Year Report Guidelines – Primary – https://blogs.pd.ycis-sh.com/pdprimarycurriculum/2022/11/11/primary-mid-year-report-guidelines-2022/
• RP House Colours – for Staff RP Teacher House Allocation.docx
• Character Focus – Expectation for the Cafeteria
• Committee List:  here
• Menus this week:
  • Breakfast Menu – YCIS Breakfast Menu 12.5-12.9
  • YCIS_RP_ECE_Set_Menu__12_5_ to_12_9
  • YCIS__Vegetarian_Set_Menu_12_5_ to_12_9
  • YCIS_RP_Primary_Set_Menu_12_5_ to_12_9
  • YCIS_CP_Primary&Secondary_Set_Menu_12_5_ to_12_9
• Strategic plans on the professional blog, linked here
• Performing Arts Resources
  • IIIP Weekly Schedule_CP, Dec 5-9[3]
  • IIIP Weekly Schedule_RP, Dec 5-9[2]
  • Pri Daily News RP Recess CCA schedule – Week 15
• RP Duty Roster – updated Sept 19
• CP Supervision Duty Schedule updated Sept 5
• PD Mondays: https://www.ycywportal.com/professional-development
• TEAMs Login Info – ECE and PRI
• School Handbook and Teacher Bios
  • School Handbook – English Version
  • School Handbook – Chinese version

Upcoming Dates

• Tuesday, 13th December
  • Year 5 & Year 6 Christmas Assembly (1pm) – postponed
  • Whole staff online webinar-3:30
• Wednesday, 14th December
• Thursday, 15th December
  • 90th Anniversary – Winter Music CCA Concert 3 (Recordings) (RP CCAs only) – All Day – CP Theatre – postponed
  • YCYW Parent Webinar Series @ 8pm:
    “University Pathways” THe YCYW Guide to University Success
• Friday, 16th December
  • Staff Christmas Party – evening – postponed

Staff Absence and Cover Arrangements

Lylia Li(sick leave) – Celia to cover
Stacey Zhang –  Dany to cover
Lina Fei (sick Leave). Kristeen to cover

Just a reminder that if you have taken sick leave, please upload the PCR negative test report to the leave application form prior to coming onto campus. For those who have been in lockdown, please send the PCT test report to the office prior to coming onto campus.

Leaders Off Campus

VPs & Co-Ps –  SLT

Please contact the Heads of ECE/Primary, or Karen/Elia for any matters arising.

AQI – Green

Events Happening Today

Primary Weeks 13 and 14 Blogs published

Book Week Schedule – Friday, November 18:

• Red courtyard not available for morning recess (and if raining/red air, not available for lunch recess).

• Year 1 & 2, please go promptly from lining-up outside at the end of first recess, to upstairs in the gym for the Primary Assembly (10:10am start).

• Year 3 & 4, snack/recess is indoors and moved forward to 9:50am-10:00am

• FYI, Year 5 & 6 are staying at RP for lunch (in the gym and courtyard if raining/red air). Thank you, Year 5 & 6 teachers, for the organisation needed to supervise students during their lunch and recess.

• Primary Assembly in the Gym (may run 5 minutes longer than planned)

We’re doing it just like the old days! Students will be seated on the carpet, Year 1 at the front, followed by Year 2 etc. Thank you for keeping an aisle space in the centre.

• Primary Parade

Each Year 1 to 4 year-level, to sit along each of the red courtyard walls, like last year. 1A start the parade with one loop around the courtyard, then outside via the door opposite 1C. If the weather is fine, students will continue to parade up around the Year 5 & 6 students, back in the door near the office, into and around the courtyard, back to their seat. 1B, 1C etc to follow, through to Year 6.

• Livestream photography

All ECE & Primary co-teachers, if it is raining or red air, thank you for gathering your class together briefly in the red courtyard, after your class PCR test. The livestream photographer will take some brief, informal photos of groups. The aim is for fun, casual photos and to move-on. If it is not raining, the photos will happen outside the front steps, near the circular flower bed, after PCR testing. The livestream photography will continue during both parades.

•  Class photos in costume

Don’t forget to take your own class photo of you and students in costume. Always useful for Year Book pages! Thank you for uploading your best student photos from the week (especially reading in pyjamas, buddy reading and costumes), onto Teams (ECE & Primary Teachers>School Life & Events>Book Week).

YCIS CARES Monthly Meets at CP for Parents/Guardians

This event will take place at CP Campus. All Learning support staff will be off campus.  As learning support staff are off campus, please can we ask that the following specialist/EAL teachers to support the following year levels during the Book Week Assembly and Primary Parade.

Specialist Support Staff – Please work with these year levels and offer support during the assembly and parade. 

–Year 1  -Alex T/ Megan  / Mira / Kathleen 

–Year 2 – Ashley / Lumka / Diana 

– Year 3– Brooke /  Victoria / Jessy

–Year 4 – Steve / Emma / Sam. M 

 –Year 5 – Annique / Meena

–Year 6 – Christine / Karina

School Visitors

Today we will have 3 teachers visiting from East Shanghai Experimental School. They will be joining us for the Book Assembly and the Primary Book Week Parade. They will also be visiting specialists and other various classes. There is no special planning for teachers to do except to make them feel welcome. Thank you!

Message from Year 4 – **Calling all Performers**

Year 4 will be starting a unit on playscripts and we were wondering if any teachers had a secret/hidden/outspoke/active talent for or experience in acting on the stage and would be willing to do a 5-10 minute presentation on “must-haves” for budding actors (Year 4 students). Please email Ginger or Suzanne if you would be up for this and we will work out a time to have you. We will start this in Week 14. Brava!

Reminders and Important Information – please check these:

• Mid-Year Report Guidelines – Primary – https://blogs.pd.ycis-sh.com/pdprimarycurriculum/2022/11/11/primary-mid-year-report-guidelines-2022/
• RP House Colours –RP Teacher House Allocation
• Character Focus – Expectation for the Cafeteria
• Committee List: 22-23 School Committees.xlsx

Menus Next Week:

• Breakfast Menu

YCIS Breakfast Menu – 11/21-11/25

• YCIS Weekly Set Lunch Menu:

YCIS__Vegetarin_Set_Menu -11/21_ to_11/25

YCIS_CP_Primary & Secondary_Set_Menu -11/21_ to_11/25

YCIS_RP_ECE_Set_Menu_- 11/21_ to_11/25

YCIS_RP_Primary_Set_Menu – 11/21_ to_11/25

Strategic plans on the professional blog: Link Here 

Performing Arts Resources:

IIIP Weekly Schedule_RP, Nov 14-18

IIIP Weekly Schedule_CP, Nov 14-18

Primary Daily News RP Recess CCA schedule: Pri Daily News RP Recess CCA schedule – Week 12

RP Duty Roster: Duty-Roster-Excel-Doc-22-23Sep-5th-updated
CP Supervision Duty Schedule updated: Supervision-Duty-Schedule-CP-2022-23-Sept-5
PD Mondays: https://www.ycywportal.com/professional-development

TEAMs Login Info: TEAMs-Login-Info-ECE-and-PRI

Upcoming Dates

• Monday, Nov 21

School visit from Puxi Campus – Year 4-6 Learning Communities

Primary Chinese PLC Meeting

K3 Parent Coffee Morning – Coffee Commune

• Tuesday, Nov 22

Primary Chinese Mid Year Exams

• Wednesday, Nov 23

Year 4 Parent Tours – 8:30am (Presentation in the ECE Parent Room followed by campus tour)

K4A/B Parent Tours

Primary Chinese Mid Year Exams Continue

Caribou Round 2

Part 2 Language Scaffolds – Support students language needs – Lead by Kathleen Wu

Y3D Character Assembly-Be Learner

• Thursday, Nov 24

Year 4 Parent Tours 10:30am (Presentation in the ECE Parent Room followed by campus tour)

Caribou Round 2

• Friday, Nov 25

Year 4 Parent Tours 1:30pm (Presentation in the ECE Parent Room followed by campus tour)

Food Service Committee Meeting 2

K4 Coffee Morning – Coffee Commune

Kerry Pudong Christmas Tree Lighting Gala (Pri. & Sec. students performing evening)

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. This has been added to the timeline and are due to Jon and I on Friday, Week 12.
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 further samples.

Mid-Year-Report-Writing-Instructions-2022-23

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

Good Morning!

Preparation for the October 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 will be asked to provide an effort grade for each of the Approaches to Learning (ATL) Criteria.

Progress-Report-Procedures-Oct-2022-23

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 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.
• There are sample comments in the guidance document for teachers to review, however to support our new teachers or those that are new to the year level, I would like to ask teams to please share some comments as examples amongst your team. This can be organised through the year level leader or comments place in your team folder.

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 let Jon or myself know.

Enjoy the week ahead!

Afternoon,

Please see below the EOY Report instructions. The report format for Semester 2 has been adapted due to the current circumstances. Please make note of the following changes:

Subject Areas

• English and Chinese – Parent strands will be assessed. Sub strands have been removed.
• Topic – An overall mark given for Science and one for Social Science.
• Personal Development – These descriptors have been removed and a final general comment will be all that is required.

Curriculum Strands and Comments

• All subjects will require curriculum statements including specialist subjects.
• Core subjects of Math, English, Chinese & Topic will require comments as per normal, however word limit has been reduced.
• Specialists will be required to comment and acknowledge those students that have engaged in specialist lessons and submitted work.
• Sample comments and guidelines for what to include in each comment has been included in the guidelines attached.

 EOY-Report-Writing-Instructions-June 2022

EOY e-Learning Primary Template Report 2022 – sample template of report

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!

Good morning everyone,

And it’s finally arrived! Not only is it the last day of the Semester and the holidays start from holiday…but we also find out who the Number 1 Christmas song from Dj Covers and DJ Sparkles!

And at this point, I was to say a huge thank you to both Marc and Jamie (DJ Covers and DJ Sparkles, just in case you hadn’t worked it out 😁) for putting together these daily shows. You are responsible for lifting the spirits of everyone here at YCIS Pudong. Thank you so much.

Air Quality – Green Level

Staff Absent

• Sophie Zhang (sick leave). Gregory Liu to cover

Christmas Activities

Lots going on today:

• CP Christmas Party
  • 8:10: Homeroom as scheduled an student attendance taken
  • 8:20: Movement to Theatre
  • 8:30: Y5-Y13 Christmas Assembly in Theatre
  • 9:30: Morning Recess
  • 10:00: Christmas House Activities (SEC)
  • 12:00: PRI Lunch / SEC Homeroom Christmas parties
  • 12:50: SEC Lunch / PRI Homeroom Christmas parties
  • 13:45: Student Council Christmas Quiz
  • 15:30: End of day and S1
• Christmas Free Dress Day
• Year 3-4 Christmas Parties

Make sure you take lots of photos of the Christmas activities for the Yearbook.

Primary Christmas Assembly – 10.40am

This will take place via Zomo – see link below at 10.40am today. We will need to start promptly, as some classes will have their parties straight afterwards, so please be on time. Classes to stay in own classrooms (Y4-6 can be together in their learning community).

https://meeting.zomo.com.cn/j/6646933484

During the assembly, there will be a Christmas joke section during which I will ask one class per year level to say a Christmas joke. It can be from a teacher (assuming it is age appropriate 😁) or from a student. Please can Teams choose one class per year level, and all they would need to do it to unmute themselves and say the joke loud and clearly when Sissy and I call the year level. If you don’t know any Christmas jokes, then please see the following list of jokes, provided by our very own DJ Covers and DJ Sparkles:

Christmas Jokes

Being prepared for e-learning

Please ensure that everyone takes home their devices this holiday, and is prepared for any form of e-learning, should it be necessary.

• 2021-22-ECE-e-Learning-Contingency-Plan-Updated
• 2021-22-Primary-e-Learning-Contingency-Plan-updated
• YCIS ECE Guide to Online Learning ENG edited version
• YCISPD Primary Guide to E-learning ENGv

Staff Christmas Social – Friday, Dec 17, 4.30pm @ Kerry (The Brew)

Looking forward to seeing you at the Brew tonight. Please see below the arrangements:

And on that note, we just wanted to say a huge thank you for everyone’s efforts this semester, and for getting though this difficult time. We are very grateful for everything that you do.

Hope you all have a very happy, healthy and safe Christmas!

Reminders

• Teams & Classin Video tutorials
  • Go the All Staff teams channel and access video resources here
• E-Learning Contingency Plans – please read through to ensure you are familiar with the plans and procedures:
  • 2021-22 ECE e-Learning Contingency Plan – Updated
  • 2021-22 Primary e-Learning Contingency Plan-updated
• Leave procedures
  • • Leave application – Digital
    • APPUserManual
• Duty Rosters:
  • ECE Gate duty_Sep
  • DUTY RP-ROSTER-Nov-22 (Week13)
  • Supervision Duty Schedule 2021-22 (Sept 24)

Good Morning!

Just two shows to go before Christmas…

Air Quality – Orange Level

Staff Absent

• All here!

ECE Teacher Panto,

9.00-10.30am, Auditorium

Y4 Piano Ensemble Trio B 

Lunch Recess 12:30-12:55 (309) – Ms. Diana

Class Christmas Parties

Y1-2 taking place today

Being prepared for e-learning

As you would have heard, there have been some Covid cases in and around Shanghai in recent weeks. We of course do not know what the situation will be like in a few weeks’ time, but we just wanted to remind all teachers to make sure that they are fully prepared for  e-learning should it be required after the holidays. Please ensure you are familiar with the e-learning plan in the case that full or partial e-learning is required. Please also take your laptops home with you during the summer or on your travels in the case that you have to do e-learning at home, as there is always a possibility of compounds/hotels being placed in quarantine, as was the case recently. Very much hoping of course that everything is smooth, but it is always good to be prepared.

Just as a refresher, please ensure you have read through the following guides and booklets:

• 2021-22-ECE-e-Learning-Contingency-Plan-Updated
• 2021-22-Primary-e-Learning-Contingency-Plan-updated
• YCIS ECE Guide to Online Learning ENG edited version
• YCISPD Primary Guide to E-learning ENGv

Staff Christmas Social – Friday, Dec 17, 4.30pm @ Kerry (The Brew)

Remember to sign up for the Staff Christmas Social by the end of today! – see QR code below (click to enlarge)

Reminders

• Teams & Classin Video tutorials
  • Go the All Staff teams channel and access video resources here
• E-Learning Contingency Plans – please read through to ensure you are familiar with the plans and procedures:
  • 2021-22 ECE e-Learning Contingency Plan – Updated
  • 2021-22 Primary e-Learning Contingency Plan-updated
• IIIP Schedules
  • IIIP Weekly Schedule_RP, Dec 13 -17[2]
  • IIIP Weekly Schedule_CP, Dec 13-17[2]
• Leave procedures
  • • Leave application – Digital
    • APPUserManual
• Duty Rosters:
  • ECE Gate duty_Sep
  • DUTY RP-ROSTER-Nov-22 (Week13)
  • Supervision Duty Schedule 2021-22 (Sept 24)

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, December 17 (Day X)
  • CP Christmas Party
  • Christmas Free Dress Day
  • Parent Hot Chocolate at gate
  • Staff Christmas Social, Kerry, 4.30pm
  • Year 4 Christmas Party
  • Christmas Assembly,. Y1-6, online, 10.40-11.10am

STAFF LOUNGE

Message from Chris Perks

• Canvas picture (60 x 40 cm) looking for a home (free) – see attached picture
• Send me an email to me (Chris Perks) if interested

1. Comments: Specialist teachers will be updated with comment expectations soon.
2. 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. Please pass them to Jon and Melissa by Week 12 or as soon as they are done.
3. Before you commence writing your comments, the first step is to ensure that your PS is up-to-date and that you review grades given.
4. It is also a good time for you to start making notes for student comments.

Mid-Year-Report-Writing-Instructions-2021-22