Good Afternoon!

As stated on the calendar, the October ATL Progress Reports will be sent out to parents on Friday, 20th October. This informs the parents how their child has progressed and settled in the first weeks of school. As you know, this year we will be completing all reports on ManageBac.

Please see below the guidelines for report writing, which includes the instructions as to how to complete the reports on ManageBac. During our staff meeting on Wednesday afternoon we will run through these instructions.

Primary ATL Progress Report Instructions – 2023-24

If you have any questions, please let Jon or I know.

Dear all,

As you know, over these next week and a half, our main task is packing up the classrooms. Please see the End of Year Packing/Task Checklist, Room Number & Use documents and Staff List to find out where your classroom will be next year.

• End of Year Packing-Up Checklist – Attached is a checklist outlining packing-up actions, Library, IT and such. Please ensure you have read this information thoroughly
  • ECE-End-of-Year-Task-checklist-2022-23
  • Primary-End-of-Year-Task-checklist-2022-23
  • CP End of Year Packing Up Check List 2022-2023 (Year 5 & 6 only)

• Label for Boxes & Furniture – Please print copies of this and only use this label for identifying classroom items. Please print the following bilingual label:
  • ECE & RP Box & Furniture Label
  • CP Box & Furniture Label

• RP & CP Campus Room Use – Please also refer to the attached, noting all classroom and office allocations for next year.
  • ECE & Primary Staff List 2023-24
  • RP Room Number & Usage 2023-24
  • CP Room Number and Use 2023-24

Please take note of the following important points:

• It is extremely important that everything is labelled for both Primary RP & CP…desks, chairs, furniture etc.
• Personal resources must be labelled clearly as we don’t want boxes and materials lost.
• Place any shared resources carefully in the ERC. Please do not leave them on the floor and place them on the correct shelf.
• Items that are stored in fixed shelves can remain.

Reminder -Summer Renovations

• Each year we also ensure that repairs are undertaken before the start of the academic year. Please can we ask that Year Level Leaders work with your teams to check all classrooms/learning areas and make note of any repairs needed. Please complete the survey below and submit these repairs.
  • CP Campus –  https://forms.office.com/r/PCiL6bJUan .
  • RP Campus – https://forms.office.com/r/KkDg0X3wNW

Please feel free to speak with Year Level Leaders or Co-Heads if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Melissa & Jon

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.
• Once certificates are completed, class teachers can collect good paper from the office for printing.  

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.
• Once certificates are completed, class teachers can collect good paper from the office for printing.  In previous years, class teachers have put a couple of photos on the back of this certificate and students have signed their name.  Please decide as a year level. 

Templates

EOY-Certificates-22-23

Leaving-Certificate-2022-23

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

Please let us know if you have any questions

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!