The attached list of students will be out of school on Thu 27 and Fri 28 Oct, for the ACAMIS Volleyball Competition in Tianjin. If you have any concerns, please contact me. Thanks

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Dear All,

We have now got a second date for First Aid training confirmed. This is November 19th. Please send me a message by Thursday if you are interested in First Aid training on this date. It is an all day course leading to an internationally recognised certificate  provided by ISOS. A reminder that to coach next year you will need a first aid qualification.

Thanks.

Hello Middle and Upper School Teachers,

Please have a look at the attached schedule for our annual Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) visit happening during Week 11. As previously noted these sessions will cause some disruption to our normal classes, but are a critical part of our overall programme.

Please see Kasson with any scheduling concerns or Gretchen/Kris with any specific questions about FCD. We will meet with our two FCD visitors as a staff on Tuesday Week 11.

Thanks for your flexibility!

2016 FCD Visit Schedule

Dear All, Chartwells will provide the following food choices on Thursday for the 3-way conference:

Beef lasagna and yellow rice with corn, cauliflower fritters in Center Cafe.

The Delimarche bar in the Cafeteria will also be open on 3-way conference day.

Hello Upper School Teachers,

Please see Kasson this week for any items relating to Grades 10-12. Juan will return on Monday of next week. He is in Colombia spending time with his family after the death of his father. He has expressed his gratitude for our support during this difficult time. Thanks.

Dear all,

Pls refer to the attached SLT meeting minutes of Sep 21 & 28.

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Lucy

Due to 3-way conferences, the Learning Alchemists Environment next meeting will be

Thursday, October 20

in the Strategy Room at Lunch

we will read the attached article.

Please remember, you can drop in and leave any time. 🙂

Contact Tom Johnson for more details

Article for Oct 13

Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning-A Response to Kirschner Sweller and Clark 2006.pdf

Past Articles

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• why-minimal-guidance-during-instruction-does-not-work-an-analysis-of-the-failure-of-constructivist-discovery-problem-based-experimental-and-inquiry-based-teaching
• problem-based-learning-is-compatible-wtih-human-cognitive-architecture-commentary-on-kirschner-sweller-and-clark

Hello All, The Social Committee Calendar has been updated.
We will not have an event this week – and there is less frequency of activities.
The updated calendar will be hanging in the staff room.
We would like to highlight the following:

There are still two places available for the First Aid training course on November 12th. The course will result in an internationally recognised certificate from ISOS (see details attached). Please note that if you intend to coach a sport next year you must have an up to date First Aid certificate.  See me for more details.

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Grade 11 will begin their Extended Essay journey in November! We have a new guide starting this year (attached) with some major changes. If anyone is interested in supervising a student in Grade 11 that has perhaps not supervised in the past, please come and see me. In particular I am looking for someone to supervise Psychology and Economics Extended Essays.  guide_extended_essay2018