Wutaishan will be hosting our PYP skipping competition on Friday, November 27th from 8:10 to 8:40 a.m.
PYP teachers please remind our students to wear their house shirts on Friday.
Grade 1 to 5 teachers will need to be in their houses before you head to the blue gym.
Aim to be in the gym for an 8:10 start.
House groups will be skipping together.
Please sit on the bleachers with your house teams.
Stay light on your feet and keep on skipping.
A reminder of our final run through after school today (Wednesday)!
This will be our last chance to rehearse, so ALL CAST AND CREW please arrive on time at 3:05 – straight after school. We will go over the Fezziwig Party scene, the Portly Gentlemen scene and Marley’s Face technical first and then straight into a run through.
Please do not be late! We will not begin until everyone is present.
This year’s MYP/DP Production of Scrooge! will be a promenade performance. This description from the Scottish Arts Council explains what this means:
In Promenade the staging or performance area may be set in various locations in a venue. There may even be no distinction between the area the audience sit or stand in and the space for action. The audience inhabit, not just watch, a space.
Seating will be extremely limited! But you’ll not want to sit down as you are swept into the action and become part of the world the old miser Mr Scrooge inhabits!
Performances: 26 & 27 November, 7:00pm
Tickets available from reception free of charge.
FRIDAY SOLD OUT!!!!!
A handful of tickets remaining for Thursday.
We are planning to run an after-school football session for budding ACAMIS footballers starting this Wednesday. The session will run from 3.15pm – 4.15pm for the next four weeks. Contact Mr Battye or Mr Wiggins if you are interested. We will only run the sessions if we have at least 10 players.
Thanks,
Girls and boys G9-12 Inter house Basketball will take place in the Blue gym today at lunch time. Make sure you have your house shirts if you are playing.
Here are some comments from non native English students from around the world on increasing comprehensibility
Please use easier words.
Explain important words with smaller words.
Please speak slowly and clearly.
Please write more clearly on the board.
Don’t give difficult words in test questions.
Repeat what other students say when they ask a question or give an answer.
Let us explain things in our own language to people who don’t understand something.
If you would like to participate in a gift giving game at the staff Christmas TGIF on Friday December 11th there are 2 options (see below.) If you don’t want to participate in a gift giving game please just turn up to enjoy a drink and some snacks. The sign up lists are on the board in the Staff Room.
1. “Yankee Swap” (like the previous 3 years)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle …. Regift!
or
2. Traditional Secret Santa
Sorry grade 6 students.
6A has Life 101 with Mr. T in the blue gym on Day 3 Block 1.
Thanks,
Ms. Bezzerides
Dear all,
Please refer to the message below from Laurie.
Lucy
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New Structure Team 2015
Pedagogy and Curriculum Leaders –
Kath Adams, Katie Ham, Luiz Melo, Tom Johnson
Strategy Projects Leader –
Joanne Andrews
Inclusion Advocate –
Sarah Thawley
Co-curricular Co-ordinator –
Danny Clarke
Thank you to all the teachers who applied.
You are very welcome to attend the lunch committee meeting on Tuesday 24th October at 12:45 in the board meeting room (room H303- third floor in the centre) so that you can share and discuss your ideas about our school food.
Lunch will be provided.
Dear All,
Just a reminder about the EARCOS Journal submission deadline. The deadline is December 1st, 2015.
If you are still undecided about writing for the EARCOS Journal, why? You can write about so many topics. Plus, it’s not too late!
You can write about:
Community Service Projects
Campus Development – New building plans, under construction, just completed.
Curriculum Initiatives – New and exciting adoption efforts, and creative teacher ideas.
Green and Sustainable – Related to campus development and/or curriculum.
Student Art – We will highlight HS art in Fall issue, MS art in Winter issue, and ES art in Spring issue
Student Literary Work – Short stories, poetry, scholarly writing.
Service Learning
Action Research
If you have any questions, let me know. I also have detailed information about submitting your writing.
Thanks!
Grace
Dear overseas staff,
The monthly visit of OWC & PingAn of this month will be on Nov. 25, 2015 (Wed.) from 11:15 to 16:00 @ H303 Board Meeting Room, Centre. This is their last visit of 2015. The next visit will be on Jan. 20, 2016 (Wed.) from 11:30 to 16:00 @ H301 Dancing Studio, Centre.
Best wishes,
Clara
Don’t forget that there is a growing bank of advisory activities on the Counselling Website, here.
