Month: November 2024

Good morning,

I/we are looking for at least 2 student coaches who have a passion and interest in developing their own leadership and communication skills by supporting the U12 Volleyball season.

This would count as a volunteering and GCD opportunity.

We truly value our older student athletes being role models for our younger students so please come and see Mr Dutton if you have an interest in doing this.

The season starts in Week 18 and finishes in Week 26

Training sessions are on Monday’s 15:15-16:15

We are excited to share some fantastic news.

We have successfully uploaded your students’ RIT scores to IXL! Students now have their personalized NWEA MAP study plans that list the IXL skills they are ready to work on next, based on their individual RIT scores.

Students and teachers can find the study plans pinned at the top of the Skill Plans page in their accounts by hovering over the Learning tab!

The study plans will also be available to students using the mobile apps.  

So what to do next?

If you have any questions please ask!

The IT Support Team!

Every month, EARCOS offers a range of free and paid courses. For more information on coming events, check out this  link. There is also a great library of past events in the form of free webinars, which you can find here.

Here are just some of the great free events coming soon!

Current & Upcoming Events
View upcoming events and access our list of sponsored value-packed webinars. These are full of insights into international education, provided by leading-edge panelists including subject-matter experts, Leadership, Governance, Assessment, Curriculum, and many more.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Presented by Mary Ann De Rosa

This interactive webinar on designing culturally responsive curriculum, teaching, and learning experiences shifts the DEIJ conversation from reflection to action. Through a lesson simulation, participants will understand how culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy looks, sounds, and feels in the classroom. The webinar will share strategies for creating curriculum and instruction that are inclusive and culturally relevant. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own teaching methods, identify gaps, and access tools and resources to support their own curriculum development.

 Saturday, December 14, 2024
Tailored Interventions and Accelerations: Addressing Diverse Student Needs
(Session 4 of 4 | Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Instructional Coherence Webinar Series)

Presented by Erma Anderson

Instructional coherence means ensuring that every element of instruction — from core instruction to interventions to extended time—works together to advance grade-level student experiences. At the most basic level, a coherent instructional system builds academic and socioemotional supports that prepare the way for and extend grade-level learning. This means that students engage in instructional experiences that have a link and relationship with each other and with core grade-level instruction.

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Instructional Coherence will examine the core instructional model and the anatomy of a lesson. It will provide opportunity to examine key components of a well-designed lesson, research evidence-based teaching practices, and assessment strategies. The sessions will provide the consistent language, strategies, and focus required for coherency in all content areas.

Thursday, January 9, 2025
Foundational Understanding of DL/Bilingual Education
(Session 1 of 4 | Transformative Multilingual Learning Programming in International Schools Webinar Series)

Presented by Dr. Ying Chu

– Bilingual/Multilingual identities
– Program core goals
– Research on high-quality DL/bilingual programs
– Provide examples of DL program models and outcomes in sample schools with guest speakers

Saturday, January 11, 2025
Reading and Evaluating Asian American Youth Literature
Presented by Sarah Park Dahlen
Description: TBA

For more information on these and other coming events check out this link.

Opportunities are also available to submit articles to the EARCOS Journal. Get in touch with me if this is something you are interested in.

For more info on everything EARCOS visit https://earcos.org

Dear all,

Monthly Equipment Testing of Fire-fighting & Lockdown System on this coming Sunday (Dec 1st)  8:00am~4:00pm. Please ignore the broadcasting, the alarming bell and the flickering blue lights during the period.

Thanks for your understanding.

Facility Team

Hi All

Service as Action will be an extended session today, so it will run from 10:30am – 12pm.

Grade 12’s will have Advisory as normal, along with those Grade 11’s who do not do Service.

For your reference, the plan for Service as Action blocks and which will be extended lives here.

Thank you for your ongoing support of the Service program.

Cheers
Scott

Dear all,

Laurie will be the MOD on Nov. 30, 2024.

Best wishes,

Clara

Please see the updated  BTT Guidelines 2024.pdf

Please let Scott and Zhang Bo know if you have any questions.

Primary ELL teachers will be in the book room in between their scheduled commitments today. They will be organisng the last lot of books and creating signage. Thanks for your flexibility.

Please find the attached list of students from G7 and G9 for XIAMUN Xiamen, they will leave Thursday lunch time and absent all day Friday (Nov 29).

XIAMUN

Dear All,

Please find attached SLT meeting minutes of week 14 for your information.

SLT – Nov 20

Please find the attached students who will be absent from school @ 12:30pm on Friday, 29th Nov for the ISNAC Santa SKINS Swim Meet @ BSN.

Thank you.

ISNAC SKINS Swim Meet List_2911