25th January

 The times that challenge us, teach us (Lewis)

The results for Mr Lewis' challenge are in!

Just to familiarise yourself, here is what the challenge was below.

Here's a little idea... try putting the above famous quote by Franklin W Roosevelt into your own words... like I have (badly!) underneath it. Put your effort with your name onto the doc here... winner announced in Tuesday's blog (with a daft little prize to go with it!)

It was wonderful to see so many people take part, as you can see here below are just a few of the entries. If you would like to see all of the examples then please click this link.

The winner

Drum roll please...the winner of the contest is Ms Itzel! Her prize is that Mr Lewis will teach one of her live lessons. Ms Itzel, please contact Mr Lewis to make the arrangements as to when you would like this to happen.

Other highly commended entries were from Razane, Marissa, Mayuri and Lerica, but THANKS to all for taking part! There could well be another quote challenge coming up again shortly :-).

Important Dates 

23rd January: Continuous reporting week 2 **complete by end of day Thursday latest**

23rd January: International Week

26th January: Coffee Morning, "Learning and the continuing pandemic"

27th January PD: "Enhanced planning with student autonomy"

31st January: KG 100 days!

3rd February: Mid-term break-up!

Professional Conversations PD

Thank you for your participation in last Thursday's PD, it was so nice to see and hear everyone together. The ideas shared on the Padlet were amazing and we thank you for taking the time to complete the task. Here are some of the examples of the ideas shared below. 

Kami Connect 2022

A free virtual event connecting educators from all across the world.

February 26, 9 AM PST | 12 PM EST

Sign up to get your link to the conference live stream, plus your Certificate of Attendance after the event.

https://www.kamiapp.com/kami-connect/

International Week

Happy International week!

We hope you are enjoying the week thus far. We are looking forward to seeing anything and everything that comes out of the celebrations. 

Admin videos

Please add any photos, videos and screenshots as they happen. We will use them to stitch together the assembly. By end of TODAY if possible! Use the folder below and many thanks.

International Week folder

Google Certified Educator

Congratulations to our latest Google Certified Educator!!

Well done Nicole!!

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Tickets are on sale, and the build-up will gather pace from now on! 

We are going to be putting together a little working group to chat about how we can get the most out of this milestone, once-in-a-lifetime event for our primary pupils.

We have started to have a little look at official school resources here, and some of them are really good! We also want our own, innovative input specific to EMS.

If you would be interested in joining an informal working party, let Lewis or Jonny know. It's great to be involved!

Coffee Morning Wed. Jan. 26th

Tomorrow there will be a Coffee Morning at 9am to address 4 major questions about learning in the continuing pandemic. 

• Why is my child's timing reduced?
• Why doesn't my child see their teacher for every minute of every lesson?
• How do we access resources and books for supporting online learning?
• How can I help my child "catch up" after sickness or travel?

Upcoming STEM Opportunity

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Online/F2F Learning Resources

What is an Explore Board?

The purpose of an Explore Board Is to create a board of learning choices that help students develop background knowledge that fuels comprehension. It is meant to be a before activity. It is filled with links to a set of different forms of media surrounding a common topic, theme, or issue.

Click below for:

• Explore Board Template
• Watch an Explore Board in action
• Read More Here

Explore Board’s are designed with this in mind:

• Curated and packaged high-interest content for students
• Helps to build and foster curiosity before a unit
• Builds background knowledge to deepen comprehension
• Extends lessons with more resources - that students can go back and look at as the reading unfolds.
• Prepares students for class lessons

How is an Explore Board different from a Choice Board? Simple.

​A choice board is used to give students choice in how they respond to a prompt or project. It is used for giving students a choice in how they show learning. It's an "outro" activity.

An Explore board, on the other hand. is an "intro" activity - meant to help get students the background knowledge they need that will help them understand concepts and ideas better. It can also be used as a resource as they progress in the learning unit.

Additional Remote Learning Resources

Check out these 50 Remote Online Learning Resources that cover topics:

• Google Classroom
• General Online Teaching & learning
• Choice board templates
• Leadership
• Video Meeting