25th August

By Lewis Polden -


 Happy Thursday everybody! May your weekend be however you enjoy it - slow or fast, restful or busy. It's certainly well-earned!


Important Dates

  • 23rd August - NEASC collaborative learning 2.15 - 3.00 pm
  • 24th August - Arabic testing starts y3-6
  • 25th August - PD Teachers utilizing assistants; LAs Guided Reading
  • 31st August - 1st in-person Assembly 3.6 Ms. Hanan & 4.5 Mr. Brad
  • 12th September - KG1- Year 2 (Lower Primary) Meet the Teacher Night, 3.30 pm start
  • 14th September - Year 3-6 (Upper Primary) Meet the teacher night, 3.30 pm start


Our definition of learning:
 
Learning is a life-long process of developing knowledge and building understanding. Learners engage with and reflect on new information to make meaning and connections to the world around them. 


Teacher/LA relationships PD

Here are the slides we are using for today's PD (click on image)



The short video we used is from an excellent series of PD videos on YouTube - a 10-session course. Here is the link to more of them if you would like to have a look...



Here are the Sunday/weekly information slides 
(click on the image) 


Safeguarding Refresher Training
Please click the image below to access the video.
Please be sure to complete the Safeguarding Refresher by Thursday, August 25th.




Resources
Click on the images for the link

Developing and implementing principles and practices of effective digital assessment (Learning Principle #3)

Upper Primary will soon have access to Formative...a comprehensive tool that increases engagement, instruction, and assessment.

Best Sites for Genius Hour/Passion Projects(Learning Principle# 5)


Best Practices for Interactive Displays in the Classroom (Learning Principle #9)

As we are about to have all of our Interactive panels installed in classrooms (soon hopefully) this article can help you think about how you will leverage this new technology for the greatest impact on learning)

3 Habits of Highly Effective Teacher Teams (Learning Principle #10)








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