February 9th

Regarding setbacks as challenges to overcome or opportunities to learn is a powerful mindset.

Important dates - February

• 9th - CLCs 1.15 - 3.00
• 12th - week 4 T2 Continuous Reporting
• 13th - Assembly 1-4 and 3-3
• 14th - Sportsday (no school)
• 15th - Sportsday UP
• 16th - Sportsday LP
• 16th - Early Release 1.15 pm
• 19th - Classroom learning observations start
• 19th - week 5 (final week) T2 Continuous Reporting

Important Docs

• Cover Document Template
• Cover Document Example 
• Sunday Morning Meeting Slides
• Newsletter English
• Newsletter Arabic
• Break Duty Roster
• Term 2 Report Timeline

Upcoming Observations

For the classroom observations, a sheet will be circulated by the relevant admin for your year group asking you to select 3 dates/times as potential slots. 

Angela: KG1, Y5,Art

Lewis: Y1, Y4, Y6

Renee: KG2,Y2,Y3 

Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books competition will begin on February 12 (Sunday). May I please ask you to kindly excuse the participants from the following timings/lesson below:

List of Participants

Year 4 schedule

Year 5 schedule

Year 6 schedule

Celebrations/food in school

Please require students to stick to the correct protocols with regard to this:

Here is a quick screencast on how to set up a template and here are text instructions as well. 

AIM...for more Resources

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Mistakes are when we learn...

This is an easy concept to understand - 

1. We try something

2. We don't immediately succeed

3. We get feedback, possibly from an expert, a coach, facilitator etc or we just try again

4. We improve

However, it's not always that easy. Human beings have an inherent dislike of getting things wrong, especially children, and this can lead to a fear of failure that discourages trying in the first place.

The video below gives tips on how to encourage a "mistake-friendly classroom", in which students feel safe to try.

Upper Primary Writing in Block D

Wherever you look in Block D, our students are writing. In English lessons of course, but also across all subject areas and with such a variety and range of purposes. Our teachers provide fantastic, varied opportunities to write.

21C incoming...

Google Form reading log - Celebrate reading month in March setting a reading goal for your class. Use this Google form to track your classes progress all month long!

Using Chat GPT as a teacher - Getting useful content from Chat GPT is all about asking the right question in the right way. This blog post from Erin Flannagan provides some helpful tips for getting better responses from Chat GPT to help with common classroom tasks.

Amazing Student Artwork - Canadian art teacher Emma Cottier has been sharing fantastic artwork created by her students in Google Drawing. If you want to be impressed, give Emma a follow!

 

Earthquake relief 

Should you wish to donate to charities supporting earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria, information is included on the posters below: