Friday, February 21, 2019

Dear parents,

Today we close our Early Years - Grade 2 Art Exhibition and I am sure you will agree with us that the talent and creativity on display was impressive. Thank you to all those parents who dropped by to see our younger students artwork. This week we have also had ASA showcases which again demonstrated a wide range of talent, commitment and perseverance from our children. Season three ASA begins on Monday so please go over your child’s new schedule with them if they are participating in ASAs.

 

Jungle art by Minseo, Grade 2

Early Years - Grade 5 Learning Celebration next week (Friday, March 1 at 2:45 pm in the FAC Theater)

Next Friday, parents are invited to a Learning Celebration with 1KJ/MW, 2BW/DJ, 3TG/MR, 4RC/MG, and 5VL/EF. Students are looking forward to sharing about “Making Good Choices at Recess Time”, Global Trade, and “What makes a good book club?” among other topics.

Raptorthon

Sunday, March 3rd at 7 AM is the annual Raptorthon. This year, since we have a track, we are changing the event a little and it will be a 180 meter swim then a 2 K run (Younger athletes can do a shorter run). If you are interested, please register here by February 28th.  

Next Week is Spirit Week at AISC!

We want you, the students, staff & community of AISC to show your school spirit by making some small acts of random kindness throughout the week.

• Do you have the courage to try something new?
• Do you have the compassion to tell someone you care?
• Do you have the confidence to speak with someone you don’t know?
• Do you have the creativity to show kindness in an new way?

Monday - Random acts of kindness

 Examples include:

• Open the door for someone
• Buy someone their favorite snack
• Help carry something for your friend or teacher

Tuesday - wear an AISC shirt with Raptor pride!

Wednesday - Be kind to the environment

• Don’t buy one time use plastic items
• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• Throw your trash in bins
• See litter on the floor? Pick it up!

Thursday - Compliment cards

• Write a nice message on the paper provided for a friend or teacher
• Remind someone of why they are important to you
• Tell someone that you appreciate their work

Friday - High 5 Friday!

• Give a high 5 to new people who you have not talked to before
• Give a high 5 to your friends, classmates and teachers

 

March 2019 Lunch Menu & Order Links   

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  

Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)

Positive Discipline from Counseling Office (repeat)

At AISC, we believe in respectful and positive interactions between adults and children. All parents have challenges with children’s behavior. This video overview on Positive Parenting gives a good introduction to a more cooperative and respectful approach to discipline and family harmony. If you would like more information, please reach out to the Counselors for suggested readings and strategies.  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly

Friday, February 15, 2019

Dear Parents,

Wonderful seeing so many of you on campus this week with our family literacy mornings. Your children loved having you in their classes and sharing their literacy with you.

Learning Celebration

Thank you to all the families that came to our Early Years 5 through Grade 2 Learning Celebration. The picture below is of EY5 JB celebrating Super Readers Super Powers.

Literacy Mornings - presentations for you to peruse

Family Literacy Morning Feb 11. 2019  (EY 5 & Gr. 1)

Family Literacy Morning Feb 12. 2019  (Gr. 2)

Family Literacy Morning Feb 14. 2019  (Gr. 3)

Family Literacy Morning Feb 13. 2019  (Gr. 4)

Family Literacy Morning Feb 15. 2019  (Gr. 5)

Positive Discipline from Counseling Office

At AISC, we believe in respectful and positive interactions between adults and children. All parents have challenges with children’s behavior. This video overview on Positive Parenting gives a good introduction to a more cooperative and respectful approach to discipline and family harmony. If you would like more information, please reach out to the Counselors for suggested readings and strategies.  

Early Years 3 & 4 Parent Coffee Resources from the counsellors

Thank you to all the EY 3 and 4 parents who came to our recent EY parent coffee. To access the resources that Ms. Linda and Ms. Vanessa shared with you about young children manage big feelings, please click here.  During this session, we discussed ways to support our children manage big feelings. Sometimes, we all struggled to keep our cool and when our children display strong emotions, we end up resorting to unconstructive ways to alleviate the situation. We often hear our parents saying, "I just need to be more patient and things will be better." While being patient with our children is a step in the right direction, we also think that there are other strategies to help ourselves and children manage strong feelings that might get in the way of building a healthy parent-child relationship. These are the resources that we covered in our session, and we hope that they would be helpful to you in your interactions with your children. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to chat further about some of these strategies. Our doors are always open!

Early Release - Wednesday 20 February

Next Wednesday is an early release day and school finishes at 2 pm. As usual, we thank you for your support in leaving campus promptly before 2:30 p.m.

Student-Teacher Feedback

Next week, students grades 3 - 5 will be invited to complete a short digital survey to give feedback to their homeroom, EAL, and specialist teachers. These surveys are anonymous and constructive, and give teachers an opportunity to hear student voice about what is working well and possible considerations for growth. Some students who are new to English will not participate in this survey.  

Spirit Week

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly

Friday, February 08, 2019

Dear Parents,

There will be a lot of action on campus this weekend and we hope to see you around for part of it! Starting tonight we have our annual 4th Grade sleepover, and then tomorrow many of our Raptors are swimming in a Blue and White AISC meet.  

Upcoming Literacy Mornings - starting from Monday!

We are excited to welcome you to join next week in our Family Literacy Mornings. These interactive sessions will be both informative and experiential. The format will be similar to the Math Mornings beginning at 8:45 a.m. in Madras Hall, and then you will be guided to your child’s classroom to observe a literacy lesson.  

EY5 & Grade 1          Monday 11 February

Grade 2                      Tuesday 12 February

Grade 4                      Wednesday 13 February

Grade 3                      Thursday 14 February

Grade 5                      Friday 15 February

EY5 - Grade 2 Art Exhibition

We invite you to the ‘Lower Elementary Art Exhibition’ starting from Monday 11th February 2019 through 21st February 2019. This is an one time opportunity for you to view the fabulous artworks created by the Early Years 5 to Grade 2 students under one roof.

The grand display will be at the FAC Atrium. Please do make time to visit and encourage all the effort put in by our lower elementary students.
Elementary Art Team (Mr. Joseph, Ms. Priya & Mr. Clinton)

Early Years 5 - Grade 2 Learning Celebration - Friday 15 Feb 2:45 - 3:15 PM

Please join us as EY5BK, EY5JB, 1KC, 1MB, 2UK, and 2FL celebrate Reader’s Theatre, Units of Measurement, and more at the Lower Elementary Celebration next Friday.  

From Roots and Shoots Club

Ms Leontheen and Ms Barbara shared that the Roots and Shoots club had a very successful Marine Biologist Field trip last Saturday at the Tree Foundation. The 9 students that attended had a fantastic time and really learned a lot of information! Here’s an excerpt from the letter that they shared with the Tree Foundation after their visit.  Lots of authentic student learning happening here!

 

“We also learned how you help rescue turtles and if possible you try to get them back to the sea. We learned if a sea turtle has at least 3 flippers, it can often return back to the sea. But it takes a lot of hard work to make sure that the turtle can survive back in the sea. It was interesting to see both freshwater and sea turtles. We support your idea to make a turtle pond at the elephant sanctuary. Those turtles would love that new habitat.

FEB FLING - next Saturday, 16 February!

Come join us for fun activities at FEB FLING. Enjoy Bouncy Castles, Splash, Obstacle Courses and Sponge Throw on February 16th from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Food will be provided and you will get a chance to win raffle prizes!! Tickets will be sold near the main entrance and the elementary entrance.

Elementary Coffee - Tuesday, 19 February (repeat announcement)

The elementary school Counselors would like to invite you to have coffee with us between 8:45-9:45 am on February 19 (Tuesday). Please come learn about the Zones of Regulation, which is a tool to help students stay calmly focused, engaged with their learning, and adaptive to new situations!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly

Friday, February 01, 2019

Dear Parents,

This has been a fun filled week with all our students participating in a field day. Congratulations to Mr Jack and Ms Sobha who organised such a fun day packed with water events, races, games and other challenges to enjoy. Next Friday will be our annual 4th grade sleepover, followed by a Blue and White swim meet for all our Raptors Swim Club swimmers.  

 

Postcard Challenge Result!

We are happy to announce that 5BT, 4JH, and 3JM will all get a fun recess with Ms Calley, Mr Dave and myself. Those three classes tied with the most postcards received. All and all, a total of 86 postcards from all around the world were sent to us. We so appreciate all the students that took up the challenge. We loved seeing the different postcards and stamps from all parts of the world!          

Early Release - Wednesday, 6th February

Next Wednesday is an early release. As usual, we thank you for your support in leaving campus promptly before 2:30 p.m.

Upcoming Literacy Mornings (repeat)

We are excited to welcome you to join us during the week of February 11th for Literacy Mornings. These interactive sessions will be both informative and experiential. The format will be similar to the Math Mornings beginning at 8:45 am in Madras Hall. You will be guided into your child’s classroom to observe the delivery of literacy instruction. More information will be shared by your child’s teacher via Edmodo. Specific grade dates times can be found below.

EY5 & Grade 1           Monday 11 February

Grade 2                      Tuesday 12 February

Grade 4                      Wednesday 13 February

Grade 3                      Thursday 14 February

Grade 5                      Friday 15 February

FEB FLING - Saturday, 16 February!

 

Fellow students, FEBRUARY IS HERE! Come join us for fun activities at FEB FLING. Enjoy Bouncy Castles, Splash, Obstacle Courses and Sponge Throw on February 16th from 12pm-4pm. Food will be provided and you will get a chance to win raffle prizes!! Tickets will be sold near the main entrance and the elementary entrance.

Elementary Coffee - Tuesday, 19 February

The elementary school counselors and would like to invite you to have coffee with us between 8:45-9:45 am on February 19 (Tuesday). Please come learn about the Zones of Regulation, which is a tool to help students stay calmly focus, engaged with their learning, and adaptive to new situations!

February 2019 Lunch Menu & Order Links   

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  

Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly