Dear parents,
Back to School Mornings (BTSM)
Elementary T-Shirt Design Competition
Congratulations to Sawyer Allen, 5JD who won this years’ Elementary t-shirt competition with this amazing Raptor in an Auto graphic below! Look soon for the Elementary t-shirts coming home.
Happy Friday! We
hope everyone enjoyed celebrating India’s Independence Day yesterday. Next week
will be our first full week of school, and we head into this with a lot of
intensive learning programmes underway.
Back
to School
In
a hope to allow both parents to attend as well as make this easier for working
parents, we are trialling hosting this back to school event in the morning.
There will not be a following evening event!
Back to School Mornings (BTSM)
We have two separate back to school mornings this
year
·
Monday 19 August - Grades 3-5
·
Tuesday 20 August - Early Years - Grade 2
Each BTSM begins at 8:45 a.m. in the Madras Hall.
Following this curricular orientation of all core areas and specialist areas,
you will be invited to grade level presentations for specific information
pertinent to your child’s learning this year. If you have more than one child
on the same morning feel free to pop into each grade level session. Digital
presentations will be posted after BTSM, so you will not miss out on important
information!
Early
Release - Wed 21st August
A reminder to
parents that on several Wednesdays through the year we have early release.
School finishes at 2:00 p.m. The first early release is on Wednesday 21st
August. This means we will close the playgrounds and football fields at this
time too. We ask all children and parents leave campus promptly so that faculty
can begin their professional learning to enhance teaching and learning.
Elementary T-Shirt Design Competition
Congratulations to Sawyer Allen, 5JD who won this years’ Elementary t-shirt competition with this amazing Raptor in an Auto graphic below! Look soon for the Elementary t-shirts coming home.
Snapshot
Conferences - Monday 26 to Friday 30 August
Also
known as ‘Listening In’ conferences - these are designed for teachers to meet
with each family and to get all the vital information regarding your child. You
will be invited to sign up for a 10 minute conference via Seesaw starting
on Monday. Please look out for this sign up post from your child’s homeroom
teacher. This also means it is very important to register for your child's’
class Seesaw account!
Some ideas you may like to share with your child’s teacher include:
Some ideas you may like to share with your child’s teacher include:
- Favourite parts of school in
previous years
- Hopes for the year
- Fears
- Special people, places
- Family circumstances
- Languages spoken at home
- Friendships and
relationships
Handbook Signature
Pages, Health Forms & Participation in ASAs
If you have not
returned the signed and updated handbook signature pages
and health & physical exam forms for
your child, you will have received a follow up message from your child's teachers.
** If your child
is signed up for ASAs next week, please note that he/she will not be able to
participate unless we have received the completed forms.
Full days for
Early Years
On Monday 26th,
our full day programme begins for our Early Years students. We invite EY
parents to talk with their children about what this will look like, and bring
in any items such as blankets for nap/quiet time.
Maker Saturday -
August 31, 9:00 - 12:00, ES Discovery Studio
Our first Maker
Saturday will take place on Saturday August 31. You can read more details of
the challenges and registration process here.
Keryn
Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly
Elementary School Leadership Team
Elementary School Leadership Team