Friday, February 28, 2020

Dear Parents,

We hope you enjoyed the ASA showcases this week and were able to recognise how far your children had grown in different activities! Next week we look forward to welcoming you to our Student Led Conferences on Thursday.

Student Led Conference - next Thursday 5 March

Student Led Conferences are all day of Thursday 5 March. No regular classes will be held on this day.  

This Student Led Conference is the time for your child to share their learning, growth and future goals with you.  

Please expect your child’s teachers to be involved as facilitators, and not directly involved in the discussions; on this day the main focus is on the sharing between you and your child. There will be multiple children and their families sharing their learning at the same time in each classroom. 

• The conference will take approximately 30 - 40 minutes in the classroom and 30 - 40 mins with the specialist areas - Music, Art, PE, Indian Studies and World Language.
• Your child will have a passport to lead you through each area and will know whether to begin in the homeroom or in the specialist areas.
• Students are responsible for leading the conference and also take responsibility for their learning by sharing the process with their parents.  
• Supervision for AISC siblings will be in the ES CIC only. Please note that this is only for enrolled AISC students. You will need to make your own separate arrangements for younger children and babies.  
• Please do not hesitate to contact either the homeroom/specialist teachers, or Dave, Calley or myself, should you have any questions regarding these upcoming conferences.

                       If you have not already done so, please sign up for your child’s Conference via Seesaw

Elementary Art Exhibition

We  invite you to the ‘Elementary Art Exhibition’ starting from Monday 2nd March 2020  through Friday 13 March 2020. Our aspiring student artists have worked hard on producing artwork for your enjoyment and reflection these past six months. Please support them by viewing their work and talking to them about it. This impressive display will be showcased at the FAC Atrium Gallery. All are welcome!

ES Art Gala - 12 March

Please come and celebrate our upper Elementary students as they show off their skills and talents across the arts. This year, Grades 3-5 will perform and present their artwork at the Visual and Performing Arts Gala. The gala will be held on Thursday, 12 March from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the FAC Theater and Atrium.  

Gr 3 - 5 students who have an ASA on 12th, should attend the Gala. 

NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair - 9 March

The fifth grade NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair showcases student efforts to solve real-world problems through a process of experimentation and inquiry. We invite all parents to visit the science fair from 2:30-3:30 at the BBT on March 9, 2020, to view projects and interact with our teams.

March Lunch Menu & Order Links   

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

Elementary Lunch Menu Links: (Early Years- Grade 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly
Elementary School Leadership Team

Friday, February 21, 2020

Dear Parents,

This week our four Elementary Raptors; Victor, Gaspard, Gio and Minato have represented the Elementary well in the annual SAISA track and field event that we are hosting this year. Tomorrow is the final day for this, with a lot of exciting individual and relay events. Come along to cheer on our Raptors! 

Thank you to all Elementary families who are hosting visiting athletes or coaches, this support is so appreciated by our Athletics office.

This afternoon we also celebrated our Kindergarten - Grade 2 learning at our Learning Celebration in the theater. It was wonderful to see so many parents there to support our presenters.Thank you to Grade 2 for presenting on Science and Social Studies, Grade 1 on Math and our Library for organising a guest appearance of our visiting author.

Finally, we celebrate our Junior Robotics League who participated in a competition recently. Check out our great team below.

Next week we celebrate spirit week as an AISC community; see below to learn more about the theme of the day:

Early Release - 26th February

Next Wednesday 26th February is an Early Release day. We appreciate you collecting your child and promptly leaving campus at 2:00 p.m.

Upcoming NESA Virtual Science Fair

The fifth grade NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair showcases the ways in which our young scientists attempt to solve real-world problems through a process of inquiry and experimentation. All are invited to visit the science fair from 2:00-3:30 at the BBT on March 9, 2020, to view projects and interact with our teams.

March Lunch Menu & Order Links   

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

Elementary Lunch Menu Links: (Early Years- Grade 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly
Elementary School Leadership Team

Friday, February 14, 2020

Dear Parents,

Next week we are hosting the SAISA track and field competition here at AISC. An enormous thank you in advance to all of you who have signed up to host visiting athletes or coaches. It really does take a village and we truly appreciate your support.

Visiting athletes will be on campus from Wednesday, with the track events starting on Thursday - come on out to cheer on our Raptors!

Join us for the SAISA Opening Ceremony

At 8:30 on Thursday February 20th, Friday February 28th and Thursday, March 5th we will have drummers and a short parade for SAISA Track & Field, ASIAC Tennis & Volleyball, and then SAISA Tennis.  The parade will be followed by a brief opening ceremony that anyone is welcome to watch. Please cheer on the visiting athletes as well as the Raptors for these events. The parade next week for track will start in the Rec Gym, go past the locker rooms and up the stairs to the middle floor. Then we will go up a flight at the stairwell by the Middle School and High School offices, head down the Middle School language arts hallway and then spiral down to the ground floor and head back to the Unity Courtyard. The parade route and a full event schedule will be shared for the second two events later.  

ASA Season 2 Showcase

February 17 - February 22nd will be ASA Showcase Week for Season 2. Please come join your children in their final ASA lesson. Prepare to engage in learning activities with the students. Students will be given the opportunity to share their learning from the activity and will be celebrated as learners. If you are attending an Athletic ASA program, please wear athletic shoes and clothing and be ready to join in on the fun and activity! Here is a list of the locations for each activity: ASA Showcase Locations

Saturday ASAs

Please note that Saturday Swimming ASAs are cancelled for this weekend (Feb 15) as per the handbook information, but all other Saturday ASAs will be running as planned.  

Author Visit & Documentary Screening Next Week

Next Tuesday after school our Elementary singing raptors will be taking part in our all school music concert; all are welcome to attend!

Join us on Twitter at #aiscelementary!

If you are a tweeting parent, please follow our hashtag #aiscelementary to see more of our students’ and teachers’ work and lots of fun educational experiences.

ASA Season 3  Program Descriptions and Registration (February 24 - May 30)

This pre-registration information will be used to fill classes, but submitting the form does not mean a definite spot. We will send an email confirmation during  the week of February 17th. 

Swimming Levels: 

Click here to look up swim levels that students should enroll in.

ASA Descriptions:

Early Years Descriptions

KG Descriptions

Grade 1 Descriptions

Grade 2 Descriptions

Grade 3 Descriptions

Grade 4 Descriptions

Grade 5 Descriptions

MS G6-G8 Descriptions

Here is the Registration Form

There will be no ASA’s: March 14 - 21st, April 9th, April 11th, and May 2nd.

Payments for activities will be requested at the end of the second week of the ASA. There is a fee for any ASA attended past the second week.

*Please note that outstanding balances from previous seasons may lead to a delay or denial of an ASA registration for Season 3. 

Have a great weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly
Elementary School Leadership Team

Friday, February 7, 2020

Dear Parents,

This week all of our children participated in our annual field days. We thank Ms Sobha, Mr Jack and Mr John
from our PE team who organised such a fun and energetic series of events. Photos can be found on our online gallery.  

After School Supervision
A timely reminder as the weather continues to be lovely,, that while your children are welcome to stay to play on our playgrounds after school, you must be directly supervising them. If parents would prefer to gather in the ES cafeteria or library, then children must be also together with them.

Maker Saturday - 8th February (repeat announcement)
Join us tomorrow for Maker Saturday (February 8 )- come to make your own robot using cardboard and other supplies in the Discovery & Design Studio or build and program one with Lego WeDo. More information

available here. Sign up and join us on Saturday!

Early Release - Wednesday, 12th February
Next Wednesday 12th February is an Early Release day. We appreciate you collecting your child and promptly leaving campus at 2:00 p.m.

A reminder also that Friday 14 February is a regular school day.  

AISC Libraries Book Swap

The AISC Libraries want to celebrate Earth Week with the community by organizing a way to reuse your previously loved books! If you have any gently used books at home (in any language and/or genre) that you'd like to donate, please bring them to the ES/MS or HS Library. We will accept books for babies, toddlers, children, teens, or adults, as long as they are in good condition. For every two books that are donated, you will receive a ticket for one free book at the Book Swap.

Documentary Screening of Batman and Bill

On Monday, February 17th at 3:45 pm, we will be presenting the documentary, "Batman and Bill," which is based on our visiting author's book, "Bill the Boy Wonder." This documentary tells the story of Bill Finger, the uncredited creator of Batman. Following the screening, we will have a Q&A with the author, Marc Tyler Nobleman. Teachers, staff, parents, and students from grade three and up are invited to attend, but please note that all students in ES are required to attend with a parent and that parent will be required to stay with the child for the entire time. While the film does not contain any objectionable content, parents should know that the run time is over 90 minutes and the intended audience is not young children. 

Being Health Smart (repeat announcement)

We have several cases of the seasonal flu in the Elementary School, so please be sure to be extra vigilant with hand washing and monitoring your child at home. If your child shows any symptoms of the flu; fever, body aches, severe cough, cold or sore throat, please keep them at home and remember that they must be cleared by our health center before they join back to school. Any child showing these symptoms in class will be sent to the health centre for checking. The seasonal flu can be highly contagious and we want to avoid this spreading further.

Have a great weekend!

Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly
Elementary School Leadership Team