Friday, May 18, 2018

Friday, May 18, 2018

Dear Parents,

Today I spent the day in Bangalore with all our amazing Raptors Swim Club swimmers. Our youngest swimmers were amazing; breaking their own personal records and also being awarded places in their various heats.

Congratulations again to these swimmers:  
Agnete Clausen       
Leena Anderson
Maddie Cozart
Magdalena Runeckles
Minami Ashihara
Nanami Goda
Ronja Wohltmann
Katie Pratt
Norah Jacobson
Pénélope Couto
Summer Dowling   
Niagara Hainaut
Donggyun Kang      
Gaspard Faivre d'Arcier     
Merlin Hainaut
Minjoon Kim
Seongyun Heo
Seunggi Choi
Titouan Réthoré     
Henry Heron           
Jayden Seo
Jeyun Heo
Reda Oumina
Seungwon Kwak
Chihiro Bamba
Jasim Mukthar
Koshiro Fujiwara
Minjun Kang           
Morgan Simian
Noa Ravon
Thomas Bardoux Valla
Eishun Watanabe
Harris Cozart
Juseop Lee   
Marco Weick           
Nassim Berrahmoun

Go Raptors!

English Language Development in Science
Literacy skills are critical to building knowledge in science. Reading in science includes understanding the nature of evidence used and an attention to precision and detail. Furthermore, students work on making and assessing intricate arguments, synthesizing complex information, and following detailed procedures and accounts of events and concepts. Writing and presenting information orally are key means for students to assert and defend claims in science, demonstrate what they know about a concept, and convey what they have experienced, imagined, thought, and learned.

The social studies expectations for literacy learning in grades EY5/KG–5 are established through the four strands of reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. Students are asked to read texts closely to both determine “explicit” information lodged within the body of the text as well as draw “logical inferences” based on the text.

Swim Gala - Upper Elementary - Friday 25 May
Next week is the  culminating activities for the Upper Elementary PE Swim Unit.
The purpose of this is to educate parents about our ARC Learn-to-Swim program, showcase student progress with a parent audience, give our students a goal to strive for, and end the unit with a fun activity for all.

Basic Schedule
8:45-9:25 - Grade 5 (40 min)
9:25-10:05 – Grade 4 (40 min)
10:05-10:45 - Grade 3 (40 min)

Grade 5 Middle School Orientation
If you were unable to attend the MS Orientation for Parents on Tuesday or would like to review what was covered, you can access the slides that were shown HERE. We are looking forward to seeing you and welcoming your children to the MS in August!  

Have a great weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling and Lori Newman