Friday 28 April 2017

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallways

IB Exhibition Week

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who this week completed their IB PYP Exhibition unit of inquiry.  After nine weeks of hard work, of success and roadblocks, after happy days and days that seemed nothing was going right, the Year 6 students all succeeded in presenting one of the best Year 6 Exhibitions to date.  What impressed me the most was how the students were able to talk about their Exhibition process as well as those of the other students. The creative elements that each student was required to do was an amazing array of artwork, film and video work, technology and some written pieces of work.   Parents, teacher and visitors to the school commented on how happy and excited the students were to lead them on a tour of the Exhibition.  I really liked the way your different spaces were set up and the variety of ways that the students shared their learning. I think it really showed the creativity of the students and how engaged they were in the process of the inquiry. I also liked the way it gave the students opportunity to talk about different things over the course of the exhibition. ( From one of the visiting schools)

We are very proud of our Year 6 students and proud of our Year 6 Teaching team for the support and motivation given to their students every step of the way.  The PYP Exhibition is the culminating event in a PYP Students Primary education.  IT is an event celebrated by the whole Primary school as all of our units of inquiry over the seven years of a PYP programme leads to this one event. Every primary school staff members were involved in some way.  Special thanks go to Mr Snell, Ms Smyth and Mr Lucchesi as the fabulous Year 6 teaching team; Ms Ann, our art teacher for supporting the students with their creative elements, Mr Marcello for all of the background work in preparing the Main Hall.



Mario Gauci
Head of Primary

Week 37 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 37
Primary
  • Year Level Website Feedback Survey (Parents)
    Please support us in improving our year level websites by sharing your feedback through our online survey about the current year level websites here. The survey will remain open until Monday May 8 at 4pm
  • Photography Session on Campus More details here. Lost and Found will be cleared on the last day of the month. Please check for your lost items before this day.
  • Library closure and return of library books for Primary
    More details here.
CCA /
ECA
  • Upcoming important dates:
    • Mon May 1 - Labor Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Thurs May 4 - No Musical CCA rehearsal due to residential trips
    • Tues May 2-5 - Residential Trips for JY Students - No makeup ECAs for students who miss
    • Wed May 10 - Vesak Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Fri May 26 - Last day of CCAs/ ECAs for Session 2
Library
Primary
Parent
Event


Hazwani Hassim (Wani)

Primary Administrative Assistant

Monday 24 April 2017

Week 36 Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 36
Primary
  • Animal dress up day for Animal Lovers League
    Date: 28th April 2017
    More details here.
  • Library closure and return of library books for Primary
    More details here.
CCA /
ECA
  • There will be some changes in ECA/CCA Location from April 19-26. Please make note of below changes for pickups:
  • Upcoming important dates:
    • Mon May 1 - Labor Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Tues May 2-4 - Residential Trips for JY Students - No makeup ECAs for students who miss
    • Wed May 10 - Vesak Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Fri May 26 - Last day of CCAs/ ECAs for Session 2
LIBRARY
  • Library Blog (incl videos and summary of Book Week in March)
Primary
Parent
Event
  • CPG Coffee Morning (28/04/17)
    Welcome back! Please join us Friday, April 28 for a relaxing cup of coffee and casual conversation with fellow parents.
    Hope to see you there!
    The CPG Team
    If you plan to attend, please RSVP via cpg@chatsworth.com.sg

    What: CPG Coffee Morning
    When: April 28, 2017, 9:15 a.m.
    Where: Room 5D
  • Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) 2017
    This is a book festival for teachers, authors, illustrators, parents and children

Hazwani Hassim (Wani)
Primary Administrative Assistant

Thursday 13 April 2017

Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator

13 April


Exhibition is such an exciting time and the Y6 classes are all a buzz.  We are in the synthesizing, acting and applying stages of the PYP Inquiry cycle.  Creativity is everywhere and the students totally engaged.
Mr. Snell notes, “That when you do exhibition properly, it is exhausting for everyone, including for the teachers, but it is worth it because the students understand the journey and the destination.”
Alex Topping says, “I am so engaged because I am working on exactly what I wanted to work on!”
This is the ultimate goal of the PYP Exhibition - to help students find their place as global citizens through taking action as a result of their learning.


Kim Riemer
PYP Coordinator

Week 35 of the Weekly Primary Correspondance

Week 35
Primary
  • Audition: Warner Brothers movie “Crazy Rich Asians” More details here.
  • Animal dress up day for Animal Lovers League
    More details here.
  • 2017-2018 Class Composition Process Letter for K1-Y5 More details here. Student Consideration List here.
CCA /
ECA
  • CCA/ECA continues Monday April 17
  • There will be some changes in ECA/CCA Location from April 19-26. Please make note of below changes for pickups:


  • Upcoming important dates:
    • Mon April 17 - CCAs/ECAs resume
    • Mon May 1 - Labor Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Tues May 2-4 - Residential Trips for JY Students - No makeup ECAs for students who miss
    • Wed May 10 - Vesak Day - no CCAs/ ECAs
    • Fri May 26 - Last day of CCAs/ ECAs for Session 2
Primary
Parent
Event
  • Singapore International Student Film Festival
Chatsworth is hosting this year’s SISFF festival on the evening of May 5, 2017. Students in Year 4 and above are encouraged to create and submit films. Submission deadline is April 18, 2017. Please visit www.sisff.org for complete information or view the event poster.


Hazwani Hassim (Wani)
Primary Administrative Assistant