Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator

Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator

As we are getting close to the end of the school year, there is still so much happening. So here is a glimpse into our week with these videos.

This is my last blog entry as a PYP Coordinator. I have so enjoyed working with the teachers and developing curriculum for our students, but I am so excited to be moving more into pastoral care and supporting students making positive choices next year. As I move out of the curriculum role, it is also so exciting to be welcoming Mr. Lucchesi to this role as PYP Coordinator. He has served as the Inquiry Coach for the last two years and has helped so many teachers grow in their practice. We know in this role, he will do an outstanding job and have the time to support teachers more.

Enjoy the videos and have a great weekend

Ms. Riemer

PYP Coordinator

We received thanks yous from K1.

Recess with the Kindies

Farewell Assembly

Bagpipe Visitors

Week 45 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

• 2018 Final Report
  Letter here.
• Bus Transportation for 2018-2019 If your child requires bus transportation in the 2018/19 academic year to either campus, please can you complete the form here. More details here.
  
• The Magic TeacakesSanaya Sengupta is our new author in Chatsworth. She is a student in Year 3. If you would like a copy of her book The Magic Teacakes, please send $15 to Ms Gupta and collect it on Monday or Tuesday
• Library From 19 May to 30 September 2018, you can borrow up to 32 books (16 ebooks and 16 print books) from the public libraries. More info here.
• End of Year (2017-2018) Athletics Report - Chatsworth Orchard Letter here.
• Year 6 to MYP: Summer Reading

Cinderella & Rockafella

Cinderella & Rockafella 

Last weekend 73 Chatsworth students representing the Primary and Middle school graced the stage as they presented the musical Cinderella & Rockerfella. There were two performances that were held at the Lee Foundation Theatre.

In the IB publication, The Arts scope and sequence, it states very clearly the importance the IB places on student participation in drama.

Drama explores how we express ourselves physically and vocally. In creating, students should explore the use of facial expressions, gestures, movement, posture and vocal techniques to convey emotional or cultural meaning to both characters and stories. It is important that students are exposed to a variety of dramatic forms including creative movement, impersonation, improvisation, mask work, mime, musical, role play, pantomime, puppetry, re-enactment, scripted drama, and skit. In responding, students should experience a wide variety of scripts and stories from different times, cultures and places and, where possible, access live theatre performances and presentations. Students should have opportunities to present their creative work to an audience, to witness their peers in performance and through this become critically aware audience members

The students also exhibited many of the attributes of the IB Learner Profile. After the first performance I addressed the audience. During that talk, I mentioned that the students who were on stage were incredibly confident during the production. To be a young student (some of our actors were 8 years old), you must be a risk taker to present on a stage to parents and other adults in the audience. The students, over the course of the semester, showed that the had integrity and were principled as they consistently took part in the many rehearsals after school and on weekends.

I want to thank the performers for their hard work in preparing for the production and their performances last Friday and Saturday evening.

In addition, I want to thank the parent community for supporting the arts and your children. As a parent myself, I understand how my children’s social and work life has a direct impact on mine. However, we know that supporting our children in endeavors such as the production is simply the correct path to take.

I also want to thank our teachers and staff who took on this huge initiative. There are two special “thank you’s” that need to be shared. Ms. Sara Lynn Burrough and Ms. Serrin Smyth spearheaded the charge with Cinderella & Rockerfella. Sadly, they both will be leaving us at the end of this year. The school acknowledges their work over the years they have been part of the Chatsworth Family.

Should you want to view the shows online, here are the links for act 1 and act 2.

Enjoy the show!


Act 1: https://youtu.be/mi8TZW8_ulw

Act 2: https://youtu.be/If5uhuN97AQ


Dr. Michael Berry
Head of Primary

Week 44 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

• House Assemblies
  Please have your child in their House T-Shirt for the following dates.
  8th June: Final EY & JY House Event
  
• Orchard New Development Brochure
  More details here.
  
• Revamp of the Chatsworth Uniform
  More details here.
  
• Library
  - Reading Lists from NLB (click on left for different ages)
  - PRI Library Book Return Letter
  - SEC Library Book Return Letter
  - Summer Slide
  What happens when children don't read during the summer
  
  - Survey
  Do Parents want a mini-session on information literacy during the CPG Coffee Mornings. Here is a sample of what we done in the past. New suggestions are welcomed