Week 6 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 6

CCA / ECA

CCA/ ECA Updates: Should there be a need to make changes to your child’s CCA enrollment, please contact Ms. Emily Maclean at emaclean@chatsworth.com.sg Should your child not be attending a ECA/CCA due to illness or other reasons on a particular day, please notify the teacher or ECA provider Please make the necessary changes to pick up schedules and contact the bus company if necessary. Swimming ECA begins next week. Makeup class is scheduled for Wednesday November 30. Year 5 & Year 6 Return Home Alone Procedures - Homeroom teachers will be sending the appropriate forms home. These forms MUST be filled out and returned prior to CCA/ECA in order for students to leave campus alone. No student is allowed to leave campus without parent/guardian written permission. Due to swimming pool maintenance the tryouts for Year 4 will now be Monday October 3rd at 3:45. Year 5 and 6 tryouts will still be September 26th. Important Dates : Sat. Oct. 8 until  Sun. Oct. 16 School Holidays - School Closed - No CCA/ECA Mon. Oct. 17 CCA/ECA Semester 1 continue Mon. Oct. 24 & Tues. Oct 25 PTSC - No CCA/ECA Fri. Nov. 11 ECA Parent Survey Semester 1 open Fri. Nov. 18 PD Day for Students - No ECA/CCA Fri. Nov. 25 CCA/ECA session 1 ends ECA Parent Survey Semester 1 closes

Primary Parent Events

EY Parent Cafe with Lissy Puno Starting a new school year presents distinct challenges for our children, especially during critical developmental years. This workshop will start with an awareness and understanding of stressors children experience and how it can affect their self-esteem. Behaviors to watch out for will be discussed and how parents can best handle them through effective communication and encouragement. Date: 20 September 2016 Time: 6 - 7.30pm Venue: Main Hall Presenter: Lissy Puno RSVP your seats here. More details here. Lissy Puno’s Bio. Parent Cafe - What is transdisciplinary education? What is transdisciplinary education? In the Primary Years Programme, moving between disciplines in order to teach skills that are appropriate to the unit of inquiry is common practice. We will look at current research, give you the opportunity to see EY and JY classes in action and then reflect on your observations Date: 23 September 2016 Time: 9 - 11am Venue: Room 5D Presenter: Michael Lucchesi

Hazwani Hassim (Wani)

Primary Administrative Assistant

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

There are many beautiful things that I love about our host country Singapore, but one of my favourites is the way Singapore celebrates the important events of the various cultures that exist here.  Hari Raya Haji celebrated by Muslims around the world, is a significant Islamic festival celebrated here in Singapore. As a school, we celebrate this event to learn more about our host country of Singapore.  Children and teachers dressed in local Malay costume students learnt about it in their classes, and our Friday assembly dedicated towards it. Happy Hari Raya Raji to our Muslim colleagues, families and friends.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary

Week 5 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 5

Primary	NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment More details here on NWEA MAP Assessment to assess students from Years 4 to 11 across both Chatsworth Orchard and Chatsworth East campuses. Lost and Found will be cleared on the last Friday of the month. Kindly collect items before this date.
CCA / ECA	Session 1 begins Tuesday September 13 for ECA/CCAs Please make necessary changes to pick up schedules and contact the bus company if necessary. After school ECA/CCA pickup at the classroom/location of the ECA/CCA. All students must be picked up at 4:30pm (CCA) and 4:45pm (ECA). No Swimming ECA on Wednesday September 14 due to pool maintenance. Makeup class scheduled for Wednesday November 30. Year 5 & Year 6 Return Home Alone Procedures - Homeroom teachers will be sending the appropriate forms home today. These forms MUST be filled out and returned prior to CCA/ECA in order for students to leave campus alone. Important Dates : Tues. Sept. 13 CCA/ECA Semester 1 Begin Sat. Oct. 8 until  Sun. Oct. 16 School Holidays - School Closed - No CCA/ECA Mon. Oct. 17 CCA/ECA Semester 1 continue Mon. Oct. 24 & Tues. Oct 25 PTSC - No CCA/ECA Fri. Nov. 11 ECA Parent Survey Semester 1 open Fri. Nov. 18 PD Day for Students - No ECA/CCA Fri. Nov. 25 CCA/ECA session 1 ends ECA Parent Survey Semester 1 closes
Sports	Swim Team Students from Year 4 to 6 can come and collect a permission form for the tryouts for the school swim team from Ms. Belva or Mr. Sharp classrooms.  Please come before or after school. Due to swimming pool maintenance the swim team will start tryouts at the end of September.
Primary Parent Events	CPG Coffee Morning Please note that the first CPG Coffee Morning has been rescheduled from 2 September to 16 September, 9.15 to 10am at the Main Hall RSVP via cpg@chatsworth.com.sg More details here. EY Parent Cafe with Lissy Puno Starting a new school year presents distinct challenges for our children, especially during critical developmental years. This workshop will start with an awareness and understanding of stressors children experience and how it can affect their self-esteem. Behaviors to watch out for will be discussed and how parents can best handle them through effective communication and encouragement. Date: 20 September 2016 Time: 6 - 7.30pm Venue: Main Hall Presenter: Lissy Puno RSVP your seats here. More details here. Lissy Puno’s Bio. Parent Cafe - What is transdisciplinary education? What is transdisciplinary education? In the Primary Years Programme, moving between disciplines in order to teach skills that are appropriate to the unit of inquiry is common practice. We will look at current research, give you the opportunity to see EY and JY classes in action and then reflect on your observations Date: 23 September 2016 Time: 9 - 11am Venue: Room 5D Presenter: Michael Lucchesi RSVP your seats here.

Hazwani Hassim (Wani)

Primary Administrative Assistant

Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator

Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator

2 September

Junior Years’ Fun Run

This morning, all the JY classes gathered at the Botanic Gardens for their annual fun run.  Some of our students were vigorously running and sprinting while others took a leisurely stroll around the designated track in the park. Thanks to Ms. Brennan for organizing such a fun event for all and a special thank you to all our parent volunteers. We could not do it without your support!

Kim Riemer, PYP Coordinator.