Saturday, 19 September 2015
Friday, 18 September 2015
Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway
It has been a real pleasure spending time with our youngest students this week. After only 5 weeks at school, they are settled and happy, excited about the activities they are participating in. No sooner have I entered the classroom, when I am in inundated with children wanting to show their learnings. All the children are making sense of their world, inquiring into their wonderings. A K2 student was inquiring into why a magnetic "Tigger" stuck to some materials and not others! I have the best job in the world because watching the learning first hand is quite a privilege.
Mario Gauci
Head of Primary
Head of Primary
Perpsectives from the PYP Coordinator
What do you notice your children doing when they have free time? From a developmental perspective, they are always learning. As you can see from the photos I took today at recess, free time takes on many shapes. Whether it is reading in the quiet library, running, climbing, flying airplanes with a friend, or building imaginary lunches, these times are ways children construct new meanings. Gross motor activities allow them to explore how their bodies work. Constructing and flying planes, gives them experience with cooperation, negotiation, measurement and physics. Imaginary play is where children learn life skills and practice them. Children who find quiet spaces to read, have learned the art of mindfulness. They are finding ways to regenerate and center themselves for the rest of their busy day. Something all us adults can learn from. So the next time you observe your child during their free time, take note at all the different things they are learning.
Kim Riemer
Assistant Head of Primary / PYP Coordinator
Week 6 of the Primary Weekly Correspondence
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Hazwani Hassim (Wani)
Primary Administrative
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Week 5 of the Primary Weekly Correspondence
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Monday, 7 September 2015
Friday, 4 September 2015
Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway
House Spirit Days are a lot of fun and today was the first House Spirit Friday. The activity today was Cup Stacking, which involves students quickly stacking cups. All the participants had lots of fun trying to stack their cups as fast as possible. Cheering for their colours; Sentosa, Raffles and Changi could be heard from blocks away I am sure! Thanks to the Spirit Group of teachers and students for a wonderful event.
Parent Cafés begin this month and we have a great line-up of Parent sessions for you. Please see here for attached schedule.
I welcome the Chatsworth Parents Group for 2015-2016. The CPG is made up of a group of parents who help support the classroom and the school with different events. The CPG’s mission is to bring together students, teachers, parents and guardians to create a harmonious school community by offering support for academic and social events. For more details please contact Tiffany Ma, Melissa Cunningham, Amanda Miller and Anne Porritt.
Mario Gauci
Head of Primary
Perspectives from the PYP Coordinator
Reading assessments are one way we look at the reading strategies your child is using. We have been working together to look at the different ways we assess students. Our faculty all come from different countries and different educational backgrounds. While I feel that is one of the strengths of our programme, it is important for us to find similar assessments and ways to support our students. To best do this, we engage in a practice called moderation. Moderation allows all teachers to share the way they assess with other teams members to make sure we see things similarly. For example, I have been assessing students with their teachers as they read. Then we discuss the results of what we see and how we will use this information to guide our teaching practice. I enjoy listening to your children reading and then planning with teachers the next steps. You children have lots of smiles as they show us the ways they love to read.
Kim Riemer
Assistant Head of Primary
PYP Coordinator
Week 4 of the Primary Weekly Correspondence
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