Week 14 of Primary Weekly Correspondence

Here is the following correspondence from Primary Office this week;

24 - 28 November Book Week

Book Week Letter (24 - 28 November)
Author Helene Averous Book Order
Paw Prints Book Order
Author Adeline Foo Book Order
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CCAs/ECAs reminders:

• CCA Session 1 will finish after school on Friday 28th November 2014. 
• ECA Session 1 will finish on the same date unless providers have informed you differently. Please confirm with the ECA providers if unsure.
• CCAs/ECAs Session 2 will resume on Monday 26th January 2015 (more information about sign-ups to come later

Christmas Concert Reminder and information:

• Primary class parties to be organized for Thursday 11th December at lunch time, please see your Homeroom teacher/class parents.
• Early pick up on Friday December 12th can be done from 12.30pm from Orchard campus not form the concert Hall venue.
• Return the Christmas reply slip and consent form to your HR teacher as soon as possible.

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• ECA - Torpedo Swim Team

In collaboration with our ECA providers from Torpedo Swim Team we would like to offer a weekly session for Year 3 to Year 6 complete beginner swimmers and students with very low confidence in the water.

Tentatively, we are looking at either Tuesdays or Wednesday from 3.45pm to 4.30pm from January to May 2015.

If you believe your child could benefit from such a class, please email me at lhebert@chatsworth.com.sg by Wednesday 26th November 2014. Please indicate your child's full name, your name and contact with your child's class and teacher name.

Based on the responses I will meet with the provider and see where we can go from there and inform you of the outcome.

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1st December 2014 - Parents Cafe - Cultivating Creativity in PYP Maths by Ms Carla Heard, Mr Ben Drury and Mr Michael Lucchesi

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Introduction of Ms Tamara Kiri Serong - Year 1 Teacher

21/11/14

Primary Office (Malissa Rahman)

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From the PYP Coordinator

To return to the topic of the IB learner profile, the attributes are - caring, knowledgeable, risk - taker, inquirer, balanced, reflective, thinkers, communicators, principled.

If you were to choose attributes that would best describe you, which would you choose?

All of them?

We hope our students can identify with the whole learner profile.

Alex Inman

Week 13 of Primary Weekly Correspondence

Here is the following correspondence from Primary Office this week;

• Christmas concert poster competition
• Reminder - 21 November 2014 Primary Movie Night
• More Information about the extended date for our School Photographs early bird discount .
  From Prêt-a-potrait (Chatsworth School Photographer) 
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Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

"Open your eyes and see the way our horizons meet" - Ed Sheeran

Being internationally minded is not only celebrating our different cultures, costumes, food and way of life, but being open minded to different ways of thinking; that those who think differently can also be right.  This week at Chatsworth we celebrated a united world with multiple ways of thinking and being.  Our students had the opportunity to show off their cultures and experience that of others, a celebration of minds and a call to unite as one. A strong message of unity displayed by the whole community and modeled for our students understanding that being open minded is truly internationally-minded.  

Thank you, to the teachers, parents and students who worked hard to organise this event and for those of you who visited. 

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary

Week 12 of Primary Weekly Correspondence

Here is the following correspondence from Primary Office this week;

Reminder for UNDAY

UN Day 2014 will be held on Thursday 13th November this year therefore, we wish to inform you that all lunch and after school CCAs will be cancelled on that day. All ECAs will remain on the calendar as usual.

Please make sure to communicate with you Homeroom teachers and Ms. Brenda, our Bus manager, for any adjustments needed in regards of the end of school time for that day.

Cancelled CCAs are:

Thursday 12:10pm: Scrapbook (Year 1 and Year 2) - Ms. Diana and Ms. Haslinda 

Thursday 12:10pm: French Connection (Years 3 to 6) - Ms. Yard and Ms. Hebert

Thursday 12:10pm: Tech Team (Year 6) - Mr. Clark and Mr. Snell

Thursday 3:45pm: Showtime (Year 1 and Year 2) - Ms. Kong and Ms. Withington

Thursday 3:45pm: Basketball Club (Years 5 to 6 Boys and Girls) - Ms. Fong and Mr. Dieterle

Thursday 3:45pm: Dodge ball (Years 4 to 6) - Ms. MacLean

Thursday 3:45pm: Free Art and Film (Years 4 to 6) - Ms. Johns

Scheduled ECA is:

KidzMusic Drum in the Music room form 3.45pm to 4.30pm

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House Movie Night
Here is the link for House Movie night after school on Friday November 21 from 3:45pm until 5:45pm in the Main Hall. All students in Primary from K2 to Year 6 are invited to join in.

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From the PYP Coordinator

"IB teachers participate in a wide variety of professional development opportunities to constantly update their knowledge and share their expertise with colleagues around the world."

IB Website - Information for Parents

We had our professional development at school recently but we also send our teachers to a range of workshops and conferences around the Asia region to ensure they have access to the best and most up to date opportunities for developing their skills and also our Primary Years Programme.

Alex Inman

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

(From an introductory speech at a session of the Académie Française, December 24, 1896)”

― Anatole France, Works of Anatole France

Celebrating achievements is an important part of school life. This week marked the first of such celebrations as you met with your child's teacher to share in the successes of your child's 2014-2015 school year so far.  Parent Teacher Student Conferences are an important event for your child as it gives him/her the opportunity to share with you their strengths and together we can work on goals for further improvement.

Also this week, we celebrated the Ancient Hindu festival, Diwali, otherwise known as the Festival of Lights.  The Diwali committee, together with the help of the Chatsworth Parent Group, organized a grand celebration. This celebration included preparation of the materials for the making of Rangoli at home, making beautiful Rangoli around the school and a wonderful assembly celebration of the event.  What a great week of celebrations our students have experienced! Thank you for your contribution to the Chatsworth International School community celebrations.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary