Week 23 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 23

Primary	Intro to Middle School & the IB Middle Years Programme: Date: February 2nd, 2017 Location: Hall (Orchard Campus) Time: 6:00pm-7:15pm Chinese New Year Break (27-30 Jan) Please note that school is close on 27th to 30th January for Chinese New Year.
CCA / ECA	Confirmation of CCA enrollment will be made by email on Friday, January 20. We have had an overwhelming response to our CCAs this session with many of them filling up very fast. ECA providers will be in contact with all parents who have expressed interest in an ECA by January 26. Please allow our providers to follow their registration procedures and wait for them to contact you for further registration information. Please ensure after school plans are modified for pickup after CCAs/ECAs and contact the bus company if necessary. CCA/ECAs activities begin on Tuesday, January 31. Should there be any changes to your confirmations, please let us know so we can allow waitlisted students to participate. Any further questions or concerns, please connect CCA/ECA Coordinator Emily MacLean at emaclean@chatsworth.com.sg
Sports	U8 (Y1,2,3) Football Boys/Girls Tryouts:            Who: Students who are 8 or below before 1 June 2017            When: Wednesday 25th of January 2017 Place: Astroturf Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Uniform: P.E. uniform Coach: Mr Muhammad U11 (Y4,5,6) Touch Rugby Girls Tryouts:            When: Thursday 26th of January 2017 Place: Astroturf Time: 7:45am - 8:30am Uniform: P.E. uniform Coaches: Mr Meyer, Mr McKenna
Library	Parents will be receiving email reminders about their children’s library book.  Please read the due date as not all books are overdue. The library is sending you these emails so that you are aware of what books your child is reading and to prevent overdue books. It does not automatically mean that the books are overdue. Library and Online Research Sessions 2 ebonline - Britannica School Online: Discover life beyond Wikipedia and the advantages of ebonline. *bring laptop or tablet* Date: 24th January 2017 Time: 0930 - 1030 Venue: Library Presenter: Ms Elaine Fong RSVP your attendance here. For upcoming sessions, please refer to this letter to parents sent out in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017.

Asilah Ab Rahman (Shila)

Primary Administrative Assistant

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallways

There are lots of words associated with learning and from the image above you will notice words like work and do are not included.  When you think of how you learn and when I observe children in the classroom, words such as use, teach, people, time, think and workshop are evidenced in our classrooms.  When children are engaged in classes that are using what they have learned, when they are thinking about their learning, when they are given time to internalise their learning, then their learning becomes real. Completing a worksheet has its place, but is an act of doing. Creating is an act of learning, understanding and applying. When I wander around our classrooms I see some “doing”, but I see a lot of thinking and a lot of creating.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary

Week 22 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 22

Primary	Caring For Cambodia Wear Orange Day Friday 20 January 2017 Rebranding Chatsworth January Lunch Menu An Apple A Day Special: Date: 17th January 2017 Mascot: Apple Giveaways: Fruity Yogurt
CCA / ECA	Registration for Session 2 CCAs and expression of interest for ECAs close on January 17 at 7pm. Please view the CCA page of the school website to find the Session 2 Guide with all information regarding CCAs/ECAs this session before enrolling. Confirmation of CCA enrollment will not be made prior to email confirmation on Friday January 20. ECA providers will be in contact with all parents who have expressed interest in an ECA by January 26. Please allow our providers to follow their registration procedures and wait for them to contact you for further registration information. CCA/ECAs activities begin on Tuesday January 31. Any further questions or concerns, please connect CCA/ECA Coordinator Emily MacLean at emaclean@chatsworth.com.sg
Sports	U11 (Y4,5,6) Touch Rugby Girls Tryouts: When:Thursday 26th of January 2017 Place: Astroturf Time: 7:45am - 8:30am Uniform: P.E. uniform Coaches: Mr. Meyer, Mr. McKenna
Library	Library and Online Research Sessions at Orchard Campus More details here. Check out our Chatsworth Orchard Library Blog Teachers and TAs can search the library catalog online at https://chatsworth.follettdestiny.com This link is also on the school website. Parent volunteers are needed to help out in the library.  Duties including reshelving, processing and checking out books in the library. Email Ms. Fong at efong@chatsworth.com.sg Parents will be receiving email reminders about their children’s library book.  Please read the due date as not all books are overdue. The library is sending you these emails so that you are aware of what books your child is reading and to prevent overdue books. It does not automatically mean that the books are overdue. The first Parent Library Information Session will be next Tues in the library : National Library Board (NLB) Part One - Save space, money and get your child reading with the Singaporean public libraries.  9:30am to 10:30am in the library at Orchard Campus.  For upcoming sessions, please refer to this letter to parents sent out in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017.
Primary Parent Event	Parent Cafè - Single Subjects in the IB PYP We will look at how our single subjects integrate with the classroom units of inquiry. You will have an opportunity to see single subject teaching in EY and JY classes in action and then reflect on your observations. Date: 20th January 2017 Time: 0900 - 1100 Venue: Room 5D Presenter: Ms Ei Lin Tan & Ms Kim Riemer RSVP your attendance here.

Asilah Ab Rahman (Shila)

Primary Administrative Assistant

Week 21 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Week 21

Primary	Caring For Cambodia Wear Orange Day Friday 20 January 2017 Rebranding Chatsworth January Lunch Menu Parent Handbook Orientation Slides for January New Parents
CCA / ECA	Registration for Session 2 CCAs and expression of interest for ECAs close on January 17 at 7pm. Please view the CCA page of the school website to find the Session 2 Guide with all information regarding CCAs/ECAs this session before enrolling. Confirmation of CCA enrollment will not be made prior to email confirmation on Friday January 20. ECA providers will be in contact with all parents who have expressed interest in an ECA by January 26. Please allow our providers to follow their registration procedures and wait for them to contact you for further registration information. CCA/ECAs activities begin on Tuesday January 31. Any further questions or concerns, please connect CCA/ECA Coordinator Emily MacLean at emaclean@chatsworth.com.sg
Library	Library and Online Research Sessions at Orchard Campus More details here. Check out our Chatsworth Orchard Library Blog Teachers and TAs can search the library catalog online at https://chatsworth.follettdestiny.com This link is also on the school website.
Primary Parent Event	Parent Cafè - Single Subjects in the IB PYP We will look at how our single subjects integrate with the classroom units of inquiry. You will have an opportunity to see single subject teaching in EY and JY classes in action and then reflect on your observations. Date: 20th January 2017 Time: 0900 - 1100 Venue: Room 5D Presenter: Ms Ei Lin Tan & Ms Kim Riemer RSVP your attendance here.

Asilah Ab Rahman (Shila)

Primary Administrative Assistant

6 January

This January, we are privileged to welcome 33 new students into our Primary community. It is exciting to begin 2017 with so many bright, new, shiny faces. Below catch a glimpse of some of them.

The parents of our new students we are able to visit the classrooms, meet the teachers and attend a new parent orientation on Thursday. Mr. Gauci and the Primary Leadership Team welcomed them and were able to give some helpful tips about our school. Sometimes when adapting to a new school environment though, you may have more questions. Please do not hesitate to contact our office with any of your queries.

Kim Riemer

Primary Years Programme Coordinator

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallways

We celebrated our Learning Journey Concert today. This concert was a performance piece by each year level that correlated to the last unit of inquiry for this semester.  It is always a pleasure to see children sharing their learning and especially when they have so much say into how and what they will perform.  

Thank you to all who supported us by either chaperoning on the buses for both the practice and performance days, and by attending the performance today.

Have a Happy Holiday to  all of the Chatsworth Community.  Safe travels and a safe return to Singapore to semester 2 in January 2017.  Those families moving on, I wish you all the very best for your onward journey, where that may be. Thank you for making Chatsworth part of your lives.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary