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

From the PYP Coordinator

Last week we had two days of professional development. The subject was assessment.

Student assessment is one of the corner stones of the work we do when planning the units of inquiry.

How will we assess what the students already know?

How will we assess what the students learning is as the unit goes on?

How will we assess that the students have understood the Central Idea we introduced at the start of the unit?

We will look a little further at assessment within the PYPY in future posts.

Alex Inman

Week 11 of Primary Weekly Correspondence

Here is the following correspondence from Primary Office this week;

House Day - November 7th

Our next House Day will be next Friday November 7. Please remember to wear your House Colours to show your school spirit! The JYP Event will be Capture the Flag and played the first half of lunch.  The EYP event will be Simon Says and played the second half of lunch. Our assembly will highlight being a 'Communicator' as our Learner Profile Attribute. 

Go Changi, Sentosa and Raffles!


November Lunch Menu

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Week 10 of Primary Weekly Correspondence

Here is the following correspondence from Primary Office this week;

Deepavali Celebration in School
We are celebrating Deepavali, the 'Festival of Lights', on the 31st of October in school. In keeping with our Chatsworth tradition, may we request that you send your child in traditional Indian attire on this day. However, this is optional. Thank you for your support in advance - The Diwali Team 
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Parent Teacher Student Conference

On Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th October, Specialists teachers will be available to meet wit you at the designated locations:

Ms. Johns in the Art room (5A) in block 5 (ljohns@chatsworth.com.sg)

Mr. Marcelo in the Music room (5F) in block 5 (amarcelo@chatsworth.com.sg )

Ms. Brennan in the P.E office in the Sports Hall in Block 1 (jbrennan@chatsworth.com.sg)

Ms. Tonkin (EY P.E)  in the Library in block 3 (ktonkin@chatsworth.com.sg)

Ms. Jelena in the ESL room (3U) in block 3 (jribardelic@chatsworth.com.sg)

Ms.Jia and Ms.Hu in the Library in block 3(pypmand-sub@chatsworth.com.sg; nhu@chatsworth.com.sg)

Ms. Zhang  in the Library in block 3 (zying@chatsworth.com.sg)

Mrs. Yard and Mrs. Hebert in the Library in block 3(eyard@chatsworth.com.sg ;lhebert@chatsworth.com.sg)

*Please note that Ms. Hu and Mrs. Yard will only available for meetings on Tuesday 28th October 2014

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Parents Cafe

27.10.14 Parents Cafe - 9am Room 5D (Resiliency by Ms Favaro) 
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Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

“In matters of healing the body or the mind, vacation is a true genius!” 
― Mehmet Murat ildan

Friday marks the end of the first half of semester one of the 2014-2105 school year.  It seems like it was only yesterday when I was introducing myself to the school community and welcoming you to the new school year. As I reflect on the weeks gone by, I cannot help but smile at all of the different happenings that have made us a wonderful school community.  Our primary focus is doing "what's best for kids", and as such teachers have designed learning engagements that bring out the best in your child, and then challenge them to greater heights.  The quality of work, the in-depth conversations, the excitement for learning is indicative of this. I would like to thank you as parents for your constant support, and I would like to thank the wonderful and dedicated teachers and teaching assistants that I am so honoured to work with.  I could not be any prouder at being the Head of Primary at Chatsworth International School.

It's now time for a vacation so that we all can rest and rejuvenate, and return with gusto for the second half of the semester.  I wish you all a very safe and happy October break and look forward to seeing you on Monday 20th October .

Reflections of the year so far...

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary