Channel Chatsworth Weekly Webcast #8 - By the Digital Media Team

Channel Chatsworth Weekly Webcast #7 - By the Digital Media Team

K2 HS Assembly - November 20, 2015

Week 15 of the Primary Weekly Correspondance

Primary	Our Learning Journey Celebration Our Learning Journey Celebration will be held at the end of our first semester on December 11th. Each year level will be sharing their learning journey of a central idea investigated in class. Please join us on the day. Tickets will be available soon. Sneak Preview of K2.1 here
Primary Parent Event	“What’s Happening Online?” - Presentation for Parents Read more on the presentation here. Date: 24th November 2015 Time: 9.15am & 6.30pm Venue: Main Hall 398.2 Storytelling Festival EYP Parents and teachers may be interested to attend the 398.2 Storytelling Festival on Nov 28. Admission is free. Details are here. Library Information Sessions for Parents The fifth session of the  Library Information Sessions for Parents Search Strategies and Evaluating Websites on will be rescheduled for Nov 24 Tues at 9:30am in the library.  Here is the updated schedule for these sessions.  The Jan/Feb 2016 schedule is here. This is a repeat of the same sessions. NLB (National Library Board) Parents and students who have a NLB (National Library Board) Membership can borrow up to 20 books at one time until Jan 31 2016. More info here.
CCA / ECA	CCAs/ECAs: Next week is the last week for CCAs and ECAs unless providers have informed you of possible makeup lessons. Please directly check with the providers if ensure. Remember to inform your teachers and Ms Brenda at brenda@btntan.com of any changes in your child-ren end of day protocol for the rest of the term.

Hazwani Hassim (Wani)

Primary Administrative

Y2.3 Assembly - November 13, 2015

Channel Chatsworth - Weekly Webcast #6 By the Digital Media Team

Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

“When we honor people’s work and assume positive intent, innovative solutions follow.”
            Kristen Swanson, Gayle Allen, and Rob Mancabelli (ibid.)

In every IB school's life (every five years to be exact), there is a time when we need to review the IB standards and practices document.  This report has three sections: philosophy, organization and curriculum and the IB has practices that schools need to put into place at the PYP, MYP and DP levels.  As a PYP school, we are required to look at our practices and highlight our areas of strength and identify areas that need further growth, this is called a self-study.  We began our self-study last November where the senior leadership team, primary teachers, and teaching assistants were involved in reviewing one of the three sections by collecting evidence from around the school to identify our strengths and areas requiring attention.  This process has taken twelve months to complete and culminates with an official IB visit next week.  From next Wednesday to Friday we will have two representatives from other IB schools working on behalf of the IB Asia Pacific office to review our self-study by visiting classrooms, talking with the students and teachers, as well as talking with the school management and parents. They will also look at our evidence collected and together with their findings, suggest areas of strength and areas for further growth.  We are looking forward to hosting Ms. Tracy France and Ms. Donnah Ciempka and showing off our wonderful students, teachers, and school.  So if you happen to see Tracy and Donnah around the school next week, please feel free to say hello.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary