MON. 17 SEPT. 2018
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 17 Sept: Malaysia Day holiday - no school
Tues. 18 Sept. - day 6:
Wed. 19 Sept. - day 7:
Thurs. 20 Sept. - day 8:
Fri. 21 Sept. - day 1: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Students can bring a donation of RM5
Mon. 24 Sept: School photos week. 5DH students will have their individual photos taken from 11:15-11:35am. Students should wear smart casual clothes.
SEMESTER 1 SWIMMING LESSONS START THIS TUESDAY
The semester 1 swimming program details have been sent to you and posted on the 5DH Class Blog on ‘Class Documents’ link. I’ll also have the students write a reminder in their homework planners on the day before each lesson. All students are expected to participate in the swimming program. We regard learning to swim as an important life skill. If your child is unable to swim due to illness or medical condition, please send your child’s PE teacher and I a note or an email message requesting your child be excused. On their swimming days, students are expected to bring the following in a waterproof bag: swim suit, towel, swim goggles (optional but advised) and sunscreen.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Individual student school photos will be taken by our professional photographer next week. 5DH students will have their individual photos taken on Mon. 24 Sept. from 11:15-11:35am. Students should wear smart casual clothes for the individual photos. They can come to school in their smart casual clothes and stay in them throughout the school day. All students must have their individual photos taken for ID and yearbook purposes, even if you choose not to purchase any photos. On Wed. 26 Sept. at the same time as above, the students will have their class photo taken. Students need to be in their school uniform, as usual, for the class photo. Photo order forms will be sent home next week. Please make sure there is enough money in your child’s POS account to cover the cost of the photos you order.
HARI RAYA CULTURAL DAY THANKS
Many thanks to Nalini Krishnan and her team for organizing this year’s Hari Raya Cultural Day last Fri. which focused on the Malay cultural theme of Hari Raya and Merdeka (Independence Day). During the day, G5 students were involved in various Malay cultural experiences when they attended their art, music and PE specialist lessons. A highlight of the day was the ES-wide Hari Raya Assembly held in the ES Theater from 10:50 – 11:30 am, featuring a dance troupe performing various Malay dances. Students also experienced various cultural demonstrations and traditional food samples which were set up in the ES entrance foyer.
PARENT CHAPERONES FOR THE MELAKA TRIP
Special thanks to Sarah Galvin (Chloe’s mum), Bart Field (James’ dad) and Mahetab Gamal Eldin Galal Abdelaziz (Adam’s mum) for volunteering to chaperone the class during the Melaka trip. Sarah, Bart and Mahetab will be coming with us on the bus. Other parents are welcome to travel to Melaka, however, you will have to travel by car (carpooling is a good idea) and book your own accommodation, either at Hotel Puri or another nearby hotel. Our first parent information letter about the trip will be sent home with your child on Mon. 24 Sept. Please complete, sign and return the parent permission, medical information and emergency contact form by Fri. 5 Oct.
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued reading and discussing their realistic fiction books in their book club groups. For writing, I read a sophisticated picture story books titled, The Enemy’ by Davide Calli and Serge Bloch. The students wrote about the theme(s) of the book, made a claim and provided evidence. All of this practice - identifying themes, making a claim and providing evidence will help the students write a literary essay later in our first writing unit. The students also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. Students were also involved in daily read-to-self sessions, where they worked on building their reading stamina. I also continued reading our read-aloud titled, ‘Home of the Brave’ by Katherine Applegate.
Math:
Last Mon. the students continued their first math unit titled, ‘Place Value and Whole Number Operations’. Lessons covered last week:
The students completed Lesson 7: Patterns in Division
Lesson 8: Estimating Quotients
Lesson 9: Dividing by Multiples of 10
Social Studies:
Last week, the students concluded their first social studies unit, titled ‘Red Hats: Leadership’ and they began unit 2 ‘Government’. The students completed their blog posts on Melati Wijsen’s (Wy-son) presentation and what it means to be a socially responsible global citizen, using evidence from Melati’s presentation. The students also started looking at these questions: What is government? How does government affect people’s lives?
COUNSELLING LESSONS
Counseling lessons with Stephanie Stone, our G3-5 Student Counselor, have started in G5. Stephanie will teach 5DH students from 8:30-9:00am each day 7. Stephanie’s first lesson in 5DH will be on Wed. 19 Sept.
UPCOMING SEPT. & OCT. CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 24 Sept: School photos week. 5DH students will have their individual photos taken from 11:15-11:35am. Students should wear smart casual clothes.
Wed. 26 Sept: 5DH students will have their class photo taken from 11:15-11:35am. If students have PE on this day they will also need to bring their school uniform to change into for the class photo.
Mon. 1 & Tues. 2 Oct: ISA testing days. Wed. 3 Oct. is the ISA makeup testing day.
Thurs. 4 & Fri. 5 Oct: ES Parent Conferences
Tues. 9 Oct: Dr. Teh Kok Hoi presentation from 2:00-2:45pm in the G5 common area. Dr. Teh is the head paediatrician at KL Children’s Hospital Cancer Ward. He was not able to attend the SCMC on Thurs. so we were able to book him earlier.
Thurs. 11 Oct: Our first 6 presenters will present at our Social Change Maker’s Conference - SCMC. Our final 6 presenters will present on Thurs. 4 April 2019
Fri. 19 Oct: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Students can bring a RM5 donation.
Mon. 22 Oct: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Tues. 23, Wed. 24 & Thurs. 25 Oct: G5 Melaka overnight trip - details TBA
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
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