Newsletter no. 11 Mon. 22 Oct. 2018

NEWSLETTER NO. 11
MON. 22 OCT. 2018

REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 22 Oct: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students

Tues. 23 Oct. - day 6 & Wed. 24 Oct. - day 7: G5 Melaka overnight trip:
5DH & 5KC will go to Melaka on Tues. 23 & Wed. 24 Oct.
5CB, 5CC & 5JV will go to Melaka on Wed. 24 & Thurs. 25 Oct.

Thurs. 25 Oct. - day 8:

Fri. 26 Oct. - day 1:

MELAKA FIELD TRIP PREPARATION
A reminder that 5DH & 5KC students, teachers and parent chaperones will be traveling to Melaka on Pandujaya buses this Tues. 23 Oct, leaving school at 8:00am sharp and returning to school on Wed. 24 Oct. at approx. 4:30pm. Please remember to pick up your child at the ES entrance foyer on Wed. 24 Oct. We appreciate the help of our parent chaperones to keep the students safe in Melaka. A reminder - the students will also need to pack their swimsuits, towels etc. because we’ll be swimming at The Malacca Club pool from 6:30-7:00pm on Tues. 23 Oct. Regarding packing, please ensure your child packs the following into their backpack NOT their bigger bag: Snack & lunch on the first day, drink bottle, hat, sunscreen and a small hand towel would be a good idea, RM50 in small notes, camera (optional), book to read, pack of cards. The reason we are asking for the above items to be packed in your child’s backpack is because it will be difficult and time consuming to get access to their bigger bags until we arrive in Melaka because they will be stored in the baggage compartment of the bus. All other items on the packing list should be packed in your child’s bigger bag. When your child arrives at school on Tues. morning, whether by their usual bus or car, they should drop their bigger bag in the Movement Room, near the ES entrance foyer on the way to the Band rooms and bring their smaller backpack upstairs to the classroom. I need to do student attendance before we leave. If your child takes regular medication, please remind him/her to hand the medication to me for dispensing when they arrive in the classroom on Tues. 23 Oct. Thanks in advance for your help and support in getting your child prepared for our Melaka trip.

INTERNATIONAL FEST FLAG PARADE IN THE ES
From the ES Admin:
International Day will be celebrated in the ES on Friday 9 Nov. from 8:15am with a parade and assembly. Our community is very diverse and we want to help our students understand the strength and richness that comes from our differences while recognizing our commonalities. Students may wear their home country traditional dress, a piece of clothing identifying their home country or the ISKL International Fest tee shirt. The assembly will start with the flag parade around the school followed by an assembly/gathering in the ES Theater to honor each country represented.  We are working on the details of how it will look in our new campus.  More details to come!

CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued reading their latest realistic fiction books in their book clubs, using thinkmarks to guide discussion and sequence brain frames to record the important events happening in their books. During Writing Workshop lessons, the students continued working on their writing unit 1: Literary Essay (opinion). They completed the writing of their essays on a Google doc.  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. I also continued reading our current read aloud titled, ‘Refugee’ by Alan Gratz. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:55 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.

Math:
Last week, the students continued their current math unit, titled, Unit 2: Adding & Subtracting Fractions. They completed these lessons:
Lesson 2: Using Equivalent Fraction to Add
Lesson 3: Using Equivalent Fractions to Add Mixed Numbers
Lesson 4: Using Equivalent Fractions to Subtract

Social Studies:
Last week, to prepare the students for our Melaka trip, I continued introducing them to the various waves of leaders and governments that came to power in Melaka. The students learned about the 7 voyages of Admiral Zheng He’s (Cheng Ho) Treasure Fleet from China to Melaka from 1405 to 1434 and the arrival of the Portuguese more than a century later in 1511. The students also learned about the arrival of the Dutch in 1641, the British and the Japanese and the return to British rule in 1945 after the end of WWII, followed by Malaysia’s independence in 1957.

Counseling Lesson:
Stephanie Stone, our G4 & 5 Counselor, conducted her regular class lesson last Wed. morning from 8:00-8:30am continuing her series of lessons on ‘Growth V Fixed Mindset’.

UPCOMING OCT. NOV. & DEC. CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Wed. 31 Oct: ES Halloween Dress-up Day

Sun. 4 Nov: KL Children’s Hospital Visit from 9:30am-12:00pm

Mon. 5 Nov: No ES ASAs due to the Deepavali holiday the next day

Tues. 6 Nov: Deepavali holiday - no school

Fri. 9 Nov: ES International Fest Flag Parade, from 8:15-9:00am. Details TBA.
‘Fossil Fuels’ presentation by Andy Baker - time TBA

Sat. 10 Nov: International Fest at the ISKL Ampang Hilir Campus from 4:00-8:00pm. Details TBA

Wed. 14 Nov: Parent Workshop: ‘Learning in the ES’ from 8:15-9:45am. Details TBA.

Sun. 18 Nov: KL Children’s Hospital Visit from 9:30am-12:00pm

Tues. 20 Nov: Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday holiday - no school

Fri. 23 Nov: Deepavali Cultural Day. Assembly from 10:50-11:30am

Fri. 30 Nov: Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
ES Semester 1 ASAs end

Sun. 2 Dec: KL Children’s Hospital Visit from 9:30am-12:00pm

Sun. 9 Dec: KL Children’s Hospital Visit from 9:30am-12:00pm

Thurs. 13 Dec: Christmas Around the World from 8:00am-2:00pm in the ES Theater

Fri. 14 Dec: Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.

Wed. 19 Dec: G3-5 Track ‘n’ Field Day from 8:15-11:00am

Until next week,

Best regards,         

David