Newsletter no. 31 Mon. 15 Apr. 2019

NEWSLETTER NO. 31
MON. 15 APR. 2019

Dear Parents,

REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details
Mon. 15 Apr. - day 8:

Tues. 16 Apr. - day 1:

Wed. 17 Apr. - day 2:

Thurs. 18 Apr. - day 3:

Fri. 19 Apr. - day 4: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day. Suggested donation for each student - RM5
G5 intro to RBG Theatre & Tech. All G5 classes will be scheduled to have some time in the theatre to experience the space, practice class items etc. in preparation for our drama workshops on Sat. 27 Apr.

Sat. 20 Apr: ISKL HS Earth Club’s Eco-market and Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:00am-12:00pm. See item below for further details.

Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.

WORK SAMPLES SENT HOME
Last week, I asked your child to take home and share with you copies of 3 assessments:
1. Math Unit 5: Multiplying & dividing fraction end-of-unit assessment
2. Fantasy writing summative assessment
3. Fantasy reading summative assessment
If you haven’t seen them, please ask your child to locate them in their home learning pocket or backpack.

G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS
Thanks to all parents and students for your support in returning the G5 Drama Workshop reply slips for Sat. 27 Apr. Nineteen out of 21 5DH students have signed up to attend our drama workshop with Tim Howe’s HS drama students from 2:00-3:00pm. Considering it’s on a weekend, I’m very happy with that number!

ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Dear ISKL Parents,
We are excited to announce the first year of ISKL Summer Activities at the new Ampang Hilir campus! Activities will run during the two weeks after school ends: June 17 to June 28, 2019 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. We have a lot of fun and exciting activities for students in the ES and shared activities for MS & HS students. For a list of activities and to sign up, please visit our Summer Activities page.
Can't wait to see your children there!
Summer Activities Coordinators - Cath Bae and Linnea Welker

SATURDAY 20 APRIL - ECO-MARKET
From the HS Earth Club:
What better way to spend your Saturday morning? Come to ISKL on Saturday April 20th, anytime between 9:00 am until 12:00 pm to check out our ECO MARKET, an event held by the High School Earth Club to foster a community of eco-mindedness. Enjoy live music, good food, eco-shopping, fresh produce. and INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS!
There will be:
- FRESH PRODUCE
- Kind Kones ICE CREAM
- Picha Project food
- Eat shoots and roots gardening products
- Speak skin care
- Second hand books
- Sewing crafts by refugees
- Zero waste products (the hive and frangipani)
- Sala vegan Mexican food
- ISKL clubs raising awareness and so much more :)
And of course, our monthly community recycling, along with:
- Glass recycling
- Tetra pack
- Clothing recycling, batteries, and electronics
- Second hand book collection
- All other usually recycled items

CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on writing/tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. They 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. For read aloud, I continued reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.

Math:
Last week, the students began our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Lesson 4: Money for Chores
Lesson 5: Hogwarts House Cup 1
Lesson 6: Hogwarts House Cup 2
Lesson 7: Hogwarts House Cup 3
Review of the unit
The students also worked on order of operations problems using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
Early this coming week, the students will complete the end-of-unit written assessment. Our next math unit is titled, ‘Volume and Measurement’. Further details of the unit will be in next week’s newsletter.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. As mentioned earlier, the students worked on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’. On Friday afternoon, each group performed their item to the class audience and received feedback. This week, the groups will use that feedback to make their items even better. The students will also begin their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. Their first job will be to write a five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.   

COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone was absent and not able to conduct her usual counseling lesson on Fri. 12 Apr. We’ll try to reschedule the lesson some time this week.

UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.

Tues. 23 Apr: Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day and ES Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.

Fri. 26 Apr: MAP Test - Reading, from 10:30-11:30am.

Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre.

Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)

Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school

Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio.

Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.

Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright to take yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.

Tues. 7 May: G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal.

Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.

Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.

Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm

Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school

Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students

Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school

Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA

Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.

Until next week,

Best regards,         

David