Paterson Campus Get Well Unfortunately Nurse Jit whilst on holidays has fallen and broken her ankle. She is now at home and recuperating. We wish her a speedy recovery and a quick return to Paterson Campus. Welcome In the absence of Nurse Jit we welcome Nurse Janie. She is already providing a wonderful level of healthy care and service to our students. Student Focus Group On Thursday 26th April, a group of Grade 5-8 students will join Ms Skrtic, Mr Taylor and Dr Alvarez to be part of a student focus group. This will happen during their lunchtime. The students will be asked to reflect on the the recently completed CIS survey. It is an opportunity for us, as a community, to review and reflect on the areas of strength and the areas of development at ISS. The pay off is the students get supplied lunch for giving up their lunch time! Summer School Summer is on the horizon and ISS Summer School Discovery is back! After the success of past programmes, we’re pleased to inform you that we have designed the course offerings for the 2018 edition. Summer School Discovery will run from the 2nd of July till the 27th of July 2018. We have courses that run throughout various age groups throughout the day. Each course is designed to last a week. Each week, your child can attend a maximum of two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon! Once again, we have four Discoveries on offer. Language, STEM, ARTS & Adventure. Each week offers new experiences and participants can choose a mix of the different discoveries or even take the same ones as the topics change from week to week! Please contact us at +65 9722 5340 or email us at [email protected] for more details! School Uniforms Reminder regarding school uniforms and ordering. In Academic Year 2018-2019, ISS will be including in the school fees:
To ensure that we have enough stocks of all sizes before the school commences in early August, we are taking advance orders for these uniforms now. Please tell us your uniform sizes and preferred date of collection of these uniforms, by filling out the form below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DXfw_Y-WjcpqOFoUy1cQlQh7AxBCZG7nBN8E5C3k1FM/edit A separate form is required for each student. Elementary School News It was wonderful to see all of you here on Tuesday for the Student Led Conferences as your child shared their learning journey at ISS with you. The central idea for this year's Exhibition is: Passions can influence us to make a difference. The Exhibition is the culminating assessment of the PYP where our Grade 5 students get to apply what they have learnt to inquire deeply into an area of interest to them and take action as the result of what the have found out. This year the Exhibition will be shared in the form of workshops. On Tuesday morning from 9:00 to 10:00 the Exhibition will kick off with an opening for Grade 5 parents and invited guests. Other members of the ISS community are warmly invited to attend after 10am on Tuesday or from 9-12 on Wednesday. Talented Teachers Ms. Hima will present a workshop on Visual Arts Integration in PYP at the PYPConnect Conference this weekend in Singapore. Upcoming Dates Tuesday/Wednesday 24-25 April - ISS Exhibition Tuesday, 1st May - Labour Day (no school) Wednesday-Friday, 2-4 May - Grade 4 and Grade 5 Camp Thursday-Friday, 3-4 May - Grade 3 Camp Friday, 25 May - Paterson Art Exhibition Tuesday, 29 May - Vesak Day (no school) Thursday-Friday, 31 May-1 June - G5 to G6 Transition Days Middle School News Welcome to another week in Middle School. After the excitement and wonderful activities of STEAM week, it was back to business as usual for everyone this week. We did however, go through our Parent Teacher Conferences and Student Led Conferences. It was pleasing to see and hear so much interaction between teacher, students, parents and guardians, on what is one of the most important days in the calendar. These conferences are a real opportunity for genuine feedback and inquiry for all concerned. If you did not get the chance to meet with all or any of the teachers, and would like to follow up please reach out via email. Teachers are only too willing to discuss your child and their learning pathway. Roselinda in the Paterson Office is a good place to start meeting setups ([email protected]). Sports Update The boys U14 basketballers took on GEMS during the week. Once again a hard fought tussle ensued. Our boys being just beaten by the final buzzer. Well done to Mr Jonas and the team. Fine ISS and IB students. Grade 8 Updates The next part of the Grade 8 learning journey beings in earnest on Tuesday 24th April when all students (regardless of them continuing to ISS Grade 9), will go to Preston Campus to get a taster for what Grade 9 will be like. Students will come to Paterson Campus as normal and be bused to the our Preston Campus. During the day they will experience life as a high schooler. Exciting times indeed. Grade 8 celebration is on Tuesday 5th June. Early reminder, as a parent or guardian, to keep this afternoon open. More details to follow. Upcoming Dates Tuesday, 24th April - G8 transition day Tuesday, 1st May - Labour Day (no school) Wednesday, 2nd May - G8 High School interviews Monday, 7th May - G8 High School interviews (continued) Monday, 14th- Friday, 18th May - Examination Week Thursday, 31st May- Friday, June 1st - G5 to G6 transition days Friday, June 1st - G5 into G6 parent coffee morning Comments are closed.
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Susan Tilney
Paterson Principal Archives
April 2020
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