Elementary News
The school has been a busy place this last week with teachers preparing end of semester reports and students creating opportunities for learning. The Grade 4s have been reminding us of how to stay healthy by instructing us in Yoga lessons and Fitness and the Grade 5s are creating their business plans for their ‘Market Day’. Parents are busily setting up their boards to represent their countries on International Day and the PTA is coordinating the activities with the help of our ISS Team. It’s all go! We look forward to welcoming you next Friday 7 December for our International Day. Let’s hope for a sunny day! Walking through the corridors today I heard the sound of a piano and found Kevin, who is in grade 2, playing the school song beautifully. Well done Kevin! On Wednesday afternoon a number of staff attended a professional development opportunity at CIS on Multilingual Learners. Next Semester we will invite parents to hear about new research in this field of learning. Our sport field is very nearly ready for our teams to play on; unfortunately all the rain has made it very soggy so we are encouraging our students to play in selected areas. Hopefully the sun will shine on it to allow the grass to flourish. This is the last natural grass playing field so close to Orchard Road so we are very proud of it! Please remember that the school buses will leave ISS at 1.30 pm next Friday 7 December after International Day. School closes on Friday 14 December and students return on Tuesday 8 January 2019. Middle School News Middle School has had a busy week of testing, from WIDA to many other subject assessments. In between, students have also been busy with the extra-curricular activities such as musical audition preparation and ACSIS Football. Last night, our Middle School team thrashed the Australian International School, winning 6-0. A fantastic effort from our students and their coach, Mr Harry Orgee, who have had an intensive training and match schedule in the lead up to yesterday's game. Next week, auditions for "Once on this Island Jr" will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday after school with Mr Bruno Lebon. We wish those who are auditioning, the very best in securing a role for the production, which is scheduled in May 2019. Re-opening of the Paterson field Other good news earlier this week included the re-opening of the football field. Students have enjoyed using the space to socialise, burn off their stresses and enjoy some fresh air. This time of year has also had many students feeling under the weather, so please help to ensure they have enough rest and downtime at home, especially during this busy period. International Day International Day is scheduled for next Friday 7 December. Preparations are well underway, and we look forward to celebrating this year's focus of "Uniting together to take action towards the Sustainable Development Goals" with our ISS community across K-12. As in previous years, there will be student-led activities connected to the UN sustainable development goals, and delicious food to share with each other at the end to celebrate our wonderfully diverse international community. For more information about the day, please use this link. Giving Trees Finally, in the holiday spirit of giving, the PTA have organised Giving Trees to encourage our students to consider how they can help those less fortunate within Singapore. Our Paterson campus Giving Trees have tags with requested items from Eurasian Society and Food Bank. They are set up in two locations: in the canteen and under the MS ECA bulletin board. Please encourage your child(ren) to visit the Giving Trees next week, remove the tags of their choice, and bring it back with that item to place in the box in front of the ES office (under the stairs) by 14 December. That's it from Middle School this week. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! Comments are closed.
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Susan Tilney
Paterson Principal Archives
April 2020
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