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May 10 2010


Getting Ready for CAMP!

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We depart for Grade 5 camp on Cheung Chau Island on Wednesday, May 12th at 8:30am from school. The excitement is in the air! There are a few things you might need as you get ready for this exciting adventure. Some documents are available here by clicking on the appropriate name: G5 Packing List 2010 for Cheung Chau Island Dragonfly Camp, CAMP ITINERARY and the Expectations for our camp trip on Cheung Chau Island.

Also, you can visit the DragonFly website to find out more about their programs and facilitators.

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You may also wish to see your child’s Camp Sleeping Groups and day-time Activity Groups.

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Apr 21 2010


Student-Led Learning Review Sign-Up

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Here is a list of students who have been signed up by their parents for time slots on Friday, April 30th for the Student-Led Learning Review process. If you have not yet signed up and would like to schedule a time, please email me as soon as possible with your request or submit your choice on the original Sign-Up post survey form from April 1st (below). Also, as some people have rescheduled or changed their times very recently, some spots have become available which weren’t available before. If you see an open spot that you’d prefer to have, please email me with your request. I will update this chart as changes come in. The remaining time slots will be given away on a first-come/first-served basis from now on.Here is a list of students who have been signed up by their parents for time slots on Friday, April 30th for the Student-Led Learning Review process. If you have not yet signed up and would like to schedule a time, please email me as soon as possible with your request or submit your choice on the original Sign-Up post survey form from April 1st (below). Also, as some people have rescheduled or changed their times very recently, some spots have become available which weren’t available before. If you see an open spot that you’d prefer to have, please email me with your request. I will update this chart as changes come in. The remaining time slots will be given away on a first-come/first-served basis from now on.


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Mar 05 2010


Weekly Update – March 5th

What a busy week! We were all happy to be back at school and I was happy to see that all of the MacBooks made it back to school safely with all chargers and necessary pieces :)  This week was a serious work-week while we wrapped up our latest Unit of Inquiry. The pressure was definitely on to get everything done and I was very impressed with the hard work and concentration I witnessed during many periods of working on PSAs and Fictional Recounts. We still need a little time to polish our work early next week and then we will share our accomplishments with our classmates and other grade 5 students.

Well done Eagles! I’m very proud of you.

A few reminders for the upcoming week:

Monday, March 8th will be an early dismissal, at 11:00am.  Due to early dismissal, there will be no after school ECA’s on Monday, March 8th. Harry Wright Swim courses will run as scheduled as they are not part of our CDNIS ECA course.

Spring Into Reading officially starts next week.  Packets were sent home this past Monday. Be sure to talk with your child about the Read-a-Thon and get involved!

Tuesday, March 9th will be the Grade 5/6 Sports Day.  Please read Gr 5/6 Sports Day Information for Parents

There are other important notes in this week’s edition of the Flash

Workshop Brochure: Connecting with my Pre/Teen

Workshop Brochure: Parenting with Clarity

Enjoy the weekend!  Get lots of rest and we’ll see you soon!

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Feb 27 2010


Getting Ready For Monday

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Hello everyone! I hope that you have all had a great holiday with family and friends and all the things that are dear to you. I had a wonderful break in Langkawi & Penang, Malaysia, filled with adventures – from scuba diving to kayaking to hiking to being lazy reading books in hammocks all day long. It was a great vacation for me. Langkawi means reddish brown eagle in colloquial Malay. The Malay word for eagle is helang – shortened is “lang”. Kawi means the colour reddish brown.P2210751

I am very excited about school starting up this coming Monday. For some reason it feels like we’ve been apart much longer than 2 weeks and I am so eager to spend time with everyone again. Also, we will be wrapping up our Unit of Inquiry about access to equal opportunities and children’s rights and jumping into a brand new Unit of Inquiry about how we interpret the past. This Unit will be filled with fun form field trips to group projects to storytelling and really neat investigations. And because it’s spring time the weather is warming up and it is always a really special time in the school year for me. The classes know each other quite well and work together effectively, some really amazing projects start up in the spring like Spring into Reading, we will being in plan Grade 5 camp and the Grade 5 China Trip, and overall, the excitement becomes contagious at this time of year.

A couple reminders as you prepare to come back to school:

- Bring your macbook and charger to school on Monday (make SURE it is fully charged

- Bring your Chinese folders for double Chinese class on Monday

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Feb 13 2010


Kung Hei Fat Choi!

It was a fun week in the Eagle Nest with lots of holiday themed activities and excitement. As the week wrapped up the Eagles took their MacBooks home for the first time, which made Ms. Cahusac very nervous but went off without a hitch. Congratulations to all the Eagles for being responsible and taking very good care of their computers. Please remember to bring them + the power adapter back to school on March 1st all charged up and ready for a day of school work. The CNY concert was spectacular and all the traditional clothes were amazing to see. I really love this holiday so much!

IMG_3242On Friday the Eagles took their learning portfolios home for the second time this year with a Progress Report from Ms. Cahusac and a learning reflection completed by each student. The reflection explains the IB learner profile attributes which the student identifies with the most and a section to describe how they have taken action in their learning.

The week after Chinese New Year

Monday, March 1st – CISPA Author Talk: “How to Raise a Child who Loves to Read” by Diane Frankenstein – 6:30 – 8:30 pm @ the LLAC

Wednesday, March 3rd – Portfolios returned to school with reflection sheets completed

Friday, March 5rd – Spring into Reading Assembly

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Feb 09 2010


Season 2 ECA Update

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By now you should have received your Session 2 ECA confirmation for your child.  If you have registered and have not received an email, chances are your child was not allocated that course or your course has been cancelled.  Please contact Quan McGough (quanmcgough@cdnis.edu.hk) to reconfirm.  Reminder that ECA courses begin the week we get back from our Chinese New Year break on March 1st.  Non-pay/Lunch time ECA runs from March 1 to the week of May 10.  After school “C” paid ECA runs from March 1 to the week of June June 7th.

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Feb 08 2010


CNY Flower Fair!

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Tomorrow is the annual CDNIS CNY Flower Fair. Some students have pre-ordered tokens which can be used to purchase items at the flower fair. Students who have not pre-ordered tokens are reminded to bring cash to school if they would like to purchase things at the Flower Fair. The Grade 5 students will be visiting the flower fair between 11:15-11:35am.

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The following students will be receiving their token bags tomorrow morning from Ms. Cahusac:

Eagle 6, Eagle 7, Eagle 9, Eagle 10, Eagle 11, Eagle 12, Eagle 16, Eagle 17, Eagle 21, Eagle 22, Eagle 23, Eagle 26

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Feb 06 2010


Weekly Update – Feb. 5th

This week the Eagles began writing their summative tasks for our current unit of inquiry. They have studied and learned about writing recounts and now they can put this new knowledge to creative use! We also have been learning about Public Service Announcements and next week we will have some challenges ahead of us as we learn editing skills in iMovie and GarageBand. For some of us, this will be a very rewarding and exciting project!

Next week is an exciting one at CDNIS as we celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year. Tuesday, Feb. 9th we will be visiting the annual CNY Flower Fair where there promises to be many treasures available for purchase. Many days throughout next week Eagle 13, Eagle 21, Eagle 25 and Eagle 26 will be busy practicing for their performance on Thursday, Feb. 11th at the CNY Concert. We can’t wait to see you and show you how proud we are of your efforts and achievements. You are Super Stars :)

Reminders

- Macbooks + power adapters will be sent home on Friday, Feb. 12th unless other arrangements have been previously made. Students must bring a suitable case or carrying bag before Friday to have it approved by Ms. Cahusac.

- Progress Reports + Student Portfolios will be send home on Friday, Feb. 12th.

- Students are encouraged to wear traditional Chinese clothes next week. There is no cost for the dressing down, but everyone is welcome to donate if they wish.

Important Dates

Monday, Feb. 8th LTT MacBook Parental Control Sessions for parents (see post below).

Tuesday, Feb. 9th CNY Annual Flower Fair

Wednesday, Feb. 10th Guizhou Trip Information Session – 6pm @ CDNIS Library. All interested Grade 5 parents and students are welcome.

Thursday, Feb. 11th CNY Concert

Friday, Feb. 13th Early dismissal 11:00am

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Feb 03 2010


Parental Controls

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Are you wondering what your child is doing online? Worried about how much time they spend using technology? Parental Controls is an Apple resource on the MacBook that allows you to monitor what your child is doing. If you have a child in Grades 5 thru 7, this course is for you.

The first session will be held in the LLAC Lobby on Monday, February 8 from 8:30am – 10am.

The second session follows in the Library on Monday, February 8 from 6:30pm – 8pm.

Register HERE!

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Jan 22 2010


Weekly Update – Jan. 22nd

A super week in the Eagle Nest as we enjoyed a few special guests from far away places. On Wednesday a good friend of Ms. Cahusac’s named Alex arrived to spend some time with the Eagles. She went to University with Ms. Cahusac as now is a teacher in London, England. Also on Wednesday we enjoyed a special presentation from an organization called Free The Children. They told us all about “Thinking WE“. We’ve been reading IQBAL and THE BREAD WINNER and really loving learning about way which people take action to help children who do not have equal access to opportunities around the world. We’ve also been learning a little about Children’s Rights.

Updates

A letter has been sent home from John D’Arcy regarding MacBooks going home for CNY. Please contact me (or the LTT department) if you have any questions.

Dress Down Day – Jan. 29th 2010. The theme is yellow and denim and all proceeds will go towards helping fund the Gr. 5 culture and language trip to Guizhou in May.

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Jan 15 2010


Weekly Update – Jan. 15th

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This week the Eagles really dug deeply into our new Unit Of Inquiry about how individuals’ actions can impact the lives of other people. On Friday, we enjoyed listening to award-winning film director, Christine Choy, as she explained and introduced 2 of her short films about access to equal opportunities for children in schools in rural China. This helped kick off the first stages of planning for the Grade 5 Guizhou trip which happens in May and is led by Ms. Cahusac.

Updates & Reminders for Next Week

- Please ask your child to see the letter I sent home which includes information about the Guizhou Trip. More information will follow in the upcoming weeks.

- Monday, Jan. 18th is an early dismissal day. Students will leave school at 11:00 am

- Please comment on your child’s blog posts about portfolios and goal-setting :)


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Jan 12 2010


ECA Update

Parents are invited to attend the LS Paid ECA Session 1 Showcase and Session 2 Open House.   Wednesday, January 20th from 2pm-5pm in the LLAC

•    2pm-3pm  Open House in the LLAC Lobby for Session 2 activities

•    3pm-4pm  Showcase in LLAC Theatre by Session 1 students

•    4pm-5pm  Reception and Raffle in LLAC LobbyThis event will provide the opportunity for parents to learn more about the paid ECA’s being offered during Session 2 at CDNIS.  It’s a great way for your child to see their peers on stage and to learn about the courses with hands on demonstrations and exhibits in the lobby.One lucky attendee will have a chance to win a voucher for a FREE ECA course for Session 2 at the end of the show!!!!

We encourage you to come and spend the afternoon with your child and watch a show!   Please feel free to contact Quan McGough at quanmcgough@cdnis.edu.hk for more information or have questions.

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Jan 12 2010


Nurse Karla Updates

With the purchase and implementation of the Infrared Thermacam that scans everyone’s temperature as they enter the 7th and 9th floor entrances, and a normal number of student absences, we will suspend daily temperature recording until further notice. However we would appreciate if you would continue to take your child’s temperature in the morning and not send your child to school if their temperature is 37.5 or above or if your child seems sick. We would also appreciate if you could remind your child about proper hygiene and hand-washing to assist in the prevention of the spread of influenza viruses. If we notice an increase in student Nurse Karlaabsences due to illness we will reassess the situation. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

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Jan 08 2010


Weekly Update – Jan. 8th

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What an extremely fun week back to school! The 5E Eagle Nest has been a-buzzzz with cool new things.

Updates:

- We’ve begun an exciting new Unit of Inquiry. Please see the overview by going to the UIO tab above and selecting Sharing The Planet. There are overviews available here for you to download. Ask your child the about the unit too!

- In math, we have begun a unit on Fractions. For the next month, as well as fun hands-on activities in the classroom, we will also be using an online program called IXL Math. It is very comprehensive and allows children to work on their math skills at school as well as from home. The program adjusts itself to maintain a constant challenge depending on how well the student is doing. For example if a child is getting many questions correct, the questions become harder and harder. Likewise if the child is not having success with a certain skill, the questions get easier and provide explanations to help them improve. The program compiles profiles of the student’s achievements and there are numerous styles of reports for parents to check in on. Today I sent home a letter with your child’s Username and Password so that you can see their progress. Please ask you child for this letter today and keep it for your reference.

- Class Duties worked well for our first week. Students will get a new job for next week.

- We are getting back into writing a Class Blog for parents to have a window into the week’s events in 5E. Please click on the link above titled, Class Blog to see this week’s entry completed by Eagle 23. It’s great work!

- Also, our personal Eagle blogs are becoming amazing records of our writing and our creativity in expressing our ideas to the world. Please continue to check in on your child’s blog. Ask them about the comments the receive and their favorite posts. You can see an incredible progression of writing ability on all Eagle blogs. This is something to be VERY proud of :)

Reminders:

- Scholastic Books order forms went home on Thursday. The return dealine is Monday, January 11th.


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Dec 11 2009


Weekly Update – December 11th

The holiday spirit is in the air and all around on the 8th floor lately! We are getting excited about Winter Concert, a special holiday-themed assembly and a Grade 5 party to wrap up next week. The Eagles have also been very good with a 1-week game of Secret Santa with special rules. The students have been encouraged to re-use old gifts or share items that they no longer need/want. Also many Eagles have taken the initiative to make gifts and cards from scratch proving that the holidays do not need to be about spending money and shiny new items wrapped up with bows. We even decorated our classroom with gorgeous hand-made holiday snowflakes, made entirely from recycled paper. Eagle 7 and Eagle 9 also made us a homemade Christmas tree (equipped with a perch for our class mascot Eagle brought in by Eagle 1). The tree is made from reused paper and other crafty supplies and I think it’s a thousand times better than a traditional Christmas tree :)

Updates

The 6th grade Market Place is happening on Monday, December 14th & Tuesday, December 15th. Students must bring $ if they’d like to purchase items. Please remind your child about being safe and careful with $ at school because there have been cases of students losing $ and personal belongings.

Winter Concert is Tuesday, December 15th. Students need to be at school at 6pm. They must wear black bottoms (skirts or pants and shoes) and a choice of red or green tops. Solid colours only please. Wearing shirts inside out or backwards is completely fine!

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Dec 04 2009


Weekly Update – December 4th

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

It has been a great week on the 8th floor as we begin to get into the festive holiday spirit! We started off with a truly impressive first rehearsal on Monday for the upcoming Winter Concert. The rest of the week’s highlights included making large snowflakes out of recycled paper, preparing our 60 Seconds in the Spotlight, blogging (of course!) watching Wasted! and The Lifted Lorax, and reading about Andrew being Lost in the Garbage!

Enjoy your weekend and have fun!

Monday, December 7th is an early dismissal day. Students will go home at 11am.


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Dec 01 2009


Class Photos, Flickr & Winter Concert

Today a few important items should have come home with your child. School photos were sent home and everyone looked great! Also, important information along with 2 free tickets to the Winter Concert on Dec. 15th was sent home. Please ask your child about these 2 important items.

A NEW feature recently added to our blog is a link to the 5E Eagle Nest Flickr website. Please scroll down and look in the far right column for the box with a link to Flickr . There are many pictures here of things we’ve been doing in class this year :)

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Nov 25 2009


Reminders

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Dear Parents,

Thursday, November 26th - Pay Dress Down Day ($20), 3-Way Learning Reviews 3:00-5:00

Friday, November 27th – 3-Way Learning Reviews 8:00-5:00 – NO CLASSES

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Nov 20 2009


Weekly Update – November 20th

What an amazing week for the 5E Eagles! I was very proud of the Eagles all week long, and went home happy each and every day, because I witnessed some serious effort and hard work throughout the school week.

One major highlight was on Friday afternoon we helped lead the Grade 1 Team Building day by working hard as team leaders and activity leaders. Everyone showed their best qualities and really impressed me (and my mom). What a great way to end an awesome week :)

I would like to thank all the people who donated school packs for the relief effort in the Philippines.

Next Week at a Glance

- Thursday, November 26th Dress Down Day + 3-way conferences 3:00 – 5:00

- Friday, November 27th 3-way conferences – NO CLASSES ALL DAY

Enjoy the weekend :)

Ms. Cahusac

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Nov 17 2009


3-Way Learning Reviews

Attached here you will find the Parent User Guide Nov2009 on how to access the Online Scheduling System for 3-way Learning Reviews on November 26 and 27. As you are required to schedule your child’s Learning Review online, please review the attachment as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Jean Lo at jeanlo@cdnis.edu.hk or 2240 6312. Please note that since 3-way Learning Reviews are only 15 minutes long, parents and children should arrive to the Learning Review with goals for improvement in mind. If you were not able to attend our parent training sessions on assessment and reporting, there are several parent resources on assessment and reporting available in the CDNIS Library for you to borrow. Please feel free to access these resources at your own leisure: – Powerpoint presentation from the Assessment and Reporting workshop – DVDs of the Assessment and Reporting workshop – excerpts from the Lower School Assessment and Reporting policy – copies of all communications with parents that have been sent home to date regarding assessment and reporting Thank you for your attention.

croySincerely,
Dean Croy
Principal(Acting) Lower School

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Nov 06 2009


Weekly Update – November 6th

What a wild and wonderful week we’ve had on the 8th floor! We spend the better part of the week using our knowledge and experience form our field trip to the Hong Kong Science Museum building exhibits about changes in the states of matter. These Exhibits were then put on display today to the rest of the grade five student body in our classroom Museums of Change. Ask your child about their project, how in connects to the unit of inquiry and in what ways they understand the central idea of the unit of inquiry.

Updates

Rememberance Day Celebrations – Poppies for Lower School Students in Preparatory-Grade 6 on November 11
Your child will have the opportunity to wear a poppy at the November 11 Remembrance Day Assembly by providing a $2 donation to a veteran’s association. Funds will be collected and poppies distributed to your child prior to the assembly. Please remember to send the coin with your child next Wednesday. Children love the opportunity to participate on this special day by giving to a special cause and wearing a poppy.

If you are able, please join us for your child’s Remembrance Day Assembly in the LLAC on Wednesday, November 11:
Prep-Grade 2 9:40-10:20
Grades 3-6 12:30-1:10

PCF Dumpsite and Cemetery School, Tondo, Manila, Philippines – CDNIS Fundraiser flyer

This is a reminder for all G5-6 students that swimming will begin next week (Nov. 10 and continue to Dec.11). Both PE periods a week will be SteinerMarcdevoted to swimming. Students must come prepared with proper swim attire (suits, goggles and towel). Uniform attendance will be taken as usual.

Thanks
Marc Steiner



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Nov 05 2009


Immunization Information

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Nurse KarlaDear Parents/Caregivers,

Immunisation forms MUST BE returned by tomorrow, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6th. The immunisation team is coming to the School tomorrow (Friday) afternoon to check the records prior to coming in on November 13th to administer the injections. Therefore we need all forms in by tomorrow morning.

If you are consenting to the immunisation, please send in your child’s original immunisation record. If your child is not getting the immunisation, there is no need to send in the record. Also, please let me know if you are available to help out on the morning of the immunisations. Please email me if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Karla Handcock
School Nurse
Canadian International School
karlahandcock@cdnis.edu.hk
direct line: 2240-6329

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Nov 03 2009


Weekly Update – November 3rd

I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing holiday with lots of time for fun too! Halloween was a very fun day for us just before leaving on our holidays, congratulations to all the participants who made it fun by dressing up and showing school spirit. It’s great to be back at school now, jumping feet first into our Museum Exhibit Projects. Be sure to ask your child what their exhibit will be about…

Updates

It is important that parents are aware of the Learning Language and the Achievement Descriptors rubric which teachers will be using for the upcoming learning review and portfolio review.

The Achievement Descriptors clearly explain the criteria your child’s progress is being measured against. Our ongoing developments in assessment and reporting clearly outline that knowledge, skills and understandings are all key components to your child’s learning.

As Susie Heinrich-Jabal clearly stated at our parent session, we want students to be approaching expectations when we begin a unit because we want them to have something to learn; this is expected. Furthermore, meeting expectations is a high level of competency and it is our goal to have students meeting grade level expectations. Students who demonstrate knowledge, skills, and understandings in a specific area of strength beyond grade level expectations are exceeding expectations.

Our new Learning Update (Nov) and Progress Reports (Feb and June) will report on a variety of knowledge, skills and understandings using the attached descriptors.
- LINDA PARNSALU

Lower School Vice Principal (Acting)
Email: lindaparnsalu@cdnis.edu.hk


Reminders

- Season 2 sports try outs begin this week. Please check the t-wolves website for further details.

- The CISPA Family Fun Fair is this Sunday, November 8th starting at 11am

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Oct 16 2009


Weekly Update: October 16th

This was another busy week on the 8th floor! Eagles jumped right into our new unit of inquiry with discussions, science experiments, procedural writing and research about museum exhibits for our summative task.

Next Week at a Glance

- Monday, October 19th is an early dismissal day. Students will be dismissed at 11:00am

- Tuesday, October 20th 5E class photos will be taken at 11:00am

- Wednesday, October 21st is our field trip to the Hong Kong museum of Science

- Friday, October 23rd is our CDNIS Halloween Celebration

Enjoy the weekend :)

Ms. Cahusac

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Oct 10 2009


Weekly Update: October 9th

The week that felt like a month! I heard more than a few times this week…..

Monday I had to go to an appointment for the afternoon and I left the Eagle Nest in the hands of a supply teacher for the second time this year. I am thrilled to report that the feedback was all positive! The teacher even left a note for me stating that the class was excellent. Well done Eagles!

Tuesday we played our first soccer intramurals match at lunch recess and won! I appointed Eagle 15 as our captain for the week and he did a fantastic job, being very fair and considerate of all Eagles who wanted to play. And there were a lot of us. I cheered from the sidelines with other Eagles and 9 players brought us to a victory.

Wednesday was a hard day, and at the same time, a glorious celebration of Mr. CDNIS and our beautiful school community.

Thursday some Grade 5 students began the day with Painting a Glove for Habitat for Humanity. Thanks for participating in a good cause! In class, we began our new Unit of Inquiry. One of our first activities was to practice good procedural writing. Be sure to check out the silliness which ensued with our Peanut Butter Sandwich activity in the post below this one. Also, please see the UOI page tab above for an overview of the Unit, including the enduring understandings and ideas of ways that the unit can be reinforced at home. This unit will be short but very sweet – with many opportunities for hands-on activities, experiments, creations and all-around-fun science learning.

Friday we continued working on our survey graphs and watched Bill Nye introduce us to the world of matter. We won our third intramural soccer match, thanks to excellent team work and cooperation. I am so proud of how we came together as a class and supported each other, even if we were just watching from the sidelines. In the evening we enjoyed some fine Grade 5 art (and free cookies, juice and sandwiches) in the LLAC loby with parents and loved ones. It was a great chance to meet new family members, talk, mingle and simply enjoy our Grade 5 community together. What a nice way to wrap up a difficult week.

Reminders:

Monday, October 12th is the second (and last) parent information session about new developments in our Reporting & Assessment procedures. Sixth floor cafeteria 8:00-9:30 * I am on the Reporting & Assessment committee this year and, specifically, I will be working on supporting parents through all the changes and developments this year. Please feel free to contact me with your questions and concerns regarding this.

Updates:

I have recently created an Eagle Nest Flickr account to showcase our class photos. We have been taking great photos in class and on field trips, and we all know how much I LOVE taking photos, so we need a place to show people. This blog has turned out to be fairly incompatible with photo album sharing, so I’ve made online albums with Flickr. You can check them out by clicking here !

- Eagle Eye :)

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Oct 05 2009


Mr. Dick Memorial Service

Dear CDNIS Community,

The past few days have been very difficult for the CDNIS community. Staff, teachers, students, and parents have been moving through the grieving process while trying to continue as Alan would have wished.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, October 7 at 3:00pm. Our intention is to gather as a community to celebrate Alan’s life and to provide an opportunity for his many friends to come together to express their love and respect for Alan. The service will reflect Alan – full of spirit, colour and, of course, music. As this is a celebration of Alan’s life, we ask that parents and friends wear pink, his favourite colour.

To allow students to attend the service with their parents, school will be dismissed at 11:00am on Wednesday, October 7.

We would like to ask for your kind cooperation to refrain from taking video or pictures during the memorial service. A professional photographer and a videographer have been hired to record the service. A DVD will be made available at a later date.

Memorial Service
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: AsiaWorld-Summit, Hall 2, AsiaWorld-Expo
Ground Floor, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong
Dress Code: Please wear something pink, Alan’s favourite colour. For CDNIS students, please wear school uniform.

Airport Express: Those who are attending the memorial service are entitled to buy round-trip Airport Express tickets between Hong Kong Station and AsiaWorld-Expo Station at just HK$48 with an Octopus Card. Ticket counters are located at Hong Kong Station – L2 Trains to Airport and AsiaWorld-Expo (next to the existing Airport Express Shuttle Bus Counter)

In respect for Alan’s dedication to sustainability, we would ask those not taking the Airport Express to consider car pooling.

Yours sincerely,
Dave McMaster
Head of School

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