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11 November 2011Volume 07

ES PARENT BULLETIN

International School Manila

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

NOV

12 K-12 Dance Recital @ 3pm, Fine Arts Theatre

15 ES Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, Little Theatre

16, 23Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @

8.30am

21 - 24 PTA New Book Fair, FAT Lobby

25 Filipiniana

30 Bonifacio Day Holiday - No Classes

DEC

2Kindergarten Concert @ 8.15am, Little TheatreGrade 1 Concert @ 1pm, Little Theatre

5, 6 ES AFAC Recitals @ 3.30pm, AMR

9 ES Parent Bulletin

13 1st Semester Report Card Distribution

15 End of 1st Semester

From the ES Administrationrom the ES AdministrationDear Elementary School Parents,

Creative and divergent thinking

Last weekend, ISM faculty members spent time in aprofessional learning seminar focusing on reflective

thinking. One of our five school-wide student goals is:

Inquiring and reflective problem solvers

An overriding theme for the day was investigating how weencourage creative and divergent thinking at ISM. Ourcurriculum is very much concept-based, where we targetdeep understanding for our students, focused on coreconcepts. Aligned with this, is empowering our students tobe able to solve problems in real life contexts, as webelieve this demonstrates true understanding. Mostimportantly, finding ways for students to show what theyare learning in an authentic context reflects what learningin the real world looks like. Scaffolding and modelingcreative and divergent thinking is part of this process. Weare constantly challenging our students to view situationsand problems from a variety of perspectives in order to

give them a greater understanding.

Creative and divergent thinking does not happen in acertain timetabled period at the same time each week. Itis an underlying principle that is weaved into all aspects ofour curriculum, such that our students are developing theirability to solve problems creatively as a normal part ofeveryday learning. One of our key learning principles at

ISM is:

Different types of thinking such as classification andcategorization, inferential reasoning, analysis, synthesis

and metacognition, mediate and enhance learning.

In our classrooms, problems in Mathematics, Language andother curriculum areas are all posed in such a way as toencourage and facilitate such thinking. This thinkingneeds to be explicitly discussed with students so they seehow this can look. One phrase that our students will oftenhear is making your thinking visible. Visible thinking iscultivating students' thinking skills and dispositions whilstat the same time helping to deepen content learning. Welearn best what we can see and hear. Through using visualorganizers to scaffold and support our students thinking,

we are leading them to a deeper stage of cognition.

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UPDATING PARENT CONTACTINFORMATION

In order to best serve the ISM Parent Community, it isessential that information be quickly disseminated whennecessary. For this reason, the accuracy of yourcontact details in our database is of the utmost

importance. Please note that Parent ContactInformation must be updated online by the parent.

To make any changes or verification in contactinformation, please access one of your childrens datafile via the ISM website (www.ismanila.org) and thenunder Login, click on Powerschool Public Access andenter your Username and Password. On the page thatopens, click on the Demographic Update icon forchanging or updating demographic information.


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When you spend some time in our classrooms, please have a look around the room for some examples of our studentsthinking this may be in the form of mind-maps, post-it note displays, Venn diagrams, idea webs, fish-bones, or other

graphic organizers for thinking.

The real magic of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust

Filipiniana

On Friday, 25 November, we will be celebrating Filipiniana at ISM. This is a chance for all the ES students to delve deeper

into the culture of the Philippines through a variety of hands-on activities. For ES students, our day will start with an ES

assembly in the Fine Arts Theatre, starting at 8am, run by our Student Council. Each grade level will then have a variety of

activities through-out the day, incorporating the MS and HS Filipiniana parade at 12pm. Please refer to your class teacher

for more specific information regarding what is taking place on the day. We look forward to welcoming you onto campus

throughout the day.

Adam Campbell Michael RourkeElementary Principal Elementary Asst. Principal

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From the ES Administrationrom the ES Administration

From the Music Departmentrom the Music DepartmentYou are cordially invited to

the Kindergarten and Grade 1Music Concertsto be held:

Friday, December 2Little Theatre

KindergartenNursery Rhymes and Folktales

8:15am

Grade 1Lets Create

1:00pm


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SEND IN YOUR ACTIVE PHOTOS

We are planning another bulletin board in the

playground showcasing all the ways ourcommunity was physically active over the recent

October break holidays. Please send/e-mail me a

photo of you and/or your children being active.

You can place photos

in an envelope and

send to school with

your child addressed

to Amanda Pekin,

Elementary School

Physical Education or

simply e-mail me at [email protected]. Thanks

to those parents who have already sent in photos.

We have a website which has a list of the

activities children can become involved in and

around Manila.

Check out http://sportsmanila.wikispaces.com/

ES PE Dept.

From the PE Departmentrom the PE Department

ITEMDESCRIPTION

COLOR SIZE20%

Discount50%

discount

"SECONDS"items @ 50%

discount

Kids Shirt

White

2 41

4 39

6 21

8 13

Yellow 4 2

Green 2 90

Black 2 1696 9

KIDS BOT-TOMS

G/Skort Khaki 12 1

MALE TOPS

Male Shirt White M 3

Total Itemsfor Sale

41 259 88

From the Uniform Shoprom the Uniform Shop

ES Art Department needs your junk!

We have been so busy creating amazing art this

semester that we have used up a lot of the resourcesyou sent at the beginning of the year. We wouldhugely appreciate your help in providing any of theflowing items:

Boxes, toilet and kitchen roll tubes, newspapers andmagazines, egg cartons, yogurt pots, polystyrene andplastic takeaway boxes, old and even broken toysand dolls, cds, wrapping paper, ribbons, fabric,beads and unwanted costume jewelry, old shoes andbags.

These items can be brought to room 1189-1191 at

anytime or you can get your children to bring themin with them to their art class. If you do not haveany items now we hope you will collect them for usand bring them in the future.

Many thanks for you continued support,

The ES Art Team

From the Art Departmentrom the Art Department
http://sportsmanila.wikispaces.com/http://sportsmanila.wikispaces.com/


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From the School Clinicrom the School ClinicVaccination

The Clinic is offering the next session of vaccination on Wednesday November 23rd .

This month in partnership with GSK we are offering Typherix vaccine at a cost of

871.00PHP.

Typherix is a vaccine which helps prevent typhoid fever, an infectious illness caused by a type of bacteriacalled Salmonella typhi. This vaccine can be given to both adults and children aged 2 years and over. Typherixcontains a small part of the bacterium which causes typhoid fever. This is not infectious and cannot make youill. When you are given the vaccine it will trigger the bodys immune system to prepare itself to protectagainst typhoid fever in the future. Typherix will only prevent disease caused by the bacterium Salmonellatyphiand not against salmonella bacteria that can cause food poisoning or gastroenteritis. Since the bacteriumis present in the bowel movement (motion), the infection can occur in any country, but it more commonly oc-

curs in places or countries with poor personal or public hygiene.

This vaccine is required every 3 years. The last day to book/pay for the vaccineis November 16th.

From the Fine Arts Officerom the Fine Arts Office


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From the PTArom the PTANEW BOOK FAIR 2011:

Read a Book - Travel the World!

21st

to 24th

November, 2011

Fine Arts Theater Lobby

Daily 7:00 am 4:00 pm

The ISM community are all invited to join us

for this special event!

This year, the PTA and National Bookstore have teamed up once again to bring you discounts and freebies as a"Thank You!" for your continued support of the New Book Fair:10% discount off all book purchasesDiscounts will automatically be deducted upon payment at the register.

JOIN US on Monday 21st November for our opening breakfast and to watch a cook-ing demonstration by our special guest, Aileen Anastacio!

10% of the value of sales from the book fair will go towards book purchases for the various Service Learning pro-jects supported by the school.

There will be Question of the Day quiz for students, raffle tickets, discounts, freebies and lots more.

The school librarians have put together some suggestions for ES, MS and HS. Please check out your Parent Bulle-tins and the PTA website for more details!

A leaflet describing the events of the New Book Fair will be sent home with the students on Thursday, 17th

Novem-ber, 2011.

New Book Fair Committee Co-ChairsKelly HauberWinnie Lo-KuefnerSarah StalleySimran UttamMaggie Vanwijnen


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Upcoming Event for ISM Parents

SAMANTHA SOTTO

the Filipino author of Before Ever After

Will be coming to ISM as part of the NewBook Fair to talk about her debut novel.

Thursday, 24th

November, 20117:45 am, Loft BES Block, 3

rdFloor

Heres an opportunity to read the book before meeting herin person. You can buy a hardback copy of the book forPHP 499!

For a copy of the book.Call or Text the PTA NEW BOOK FAIR TEAM

Kelly 0917 888 0704or

Maggie 0917 597 7493


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SwimathonSaturday, December 10th

Welcome to the Sailfish Swim Club Swimathon! It is a fun activity for all of our swimmers andthe ISM community as a whole (Parents, Teachers, and Students). It gives the kids and parents

a chance to set goals, and strive to exceed those goals. Goal distance will be set based onsquad level and development. Our objective for Swimathon is twofold:

1. Ensure that the swimmers have a positive experience and can demonstrate their increased ability in thesport.

2. Help the swim club raise funds for the Child Hope charity, for equipment as well as end of year awards.

We hope that each swimmer will participate in the Swimathon to the best of their ability. Thank you very much foryour participation!

ScheduleParent Volunteers are required to assist with registration; at least 3 parents are needed during the 15 minute registration period. Please gohere to register your help.http://sailfish.ism-online.org/sign-up-forms/swimathon-parent-volunteer/

Pledge forms are attached so swimmers can start collecting pledges. On the day of the Swimathon, swimmers are

asked to bring along a plate of foodfor share after they have finished their swim, they will have earned it. Pleasearrive early to allow time to register and prepare for the swim. It is a good idea to have a large water bottle on pooldeck to sip on during the swim. Once the Swimathon is complete, you will need to gather your pledges and pay tothe school cashier into the Sailfish Account by Thursday 15

thDecember.

Rules

1. Swimmers may start collecting pledges as soon as they receive the pledge sheets. Reminder: Pledge sheetsneed to be turned in on Swimathon day. Pledges may be made by anyone.

2. Each sponsor making a pledge should write their name, pledge per lap, and maximum pledge or setamount pledge. Swimmers may collect the pledge in advance but must keep pledges until all are collectedthen take the total to the cashier.

3. On the day of the Swimathon, each swimmerMUSThave an adult lap counter/ supervisor, to keep track of thenumber of laps completed. Swimmers will not be able to swim if they dont have an adult supervisor. Eachgroup will swim during a specified period in our pool. Each lap is 25 meters.

4. During the Swimathon, swimmers are allowed to stop as needed for toilet and water breaks. If a swimmerneeds to stop they simply move to a corner of their lane or get out of the pool so that other swimmers may con-tinue unimpeded. Older swimmers are encouraged to stop as little as possible. Do note that swimming aids ofany form are not allowed.

5. Upon completion of the Swimathon, students will get their lap count approved. A volunteer will record each stu-dents lap total on their pledge sheet and return it. Students may then collect outstanding pledges. Please paythe pledges to the school cashier into the Sailfish Account as well as return the pledge sheets to theISM Sailfish Swim Club by Thursday 15

thDecember,or on the day of the event.

We look forward to all our participants having a great time! For questions or concerns, or to volunteer, contact AndyAstfalck, Head Coach at [email protected]

GROUP REGISTRATION MEAL TIME SWIM TIME TARGET METERS / LAPS

Elementary School 2:15-2:25 pm 3:30 pm 2:30-3:30 pm 1,000-2,500m / 40-100

Middle School 3:15-3:25 pm 4:30 pm 3:30-4:30 pm 2,000-3,500m/ 80-140

ISM COMMUNITY 4:15-4:25 pm 5:30 pm 4:30-5:30 pm 1,000-2,500m / 40-100

High School 5:15-5:25 pm 4:30 pm 5:30-7:30 pm 5,000-9,000m / 200-360
http://sailfish.ism-online.org/sign-up-forms/swimathon-parent-volunteer/http://sailfish.ism-online.org/sign-up-forms/swimathon-parent-volunteer/


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ISM Sailfish Swim Club - SwimathonSaturday, December 10th

Name School Grade

Pledges: A sponsor can pay a flat rate or pay a rate per lap. Swimmers are encouraged to collect their pledges in ad-vance. Swimmers must collect their pledges and hand in by Thursday 15th, December, or on the day of the event.

Pledges will go toward:1. Child Hope which is a school sponsored charity2. Club equipment and end of years awards ceremony

SPONSOR NAME PHONE NUMBER FLAT RATE RATE PER LAP

CASHIER STAMPGRANDTOTAL

SUB TOTAL SUB TOTAL


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