ISY Elementary Blog
Elementary School Blog – August 16
Sandy Sheppard, Elementary School Principal
16 August 2019
Welcome back everyone to the new school year.
It is wonderful to have your children back with us at school, we missed them. This blog will be sent out each Friday and will contain important information and dates, as well as reminders. I hope you take the opportunity to read it each week.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Parent Community Coffee Morning, it was lovely to catch up with so many of you.
I hope you have seen our new playground. The children are certainly enjoying exploring all the new equipment. We will be adding things to the playground over the coming months e.g. items for our spare parts area, in-ground trampolines and toys for our new Mud Kitchen.
We are all looking forward to a wonderful school year.
Sandy Sheppard
Driver Instruction
Don’t forget to read the email from our Communications Coordinator about this opportunity for instruction for your drivers.
Reminders
-We do not use single use plastics on campus, please keep this in mind when bringing food for celebrations into school and when packing your children’s snack and lunch. We encourage reusable drink bottles and lunch boxes.
-Your child should bring a named hat to school everyday. The children should be wearing a hat at recess times when playing out of shaded areas
Homework
Here in the Elementary School we encourage students to read every night as their homework. On occasion the students will bring work home related to classroom work, this is a way to share their learning with you. They may also be asked to follow-up on projects they are working on at home. The teachers over the coming weeks will be sharing with you websites and apps that are beneficial for students to use at home.
Traffic
Please remember that the school bus is available for students, it is a great way to avoid traffic delays. You can register here.
Seesaw
Seesaw is our portfolio app and website that our students and staff will use to document and record student learning, growth and collaboration. Student learning will be shared with students’ families via the Seesaw Family App. If you need help accessing Seesaw email the classroom teacher or see our technology team on the Back to School Night.
Back To School Night
We hope to see you all on the 28th of August for this event.
The purpose of the night is to allow you to meet your child’s teachers, view the classroom(s), and to obtain general program guidelines and standards.
Important Dates
19th-21st August – Elementary School Photos
24th August – Parent Association, Pool and BBQ event, 4:00 – 8:00 pm, Australian Club (tickets MMK 10,000 – below 10 years and MMK 20,000 – 10 years and above)
28th August – 1st Parent Association General Meeting, 8:00 – 9:00 AM, school cafeteria
28th August – Back to School Night, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
2nd September – school closed
Service Experience
Sulin, our Cultural Studies and French Teacher had the opportunity to spend 6 days during July at Inle Heritage Private School, observing classes, co-teaching, providing professional development opportunities and giving feedback.
How wonderful that she was able to have the opportunity to share and learn from others.
Previous Elementary School Posts
Elementary School Blog – April 2, 2021
The final quarter of any school year is important. This is often the quarter that students make the deepest connections and most progress.
Elementary School Blog – March 26, 2021
Further to Dr. Hedger’s Tuesday update on the majority of our faculty departing Yangon the weekend before Thingyan, we would like to update you on how you can expect school to operate after Thingyan.
Elementary School Blog – March 19, 2021
Our children are wonderful models of how effective a beginner’s mindset can be when nothing is certain and every challenge seems new.
Elementary School Blog – March 12, 2021
Sometimes it is difficult to look on the bright side. But research shows that in difficult times, it is important for our mental health to allow ourselves to acknowledge that times are difficult and to feel rather than suppress negative emotions.
Elementary School Blog – March 5, 2021
We have long term, yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly plans but our planning and preparation has now taken more of a day by day focus.
Elementary School Blog – February 26, 2021
It is very comforting to know that as technology continues to provide us with new ways to communicate and work together, we have students who understand that simple human actions and gestures like good manners still make the world go round.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
+95 (0) 9 880 441 040