International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN
Volume 06 21 October 2011

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

OCT
24 School Holiday - No Classes Nov 1

From the ES Administration

Dear Elementary School Parents, Pressing Pause on our Learning This week brings us to the end of our first quarter and over twelve weeks of learning in the Elementary School. It marks an appropriate time for us to press pause and reflect as a community on where we have come from since August. For new families to ISM, you have been through a transition phase into a new school, a new country and a new culture. For others who have been here longer, this quarter has heralded a new grade, new teacher and new friendships. Part of the learning process is providing suitable time for reflection. This can look very different, dependent upon the grade and the understanding, but operates on a number of central premises: Reflection and metacognition are central to teaching & learning Students think in different ways Students reflecting on their own learning enables them to select strategies which best suit them, which then supports them in setting their own goals Thinking skills can be taught As teachers, we aim to model thinking and metacognition for our students, such that it becomes natural for our students and part of their own learning cycle. We also use this as a central tenant of all our teaching, in order to be reflective about our practice and constantly look for better ways to guide and facilitate our students learning. Hopefully as a family, you get the chance to press pause over the next couple of weeks and enjoy some time together. Pezzettino This morning at our second ES assembly for the year, we had the pleasure of sharing a story by Leo Lionni, called Pezzettino, which means little piece in Italian. Pezzettino is small in stature and is surrounded by
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NOV
2, 9, 16, 23 11 12 15 Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @ 8.30am ES Parent Bulletin K-12 Dance Recital @ 3pm, Fine Arts Theatre ES Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, Little Theatre

21 - 24 PTA New Book Fair, FAT Lobby 25 30 Filipiniana Bonifacio Day Holiday - No Classes

UPDATING PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION

In order to best serve the ISM Parent Community, it is essential that information be quickly disseminated when necessary. For this reason, the accuracy of your contact details in our database is of the utmost importance. Please note that Parent Contact Information must be updated online by the parent. To make any changes or verification in contact information, please access one of your childrens data file via the ISM website (www.ismanila.org) and then under Login, click on Powerschool Public Access and enter your Username and Password. On the page that opens, click on the Demographic Update icon for changing or updating demographic information.

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From the ES Administration

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others who are big and daring and wonderful. As such, he is on a quest to find out where he belongs. After asking the one-who-runs, the strong one, the swimming one, the one-on the mountain, the flying-one, and finally the wise-one, he is sent to the Island of Wham for the answer. He discovers that like everyone, he too is made up of little pieces and he is actually himself, rather than a little piece of someone else. We hope that over the past months, your children have continued on their journey to discover who they are and that ISM has helped in their journey. Whilst we are all little pieces that help to make ISM a community, we are also unique little pieces that are very different for all the right reasons and that these differences are a cause to celebrate. Have a wonderful holiday.

Adam Campbell
Elementary Principal

Michael Rourke

Elementary Asst. Principal

From the Music Department

CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER

Are you in Grade 4? Do you like to: Sing? Dance? Act? Are you interested in costume or set design? Would you like to help with lights and sound, assistant directing, playing in the orchestra or backstage support? Or maybe you have another creative talent you would like to share! Would you like to take part in an amazing and creative journey that ends in a spectacular stage performance? Then Childrens Musical Theater is the activity for you!!! This is your chance to express your creativity, have fun and SHINE!!! Childrens Musical Theater: Mon., Oct. 10 Fri., Oct. 21 Nov. 2 Feb. 1 (Wednesdays) Mon., Feb. 6 and Tues., Feb. 7 Wed. Feb. 8 Thurs., Feb. 9 Registration with Ms. Toni in ES Office Rehearsals in FAT 2:30-4 Rehearsals in FAT 2:30-5 Dress Rehearsal in FAT 2:30-5 School Performance 1:00pm Evening Performance 6:00pm

If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email at hurstm@ismanila.org, or come by my room before or after school. I hope to see many of you involved in this very special activity!!!!! Sincerely,

Ms. Marnie
Room 1164 2

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From the PE Department

For those families going away this coming holiday the ES PE department are planning another bulletin board to showcase all the ways our children (along with parents too) are physically active outside of PE lessons. Please send/e-mail me a photo of you and/or your children being active together. You can place photos in an envelope and send to school with your child addressed to Amanda Pekin, Elementary School Physical Education or simply email me your photos after the break. We are looking for any photos where adults and children are being physically active! Recommended guidelines for children are one hour of physical activity per day as a minimum.

From the Art Department

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 resources you sent at the beginning of the year. We would hugely appreciate your help in providing any of the flowing items: Boxes, toilet and kitchen roll tubes, newspapers and magazines, egg cartons, yogurt pots, polystyrene and plastic takeaway boxes, old and even broken toys and dolls, cds, wrapping paper, ribbons, fabric, beads and unwanted costume jewelry, old shoes and bags. These items can be brought to room 1189-1191 at anytime or you can get your children to bring them in with them to their art class. If you do not have any items now we hope you will collect them for us and bring them in the future. Many thanks for you continued support,

ES PE Dept.

The ES Art Team From the Uniform Shop

ITEM DESCRIPTION COLOR SIZE 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 6 12 M 41 259 20% Discount 41 39 21 13 2 90 169 9 1 3 88 50% discount "SECONDS" items @ 50% discount

White Kids Shirt Yellow Green Black KIDS BOTTOMS G/Skort MALE TOPS Male Shirt Total Items for Sale Khaki White

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From the School Clinic

First Aid Workshops for Parents, Helpers and Teens Do you wonder what to do in case of an emergency to help a person in need before the arrival of medical support? Would you like to feel more confident in your first aid skills?Then this course is for you. In November we will be hosting three sessions designed especially for parents, helpers (yayas/drivers) and teenagers Medical Emergency Awareness course presented in English, 8am 12nn Thursday 3rd November Medical Emergency Awareness course presented in Tagalog, 8am 12nn Thursday 10th November Medical Emergency Awareness Course for Teens, 3pm 7pm Thursday 3rd November Recognizing an Emergency Assessing for Response Activating Emergency Medical Services Basic Life-Supporting Skills Clearing the Airway Log Roll Recovery Position Breathing Ventilations Mask/Shield Circulation Chest Compressions Sudden Cardiac Arrest Using an AED Severe Bleeding Management Eye injuries Managing Shock Choking Anaphylaxis Fractures and dislocations Warning Signs of Serious Illness Altered Level of Responsiveness Pain, Severe Pressure, or Discomfort in Chest Breathing Difficulty, Shortness of Breath Specific First Aid Problems Simulation

The courses will coverCost 700PHP for the 4 hour session. For enquires and to reserve your place please email Monique at the Clinic reedmo@ismanila.org

Vaccination The Clinic is offering the second session of vaccination on Wednesday November 2nd . 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 infectiousillness caused by a type of bacteria called Salmonella typhi. This vaccine can be given to both adults and children aged 2 years and over. Typherix contains a small part of the bacterium which causes typhoid fever. This is not infectious and cannot make you ill.When you are given the vaccine it will trigger the bodys immune system to prepare itself to protect against typhoid fever in the future. Typherix will only prevent disease caused by the bacteriumSalmonella typhiand not against salmonella bacteria that can cause food poisoning or gastroenteritis.Since the bacterium is present in the bowel movement (motion), the infection can occur in any country, but it more commonly occurs in places or countries with poor personal or public hygiene. This vaccine is required every 3 years.

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From the ATAC Office

It is IASAS week and I would like to wish all our teams the very best for this years 30th anniversary tournaments in Singapore. All the ISM community will be supporting our teams as they do their very best to play hard and represent ISM to the very best of their ability on and off the field of play during this exciting event. For interested community members the 1st Season IASAS full tournament draw is available with details of all events on the ATAC blog. SAS will be live streaming the IASAS championships..go to www.iasas.asia to find the live streaming sites. All the action starts Thursday morning Oct 20th. Well done to our Bearcats Golf Team who participated in Taipei last weekend at the IASAS Golf Exchange two day tournament. Our girls team won GOLD with Angela De Villa (72,78) and Mika Kubota (84, 84) shooting terrific scores to take out the team award and also place 2nd and 3rd in the individual awards. Our boys team placed 6th and I would like to thank all participants and our golf advisors for taking part in this years event. ISM Varsity Boys soccer played Ateneo last Friday Oct 14 in the RIFA boys Elite division semi-final and in a thrilling game won 2-1. They will now play in the championship final on Friday Nov 4th here at ISM at 5:15pm. The JV girls soccer team played their final last Saturday of the girls division 2 v ICA and lost 1-2 in a close game. Well done to all players and coaches Mr. Cooling and Mr. Reilly for their efforts this season. ES/MS Soccer Festival Results: ISM Midgets C-Coach Erics team placed 3rd, ISM ES Midgets E-Coach Franciss team placed 1st-congratulations! and Midgets G, Coach Mikes team placed 3rd. MS Girls festival teams of Coach Kleng and Coach Chris placed 2nd and 3rd in the finals Saturday afternoon at Xavier. A big thanks to all players/ coaches and parents who attended the RIFA Festival Finals held at Xavier and ISM. 2nd Season ATAC sports for MS and HS teams (Basketball, Rugby, Touch, Swimming and Tennis) get underway when we return from break please check the tryouts flyers in this bulletin and the ATAC blog for 2nd season information. The season practice schedule will be posted soon. The ATAC Blog (http:// atac.ismonline.org/) is the one stop shop for information related to the sports/ activities programplease take some time to peruse the blog for information. GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (access to game schedule information) Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing. Click on schedules tab or the Bearcat logo to be directed to the http:// powerschool.ismanila.org/public/ You will need your power school user name and password to access the game schedule pdf. BEARCAT DEN: Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den: Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am 1:00pm and 2:30pm 4:00pm. Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordinator Radhika radhikasavantmohit@yahoo.com or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will be very happy to make you welcome.

Director of Athletics/Activities International School Manila E-mail: pekinm@ismanila.org ISM Website: http://www.ismanila.org/ ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism-online.org/

Mark Pekin

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