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Happening This Week May 1

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MONDAY Period 7     Holiday, No School PD and COLLABORATIVE MEETING Monday . Holiday, No School Weds . Digital Horizons. Bring your computer or device and your OCC log on information. See communication from principals for more information. This Week’s Message Welcome back from another extended weekend and happy May! This week the Y 12 students are into their exams full swing. See DP exam information in the DP section below. Also, see the T4 tab above for Semester Exam and Report writing information. Coordinators will be conducting ‘walk throughs’ this week observing the use of lesson objectives and Approaches to Teaching. These are to support the development of the programs. See the ‘Best Practice’ tab above for information about best practice from the last walk through. For more details about the walk through protocol being used, see the Library section of the Resources tab above. PD this Weds will be based on our ‘Digital Horizons’. We will be looking at

Happening this week April 24

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MONDAY Period 7:    No School Today, Isra Mi’raj PD and COLLABORATIVE MEETING Monday . No School Weds .  Extended Essay Reflection 2. See DP and EE coordinator communications for more information. Teacher Humor. A kid comes home from school. Mum asks, 'What did you learn today?' Kid replies, 'Not enough. I have to go back tomorrow.' This Week’s Message Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the extended weekend and the family fun day. The coordinators would like to issue a big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS as we wrap up this year’s section of the self-study. We appreciate the time and effort put into this as you continue your busy teaching schedule. Remember to pay close attention to calendars and planning, with many extended weekends we only have one full week of school this term between now the Semester Exams. Please plan in order to get all instruction and assessment fit smoothly into this broken up term. To help you with planning, see the

Happening This Week, April 17

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MONDAY Period 7: Y 7 Assembly PD and COLLABORATIVE MEETING Monday. Development of Learning Progressions. Everyone Meet in MPR3 at 3:00, then break out rooms. See communication from Ibu Tamara. Weds . Self-Study. Everyone meet in MPR3, then break out rooms.  See communication from IB Coordinators This Week’s Message Welcome back from a long weekend. I hop everyone who celebrated Easter was treated well by the Easter Bunny (Yes, ‘hop’ was a pun, not a type-o). There are a number of extended weekends and short weeks this term as well as a late start and sports assembly this Weds. National exams are also taking place for Y 9 this week. Please plan accordingly to fit all instruction and assessment smoothly into the term to reduce stress on yourself and the students. On the tab above labeled ‘T 4 Information’ you will find more information about report writing and semester exams. Under the 'Resources'  tab you will find a new section called 'Unit Develo

Happening this week April 10

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MONDAY Period 7:   Assembly in theater for all year levels and teachers. Student council campaigns. PD and COLLABORATIVE MEETING Mon and Weds Monday .  staff   League of awesomeness meeting   in the theater following the assembly (Full Hour). Weds. Self-Study.  All groups meet in MPR3 for kickoff. Then groups will break out into assigned rooms in Building B Floor 3.  Mixed group meet in MPR3, then break out to assigned room on B3 . This Week's Message Welcome back to a short week! There is no school Friday, and we are blessed with a number of upcoming three day weekends. Please remember to plan accordingly to be sure your instruction and assessment fits smoothly into this busy Term 4.  This week’s update includes some information on the bottom about assessment and planning for assessment; please be sure to scroll to the bottom and see it. There is also information under the 'T4 information' tab above  about T 4 Report writing deadlines and proce