Dear team,
Progress Report week is done. Congratulations on successful parent-teacher conferences. I hope these meetings were useful to establish positive parent-teacher communication, to as a team, guide students academic growth and socioemotional development.
Enjoy your weekend!
Staff Meeting
WEDNESDAY Nov 20th
3pm
Ma Carmen's Music Class
METACOGNITION TEACHER SURVEYS
As part of our Metacognition Project research with Boston College, we are conducting a series of surveys. We sincerely appreciated your engagement with the first survey and would now like to share the second round of surveys with you.
share their voices after having such an amazing PD on The Metacognition Project.
The Teacher Survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and is fully anonymous.
A video introducing the Teacher Survey is here, which you may wish to show to teachers to introduce the survey to them.
Please complete the survey by Friday 6th December.
METACOGNITION - THE LEARNER AMBITIONS
PEER OBSERVATION - ELEOT
1. We have to start our Peer Observations (ELEOT)
Please, choose a person you want to learn from.
Use the observation tool: ELEOT
If your account was created before and you cannot remember your password, select Request Password. You will then receive an email from Cognia with a link that lasts 24 hours and allows you to change your password.
Make sure you have access to the platform. If not, contact Henry.
Review the Eleot Learning Environment before the observation.
Send an email to the teacher you want to observe. Each teacher can have up to 2 observations.
Observe for 30 to 45 minutes.
Schedule a 15 minute post observation meeting with your colleague and fill out your template and link it to the
The deadline to complete this is December 10th.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN
4th Grade Digital Citizenship Assembly: Friday Nov 22nd at 8:50am
5th Grade Digital Citizenship Assmebly: Friday Nov 22nd 9:40am
Students must complete this survey prior to the assmebly. Make sure you have your homeroom class completing it. You may guide so that students fully understand each question.
CAR DUTY
SANTI & CATE
Please be at the gate by 7:45 am welcoming students.
REMINDERS
METACOGNITION TEACHER SURVEY HERE
ELEOT PEER OBSERVATION due December 10th
Wednesdays are "Menor Day" school-wide! Let's all wear our Menor gear and take pride in belonging to the best school ever #TheMenorWay.
Upcoming Events
4th Grade Community Service Nov 19 & 20:
November 19th: Stravinsky, Boulanger y Liszt
CHAPERONES: Vivi, Andre, Isa Castellanos, Isa Avilés, Maria Gloria & Moni Sevilla.
November 20th: Verdi & Tchaikovsky
CHAPERONES: Mafer, Mary, Paz, Alex & Marga Endara
Thanksgiving Nov 28th
Half day for students and teachers
Dismissal time 12pm
FIESTAS DE QUITO
Dec 5th Half Day
Fiestas de Quito activities led by room parents will take place during this day. Details coming soon.
Dec 6th no school
4th Grade Maquipucuna Trip:
Dates and chaperones:
BIRTHDAYS
Interesting Resources
Learning Explorations new podcast is here
"Professor Daniel Muijs is Head of the School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work and Professor of Education at Queen’s University Belfast. Daniel has held professorial positions at a range of UK and international universities, led the Research and Evaluation team at Ofsted and is the co-author of the EEF's guidance report on 'Metacognition and Self Regulated Learning'. Daniel is an expert on school and teacher effectiveness, and has published widely in this field."