Primary School NEWS

Welcome Back!

Dearest Students, Parents and the Global Jaya Community,

Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year. We hope this message finds you in good health and spirits! We know it is an unusual opening of the school year, and it certainly has been a very challenging situation for all. However, we know we can overcome and look upon these challenges as opportunities. It is clear that we all feel the same and miss physically being at school. As we start the year in a Home Based Learning model, all our teachers are working diligently to prepare an engaging and exciting virtual learning environment.

We are all committed to working together to collaborate, reflect and grow in order to better support our students and parents in this Home Based Learning journey. The Global Jaya staff and teachers are working to ensure that during HBL, students experience learning that is deep and meaningful.

Please take a moment to review the year level HBL pages and links. You will find important and more detailed, beginning of the year information for each year level, as well as some welcome messages from our amazing teachers.

We are looking forward to starting the new school year; welcoming our new and returning families! Please stay safe and healthy.

Warm Regards

Ibu Dewi and Ibu Elena

Years Kindergarten to Year 6 Starter Pack Distribution

Please utilise the GJS West Gate entrance to campus. Starter pack pick up will be available via pick-up using a drive-through system. Please ensure all health protocols are adhered to. The timing for pick up of starter packs are as follows:

• Years 3 and 4 : Monday, 27 July 2020 Between 08:00 am-12:00 pm

• Years 5 and 6 : Monday, 27 July 2020 Between 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

• Kindergarten and Reception: Tuesday, 28 July 2020 Between 08:00 am - 12:00 pm

• Years 1 and 2 : Tuesday, 28 July 2020 Between 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

New Parent Meetings with Principals

Kindergarten through Year 6: All new GJS parents are invited to Join Ibu Dewi and Ibu Elena, our Primary School Principals, on Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at 08:00 am - 09:00 am Link to New Parents Meeting with Principals (click here)

New Parent Meetings with ICT Coordinator

New Parents are invited to join our ManageBac information Session with our Pirmary School ICT Coordinator Pak Rully on Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at 09:00 am - 10:00 am. During this session we will provide explanation of how to access your account as well as familiarising new users to the platform and the information that is available over the course of the school year. Link to New parents ManageBac Session (click here)

Parent Meetings with Teachers

Parents, both new and returning, are invited to joing our year level teaching teams as they introduce themselves and share their preparations for the coming academic year. The schedule of parent meetings are as follows:

• Kindergarten : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 08:00 am - 09:00 am. Link to Kindergarten Parents Meeting (Click here)

• Reception : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 09:00 am - 10:00 am. Link to Reception Parents-Teachers Meeting (click here)

• Year 1 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Link to Year 1 Parents Meeting (Click here)

• Year 2 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Link to Year 2 Parents- Teachers Meeting (click here)

• Year 3 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Link to Year 3 Parents - Teachers Meeting (click here)

• Year 4 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Link to Year 4 Parents- Teachers Meeting (click here)

• Year 5 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Link to Year 5 Parents-Teachers Meeting (click here)

• Year 6 : Thursday, 30 July 2020 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Link to Year 6 Parents Teachers Meeting (click here)

iReady Testing for Reading and Mathematics

During the first few weeks of this school year, your child will complete an online, iReady diagnostic evaluation for Reading and Mathematics.

These assessments are not used for report grades, but instead to help teachers better identify areas of strengths and weaknesses of their students. This data allows them to tailor instruction, materials, activities and groupings to provide each student with opportunities to improve, develop or extend their knowledge. The iReady is one of many tools used to understand each student’s performance abilities, and does not on its own determine placement or progress. The information gathered from these diagnostic tests will be tracked throughout the year with repeat testing at the end of semester 1 and 2. This will enable us to view every student's growth and development, whilst taking any action to assist those who may be struggling. These diagnostic tests are used globally by many international and host nation schools and will be able to give teachers an understanding of where your child stands in regards to ability for their age level.

Individual teachers will be in contact in regards to how the diagnostic is taken but I do ask that you support us in ensuring that your child attempts and conducts themselves in their best possible manner. The more accurate the result, the better we can plan personalised learning for your child. If you have further questions or would like more information, please discuss with your child’s Maths and/or English teachers or programme coordinators. Alternatively if they are not able to assist you please do not hesitate to email me @ jamesm@globaljaya.com