Dear DCIS Parents and Guardians,
We began our Parent Workshops in earnest in the last couple of weeks, with the Primary School Homework workshop being particularly well attended last Wednesday. We do always blog about our workshops, so if you were unable to attend you can find the details and the presentation available at Primary School Homework Workshop on the school weblog. As our monthly newsletter is being published this week, we have new blog posts available with news from different programmes and areas of the school. Do also check out the rather interesting evaluation from Nord Anglia Education (NAE) on the first year of The Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Programme collaboration.
The beginning of this week is particularly active for our community. We will be focusing on raising awareness of Dyslexia within our community throughout the week, but we also have a non-uniform day tomorrow to raise money for service projects in Tanzania that DCIS Secondary School students will be contributing to during their trip in November. NAE Global Campus has been launched for the 2016-2017 academic year (details below), so do come along to the Parent Workshop tomorrow morning to learn more about this unique enrichment opportunity for our DCIS students. Finally, at DCIS, Nursery to Year 2 students follow a thorough approach to learning to read and spell through our 'Reading Fundamentals' approach. Parents have the opportunity on Wednesday morning to hear how their Nursery to Year 2 children are learning to read and how they can support them.
The next week will see the following events:
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Monday, 3rd October, 5.00pm – 5.45pm in Room 104
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Tanzania Expeditions Information Evening
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Monday, 3rd October, 6.00pm – 7.00pm in Cooper Hall
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Year 4 Trip Information Evening
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Monday, 3rd October – Friday, 7th October
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September/October Newsletter Published Online
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Monday, 3rd October – Friday, 7th October
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Dyslexia Awareness Week
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Tuesday, 4th October, 8.45am – 9.45am in the Music Room
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Parent Workshop: NAE Global Campus at DCIS
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Tuesday, 4th October
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Non-Uniform Day – Global Campus
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Wednesday, 5th October, 8.30am – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: Reading Fundamentals (Nursery – Year 2)
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Sporting Fixtures for the Week:
DCIS continues to have marvellous achievements and experiences in sporting events across Singapore. The School Blog and DCIS Facebook page have information on our sporting achievements, and in the next week, our students have the following events:
| Tuesday 4th October |
U16 |
4.45PM |
U16 Boys Football Vs ACSI |
| Tuesday 4th October |
U12 |
4.30PM |
U12 ACSIS Boys Rugby |
| Tuesday 4th October |
U9 |
4.30PM |
U9 Girls Football ACSIS |
| Wednesday 5th October |
Middle School |
4.30PM |
Middle School Cross Country |
| Thursday 6th October |
U12 |
4.30PM |
ACSIS Girls Netball - U12 |
Global Expeditions Non-Uniform Day - Tuesday, 4th October
Tomorrow will be a whole school non-uniform day to raise money for the NAE Tanzania Expedition. Money raised will be going towards the projects that our DCIS students and staff will be completing on behalf of DCIS in Tanzania such as building smokeless stoves in community housing, helping to build goat sheds and building a local primary school.
The theme of the day will be Safari Animals / Eco Tourists. Teachers will be discussing this day with the students this week so they can plan their outfits for next week. The donation towards this non-uniform day will be $2 per student.
Meet the Principal Presentation
During the Primary School Parent Teacher Conferences next week, I will host opportunities for parents to meet me and learn more about my plans for DCIS. There will be two sessions on each day:
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Monday, 10th October, 4.00pm and 5.00pm (2 sessions)
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‘Meet the Principal’ Presentation in the Music Room
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Tuesday, 11th October, 5.30pm and 6.30pm (2 sessions)
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‘Meet the Principal’ Presentation in the Music Room
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In the meantime, you can also follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/dcisprincipal
Global Campus
Welcome to the first weekly Global Campus News bulletin – each week we will send out a mailer sharing the latest goings on from the Global Campus.
We hope you all had a fantastic weekend and have made a positive start to the new academic year. All students in Year 4+ should have received their account log in stickers by now – if there is any problem with yours please ask your teacher to inform Mrs Hyland as soon as possible. Read below for the latest Global Campus news and updates.
UPDATES
- CREATIVE WRITING 2015/16 ANTHOLOGY - It's here! The 2015/16 Creative Writing and Visual Arts anthology is now ready. We have the e-version available for you all now. The printed copies are in the process of being printed and shipped and will be with you in school very soon. You can view an e-version by clicking here. Once again well done to all our winners at DCIS, it is something worth celebrating! We really hope you enjoy this collection of creative writing and visual arts, all on the theme ‘Be Ambitious’!
- TANZANIA NON-UNIFORM DAY – Information has already been shared about the upcoming non-uniform day on Tuesday 4th October. Students are encouraged to come to school dressed as Safari Animals or Eco-Tourists and donate $2 to the Tanzania fundraising projects that are expedition students will be participating in!
- GLOBAL LIBRARY – This is now live on the Global Campus Online. We have a wide selection of books available in both libraries from the lists this year! Get stuck into a great book and complete the online quizzes!
Have a great week all. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any queries you may have, and keep in contact! We love to see and hear what you have been up to with the Global Campus.
DCIS Parent Class Representatives
Please find below and follow this link to the current list of Parent Class Representatives at DCIS.
Nut Allergies
We have students at DCIS with severe allergies to nuts. It takes the whole community to support a 'nut-free' environment, parents, students and helpers. Please ensure that your child is not bringing any food into school which contains any form of nut ingredients so we can maintain a safe environment for all our students.
Traffic Management
Finally, and I have also mentioned this in my monthly newsletter, on a practical and safety note, may I remind parents that we kindly ask all motorists to turn left (and not right) as they exit the school. We do not have control over the main road, of course, so all we can do is seek your cooperation; we are instructing our school buses to do the same as this really helps traffic flow out of the site in the morning and evening.
Best regards,
Mr. Christopher Short
Principal
October Calendar of Events
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Monday, 3rd October, 5.00pm – 5.45pm in Room 104
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Tanzania Expeditions Information Evening
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Monday, 3rd October, 6.00pm – 7.00pm in Cooper Hall
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Year 4 Trip Information Evening
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Monday, 3rd October – Friday, 7th October
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September/October Newsletter Published Online
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Monday, 3rd October – Friday, 7th October
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Dyslexia Awareness Week
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Tuesday, 4th October, 8.45am – 9.45am in the Music Room
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Parent Workshop: NAE Global Campus at DCIS
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Tuesday, 4th October
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Non-Uniform Day – Global Campus
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Wednesday, 5th October, 8.30am – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: Reading Fundamentals (Nursery – Year 2)
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Monday, 10th October, 3.30pm – 5.30pm
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Primary School (Nursery – Year 6) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Monday, 10th October, 4.00pm and 5.00pm (2 sessions)
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‘Meet the Principal’ Presentation in the Music Room
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Tuesday, 11th October, 5.00pm – 7.00pm
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Primary School (Nursery – Year 6) Parent Teacher Conferences
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Tuesday, 11th October, 5.30pm and 6.30pm (2 sessions)
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‘Meet the Principal’ Presentation in the Music Room
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Tuesday, 11th October, 8.45am – 9.30am in the Cafe
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Parent Workshop: Online Safety
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Wednesday, 12th October, 8.30am – 9.30am in Cooper Hall
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Parent Workshop: International Primary Curriculum
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Wednesday, 12th October – Friday, 14th October
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Juilliard Music Curriculum Specialist Visit - Kathryn Anderson
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Friday, 14th October
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No ECAs Day
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Friday, 14th October in Cooper Hall
Lower Primary, 9.00am – 9.30am
Upper Primary, 10.00am – 10.30am
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*Primary School Deepavali Assembly
Lower Primary (Class 2SC and 2SM)
Upper Primary (Class 4AM and 4JR)
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Monday, 17th October – Friday, 28th October (inclusive)
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Term 1 Half Term
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Monday, 31st October – Friday, 4th November
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October/November Newsletter Published Online
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Tuesday, 1st November
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Deadline for Notification of Withdrawal – end of Term 1
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