Mentors-Trish emailed Roula, who asked MS Valerie for permission-awaiting response
Writing moderation completed-ready to give to Literacy Coordinator
Math integration-some activities created but planner not finished
Meeting time changed as of next week to 2:00pm
Timeline for the Exhibition
Summative – De Bono Hats
- Skills – accepting responsibility, adopting a variety of group roles, evaluation, writing.
- Collage – representations of human rights
- Talk show – which human right speaks to them – one student explain and what can be done, one student positive about it, one student negative about it – tie in with interview writing from literacy.
Discussion: National day task to be deleted from this year's WWA unit planner Formative assessment 3: identify regions on maps to be uploaded onto MB Summative assessment description changed to:Learning centers: students will be exposed to six different human rights violations and they will analyze/critique them using the De Bono hats. Exhibition: read through last year's reflections, Shared list of mentors so far and brainstormed names of other possibilities: mentors will work with students on Wednesday afternoons from 2:00-3:00pm-possibly twice on the fifth week Date: Wednesday 6th May-morning time-exact hour?
Action: Email suggested people for mentorship (Trish) Update WWA unit planner with all formatives and summative resources (Lauren) Update WWAPT unit planner (James) Complete WWAPT reflections (all)
Denial of snack to be done early next week,
PowerPoint to be made to get them thinking about human right violations
Students will then create their own rights
Discussion: -WWA unit: provocation ideas-to deny students a playtime/snack time to motivate them to ask questions about fairness etc. -Create/revise essential agreements for the classroom -Students research the Charter of human rights-foussing on the rights of the child -Summative assessment: Presenting to others about new found Human Rights and how they apply not only to them but to people in different parts of the world. Students follow human rights violations around the world and recognize that these violations are wrong -Proposed date for the Exhibition May 6th
Action: -Source mentors for the Exhibition(Trish) -Complete unit planner (James)
Next meeting: Reading WWA reflections Discussing formative assessments for WWA
Oct 14th, 2014 Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Peter
Location: PS PD room
Discussion: -HTWW unit, order of experiments;1) Mixtures 2)Solutions 3)Producing Gas 4)Soap Bubbles -Language: procedural writing -Simplified version of a scientific method; observation, hypthesis, experiment, knowledge -Provocation: Coke and Mentos -Pre-assessment: prediction of what will happen when two substances are mixed Central idea changed to: Properties of matter change through experimentation -Integrated math: volume, capacity, measurement: weight
Oct 1st, 2014 Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Peter
Location: PS PD room
Discussion: -Summative assessment for HWEO -Rubric to be created based on; ability to connect with the key concepts, analysis of an artifact, developing a question, ability to answer the question correctly
-Standards to be assessed: Analyze cartoons, artifacts, artwork, charts, and graphs related to historical events
-HTWW: order of experiments; Week 1: Mixtures: solids and liquids Week 2: Solutions: salt & water-dissolving, evaporation Week 3: Solid, liquid, gas: baking soda & vinegar Week 4: Soap bubbles Week 5: Glass Week 6: Summative assessment experiment
Apr 16th, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Reflections on exhibition: what worked well & what needs improvement-saved on q drive
Mar 19th, 2014
Boys School field trip to Dubai-meeting cancelled
Feb 12th, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion:
Exhibition details: ADC Grade 4-Tuesday 25th at 9:30am-10:30am-boys and girl students separate, MBZ Grade 5 students -Thursday 20th 9:30am
Parent Teacher meeting date to be changed
Central ideas and lines of inquiry to be developed by the students next week
Math, English , social science and science to be integrated in the students' unit
Possible approach to focus on specific skills each week-taught/modeled by the teacher, applied by the students
Use of the Key Concepts to frame the inquiry topic
Action:
Reflections WWAPT (all)
Complete the latter half of the WWAPT unit planner (Nashreen)
Research videos of PYP Exhibitions taking place (all)
Copying of booklet (William/Lauren)
Math and Literacy integration (all)
Feb 4th, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Absent: Lauren Discussion:
Mentors-Trish emailed Roula, who asked MS Valerie for permission-awaiting response
Writing moderation completed-ready to give to Literacy Coordinator
Math integration-some activities created but planner not finished
Meeting time changed as of next week to 2:00pm
Timeline for the Exhibition
Dates decided for Parent Information Session 17th March, MBZ students to visit 20th March, Exhibition 26th March 9:30-12:30pm BS, 9:15-12:30pm GS
STP unit begins on 9th Feb
Action:
Complete latter half of inquiry cycle (Nashreen)
Email MBZ PYPC and invite Grade 5 students to Exhibition (Trish)
Schedule Grade 4 ADC students also (Trish)
Type up exhibition timeline (Trish)
Decide on relevant pages from student handbook (Grade 5 team)
Type up letter to parents and have translated (Trish)
Jan 29th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching Grade 1)
Jan 22nd, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion:
-Pre-assessment results: the students really enjoyed the activity but found it difficult to calculate the measuring scale
-Narrative writing: identify features, focus on rubric criteria
-Moderate writing from HTWW
-Exhibition date is Mar 26th, Information session for parents on Tuesday 11th
-30 mentors needed for groups from both schools: 57 girls=13, 68 boys=17
-Main ideas in the related unit standards; recycling, climate change, weather, landforms, global warming, ecosystems, food chains,
Action:
-Research central idea and lines of inquiry for STP (all)
-Choose three pieces of leveled writing from HTWW (all)
-Reflections for HTWW (all)
Next meeting;
-Begin collaborative planning of STP
Jan 15th, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Inquiry cycle activity ideas generated e.g time zones, map representations -Pre-assessment designed: where would they settle, why, what would they need to survive? (Josh) -Summative assessment task, William to create an example, Evan designing the rubric
-Geo Guesser app suggested as useful for tuning in activity
Next meeting:
Literacy and math related activities
Jan 8th, 2014 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Pre-assessment results added to planner: most children understood the concept of exploration quite well but were confused between discovery and invention.
-Long discussion about reworking central idea and lines of inquiry Action:
-Update Grade 5 POI display (Trish)
-Sharing of graphic organizers related to current unit (William)
-Revision of central idea and lines of inquiry to ensure standards alignment (all)
-Vocabulary list in relation to current unit (William)
-Reflections of HTWW (all)
-Research into finding a UAE explorer for the "Ask the Expert" activity in Finding Out (William?)
Next Meeting:
-Whole team feedback what information/activities they have found
Dec 11th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to clashing meeting at the Boys' School & Primary School appointment
Dec 4th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion:
-Collaborative planning of WWAPT
-Main concepts in standards
-Summative assessment task-the students go on a new discovery over the holidays/during the six week unit and choose a medium to express their understanding of the central idea
-Pre-assessment: students give an example of an exploration to a new country that they made and the new discoveries and understandings that it led to, identify the country on a world map -Provocation: new exploration of an undiscovered place
-Mentors for the exhibition-how many, how many students per group?
Action:
Summative assessment record sheet and rubric (Josh)
Pre-assessment record sheet (Lauren & Nashreen)
Provocation research (Trish)
Learning tasks for inquiry cycle (all)
Reflections on HTWW (all)
Next meeting:
The Exhibition-action plan of what to do
Literacy Plan
Complete unit planner
Nov 20th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion:
-Reflections on Parent Teacher meetings
-Update HTWW planner
-Select skills for summative assessment rubric
-Literacy-Grade 5 need confirmation from senior management before they will select appropriate texts for integration
-Exhibition: possibility of other PYP schools visiting ENS or of ENS teachers/students visiting other schools. Action:
-Research inquiry lessons for the next unit WWAPT
-Create assessment tools for HTWW summative-skills and understanding rubrics aligned with the standards
Next meeting:
-Present assessment tools for HTWW
-Begin collaborative planning for WWAP Nov 13th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Writing moderation: three pieces decided on to represent top, middle and bottom levels of writing for an opinion piece from unit 1.
-Align writing genres to transdisciplinary themes
-Exhibition to solve an identifiable local problem that also relates to the bigger world.
-Exhibition date Weds Mar 26th from 10:30-12:00pm Action:
-Give moderated writing from unit 1 to Sarah (Trish) -Check exceeding level on rubrics with ENS Grading system (Trish/Sarah) Next meeting:
Exhibition-visitors from other schools, how many mentors exactly
Literacy Matrix
Nov 6th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Reflection on Reading Street Programme-what to take forward, what to omit
-Writing Moderation, writing standards for opinion writing-creating rubric
-Tuesday PD time arrangement
Next Meeting:
Continue writing moderation and create rubrics for all writing standards Oct 30th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion:
-Finishing off unit planning for Going Further, making Conclusions, Taking Action
-Summative assessment tool
Next meeting:
Writing Moderation Oct 23rd, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: Oct 16th, 2013 Holiday: Eid Al Adha Oct 9th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: Oct 2nd, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Discussion: -Recap on summative assessment activity and rubrics for WWA
-Grade book entries for this unit, English writing assessment
-Portfolio pieces for WWA, how to organize collection of work
-Summative assessment for new unit
-Pre-assessment: organization of bus stops with matter reactions/interactions
-Provocation: mentos in a bottle of Coke-reactive explosion
Action:
Enter new information to HTWW planner on Managebac(William/Trish)
Next meeting:
-Formative assessment tasks
-Design assessment tools for summative
-Begin to populate the inquiry cycle
-reflections on WWA Sept 25th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Sarah Discussion:
-Meeting led by Sarah to demonstrate how to use Reading Street
Sept 18th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, (Lauren-absent due to sickness)
Discussion: -The inquiry cycle: filling in activities into each stage
-Use of Classroom Connections to aid brainstorming for inquiry cycle
-Completed inquiry cycle and discussed formative assessments
-Responsibilities allocated for updates on MB:WWA: William, WAPT: Evan, HWEO: Nashreen, HWW: Josh, HWOO: Lauren, STP: Josh Action:
Update WWA planner-William/Trish
Next meeting:
Literacy coordinator to discuss approach to implementing Reading Street
Sept 11th, 2013 Present: Josh, William, Evan, Lauren, Nashreen, Trish Discussion: -Reading assessment: Probe, how to administer and mark
-Awards Assembly: allocate Learner Profile attributes and PYP attitudes to units of inquiry, teachers choose which assembly
-Summative assessment: how it will work, responsibilities divided for resourcing materials;
1.Video on slavery-Nashreen
2. PPT on Famine/Drought-Evan
3. Photographs of war children-William
4.Graph about schools-Lauren
5.Story about healthcare-Josh
Action:
Whole team to find resources for summative assessment
Next Meeting
Populate inquiry cycle with learning tasks
NEW ACADEMIC YEAR June 16, 2013 ... May 23, 2013 Present: Colette, Nashreen, Glenn Discussion:
- Grade 5 tour guides: excellent job. We must acknowledge them: certificate; class points, assemblies?
- Visit debrief: overall very positive feedback
- Grade 5 organization for next year: imperative that G5 is a priority when scheduling - both for common planning time and mentors for exhibition
- Mentors need to be organized and recruited at the beginning of the year
- Using G12 student didn't work (worth trying though)
- Planner (HWOO) development: Incorporation of SimCity (online), reflection component and development of enduring understandings
- Changed out LOI #3 (too complicated). Penciled in a new causation LOI that would work well with connection to the game (see planner)
*Brief chat with Patrick on the way back regarding meeting points
Action:
- Continue to develop summative assessment tasks (G5 team)
- Discuss and modify summative task to align with SimCity game - perhaps it could be a final report of some kind? (G5 team)
- Look for online game possibilities and share with G5 team (Glenn)
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
- Continue to develop planner
May 1 and 2, 2013 Present: (Meeting 1) Patrick, Eva, Riaan, Colette, Glenn (Meeting 2) Colette, Nashreen, Glenn Discussion (Meeting 1):
- Progress with exhibition unit (HWEO)
- Organization of information booths
- MBZ visit feedback
- Classroom environment feedback, focus areas in prepation for the visit
Discussion (Meeting 2):
- HWOO planner development: transferred pre-planning info across and began to develop ideas for pre-assessment, summative, and some inquiry cycle activities
Action:
- Start to develop planner for HWOO (Glenn)
- Reflection sections of STP (G5 team)
- Continue to develop ideas/planner for HWOO (G5 team)
- Classroom environment checklist (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with HWEO
- Continue to dvelop planner for HWOO
April 24, 2013 Present: Patrick, Colette, Riaan, Evan, Ms Amna, Glenn Discussion:
- Feedback from Peggy about G5 classroom obs and meeting
- Feedback email contents (sent yesterday from Glenn)
- Classroom displays: more have been added tot he display resources folder on the Q
- Teacher turnover discussed - also referenced in the Nov '11 report
- Development of POI for 2013-2014
- Mentors not to be a part of the HWEO unit for this school year (various reasons)
- Exhibition presentations to go ahead as planned but with the understanding that once again we are 'piloting' the exhibition unit: developing certain aspects of it and providing students with more opportunities to make choices and be at the center of their learning
- Literacy PD: after many requests the G5 team are still yet to have received any formalized training. Strategies and resources were discussed - the conversation will continue with a view to organizing something in the coming weeks.
Action:
- Ensure that the 5 parts of the feedback email are addressed - ask glenn for any clarification (G5 team)
- Endeavour to complete the STP reflections (G5 team)
- Start to develop HWOO planner (Glenn)
- Start to think of engaging ways that the final unit (HWOO) can be presented (All)
- Continue to develop classroom environments with the goal of ensuring that all 5 essential elements are there (G5 team)
- Bombard (!) students with opportunities for developing understanding and ability to use PYP vocabulary (G5 team)
- Visit G5 (Boys) classes tomorrow morning to discuss central idea and work on possibilities for groups generating their own, that would be included int he final presentations and displays (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review proress and look at planners for HWEO and HWOO
April 22, 2013
*Meeting with IB Consultant: Peggy Bumanis
April 18, 2013 Present: Colette, Nashreen, Glenn Discussion:
- Review of points covered at yesterday's BS meeting
- Science gradebook concern
- GS progress with regards to HWEO
- Schedule changes: modifications made
- G4 exhibition visit: request/proposal that it happen on the day (instead of the day before)
- HWEO planner: modifications that need to be made
- Modifications in Colette's classroom/learning environment
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with regards to above action items
April 17, 2013 Present: Evan, Patrick, Riaan, Glenn Discussion:
- Science grades in Q1 and 2 only - will this be an issue for the brown book?
- Next steps for exhibition unit: finish tuning in and start to make connections between artistic expression and culture
- Presentations to be held in classrooms, 15 or 20 minutes between each. 3 presentations will be able to happen at the same time. Timing of the presentations to be between snack and lunchtime
- Parent information letter to be sent out (by end of next week)
- Invitation letter to be sent the week before the exhibition
- Exhibition to be held on May 16
- G4 classes to visit GS and BS on May 15th to view the presentations and information booths
Action:
- Write to Mary asking about the brown book question (Glenn)
- Visit G5 classes on Thursday 25th to discuss possibilities of groups deveeloping their own central ideas (Glenn)
- Make a request to Mr Ahmed regarding 20 tables and display boards for the BS exhibition (Glenn)
- Write parent information letter (Glenn)
- Continue to develop planner (G5 team and Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
March 20, 2013 Present: Riaan, Patrick, Evan, Colette, Glenn Discussion:
- Reviewed what needs to be completed on STP planner
- Exhibition unit timing: decided to extend a week
- Exhibition timeline development: worked on the focus areas (by week) for the unit.
- Development of central ideas: Glenn to join BS classes (during week 2) to open up the possibility of this
- Ways that we can ensure students are given opportunities to make choices
- Unit to start with scaffolding activities focused on Islamic and Aboriginal art (?). After the initial exploration groups will be required to choose a specific culture, develop essential agreements and develop an action plan that outlines what they produce throughout the unit
- Outline documented on planner
Action:
- Revise POI sequence document to accomodate more time for HWEO (Glenn)
- Send out email to mentors (Glenn)
- Email Mr Gustav about possibility of getting funds for art materials (Glenn)
- Check on exactly what art supplies are in the Art room at the BS (G5 team)
- Reflection section and final population of the inquiry cycle for STP (G5 team)
- Assessment tools into STP tools folder (Patrick)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop planner and timeline
- Review progress with securing mentors
March 7, 2013 *Class visits
February 28, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
*Classroom visits..
Action:
- Review progress with regards to the development of assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
February 18, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Evan, Colette, Nashreen, Gustav, Glenn Discussion: - Changes to G5 BS schedules: UAE SS to be reduced from 3 to 1 session per week; one PE session to be taken out of the schedule; and now that PE (swimming) has been officially put into Keiran's schedule there will be no need for G5 teachers to accompany them tot hat session. Draft shared with G5 team.
- Trans-discdiplinary skills grouping activity: proposal shared with GS G5 teachers. TDS needed for success in the exhibition unit brainstormed and listed on the board. This list to be used with students in unpacking and beginning to explore TDS (pic shared as an attachment)
- Weebly content: mixed messages being sent - planning to be included in content? What type of planning? What kinds of resources?
- How much unit information should be on the web pages: an overview at the bare minimum but this doesn't really speak to parents. Ideally, seperate pages with expanded information related to units, activities and tasks within them should be developed.
Action:
- Develop assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
- Review final schedule and make sure that it aligns with rest of BS
February 14, 2013 Present: Glenn, Patrick, Riaan Discussion:
- Mentors to abe approached personally
- Potential mentors list revised
- Process for organizing groups developed:
1. Groups to be organized with transdisciplinary skills in mond: ideal groups will contain one student that demonstrated strength in at least one domain
2. Students unpack/explore each domain of TDS and complete a reflection task that has them identfy which TDS they feel they are strong/capable with
3. TDS displays created and developed prior to unit, ensuring that students develop an understanding of the types of skills that will be necessary for productuve group work
4. Students are then to form groups using the data collected in (2)
5. G5 teachers will then review the group proposals and make necessary any amendemnets
- Groups to meet weekly prior tot he exhibition unit for (unit-related) team building activities
- Cultures to be included as options for the (exhibition) unit explored (see unit development document)
- No MBZ meeting this week: MBZ teachers invited to come over to Manasir on a Tuesday afternoon
- Exhibition unit to begin with whole class explaoration of Islamic (not Emirati) art
Action:
- Glenn to be CCd social studies planning - insert into planner if/where possible (Colette, Glenn)
- Continue to think about how Action component will be addressed in (exhibition) unit
- Develop assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle for STP
- Look at classroom environments: develop plan that will ensure all essential elements are in place
February 11, 2013 Present: Riaan, Nashreen, Colette, Evan, Patrick, Glenn Discussion:
- Reviewed and continued to develop exhibtion timeline
- Developed Inquiry cycle for STP
- Powerschool weighting (with Ms Mary)
- Exhibition timeline and mentors
Action:
- Discuss trip to MBZ - gauge interest via email (Glenn)
- Develop assessment tools for all tasks outlined in sections 1 and 3 (G5 team - tbd)
- Form Exhibition groups (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review proposed groupings
- Continue to develop timeline
- Review progress with regards to assessment tools
February 7, 2013: Present: Patrick, Glenn Discussion:
- Progress with STP
- Development of timeline for HWEO
Action:
- Develop basic exhibition imeline draft (Glenn)
- Contact Colette and ask for SS planning (Glenn - Colette)
- Transfer SS planning onto planner (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review STP planning progress
- Assess G5 needs
- Discuss trip to MBZ
- Review and continue to develop exhibtion timeline
- Delegate...
February 4, 2013 Present: Riaan, Colette, Glenn (Apologies: Evan, Patrick, Nashreen) Discussion: *Meeting agenda not covered due to changes in schedules and teachers covering for others
- Exhibition presentation: discussed and developed
- Exhibition timeline: needs to be developed asap
- To do list (planners): not covered
Action:
- Speak with Amna/Valeri about S2 schedule and how to fit in G5 planning meetings (Glenn)
- Refine Parent presentation and share with G5 team (Glenn)
- Develop unit checklist and share with G5 team next meeting (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review unit checklist
- Reflect on parent sessions
- Continue to develop timeline
January 31, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn Discussion:
- Challenges at BS with regards to staffing (Kagan training, scheduling, PowerSchool bugs)
- Completed reflection section of WWAPT planner
Next Meeting:
- Review Exhibition presentation
- Develop exhibition timeline
January 28, 2013 Preasent: Riaan, Nashreen, Colette, Eva, Patrick, Glenn Discussion:
- Academic honesty: policy being developed within ENS system but AA is not a "new thing". Student work, especially work that is being graded and displayed must be created by the student. Work that has obviously been plaguiarized should not be accepted. This needs to be addressed..
- Review of progress since last meeting: assessment tasks and tools not developed
- Development of assessment tasks/tools for proposed outcomes: refined summative task and worked on formative tasks
- Development of Exhibition timeline:
- Parent exhibition session: to be kept as per plan. Overview to be reviewed by team at next week's meeting
- Grade 5 weebly: started. Team still not upgraded to por account. Question asked as to to the school would not pay for a pro subscription.
Action:
- Develop assessment tasks and tools for proposed outcomes (G5 team)
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle (G5 team)
- Ensure that new unit related displays are up (G5 team)
- Develop parent exhibition session overview (Glenn)
- Start to develop expended exhibition timeline (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review Parent Ed. session
- Review progress with regards to development of assessment tasks/tools and inquiry cycle on planner
January 21, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn Discussion:
- New challenge with mentors for gorls' school: personal project. This should hoepfully not effect BS, but it still remains to be seen as to how we will go there.
- Change unit sequence? Various possibilities discussed but it was then decided that we would stick with the plan
- BS PTCs: not following Amin's directive?
- Exhibition resources folder (in HWEO resources folder)
- Development of STP planner: Discussed summative task and variations that may need to be made
Action:
- Develop assessment tasks for the proposed outcomes in section 3 (G5 team)
- Contact gustav re. BS PTC dates (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with regards to the above and start to develop ehibition timeline
January 14, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn Discussion:
- Review of where HTWW planner is at: added activities for LP and attitudes
- Quick look at STP planner
- Exhibition pre-planning: decided that we would look at it through a cultural lense, as opposed to that of a particular form or style of art. that way it will open it up so that students will be able to explore multiple forms, so long as they are directly related to their culture of choice.
- Start with Emirati art: scaffold unit with an exploration of this before letting groups decide which cultures artistic expression they will inquire into for their group work. Once explored, groups will not be able to choose Emirati art.
- Chose ELA standards and added the to the HTWW planner
- Possible challenges with personal project: getting mentors for GS
- Results of parent survey split: decided that we would hold 2 sessions (both 2 and 6pm) at Manasir building on Feb 5th
Action:
- Add assessment tools to appropriate folder (Colette and??)
- Check for ND related NFTs at PS (Glenn)
- Change POI sequence document so that HTWW will finish on Feb 7th. STP will also be shortened to 4 weeks. (Glenn)
- Resend email to Valerie and Amna re. PYP PD sessions (Glenn)
- Check with AA about G5 teachers being able to log in to computers at PS (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Start to develop time-line
January 9, 2013 Present: Riaan, Patrick, Glenn Discussion:
- PD schedule: PYP related PD sessions coming up
- Planners for STP and HWEO
- Exhibiton: need to ensure that focus is both on artistic expression and it's connection to culture. Perhaps start by unpacking one good example, take students through exploration process having them produce work (and report back) related to that culture's art, and then open it up to forms/cultures that the groups will be interested in. Possibly use Emirati arts/expression as the model. Groups will not be able to explore the art modelled during the beginning stages as their choice for the rest of the unit.
- Assessment tools for HTWW: done well..
Action:
- Contact Valerie and Amna re. PD schedule - CC G5 teachers in (Glenn)
- Contact AA regarding timeline for new programs to be installed at BS/GS buildings (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Revuiew what still needs to be done on HTWW planner
- Review progress with assessment tools
- Continue to pre-plan for exhibition
January 7, 2013 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn Discussion:
- HTWW planner: looking good. Assessment tools still to do but otherwise in good shape.
- Exhibtion - various: Discussed forms, cultures, possible ways to approach the scaffolding of the unit. Notes in unit resources folder.
- Exhibition - organization: discussed the role of the mentor and possibilities with regards to the organization of them. Decided that, given the logistical challenges that bringing teachers from the PS will bring, it will be better to create groups of 5 and run with it that way. GS and BS can organize groups according to how it suits them (combination of student and teacher choice).
- Parent ed. session to be held Feb 5, time to be decided by survey
Action:
- Send exhibition info (mentors etc) with follow up email (Glenn)
- Survey parents to see whether 2pm or 6 pm will work best (G5 team)
- Develop assessment tools for tasks in sections 1 and 3 of HTWW planner (G5 team - tbd)
- Prepare HWEO and STP planners (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to pre-plan for HWEO (exhibition)
Decemeber 13, 2012 Present: Patrick, Riaan (Apologies: Glenn - cover class) Discussion:
- Next steps for further development of the HTWW planner will be to: work out which assessment tasks need tools need to be developed, and who will develop them (and by when); how the chosen LP attributes will be developed throughout the unit; and to complete the population of the inquiry cycle. I also think you would do well to look closely at the descriptor for the summative assessment task and ensure that it accurately describes what you are intending for the students to do.
Action:
- Have a happy and restful winter break!
Next meeting:
- Review progress
December 10, 2012 Present: Riaan, Patrick, Colette, Evan, Nashreen, Glenn Discussion:
- NWEA logins for G5 teachers
- Mentors for Exhibition 2013: boys' school being the potential challenge due to numbers. Glenn will create an exhibition info letter to parents that will be distributed the week of Jan 13. In addition to information on the importance of the exhibition, it will contain a survey that will ask parents the best time(s) to hold a parent ed. session. From there the team will decide when, and hopefully we'll be able to get some mentors from good prospective parents
- Started a chart that outlined 15 potential mentors for G5 groups
- Worked on reflection section of WWAPT planner: all but section 8 is now complete.
Action:
- Send NWEA logins to G5 team (Glenn)
- Complete section 8 of reflection for WWAPT (G5 team)
- Continue to populated inquiry cycle and generate any assessment tools that are needed for proposed tasks for HTWW (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop HTWW planner
December 6, 2012 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn Discussion:
- Mentors for exhibition: with 21 groups from the BS and 10+ from the girls we will need to get creative (and receive a lot of support) to have a mentor for each group. Possible ideas to make this work include: administrators from each building; every possible candidtate from each building (including teachers, nurses, PCOs, Niraj (?); Counselors, Dr Lynn, Ms Mary etc..). We also need to look at the possibility of keeping groups back late for 1 hour each Tuesday and having a bus of PS/KG teachers to come across and work with the groups.
- Development of assessment tasks for HTWW: deveeloped descriptors for each aligned task
- Population of the inquitry cycle: used classroom connections (and proposed activitieds from last years planner) to develop strategies for the first few stages of the inquiry cycle
- MAP scores/DesCarte: have the MAP scores been published/ communicated to teams? G5 would like to look at Descarte as part of their Data Teams planning
- Unit-related NFTs at Manasir building
- Assessment tools from last year copied across to Assessment tools folder
Action:
- Send unit-related NFTs (from Manasir) to Patrick for distribution (Glenn)
- Ask John about MAP/Descarte and report back to G5s (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Reflection sections of WWAPT
- Development of assessment tools: do we have them all? What needs to be generated and by who?
November 26, 2012 Present: Riaan, Patrick, Nashreen, Colette, Evan, Glenn Discussion:
- Exhibition unit: decided to stick with HWEO
- Development of CI and LOI (for exhibition): teachers will work out a way to creatively involve the students in their development. That or just give them the CI and have them come up with LOI, similarly to what we did last year. *Note that this will be tricky as we are dealing with a somewhat 'fluffier' topic.
- Reviewed progress with WWAPT planner, updated with a couple of new activities
- Decided to extend current unit for one week, not 2
- Developed assessment tasks for science outcomes for HTWW
- Added 2 ELA (writing) outcomes
Action:
- Develop rubric for WWAPT summative task (Colette and Nashreen)
- Develop rubrics for HTWW (Riaan)
- Speak with Chris and Valerie regarding SIP session and possibility of joining PS field trip to Samaliyah island (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Finalize assessment tasks for HTWW
- Start to populate inquiry cycle for HTWW
- Decide on how/when reflection section of WWAPT will be done
November 22, 2012 Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn Discussion:
- Moved the end week for WWAPT one week back (until second last week before break)
- WWAPT planner looks really good: added a couple of activities for the LP and one into going further
- Worked a little on getting the HTWW planner ready
- Opened up the discussion on whether the HWEO unit is really the right choice. Many things to consider including how tangible it will be for students to develop solid central ideas and lines of inquiry in an arts-based unit, as opposed to a science-based one. Team needs to discuss and decide (on or before next Monday’s meeting). Possible way to do this might be to draw up a list of pros and cons for each unit..
Action:
- Record ideas with regards to pros and cons of HTWW vs. HWEO for the exhibition unit (G5 team)
- Prepare both HTWW and HWEO unit planners (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Decide exhibition unit and develop assessment tasks for unit #3
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Fatima, Trish
Location: Josh's room
Discussion:
Mentors-Trish emailed Roula, who asked MS Valerie for permission-awaiting response
Writing moderation completed-ready to give to Literacy Coordinator
Math integration-some activities created but planner not finished
Meeting time changed as of next week to 2:00pm
Timeline for the Exhibition
Feb 9th, 2015
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Fatima, Absent: Trish
Location: Josh's room
- Skills – accepting responsibility, adopting a variety of group roles, evaluation, writing.
- Collage – representations of human rights
- Talk show – which human right speaks to them – one student explain and what can be done, one student positive about it, one student negative about it – tie in with interview writing from literacy.
Feb 2nd, 2015
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Fatima, Trish
Location: Josh's room
Discussion:
National day task to be deleted from this year's WWA unit planner
Formative assessment 3: identify regions on maps to be uploaded onto MB
Summative assessment description changed to:Learning centers: students will be exposed to six different human rights violations and they will analyze/critique them using the De Bono hats.
Exhibition: read through last year's reflections,
Shared list of mentors so far and brainstormed names of other possibilities: mentors will work with students on Wednesday afternoons from 2:00-3:00pm-possibly twice on the fifth week
Date: Wednesday 6th May-morning time-exact hour?
Action:
Email suggested people for mentorship (Trish)
Update WWA unit planner with all formatives and summative resources (Lauren)
Update WWAPT unit planner (James)
Complete WWAPT reflections (all)
Jan 26th, 2015
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Fatima Absent: Trish (Coordinators' Meeting)
Location: Josh's room
PowerPoint to be made to get them thinking about human right violations
Students will then create their own rights
Mon Jan 20th, 2015
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Fatima, Trish
Location: Josh's room
Discussion:
-WWA unit: provocation ideas-to deny students a playtime/snack time to motivate them to ask questions about fairness etc.
-Create/revise essential agreements for the classroom
-Students research the Charter of human rights-foussing on the rights of the child
-Summative assessment:
Presenting to others about new found Human Rights and how they apply not only to them but to people in different parts of the world.
Students follow human rights violations around the world and recognize that these violations are wrong
-Proposed date for the Exhibition May 6th
Action:
-Source mentors for the Exhibition(Trish)
-Complete unit planner (James)
Next meeting:
Reading WWA reflections
Discussing formative assessments for WWA
Oct 14th, 2014
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Peter
Location: PS PD room
Discussion:
-HTWW unit, order of experiments;1) Mixtures 2)Solutions 3)Producing Gas 4)Soap Bubbles
-Language: procedural writing
-Simplified version of a scientific method; observation, hypthesis, experiment, knowledge
-Provocation: Coke and Mentos
-Pre-assessment: prediction of what will happen when two substances are mixed
Central idea changed to: Properties of matter change through experimentation
-Integrated math: volume, capacity, measurement: weight
Oct 1st, 2014
Present: Josh, Lauren, James, Nashreen, Helen, Peter
Location: PS PD room
Discussion:
-Summative assessment for HWEO
-Rubric to be created based on; ability to connect with the key concepts, analysis of an artifact, developing a question, ability to answer the question correctly
-Standards to be assessed: Analyze cartoons, artifacts, artwork, charts, and graphs related to historical events
-HTWW: order of experiments;Week 1: Mixtures: solids and liquids
Week 2: Solutions: salt & water-dissolving, evaporation
Week 3: Solid, liquid, gas: baking soda & vinegar
Week 4: Soap bubbles
Week 5: Glass
Week 6: Summative assessment experiment
Apr 16th, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Reflections on exhibition: what worked well & what needs improvement-saved on q drive
Mar 19th, 2014
Boys School field trip to Dubai-meeting cancelled
Feb 12th, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
Exhibition details: ADC Grade 4-Tuesday 25th at 9:30am-10:30am-boys and girl students separate, MBZ Grade 5 students -Thursday 20th 9:30am
Parent Teacher meeting date to be changed
Central ideas and lines of inquiry to be developed by the students next week
Math, English , social science and science to be integrated in the students' unit
Possible approach to focus on specific skills each week-taught/modeled by the teacher, applied by the students
Use of the Key Concepts to frame the inquiry topic
Action:
Reflections WWAPT (all)
Complete the latter half of the WWAPT unit planner (Nashreen)
Research videos of PYP Exhibitions taking place (all)
Copying of booklet (William/Lauren)
Math and Literacy integration (all)
Feb 4th, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Absent: Lauren
Discussion:
Mentors-Trish emailed Roula, who asked MS Valerie for permission-awaiting response
Writing moderation completed-ready to give to Literacy Coordinator
Math integration-some activities created but planner not finished
Meeting time changed as of next week to 2:00pm
Timeline for the Exhibition
Dates decided for Parent Information Session 17th March, MBZ students to visit 20th March, Exhibition 26th March 9:30-12:30pm BS, 9:15-12:30pm GS
STP unit begins on 9th Feb
Action:
Complete latter half of inquiry cycle (Nashreen)
Email MBZ PYPC and invite Grade 5 students to Exhibition (Trish)
Schedule Grade 4 ADC students also (Trish)
Type up exhibition timeline (Trish)
Decide on relevant pages from student handbook (Grade 5 team)
Type up letter to parents and have translated (Trish)
Jan 29th, 2014
Meeting cancelled (Trish teaching Grade 1)
Jan 22nd, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Pre-assessment results: the students really enjoyed the activity but found it difficult to calculate the measuring scale
-Narrative writing: identify features, focus on rubric criteria
-Moderate writing from HTWW
-Exhibition date is Mar 26th, Information session for parents on Tuesday 11th
-30 mentors needed for groups from both schools: 57 girls=13, 68 boys=17
-Main ideas in the related unit standards; recycling, climate change, weather, landforms, global warming, ecosystems, food chains,
Action:
-Research central idea and lines of inquiry for STP (all)
-Choose three pieces of leveled writing from HTWW (all)
-Reflections for HTWW (all)
Next meeting;
-Begin collaborative planning of STP
Jan 15th, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Inquiry cycle activity ideas generated e.g time zones, map representations
-Pre-assessment designed: where would they settle, why, what would they need to survive? (Josh)
-Summative assessment task, William to create an example, Evan designing the rubric
-Geo Guesser app suggested as useful for tuning in activity
Action:
-Pre-assessment (Josh)
-Summative example (William)
-Managebac (Nashreen)
-SA rubric (Evan)
Next meeting:
Literacy and math related activities
Jan 8th, 2014
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Pre-assessment results added to planner: most children understood the concept of exploration quite well but were confused between discovery and invention.
-Long discussion about reworking central idea and lines of inquiry
Action:
-Update Grade 5 POI display (Trish)
-Sharing of graphic organizers related to current unit (William)
-Revision of central idea and lines of inquiry to ensure standards alignment (all)
-Vocabulary list in relation to current unit (William)
-Reflections of HTWW (all)
-Research into finding a UAE explorer for the "Ask the Expert" activity in Finding Out (William?)
Next Meeting:
-Whole team feedback what information/activities they have found
Dec 11th, 2013
Meeting cancelled due to clashing meeting at the Boys' School & Primary School appointment
Dec 4th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Collaborative planning of WWAPT
-Main concepts in standards
-Summative assessment task-the students go on a new discovery over the holidays/during the six week unit and choose a medium to express their understanding of the central idea
-Pre-assessment: students give an example of an exploration to a new country that they made and the new discoveries and understandings that it led to, identify the country on a world map
-Provocation: new exploration of an undiscovered place
-Mentors for the exhibition-how many, how many students per group?
Action:
Summative assessment record sheet and rubric (Josh)
Pre-assessment record sheet (Lauren & Nashreen)
Provocation research (Trish)
Learning tasks for inquiry cycle (all)
Reflections on HTWW (all)
Next meeting:
The Exhibition-action plan of what to do
Literacy Plan
Complete unit planner
Nov 20th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Reflections on Parent Teacher meetings
-Update HTWW planner
-Select skills for summative assessment rubric
-Literacy-Grade 5 need confirmation from senior management before they will select appropriate texts for integration
-Exhibition: possibility of other PYP schools visiting ENS or of ENS teachers/students visiting other schools.
Action:
-Research inquiry lessons for the next unit WWAPT
-Create assessment tools for HTWW summative-skills and understanding rubrics aligned with the standards
Next meeting:
-Present assessment tools for HTWW
-Begin collaborative planning for WWAP
Nov 13th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Writing moderation: three pieces decided on to represent top, middle and bottom levels of writing for an opinion piece from unit 1.
-Align writing genres to transdisciplinary themes
-Exhibition to solve an identifiable local problem that also relates to the bigger world.
-Exhibition date Weds Mar 26th from 10:30-12:00pm
Action:
-Give moderated writing from unit 1 to Sarah (Trish)
-Check exceeding level on rubrics with ENS Grading system (Trish/Sarah)
Next meeting:
Exhibition-visitors from other schools, how many mentors exactly
Literacy Matrix
Nov 6th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Reflection on Reading Street Programme-what to take forward, what to omit
-Writing Moderation, writing standards for opinion writing-creating rubric
-Tuesday PD time arrangement
Next Meeting:
Continue writing moderation and create rubrics for all writing standards
Oct 30th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Finishing off unit planning for Going Further, making Conclusions, Taking Action
-Summative assessment tool
Next meeting:
Writing Moderation
Oct 23rd, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
Oct 16th, 2013
Holiday: Eid Al Adha
Oct 9th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
Oct 2nd, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren,
Discussion:
-Recap on summative assessment activity and rubrics for WWA
-Grade book entries for this unit, English writing assessment
-Portfolio pieces for WWA, how to organize collection of work
-Summative assessment for new unit
-Pre-assessment: organization of bus stops with matter reactions/interactions
-Provocation: mentos in a bottle of Coke-reactive explosion
Action:
Enter new information to HTWW planner on Managebac(William/Trish)
Next meeting:
-Formative assessment tasks
-Design assessment tools for summative
-Begin to populate the inquiry cycle
-reflections on WWA
Sept 25th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, Lauren, Sarah
Discussion:
-Meeting led by Sarah to demonstrate how to use Reading Street
Sept 18th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Nashreen, Trish, (Lauren-absent due to sickness)
Discussion:
-The inquiry cycle: filling in activities into each stage
-Use of Classroom Connections to aid brainstorming for inquiry cycle
-Completed inquiry cycle and discussed formative assessments
-Responsibilities allocated for updates on MB:WWA: William, WAPT: Evan, HWEO: Nashreen, HWW: Josh, HWOO: Lauren, STP: Josh
Action:
Update WWA planner-William/Trish
Next meeting:
Literacy coordinator to discuss approach to implementing Reading Street
Sept 11th, 2013
Present: Josh, William, Evan, Lauren, Nashreen, Trish
Discussion:
-Reading assessment: Probe, how to administer and mark
-Awards Assembly: allocate Learner Profile attributes and PYP attitudes to units of inquiry, teachers choose which assembly
-Summative assessment: how it will work, responsibilities divided for resourcing materials;
1.Video on slavery-Nashreen
2. PPT on Famine/Drought-Evan
3. Photographs of war children-William
4.Graph about schools-Lauren
5.Story about healthcare-Josh
Action:
Whole team to find resources for summative assessment
Next Meeting
Populate inquiry cycle with learning tasks
NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
June 16, 2013
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May 23, 2013
Present: Colette, Nashreen, Glenn
Discussion:
- Grade 5 tour guides: excellent job. We must acknowledge them: certificate; class points, assemblies?
- Visit debrief: overall very positive feedback
- Grade 5 organization for next year: imperative that G5 is a priority when scheduling - both for common planning time and mentors for exhibition
- Mentors need to be organized and recruited at the beginning of the year
- Using G12 student didn't work (worth trying though)
- Planner (HWOO) development: Incorporation of SimCity (online), reflection component and development of enduring understandings
- Changed out LOI #3 (too complicated). Penciled in a new causation LOI that would work well with connection to the game (see planner)
*Brief chat with Patrick on the way back regarding meeting points
Action:
- Continue to develop summative assessment tasks (G5 team)
- Discuss and modify summative task to align with SimCity game - perhaps it could be a final report of some kind? (G5 team)
- Look for online game possibilities and share with G5 team (Glenn)
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
- Continue to develop planner
May 1 and 2, 2013
Present: (Meeting 1) Patrick, Eva, Riaan, Colette, Glenn (Meeting 2) Colette, Nashreen, Glenn
Discussion (Meeting 1):
- Progress with exhibition unit (HWEO)
- Organization of information booths
- MBZ visit feedback
- Classroom environment feedback, focus areas in prepation for the visit
Discussion (Meeting 2):
- HWOO planner development: transferred pre-planning info across and began to develop ideas for pre-assessment, summative, and some inquiry cycle activities
Action:
- Start to develop planner for HWOO (Glenn)
- Reflection sections of STP (G5 team)
- Continue to develop ideas/planner for HWOO (G5 team)
- Classroom environment checklist (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with HWEO
- Continue to dvelop planner for HWOO
April 24, 2013
Present: Patrick, Colette, Riaan, Evan, Ms Amna, Glenn
Discussion:
- Feedback from Peggy about G5 classroom obs and meeting
- Feedback email contents (sent yesterday from Glenn)
- Classroom displays: more have been added tot he display resources folder on the Q
- Teacher turnover discussed - also referenced in the Nov '11 report
- Development of POI for 2013-2014
- Mentors not to be a part of the HWEO unit for this school year (various reasons)
- Exhibition presentations to go ahead as planned but with the understanding that once again we are 'piloting' the exhibition unit: developing certain aspects of it and providing students with more opportunities to make choices and be at the center of their learning
- Literacy PD: after many requests the G5 team are still yet to have received any formalized training. Strategies and resources were discussed - the conversation will continue with a view to organizing something in the coming weeks.
Action:
- Ensure that the 5 parts of the feedback email are addressed - ask glenn for any clarification (G5 team)
- Endeavour to complete the STP reflections (G5 team)
- Start to develop HWOO planner (Glenn)
- Start to think of engaging ways that the final unit (HWOO) can be presented (All)
- Continue to develop classroom environments with the goal of ensuring that all 5 essential elements are there (G5 team)
- Bombard (!) students with opportunities for developing understanding and ability to use PYP vocabulary (G5 team)
- Visit G5 (Boys) classes tomorrow morning to discuss central idea and work on possibilities for groups generating their own, that would be included int he final presentations and displays (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review proress and look at planners for HWEO and HWOO
April 22, 2013
*Meeting with IB Consultant: Peggy Bumanis
April 18, 2013
Present: Colette, Nashreen, Glenn
Discussion:
- Review of points covered at yesterday's BS meeting
- Science gradebook concern
- GS progress with regards to HWEO
- Schedule changes: modifications made
- G4 exhibition visit: request/proposal that it happen on the day (instead of the day before)
- HWEO planner: modifications that need to be made
- Modifications in Colette's classroom/learning environment
Action:
- Send Glenn updated schedules (Colette)
- Update HWEO planner (Glenn and G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with regards to above action items
April 17, 2013
Present: Evan, Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Science grades in Q1 and 2 only - will this be an issue for the brown book?
- Next steps for exhibition unit: finish tuning in and start to make connections between artistic expression and culture
- Presentations to be held in classrooms, 15 or 20 minutes between each. 3 presentations will be able to happen at the same time. Timing of the presentations to be between snack and lunchtime
- Parent information letter to be sent out (by end of next week)
- Invitation letter to be sent the week before the exhibition
- Exhibition to be held on May 16
- G4 classes to visit GS and BS on May 15th to view the presentations and information booths
Action:
- Write to Mary asking about the brown book question (Glenn)
- Visit G5 classes on Thursday 25th to discuss possibilities of groups deveeloping their own central ideas (Glenn)
- Make a request to Mr Ahmed regarding 20 tables and display boards for the BS exhibition (Glenn)
- Write parent information letter (Glenn)
- Continue to develop planner (G5 team and Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
March 20, 2013
Present: Riaan, Patrick, Evan, Colette, Glenn
Discussion:
- Reviewed what needs to be completed on STP planner
- Exhibition unit timing: decided to extend a week
- Exhibition timeline development: worked on the focus areas (by week) for the unit.
- Development of central ideas: Glenn to join BS classes (during week 2) to open up the possibility of this
- Ways that we can ensure students are given opportunities to make choices
- Unit to start with scaffolding activities focused on Islamic and Aboriginal art (?). After the initial exploration groups will be required to choose a specific culture, develop essential agreements and develop an action plan that outlines what they produce throughout the unit
- Outline documented on planner
Action:
- Revise POI sequence document to accomodate more time for HWEO (Glenn)
- Send out email to mentors (Glenn)
- Email Mr Gustav about possibility of getting funds for art materials (Glenn)
- Check on exactly what art supplies are in the Art room at the BS (G5 team)
- Reflection section and final population of the inquiry cycle for STP (G5 team)
- Assessment tools into STP tools folder (Patrick)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop planner and timeline
- Review progress with securing mentors
March 7, 2013
*Class visits
February 28, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
*Classroom visits..
February 21, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Evan, Glenn
Discussion:
- BS schedule revision
Action:
- Review progress with regards to the development of assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
- Reveiw standards alignment (POI revision) stage #1
February 18, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Evan, Colette, Nashreen, Gustav, Glenn
Discussion:
- Changes to G5 BS schedules: UAE SS to be reduced from 3 to 1 session per week; one PE session to be taken out of the schedule; and now that PE (swimming) has been officially put into Keiran's schedule there will be no need for G5 teachers to accompany them tot hat session. Draft shared with G5 team.
- Trans-discdiplinary skills grouping activity: proposal shared with GS G5 teachers. TDS needed for success in the exhibition unit brainstormed and listed on the board. This list to be used with students in unpacking and beginning to explore TDS (pic shared as an attachment)
- Weebly content: mixed messages being sent - planning to be included in content? What type of planning? What kinds of resources?
- How much unit information should be on the web pages: an overview at the bare minimum but this doesn't really speak to parents. Ideally, seperate pages with expanded information related to units, activities and tasks within them should be developed.
Action:
- Develop assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
Next Meeting:
- Review progress
- Review final schedule and make sure that it aligns with rest of BS
February 14, 2013
Present: Glenn, Patrick, Riaan
Discussion:
- Mentors to abe approached personally
- Potential mentors list revised
- Process for organizing groups developed:
1. Groups to be organized with transdisciplinary skills in mond: ideal groups will contain one student that demonstrated strength in at least one domain
2. Students unpack/explore each domain of TDS and complete a reflection task that has them identfy which TDS they feel they are strong/capable with
3. TDS displays created and developed prior to unit, ensuring that students develop an understanding of the types of skills that will be necessary for productuve group work
4. Students are then to form groups using the data collected in (2)
5. G5 teachers will then review the group proposals and make necessary any amendemnets
- Groups to meet weekly prior tot he exhibition unit for (unit-related) team building activities
- Cultures to be included as options for the (exhibition) unit explored (see unit development document)
- No MBZ meeting this week: MBZ teachers invited to come over to Manasir on a Tuesday afternoon
- Exhibition unit to begin with whole class explaoration of Islamic (not Emirati) art
Action:
- Glenn to be CCd social studies planning - insert into planner if/where possible (Colette, Glenn)
- Continue to think about how Action component will be addressed in (exhibition) unit
- Develop assessment tools for the following tasks:Speech writing; Venn-diagram; Community service proposal; Data Handling; Letter to the UN
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle for STP
- Look at classroom environments: develop plan that will ensure all essential elements are in place
February 11, 2013
Present: Riaan, Nashreen, Colette, Evan, Patrick, Glenn
Discussion:
- Reviewed and continued to develop exhibtion timeline
- Developed Inquiry cycle for STP
- Powerschool weighting (with Ms Mary)
- Exhibition timeline and mentors
Action:
- Discuss trip to MBZ - gauge interest via email (Glenn)
- Develop assessment tools for all tasks outlined in sections 1 and 3 (G5 team - tbd)
- Form Exhibition groups (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Review proposed groupings
- Continue to develop timeline
- Review progress with regards to assessment tools
February 7, 2013:
Present: Patrick, Glenn
Discussion:
- Progress with STP
- Development of timeline for HWEO
Action:
- Develop basic exhibition imeline draft (Glenn)
- Contact Colette and ask for SS planning (Glenn - Colette)
- Transfer SS planning onto planner (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review STP planning progress
- Assess G5 needs
- Discuss trip to MBZ
- Review and continue to develop exhibtion timeline
- Delegate...
February 4, 2013
Present: Riaan, Colette, Glenn (Apologies: Evan, Patrick, Nashreen)
Discussion:
*Meeting agenda not covered due to changes in schedules and teachers covering for others
- Exhibition presentation: discussed and developed
- Exhibition timeline: needs to be developed asap
- To do list (planners): not covered
Action:
- Speak with Amna/Valeri about S2 schedule and how to fit in G5 planning meetings (Glenn)
- Refine Parent presentation and share with G5 team (Glenn)
- Develop unit checklist and share with G5 team next meeting (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review unit checklist
- Reflect on parent sessions
- Continue to develop timeline
January 31, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Challenges at BS with regards to staffing (Kagan training, scheduling, PowerSchool bugs)
- Completed reflection section of WWAPT planner
Action:
- Prepare Exhibition presentation/session (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review Exhibition presentation
- Develop exhibition timeline
January 28, 2013
Preasent: Riaan, Nashreen, Colette, Eva, Patrick, Glenn
Discussion:
- Academic honesty: policy being developed within ENS system but AA is not a "new thing". Student work, especially work that is being graded and displayed must be created by the student. Work that has obviously been plaguiarized should not be accepted. This needs to be addressed..
- Review of progress since last meeting: assessment tasks and tools not developed
- Development of assessment tasks/tools for proposed outcomes: refined summative task and worked on formative tasks
- Development of Exhibition timeline:
- Parent exhibition session: to be kept as per plan. Overview to be reviewed by team at next week's meeting
- Grade 5 weebly: started. Team still not upgraded to por account. Question asked as to to the school would not pay for a pro subscription.
Action:
- Develop assessment tasks and tools for proposed outcomes (G5 team)
- Continue to develop inquiry cycle (G5 team)
- Ensure that new unit related displays are up (G5 team)
- Develop parent exhibition session overview (Glenn)
- Start to develop expended exhibition timeline (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review Parent Ed. session
- Review progress with regards to development of assessment tasks/tools and inquiry cycle on planner
January 21, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn
Discussion:
- New challenge with mentors for gorls' school: personal project. This should hoepfully not effect BS, but it still remains to be seen as to how we will go there.
- Change unit sequence? Various possibilities discussed but it was then decided that we would stick with the plan
- BS PTCs: not following Amin's directive?
- Exhibition resources folder (in HWEO resources folder)
- Development of STP planner: Discussed summative task and variations that may need to be made
Action:
- Develop assessment tasks for the proposed outcomes in section 3 (G5 team)
- Contact gustav re. BS PTC dates (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Review progress with regards to the above and start to develop ehibition timeline
January 14, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Review of where HTWW planner is at: added activities for LP and attitudes
- Quick look at STP planner
- Exhibition pre-planning: decided that we would look at it through a cultural lense, as opposed to that of a particular form or style of art. that way it will open it up so that students will be able to explore multiple forms, so long as they are directly related to their culture of choice.
- Start with Emirati art: scaffold unit with an exploration of this before letting groups decide which cultures artistic expression they will inquire into for their group work. Once explored, groups will not be able to choose Emirati art.
- Chose ELA standards and added the to the HTWW planner
- Possible challenges with personal project: getting mentors for GS
- Results of parent survey split: decided that we would hold 2 sessions (both 2 and 6pm) at Manasir building on Feb 5th
Action:
- Add assessment tools to appropriate folder (Colette and??)
- Check for ND related NFTs at PS (Glenn)
- Change POI sequence document so that HTWW will finish on Feb 7th. STP will also be shortened to 4 weeks. (Glenn)
- Resend email to Valerie and Amna re. PYP PD sessions (Glenn)
- Check with AA about G5 teachers being able to log in to computers at PS (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Start to develop time-line
January 9, 2013
Present: Riaan, Patrick, Glenn
Discussion:
- PD schedule: PYP related PD sessions coming up
- Planners for STP and HWEO
- Exhibiton: need to ensure that focus is both on artistic expression and it's connection to culture. Perhaps start by unpacking one good example, take students through exploration process having them produce work (and report back) related to that culture's art, and then open it up to forms/cultures that the groups will be interested in. Possibly use Emirati arts/expression as the model. Groups will not be able to explore the art modelled during the beginning stages as their choice for the rest of the unit.
- Assessment tools for HTWW: done well..
Action:
- Contact Valerie and Amna re. PD schedule - CC G5 teachers in (Glenn)
- Contact AA regarding timeline for new programs to be installed at BS/GS buildings (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Revuiew what still needs to be done on HTWW planner
- Review progress with assessment tools
- Continue to pre-plan for exhibition
January 7, 2013
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Colette, Nashreen, Evan, Glenn
Discussion:
- HTWW planner: looking good. Assessment tools still to do but otherwise in good shape.
- Exhibtion - various: Discussed forms, cultures, possible ways to approach the scaffolding of the unit. Notes in unit resources folder.
- Exhibition - organization: discussed the role of the mentor and possibilities with regards to the organization of them. Decided that, given the logistical challenges that bringing teachers from the PS will bring, it will be better to create groups of 5 and run with it that way. GS and BS can organize groups according to how it suits them (combination of student and teacher choice).
- Parent ed. session to be held Feb 5, time to be decided by survey
Action:
- Send exhibition info (mentors etc) with follow up email (Glenn)
- Survey parents to see whether 2pm or 6 pm will work best (G5 team)
- Develop assessment tools for tasks in sections 1 and 3 of HTWW planner (G5 team - tbd)
- Prepare HWEO and STP planners (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to pre-plan for HWEO (exhibition)
Decemeber 13, 2012
Present: Patrick, Riaan (Apologies: Glenn - cover class)
Discussion:
- Next steps for further development of the HTWW planner will be to: work out which assessment tasks need tools need to be developed, and who will develop them (and by when); how the chosen LP attributes will be developed throughout the unit; and to complete the population of the inquiry cycle. I also think you would do well to look closely at the descriptor for the summative assessment task and ensure that it accurately describes what you are intending for the students to do.
Action:
- Have a happy and restful winter break!
Next meeting:
- Review progress
December 10, 2012
Present: Riaan, Patrick, Colette, Evan, Nashreen, Glenn
Discussion:
- NWEA logins for G5 teachers
- Mentors for Exhibition 2013: boys' school being the potential challenge due to numbers. Glenn will create an exhibition info letter to parents that will be distributed the week of Jan 13. In addition to information on the importance of the exhibition, it will contain a survey that will ask parents the best time(s) to hold a parent ed. session. From there the team will decide when, and hopefully we'll be able to get some mentors from good prospective parents
- Started a chart that outlined 15 potential mentors for G5 groups
- Worked on reflection section of WWAPT planner: all but section 8 is now complete.
Action:
- Send NWEA logins to G5 team (Glenn)
- Complete section 8 of reflection for WWAPT (G5 team)
- Continue to populated inquiry cycle and generate any assessment tools that are needed for proposed tasks for HTWW (G5 team)
Next Meeting:
- Continue to develop HTWW planner
December 6, 2012
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Mentors for exhibition: with 21 groups from the BS and 10+ from the girls we will need to get creative (and receive a lot of support) to have a mentor for each group. Possible ideas to make this work include: administrators from each building; every possible candidtate from each building (including teachers, nurses, PCOs, Niraj (?); Counselors, Dr Lynn, Ms Mary etc..). We also need to look at the possibility of keeping groups back late for 1 hour each Tuesday and having a bus of PS/KG teachers to come across and work with the groups.
- Development of assessment tasks for HTWW: deveeloped descriptors for each aligned task
- Population of the inquitry cycle: used classroom connections (and proposed activitieds from last years planner) to develop strategies for the first few stages of the inquiry cycle
- MAP scores/DesCarte: have the MAP scores been published/ communicated to teams? G5 would like to look at Descarte as part of their Data Teams planning
- Unit-related NFTs at Manasir building
- Assessment tools from last year copied across to Assessment tools folder
Action:
- Send unit-related NFTs (from Manasir) to Patrick for distribution (Glenn)
- Ask John about MAP/Descarte and report back to G5s (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Reflection sections of WWAPT
- Development of assessment tools: do we have them all? What needs to be generated and by who?
November 26, 2012
Present: Riaan, Patrick, Nashreen, Colette, Evan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Exhibition unit: decided to stick with HWEO
- Development of CI and LOI (for exhibition): teachers will work out a way to creatively involve the students in their development. That or just give them the CI and have them come up with LOI, similarly to what we did last year. *Note that this will be tricky as we are dealing with a somewhat 'fluffier' topic.
- Reviewed progress with WWAPT planner, updated with a couple of new activities
- Decided to extend current unit for one week, not 2
- Developed assessment tasks for science outcomes for HTWW
- Added 2 ELA (writing) outcomes
Action:
- Develop rubric for WWAPT summative task (Colette and Nashreen)
- Develop rubrics for HTWW (Riaan)
- Speak with Chris and Valerie regarding SIP session and possibility of joining PS field trip to Samaliyah island (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Finalize assessment tasks for HTWW
- Start to populate inquiry cycle for HTWW
- Decide on how/when reflection section of WWAPT will be done
November 22, 2012
Present: Patrick, Riaan, Glenn
Discussion:
- Moved the end week for WWAPT one week back (until second last week before break)
- WWAPT planner looks really good: added a couple of activities for the LP and one into going further
- Worked a little on getting the HTWW planner ready
- Opened up the discussion on whether the HWEO unit is really the right choice. Many things to consider including how tangible it will be for students to develop solid central ideas and lines of inquiry in an arts-based unit, as opposed to a science-based one. Team needs to discuss and decide (on or before next Monday’s meeting). Possible way to do this might be to draw up a list of pros and cons for each unit..
Action:
- Record ideas with regards to pros and cons of HTWW vs. HWEO for the exhibition unit (G5 team)
- Prepare both HTWW and HWEO unit planners (Glenn)
Next Meeting:
- Decide exhibition unit and develop assessment tasks for unit #3