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AISL was delighted to host Cognitive Coaching from 18 January to 21 January. The four day workshop involved educators from across Africa and Asia, with nine different schools represented. The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to develop self-directed persons with 'cognitive capacity' to support others with which they work. Cognitive Capacity is defined as the ability to develop both intuition and logic to understand and then develop pathways to plan or resolve areas of work as an individual and as members of a community. 
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 Dear Families, We are looking forward to an exciting second semester. To our returning families, welcome back! We hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday with plenty of time for friends and family. This month, we welcome eight new students: Yannick, Ewnet and Lealem (ELC); Kathy, Tristan and Henry (G1); Damien (G2) and Gabriel (G3). All of our students are off to a great start meeting and reconnecting with friends and teachers.  Well done to our G3, 4 and 5 swimmers who did an amazing job showcasing their swimming strokes in their Swim Gala on Wednesday, 5 December. Some highlights from the afternoon are below. A big thank-you to Ms Kate Luwisha, Coach Isaac, Coach Allen and Coach Antonio for supporting our students during their swimming unit these past few months. We appreciate how many families were able to come out to support the event.   With a wonderful first semester coming to a close, we would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy new year. We have had to say farewell to a few of our Leopard families in Primary who are off to begin new adventures. We hope that it is a 'see you soon' as we remember the footprint that you left at AISL. The new semester also welcomes new families who will be joining us. We encourage new families to attend our New Family Orientation on Monday, 14 January at 8:30 in the Tiyende Pamodzi Theater. All students, new and returning, will begin their first day of second semester on Tuesday, 15 January. We hope all of you enjoy the holiday time together with family and friends and, for those of you who will be traveling, we wish you safe travels.  Well done to our G4 students for a successful holiday sale on Wednesday, 12 December. After much planning and preparation, in connection to their recent unit of inquiry on 'How we organize ourselves', the students applied their understanding of supply and demand by selling their own products. With budding chefs, bakers, artists, and entertainers at work, the sale had something for everyone.  Showcasing our talents in the Arts may be part of what our students enjoy doing and what our audiences enjoy applauding, but did you know that offering an artwork of music, theater, dance, or fine art can also be a special, expressive gift? In this festive season, we want to acknowledge some of the ways AISL students have been giving recently:
  As you are probably aware, your child's semester report card will be generated on Friday and you will get an email notification to click on a link to access the report card through ManageBac. For those of you who do not know, ManageBac is our Curriculum Management Software, where teachers plan, record and assess. Once they are generated on Friday, you will be able to access by either clicking on the emailed link or by logging in to https://aislusaka.managebac.com, clicking on your child's name in the top left corner, and then click on the 'reports' link on the left sidebar. This will give you access to all your child's report cards since they have been at AISL. For more information about the systems utilised at AISL, please head to our password-protected Parent Portal. A reminder that the password for the Parent Portal will be updated on 1 January to reflect the new calendar year.  Many AISL students took part in Computer Science Education Week from 3-7 December. Activities set up in the library were meant to promote computational thinking, coding, and creative problem solving. These activities included
  Our library will be open for four Saturdays across the long break with regular Saturday hours (9:00-14:00) each time. Please put us on your list of stops if you are in Lusaka over the holiday! We have something for everyone in the library. Mr. Chabi & Mr. Sinyenga will be here to assist.  AISL presented an amazing celebration of Creative Arts last week. Through three fantastic evenings, our talented students and community showcased our growing programs at a new level in the Tiyende Pamodzi Theater.  On Tuesday night, our theater came alive with song as over 100 vocalists from AISL Primary, Secondary, and Adult choirs presented an amazing concert exploring the power of words in song. We also celebrated the opening of the MYP Visual Arts Exhibition in the gallery, which explored similar ideas through powerful units at each grade level.  Friday night was the dynamic culminating performance of the Umoya Band Festival. This event brought together middle school students from Lusaka and South Africa under the direction of a guest conductor and clinicians to work to improve their musicianship. We were also proud to present the hard work of the 6th-grade band and secondary jazz bands  Saturday night was a special evening, the very first “Pamodzi Experience” showcasing some of Zambia’s best performers ranging from the high energy dancing of “Ma Africa” to the vocal artistry of performers like Zamba Anamela and James Sakala. We were especially proud of our very own Ishaan Desai, Roarke Mcdonald and Jonathan Peck performing on stage with these artists and showing their own amazing talents. Special thanks to everyone who came out to support all of these amazing performances. We hope you were as inspired and proud as we were!  Do you know someone in a choir at AISL?? It could be someone in the Primary ASA "That Sing Thing!", or any of the Grade 6, 7, or 8 Middle School Choirs, or the MS or HS Honor Choirs... or perhaps you know another parent or teacher in the Community Choir... Chances are good that you know at least one, and probably quite a few of the 100+ singers involved in Tuesday's first-ever ALL CHOIRS CONCERT, NOV 27 at 18:30! If you happen to know a surprisingly shy musician who has been keeping their singing a secret, you probably know a Visual Artist whose work will be on display in the Tiyende Pamodzi Gallery the same night too. From the most confident to the most shy, the singers and artists all value your support tremendously. Please come and kick of a week of concerts with us, as we celebrate an exploration of how Language is used in Song and Art! The cost of this amazing one-hour concert is FREE, but at the door we will be collecting lightly used Children's Books to donate to literacy building programs here in Lusaka, as a way of extending our learning into action. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI, this concert event is also officially registered as a part of the global World Choral Day. See you there!    On Wednesday, 28 November, from 13:15-14:30, our Grade 1 and 2 students will have a chance to highlight their swimming strokes in the annual Splash Gala. Please make sure to pack your child's swimsuit, goggles, swim cap, towel and sunscreen on that day. This event is an opportunity for students to participate and enjoy fun-filled novelty swim races. The emphasis is to showcase and celebrate what they are learning and have learnt so far. We hope many of our G1 and G2 families are able to come and support the event at the Primary pool. For any questions or clarification, please email Ms. Kate Luwisha at kluwisha@aislusaka.org. Image from www.pixabay.com   The Grade 9 students have finished their mural in the Primary Library featuring popular fairy tales. Under the guidance of Ms. Nevers in Secondary Art, the students worked in teams to create a scene that communicated the essence of the story. Please drop by and take a look at their vibrant paintings. Feel welcome to check out a book (or two or three) while you're visiting, too!   It's an amazingly MUSICAL month here at AISL! From the primary "That Sing Thing" ASA, to the adult Community Choir, from the FAME, Jr. production to the HS Jazz Band, and from Coffeehouses to bands & choirs involving every single middle school student, the AISL community is buzzing with rehearsals at home, in class, and on stage. Keep an eye out for some hard work and talent near you!
... and December is looking great too... Catch some fantastic Zambian talent at the "Pamodzi Experience" concert 1 December, and watch for the student-led Secondary Talent Show and PTA-led holiday extravaganza, leading us into the Festive Break!
  Image by Free Photos on Pixabay Please join us next Tuesday, 20 November from 07:30-08:30 in the Protea Room for an informal discussion about digital citizenship, social media, and internet use. We will use this time to explore parent questions around these topics and will share how we educate our students in proactive, balanced, ethical use of these platforms. Please take no more than a minute to provide us with a bit of feedback about topics you'd like more information on by filling out this short survey. It will help guide our planning for this session.   |
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