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We are excited to have our Annual Experience Zambia week coming up in May which is planned inline with our strategic goals of innovation, inclusion and imagination, as well as align with the principles of experiential education. This program was revitalized last year to offer students diverse experiences that provides choice, fosters leadership and strengthens relationships with peers and teachers. HERE are the main Why, How & What of these experiences. Some details on the experiences:
As we reimagined this learning opportunity last year we have used the feedback gathered from parents, students and teachers to make further improvements for this year. Our educators are now working collaboratively as a team to create the best possible experiences for this year. Students and parents will be provided possible options by March 27th and students will make their preferences on April 2nd during Ubuntu. As we get closer to the date more information will be shared. Beginning in August 2024, Joe Buscemi will be taking over as the new Primary Principal. During the week of 4-7 March, Joe will be visiting AISL to support his transition into the role. We would like to invite Primary families to join us for an informal coffee morning to meet Joe on Thursday, 7 March from 7:30-8:30 in the Protea Room. We hope to see you there. Our students in the Primary Play CCA are excited to announce that they will be performing Winnie The Pooh by Kathryn Schultz Miller. This play is an adaptation of A.A Milne's first book of Pooh stories. It will welcome you to Christopher Robin's 100 Acre Woods; home of Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and of course the world's most loveable bear, Pooh. Our Grade 4 and 5 students have been working with Ms. Carolyn, Ms. Natalie, Ms. Jill, Mr. Zamba and Ms. Bullard over the last two quarters to help bring this well-loved story to the stage. You may have noticed the posters all over the school as well as students wearing T-shirts to help promote this Primary School production. The wonderful logo design was created by one of the Grade 4 actors in the play, Rex Williams. We know our younger audience members in particular will really love this play. We look forward to seeing you at either of the performances on Friday, 1 March (14:30) and/or Saturday, 2 March (14:30). There is no cost to attend. Please come and support us! Our students in the Primary Play CCA are excited to announce that they will be performing "Winnie The Pooh" by Kathryn Schultz Miller. This play is an adaptation of A.A Milne's first book of Pooh stories. It will welcome you to Christopher Robin's 100 Acre Woods; home of Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and of course the world's most loveable bear, Pooh. Our Grade 4 and 5 students have been working with Ms. Carolyn, Ms. Natalie, Ms. Jill, Mr. Zamba and Ms. Bullard over the last two quarters to help bring this well-loved story to the stage. You will soon see posters all over the school as well as students wearing T-shirts to help promote this Primary School production. The wonderful logo design was created by one of the Grade 4 actors in the play, Rex Williams. We know our younger audience members in particular will really love this play. We look forward to seeing you at one or both of the performances on Friday, 1 March (14:30) and/or Saturday, 2 March (14:30). There is no cost to attend. Please come and support us! On Monday, we invited our Grade 5 parents to an introductory session on the Primary Years Programme Exhibition (PYPX), the culminating project of the Primary years. Shortly after that, the students gathered to officially launch their PYPX timeline as they embark on a process that will identify passions, highlight local/global issues, strengthen approaches to learning, and educate others. The morning ended on a celebratory note, with excitement (and a little nervousness) in the air. Thank you to all of the families who attended. All Primary students will have their Yearbook photo taken next week and early the following week. Please see the Primary photo schedule to know when your child(ren) will be having their photos taken. If you have any questions, please contact Khetiwe Hamainza in the Primary Office at primaryoffice@aislusaka.org. Thank you. The afternoons of Wednesday, 20 March and Thursday, 21 March will be dedicated to Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (G1-G5) and Parent-Teacher Conferences (ELC-KG). This is an opportunity to learn about and be part of your child’s progress so far this year. You will have the option of attending a 15-minute conference either in-person or virtually, on one of those afternoons, whichever format works best for your family. In this half-day format, all students will attend regular classes in the morning on the 20-21 March. School dismissal will be at 12:00 on both days and there will not be any co-curricular activities on these days. The Conference sign-up sheet will be shared in the Leopard’s Tale and Seesaw on 29 February. In the meantime, we wanted to let families know to save the date. Our Primary Office has a new team member. This past week, we welcomed Khetiwe Hamainza to our Primary team as the new Primary Assistant. Khetiwe has been working at AISL for the past five years in both the Athletics and Business Offices. She is most excited about "getting back to working with students". Congratulations to Janke Lindeque, our former Primary Assistant, who after six years, will be moving into a new role in the Main Office as the Admin Manager. Over this next week, Khetiwe and Janke will be working side by side at some key times during the school day to help support Khetiwe with her transition. When you see Khetiwe at arrival and dismissal, please reach out and introduce yourself. She is looking forward to meeting everyone. Our hope is to have much more to share once our campus comes alive again with students and action. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that we will be sending out the Primary Semester 1 report cards this Friday. You will be able to view them in ManageBac by the end of the day. If you have any trouble navigating your ManageBac tabs, please contact Janke in the Primary Office for assistance at primaryoffice@aislusaka.org. Thank you. (image: pixabay) This past week, our G1 students had the opportunity to share their learning from the past couple of months. In connection with their 'How the World Works' unit of inquiry, students showed off their energy books featuring experiments on light, heat and sound. It was wonderful to see how the students demonstrated their conceptual knowledge throughout the unit. Thank you to all of the families who were able to join us.
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