Dr. Daniel Mullen | Head of School
Dear UISG Families,
We have another action-packed week ahead at UISG, with a variety of exciting events and activities taking place.
This weekend, our secondary students travel to Shekou for the annual SISMUN (Shekou International School Model United Nations) conference. This valuable learning experience for our students allows them to develop important skills like public speaking, critical thinking, and diplomacy. We are proud of our SISMUN delegates and look forward to hearing about their experiences.
Next week, our primary students will embark on our annual camp for outdoor educational experiences. These hands-on, immersive learning opportunities are an integral part of our curriculum, helping students build independence, teamwork, and a deeper connection to the natural world.
It’s shaping up to be another busy but enriching week at UISG with secondary parent-teacher conferences, a special “deep dive” session for parents to learn more about our inquiry-based approach (conducted in Chinese), MAP testing, and VEX Robotics and athletic tournaments next Saturday.
We appreciate the support and engagement of our entire community as we navigate this action-packed schedule.
Sincerely,
Dr. Daniel Mullen
Head of School Utahloy International School Guangzhou
Dr. Daniel Mullen
Chantelle Parsons | Head of Primary
We just had another busy week of sports. Our students have been representing UISG wonderfully, showing great respect and teamwork to their own team members and to other teams. Well done to all our athletes and players!
*Not a picture of sports but one that made me curious, what do you think they are building here?
Camps next week!!!
We’re beginning to feel the excitement of camps, with our year 3 – 5 students getting very excited about their activities and overnight stays. Just a reminder to year 3 – 5 parents to double check packing lists and itineraries so you are prepared for next week.
Please note that I will also be away on camps next week, so Jonathan, Assistant Head of Primary and PYP Coordinator (pypcoordinator@uisgz.org) and Jai, EY Coordinator (eycoordinator@uisgz.org) will be taking the lead.
Year 3 Appx No.2 CNH Packing List 2024
Year 4 Appx No.2 CNH Packing List 2024
Year 5 Appx No.2 CNH Packing List 2024
Parent Volunteers
A big THANK YOU to those parents signing up to be volunteers. It is wonderful to have parents joining in with learning and supporting our students and teachers. Some examples of ways parents can volunteer are:
- Reading with children in English
- Being a support with individual or groups of students in the art, PE, music or mother tongue classroom
- Helping with resources
- Supervising students in the Early Years
If you are interested in joining us as a volunteer, please read the document attached and send an email to headofprimary@uisgz.org and primaryschooloffice@uisgz.org.
headofprimary@uisgz.org 和 primaryschooloffice@uisgz.org。
Parent Workshops
A huge THANK YOU to our Korean Parent Community who turned out to the first PYP workshop this week. We had 16 parents in total who embraced the workshop and got a taste for what it is like being in a classroom at UISG.
There are more parent workshops to come so please keep signing up.
Meet The Team
Our newest member in the admin team is…
Name:Fion Hu
Job:Personal Assitant to the Head of School
Email: fhu@uisgz.org
She…
1. Assists the Head of School in handling daily affairs
2. Acts as secretary for senior leadership committees and write and distribute the agenda and minutes
3. Receives and forwards calls and emails, and arranges appointment for, and required by, supervisors
4. Assists other departments in necessary tasks
Events Coming Up
- October 21: Parent Workshop – Dive Into Inquiry Pt.1 – PYP at UISG (Japanese)
- October 22 – 25: Year 5 Camp
- October 23 – 25: Year 4 Camp
- October 24 – 25: Year 3 Camp
- October 25: Parent Workshop – Dive Into Inquiry Pt.1 – PYP at UISG (Chinese)
- October 25: UN Celebration Day for Early Years
- October 28: Parent Workshop – Dive Into Inquiry Pt.1 – PYP at UISG (English)
Martin Grist | Head of Secondary
21 Oct – 25 Oct (Week 10A)
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Last week we issued Secondary reports focused on Learning Behaviours. I hope you had a chance to review this with your child and discuss their progress.
This week, we are gathering different kinds of data from our Year 6 – 10 students – MAP data. MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) are taken by students in Years 6-10 twice a year. These MAP tests are in language usage, reading and maths. The results of the MAP tests give us an additional insight into how each student is currently performing, as well as the growth that they have shown over the years in their MAP results.
As teachers, we use external data (like MAP) to connect and triangulate with our own internal data from formative and summative assessments. When combined with the Learning Behaviours a student demonstrates, these data points help us to start to formulate a clear understanding of each individual student.
On Thursday October 24th, we get to build another piece of the data puzzle in the Parent-Teacher-Student conferences. There is opportunity to hear from all three sides – parents, teachers and students – and the conferences provide the opportunity for students, parents, and teachers to engage in open and honest dialogue and they encourage and empower students to take responsibility for their own learning. Information about signing up for these conferences has already been shared on Managebac, so if you have not yet signed up for slots to meet teachers, I hope you get to do that over the weekend.
Model United Nations
11 students are attending the Shekou International School – Shenzhen MUN conference this weekend. These conferences are a great chance for students to develop their global awareness, their critical thinking skills and their communication skills. A report from the SISMUN will come in a WeChat post next week.
Parent Sessions
- Nov 1 – Coffee morning with Martin Grist, Head of Secondary. Focus subject area: Performing Arts. Meet in the Wolves Cafe at 8:30. We then move to the Music Room on Floor 5
- November 13 – Assessment in the MYP, 8:30 – 9:30
- December – Getting to know the DP (focus Year 10 parents) – date to be confirmed
We hope you are able to join us for the ones that are relevant to your child.
Events Coming Up
- October 21-23 – MAP testing for Years 6-10
- October 24 – Secondary Parent-Teacher-Student conferences
- November 14-15 – Professional Development Days for teachers [no school]
- November 16th – ACAMIS maths competition @Nanjing International School
- November 21 – Secondary Talent Show
- November 22 – UPTA All Parent meeting
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