Dr. Daniel Mullen | Head of School 校长
Dear UISG Families,
A big shoutout to our exceptional UISG athletes and coaches as the ACAMIS Volleyball tournament wraps up this weekend! What a great way to end the week, hosting other international schools from across China in this culminating ACAMIS event. Go Wolves!
Additionally, we are excited to announce that the Book Fair will take place on November 7-8! This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage our students’ love for reading and to support our school library. Please mark your calendars and encourage students to explore the fantastic selection of books available.
Don’t forget to support our talented musicians during the ISMAG Piano Competition this Wednesday. Let’s cheer them on as they highlight their skills and passion for music! We also invite all parents to join us for the Mother Tongue workshop focused on “Empowering Parent Book Clubs” next week. This workshop aims to provide resources and strategies for parents to foster a love of reading in their children’s native languages. Thank you for your continued support and engagement in our school community. Let’s make it a fantastic week!
Yours in Education,
Dr. Daniel Mullen
Head of School
Utahloy International School Guangzhou
亲爱的UISG家长们：
随着本周末ACAMIS排球锦标赛的结束，我们向优秀的UISG运动员和教练们大声欢呼！同时欢迎来自中国各地的国际学校莅临我校参加此次活动，以一个美好的方式结束这一周。狼队加油!
此外，我们很高兴地宣布，书展将于11月7日至8日举行！这是一个鼓励学生热爱阅读和支持学校图书馆的绝佳机会。请在你的日程做上标记，并鼓励学生探索可供选择的精彩书籍。
不要忘记在下周三的ISMAG钢琴比赛中支持我们的天才音乐家。让我们一起为他们的音乐技巧和激情加油！我们也邀请所有的家长参加下周的母语工作坊，主题是 “赋能家长读书俱乐部”。本工作坊旨在为家长提供资源和策略，以培养孩子对母语阅读的热爱。感谢您一直以来对我们学校的支持和参与。让我们一起度过精彩的一周吧！
谨以致意，
Dr. Daniel Mullen
校长
广州誉德莱外籍人员子女学校
Chantelle Parsons | Head of Primary 小学校长
消息 xiāo xi
Friday November 1st
Another fun and busy week with Spooktacular activities, Diwali celebrations and U19 ACAMIS Volleyball.
Happy Holidays, everyone! We made it to the first holiday of the school year, and I’d like to thank you all for the support you have shown both me and our teachers over this time. It has been a wonderful few weeks getting to know all our children and families.
Book Fair
The library is very pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Book Fair on November 7th and 8th
Events on November 22nd
We have an exciting day coming up for Years 1 – 5 with lots of fun activities and we are inviting parents to come along and join us. Sign up for this will be shared next week.
8:30 – 11:00 Year 1 – 5 Sports Day – including some parent races!
11:15 – 12:00 ECA Fair – sign your children up to Round 2 of ECAs
12:00 – 13:00 Bring a picnic and enjoy lunch on the field (all children from year 1 – 5 are required to bring lunch, there will be no lunch available in the canteen)
13:15 – 15:00 Children will go back to afternoon classes and the UPTA All Parents Meeting will take place
EAL Updates
The EAL team have been working hard to review, evaluate and adapt our approaches to supporting students with EAL challenges. The results of this review included the decision to reassess students who have shown a possible need for additional support, and creating structures and groups to allow for further support to occur throughout the week.
What this means for our students…Some of our students will newly be in EAL or will be back in EAL to receive support. Support could be in one or more of the four areas: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing.
Receiving EAL support is NOT a negative thing or forever. The changes simply mean we are offering more students support that could benefit from it. This is a positive change in our EAL approaches.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Conflict Resolution
I wanted to share part of an email that was sent out to year 2 families this week, it is an important message for everyone (thank you Mr Paul for putting this together):
The issue of being hit by others was brought up by a student. We discussed the right way to deal with getting hit. Many students said they would hit the other student back. Many believed this to be the right thing to do, with some saying they have been taught this is the best way to protect yourself.
We all listened to each other and it was a very useful, open and respectful conversation. I said to the kids that it is not okay to hit people, even if somebody has hit you first. Violence makes problems bigger, not smaller. I explained that, sometimes it might happen that you want to hit back or think you must but in school we are learning the best ways to resolve conflicts are to use words and not violence. I assured the kids, and I want to assure you as parents, that the school is a safe place where there is always an adult who is nearby and can help you if you need it.
So, the right thing to do is to use words to tell the other person to “stop”. Then, get help from a teacher immediately by going to them or, if needed, shouting for them. I described to the children the idea that when you hit back, you have also done something wrong and that 2 wrongs don’t make a right.
I hope this message helps you to have a healthy conversation about resolving conflicts with your kids at home. It would be great if we can be on the same page with how we are teaching the children to resolve conflicts.
Parent Workshops
It’s November! The next round of Parent Workshops are coming up, so far not many parents have signed up, we would really like these to go ahead so please get signing up to the different workshops this month…
Events Coming Up
- November 4 – Parent Workshop: Mother Tongue (Start at 3:30pm) POSTPONED
- November 4, 11, 18, 25 – Parent Book Club Series (Start at 2:30pm)
- November 6- ISMAG Piano Competition
- November 7 – Open Day for Prospective Families
- November 8 – Primary Talent Show
- November 14/15 – Professional Development Days for Teachers (no students in school)
- November 18 – ECA Sign Up Begins
- November 21 – Parent Workshop: Big Questions for Young Minds
- November 22 – Year 1 – 5 Sports Day, ECA Fair and Family Picnic
- November 22 – UPTA all Parents Meeting
- December 7 – IFOL
11 月 1 日，星期五
又是一个有趣而忙碌的一周，本周有鬼魅绚丽的活动、排灯节庆祝和 U19 ACAMIS 排球比赛。
图书展销
图书馆很荣幸地宣布，我们将于11月7日和8日举办书展
11月22日活动
我们为1-5年级的学生准备了充实的一天，当天会有很多有趣的活动，诚邀家长们共同参与。报名信息将于下周公布。
8:30–11:00 1-5年级运动会–包括一些家长比赛！
11:15–12:00ECA 信息会–为您的孩子报名参加第2轮 ECA
12:00–13:00带野餐，在场地上享用午餐（1-5年级的所有儿童都必须自带午餐，餐厅当天不提供午餐）
13:15–15:00孩子们将返回下午的课程，UPTA 全体家长会议将举行
EAL更新信息
EAL 团队一直在努力审查、评估和调整我们为有 EAL需求的学生提供帮助的方法。审查结果包括决定重新评估那些可能需要额外帮助的学生，并创建组织和小组以便在整个星期内提供进一步的帮助。
这对我们的学生意味着什么……我们的一些学生将新进入 EAL 或将返回 EAL 接受帮助。帮助可能涉及以下四个领域中的一个或多个：口语、听力、阅读、写作。
获得 EAL 帮助并不是坏事，也不是永远的。这些变化只是意味着我们为更多可以从中受益的学生提供支持。这是我们 EAL 课程的积极变化。
如果您有任何疑问，请联系我。
冲突处理
我想分享本周发送给二年级家庭的一封电子邮件的部分内容，这对每个人来说都是一个重要的信息（感谢 Paul 先生将其整理出来）：
一名学生提到了被别人打的问题。我们讨论了处理被打的正确方法。许多学生说他们会回击其他学生。许多人认为这是正确的做法，有些说他们被教导这是保护自己的最佳方式。
我们互相倾听，这是一次非常有益、开放和相互尊重的对话。我对孩子们说，打人是不对的，即使有人先打了你。暴力只会让问题变得更大，而不是更小。我解释说，有时你可能会想回击或认为你必须回击，但在学校，我们正在学习处理冲突的最佳方法是使用语言而不是暴力。我向孩子们保证，也想向作为父母的您们保证，学校是一个安全的地方，附近总有一个成年人可以在你需要的时候帮助你。
因此，正确的做法是用语言告诉对方“停止”。然后，立即向老师寻求帮助，如有必要，可以大喊求助。我向孩子们描述了这样一种观点：当你反击时，你也做错了，而且两个错误不能构成一个正确的事情。
我希望这条信息能帮助您在家里与孩子进行一场关于处理冲突的健康对话。如果我们在如何教育孩子处理冲突方面能够达成共识，就会大有裨益。
家长研讨会
十一月到来！下一轮家长研讨会即将举行，到目前为止，报名的家长还不多，我们非常希望这些研讨会能够顺利进行，所以请报名参加本月不同的研讨会……
后续事件
12 月 7 日 – IFOL 国际灯光节
11月 4 日 – 家长研讨会：母语（下午 3:30 开始） 延期
11月 4 日、11日、18日、25日–家长读书俱乐部系列活动（下午2:30开始）
11 月 6 日-ISMAG 钢琴竞赛
11 月 7 日 – 面向准家庭的开放日
11 月 8 日 – 小学才艺表演
11 月 14/15 日 – 教师专业发展日（学生不上课）
11 月 18 日 – ECA 报名开始
11 月 21 日 – 家长研讨会：小朋友的大问题
11 月 22 日 – Y1-Y5运动会， ECA信息会和家庭野餐日
11 月 22 日 – UPTA 全体家长会议
Martin Grist | Head of Secondary 代理中学校长
4 Nov – 8 Nov (Week 12A)
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Year 6 Design classes
ACAMIS volleyball
Hosting the ACAMIS volleyball has been a wonderful opportunity to watch some high-level student athletes, as well as a chance to cheer on our teams. Go Wolves!
Arts in the Atrium
The atrium in the Secondary building has been busy this whole month with the Inktober visual art activity, and there was an additional short story activity led by Ms. L. this week. These kinds of activities really support the Unique and Inclusive values that we share here at UISG.
Parent Sessions家长信息会
Coffee morning today – learning about theatre and music in the Secondary school !
- November 13 – Assessment in the MYP, 8:30 – 9:30 in the Admin Hall
- November 28 – Coffee morning – focus on language and literature, 8:30 in the Wolves Cafe
- December 4 – Getting to know the DP (focus Year 10 parents), 8:30 – 9:30 in the Admin Hall
We hope you are able to join us for the ones that are relevant to your child.
Events Coming Up
- November 14-15 – Professional Development Days for teachers [no school]
- November 16 – Science competition – International Science Bee
- November 16 – ACAMIS maths competition @Nanjing International School
- November 21 – Secondary Talent Show
- November 22 – UPTA All Parent meeting
- November 25 – Hong Kong university fair @UISZ for Year 10-12 students (sign-up done through the College Counselor)
- December 7 – International Festival of Light (IFOL)
亲爱的家长和监护人,
6年级设计课程
6年级学生在用意大利面建造桥梁！除了桥梁之外，他们真正在建立的是他们学习技能的方法：他们与伙伴合作；桥梁设计研究；在选择设计时提炼创造性思维技能；提高他们的时间管理技能。学生们如此投入于他们的项目，以至于他们中的许多人放弃了午餐时间来修桥。一旦完工，这些桥梁需要进行压力测试。课堂上的紧张和兴奋是显而易见的，因为学生们往篮子里放重物，希望他们的桥能有足够的强度和稳定性来承受重量（图为一座桥正在接受测试）。
ACAMIS排球
主办ACAMIS排球比赛是一个很好的机会，可以观看一些高水平的学生运动员，也有机会为我们的球队加油。加油吧狼队!
中庭艺术
中学楼的中庭因为Inktober的视觉艺术活动忙碌了整整一个月，这周又有一个由Ms. L.带领的短篇故事活动。这些活动真正支持了我们在UISG分享的独特和包容的价值观。
家长信息会
今早咖啡时间——学习中学的戏剧和音乐！
11月13日—MYP评估，8:30 – 9:30在行政大厅
11月28日—早晨咖啡——专注于语言和文学，8:30在狼咖啡馆
12月4日——了解DP（重点是10年级家长），8:30 – 9:30在行政大厅
我们希望您能加入我们，为那些与您孩子有关的。
即将举行的活动
11月14日至15日-教师专业发展日（不用上学）
11月16日—科学竞赛—国际科学蜜蜂
11月16日—ACAMIS数学竞赛@南京外籍人员子女学校
11月21日—中学达人秀
11月22日—UPTA全体家长会议
11月25日— 10-12年级学生香港大学博览会@UISZ（通过大学顾问报名）
12月7日——国际灯光节（IFOL）
