{"id":14470,"date":"2021-02-19T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T07:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-primary-06-02-2021-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T16:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T08:59:17","slug":"from-the-head-of-primary-20-02-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-primary-20-02-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Primary 20.02.2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although learning did not resume for the children until Thursday, staff were in their online classrooms on Wednesday and spent the day taking part in a number of professional development opportunities. During the rest of this term and for term 3, primary staff will be learning more about Assessment for Learning and will be collaborating with each other to share best practice and learn from each other. We will be looking at the five key strategies of formative assessment which are;<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying, sharing and understanding learning intentions and criteria for success<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Engineering effective classroom discussions, activities and tasks that elicit evidence of learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Providing feedback that moves learning forward<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Activating students as owners of their own learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Activating students as learning resources for one another<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to find out more about Assessment for Learning please have a look at this link<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=63PdFKIFzNU\"><strong>Assessment for Learning<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/top-en.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/top-en.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/top-en-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/top-en-768x203.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/top-en-255x67.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A big well done to all the children who entered the Chinese New Year competition set by the Secondary Prefects. There were some spectacular entries which have been passed on for the final judging. The winning primary entries were drawn\/painted by;<\/p>\n<p>Ashveer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>Zoe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>Seanan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 3<\/p>\n<p>Maddie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 4<\/p>\n<p>Chency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 4<\/p>\n<p>Ada\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Year 6<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_2.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_2-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_2-255x172.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_5-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot_5-255x338.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also a huge congratulations to Kayla in Year 4 and Eloise in Year 6 who were the winners of the FOBISIA writing competition. I really enjoyed reading all the entries and was super impressed by the high standard of writing across Key Stage 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Joanne Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head of Primary<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although learning did not resume for the children until Thursday, staff were in their online classrooms on Wednesday and spent the day taking part in a number of professional development opportunities. 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