Dear PYP Parents,

Facilitators are key factors in maintaining and improving the quality of education at Indus International School. The PYP staff—old and new, participated in various workshops like— Making the PYP Happen, Collaborative planning and many more to strengthen and build their understanding of the PYP.

Although, IISP provides a platform for training, the teachers have an enormous responsibility to support their learning through reflective practices, research and authentic classroom engagements.

We would also like to share that Ms. Rachna Gupta - Centre Head of IELC - Koregaon Park and Ms. Anjali Kudale - EYP Coordinator - IISP visited the University of Jyvaskyla on a study tour, to explore the best pedagogical practices of Finland. Through the five-day intensive workshop the team members got an opportunity to visit various schools, interact with the early years practitioners and, learn from the experts. The course gave our Indus delegation a platform to understand different perspectives of Education and bring back the best practices that can be implemented at our school, thereby providing our learners with a more enriching learning experience. Curriculum Queries????

For those of you, new to Indus PYP family, do not hesitate to contact the program coordinators for any of the queries that you would like us to address. We will be happy to assist you finding answers.

The IB Learner Profile

At IISP, learners are encouraged to emulate and demonstrate being Caring, Courgeous, Communicators, Knowledgeable, Open-minded, Balanced, Thinkers, Principled and Reflective at home and school. These attributes infuse a sound social and, physical development in every child.

Uniforms

All PYP Grades from 1 to 5 will wear PE Uniforms from Mondays to Thursdays and the formal uniform will be worn only on Fridays’. The early years wears PE uniform on all days.

Swimming

Students will have swimming once a week separately for boys and girls. A lady coach will be available to instruct the children in the pool. Swimming will be replaced with PE during monsoons and winters.

As our pool is under renovation, we will send an email about when swimming will resume in the time table.

ACER/IBT

Grades 3-5 will participate in the ACER assessments. The home room teachers will start reviewing relevant concepts, September onwards. We encourage all students to be present for this evaluation. This year the IBT assessments will be held on the 16th of November 2017.

Celebrating Birthday

We welcome healthy treats to help make your child's birthday even more special. You may send a cake and/or chocolates for the class to share.

(Do refer to the handbook for further details)

PYP Art Challenge The PYP Art challenge was held on 24th August. Our PYP students participated with immense enthusiasm, unleashing their creativity and imagination. They were given the impromptu themes, to create art works through an array of colours to represent their thoughts and ideas visually.

Mufti Day: Our first Mufti Day was celebrat-

ed on 31stAugust, 2017. Students came dressed in vibrant colours of the rainbow.

Anupama Shinde is a positive, self-directed and enthusiastic educator who has completed her Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Education and is currently pursuing MA in Education. Anupama has a total of 10 years of experience in teaching . She has joined IISP as a Grade 4 facilitator.

Neha Hooda joins IISP as Grade 4 homeroom teacher with a rich experience of 24 memorable years. She has taught in the State Board , CBSE and IB schools and was the officiating as the Pre Primary in-charge at DPS, Sushant Lok, Guragaon.

Shalaka D'Souza pursued her M.A. in English Literature from Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune and has successfully completed 3 grades in piano from Trinity College of Music, London. She is fond of singing, writing poems and articles. Shalaka joins us a music teacher.

Helen Furtado, a Science graduate with major in Physics joins IISP as a Grade 1 facilitator. Helen has 12 years of practical teaching experience across various curriculums such as the; ICSE, CIE, PYP and SSC.

She has completed a PYP category 2 workshop along with Jolly Phonics and best practices of the Reggio Emilia philosophy.

Canela Reglioni, is from Lyon in France and has joined IISP as a French facilitator. She is passionate about teaching, reading and travelling. Canela has studied four years of both; Japanese and English at Lyon 3 University, in France.

Teresa Gracia has a degree in Law, a Masters in International Law and has been working in different countries such as: Spain, UK, India, Greece, Gibraltar as a Lawyer. She is certified for teaching Spanish, levels A1 to C2. She loves travelling, swimming and learning about different cultures. Teresa joins us a Spanish facilitator.

We welcome aboard our new teachers...

Shruti Shah has joined Indus as a grade 3 facilitator this year. Although she is calm and, introspective as an individual, she is raring and passionate as an educator. Shruti has worked in the prestigious Oberoi international school in Mumbai and hopes to contribute positively to her students at Indus international school.

We thank you for all the support you have shown so far!

With the same trust and faith in us, we look forward to your cooperation and collaboration in all the future endeavours.

PYP Gender Sensitisation Week 4th—7th September

Holiday—Ganesh Immersion Day Tuesday, 5th September

Roald Dahl Day Wednesday, 13th September

PYP Hindi Divas Thursday, 14th September

PYP Declamation Challenge (Inter– House) Friday , 22nd September

Our youngest eagles have been busy settling into their class routine. Not only are they enjoying their school routines, they are also building on their knowledge of the environment and learning the letters of the Alphabet. Music is a wonderful way to build on vocabulary and at IISP we encourage as well as inspire children to explore and develop their creative side. Our students love to paint, retell stories, dance to rhymes because school is fun at all times.