Being Adaptable
As you know, this year one of our ISB focus areas is to understand and apply our Learner Attributes. Recently there was an article that we wrote for Touchstone explaining more about this. Below is an excerpt from that article, highlighting the attribute of being Adaptable, and what parents can do at home to support.
One of our six learner attributes is Adaptable.
Here are some of the things parents can do at home to help children be more adaptable:
-Be the example. Children watch how their parents react, and learn how they should react. When things don’t go as planned, model flexibility. Keep things light and talk out alternative solutions with your child. Embrace a new adventure that wasn’t planned. We have plenty of opportunities for this when traveling to new countries and experiencing new cultures.
-Play board games/card games and make up new rules together. Consider changing the instructions and even how the board looks.
-Teach self-talk when a problem arises. Model flexible problem solving, and do this out loud. Then explicitly teach your child how to self-talk when things go differently than planned.
-Tell jokes, use puns, and enjoy play on words. This develops flexibility with language and supports adaptable thinking.
-Go outside! Notice the changes in nature, the variability in things that are alive, and talk about the environment needing to adapt.
-Model “Failing Forward.” Talk about how mistakes are celebrated and are opportunities to grow. Use your own examples and talk about how we all make mistakes everyday and what you learn from them.
-Finally, find books that include characters who are adaptable. Read these together and talk about how the characters are adaptable and how this helps the character in the story. Look for books that take predictable plots and turn them upside-down. The unexpected becomes fun! The following books are good examples:
Ella, of course! By Sarah Weeks
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
The Water Princess by Susan Verde
Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman
The Three Little Tamales by Eric A. Kimmel
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf, as told to him by Jon Scieszka
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (we read this at our Welcome Assembly this year)
Enjoy the freedom that being adaptable with your children can bring. Life does not always go according to plan. Supporting children to adapt to the changing nature of our world, and to the complexities of being human is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. A notable scientist once said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
Oct. 21-25 October Break – no school
Enjoy the break! Have a lovely time with family and friends, traveling or taking things a little more slowly. Classes resume on Monday, October 28. It will be a ‘D’ Day.
ES ‘Out of Uniform’ Day – November 7 and 8
These two days are ‘Out of School Uniform’ days in the Elementary School. On PE days, students need to wear their PE uniforms. On their non PE day, students may choose to not wear their ISB uniform.
Appropriate dress guidelines for our ‘Out of School Uniform’ days are listed in the ES Student/Parent Handbook
ES Parent Engage – November 7, 7:45am (ES MPR)
Come join us for PTA updates, ES Principals forum, and intercultural day planning.
During the Principals forum, our ES administrators will address your questions and concerns. Please submit questions or topic suggestions to Rika and Moneesha by October 30 escoord@isb.ac.th. We will then look at all of the questions/suggestions and plan to address some common themes that emerge. The Principals Forum is not a venue for individual or small group issues. Please make an appointment with an administrator or appropriate counselor to address those. Thank you in advance!
Leaving ISB at the End of the First Semester?
Parents of students who are not returning to ISB after Semester 1 need to notify the ES Office, K. Ann (naiyanar@isb.ac.th) as soon as possible and fill out the Notice of Withdrawal from ISB Form to enable us to process school records for their next school. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
U11 BISAC School Sports Season 2 (Soccer)
The ISB U11 Soccer season starts on Monday 11 November
U11 BISAC teams represent the school in local competitions and are free of charge.
To be eligible to play, U11 Athletes should be 8, 9 or 10 on August 1, 2019.
PRACTICE TIMES
Monday & Thursday 2:35-3:35
Boys Soccer: Albert Field
Girls Soccer: Field C
You can find the information letter here or Register here
Registration closes on Sunday 10 November.
Multi-Sport Camp and Soccer Clinic announcement
This October break Bangkok FC Academy will be running a Multi Sports Camp at ISB 9.00am – 2.00pm daily.
Following the October break they will also be running our Panthers FC Soccer Clinics for Pre-K – Grade 2 aged players.
Please see the flyer for more information or contact Connor Veal on 088 898 7560.
(Repeat) Intercultural Day – Friday, November 22
Cultures connecting through the Arts.
Intercultural Day is a ‘hands-on’ learning day to celebrate ISB’s rich intercultural diversity. Many of our ES classrooms are transformed by parents into cultural rooms so that our students can celebrate different traditions, food, dress, language, music, and geography throughout the day. With this year’s theme being focused on the Arts, we are excited for how this might influence students’ experiences in the cultural rooms.
A few details for parents:
- Students are invited to wear t-shirts representing various cultures instead of their uniform or P.E. uniform in the week leading up to Intercultural Day.
- On Intercultural Day (22th) students are welcome to dress in a way that represents a culture important to them.
- Intercultural Day begins with an assembly. Parents are welcome to join the assembly, as we are gathering in Rajendra Hall. Parents will need to be seated by 7:45AM SHARP – so that the assembly can begin on time.
(Repeat) BBSA – Baseball and softball registration open for 2019-20 season
Bangkok Baseball Softball Association (BBSA) has organized baseball/softball play for the past 59 years in Bangkok. There are leagues for boys and girls ages 4 yrs – 18 yrs. Please note registration is open from now until November 1st. Current fees per player are THB 3,600. There is a late fee for registrations after November 1st.
You can make your payment at the Community Activity Office (CAO) or pay by Thai bank wire transfer. Cash, credit cards and Thai baht checks are accepted for payment at the CAO office. The CAO Office is open Monday – Friday, 7:00AM to 11:00AM and 12:00PM to 3:00PM.
Player assessment will be held between Monday, Nov 4th to Thursday, Nov 7th. A specific schedule will be sent to parents and players soon. All players are strongly encouraged to attend their assessment sessions to allow the coaches to create fair and balanced teams.
Opening day for baseball/softball is on Saturday, Nov 16th. Games will generally be played on Saturdays with an occasional Friday evening game. Games will continue every weekend until the league championships the weekend of February 14/15th. There will be no games during the winter break at ISB but we will continue to play on Saturday, January 11th 2020.
Please go to https://bangkokbaseball.org/ or https://www.isb.ac.th/student-life/activities/community-activities/bbsa-baseball-softball/ for more information and the registration link. Please visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/groups/217724271623929/. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Walther at info@bangkokbaseball.org
(Repeat) After School Supervision
Any elementary school student on campus outside of regular school hours, who is not participating in a school-sponsored event, must be actively supervised by an adult in charge, appointed by the family. This includes being in the elementary Learning Hub (library).
eNews Guidelines
Shelley Bragg
shelleyb@isb.ac.th
ISB eNewsletters provide a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. For your convenience we have provided you with our eNewsletter guidelines below.
Submitting an announcement for publication
ISB accepts announcements from ISB families for potential publication in our eNewsletters. The announcements are generally intended to highlight events that occur at ISB and/or highlight information about ISB.
What to include in the announcement
- A title for your announcement
- An email contact for further information
Where to submit your announcement
4publish@isb.ac.th is for announcements of interest to the entire ISB community.
naiyanar@isb.ac.th is for Elementary School (ES) announcements of interest to ES families.
phremjiz@isb.ac.th is for Middle School (MS) announcements of interest to MS families.
vijitl@isb.ac.th is for High School (HS) announcements of interest to HS families.
Your announcement will be submitted to the appropriate Principal and/or to our Director of Marketing and Communications for review. ISB reserves the right to determine which announcements will and will not be published, and to edit announcements that are approved for publication.
Frequency of eNewsletter mailings
The ISB eNewsletter that is for the entire community is sent out on Thursdays. Announcements for potential publication in this newsletter must be received by noon on Thursdays.
The ES, MS, and HS eNewsletters are sent out on Fridays. Announcements for potential publication in these newsletters must be received by noon on Fridays.
Calendar of Events
October/November 2019
| Oct.21-25 | October Break (NO School) |
| Oct. 23 | Chulalongkorn Day (Holiday for Classified Staff) |
| Nov. 7 | ES Parent Engage 7:45 am (ES MPR) |
| Nov. 7-8 | ES ‘Out of School Uniform’ Day |
| Nov. 14 | Report Card goes online |