Important Dates
November 23 | Open.Scholar: The Magic of Light
November 25 | Flu Vaccination
November 27 | ACC: English Literacy in Grades 1-2
November 28 | Parent Coffee Chat: TOEFL Jr. Debriefing
November 30 | Open.Scholar: Understanding the Adolescent Brain: Family Education from a Neuroscientific Perspective
The purpose of this high-level calendar is to communicate when our campus will be open. Dates are subject to change so we encourage you to check back frequently.
Primary Division Updates
Dear Families,
It was lovely to see each of you this week at school for Parent Teacher Conferences. We hope the conferences gave you a clear pictures of your student’s accomplishments and areas for growth. Together, we can work to help our students achieve or even exceed proficiency.
To determine if the conferences have achieved their intended goals, we invite you to take a minute and share your feedback with us through the survey below.
What's Next
At Avenues, goal setting is an important practice that helps students take ownership of how they will work towards growth. After a conference, it is natural to set goals and want to make changes and improvements within you home too! When setting new goals with your child, we encourage you to think of the following:
DNA of a Strong Goal
It’s sticky.
Could your child, without looking at a piece of paper, what they’re working towards right now? Does it get them excited?
It will have an impact.
Could your child tell you how what they’re working on will impact their learning? Their lives?
It’s challenging.
Would your child tell you, if they were being totally honest, that they sometimes doubt they might achieve this goal? What would their confidence level in achieving it be?
It’s clear what success will look like.
Could your child tell you how they’ll know if they achieved the goal or not?
We hope that your home will also feel the spirit of goal setting with the desire to constantly strive for growth and improvement.
Warmly,
The Primary Division Leadership Team
Avenues Community Connections (ACC): English Literacy in Grades 1-2
8:30-9:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 27 | A19, First Floor, MPR
Presenters: Jade Kerchhoff, Lisa Chung, Megan Ou-Yang
How does an Avenues learner build their foundational English literacy skills in the lower primary division? This ACC will dive into the Avenues Literacy curriculum and approach that is implemented in grades 1-2. This phase in literacy development sets the foundations for for the future, as students are building their phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics concepts, fluency and working through decodable texts. Attendants can expect to get a taste of the explicit and targeted instruction as well as understand how these instructional components build up to more complex skills in upper primary grades.
Avenues Primary and ELC Choir Performance
We are excited to inform you our Primary Choir and ELC Choir are invited to perform in a charity concert - Family Care Association for the mentally Disabled.
Time: 3:30–5:00, Saturday, December 7
Location: Rooftop of B10, OCT Garden, (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2栋北侧/North Side of Building C2, North District of OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District)
You are more than welcome to be the audience and give support to our little lovely singers!
Specialist Office Hours
To enhance the connection between families and our specialists, the Primary Division will introduce office hours for specialists. You can book a 20-minute time slot within the next week to discuss your child's growth and progress with our specialists.
Please ensure you arrive on time for your appointment to respect the schedules of the families following yours. Kindly note that specialists cannot extend 'Office Hours' beyond the allocated time to avoid conflicts with their teaching responsibilities. Meetings will take place at various locations, so please review your appointment details carefully to confirm the correct venue.
Math Specialists will continue with PTCs next week and won't be available for Office Hours next Tuesday.
The form is open for sign up from 14:00, Friday to 23:59 Sunday every week.
Speech and Occupational Therapy Screenings on Campus
Avenues Shenzhen is proud to partner with Olivia’s Place Shenzhen to conduct Early Years Speech and Occupational Therapy screenings on campus this Fall. The service is open to all Avenues families who would like to take advantage of the professional educational screenings. They will be scheduled for Thursday, November 28 for Occupational Therapy and Friday, November 29 for Speech and Language Therapy.
Campus Updates
2024-2025 School Calendar: Corrected Information
The December information in the Avenues School Calendar (desk calendar) that parents received at Curriculum Night was incorrect, please click here to download an updated version:
As a gentle reminder, you can also find school events, contact lists and useful information for each division in the desk calendar.
Avenues Winter Program Early Discount Will End on Nov 25
The Avenues Winter Program is now open to both current and non- Avenues families. The early discount for Avenues Independent Lead Program will end on November 25, and regular pricing will resume from November 25 to 29, with the first round of registration closing on November 29.
Parents who are interested can access the registration system through open your WeChat, access the school notification, click on "School App,"- "Exploration and Expansion" -”Winter @ Avenues”- "Register," choose your child's name, select your preferred project, and click "Register" to secure your spot.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at explorers-sz@avenueschina.cn or call 0755-8615 8906 (9 am-3 pm) to contact the Avenues Explorers Team. Let's grow, discover, and create endless possibilities together this winter.
Parent Coffee Chat: TOEFL Jr. Debriefing
November 28, 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. | A12 3F | Student Success Team
Upcoming Events
Open.Scholar | The Magic of Light
9:30-10:45 a.m., Saturday, November 23 | A12 - 300
On November 23, we are excited to host the second installment of the OPEN.Scholar public lecture series. Xinyan Zhao, a parent at Avenues and a research assistant professor at the SUSTech Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, invites all students and parents who are interested in the world of optics. Join us as we delve into the human exploration of the and physical properties of light. Professor Zhao will guide us through the nature and characteristics of light, as well as its applications across daily life, art, and science. She will bring her own experimental equipment, offering the audience a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on experiments.
Speaker: Xinyan Zhao
Research Assistant Professor, SUSTech Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies
Doctoral Supervisor
Avenues Parent
Open.Scholar | Understanding the Adolescent Brain: Family Education from a Neuroscientific Perspective
9:30-10:45 a.m., Saturday, November 30 | A12 - 300
How can parents support their children when they lose interest or encounter difficulties in learning? On November 30, we are thrilled to have Cheng Fei, an Avenues parent, Senior Education Director at the Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Research, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a doctor at the School of Education, Peking University, to deliver special lecture on family parenting education. He will delve into the adolescence from a brain science perspective and share insights on how to support our children during their teenage years.
Speaker: Fei Cheng
Senior Education Director at the Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Research, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Doctoral Degree Holder, School of Education, Peking University
Postdoctoral Researcher, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan and Columbia University
Avenues Parent
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