On Friday February 25, we had our first hands-on session for parents, where we went through some of the issues and concerns surrounding Facebook, and learned how to use it effectively. We had parents at all levels, from those who had never used Facebook before, to those who wanted to adjust settings and better understand [...]
Archives for February, 2011
Hands-on Facebook session for parents
category: Parent News, Technology & Literacy Coffee Mornings
tags: Facebook
Conrad Wolfram TEDtalks
This video has been posted already on one of our comment threads, but it was brought up by one of our parents after the ES coffee morning last week. The full email from that parent has been reproduced below….it makes very interesting reading and seems to mirror the regrettably similar feelings most adults have about [...]
category: Parent News
Parent Introduction to the PYP Exhibition
Recently, Grade 5 students introduced this year’s PYP Exhibition to the school community, which Grade 5 parents and interested members of YIS community attended. Click here to read more about the PYP Exhibition. Please enjoy a snapshot of this event…
category: Parent News
Parent Technology & Literacy Coffee Morning: Blogs
We had another fantastic turnout this morning at our session about blogs! At least 40 parents attended, thank you so much to all of you who could make it! We also were fortunate to be joined by our fantastic school counsellor, Adam Clark. Adam will be with us whenever his class schedule permits. This morning [...]
category: Technology & Literacy Coffee Mornings
