isb newsletter - february 2009

Ice-skating Between 3rd and 6th February ISB Primary School celebrated the “ice‐skating week”as part of the school’s winter sports programme. All Key Stage 2 pupils joined us at“Cismigiu Parc” ice skating rink. The children enjoyed themselves and learned theirfirst steps on the ice. We would like to thank parents, teachers and all themanagement team for their support in making this event a success. “Nothing is toodifficult if you will try”. Therefore be brave and try ice‐skating with ISB next time!!! PE Department

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PRIMARY NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY 09

Year Six have been studying rivers and are undertakingfieldwork on the River Dambovita, Bucharest as part of this.Class 6F have already been to study the river near Izvor.They travelled from Republica to Izvor by metro. At the riverthey engaged in practical activities linked to Maths, such as measuring the width of the river. They also learned how to measure the rate of flow of theriver. They noted how the river environment in town ismade up of apartments and various businesses. The pupils enjoyed this quick action packed trip. Classes 6H and 6F will be undertaking this trip in March. Gordon Hamilton Humanities Co‐ordinator

Rivers Project by Year 6 On the 23rd of January, after school, we had the winter parties for theprimary children. There were approximately 180 children divided in three parties. Wehad a big bouncy castle in the foyer, three clowns, and party games forthe EYF children and karaoke competition for KS1 and KS2. For theolder children the karaoke was the most exciting activity. As for theyounger ones the bouncy castle was the favourite. The parties endedwith the children getting a bag of sweets. It was good to see all thosesmiling faces. We give our most sincere thank you to all the parents and teachersthat help supervising the three parties. Without you we couldn’t havedone it.

Winter Parties by PTA

PTA News Parents who wish to improve their English can join our courses every Wednesday between 15.15 and 16.30. Please contact the

office for details from [email protected]

Pilate classes for parents started in the primary multipurpose room. They meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8.50 to

9.50

ISB International Cookbook: As a way to reflect yet another side of the nature of our School, the PTA has decided to create an“ISB International Cookbook”. This will be available in the summer term. More details [email protected]

We would like to invite all of our parents to be member to our PTA. If you cannot arrange your time to join the meeting please

request minutes of the meetings to your email address. Please contact Mrs.Furtado from the PTA at [email protected]

Teachers and students in Primary took photos during their Winter Holiday for the two sections (Faces and Places) for our PhotoCompetition. The theme was: Happy Families, Happy Holidays, Happy Camera. All the entries were great and it was a hard job for the Jury ( Mrs. Carey and Ms. Guzel) to select the winners. Students were asked tochoose 4 of the winners and the Jury selected 4 others. The results are as follows:

Prizes of the Jury Self‐portrait, by Flavio Y1R (Faces) What a Long Journey I Had, by Ms. Cristina (Faces) Winter Wonderland, By Connor Y4F (Places) Stair Case, By Mrs. Reeves (Places)

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We Voted for Our Favourite Photo!

Special prizes voted for by the students Under the Table, by Ioana Y4H (Faces) Begging Attention through the Window, by Ms. Angela (Faces) Winter Wonderland, by Connor Y4F (Places) Ellie, by Mr. Law (Places)

An excellent mural has been painted by our very talented teachers on thethird floor foyer which is used as a reading area for year 5 and 6 students.We would like to thank Ms.Raluca Damian, Ms.Raluca Draghici, Mr.Law,Ms.Florina and Ms.Dana for their great efforts.

Mural

The students of ISB have been busy learning and following the GoldenRules in school. So we thought to give them a helping hand we wouldpaint another colourful Mural on the wall of the Year 3 and 4 landing. Ms. Raluca one of our many talented artists took charge and sketchedout the rules with a number of excellent pictures to show the GoldenRules in action. In the photo you can see Ms.Raluca busy at work withsome of our up and coming Da Vinci look alikes helping her. This Mural needs to be seen to be believed so come up and have a look! As to thefuture...there is no telling where Ms. Raluca's brush will fall next!

Golden Rules for a Golden Girl!


As an EAL teacher I thought it would be a great idea to have a parent open day. I wanted the parents to come to our English lesson,to see how a real lesson goes, how the children are taught and how much fun we have... And a good idea that was! Instead of oneopen day, I had two! At the first parents from year 3 were invited and at the second one year 4 parents came.

News from the EAL Department!!! Parent Open Day!

Mums, dads and grandmas were very curious and extremely excited to seetheir own children "in action" and the children were so eager and proud toshow them everything they have learnt! It was a wonderful day! All the parents told me what a great experience theopen day was for them and how interesting it was to see their children froma totally different perspective. And....as far as I am concerned....I have amessage to send:

"GOOD JOB, MY LITTLE SQUIRRELS! I AM PROUD OF YOU!"

Mariana DumitruEAL Co‐ordinator

For the love and respect they constantly show to books, 5 student librarians havebeen selected from years 5 and 6. The little big hearted helpers are trained invarious library skills which include using the special library computer programme,returning the reading scheme fiction and non‐fiction books, re‐shelving ofreturned books in the Primary and Secondary sections and how to aid pupilsduring lunchtime and the Guided Reading hour. Maria, Clod, Esther, Bayezit, andLorand are doing a great job!

The Guardians of Our Library

Year 3 and some lucky, gifted and talented children with Mrs Carey went to see someamazing inventions by Leonardo Da Vinci. These were recreations of his ideas with thechildren free to touch and look at 50 different models. The children learnt about howadvanced he was for his day. The English speaking guide provided the children with lotsof useful facts. The children then decided it would be great to buy the DVD of the exhibition, so thatother classes could perhaps see it during a Design and Technology Lesson. The guidecommented on the children's excellent behaviour during the tour so well done Year 3and their guests.

“ Year 3 and some lucky, gifted and talented children with Mrs Carey went to see the amazing inventions byLeonardo Da Vinci...”

Welcome to Da Vinci’s World!


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Half Term Holiday

Mission Completed! Space Camp Turkey is one of the three youth spacecamps in the world. The other two are in the U.S. andCanada. We went on a fantastic space mission with 13 studentsfrom primary and secondary school between the 5th

and 9th February. Children enjoyed learning aboutspace shuttles, how astronauts are trained, spacehistory, technology and the development of spaceprogrammes.

Here is Kate’s (year9) report of her outer space adventure: Overall, I thought that space camp was really fun! We were kept busyevery day and had a lot of creative activities. I really liked that wewere able to connect with kids from other countries. There was a biggroup of students from an International School from Saudi Arabia, so Idefinitely have friends from around the world now!

Upcoming Events!

Mathematics and Science Week

Parents’ Evening

Book Week and Book Fair

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