In the assembly today, Ms Maria explained how the Ironman 70.3 event in Da Nang last weekend, presented a great example of what can be achieved when we put these qualities into practice.
On Saturday, members of our school community (teachers, parents, students, PTG) took part in the ‘Sunrise Sprint’ which required individuals, or relay teams of 3 people, to swim 750m, cycle for 20km and then run for 5km. This was followed by the IronKids events, with a similar format, but over short distances.
The main Ironman 70.3 event took place on Sunday. It is a real endurance event with individuals or teams swimming for 1.9km, cycling for 90km then running for 21km. Ms Maria highlighted that a key quality demonstrated by all that took part was perseverance; there is a lot of training required and a huge amount of determination to complete the course.
Having participated in the event, once again I was reminded that we are part of a great community. There was so much care and support offered by family members and friends who had come along to watch the races. It was super to see children, parents and teachers taking part. This was echoed in this morning’s assembly, as many of those who were in Da Nang, joined in a mini-triathlon around the hall.
Aliens have landed!
There have been strange goings on in the playground this week! It seems an unidentified flying object (a UFO) crash-landed in the playground! The incident was caught on the school’s CCTV and Mr. Ian sent Year 1 down to investigate further. We found shards of metal along with what appeared to be parts of a spacecraft, scorched grass and some very mysterious yellow slime! Year 1 got to work straight away writing down everything they could see using fabulous adjectives. The children think they saw an alien in the playground and went to search for more clues, more yellow, sticky slime was found and even some muddy footprints. They then wrote up their investigation notes for Mr. Ian!
Our new unit of work in English is a story called ‘Beegu’. It tells a story of an alien who has crash landed and been left on Earth. She tries to find people to help her get back to her parents throughout the story, without much luck until some friendly children are kind to her and she is reunited with her family.
We will be learning the story of ‘Beegu’ through Talk for Writing actions and drama, so the children imitate the text until they know it well. We will then focus on describing settings before starting to innovate a class version of the story. Throughout this unit, the children will be practising vocabulary and grammar skills as well as building ideas until they create their own version of ‘Beegu’.
Gemma Gotting
Y1 Leader
F2 Talk for writing - We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week F2 has been busy learning and acting out our new Talk for Writing story, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt." We had great fun in the ELC where we went through the tall grass, saying, "Swishy swashy, swishy swashy", through the deep river saying, "Splish, splosh, splish, splosh." Through the thick, oozing mud saying, "Squelch, squerch, squelch, squerch." We ‘stumbled’ through the deep dark forest saying , "Stumble, trip, stumble, trip." Then went through the swirling whirling snowstorm saying, "Woo, Hoo, woo, hoo" and finally to the deep dark cave where we tiptoed very quietly and found a bear! So we quickly went back home and jumped into bed, but then we realised that it was a friendly bear! We have now been brave and entered the cave and enjoyed playing with the bear. What a lot of fun to bring the story alive.
Ms Juliette Petrie
F2 Year Leader and F2B Class Teacher
Year 2 MFL Webinar
There are a number of stages in a child’s educational journey where choices need to be made about which subjects they will study. My daughter, who is Year 12, is currently considering which subject to study when she goes to university.
Ms Sophie Tighzer, our head of modern foreign languages (MFL), led a webinar for Year 2 parents on Wednesday, as families in Year 2 will be facing the first choice regarding what to study in Year 3. Families have a choice of studying French, Spanish or Mandarin, a language that the children will continue to study up to iGCSE.
For those who were unable to attend the webinar, you can watch it here:
Year 2 MFL Webinar
Or, if you would simply like to review the slides in the presentation, they can be found here:
Year 2 MFL Presentation
‘Language in Focus’ Tourism Poster Competition 2022
As mentioned, having the parent community back on site is one of the highlights of this term. The PTG asks that you save the date for their Primary Potluck Lunch! Please see the details below and we look forward to seeing you there.
Primary Potluck Lunch! - Save the Date!
Having the parent community back on site is one of the highlights of this term. The PTG asks that you save the date for their Primary Potluck Lunch! Please see the details below and we look forward to seeing you there.
Parent Potluck: 19th May at EY campus from 11am-2pm
Book donations: 4th May to 19th May
Book Sale: 24th May EY, 25th May JC`
We are delighted to invite you to the parents' Potluck Lunch to be held at the small Hall on the 3rd floor at the EY Campus on 19th May,2022 from 11.00-2:00pm.
This has traditionally been a wonderful, fun-filled event where parents come together to sample different kinds of food and chat. We hope many of you will be able to join us for this event!
For both new and returning parents, the lunch will be organised as follows:
Format - Cold Buffet Style. Ideally finger foods, although curries and dips are welcome!
Amount of food to carry – A small plate filled with food is ample!
Examples of foods you could bring – Vietnamese Spring Rolls, Korean Gimbab, Japanese Onigiri, Brazilian Pão de queijo, Indian Samosas, German Bratwurst, Canapes, Garlic Bread with Sundried Tomatoes & Cheese and all sorts of sandwiches. Both sweet and savory foods are most welcome – so please bring rice cakes, traditional cookies, cakes and laddoos if you like. NO NUTS!!
Must the food be home made? This is not necessary. The idea is to get together for a good time. Please feel free to buy the food if this is easier.
Drinks – Juices and water will be available at the lunch venue
Sign up for lunch – Please use the SUG here to signup for the event. This will help us to plan for the event well.
This would be a golden opportunity for you to meet the other parents which was not possible before.Come and enjoy good food, music, drinks and company of other parents.
Primary PTG Book Donations
Do you have books you no longer need? Are you ready to add some new (preloved!) books to your collection?? WE HOPE SO!!! The PTG are so happy to be running a book sale event that we hope will enable us to raise some much-needed funds for a very important community partner, Thuy’s Dream Foundation.
There are two ways you can help!
Firstly, if you have any unwanted books you would like to donate for the event, you can drop them at the guards house/Gate A at either EY campus, or Junior campus, every day from Wednesday 4th May.
Secondly, we invite you to visit our book sale during pick up time, on either Tues 24th May at EYIC, or Wednesday 25th May at Junior campus, choose the books you want, and make a donation of your choice. All proceeds raised will go directly to Thuy's Dream foundation.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on primaryptgbis@gmail.com
Gayatri Shankar
Primary PTG Chairperson
Moving On Workshop for families departing BIS
We would like to invite all families that will leave BIS at the end of this academic year to our ‘Moving On’ Workshop.
It will take place on Friday 27th May at 8.30am in the Black Box Theatre at the Junior Campus.
This workshop will be hosted by the Admissions Team, and Counselling Team. It aims to support those transitioning from BIS. Members of the Whole School Leadership Team will also be in attendance. We hope to see you there.