ISB Newsletter - 2009-2010

2009—2010 Newsletter2 Dates for your Diary ● Monday 4th January: Teacher Training Day ● Wednesday 10th February: Key Stage 1 Production ● Monday 15th—Friday 19th February: Half term break

On behalf of all the staff at ISB I would like to offer seasons greetings and wish everyone a happy and prosperous New year.

● Monday 1st- Friday 5th March: Book week ● Tuesday 9th March: Parent evening ● Wednesday 24th March: Year 3, 4 and 5 Production.

Mr. Ismail Asan Principal

● Thursday 1st April: Last day of term

PTA annual party The PTA annual party was held at the Persian restaurant in Tipuri Noi on Friday 4th December. The attendance at this years event was about 70 with a nice mix of parents and teachers joining together to make a great evening! The event was hosted by the PTA Chairperson Ms. Mariana Ferfeli. The food was excellent and the music inspired an evening of Song and dance! The evening also had a serious side in its aim to raise money for the a local childrens cancer hospital. The money raised totalled around 6000 ron which will provide badly needed funds to help refurbish and improve the facilites in the childrens wards. The PTA is now doing many good things to help improve the school for all its children and help the less fortunate than ourselves. if you have some free time or creative ideas and want to be involved in the PTA please contact Ms. Mariana Ferfeli at mkontomari2008@yahoo.gr

ISB fights the flu!

We are pleased to announce that so far we have had no recorded case of swine flu with anyone connected with ISB. a fair bit of luck has been on our side but also the measures we have been taking such as regular hand washing, strict monitoring of anyone who shows the slightest symptoms and daily disinfecting of the buses helping to keep the children and staff safe. Long may it continue!

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Choclate factory On Wednesday the 9th of December all the Year 1 classes went on a visit to the Heidi Chocolate Factory.

They learned about how many kinds of chocolates there are, that chocolate is liquid as well, before it gets solid. They also got to taste the three different kind of chocolate. At the end of the tour we all sang for the Chocolate Factory staff. We will never forget this experience!

Red Day On Friday 4th December, Early Years and Key Stage One children and staff came to school dressed in red. They were celebrating 'Red Day'. Red crafts were created, songs about red things sung, red snacks devoured and most importantly children and staff had a lot of fun. Classes also entered a decorated door competition, where they had to create a design on their classroom door following the red theme. At the end of the day Mr. Ismail judged that 1R had made the most attractively decorated door and they won a special red prize. There are more theme days planned in 2010.

Year 3 meet the tooth fairy!

Carol Services

Year 3 had a fantastic trip to Dent Estet Clinic. The visit was related to our Science unit " Teeth and eating". The trip was very constructive and the children were excited to try the Tooth Fairy Magic Chair! After this visit they promised they will take good care of their teeth and be more careful with what they are eating.

The ISB choir have proved very popular especially after there recent television performance. This week they have been visiting several embassies in Bucharest which included the Republic of Korea, Portugal, Royal Netherlands and Poland. One things for sure Christmas will well and truly have started when they heard the angelic voices of the ISB children.

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The true spirit of Christmas!

For the second year running ISB organised the bringing in of gifts from our children for the children of Special School number 9. Children were asked to decorate show boxes at home and then fill them with gifts for the children. There were so many brought in that with so many wanting to give for this special cause. The shoe boxes were just beautiful! On Tuesday 8th December Parents from the PTA along with the school choir went to the school to deliver the gifts. Both schools performed for each other and the event turned into a truly magical time.

The atmosphere was joyfula nd happy! The PTA committee would like to thank the parents and children who contributed to this project. You truly made a difference!

Music talent show A musical talent show was performed last week by 30 of ISB's most talented musicians. Ms. Adina our music teacher helped the children prepare to play various pieces of classical and popular music which were performed on many different instruments including piano, saxophone, trumpet and violin.

The school has now set itself the target of having its own orchestra within 4 years. If the concert was anything to go by the future looks very bright for our musical ambiitons. The show was a great success!

Children are the future....and ISB leads the way!

We are delighted to be able to announce that Ms Dana has just given birth to her new baby girl, Cezara, who came into the world on Thursday 10th December weighing in at a healthy 2.3kg. Mother and baby are both doing fine. I am sure you would like to join the whole of the ISB staff and children in offering our warmest congratulations to both Ms. Dana and her husband Robert.

Further to this we have more happy but ultimately sad news for the school in that Ms. Tanya our very popular Year 1 teacher has also become pregnant. This is fantastic news but sad in that Ms. Tanya has decided to return to the UK to have the baby so will be leaving us at the end of this term. In the short time she has been here Ms. Tanya has made a great difference to the children in her care both academically and socially and will be missed. Again I am sure you would like to join us in wishing Ms Tanya and her partner Chad a healthy baby and the best of luck for the future!

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Up and Coming Clubs This year we are offering an even more varied and interesting choice of after school clubs for Key Stage 2 students (years 3-6). We believe that the participation of children in such activities is very beneficial for your child’s physical and social skills. As a school we would like as many children to participate in as many clubs that interest them as possible.

The clubs will start on the 12th January and continue until the 25th March 2010. We are offering some new clubs as well as clubs that were very popular from last year.

Regular attendance to club activities is very important for your child as well as other students in the club. Therefore, once you register your child, please make sure that they attend every week to get the full benefit.

The clubs will run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 15:15 until 16:15. Please be punctual to pick your child from the pickup point at the ground floor of the primary school entrance. If you would like your child to be brought by school bus, please contact directly the transport company.

There are limited spaces for all clubs, so places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

The face of ISB gets a lift After many months of lobbying the local authorities ISB finally manged to have the car park completely relaid along with a much more car friendly road which was also repaired. If you haven't visited the campus in a while be sure for a big surprise with your car having a bigger one. A smooth stress free drive to school. Come on, give it a try!!

Further to this ISB has just invested in an all weather inflatable arena which will be used for sport lessons and other events that need protecting from the cold and wind. The arena allows the school to have much more flexibility and improves yet again the quality of our facilities.

Children staying for clubs get hungry after a long day at school.

Therefore, we ask you to prepare a sandwich for your child on the day/ s of their clubs.

The deadline for registering for clubs this term is Friday, 18 December 2009.

For details of the clubs, please refer to the club handbook which has been given to your child.

Football Cllub Recently our two football teams took part in a friendly match at the British School of Bucharest, after weeks of intensive training by Mr Alex, Mr Hay, Mr Morrison and Ms Laura. We looked fantastic in our new football strips but sadly the results didn’t look as great as our tops. The Year 5/6 team bravely went down 1-0 in a result several people in attendance called an “upset” and our new look Year 3/4 team lost 4-0. Both managers and parents were happy with their teams’ performance and are looking forward to future games with optimism. Football club will be running again next term and we look forward to the continued support the parents have shown us so far.

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