Arusha Campus News. Upcoming Events. 24 May Our Swimmers in Dar. Join us for a memorable Arts Performance on 7 June. Enrolment for

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1 Arusha Campus News 24 May 2013 Join us for a memorable Arts Performance on 7 June Teaching artists trained at the Juilliard School of Performing Arts in New York City visit ISM from 3-7 June to teach music, Monday 4 June dance and drama to all of our Secondary students Tutorial As you are aware, the Juilliard is considered the one Activity of the finest and most prestigious Performing Arts centre in the World. It attracts the most talented Warm-up artists from all over the world Class Break All classes during the week are dedicated to this Warm-up partnership. An example of how one day might look like is shown on the timetable to the left. Each student Class 2 will have 3 classes during the day consisting of music, Lunch drama and dance. There will also be other sessions in Energizer which the groups come together. Finally on Friday Class 3 there will be a performance at 4pm to showcase the week, and for the artists themselves to reveal their Rehearsal talents! Tickets will be available next week. ISA Results Thank you to all of you who said kind words to us about our ISA results this year. As reported last week, the ISA tests are taken by the leading international schools worldwide. It was very pleasing to know we are doing better than the majority of these international schools in mathematics, reading and writing. If you missed last week s newsletter, the link on the ISM website to analysis of the results is found at Our Swimmers in Dar Our P5 and P6 swimmers have arrived safely in Dar es Salaam and are making their way to International School of Tanganyika where they will stay and compete in the inter-school swim gala. Chelsea Koenigs and John Lane are chaperoning the group and we are very excited to hear how the weekend goes. They arrive back to Arusha on Sunday. News from Dar es Salaam is that everyone has been telling Ms. Chelsea and Mr. Lane how polite and charming the children are. We are indeed very proud of our students as competitive swimmers and as ambassadors for ISM. We wish them every success. Enrolment for If you have children who you are considering enrolling on Arusha Campus in August 2013, please let us know as soon as possible. We have a waiting list in the EC class. Also note that there are limited spaces left in the P1 to P4 range (5 to 8 years). Unfortunately, we have families leaving and we will be bidding farewells to our leaving students and teachers at our final assembly on Friday 14 June from CCAs & Toddler Group end next Wed A reminder that Toddler Group and CCAs finish on Wed. 29 May. A special thank you to all of you who helped out with CCAs and encouraging families to participate in our Toddler Group. Upcoming Events Friday 24 May ISM Arusha Swim team departs for Dar Saturday 25 May Primary Inter-School Swim Gala (IST, Dar) Diploma Graduation (Moshi) 6.30pm Umoja A Timeless Soireé of Music (TGT) Monday-Friday May M5 Work Experience OP L5 Uhuru Peak Friday 31 May Board Meeting 1.15pm Primary Share Time with Stud. Council 2pm Umoja Music Dress Rehearsal Saturday 1 June 5pm Umoja Music End-of-Year Concert Monday-Friday 3-7 June Secondary Arts Week with Artists trained at the Juilliard School of Performing Arts, New York Saturday 8 June 8.15am Inter-School Cross Country (at Braeburn) Monday 10 June PYP Student-led Conferences Tuesday 11 June 1.15pm MYP Leaving Ceremony Wednesday 12 June P6-M1 Transition Day Secondary reports home Friday 14 June Final Day Assembly Warm regards, Éanna O Boyle, Head of Campus P. O. Box 2691, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: , Mobile: / Fax: (office): ismac@ismac.ac.tz (Éanna): eannao@ismoshi.net

2 Primary Student Council Friday May 31 st will be the final Primary Share Time. The Student Council will be hosting and the afternoon will include -a scavenger hunt -possible the world s largest game of Stuck in the Mud (with Student Council representatives being IT!) -a picnic where each grade will have made something delicious to share with everyone Student Council were concerned that some people were coming to school late so they asked if it could also be Pyjama Day/Crazy Hair Day. P5 and P6 Inaugural Community Service Hour As P5 and P6 have been considering what contributes to health and well being, they ve come to an understanding that helping others can enhance one s own emotional health. This week they spent some time assisting in different parts of the school and shared their thoughts. Did you know they even make ECs eat vegetables at school! We had the best group! We got to sharpen pencils! I enjoyed working with Ms KP because I got to smell the chemicals...which was followed by I think the component of health this most connected to was mental I used my brain! We painted the chalkboard in the lounge, we even painted our hands! Tom knows how to make chicken curry now and Solo can plop rice like this. Being with EC in the library was spiritual for me they just sat there while we read So, don t worry about getting dressed up, don t even worry about brushing your hair! Come along and join us in the Performance Area from 1.00pm as we celebrate being part of ISMAC Primary. Best wishes go to our P5 and 6 Swimmers/ Footballers for the weekend sports event at IST. They return to Arusha on Sunday around lunchtime. This is bound to become a regular highlight of the P5 and P6 programme! PYP Dates for the Diary: Friday May 24 th to Sunday May 26 th : IST Primary Sports Weekend Friday May 31 st : Primary Share Time hosted by Primary Student Council Thursday June 6 th : PYP Reports and Portfolios go home Monday June 10 th : Student Led Conferences EC-P6- no classes ***Conference times will be sent home with your child s report/portfolio on June 6th Tuesday June 11 th : P6 Leavers Dinner Wednesday June 12 th : P6 to M1 Transition Day Friday June 14 th : last day of school- noon dismissal Kind regards Maree Raeburn Head of Primary/PYP Coordinator mareer@ismoshi.net

3 Greetings from Secondary! M5 Work Experience Good luck to our M5 class as they embark on their annual Work Experience week Monday through Friday of next week. Our students are placed at various locations in and around Arusha and the time and work they spend at their jobs should be a great experience and opportunity for personal and academic reflection. Work hard M5 class! Arts Week with Juliard Students One week from now we welcome the Juliard students again to our campus to work with our entire Secondary panel. Our students and teachers are excited at the opportunity to worth with these very talented young adults. There will be a final show again on the Friday afternoon at 1600 hrs. Assembly Monday Cultural Diversity Thanks very much to Mr. O Boyle this past Monday for his leadership and facilitation of an interesting cultural diversity celebration. World-wide the official day was this past Tuesday and this is one of a few very key worldwide celebrations that is integral to the IB programmes. Regards, Carl W. Love - Head of Secondary ( carll@ismoshi.net ) P6 to M1 Transition Day We look forward to welcoming the P6 class to the M1 class next year and in order to ease their transition, the incoming students will participate in a full day immersion into the Middle Years Programme and life in the secondary school on Wednesday, June 12. The day will include a variety of activities, including visits to classrooms, workshops on secondary school life and curriculum, sessions with present secondary students, and will culminate with a presentation to parents at 1:20 pm to 2:30 pm in the Mathematics classroom. Our goals for the day will be: ü to show how successfully the tools they have developed during their PYP years will transfer to the Middle Years Programme ü to create a forum where they can voice their excitement and apprehension, able to seek answers to their most pressing questions ü to promote a healthy and informed transition for parents, especially families new to the MYP Feel free to direct your queries both before and after the day if you wish to learn more! World Day for Cultural Diversity Mr. O Boyle led the Secondary school in a morning assembly this week and introduced students to the complexity of the notion of culture while asking students to reflect on the richness of the human experience afforded by inclusion and diversity. MYP Mr. O Boyle led the Secondary panel with a presentation on Cultural Diversity this week Dates of Importance in Secondary May 29 th CCAs finish May 27 th -31 st (Mon.-Fri.) M5 Work Experience Week June 3 rd 7 th (Mon.-Fri.) Arts Week (with Juliard students) June 11 th (Tues.) M5 Graduation (Arusha) 1315 hrs. June 12 th (Wed.) P6 to M1 Transition Day June 12 th (Wed.) Secondary Reports go home June 14 th (Fri.) Last Day of School Noon Dismissal Another UN sponsored event, the 2013 campaign, encourages us all: To raise awareness worldwide about the importance of intercultural dialogue, diversity and inclusion. To build a world community of individuals committed to support diversity with real and every day-life gestures. To combat polarization and stereotypes to improve understanding and cooperation among people from different cultures. Want to enhance your own appreciation of diversity and inclusion? Challenge yourself in the next days to do one thing to experience the richness in your community, and why not share it on the UN Facebook page? Check out what others are doing at: Regards, Andrew VanderMeulen MYP Coordinator ( andrewv@ismoshi.net )

4 CCAs Reminder: CCAs finish for the year next week on Wednesday May 29 th. Interschool Sports fixtures Annual International School Moshi, Arusha Campus Girls 13 s and 16 s Netball Tournament 17 th May Schools from the district, Braeburn, SCIS, Arusha Modern, Orkeeswa, St Judes, Arusha School all participated. This year we saw 130 girls playing netball. This year was again an exciting fast paced tournament. This year s winners were Arusha School 13 s and St Judes 16 s. Our ISMAC Cubs 13 s finished 4 th and our 16 s 6 th. Well done teams! Sports/CCA/op Tri Series Primary Netball Monday May 20 th Vs Braeburn at Braeburn Congratulations to our open primary netball team who had a fantastic game Vs Braeburn on Monday. Our team gathered loads of momentum and experience from this and we are looking forward to hosting SCIS next Monday. Reminder: Annual Braeburn Inter-School Cross Country June 8th 8:15am register with the first race at 9am. 10 s 12 s 14 s and Open age groups. Last year was a fantastic success for our school. Let s keep it going strong! Kind regards, Michael Hooke Head of P.E. Sport, Arusha Campus Outdoor Pursuits & Co curricular Activities, Arusha Campus michaelh@ismoshi.net CCA Community Art has plans for the back of our performance area! Our M3 Technology class is designing school promotional billboards

5 SWIM TRAINING TEAM ISM What a fantastic 6- week season! Here are some statistics to let you know just what all of our swimmers accomplished in just about 20 hours of swim training: 250 push- ups 450 squats 500 starts 1500 turns 1800 jumping jacks 50,000 meters swimming = 50 Km So in six weeks (about 20 hours), swimmers swam from Arusha to the foothills of Kilimanjaro Each and every swimmer significantly improved their competition times during this mini season. I am extremely proud of everyone s effort and achievements. There are too many achievements to list, but if we just generalize for freestyle, for example, we can see a fantastic trend: Free style Average seconds dropped 25m m m Average % improvement A gigantic thank you to all the swimmers for your hard work during all those early practices, and best of luck to those going to the swim meet in Dar es Salaam! A very special thanks to the ISM pool attendant Balthazar: great support to the team & grounds and pool were immaculate!!! Your Proud Coaches, Sebastien and Kathleen

6 May 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Holiday PYP Exhibition Primary Share Time OP L3 Base Mawenzi OP L3 Base Mawenzi OP L3 Base Mawenzi OP L3 Base Mawenzi 5pm Umoja Recital Future Stars Academy Parent Day Assessment Week in Assessment Week Assessment Week Assessment Week Primary Share Time Secondary Assessment Week Inter-School Netball : World Day for D2 Graduation (M) Cultural Diversity Primary interschool swim Assembly carnival at IST, Dar es Salam M5 Work Experience M5 Work Experience M5 Work Experience Primary Share Time OP L5 Uhuru Peak OP L5 Uhuru Peak OP L5 Uhuru Peak M5 Work Experience OP L5 Uhuru Peak CCAs finish M5 Work Experience OP L5 Uhuru Peak 2pm: Umoja End of Year Concert Dress Rehearsal Board Mg Arusha Campus Calendar of Events

7 June 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5pm: Umoja End of Year Concert Interschool Cross Country Meet (Braeburn) 1445: Secondary mg Sec Reports due (A) PYP reports home (A) 4pm Community Performance by Artists trained at the Juilliard School of NYC. 2pm: M5 Leaving Ceremony (Moshi) PYP Student-led Sec Reports home Conferences 1.15pm: M5 Leaving Ceremony (Arusha). P6 Leavers Dinner P6-M1 Transition Day Last day of school with noon dismissal. 1030: Final Day Assembly FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp Arusha Campus Calendar of Events

8 July 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp FSA Summer Camp Arusha Campus Calendar of Events