International School of Bremen Parent Bulletin 15 2015/16 Amended Procedure for Lost and Found Due to the ever increasing volume of Lost and Found items in the school and associated health and safety risks, we have found it necessary to review the procedure for dealing with Lost and Found property. The following procedure will be enacted as of the end of January 2016. During the course of any one calendar month, articles will be collected and stored at the Front Desk (tbc). Any Lost and Found articles not collected during this time will be displayed on the last Friday of the month on a table in the Ground Floor Foyer. On the following Monday, all remaining items will be donated to a good cause. PTA News A final reminder that the next Parent Information Meeting (P.I.M.) for all PCRs will take place next Tuesday, 19 January, starting at 7.00pm in the Malcolm Davis Hall. If parents have any concerns, queries or questions that they wish to be heard at this meeting, they should please contact their Parent Classroom Representative (PCR). Students, staff and parents are encouraged to collect any lost property as soon as they notice it is missing! DATES January 18 Start of IB and IGCSE Mock Exams January 19, Malcolm Davis Hall, 7.00pm January 20 Science Movie Club, Malcolm Davis Hall, 3.10pm January 29 Staff Inservice Day - School Closed February 9-12 IMYC Exit Point February 12 Reports sent home February 15-19 Mid-Term Break Feb. 29 - March 3 Parent/Teacher Conferences March 17 Grade 3-9 Kangaroo Maths Competition For our detailed Calendar of Events, turn to back pages On Sale Now! Price: 10 Available from the School Office All proceeds to go to ISB s refugee fund. Think of those less fortunate this winter and purchase your copy now! www.isbremen.de 15 January 2016
New After-School Activity Hip-Hop and Jazz-Dance for Gr. 3-5 Starting: 18 January Emilia, Felize and Tess of Grade 5 will be starting up this club on 18 January and it will run each Monday from 3.00-3.40pm in the Small Gym. Elementary teacher Ms. Vargas will be supervising the training sessions. The activity is open to all Grade 3-5 students and is free of charge. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and indoor gym shoes. Accommodation to Let/Sought Two requests have reached us this week from the ISB community. The first regards a family who has a 3-roomed flat in Horn that they would like to rent out and which will be free from March/April of this year (some renovation work is necessary beforehand). For more information, please contact Mrs Lambert on 0160-88 09 055 or send a mail to: wvlambert@web.de. Secondly, the pastor of the International Baptist Church, Mr. Grinyer, is urgently looking for new accommodation. If you can help, please contact him on 0176-74 63 06 65. ISB Photo Calendar 2017 Do remember to send us your best photographs representing the various months of the year taken in and around Bremen. We need plenty in order to choose the best for each month!! The photographs should be of a high quality (300 dpi) and sent by mail to ddodds@isbremen.de. The project is open to the whole ISB community: students, parents and staff. Website of the Week www.novaroma.org If you are interested in Roman culture and politics or you would like to become a Roman citizen, this site is for you! (recommended by Mr Stephen Jones) INTRODUCING... Mr José Paniagua Caceres EL Drama After working for many years as a storyteller in Spain, Mr. Caceres moved to England and then to Bremen, a city that from the very beginning gave him the chance to practice his profession as an Early Learning teacher. He worked firstly in bilingual (German/Spanish) Kindergartens, then, since 2011, has been part of the Early Learning Center at the ISB as a Drama and P.E. teacher. Stories continue to be an important part of his life, as a performer, a soloist and also with his group Majuna, and as a writer, having published a book called: The Hummingbird Who Lost Its Beak. In his free time, he enjoys gardening and discovering cities and the countryside. 2 Parent Bulletin 15 January 2016
University and Career Guidance Counselling (Grades 9-12) FAIRS, TESTS & MORE Step-One Career Assessments Weeks beginning 25 January and 1 February Grade 10 students will have individual 30-minute meetings with Mrs. Schupp to review the results of these tests. Parents are invited to attend this meeting as well. Be on the lookout for a letter with the schedule of times coming per email. January 16 + 17 January 23 January 25-29 and February 1-5 January 26 and January 27 February 27 and May 13 April 9 and June 11, 2016 April 11-15, 2016 May 7, 2016 Horizon Fair, Messe Bremen, 10.00am - 4.00pm SAT Testing at Jacobs University Bremen Step One Individual Interviews (parents and students) British Council Germany Higher Education Fairs 25 British universities will provide information and answer questions. 26 Jan. in Hannover (BiZ Berufsinformationszentrum) and 27 Jan. in the Medienschule Hamburg. Infos: https://goo.gl/b2k0h4 TU Delft University International Open Days Infos about Aerospace Engineering Programmes in English in the Netherlands ACT Testing at International School of Hamburg To register, go to: www.actstudent.org IE University Junior Advisory Board www.jab.ie.edu SAT Testing at ISB www.sat.collegeboard.org Elterntag im BiZ, 23 January, 10am - 4pm Parents AND students are welcome to this event detailing options for students after they graduate. You ll learn about apprenticeships (Ausbildungen), Bremen University and Hochschule (University of Applied Science), further education options in Bremen, volunteer year (FSJ), dual study programmes (Duales Studium) and much more. This information day is held in GERMAN only!! Contact: Frau Harmssen: 0421 178 2601 Horizon Fair All you need to know about studying and school leavers further education June 4 Various Dates SAT Testing at International Schools of Hannover and Hamburg 2016 USA College Tours Information about US university tours happening throughout the summer. Infos: www.collegevisits.com If you have questions on any of the above events, please contact Mrs. Schupp on: rschupp@isbremen.de Study courses, Bachelor and Master, dual studies, financial aid, training programmes, voluntary work, stays abroad, internships, workshops and lots more... Saturday and Sunday, 16 + 17 January 2016 10.00am - 4.00pm Messe Bremen Free Entrance! 15 January 2016 Parent Bulletin 3
House News House Points Here are this week s results at the end of Thursday, 14 January. This Week s Update on House Points This week is mainly made up of individual House Points, but also an impressive contribution from ELC for completing their Sticker Charts. There should be some movement seen over the next few days with the Elementary and Secondary Floorball Tournaments taking place today and on Monday. 4 Parent Bulletin 15 January 2016
Inter-House Competition Dates To keep you informed about all Inter-House Competitions, we will be publishing the dates and events in this column week by week, i.e. as soon as new dates become known to us. INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS January 2016 18 January Secondary Floorball Tournament February 2016 9 February Elementary Rowing Competition 3.15pm (end time to be announced) 10 February Secondary Rowing Competition 3.15pm (end time to be announced) March 2016 10 March Elementary Benchball Tournament April 2016 18 April Elementary Volleyball Tournament 19 April Secondary Volleyball Tournament May 2016 11 May Elementary Kickball Tournament 12 May Secondary Softball Tournament 11 March Secondary Tchoukball Tournament 2.00-4.30pm 15 January 2016 Parent Bulletin 5
ISB Calendar at a Glance Early Learning Centre January 19 January 20 April 11 April 25-29 World Book Day Literacy Festival - Battle of the Books, during scheduled Library classes (ELC - Gr. 8) 6 Parent Bulletin 15 January 2016
Elementary Gr. 1 5 Selected students of Gr. 3-5 play in a soccer tournament, Bremen, 8.15am - 2.00pm Registration for ISB Library Chess Tournament ISB Library Chess Tournament London Field Trip Information Meeting for Gr. 5 Parents, Rm. 137, 3.15-3.45pm Author Alan Gibbons visits. For Grades 1-8 during Library time and Elementary/Secondary Assemblies Kangaroo Maths Competition for Grades 3-9, in school Grade 5 Trip to London dep. Bremen Airport 5.30am, arr. (15.4.) 9.20pm World Book Day Literacy Festival - Battle of the Books, during scheduled Library classes (ELC - Gr. 8) January 19 January 20 January 26 February 1-22 Feb. 22 - Mar. 18 March 9 March 17 April 11 April 12-15 April 25-29 ISB Calendar at a Glance 15 January 2016 Parent Bulletin 7
ISB Calendar at a Glance Secondary January 19 January 20 January 25-29 and February 1-5 February 1-22 February 4 February 5 February 9 Feb. 22 - March 18-19 March 17 April 11 April 12-16 April 25-29 April 28-29 Step One individual interviews with Gr. 10 students and parents Registration for ISB Library Chess Tournament Grade 12 CAS Evening Malcolm Davis Hall, 4.00pm Grade 11 and 12 IB Art Students visit Bremen Art College (Hochschule für Künste) 11.00am - 1.30pm Grades 8, 9 and 11 Model United Nations (in-house mini-conference) ISB Library Chess Tournament Author Alan Gibbons visits Grades 1-8 during Library time and Elem./Secondary Assemblies GIN Students visit GIN International Conference Luxemburg Kangaroo Maths Competition for Grades 3-9, in school Grade 9 (Spanish) Trip to Extremadura, Spain World Book Day Literacy Festival - Battle of the Books, during scheduled Library classes (ELC - Gr. 8) Grade 9 DofE Bronze Trial Expedition Buchholz (Nordheide) 8 Parent Bulletin 15 January 2016