International School of Bremen Parent Bulletin 21 2017/18 YOU ARE INVITED to join us at the Elementary International Show Friday, 9 March, 8.30am Malcolm Davis Hall DATES Elementary Parents: Please drop off the international finger food at the ISB Dining Room on the Friday morning. Thank you. March 9 Elementary International Festival, 8.30 am Malcolm Davis Hall March 16 Staff In-Service Day - School Closed March 18 IB Art Vernissage Tabakbörse Bremen 3.00-5.00pm April 19 ISB Flea Market Main Corridor, 2.30pm April 30 - May 1 Holiday and May 1 Public Holiday May 9 May 10-11 Ascension Day + Holiday June 9 ISB Graduation, Rathaus Bremen June 11-13 ISB Book Fair, Ground Floor Foyer June 16 ISB Barbecue ISB Flea Market Thursday, 19 April 2018 2.30-4.30pm Main Corridor Tables free of charge Donations welcome For infos/table reservation, contact: tbalog@isbremen.de For our detailed Calendar of Events, turn to back pages www.isbremen.de 2 March 2018
New After-School Activities Sewing Club - Update! Please note that this new activity, starting next week, (we reported about it in last week s Parent Bulletin) is open to students from Grade 5-12 and not for Grades 4 and 5. Students will be put into groups according to their age. If your child is interested, please inform the School Office. A room/rooms will be allocated once we know how many students will be participating. Trip to Animal Shelter Last Friday morning, 23 February, Grade 4 visited the Bremen Animal Shelter. Eleni s mother provided a generous amount of dog and cat food, toys and treats and the students were able to donate close to 100 euros. The shelter posted about this donation on their Facebook page and mentioned it was one of the biggest donations (if not the biggest) they ve received from a school. Homeroom teacher Mrs Jernigan and the ISB are very proud of them. http://www.photos-public-domain Design Thinking - Challenging Your Mindset! A reminder that this club will be starting on Tuesday, 13 March, 3.05-4.00pm, Room 208 (Second Floor, Science Dept.). For more information, see article in last week s Parent Bulletin. 2 Parent Bulletin 2 March 2018
Library News Bremen Inter-School Chess Tournament On Wednesday of this week, five ISB teams went a- long to the Weser Stadium and took part in the Bremen Inter-School Chess Tournament. Both Elementary and Secondary teams were marvellous ambassadors for our school. They showed team spirit, concentration, resilience and excellent behaviour under testing whole -day competition conditions. They also brilliantly represented the learner profile values of our school. Congratulations go to the Boys 13 and under team who took 3rd place, receiving a trophy and medals. All team members received certificates of participation as well as 5 House Points each. Thank you to staff and parents for allowing the students to participate and a very big thank you to Mrs Alsebaie as well as Mr and Mrs Zeppenfeld for accompanying the Elementary team. Thanks also go to Mr. Tignor for accompanying the Secondary teams and for coaching at both competitions as well as for his Chess Club on Thursday afternoons in the ISB Library for students from Grade 1 upwards. The Teams and Results Girls: Alina, Lucie, Kathlina and Florin - 13th Place Boys 13 and under: Carl, Julius, Cyrus, Loki and Charlie 3rd Place (see above in text) Boys 15 and under: Edmond, André, Ole and Vince - 14th Place Boys 17 and under: Theo, Noah, Naxiro and André - 10th Place ISB Elementary Team: Matias, Corrado, Jana and Ali 16th Place amongst 42 teams. Well Done ISB! Happy Winners (l to r): Mrs Holsten, Julius and Cyrus of the Boys 13 and under team, Mr Tignor 2 March 2018 Parent Bulletin 3
Ist ISB Quiz Night Last Friday, 23 February, Grade 11 students, in particular those taking IB Physics, put on a Quiz Night as a fundraiser for their field trip to Geneva in May. The idea of the event itself was to have various groups of adults and students being asked questions in a very nice, chilled atmosphere. The group who correctly answered the most questions was to receive a prize at the end. During the event various types of drinks, snacks and hot food were on sale at a very reasonable price. Many more people attended the event than was expected which we were very pleased about. To help fund the event, students had asked some companies such as the Rytle company for a little sponsorship so we were able to offer, for example, alcoholic beverages and other types of snacks and food. As we learnt from the participants, the Quiz Night was a pretty successful event and it is likely to be repeated in the near future. In the end, we made enough money to help finance the trip and even to afford ourselves a nice dinner in Geneva! Thank you to all sponsors, the PTA and everyone that attended that made the 1st ISB Quiz Night such a success. By Patrick, Grade 11 The winning team... 4 Parent Bulletin 2 March 2018
University and Career Guidance Counselling (Grades 9-12) Important Note! Due to the absence of Mrs Evans (see front page), any issues related to entry into universities anywhere in the world this year should be directed now to Mr Davis or Mr Walton. Grade 12 Applications Those who have applied to UK institutions will hear back before March and will have to accept after the IB results are out. Please check the conditional offers for information that the universities request in addition to what you have already provided. The deadlines for some US colleges are rolling, meaning that applications to these institutions can still be made. See Mrs Evans for more information. All Other Universities Teachers will not give you a letter of recommendation directly. You will have to see Mrs Evans to request one or, if you have requested it directly from a teacher, you will have to ask Mrs Evans to send it to the university that requests it. A recommendation from a teacher is a professional reference and, as such, you will not get to see it. All other applications should be nearly complete by now so, if you require additional documents (this will be stipulated during the specific application procedure), see Mrs Evans at least 2 weeks before it is required by the institution. May + June July 5 DEADLINES, FAIRS + TESTS Grade 12 receives offers and replies from universities IB results published If you have questions on any of the above, please contact Mr Davis or Mr Walton. 2 March 2018 Parent Bulletin 5
House News House Points Here are this week s results as per the end of Thursday, 1 March 2018. The Results of This Week The changes to the House Point table this week are all down to the excellent work and the individual House Points collected by students from all Grades. A job very well done by all of those collecting points! The race for the trophy will hot up even further next week as the Secondary students play it out on the Basketball Court for the honour of being crowned House Basketball Champions! House Clothes House t-shirts (and other good quality house clothing items) can be ordered from the company Meinecke Promotion, situated just north of Bremen. Please go to their website http://www.isbremenshop.de/shop/ to place your order. Once you have placed the t-shirt in the basket online, please be aware that you need to go back out of the basket to the article you require on the main homepage and click on the button Add Your House Print otherwise your t-shirt will only have the school logo on the front, but no house logo on the back! 6 Parent Bulletin 2 March 2018
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, as soon as new dates become known to us. INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS March 2018 8 March Secondary Basketball Tournament 3.15-5.15pm 14 March Elementary Basketball Tournament 1.40-3.00pm 21 March April 2018 16 April Secondary Tchoukball Tournament 3.15-5.15pm 18 April Elementary Indoor Rowing Competition, 1.40-3.00pm May 2018 9 May 16 May Elementary Soccer Tournament 1.40-3.00pm June 2018 5 June Secondary Soccer Tournament 3.15-5.15pm 7 June Elementary Sports Day 9.00am - 11.30pm 20 June 2 March 2018 Parent Bulletin 7
ISB Calendar at a Glance Early Learning Centre March 5-9 March 9 March 16 March 26 - April 3 April 19 April 23-27 April 30 - May 1 May 9 May 10-11 June 9 June 11-13 June 16 June 20 June 25 - Aug 21 ELC - Grade 10 ISB Library Multilingual Festival during scheduled Library classes EL1 - Grade 5 Elementary International Festival Staff In-Service Day - School Closed EL 1 and 2 visit the Kinder und Jugendfarm in Habenhausen, 9.00am - 1.30pm Spring Holiday ISB Fleamarket, Main Corridor 2.30-4.30pm ELC - Grade 10 Poetry/Reading Aloud Competitions to celebrate World Book Day, during scheduled Library classes Holiday + May 1 Public Holiday Ascension Day + Holiday ISB Graduation, Bremen Town Hall (Rathaus) Book Fair, 8.00am - 4.00pm Ground Floor Foyer ISB Barbecue Summer Holidays 8 Parent Bulletin 2 March 2018
Elementary Gr. 1 5 ELC - Grade 10 ISB Library Multilingual Festival during scheduled Library classes Grade 4 visits Zoo & Co. Heimtierpro in Verden 8.30am - 1.00pm Inter-House Basketball Tournament (for selected Elementary students) ISB Main Gym, 1.40-3.00pm Grade 3-10 Kangaroo Maths Competition at school Staff In-Service Day - School Closed Spring Holiday Inter-House Indoor Rowing Competition (for selected Elementary students) ISB Main Gym, 1.40-3.00pm ISB Fleamarket, Main Corridor 2.30-4.30pm Grade 5 visits Bad Schandau in the Sächsische Schweiz National Park, dept. 7.30am (23.4.), return 4.00pm (27.4.) ELC - Grade 10 Poetry/Reading Aloud Competitions to celebrate World Book Day, during scheduled Library classes Holiday + May 1 Public Holiday Ascension Day + Holiday Inter-House Soccer Tournament (for selected Elementary students) ISB Main Gym, 1.40-3.00pm March 5-9 March 8 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 26 - April 3 April 18 April 19 April 23-27 April 23-27 April 30 - May 1 May 9 May 10-11 May 16 ISB Calendar at a Glance Elementary Sports Day, 9.00-11.30am June 6 2 March 2018 Parent Bulletin 9
ISB Calendar at a Glance Secondary March 5 March 5-9 March 6-9 March 7-10 March 8 March 8 + 9 March 9-11 March 12 March 15 March 16 March 18 March 19 March 26 - April 3 April 9 + 10 Python Programming Course for Selected Grade 6 + 8 students, ICT Room, 3.05-4.00pm ELC - Grade 10 ISB Library Multilingual Festival during scheduled Library classes Grade 8B Art Field Trip to Paris GIN Annual Conference Luxemburg Dept. 7.3., 10.00am; Arr. 10.3., 8.00pm Inter-House Basketball Tournament ISB Main Gym, 3.15-5.15pm Grade 12 Student Participates in Jugend Forscht Regional Competition, Bremen Airport, 8.10am Selected DofE Silver/Gold Candidates Travel to Osterburken for Mentor/Award Leader Training Course. Dept. 8.00 (9.3.); Approx. Arr. 6.00pm (11.3.) Python Programming Course for Selected Grade 6 + 8 students, ICT Room, 3.05-4.00pm Grade 3-10 Kangaroo Maths Competition at school Staff In-Service Day - School Closed Grade 11 + 12 IB Art Exhibition Vernissage Tabakbörse Bremen (Überseestadt), 3.00-5.00pm Python Programming Course for Selected Grade 6 + 8 students, ICT Room, 3.05-4.00pm DofE Talk by Forester about Safety in the Woods for DofE students, all levels Malcolm Davis Hall, 3.15-4.30pm Spring Holiday Grade 10A IGCSE Art and Design Exam - Component 2 8.00am - 12.20pm 10 Parent Bulletin 2 March 2018