BISI Community Newsletter April 2016
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APRIL 2016 Seventy Sixth Edition BISI COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER GUIDING STATEMENT OF THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ISTANBUL The British International School Istanbul provides a caring international environment, fostering cultural diversity. Individual students achieve their full academic potential, inspired to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens of the global community. YOUR COMMUNITY! YOUR NEWS! All photos can be found on our BISI Flickr Account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishschoolistanbul/sets/ 1 Message from the Pre/Primary School As our Guiding Statements encourage, we are dedicated to ‘educate students in a stimulating environ- ment to the highest possible standards’, we are committed to ‘strive for continuous improvement’ and ‘obtain accreditation from international organisations’. To this end, the school undertook its second British Standards Overseas (BSO) inspection using the service provider School Inspection Service (SIS). This type of inspection will now occur every three years and demonstrates our commitment to continuous school improvement. The report will be published shortly. Before the Spring holiday, all the Key Stage 2 children participated in our Cross Country sporting event. The most successful runners were chosen to compete in the Istanbul Schools’ League (ISL) against other schools in Istanbul. Mr Huegel, Head of PE, and his team, organised the ISL Cross Country event in the Belgrade Forest. Our students performed exceptionally well: congratulations students! As our Guiding Statements inspire, we ‘educate students to be respectful of, and knowledgeable about, and be involved in their local and international communities’. The PTA asked families to send in stationery gifts for children in the local community as part of the Children’s Day celebrations. These gifts were taken to our local council for them to distribute to the most needy. We appreciate your donations. Miss Tomoko and Mr. Pete have amplified our Creative Arts programme this year. In Zekeriyaköy, elected children from the Primary School demonstrated their talents at our Creative Arts assembly. In the City, a selection of Key Stage Two children demonstrated their talents during our Music assembly. The children performed outstandingly well and captivated their audience. Well done students! The Year 5 children zoomed off to Space Camp! After a short delay, the children were on their way to Izmir. Beth from Space Camp met them and they were shown to their rooms. They thoroughly enjoyed all the activities on offer at Space Camp; exploring gravity and building their own rockets! Many thanks to the Year 4/5 teachers for accompanying the children and looking after them so well. Finally, a date for your diaries! Our Fun Day is on Saturday 4 June this year. Please come to the Zekeriay- koy Campus and enjoy a day out with your children. There will be games and activities stalls, a wonderful stage set for our children to perform, bouncy castles, climbing walls and much more! We hope you enjoy this month’s Newsletter. Best regards Amanda Ilhan Richard I’Anson Pre and Primary School Deputy Director Pre and Primary School Director 2 Etiler—Preschool Trip 3 4 5 Alkent—Emirgan Park Trip As part of our Science and Geography work, all of Alkent Campus visited Emirgan Park. Not only did we admire the beautiful tulips, we studied different things. EYFS and Year 1 looked at all the different plants and changes in the trees during the different seasons. Year 2 looked for man-made and natural features throughout the park. It was a lovely sunny day and fun was had by all! Alison Guzel. 6 Etiler—Year 3 Trip 3G in the rainforest at Florya Aquarium We ventured forth armed only with clipboards and Ahmed and Miss Filiz’s cameras (ooh and some cook- ies). We saw plenty of fish (no surprises there) but Russian Sturgeons in the Maramara Sea? We raced past sharks and the Antarctic on our trek. Would we see piranhas, caiman, jaguars? It was wet and hot. We were welcomed by an anaconda…and the fragrance of the capybara- pooh! The trees were huge and there were lots and lots of plants. Then we saw the red-bellied piranhas in the tank. Nature- photographer Ahmed snapped them quickly. The children drew and labelled and noted and looked and oohed and aahed, and finally posed for a class photo. The rainforest is very different from Istanbul, we decided. Carolyn Guven Year 3G Etiler. LOTS of plants! Listening to Miss Guven A Toucon Look at that! Capybara 7 Not too close to the anaconda! Serious discussion Macaws! Sketch those leaf shapes Red-bellied piranha Tired and forms completed Sketching & labelling 8 Primary—ISL Cross Country On Tuesday 12 April approximately 60 runners from our Primary school participated in the 2016 ISL cross country race. All the students did very well! Christian Huegel ISL Results 2016 Primary TOP 0 12-Apr-2016 Place Y3-Y5 GIRLS Y3-Y5 BOYS Y6 GIRLS Y6 BOYS 1 Loryn Pieter Elisa Lucasa 2 Stefanie Deniz Alisha Andres 3 Louise Alessandro Lara (CITY) Lorenzo (MEF) 4 Aylin William R. Yumin Olof 5 Luise Kaya (MEF) Anna Ryan (MEF) 6 Eul Sol Hangyul Kayra (MEF) William H. 7 Thais Artie (CITY) MAYA (MEF) Sergio (MEF) 8 Mara (CITY) Pier Tayla (MEF) 9 Amelie Ruben (MEF) Theo S. 10 Julia Sungjin Giovanni 9 Secondary—ISL Cross Country On the 25 April our students took part in the ISL Cross Country at the Belgrad Forest. Senior Boys 4km 2016 – Points total: IGA (54), BISI (33), IICS (30), MEF (3) Position Name Time School Points 1 Ismar 15.24 BISI 15 2 Nahar 15.27 IGA 14 3 Louis 15.38 BISI 13 4 Luke 15.47 IGA 12 5 Blake 15.49 IGA 11 6 Tobin 17.25 IGA 10 7 Philipp 17.49 IICS 9 8 Efe 18.06 IICS 8 9 Lukas 18.18 IICS 7 10 Yorgo 18.23 IICS 6 11 Enrico 18.43 BISI 5 12 Clayton 19.56 IGA 4 13 Levi 22.35 IGA 3 14 Jun Hee 22.58 MEF 2 15 Alberto 22.59 MEF 1 Senior Girls 4km 2016 – Points total: IICS (21), BISI (4), MEF (3) Position Name Time School Points 1 Makato 19.32 IICS 7 2 Manon 19.56 IICS 6 3 Svea 20.05 IICS 5 4 Nadia 20.53 BISI 4 5 Selin 22.44 IICS 3 6 Keely 31.42 MEF 2 7 Selin 31.44 MEF 1 10 Junior Boys 4km 2016 – Points total : BISI (52), MEF (34), IICS (23) Position Name Time School Points 1 Yusef 17.13 BISI 15 2 Sehwa Jung 17.19 IICS 14 3 Nicholas P 17.28 BISI 13 4 James P 17.30 BISI 12 5 Sardor 18.11 MEF 11 6 Rezo 18.20 MEF 10 7 Max G 18.24 BISI 9 8 Eren S 18.25 BISI 8 9 Tom 18.57 MEF 7 10 Lorenzo 19.00 IICS 6 11 Matthew 19.46 MEF 5 12 Seung Joon 20.02 MEF 4 13 Henry 20.08 MEF 3 14 Pietro 20.41 BISI 2 15 Rijk 21.05 IICS 1 Junior Girls 4km 2016 – Points total: BISI (59), IICS (33), MEF (34) Position Name Time School Points 1 Alice 19.03 IICS 15 2 Evy 19.19 BISI 14 3 Rebeca 19.38 MEF 13 4 Elise 20.13 BISI 12 5 Olivia 20.21 BISI 11 6 Fernanda 20.23 BISI 10 7 Emma 21.33 MEF 9 8 Dafna 22.06 IICS 8 9 Selin 22.07 IICS 7 10 Caitlin 22.13 MEF 6 11 Hazal 22.53 BIS 5 12 Victoria 22.53 BIS 4 13 Pelin 23.15 BIS 3 14 Yinka 23.26 IICS 2 15 Koosje 24.43 IICS 1 11 Open Boys 6km 2016 – Points total: BISI (46), IICS (32), MEF (26), IGA (15) Position Name Time School Points 1 Nahar 27.11 IGA 15 2 Ismar 27.28 BISI 14 3 Sardor 31.12 MEF 13 4 Louis 32.09 BISI 12 5 Enrico 33.29 BISI 11 6 Mathew 34.51 MEF 10 7 Eren 36.30 BISI 9 8 Rijk 36.49 IICS 8 9 Lorenze 37.02 IICS 7 10 Lukas 37.11 IICS 6 11 Philipp 37.11 IICS 5 12 Yorgo 37.32 IICS 4 13 Henry 38.08 MEF 3 14 Efe 46.50 IICS 2 Open Girls 6km 2016 – Points total: IICS (71), BISI (28), MEF (15) Position Name Time School Points 1 Rebeca 32.10 MEF 15 2 Manon 32.54 IICS 14 3 Nadia 33.18 BISI 13 4 Svea 34.10 IICS 12 5 Alice 43.48 IICS 11 6 Yinka 44.10 IICS 10 7 Dafna 46.50 IICS 9 8 Olivia 48.04 BISI 8 9 Fernanda 48.37 BISI 7 10 Selin 49.10 IICS 6 11 Azita 49.50 IICS 5 12 Koosje 49.55 IICS 4 Overall totals 2016: 1ST BISI 222 pts 2ND IICS 210 pts 3RD MEF 115 pts 4TH IGA 69 pts Thank you to all the schools for attending and participating! 12 13 Secondary—Women’s Tennis Championships Tennis trips for Years 7 to 10 were organised for our students to watch some of the top female tennis players in the world circuit. Monday 18 April: Year 7 students got to experience the opening game of the tournament with 2 of our students involved with the coin toss on centre court with the players. DAYANA Yastremska (Ukraine) v NAO Hibino (Japan) Tuesday 19 April: Year 8 students got the opportunity to have a tennis clinic from one of the pro's , (Sara Tomic from Australia) Later watching another singles match of the tournament MARIA Sakkari (Greece) v ANNA Schmiedlova (Slovakia) Wednesday 20 April: Year 9 students were involved with some video recording for the players and a ball search in the ball pit for some signed tennis balls.