School Directors Amanda Ilhan Pre School & Deputy Director Phone: (0212) 2027027 Email: [email protected]

Richard I’Anson Pre School & Primary School Director Phone: (0212) 2575136 Etiler Campus Email: [email protected]

William Bradley Secondary Director Phone: (0212) 2027027 Email: [email protected] CURRICULUM Director of Admissions Tuba Güven INFORMATION Registrar Phone: (0212) 2867375 FOR Email: [email protected]

Head of PR/Communications PARENTS Helen Kiran Communications Phone: (0212) 2027027 ext: 175 Email: [email protected]

“Eruditio limites permeat” www.bis.k12.tr “Education Transcends Boundaries”

Other things you might like to know A Message from the Director and Deputy Director Staffing All our staff are qualified experienced expatriate teachers. With the ex- Dear Parents, ceptions of the teachers of French and Turkish they are all English native Welcome to the British International School Istanbul. speakers mainly from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the BISI has a caring approach towards children and staff. USA. The atmosphere is purposeful but calm where individ- Assessment uals are valued and respected. In line with the UK our students take their SATs at the end of Year 2 and Year 6. There is also a system of teacher assessment and extensive rec- ord keeping. We hope that you find this booklet useful. We have Reporting based much of our work on the National Curriculum There are two formal written reports each year in December and June, as for England and Wales. In this booklet you will find an well as two Parent/Teacher Consultation evenings in October and April to overview of the National Curriculum and specific infor- discuss the work of your child. Homework Policy mation on the work being covered in your child’s We have a homework policy which covers the whole of Primary. In Year 6 class. your child should be receiving about 50 minutes of homework each even- ing. It should be recorded in a white Home School Contact Book which For more information, please feel free to contact us. you can sign and return to school. This book can also be used as a means of communication between home and school. Uniform Yours sincerely, We have a school uniform at BISI and we expect all students to wear it with pride. Richard I'Anson Amanda Ilhan Break Time Pre School & Primary Pre School & Primary There is a snack of fresh fruit or vegetables plus bottled water is availa- School Director School Deputy Director ble. Students are also required to bring in their own water bottle. Lunch The school provides a cooked lunch every day, except on school journeys when a packed lunch is prepared. Lunch normally consists of soup, a CONTACT INFORMATION main course and dessert. Bottled water is available to drink. Extra Curricular Activities (Clubs) Richard I’Anson We have a range of clubs which run on a 6 week cycle. Information about Phone: (0212) 2575136 the clubs are sent out around the beginning of each term. Email: [email protected] Assemblies These are held every Friday afternoon. We have a wide range of assem- Amanda Ilhan blies from drama to music, puppets to celebrating success. Parents, rela- tions and friends are always welcome to join us. Phone: (0212) 2027027 Email: [email protected]

Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet

Our Primary Computing Each classroom has a computer and shared printer. In addition Staff: Zek Campus there is one lesson each week in the computer suite where computer skills are taught formally. They include: Charlotte Emerson Director: Richard I’Anson Lizzie Lincoln Deputy Director: Amanda Ilhan  Web Pages Julie Eşiyok  Debugging Alkent Campus Etiler Campus Lynne Karabulut Year One Year Three  Java Script Jill Parker Aix Peacock Carolyn Güven* Julianne Aycan Molly Hill Year Four  Excel Year Two Heather Bowen Joanne Sutherland-Smith Alison Güzel* Jordan Smigelsky Kate Thomas Candace Borcharding Year Five ESL Paul Pembridge David Scarff Physical Education (PE) Jennifer Woodham James Appleby Martin Boardman We have a specialist PE teacher, Gill Yenilmez, who takes stu- Music Year Six Year Six Peter Lawson Nikki Dereboy Cara Frigeri** dents for two 45 minute lessons per week. PE ESL Matthew Tough ESL Gill Yenilmez Jackie Goudy We use the Zekeriyaköy Campus facilities for swim- Dorothy Gwillim Turkish Music Louise Wilkinson ming and athletics. Hatice Girgin Peter Lawson Zoe Cosnett Teaching Assistants PE Music We hold an annual cross country race, a Sports Yeliz Altünsoy Gill Yenilmez Tomoko Ogusu Day and a Swimming Gala. Ece Altınel Turkish PE Campus Secretary Hatice Girgin Christian Hügel We also have an annual ski trip in February. Leda Davulciyan French Turkish Campus Nurse Vincent di Placido Hatice Girgin Mevne Beyleryan Teaching Assistants French Vincent di Placido *Campus Coordinator Filiz Benian Teaching Assistants Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education **Curriculum Coordinator Fulya Esen Aslı Avcu Librarian SENCo Nazlı Özyaprak Çiğdem Dwyer We encourage students to be responsible, car- Agnieszka Hügel Melek Sentürk ing and confident members of the global com- Campus Secretary Librarian SEN Teachers munity. This is achieved through implicit and Moira Reid Rumeysa Utku Șükran Uzun explicit learning objectives following the SEAL- Rachel Lings Campus Nurse Campus Secretary Deniz Duru SEN Teaching Ass. Mevne Beyleryan GD curriculum. Campus Nurse Figen As Yasemin Eryüksel

Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Science What is the National Our course is based upon the Science National Curriculum Pro- Curriculum? grammes of Study. The Structure The Level Descriptions provide Topics covered during the year include: For each subject and for each the basis for making judgements , Programmes of about students’ performance at Light and Seeing Things, Changing Circuits, Study set out what students the end of KS1 and KS2. Evolution and Inheritance, Classification and should be taught, and the Identification, Light and Electricity and Ani- Attainment Targets set out the Promoting Skills There are 6 key skill areas: mals: Major in Human Origins expected standards of students’ performance.  Communication  Application of number What are Key Stages?  Information Technology - Reception  Working with others Humanities (History & Geography) - Years 1 & 2  Improving own learning We follow the National Curriculum Programmes of Study but -Years 3—6 and performance with a local flavour.  Problem solving

What are Programmes of History Geography Additionally there are: The Age of Exploration Study? Mountains They set out what students Thinking Skills The Silk Road and The Geography of Coasts By using thinking skills students Grand Bazaar should be taught in each subject at each Key Stage, and can focus on ‘knowing how’ as provide the basis for planning well as ‘knowing what’, that is learning to learn. Independent Humanities schemes of work.  Information Processing Project What are Attainment Tar-  Reasoning gets & Level Descriptions?  Enquiry An Attainment Target sets out  Creative Thinking Art the knowledge, skills and un-  Evaluation Design & Technology (DT) derstanding which students of This year we examine Art What are the National Liter- different abilities and maturi- through the units: acy and Numeracy Strate- Areas covered include: ties are expected to have by Drawing gies ? the end of each Key Stage. Painting These are designed to focus on Slippers Textiles and raise standards in English Controllable Ve- Printing and Mathematics. hicles People in Motion (Sculpture) Fusion Food Digital Media An excellent link to help parents understand the curricu- lum is: www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning

Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Literacy Numeracy We base our Literacy (English) course on the National Curricu- We follow the National Curriculum Numeracy guidelines. The lum Literacy guidelines. We have daily skills Literacy lessons planning structure for all years is organized into five blocks with each week, plus one library lesson per week where we develop each block being revisited termly. library skills.

Literacy is divided into sections. The following text types will The blocks are as follows:

be covered. All text types are taught through: Block A – Counting, partitioning and calculating

 Different Genre Block B – Securing number facts, understanding shape

 Effective Punctuation Block C – Handling data and measures

 Paragraph Writing Block D – Calculating, measuring, and understanding shape

 Connectives and Conjunctions Block E – Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

 Show, not tell

 Poetry: Power of Imagery Finding a Voice Modern Languages

Turkish Students receive 45 minutes of Turkish each week taken by a specialist Turkish teacher, Hatice Girgin.

French Students in Year Six receive two lessons of 45 minutes each week from a specialist teacher, Vincent di Placido.

English as a Second Language (ESL) We have a specialist ESL teacher, Jackie Goudy, to work with children for whom English is not a native language. She works Music alongside the class teacher and withdraws students as neces- Students have two 45 minute sessions each taken by a sary, integrating the students back into mainstream lessons as specialist Music teacher, Peter Lawson. soon as possible.

Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet Year Six (Etiler) Parents’ Information Booklet