Friday 8th May, 2020 ​Volume 1, Issue 32 ​ ​ CONTENTS IMPORTANT DATES Featured Story May The PYP Exhibition Monday 18th May - Virtual School closed from 12:00 pm Whole School News Wednesday 20th May - JPS, SPS, KG, G1,G2, G9 & G11 From the Head of School return to school. From the Elementary Principal Thursday 21st May - ISB AGM PYP Learning Focus Wednesday 27th May - G3, G4, G8 & G10 return to school From the Secondary Principal June Secondary Learning Focus Monday 1st June - MYP Personal Project Introducing Gill Vaughan Monday 1st June - G5, G6 & G7 return to school MYP Personal Project Thursday 11th June - Last Day of School (12.00 pm finish) Monday 15th June - Summer Camp begins (2 weeks) Featured Story PYP Exhibition Congratulations to the Grade 5 students for a very successful virtual exhibition. All grade 5 students were able to present their work to the school community through Zoom conferencing. We had presenters broadcasting from Busan, Russia, USA, Singapore, India and Saudi Arabia. We would like to congratulate the Grade 5 students on their excellent presentation skills and the adaptability they showed by presenting their learning live through Zoom. Monita Sen Charlotte Kevin Smith IB Authorization Manager Welcome Address (Korean) Welcome Address (English) Grade 5 students sharing the highlights of the PYP Exhibition process. Exhibition mentors sharing their feedback to the students. Featured Story Animation Michelle Roland Health and Diet Group Create your own animation PYP Coordinator Speech #ISBHealthyMeals Plastic in the Ocean Group Air Pollution Group Keep up your plastic pledge! We can make a change! Deforestation: Plant a tree! Gaming on Phones Fear Presentation Aerodynamics Learn to code your own game! Learn how to control anxiety Build a plane! Thank you to the ISB community for providing a supportive audience for the Grade 5 students. It was wonderful to have such a large live audience. Endangered Animals Wild Horses Buy our cards in the ISB shop. Enjoy these horse stickers. Whole School News Summer Camp June 2020 We are delighted to confirm that the ISB Summer Camp will be taking place this year from 15th to 26th June, 2020 (9:00am - 3:00pm). Please sign up here to register: ​Summer Camp Registration The Summer Camp will be free for all ISB students (existing and new). Please complete one registration form for each child attending. The camp will include intensive EAL lessons, creative writing classes, arts, craft, STEM, sports and fitness activities. The camp will also include some outdoor education opportunities. The school will provide a free bus service for students living in Busan and packed lunches will be available to purchase from the cafeteria. Please use this link for ​Summer Camp Guidelines Annual General Meeting This year’s AGM will be held on Thursday 21st May at 6:30 pm. In addition to providing parents with the opportunity to see how the Board of Governors operates, it is a chance to learn what activities the Board has been involved in over the past year. The AGM also gives parents a chance to see how the school is planning for the future. An important part of ensuring that the school continues to develop and improve is the election of members of the Board of Governors at the AGM. This week, ballots for the Board of Governors election, with return envelopes were posted to all ISB families. The letter should arrive at your home address in the next few days. Please bring the sealed envelope containing the ballot paper to the AGM on the 21st May and drop it in the ballot box. If you are unable to attend the AGM, you can drop your envelope in the ballot box in the Guardhouse at the main entrance of school. Alternatively, you can give your ballot to someone else who will be attending the AGM. For your information, here are the ​Board Member Candidate Resumes​. When filling out the ballot, please note that this year, there are candidates who are running unopposed. We look forward to receiving your completed ballot before 6.30 pm on 21st May and meeting you at the AGM. From the Head of School Returning to School The Busan Metropolitan City (BMC) Office for Education has now shared the health and safety requirements and school return dates with us. The ISB campus is owned by the BMC, so we are obliged to follow the rules, recommendations and advice that they provide when it comes to matters of health and safety. The campus return dates they have shared are staggered over the next three weeks. They are as follows: Simon McCloskey Wednesday 20th May Wednesday 27th May Monday 1st June Junior Pre-School Grade Three Grade Five Senior Pre-School Grade Four Grade Six Kindergarten Grade Eight Grade Seven Grade One Grade Ten Grade Two Grade Nine Grade Eleven In preparation for the return to school, we will be closing the physical campus for all staff and faculty on Monday 11th May so that the school can be deep cleaned and comprehensively disinfected by a professional cleaning company. On ​Monday 18th May the school day will finish at 12.00 pm​ so that staff and faculty can set up learning spaces and receive Covid-19 transmission prevention training. If your child is unable to return to school for the scheduled return date, we will endeavour to provide resources that will enable them to continue to learn at home. Please note that this will not be the comprehensive virtual learning environment that is currently in place. In these cases, by prior arrangement with the section principal, attendance will be recorded as a completed school day. A designated staff member will be assigned to liaise between the student at home and the teacher at school to ensure that learning continues. We are now in the process of reviewing all health and safety protocols and reorganizing learning areas to accommodate social distancing requirements. We will share detailed information about how our school will operate to ensure we are minimising the risk of Covid-19 transmission next week. Please be reminded that, before students return to school, a completion of a travel and health form will be required. This form will also be shared with you next week. We are looking forward to having students back on campus from Wednesday 20th May. Thank you once again for your ongoing support of our school. From the Elementary Principal Parents Day in Korea May 8th is a very special day in Korea because it is Parents Day! Korean Language Aquisition students made lovely cards for Mum and Dad to show their appreciation. Kevin Smith PYP Learning Focus Grade 1 Approaches to Learning Thinking Skills Visualizing (creating a mental picture) and recording storylines. Self-Management and Communication Concentrating, staying on task, listening, and asking great questions for over one hour at our Zoom meeting to make something special for our parents! Grade 1 ROCK! Research Skills Asking questions, looking for answers from our families, from books and each other to learn how to grow plants. Experimenting with what works and what we need to change. Sharing our learning with each other. The power of Kids Teaching Kids! Social Skills Remembering that friendship and caring for each other is always the most important thing. Being kind and helping others to be positive and laugh. PYP Learning Focus Grade 4 Body Systems Games Grade 4 students made their own offline games to play with their family, and they had to include at least 7 questions about what they've learned about the human body systems. They did a great job! PYP Art This week 5th Graders explored texture in the landscape. 4th Graders learned how to draw people like cartoons and 3rd Graders explored complementary colors. From the Secondary Principal Virtual Learning in the Secondary School Despite it being a short week with the Children’s Day holiday on Tuesday, it has been busy as usual in the secondary school. Students continue to impress their teachers with their tenacity to succeed. Many many questions are being asked of teachers - the desire to learn continues. The Assembly Club have created a Secondary Assembly Video shared at Homeroom today - well done and thank you. Plans are well under way to prepare for a return to the ISB campus - with obvious protocols in place. Teachers are beginning to talk about how their classes will look and feel as they continue teaching students but this time face to face! Al Roland Grade 6 Individuals and Society Guided by their curiosity, 6 I&S MYP students selected an ancient civilization and a specific aspect of that civilization. Invited to launch their inquiry by collecting visual evidence in the form of images, videos and drawings, students designed a visual piece to express their thinking and creativity. More research was conducted and students used their evidence to compose an expository piece of writing based on their investigation. Below is an example of an expository piece written by Yumi full of fascinating historical details. The writing system in the Incan civilization is one of the most unique things ever created in history.​ The Incan civilization began in 1438 and ended in 1533 after the Spanish empire conquered the Incas. To begin with, the Incas did not develop any kind of full writing system to represent letters or numbers except a few drawings that symbolize simple words we use in our everyday lives. The Incas used a spoken language named Quechua which is still used today estimated by 8 million people but the use of this language has decreased from older times and it is slowly dying day by day.