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IB LEARNER PROFILE OF THE MONTH: RISK TAKERS
As Term 2 is now well underway, and a new month is upon us, it is time to roll out our new Learner Profile of the month.
The month of February will be focused on the trait of being a ‘Risk Taker’. IB defines the trait as students, ‘approaching
unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought, and having the independence of spirit to explore
new roles, ideas and strategies. They are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.’
As students begin to develop and embrace being a risk taker, they not only succeed as students, athletes, and peers, but
also transition well to challenging university settings and show resilience and determination in their work. In academics,
they have the confidence to approach new or unfamiliar subjects or material.
As risk takers, BIS wants to continue to see our students
o Be willing to make mistakes
o Be confident when learning new ideas and skills
o Have the courage to try new things
o Explore the unexplored
This trait particularly suits the month of February, as BIS’ annual Science Fair will be hosted on the 22nd of this month.
Our students will be using scientific
methods to investigate and explore
the unknown, willing to make
mistakes to learn and deepen their
understanding. This willingness to
experiment and confidence to explore
the uncertain, demonstrates the value
of being a risk-taker. MYP1 have
produced this poster to illustrate what
it means to them to be a risk-taker.
We look forward to seeing our
students continue to be courageous
learners, willing to take risks to
deepen their understanding of the
world around them.
William Polan, Director of Studies
Feb. 2, 2017 Newsletter for BIS Parents and Friends. No: 18 / 2017-18
GBar MOTHER-DAUGHTER BRAIDING SUCCESS
Last Saturday, GBar Beauty Salon hosted a mother daughter braiding workshop, in which mothers and daughters
bonded over fun hair braiding and styling.
BASKETBALL
The Taigan Basketball teams took on Oxford at Oxford Gym last week. The Varsity Boys had their first win of the season
35 - 22. The JV Boys team went down 22 - 27 in a tight contest. Our Girls will take on Hope Academy at Taigan Stadium
on Friday at 5:30pm.
Mr. Grant, Athletics Director
WINTER CLOTHING DONATIONS
On Tuesday, 30 January, six volunteers and two staff
members visited the Belovodsk Village Orphanage for
children aged between 4-16 with neuropsychiatric
disorders. The purpose of this visit was to deliver the
clothes collected during the Winter Donation Drive.
After an hour's drive, we were greeted with a warm
welcome from the director of the orphanage. She was so
kind to take us on a tour of their impressive facilities and
to meet with some of the children at the orphanage in
their classes. Our learners were also impressed with the
level of care given to the orphanage's 230 children and
the size of the orphanage.
We were also quite moved to see that the children have a wide variety of activities to keep themselves busy and that all
the learners are attended to in equal amounts.
I would like to personally thank all the volunteers as well as the parents and students at ESCA for all their donations that
made this day possible.
Mr. Jacques, Houses Coordinator
THE WEEK AHEAD
School activities and events planned for next week’s include:
Monday 5th February
ESCA-BIS JVB vs Oxford JVB @ 3:40pm Taigan Stadium
ESCA-BIS Girls vs QSI Girls @ 4:40pm Taigan Stadium
Wednesday 7th February: Amended Winter Sports Day Date
Friday 9th February:
ESCA-BIS VB vs HOPE VB @ 4:30pm Taigan Stadium (note game has changed from Thursday to Friday).
RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE
Primary 6 has been studying Physics during our Unit of Inquiry. Last week, the whole class worked together to solve a
problem. Their task was to turn off a light, using many simple machines and small parts. Students followed all steps of
the Scientific process - asking questions, making predictions, testing, recording information in their science journal, and
rebuilding again and again - until they found success. The finished project was a 10 step complex Rube Goldberg
Machine and it worked! Click here to see a video of their machine in action!
Ms. Meghan, Primary 6 Form Teacher
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday 14th February: Student Council Valentine’s Day
Wednesday 21st February: International Mother Language Day celebration
Thursday 22nd February: Science Fair
Friday 23rd February: Homeland Defenders Day: No School
More information about all of these events will be sent to you later, or see http://www.bis.kg
LUNCH MENU
The lunch menu for Feb. 5- Feb. 9 is Menu A here: Menu
Form Teachers and our Chef are responsible for adjusting this menu to avoid any foods your child cannot eat, according
to the information provided to us by you.
KEEP IN TOUCH
If you have anything you want to discuss or suggestions for the school, please contact your Form Teacher and they will
either answer directly or pass the message on to the right person. Messages can be sent in English or Russian, or in your
own language. If you do not know the correct email address for the person you want to write to, please write to
info@bis.kg and our Reception will forward your email to the right person.
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PRESCHOOL 1
This week in preschool 1 was devoted to the theme of
community helpers. We learned that firefighters rescue people,
spray the flames, have fire trucks, red uniforms and hoses for
water. We also practiced the “Stop, Drop, Roll” fire safety
technique to be aware how to minimize injury if our clothes catch
fire. To understand better how to stop the fire, we had fire
sensory play; we squirted a toy building with some shaving cream,
further, added yellow and red paint to make it look like flames.
Finally, we pretended to be firefighters and put out the flames
with water. That allowed us to reinforce our new firefighter
vocabulary. We also learned about the job of a doctor. We visited
our school doctor, Asel, who showed us how to take care of sick
people.
Ms. Meerim
Preschool Newsletter No: 18/ 2017-18 2 February 2018
Preschool Discoveries
PRESCHOOL 2
This week preschool 2 started a new theme, “How we
organize ourselves”. The central idea is “Food is a basic
necessity that sustains people everywhere.” The
children learned about veggies and fruits, and now they
can sort them by groups. We learned that vegetables
and fruits provide us with many vitamins and minerals
that make us grow, be strong and healthy.
Ms. Goulnara
PRESCHOOL 3
This week our preschool 3 students had a great time. The friends learned about
the letter 'u'. We learned that the letter 'u' is for unique, upside down,
umbrella and under. We enjoyed listening to "upside down silly Sally" and
playing a game named "silly Sally says". The preschool friends also learned how
to do a dot to dot number activity. Next week, we will learn about the letter "l"
and continue learning how to do dot to dot number activities. We will also look
at stories and telling stories using story puppets and shadow puppets.
Ms. Carmen
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