BISI COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

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1 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: 1

2 Message from the Pre/Primary School As our Guiding Statements encourage, we are dedicated to educate students in a stimulating environment 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 Zekeriaykoy 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 Pre and Primary School Deputy Director Richard I Anson Pre and Primary School Director 2

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6 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

7 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 cookies). 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. Naturephotographer 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 Capybara Look at that! 7

8 Macaws! Not too close to the anaconda! Serious discussion Sketch those leaf shapes Red-bellied piranha Tired and forms completed Sketching & labelling 8

9 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

10 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 BISI 15 2 Nahar IGA 14 3 Louis BISI 13 4 Luke IGA 12 5 Blake IGA 11 6 Tobin IGA 10 7 Philipp IICS 9 8 Efe IICS 8 9 Lukas IICS 7 10 Yorgo IICS 6 11 Enrico BISI 5 12 Clayton IGA 4 13 Levi IGA 3 14 Jun Hee MEF 2 15 Alberto MEF 1 Senior Girls 4km 2016 Points total: IICS (21), BISI (4), MEF (3) Position Name Time School Points 1 Makato IICS 7 2 Manon IICS 6 3 Svea IICS 5 4 Nadia BISI 4 5 Selin IICS 3 6 Keely MEF 2 7 Selin MEF 1 10

11 Junior Boys 4km 2016 Points total : BISI (52), MEF (34), IICS (23) Position Name Time School Points 1 Yusef BISI 15 2 Sehwa Jung IICS 14 3 Nicholas P BISI 13 4 James P BISI 12 5 Sardor MEF 11 6 Rezo MEF 10 7 Max G BISI 9 8 Eren S BISI 8 9 Tom MEF 7 10 Lorenzo IICS 6 11 Matthew MEF 5 12 Seung Joon MEF 4 13 Henry MEF 3 14 Pietro BISI 2 15 Rijk IICS 1 Junior Girls 4km 2016 Points total: BISI (59), IICS (33), MEF (34) Position Name Time School Points 1 Alice IICS 15 2 Evy BISI 14 3 Rebeca MEF 13 4 Elise BISI 12 5 Olivia BISI 11 6 Fernanda BISI 10 7 Emma MEF 9 8 Dafna IICS 8 9 Selin IICS 7 10 Caitlin MEF 6 11 Hazal BIS 5 12 Victoria BIS 4 13 Pelin BIS 3 14 Yinka IICS 2 15 Koosje IICS 1 11

12 Open Boys 6km 2016 Points total: BISI (46), IICS (32), MEF (26), IGA (15) Position Name Time School Points 1 Nahar IGA 15 2 Ismar BISI 14 3 Sardor MEF 13 4 Louis BISI 12 5 Enrico BISI 11 6 Mathew MEF 10 7 Eren BISI 9 8 Rijk IICS 8 9 Lorenze IICS 7 10 Lukas IICS 6 11 Philipp IICS 5 12 Yorgo IICS 4 13 Henry MEF 3 14 Efe IICS 2 Open Girls 6km 2016 Points total: IICS (71), BISI (28), MEF (15) Position Name Time School Points 1 Rebeca MEF 15 2 Manon IICS 14 3 Nadia BISI 13 4 Svea IICS 12 5 Alice IICS 11 6 Yinka IICS 10 7 Dafna IICS 9 8 Olivia BISI 8 9 Fernanda BISI 7 10 Selin IICS 6 11 Azita IICS 5 12 Koosje IICS 4 Overall totals 2016: 1 ST BISI 222 pts 2 ND IICS 210 pts 3 RD MEF 115 pts 4 TH IGA 69 pts Thank you to all the schools for attending and participating! 12

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14 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. Later watching a DOUBLES game REKA Luca (Hungary) / MARYNA Zanevska (Ukraine) v CAGLA Buyukakcay (Turkey) / ANNA Schiedlova (Slovakia) Friday 22 April: Year 10's had the opportunity to play with giant size tennis rackets (which was lots of fun) Again they all got to play tennis with some professional coaching available. Doubles game played: NATELA Dzalamidze / VERONIKA Kudermetova (Russia) v ANDREEA Mitu (Romania) / IPEK Soylu (Turkey) Overall, a fantastic week of tennis and a great opportunity for our kids to see some world class sport. Sandra Scotland 14

15 Secondary Badminton at IICS 1st day back after the spring holiday was the Senior Badminton tournament, held at Istanbul International Community School, Hadimkoy. BISI had 4 girls and 4 boys entered for the competition, All students played singles, doubles and mixed doubles - so lots of badminton was played throughout the day, (with each game we scored more points, played better shots and learned more rules!) MIXED TEAMS Cenk Karabulut / Selin Cetin Enrico Sessia / Nadia Klomp Louis Dereboy / Emily Holdcroft Ashutosh Bhadouria / Olivia Alatan Well done to all. Sandra Scotland 15

16 Secondary ISL Volleyball at IICS On Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th April, our junior boys and girls volleyball teams competed in the ISL tournament at IICS. Despite improving tremendously over the course of the day, our boys finished in 4th place but this was after taking the top 3 teams to very close sets in all matches AND taking the 1st place team to very close third set. Our girls finished in 2nd place overall and narrowly missed the 1st place spot on a and defeat. Congratulations to both squads and the best of luck next year! Miss Bell & Miss Scotland 16

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20 Secondary Year 7 Creative Arts Trip The students in Year 7 have just started a Music unit called Pictures at an Exhibition, linked to Mussorgsky s composition (1874) of the same name. They recently visited the Elgiz Museum of Modern Art in Maslak. They took instruments with them so that they could compose music while looking at works of art in the museum; they had the opportunity to sketch and write about what they saw and heard and how it made them feel during their performances and reflections. Lisa Mayer 20

21 Secondary Year 8 Creative Arts Trip After the inspiring trip last term to the Zero Exhibition, Year 8 visited the Sabancı Museum again; this time we visiting a solo exhibition, entitled MACK. Just Light and Colour. The German artist Heinz Mack is one of the founders of a mid-20th century avant-garde network known as the ZERO movement (the focus of last term s trip). The MACK. Just Light and Colour exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures and kinetic works from throughout the artist s long career. The students used the exhibition as a starting point for creative work. During the projects, the students will make visual art pieces (8S), musical compositions (8I), and drama (8B) based on what they saw and experienced at the exhibition. Lisa Mayer 21

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26 DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS Amanda Ilhan Pre School & Primary School Deputy Director Richard I Anson Pre School & Primary School Director richardianson@bis.k12.tr William Bradley Director of Secondary and Principal of Zekeriyakoy Campus williambradley@bis.k12.tr Richard Robinson Deputy Director of Secondary Helen Kiran Head of PR/Communications communications@bis.k12.tr Tuba Guven Director of Admissions registrar@bis.k12.tr Find us on 26