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International School Moshi Moshi Campus News - 5th December 2008 |
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Dear Parents, Congratulations to the cast of Play On for their excellent performance in Karibu Hall last night. Tonight's performance at 7:30pm will be the last one and tickets will be available at the door. Congratulations also to all those who struggled hard up Kilimanjaro last weekend and to the group who reached Gilman's Point. Long Weekend
Both Monday and Tuesday next week, 8th and 9th December, are public holidays. Classes will now resume for secondary students on Wednesday morning at 7:30am. Boarders who have travelled home for the weekend should return to school by 6pm on Tuesday.Boarding Trip
All primary boarders and many of those in M1 to M5 who have not travelled home will be leaving on Saturday morning to spend the weekend at the school's house in Pangani on the Indian Ocean coast. We expect the group to return to school on Monday evening. Other activities are planned for those boarders remaining on campus for the weekend.Primary Reports & Parent Meetings
All primary students have now received their Term 1 reports. Parent interviews are scheduled for Wednesday December 10th throughout the day. It is a non-teaching day for primary and students are expected to accompany their parents to attend the interviews. Please note that there will therefore be no classes for primary students on Wednesday, December 10th. Classes will take place as normal for secondary students and a programme of activities will be in place for primary boarding students. Parents of primary boarding students may, on request to Keiron White at , receive a copy of their child's report by email.Webpage Workshops
The crash course in web page creation continues this week. The programme of workshops is on consecutive Saturday mornings in the Computer Centre on Moshi Campus as follows:
For further details, please contact . or see http://sites.google.com/site/kilimeru/Home/events. Primary Christmas Production
The primary school will be presenting a Christmas production on Thursday 11th December at 7pm in Karibu Hall. We look forward to seeing many parents at this event.The Leopard's Claw
A play produced by Vanessa Meulenberg, an M5 student, for her personal project called "The Leopard's Claw" will also be be presented on Thursday I1th December earlier in the afernoon. The cast is made up of some of our primary students.Sports Weekend
Our big secondary Sports Weekend is from 12th - 14th December and we will be hosting teams from ISM Arusha Campus, International School of Tanganyika (IST) and Haven of Peace Academy in Dar es Salaam. The draft programme of events is available to view on the school website by going to www.ismoshi.org/sportsweekend.pdf, and will be updated next week to show more detail. The range of sports on offer includes football, rugby, cricket, basketball, netball, volleyball, swimming, badminton, tennis and ultimate frisbee and students will also have a barbecue and dance on Saturday evening. Day students who wish to join the barbecue must sign up by Wednesday next week and must purchase a meal ticket from the main office.Christmas Craft Fayre
On Saturday, 13th December, 10am to 2pm, we will be holding a Craft Fayre on campus. We are inviting local artisans and small traders to sell their various prodcts in the school. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to buy those much needed Christmas presents and to support Moshi small traders at the same time. There is a fee of TSh 10,000/- per table for anyone wishing to sell products. More details at www.ismoshi.org/xmasfayre.pdf.Primary Clubs
Next week will be the last week for Primary Clubs for the term. Students will be receiving selection slips for Term 2 Primary Clubs including an open invitation to parents who may be able to offer a club. Mr. Holt will be organising clubs for next term.Primary Reminder
Please ensure that your child has lots of water to drink and has a hat at school.during outdoor playtime.Primary Polo Shirts
Below are the colours and sizes of school polo-shirts from our last order in Arusha. Please see Anita at the reception if you would like to purchase uniform shirts. Children's sizes are TSh 18,000/- and adult sizes cost TSh 20,000/-. We are also expecting additional shirts from a new supplier in the next week or two. The following shirts are available:
Water Supply
Following on from my news on this last week, I am pleased to note that we have not had any further incidents of the illness since last weekend. A second set of tests of the school's water supply have also confirmed that the supply is quite safe for human consumption. I would like to thank both KCMC and Bonite Bottlers for their assistance in checking our water supply.A New Leader for ISM
I hope that you received the letter from Barry Sutherland last week announcing that he will be stepping down as CEO in June 2009. We are now starting the process of seeking a new leader for the school who will plan our development over the next few years. The Board will be meeting later this month and will be discussing the process in detail. Meanwhile a preliminary advertisement for the position has been posted at http://www.cois.org/page.cfm?p=534.Summit Magazine
The December 2008 edition of The Summit magazine is now available to download from www.ismoshi.org/summit0812.pdf. Printed copies will be given to all students in the last week of this term.Food Council
Following on from a request raised at the Parent Association AGM, the Food Council has drawn up a survey for all boarding students regarding food in the dining hall. Boarders will be asked to complete this next week and the results will be used to help planning of menus for the future.Community and Service
We had a very successful mini football tournament last Friday with ISM playing Kidachini Primary School. As a prize Mr Dawson had organised for a goat to be barbequed. Unfortunately it was not quite cooked by the end of the tournament so on Monday afternoon Desmond Mushi D2, Chris Dawson and myself took it up to the primary school and to the delight of the football players they all got roast goat to eat and take home. Thanks to the following students for coaching Kidachini football players; Desmond D2, Tumaini D1, Abraham D1, Mali D1, Stephan D1, Ben D1, Tom D1, Kunj D1 and Parmenas D1On Wednesday it was the Day Care Centre Graduation and thanks to Shantal D1 we all had a slice of yummy chocolate cake! Suzan D2 presented the Graduation Certificates. Big thanks to the following for attending: Swimming coaches: Sozi M2 ,Hannah M1, Lusajo M1, Salama M1, Naomi M3, Anita D1 and Shantal D1 and Day Care Student teachers: Abid D2 and Amanda D2 Wall mural designer: Yona D2 (please do go and look at the new painting on the side of the classroom. It's great!) The M1's have just completed a joint Maths and English project which involved collecting data from the Day care Centre and the result was that they made illustrated Story books which they presented to the youngsters at the Centre also on Wednesday. All in all I had a great culinary week, eating succulent roast goat, beautifully prepared by Sabini, on Monday and delicious chocolate cake on Wednesday! Sandra Riches. CAS Coordinator Secondary Reports
All secondary students (except those in D2) will receive full reports on Wednesday, 17th December. D2 students will receive interim summary reports on the same day. Secondary teachers will be available to meet with parents on Friday, 19th December.ABRSM Music Theory Exams
If your child would like to take music theory examinations (set by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) in March, they must register with Mr Khari Lee before December 15th. Music practical exams will be held in May and registration will take place in February.SAT Tests
SAT tests are being held on the Moshi Campus on Saturday, 6th December. Regular registration for these tests has now closed, although in some circumstances it is possible for a late registrant to enter as a standby candidate.
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