International School Moshi Arusha Campus News - 19th September 2008
Dear Parents,
Pool Schedule
The school swimming pool is open to parents and others in the community at the
following times. You must have a membership card.
MONDAY
8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
TUESDAY
8.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. 12.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
8.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. 3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
THURSDAY
8.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
FRIDAY
8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. 2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
SATURDAY
TBA
SUNDAY
10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
The schedule begins from next week.
Swimming Pool Membership Charges
Memberships may be purchased in the main office reception
CHARGES (TSh)
Parents of ISM students
Others
Annual Family Card
80,000/-
240,000/-
Monthly Family Card
12,000/-
36,000/-
Annual Adult Card
40,000/-
120,000/-
Monthly Adult Card
6,000/-
18,000/-
Cocurricular Activities
Please note that CCAs end this coming week.
Idd el Fittr
At the end of the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan, there are two days of national
holiday to celebrate the event. The dates of this holiday will not be announced
until the night immediately before the holiday (when the moon has been sighted)
which has caused some difficulties for some families. This year ISM has planned
to celebrate the Idd on Thursday and Friday, 2nd and 3rd October. Therefore
there WILL be classes on Wednesday, 1st October irrespective of any official
announcements and we will expect all students to attend on this day. Of course,
Muslim students will be excused attendance at school if their own celebrations
of Idd occur earlier than this.
Wednesday, 1st October
There will be classes and an assembly for all students on Wednesday, 1st
October from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. After this time students will be free to return
home.
Russian Performance
Pavel Khlopovski, Russian guitarist, will be performing on the Arusha Campus
on Sunday, 2nd November. Tickets will be on sale soon.
Dates to remember
Wednesday, September 24 - CCAs finish
Saturday, September 27 - Interschool Athletics - Arusha
Tuesday, September 30 - Primary/Secondary Sports Day,
Tuesday, September 30 - U12 Netball/Football @ St Const
Wednesday, October 1 - ABRSM Theory exams
Wednesday, October 1 - end Term 1 (half day)
Regards
Adrian Moody Head of Campus
Secondary News
School Spirit
The Secondary Student Council has proclaimed next week Spirit Week! Parents
& students, show your school spirit and have some fun!
Monday: Famous Couples/Twin Day - Coordinate with a friend: dress up
as a famous couple (Sonny & Cher, Bert & Ernie, Calvin & Hobbes), or
just dress alike.
Tuesday: Pyjama Day - Get up late and don't bother to change!
Wednesday: Teacher mix-up day - Students take a break and give the
teachers a chance to be silly.
Thursday: Superhero Day - Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!
It's...
Friday: Interhouse Athletics Day - wear your house colours! Kibo - blue,
Mawenzi - green, Meru - yellow. Rah rah!!
Sports: Inter-house & Inter-school
Next Friday, we will have an inter-house athletics day for both primary and
secondary students. Come cheer your team - and don't forget to wear your
colour! On Saturday, we'll have a competition against other schools. Come
cheer on ISM.
Interim Reports
Secondary teachers are preparing interim reports for all secondary students.
These will give parents and students some feedback on student performance
during the first quarter of the year. Interim reports will go home on Monday, 29
September.
Parent Conferences
We will be organizing parent conferences for the afternoons of Tuesday, 30
September, and Thursday, 16 October (after the break). We will specifically be
inviting parents of new secondary students as well as parents of students with
whom teachers need to meet. All parents are, of course, welcome to sign up for
conferences with teachers. There will be a sign-up sheet at reception in the
school's front office.
Homework
As part of our continuing effort to help students be well-balanced between
school and home life, we are sending home a homework tracking sheet for a
week. Parents, please help your students complete this sheet to help us have
information about the amount of homework and the time spent on it.
John Iglar Head of Secondary
Primary News
Dear Parents,
Student Council
We would like to congratulate the following students for being elected to the
Primary Student Council.
P5/6 L Camilla Heim (President), Koen Van de Ven (Vice President)
P5/6 N Mahek Pandit (Secretary), Boris Niyonsima (Treasurer)
P3/4M Romana Van Der Land, Pieter De Raadt
P3/4H Josephine Oosterhuis, Hunter Strand
P3/4K Rawan Dakik, Jack Mathews
Coordinator: Mr. Lloyd Curley
A first initiative both Senior and Primary Student Councils have organized a
Spirit week for next week. The schedule for dressing up is as follows:
Monday - Come dressed as a Book Character
Tuesday - Wear your pyjamas
Wednesday - Teachers Only dress up day
Thursday - Come dress as a Superhero
Friday - House Athletics: come dressed in your house colours
Students are asked to bring PE kit and / or swimmers if they have either on
these days.
Next week at our P1/2 EC hosted Share Time assembly, the student council will
be introducing an initiative to recycle foods for composting. Look for the coloured
garbage cans in the near future. We are looking forward to this and many more
student initiatives throughout the year.
Under-8 Football
Congratulations to all our under-8 footballers who, through the organization of
Mr. Charles Schofield enjoyed a skilful afternoon of football against St
Constantine's and Braeburn. All games resulted in a draw. I would like to thank
all our parents for a wonderful turnout and for the watermelon, chuchus and
drinks which were enjoyed by all the hot sweaty players, teachers and parents.
Z & M Art Club
I would like to congratulate both Zainab Dakik and Munira Mohamadali for their
latest initiative. Both P6 girls have set up a lunch time Art club that allows
P2,3,4 students to "get the real experience of art". Overall organization including
resourcing is planned and time and behavior management is carefully
monitored. It is pleasing to see these girls taking ‘action towards providing a cocurricular
activity in an area they feel students would benefit. Both Zainab and
Munira look forward to show-casing some of their group's work later in the year.
Keep up the great work girls!
P3/4 'I Am Unique Bags'
I have seen snippets of what is in some bags, read index tabs for special items,
viewed timelines and read through some informative journals. AMAZING! As the
P3/4 class works towards presentation of their summative assessment task on
Tuesday, 29th September, it is pleasing to see students celebrating how unique,
caring and accomplished they have all become and will continue to be. I am
sure you will all enjoy the presentations they are compiling. I can already feel a
sense of pride and ownership sneaking in.
Parent Workshop
On Tuesday 28th October (don't panic - this is next term!) we will be holding our
first parent workshop titled: Reading through inquiry in the PYP. During this
workshop we will be exploring classroom literacy practices in action at ISM
Arusha and learning about the process of actively and reflectively engaging
students as problem-posers and problem-solvers while reading through the use
of Language Labs and Literature Circles.
Regards
Betty Brown Head of Primary
Sports News
Dear Parents,
Under-8 mixed football
Thanks to all parents, students and teachers that came to the games and
created a very exciting atmosphere at the primary field on Wednesday after
school. Well done to the players from ISM, Braeburn and St. Constantine's. A big
thank you to the social club for providing refreshment for everyone.
Under-14 Football and Netball
Teams will travel to Braeburn on Monday at 3pm for Football and Netball
matches. Please return your permission forms to Mr. Schofield and come ready
to play on Monday.
Check the schedule below for lots more sporting action:-
Semester 1 Sports Schedule
September 22 - U14 Football & Netball @ Braeburn 3:30pm
September 26 - Whole school athletics day @ ISMAC
September 27 - Inter school athletics day @ ISMAC
September 29 - U12 Football & Netball @ St. Cons 3:00pm
October 4 - Kilimanjaro Rugby 7s @ Moshi
October 29 - U10 mixed football at Braeburn
November 5 - U16 Football & Netball @ ISMAC v St. Cons
November 8 - U12 Football & Netball @ St. Cons. 8 am - 1 pm
November 15 - U15 Girls Netball Tourny @ Braeburn 8am-1, U17 Boys
football tourny @ Braeburn
December 12 - 14 - Moshi sports weekend @ Moshi
CCAs
A reminder that activities for quarter 1 commence on Wednesday September
24th. Fear not, some activities will continue in quarter 2 along with a host of new
and exciting co-curricular options.
Outdoor Pursuits
Quarter 2 is jam packed with trips from levels 1 - 5. Please make sure you're
committed to the dates and trips that you have signed up for:
