International School Moshi Arusha Campus News - 13th February 2009
Dear Parents,
Dira/Heartbeat
The rehearsals for Dia continued and an extensive schedule of practices continue over the next two weeks. The production which is a celebration of dance, rhythm and song from around the world, will be staged Friday, 27 February, and Saturday, 28 February, on campus.
New Director Search
A short list of applicants has been decided by the Search Committee for the position of Director of ISM. Candidates will arrive in the week beginning February 23rd for an extensive schedule of interviews. A town hall type meeting for Arusha parents will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, 24th February. This will be an opportunity for parents to be introduced to the candidates for the Director position. More details are to follow.
Maulid Holiday
A reminder that the Maulid holiday will be celebrated on Monday, 9th March. This means that there will be no classes on Monday, 9th March, but there will be classes as usual on Tuesday, 10th March and on other days that week, irrespective of when the national holiday is declared.
Security
Please remember to display the ISM sticker on your dashboard. This will ensure that the Ultimate security guards will let you pass though to the car park. New visitors to the campus are required to sign in at the guard house and report to administration.
Car park
Please drive slowly in the car park. There are children crossing and cars backing out and we do not want an accident. Please be very careful. We want our children and ourselves to be safe.
Pool Parties
We have a lot of interest in holding birthday parties at the pool. However, please contact me well in advance if you wish to make a booking. Please note that all children are to be accompanied by adults at all times. There should be sufficient adult supervision of the children and ISM cannot be held responsible for these parties. The school also cannot be held responsible for valuables left in the changing rooms and around the pool area. All cars must be left in the car park and not parked outside the pool area.
Dates to remember
Wednesday, February 18 - Arusha U12 girls basketball and boys football @Braeburn
Saturday, February 21 - St Constantine's swimming gala @SCIS
Friday, February 27 - Secondary Production
Saturday, February 28 - Secondary Production, U15 boys basketball and girls football @Braeburn
Monday, March 2 - U8 mixed football @ST Const
Wednesday, March 4 - Arusha M3 Science Fair
Saturday, March 7 - Soccer 7's - Moshi
Monday, March 9 - Public holiday
Wednesday, March 11 - CCAs end
Thursday, March 12 - Primary Student Led celebrations
Saturday, March 14 - PA International Day (Moshi)
Saturday, March 21 - Swim Gala @Braeburn
Friday, March 27 - House Ball games, End Quarter 3 (half day)
Regards
Adrian Moody Head of Campus
Secondary News
M1 trip to Lakes Eyasi and Manyara
Welcome back to Ms. Wood, Mrs. Curley and all the M1 students. Sounds like it was a great trip and the students learned a lot about how the environment and people of the lakes are changing.
Valentine's Day Formal Dance - Friday, 13 February
Dance tonight from 8p.m. to 11p.m. Thank you to Mr. Moody and Ms. McRae for helping me chaperone. It should be a fun evening for the students!
Personal Project
Next week from Tuesday 17 February to Thursday 19 February, Anne Peterson will display her MYP Personal Project in the ISMAC reception area. She invites viewers to help her with her project by completing a short evaluation form that will be accompanying the work. Please come and have a look at the cultural/geographical map of Pangani, Anne has created from handmade paper made of plants from the region.
Dira/Heartbeat - rehearsals and performance dates
The school is rocking to the beat every Wednesday and Friday afternoon as rehearsals are underway for Dira: Heartbeat - Ya Piga Ya Moyu. This production, a celebration of dance, rhythm and song from around the world, will be staged Friday, 27 February, and Saturday, 28 February, on campus.
Regards
John Iglar Head of Secondary
Primary News
Dear Parents,
Thank you for keeping connected
Early Childhood
Thank you to all our parents who attended our informal yet informative Early Childhood discussion coffee morning on Wednesday this week. Points of interest are as follows:
Students are immersed in an English / Swahili language programme
The cut off number for students in this class is 20 students to 3 adults.
Differentiation happens in many ways in and outside the classroom
An information package re; Head lice will be coordinated and sent home in next weeks primary news.
Students who stay in the afternoon program participate in 'project' activities
I would like to thank Mrs. Samantha Mongardi for clarifying and sharing the learning experiences our EC students participate in.
P3/4
Thank you to our parent helpers: Mrs. Madeleine Oosterhuis, Mrs. Saskia Rechsteiner, Mr. Gary Strand and Mrs. Dina Matthews who accompanied our P3/4 classes to the Sokoine University of Agriculture on Tuesday. The students were able to see 'first hand' the procedure used to change a primary resource into a product. Much fun was had running through the forest!
P5/6
Thank you to our P5/6 parents who attended the P5/6 EOTC (Education outside the classroom) briefing on Thursday afternoon. Important points to note are as follows:
The trip leaves on Monday 23rd Feb and returning on Wednesday 25th Feb
The students will travel to Magara and sleep in tents
The students will interview 3 different tribes
The students will climb the escarpment
The students need to pay close attention to the packing list so that they have everything they need.
If you have any further questions about this trip please feel free to contact either Natalie, Lloyd or myself;
Primary Students
Thank you to our P3/4 students for hosting share time today. The P3/4H & K version of Cinderella - Cinder Edna entertained us all. Congratulations to all the students for sharing the 'Writing Process' with the parents before hand. If you did not get an opportunity to read some of the wonderful stories that are on their way to being published, please feel free to pop into any one of the P3/4 classes and have a read.
Point of interest!
Sunraj played the role of grandad in the play performed by P3/4M. Sunraj said that John Henry was a special kind person because he always used to help people. The profiles that best describe John Henry are caring, risk taker, inquirer and principled.
What do you know about John Henry now that you learned from our share time assembly?
Parents
I would like to thank the parents who joined me this afternoon for a re run of the PYP Introductory workshop. Identifying what the ISM / IBO philosophy, mission statement, curriculum framework and essential elements of the programme are, helped many new parents to the program understand our teaching and learning practices. Knowing and understanding the importance of the 'Learner Profile' (caring, open minded, communicators, risk-takers, knowledgeable, principled, balanced, accomplished, committed, thinkers) will ensure we continue to foster qualities in students that inspire them to be lifelong learners in a global community.
Our next parent workshop will be on Friday 6th March at 12.30pm and will be about 'Student Led Celebrations'. I look forward to seeing you at this workshop.
IBO PYP workshop
Next Wednesday I will be travelling to Lusaka to lead a PYP workshop at the American International School of Lusaka. Whilst working with the 34 registered participants from the Africa / Middle East region, I will be reflecting on current practices here at ISMAC identifying 'best practices' and areas that can be enhanced. I look forward to making connections with other IBO PYP schools in order to set up links between both our teachers and students in order foster interschool exchanges of knowledge, skills, culture and community involvement. This will hopefully open more windows of opportunities for us as international, global learners.
Curriculum Corner - Communication Skills
Viewing: Interpreting and analysing visuals and multimedia; understanding the ways in which images and language interact to convey ideas, values and beliefs; making informed choices about personal viewing experiences.
Presenting: Constructing visuals and multimedia for a range of purposes and audiences; communicating information and ideas through a variety of visual media; using appropriate technology for effective presentation and representation.
Non-verbal; Recognizing the meaning of visual and kinaesthetic communication; recognizing and creating signs; interpreting and utilizing symbols.
From the Rugby Pitch
Over the weekend the Arusha Rhinos Rugby Club hosted a touch rugby tournament. Our school entered 3 teams in the competition; Under 14, Under 19 and Open (Adults) team. The under 19 team decided not to enter as there were no other school teams entered in their age bracket for them to compete against. Instead the older more experienced players joined in with some of the adult teams.
The Under 14 team played very well in games against 3 other teams all of whom had older students playing for them. It was good to see the team playing the game correctly and not becoming frustrated by the opposition teams' lack of understanding of the game.
The ISM adult's team consisted of mostly staff members; played in a competitive open adult's competition against teams many of who regularly play rugby for the club. The staff team came through the pool matches and semi-finals undefeated before losing a close battle in the final.
The teachers and students enjoyed the support of many parents and friends of the school during the day of competition and on into the evening where the staff band 'SLAM' donated their time entertaining the crowd into the evening with some Blues and R&B classics.
As ISM participating teams in this first Touch Rugby Tournament we would like to thank the organizers, sponsors, players, supporters and each member of our teams for a memorable afternoon of tiring yet enjoyable community sport.
Regards
Betty Brown Head of Primary
Sports News
Co-Curricular Activities
4 weeks of activities remain in Session 3.
Reminders: Wheelie wheels participants require helmets and protective gear. Sports require PE kit or similar sporting attire including a hat. Students involved in the production must have an activity for when it finishes. Piano, drum kit, guitar, tennis and Taekwando lessons have a fee which is payable directly to the instructor.
Quarter 3 CCAs started on Monday January 26 and finish on Wednesday March 11, a total of 7 weeks.
Primary students committed to lunch swim training will be given preference for participation in the St. Constantine's gala on Saturday February 21st 10:30- 1:00pm. Ages: 9, 11, 14 years or younger on the day of the event and an Open category. Both ISM Moshi and Arusha will have their own lane.
KILIMANJARO MARATHON
T-shirts are printed, i-pods for most money raised are waiting to be won and runners are busy training. A pancake breakfast is planned as Team ISM comes together to support the scholarship fund.
Please keep in mind these important dates:
Monday February 16 - Students confirm their participation on Team ISM
Wednesday February 25 - All pledge sheets with money to teachers/tutors
Friday February 27 - T-shirts given to Team ISM members who returned their pledge forms and money
Sunday March 1 - Marathon Day - School Transport leaves Arusha for Moshi
Monday March 2 - Prizes for most money raised announced and presented
A pledge of 20,000/= will secure a spot on TEAM ISM 5k fun run, transport to and from the race from Moshi and Arusha Campuses, souvenir T-shirt stating your support of the Scholarship Programme, refreshments and race day breakfast. Marathon and half-marathon runners who are Tanzanian residents (but not citizens) need to pay an additional 30,000 shillings.
Prizes will be awarded to the top fund raisers on both Moshi and Arusha Campus so tap your friends and neighbours for this worthy cause.
If you don't want to walk or run but still want to participate volunteers are warmly welcome.
Outdoor Pursuits
Below are confirmed dates for the remainder of the school year:
21-22 March Level One Mandara
18-19 April Level One Mandara
25-27 April Level 2 Little Meru
1-4 May Level 3 Base of Mawenzi
9-12 May Level 4 Socialist Peak
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Sports
Well done to the U14 girls football and boys basketball teams for their efforts against St. Constantines and Braeburn on Monday. The teams are shaping up for the U15 tournament at Braeburn on the morning of Saturday February 28th. Congratulations to the M4-5 girls netball and boys football teams for their committed performances vs. Peace House on Wednesday.
Fixtures next week are: 12 and under boys football and girls basketball at Braeburn from 3:15-4:45 on Wednesday. St. Constantine's swim Gala Saturday February 21st.
Term 2 Sports Fixtures January-March 2009
Wednesday February 18 U12 girls basketball & boys football @ Braeburn 3:30
Saturday February 21 St. Constantine's Swim Gala 10:30-1:00pm
Wednesday February 25 U16 girls basketball & boys football @ ISMAC 3pm
Saturday February 28 U15 girls football & boys basketball @ Braeburn
Monday March 2 U8 mixed football @ St. Constantines 3pm
Saturday March 7 U19 boys & girls Soccer 7s @ ISM Moshi
Saturday March 14 Open & U17 boys basketball @ St. Constantines
Regards
Charles Schofield Sports and OP Coordinator
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