International School Moshi Arusha Campus News - 4th December 2009
Outstanding Fees
Fees for term 3 were due on December 1st. Reminders about fees being due were sent prior to this due date. As of today all outstanding fees have been surcharged unless parents have made a prior arrangement.
Students with outstanding fees will not be able to receive secondary reports next week. If you had a payment due on this time and payment was sent please ensure that you send the details to so that we can trace the payment as we have several unidentified credits in the school account.
ABRSM Theory Examinations
The next theory examination will be in March. The deadline for entry is the last day of this term which is Friday, 18th December. If you wish your child to enter please send an email directly to me at stating the Grade level for the examination.
CCAs and OPs
The CCAs for this quarter are coming to a finish and we will be organizing quarter 3 activities. To help increase the number and variety of CCAs, we ask you parents if you would be willing to lead an activity with students either on a Monday or Wednesday afternoon from 1430-1530. This could be an activity in which you consider yourself an expert or it could be one in which you are willing to learn with the students. If you are interested, send a message to outlining:
Activity:
Age group:
Monday or Wednesday:
Sports - Secondary students are gearing up for the Moshi Sports weekend Friday December 11 - Sunday 13
The level 5 Trip up Uhuru peak on Kilimanjaro is happening now and with Imran Khanbhai, Amaar Nanabhai, Anna Catharina and Charles Schofield from M5 representing Arusha Campus. The very best of luck!
Intern for 2010
This campus will be hosting a teacher intern from Saturday, January 9th until Friday, February 26th. The student is a male who will be teaching in the secondary school. We need to find some accommodation for him that will allow him to get around given he will not have a car. Can any parent help?
ISM International Day
The International Day will be held this year on the Arusha Campus on Saturday, 13th March. It promises to be an extraordinary event. Please keep this day free!
Term 2 holidays
The last day of this term is Friday, 18th December. This will be a half day and we will be having a campus swimming gala.
The first day of term 3 will be Wednesday, 13th January.
The school office will be closed from Thursday, 24th December until Monday, 4th January as well as Tuesday, 12th January which is Zanzibar Revolution Day Holiday.
Dates to remember
Wednesday, December 9 - Independence Day Holiday
Friday, December 11 - Sports weekend - Moshi
Tuesday, December 15 - M3 Culm. Activity- Survivor Arusha, M4 Personal Project Orientation
Wednesday, December 16 - Secondary reports go home, Primary Production
Thursday, December 17 - M5 Personal Project Presentations
Friday, December 18 Quarter 2/Semester 1 ends, Inter-House Swim Gala (Arusha)
Wednesday, January 13 - Semester 2/Quarter 3 begins
Thursday, January 14 - M4 Personal Project Parent evening
Monday, January 18 - Secondary PTS conferences
Wednesday, January 20 - Secondary PTS conferences
Tuesday, January 26 - M4 Field Study Trip: West Kili
Saturday, January 30 - Basketball @ Moshi
Tuesday, February 2 - P5/6 Field Study Trip to West Kili
Tuesday, February 9 - M1 Field Study Trip: Lakes Eyasi & Manyara
Wednesday, February 24 - P3/4 Field Study Trip
Friday, February 26 - Maulid
Wednesday, March 3 - P1/2 Field Study Trip to Arusha National Park - Day trip
Thursday, March 4 - M5 PP presentations - Arusha
Saturday, March 6 - Soccer Sevens Tournament (Moshi)
Wednesday, March 10 - M3 Science Fair
Friday March 12 - Primary Student Led Celebrations
Saturday, March 13 - PA International Day - Arusha
Thursday, March 18 - Secondary Production
Saturday, March 20 - OP Level 1 Mandara, Secondary Production
Friday, March 26 - Quarter 3 ends
Regards
Adrian Moody Head of Campus
Secondary News
Reports and conferences
Secondary reports will be issued on Wednesday 16 December. There will be separate reports by teachers in each subject, student reflections on their CCA, OP and Community & Service, and overall summaries by tutors.
The subject reports have the following layout:
Conferences will be held on the afternoons of Tuesday 19 January for parents/students of M1 and M2, and Thursday 21 January for parents/students of M3, M4 and M5. Parents who have children in M1/M2 and M3/M4/M5 should preferably come on the Tuesday. There will be an opportunity for parents to sign up for meeting times with individual teachers.
Technology with Carl Love
Parents - for your information ... projects and due dates for the M1-M5 levels ... (some
dates have changed so I am posting them here for clarification)
M1 - Project : Educational Toy
Due Date: Thursday February 4th
M2 - Project : Crazy Car Construction
Due Date: Friday January 22nd
M3 - Project : World's Best Hamburger
Due Date: to be brought in Friday January 15th in the morning
M4 - Project : Dessert Creation
Due Date: to be brought in Thurs. December 17th in the morning
M5 - Project : Design Technology Safety (5 posters, 1 video OR 1 Powerpoint)
Due Date:Friday February 19th
Please do ask your child/student how they are doing with their projects at home.
Visual Arts with Linda Willms
How can I express an opinion visually through mixed media? This week M4 continued their media experiments and visited WHAT Gallery to see an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Jason Corder. Jasons paintings "concern the relationship between the viewer and the earth and the subtle manifestations and various directions that these relationships can take." Although the subject matter did not relate directly to their current unit, M4 benefited from this exhibition and the artist's statement. They took a close look at his work in the context of his ideas and the variety of media he utilizes. They were surprised to find everything from passport pages to termite wings in Corder's work.
Outdoor Pursuits (OP) and Co-Curricular activities (CCA)
The OP programme consists of challenges ranging from level 1 (easiest) to level 5 (hardest). Last weekend, three of our M5 students Anna Catharina Lieke, Amaar Nanabhai, and Imran Khanbhai successfully climbed up Uhuru Peak on the top of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in the continent. They were joined by Charles Schofield, Marcello Mongardi and Meike Hooglugt as well as Diploma students from the Moshi campus. Unfortunately, Luke Simonson was ready to face the challenge but had to pull out of the expedition at the last minute.
Once again, we appeal to parents who are interested in running a co-curricular activity on either Mondays or Wednesdays in the new year to contact Charles Schofield at .
Moshi Sports Weekend is starting on Friday 11 December.
M1
Many of you are aware that Mr. Love is soon expecting an addition to the family and so he may be out of school at any moment! Mr. O'Boyle will act as interim tutor for M1s.
Regards
Éanna O'Boyle Head of Secondary
Primary News
Kili katz
This week our P3,4,5,6 students traveled to Moshi to view the dress rehearsal of the Moshi campus whole school production of Kili KatZ. Highlights for our students were:
I like the old cat because her clothes and make up made her look old and she had a great voice"
I liked it when Conrad sang and danced as the rock and roll cat, I could tell he was nervous but he did a great job"
The music really tied the show together, Mr, Khari plays a mean soprano saxophone"
The stage had lots of different levels, I liked it when the cats crawled out through the big tyre"
I wish we could have seen the show at night because then we would have seen all the different lighting"
We would like to thank the Moshi students and teachers for sharing their show with us and we look forward to sharing our "Safi ISM Circus" with them in January.
Safi ISM Circus
In all classes students have been working hard to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of their current units of inquiry. As the primary production is an opportunity for students to share their learning we have felt it necessary to move our performance to January. Safi ISM Circus will now be performed on: Dress Rehearsal - Wednesday 20th January, Matinee - Thursday 21st at 10.20 and an evening performance at 7pm. All P3,4,5,6 students are bringing home the words to our show song which was written by a group of students. The words in the song they have composed will give you an insight into what you will see. I have attached a copy of the words to this primary news.
Share Time Assembly
Congratulations to our P3/4 students who confidently shared their learning on stage today. Their plays were humorous, the poetry was well crafted and the singing was energetic, not to mention the skill of the acrobats, clowns and jugglers!.
PYP Evaluation Self Study
If you would like to read through a copy of our Self Study document please feel free to do so. Copies can be found: In the school library, at reception and from my room.
Inter House Swim Gala
Don't forget this very enjoyable day: Friday 18 December.
Regards
Betty Brown Head of Primary and PYP Coordinator
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