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On behalf of all the staff at ISB I would like to
offer seasons greetings and wish everyone a
happy and prosperous New year.
Mr. Ismail Asan
Principal
Sos Gara Catelu, Nr. 1R, Sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Tel – (21) 306 95 30
Fax – (21) 306 95 34
[email protected]
Dates for your Diary
● Monday 4th January: Teacher
Training Day
● Wednesday 10th February: Key
Stage 1 Production
● Monday 15th—Friday 19th Febru-
ary: Half term break
● Monday 1st- Friday 5th March:
Book week
● Tuesday 9th March: Parent eve-
ning
● Wednesday 24th March: Year 3, 4
and 5 Production.
● Thursday 1st April: Last day of
term
PTA annual party
The PTA annual party was held at the Persian restaurant in Tipuri
Noi on Friday 4th December. The attendance at this years event was
about 70 with a nice mix of parents and teachers joining together to
make a great evening! The event was hosted by the PTA
Chairperson Ms. Mariana Ferfeli. The food was excellent and the
music inspired an evening of Song and dance! The evening also had
a serious side in its aim to raise money for the a local childrens
cancer hospital. The money raised totalled around 6000 ron which
will provide badly needed funds to help refurbish and improve the
facilites in the childrens wards. The PTA is now doing many good things to help improve the school
for all its children and help the less fortunate than ourselves. if you have some free time or creative
ideas and want to be involved in the PTA please contact Ms. Mariana Ferfeli at
[email protected]
ISB fights the flu!
We are pleased to announce that so far we have had no recorded case of swine
flu with anyone connected with ISB. a fair bit of luck has been on our side but also
the measures we have been taking such as regular hand washing, strict
monitoring of anyone who shows the slightest symptoms and daily disinfecting of
the buses helping to keep the children and staff safe. Long may it continue!
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Red Day
On Friday 4th December, Early Years and Key Stage One children and staff came to school
dressed in red. They were celebrating 'Red Day'. Red crafts were created, songs about red things
sung, red snacks devoured and most importantly children and staff had a lot of fun. Classes also
entered a decorated door competition, where they had to create a design on their classroom
door following the red theme. At the end of the day Mr. Ismail judged that 1R had made the most
attractively decorated door and they won a special red prize. There are more theme days planned
in 2010.
Choclate factory
On Wednesday the 9th of December all the Year 1 classes went
on a visit to the Heidi Chocolate Factory.
They learned about how many kinds of chocolates there are,
that chocolate is liquid as well, before it gets solid. They also got
to taste the three different kind of chocolate. At the end of the
tour we all sang for the Chocolate Factory staff. We will never
forget this experience!
Year 3 meet the tooth fairy!
Year 3 had a fantastic trip
to Dent Estet Clinic. The
visit was related to our
Science unit " Teeth and
eating". The trip was very
constructive and the
children were excited to try
the Tooth Fairy Magic Chair! After this visit
they promised they will take good care of
their teeth and be more careful with what
they are eating.
Carol Services
The ISB choir have proved
very popular especially
after there recent television
performance. This week
they have been visiting
several embassies in
Bucharest which included the Republic of Korea,
Portugal, Royal Netherlands and Poland. One
things for sure Christmas will well and truly have
started when they heard the angelic voices of
the ISB children.
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Music talent show
A musical talent show was performed last week by 30 of ISB's most talented musicians. Ms. Adina
our music teacher helped the children prepare to play various pieces of classical and popular music
which were performed on many different instruments including piano, saxophone, trumpet and violin.
The school has now set itself the target of having its own orchestra within 4 years. If the concert was
anything to go by the future looks very bright for our musical ambiitons. The show was a great
success!
The true spirit of Christmas!
For the second year running ISB organised the bringing in of gifts from our children for the children
of Special School number 9. Children were asked to
decorate show boxes at home and then fill them with gifts for
the children. There were so many brought in that with so
many wanting to give for this special cause. The shoe
boxes were just beautiful! On Tuesday 8th December
Parents from the PTA along with the school choir went to
the school to deliver the gifts. Both schools performed for
each other and the event turned into a truly magical time.
The atmosphere was joyfula nd happy! The PTA
committee would like to thank the parents and children
who contributed to this project. You truly made a
difference!
Children are the future....and ISB leads the way!
We are delighted to be able to announce that Ms Dana has just given birth to her
new baby girl, Cezara, who came into the world on Thursday 10th December
weighing in at a healthy 2.3kg. Mother and baby are both doing fine. I am sure you
would like to join the whole of the ISB staff and children in offering our warmest
congratulations to both Ms. Dana and her husband Robert.
Further to this we have more happy but ultimately sad news for the school in that Ms. Tanya our very
popular Year 1 teacher has also become pregnant. This is fantastic news but sad in that Ms. Tanya
has decided to return to the UK to have the baby so will be leaving us at the end of this term. In the
short time she has been here Ms. Tanya has made a great difference to the children in her care
both academically and socially and will be missed. Again I am sure you would like to join us in
wishing Ms Tanya and her partner Chad a healthy baby and the best of luck for the future!
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The face of ISB
gets a lift
After many months of lobbying
the local authorities ISB finally
manged to have the car park
completely relaid along with a
much more car friendly road
which was also repaired. If you
haven't visited the campus in a
while be sure for a big surprise
with your car having a bigger
one. A smooth stress free drive
to school. Come on, give it a
try!!
Further to this ISB has just
invested in an all weather
inflatable arena which will be
used for sport lessons and other
events that need protecting from
the cold and wind. The arena
allows the school to have much
more flexibility and improves yet
again the quality of our facilities.
Up and Coming Clubs
This year we are offering an even more varied and interesting choice
of after school clubs for Key Stage 2 students (years 3-6). We believe
that the participation of children in such activities is very beneficial for
your child’s physical and social skills. As a school we would like as
many children to participate in as many clubs that interest them as
possible.
The clubs will start on the 12th January and continue until the 25th
March 2010. We are offering some new clubs as well as clubs that
were very popular from last year.
Regular attendance to club activities is very important for your child as
well as other students in the club. Therefore, once you register your
child, please make sure that they attend every week to get the full
benefit.
The clubs will run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from
15:15 until 16:15. Please be punctual to pick your child from the pickup
point at the ground floor of the primary school entrance. If you would
like your child to be brought by school bus, please contact directly the
transport company.
There are limited spaces for all clubs, so places will be allocated on a
first come first served basis.
Children staying for clubs get hungry after a long day at school.
Therefore, we ask you to prepare a sandwich for your child on the day/
s of their clubs.
The deadline for registering for clubs this term is Friday, 18 December
2009.
For details of the clubs, please refer to the club handbook which has
been given to your child.
Football Cllub
Recently our two football teams took part in a friendly match at the Brit-
ish School of Bucharest, after weeks of intensive training by Mr Alex, Mr
Hay, Mr Morrison and Ms Laura. We looked fantastic in our new football
strips but sadly the results didn’t look as great as our tops. The Year 5/6
team bravely went down 1-0 in a result several people in attendance
called an “upset” and our new look Year 3/4 team lost 4-0. Both manag-
ers and parents were happy with their teams’ performance and are looking forward to future games
with optimism. Football club will be running again next term and we look forward to the continued
support the parents have shown us so far.
