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Pg.2 - ISB ReceptionPg.3 - Pipera NurseryPg.4 - Pipera Reception Pg.5 - Pipera Year 1Pg.6 - ISB Year 2Pg.8 - ISB Year 3Pg.9 - ISB Year 4Pg.10 - ISB Year 5Pg.11 - Galati FundraiserPg.12 - Galati AppealPg.13 - Pipera Reception

Pg.14 - firSTepPg.16 - ISB Year 8Pg.17 - ISB Year 10Pg.18 - ISB ClubsPg.22 - ICTPg.23 - Education CityPg.24 - ISB PerformancePg.25 - ISB ParentsPg.26 - University PlacementsPg.26 - Univercity PresentationPg.27 - ISB Career Counseling

Th ere are two educations.

One should teach us how to make a

living and the other how to live

Building your child’s future!

All great achievements require time

ISBISB

Reception

This term the Reception classes have settled in very well. Children are enjoying school and are learning how to make

sounds of diff erent letters and write their names (in writing, and using pipe cleaners and playdough).

In Mathematics, they are learning how to count to 15, to identify diff erent shapes and to know about colours. Th ey have painted

rainbows and butterfl ies which are on display.

Children have also talked about their families and friends and drawn pictures of them.

Health and Fitness Week was a success! Children played some fun games and learned some movement, throwing and

catching skills. Th ey also learned about what foods are healthy to eat and why.

We are very impressed with the way the children are behav-ing and adjusting to the challenge of not always having

choice in their activities. Th ey are becoming very good at sharing with others and taking turns.

It has been an excellent half-term and we look forward to Inter-national Week in the next half-term where children will learn

about Chinese, Th ailand and Romanian life and culture, as well as the life of people in the U.K

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Failures are fi nger posts on the road to achievement

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Nursery

The Busy Bees and Ladybirds classes were very busy during Health and Fitness week. We started each day with ‘Wake up,

shake up,’ which is morning exercise that gets our bodies moving and our brains ready for learning. We learnt about ‘healthy’ foods and ‘sometimes’ foods and sorted pictures into two groups.

We tasted lots of healthy fruits and chose which one was our favourite. We could talk about it by saying, “I like… (ba-

nanas).” We read the story of ‘Th e Very Hungary Caterpillar’ and named all the foods in the story. On Th ursday our parents came in for Open Morning and we made them a delicious, healthy fruit salad. We used knives to cut up the fruit.

We also explored printing with fruits and vegetables and made a beautiful rainbow. Finally, we made ourselves a

healthy sandwich. Yum! We certainly were very BUSY Bees and Ladybirds!

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Pipera - Reception

It feels like yesterday that we all met on that fi rst day of school in September with many tears. It seems that the time has fl own so

far and here we are, at the end of the fi rst half term! Since then it has certainly been a busy time as we have discovered “Ourselves”, “Families” and the stories of “Th e Very Hungry Catterpillar”, “We are Going on a Bear Hunt”, “ Goldilocks and the three bears”. We are looking forward to having a fun fi lled International Week and fi nding out about diff erent world celebrations. Reception Discov-erers and Explorers started the year by learning about Our Gold-en Rules, for Circle Time, in the bathroom, cafeteria and outside, on the playground. We talked about sharing and being polite and getting along with others.

This second month of school emphasised learning through playing and through fun. Reception children’s’ creativity

increased as they discovered the colours, painting with real fruits and vegetables. During the following week the children made their caterpillar and bear snack from real food. Everybody tasted the healthy snack and it was just right!

We are looking forward to upcoming events and wish you all a relaxing enjoyable holiday!

Imagination is more important than knowledge

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Year 1

Recently, Year 1 have been working really hard to learn about our 5 senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. When we

were learning about the sense of hearing, we went on a very excit-ing listening walk around the school.

We even made big ears to help us listen to all the diff erent sounds. In order for us to know how important the sense

of sight is, some of us had to walk around the school wearing a blindfold with only our friends to help guide us because we could not see. When we were learning about the sense of smell, we made 3D fl owers using cotton wool sprayed with perfume to help them smell nice. We also experimented with an ice-cube, to help us fi nd out how cold the ice-cube felt on diff erent parts of our body. Finally, we used all 5 senses when we made pizza!

We could SEE all the diff erent colours, SMELL the fl avours as they were cooking, TOUCH all the diff erent ingredients,

the teachers could HEAR our excitment and, once the pizzas were ready, we could TASTE how delicious they were!

We had so much fun learning about our 5 human senses!

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do

not stop

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Year 2

We have been busy in Year 2 so far this year. Th e teachers, children and parents have all been settling into new rou-

tines and making working relationships that are so important for good learning. Th ere is a busy and productive atmosphere in the classrooms and happy faces in the playground.

Health and Fitness week provided a positive start to the year, recognising the importance of lifestyle habits such as healthy

feeding, good hygiene and daily exercise. In year 2, we went out-side each morning to take part in “Wake up, Shake up!” activities and put our learning to good use by writing informative texts about healthy living.

At the beginning of October, the Year 2 team went on a trip to the Antipa Museam. Th e children had a great time, travel-

ling on the buses together and looking at the diff erent animals and plants on display inside the museam. Th e teachers were very proud of the overall behaviour of the children and they looked very smart in their ISB uniforms.

 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you

were to live forever

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Year 2Year 2

Year 2

How much children love to play! In order to teach a child how to recognize letters and numbers, it is important to use fun

activities. It helps to develop the children’s ability to learn and educates students how to work in a collaborative way and arous-es the spirit of competition. To help encourage students, I have created a club for Year 2, entitled “Let’s play with numbers and letters.” Since their fi rst lesson, students have become very excited about the topic. During these educational games, I have included concepts that were learnt in class about numbers and letters, with-out the children realizing that it had been applied in a game.

Th e only cure for ignorance is

to ask

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Year 2Year 2

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Year 3

Titan Park Healthy Visit

We all know how very important it is to be healthy, so on Wednesday, 25th September Year 3 went to Titan Park. We

were very lucky because it was a beautiful sunny day and the chil-dren had lots of free play in the fresh air. Th ey skipped, and went on a zip line, on slides, on monkey bars, on swings etc and had a chance for social interaction with their friends.

Most of the boys played football or other ball games. Being very active helps children to develop more muscle, more

stamina, better self-esteem and better health.

So stay active and stay healthy!

Education is the kindling of

a fl ame, not the fi lling of a vessel

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Year 4

We have had a very busy start to Year 4 with lots of fun activities and events. One of the highlights was our Health

and FitnessWeek where we did loads of sports and games (includ-ing on our trip to Titan Park), took part in the health and fi tness poster competition and learned about the importance of a healthy diet.

In Literacy we have discovered all about explanation texts and wrote our own about the water cycle and we are currently

enjoying reading stories containing dilemmas, acting them out through drama and creating our own endings.

We have been equally busy in Maths where we especially en-joyed performing kung fu calculation to help us solve word

problems. We have also managed to fi nd time to conduct some cool experiments in Science to test the properties of solids, liquids and gasses and as part of our water topic we worked in teams to design, test and evaulate our own water collectors.

Aft er all this, we defi nitely deserve a short break!

Education is the most powerful

weapon which you can use to change

the world

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Year 5

In Year 5 we aim to deliver a creative curriculum that fosters a life long love for learning in our students. Th e children in Year

5 have settled in extremely well and have already composed their own poems, written descriptive pieces of writing and have studied diff erent theatrical performances.

As part of our theme ‘Fit for Life’ we have enjoyed stepping back in time to the fi rst Olympic Games comparing it with

the Olympics of today. We made our own Olympic torches, and as part of our work in Design technology we are currently complet-ing our very own Olympic Champions from pieces of thin wire, plaster of Paris and lastly paint.

In true Olympic spirit we proudly took part in our own sports day here at school and we exercised our muscles in our local

park Pantelimon. To explore the eff ects of exercise on the body we measured and compared our pulse rates before and aft er exer-cising. We were quite surprised with how hard our heart muscle works! We also kept food diaries to monitor our eating styles and made delicious fruit salad in class.

In Year 5 we are continually enforcing the fact that we have very high expectations in all areas of the curriculum and know that

everyone is up and ready for the challenge. Our corridor looks super and the classrooms and our copybooks refl ect the wonder-ful work that your children are doing everyday. We are very proud of the progress made by all of our students this fi rst half term.

Th e roots of education are bitter, but the

fruits are sweet

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Year 6

Year 6 had a ‘fun-tastic’ time during Health and Fitness Week. With a visit to Parc Aventura and a trip to Parc Pantelimon,

Year 6 have had an adventurous time. Students realised that keeping fi t involved at lot more than playing football. We enjoyed climbing and swinging, skipping, badminton, ball games and walking.

We have been drawing buildings using perspective to make our work 3D and look more realistic. We started drawing

a room, then a house, aft er that a street and fi nished with a city-scape. Th ey look cool.

Year 6 also had a great time making the Quadrilateral Post-ers for the Competition.Th ey all tried really hard and many

students won house points. It was another excellent educational activity during the term.

We did an experiment to see if things weigh the same in wa-ter as they do in air. We weighed objects with a forcemeter

and recorded our results. We found they weighed less because of upthrust. Th is is why we feel lighter when we are in a swimming pool!

He who opens a school door closes

a prison

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Galati Flood Fundraiser

In order to help the victims of the severe fl oods in Galati, we de-cided it was best to have all the students work together and raise

funds for the disaster in collaboration with the APRT Foundation. Asociatia de Prietenie Romano-Turca is a non-profi t organization that started a fl ood relief campaign for the victims from Galati and works closely with the Lumina Educational Institutions.

Wanting to be part of this campaign, ISB Primary and Sec-ondary joined forces and managed to raise 8,256 RON

within a few days. With the excellent help of the Prefects and the Student Council, a Non- Uniform day was well organized and a successful bake sale was smoothly coordinated, on Friday 11th of October.

Besides the aforementioned events, we also set up a donation station where students and parents could donate non-perish-

able food such as rice, biscuits and other supplies. Parents, stu-dents and teachers have also made donations directly to the APRT Foundation, which contributed largely to the overall fund raising activity.

All the donations will be distributed on the 18th of October with the help of prefects, volunteer students, parents and

teachers.

Th e highest result of education is

tolerance

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Galati Flood Appeal

The news that there are villages in Romania severely aff ected by the fl oods where families and children lost their homes and

belongings had a strong impact on ISB. School principals, stu-dents, parents and teachers decided to join their eff orts to help the families aff ected by the fl oods.

In ISB, the Student Council and the Prefects organized a success-ful fund raising campaign event: bake sale, non uniform day

and donations. Th e result: more than 8,000 RON and food items, all so necessary for people who lost everything over the night.

The International School of Bucharest went to Cuza Voda, a village close to Galati, on October 24th, during the autumn

break. Although it was holiday, ten students did not hesitate to dedicate their time to help other people. Rashid Aktaa, Nur Gersoy, Mihnea Savuica, Alexa Coman, Alexa Vasile, Sara Salasel, Basarab Panduru, Bayazid Salgur, Ana Nicolaescu came to ICHB and helped unload the boxes carefully prepared for the people in Cuza Voda village. Mehmet Gokcel was leaving for Istanbul at 1.00 p.m., but Mehmet spent the morning working hard and giving a helping hand to his colleagues. Th ank you, Mehmet!

We left the village in the aft ernoon and the students felt that they had a unique, great life experience. One could tell

that, because the students sang, laughed and were livelier on the way back home than on their way to the village. Marlena Pintilie

Th e fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the

capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge,

but power

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fi rSTep

The Science fair is an opportunity for students to apply the sci-entifi c method to conduct independent research. Th e results

of each student’s research is presented in a school wide science fair--or sponsored local science fair-- where the student’s eff orts are displayed and where students are interviewed to determine scientifi c merit. Students who have been judged to have used the scientifi c method properly and who have demonstrated thor-oughness in their studies and eff ort are awarded prizes and are advanced to compete in regional, state, national and international science fairs.

firSTep, the Science, Technology and Design Fair is the First Step to International Project Olympiads which is open to all

students starting from Grade 3 (year 4 ) in Lumina Educational Institutions. It is organized by Lumina Educational Institutions in collaboration with national and international science fair organi-zations. Its mission is to challenge students to prepare science and technology projects to fi nd workable solutions to everyday solu-tions, to raise awareness in our planet’s energy and environmental issues, to engage students and teachers towards a further step in international project Olympiads of which have the same missions.

Th e ink of the scholar is more

precious than the blood of martyrs

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fi rSTep

firSTep 2014 will be held on 15 February, 2014 with the follow-ing categories:

• Energy, Engineering, Environment• Design• Interactive Learning• Little Scientist

It is open to all students of Lumina schools, starting from 3rd to 12th grade (Year 4 to Year 13 at ISB)

For more information, visit http://www.fi rstep.ro/ and apply to any of your teachers who would be your supervisor while you

are preparing your project.

Th ere is no royal road to learning

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Year 8

Earlier this term, Year 8 students went on a fi eld trip to Potigra-fu to participate in a variety of diff erent activities. On arrival,

students watched the movie ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ before play-ing in a night time football tournament.

Students and staff enjoyed a bonfi re where we all had corn on the cob which was barbequed ourselves. Before going to bed,

students played on the PS3.

On day two we went hiking in the local woodlands to compete in a ‘collecting nuts’ competition which Mr. Murat’s team

won. Aft er the strenuous hike we headed back to school.

Students had a fantastic time and we will all be looking forward to the next event that will be held there.

Educate the mother to

educate the society

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Year 10

Park Aventura was the venue for Year 10 this term where stu-dents enjoyed a wide range of activities.

Around the peaceful and quiet woodlands, students took part in climbing competitions where they raced each other to the

highest stages. Aft er recovering, students participated in the main event and moved into the paintball arena.

Aft er enjoying a hearty meal at Camping Potigrafu, students headed home to Bucharest. It was a great sight to see all the

students with a smile on their face during the trip back.

Th e secret in education lies

in respecting the student

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Clubs

The 1st club session started on 23rd of September. An impres-sive number of 400 students are attending about 100 planned

activities aft er school time, from 3.15 to 4.15, not only on school premises but in private clubs as well. Th e activities are designated for students from Early Years to year 13 and for parents as well. Th e English and Romanian Language clubs sparkle the interest of parents, but Zumba classes are very popular as well.

Mind Games

Mind Games club aims to give our students a brain workout by playing fun games that sharpen their mind. We off er

board mind games which will help children develop strategies which they will be able to apply in real life. Children are encour-aged to think smart and guess their opponent’s next move. Th e games can be played with 2 or more players and will also help children to develop their social skills.

You can never be overdressed

or overeducated

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Clubs

Dancing Butterfl ies

This year, some lovely girls from Reception and Key Stage 1 joined the Dancing Butterfl ies club. Th ey will learn ballet

dancing and practice delicate moves to the beautiful sound of the piano. At the end of this club session they are preparing a little show for the parents, teachers and the other children. Th ey are already really anxious for the show and hope the audience will appreciate it.

U15/U13 Football

ISB hosted friendly football matches against British School of Bucharest. It was a friendly atmosphere and a good chance of

training for ISB players. Both games were won by ISB teams. Our aim will be to continue this success throughout the year.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything

without losing your temper or your self-confi dence

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S1 Drama Games

In Drama games we have been playing cooperative games to help the group work as a team and learn how to watch and

anticipate each other’s actions. We have been working on some self confi dence games enabling the children to gain confi dence in speaking in front of a group. Students have been playing games designed to engage the children’s imagination and improvisation skill.

Be a confi dent member of your community

“Be a confi dent member of your community “ is a club that aims to help students develop and improve their social skills. Th e activities we do focus on the discovery of personal assets and on ways in which these can used in effi cient ways. Social skills help improve students relationships in many areas including family, peers, teachers...etc. Students are also encouraged to build up their self confi dence in order to be able to fulfi ll their goals.

Educating the mind without educating the

heart is no education at all

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Clubs

Social and Emotional Development through Play

“Social and Emotional Development through Play” takes place ev-ery Tuesday aft ernoon in the Year 5K classroom on the top fl oor under the leadership of Mrs. Willoughby.

The club is especially designed to help young children who are new to school to learn to play and work together in a team.

Our students learn about sharing and taking turns. Children are encouraged to communicate in English and are praised for good team spirit as well as for listening to and following instructions. It is a wonderful club for helping children to develop the social skills that are needed for forming friendships and for fi tting into

 

What sculpture is to a block of

marble, education is to the human

soul

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ICT

Health and safety in a computer room

Year 10 students have studied during the ICT lessons about Health and Safety risks and ways to combat them. Health and safety in a computer room is very important as the misuse of the computer room may lead to certain problems both physically and mentally. Using a computer for a long period of time can aff ect your health in diff erent ways.

Ayse Aktas - 10I

Th e highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting

knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit

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ICTICT

Education City

This year ISB decided to continue using Education City platform in Primary School.

But, what is Education City? Well, this is a platform that transforms teaching and learning in a friendly and fun activity for both pupils

and teachers. It has a huge educational activities data base that combine games with learning in a very attractive mode. Th e platform can be used from school, but also from home. Each ISB pupil from Primary has an account on the site (a username and a password) and they are using it to do the homework allocated by the class teacher.

Even if they do not have something to write for homework, they might have a “digital homework”, so do not forget to check www.

educationcity.com using your own account.

 If this is the fi rst time you access it, these are the steps you have to follow:

1. Plug the speakers or the headphones and turn them on. 2. Use Mozilla Firefox (not another browser) to open the address: www.educationcity.com . 3. Insert your username, password and then chose for the Region – International4. In the right down corner you have “Homework”. Click on that button.5. Your homework activities will be displayed, grouped by subjects (Nu-meracy, Literacy, Phonics etc ).6. Now you can start the activities! Monica Țele

A teacher aff ects eternity; he can

never tell where his infl uence stops

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As every year, ISB awards performance

Mr. Sinan Kosak, the principal of Secondary School, con-gratulated the students who achieved exceptional results in

IGCSE and A Level exams at the end of the 2012-2013 academic year. Approximately 56% of the students who took AS and A Lev-el examinations achieved A, B or C grades, the same grades being obtained by over 82% of the students who took the IGCSE exams. Th e 23 students who obtained the highest grades, A* and A, in the last academic year have received cash prizes ranging from 200 RON to 1600 RON, according to their performance.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in

creative expression and knowledge

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PerformancePerformance

Parent Workshop in Primary

This term the parents of Keys Stage one and Key Stage two-parentswere invited to workshops in the primary school.

Th e workshops demonstrated how we teachPhonics and Reading and Writingin the classroom. Following a practical presentation parents were also able to observe the lessons in action in the class room. Th e workshops were very well attended and we were very encouraged by the positive comments parents shared with us following the activity. We appreciate the enthusiasm and interest the parents showed in learning new strategies to support us in educating their children.

Throughout the year we will be organising further curriculum workshops in English and Maths. Further details will follow

next term.

Learning is not attained by chance.

It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with

diligence

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University Placements

The graduating class of 2013 had excellent results and a high percentage of our students had success in entering into their

fi rst choice university. We are happy to report that universities in the UK have accepted 36% of our graduates while the rest will continue to their academic career in diff erent parts of the world, studying diff erent programs. We at ISB are delighted to announce the names of the institutions and the courses, which our stu-dentshave been accepted. We wish all our graduates a successful university life

 University Presentation

The ISB Career Counseling service invited 3 diff erent universi-ties for a presentation at our school. On the 10th of October,

a representative from the Tilburg University, Netherlands held its presentation for KS4 and 5 students. On the same day Ms. Daph-na from the Webster University, Austria was here to meet with some year 12 students. During the assembly time KS4&5 students attended a presentation of the John Cabot University, Italy. All 3 presentations helped our students fi nd more about studying abroad in 3 diff erent countries.

Education is a treasure that will follow its owner

everywhere

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UniversityUniversity

ISB Career Counseling Service

The ISB Career Counseling Service exists to provide assistance for our students’ transition from secondary education to uni-

versities around the globe. We here at ISB and Lumina are proud of our graduates and our ever-growing success rate at IGCSE and A-level. ISB students are now present in some of the most presti-gious universities in the world.

We are delighted with the high percentage of ISB students getting accepted to university and we aim to continue this

progress by helping our students get accepted to even more uni-versities throughout the world.

ISB Alumni Reunion October 2013

Lumina Alumni Association organized a reunion for ISB students of the classes of 2010-2013 on the 10th of October,

Th ursday. Th e event at Starbucks, Vitan had a real success with 12 graduates attending who enjoyed reminiscing about their school days in ISB.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society

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