November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

Issue 1 - November 2008Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.roThe British School of Bucharest Magazine

Contents· Editor’s Note 2· BSB Charity Update 2· Principal’s Report 3· Foundation Report 4· Primary School Report 4· Key Stage 1 Report 4· Key Stage 2 Report 5· Secondary School Report 5· Ringwood students to get new

lunch room 5· Happy builders hard at work

on the Foundation Stage art/lunch room 5

· New Teachers 6

· Where are they now 6· BSB Blogging 7· Ms. Jennifer Ullman, Year 6

Teacher 7· Jeans for Genes 8· Student Council for 2009 8· BSB Students take London

by storm 9· A “Sweet” Story 10· Science Speak 10· The Music Department

adds a little Rhythm 11· Student in the spotlight 12· Starting School at BSB 13

· Healthy Bake Sale 13· Year 6 celebrating Bake Sale 13· Entrevista con Rocío Martí 14· Year 4 Art 14· European Day of Languages 15· BSB University Course

Overview 2008 16· BSB Physical Education 18· Personal Health Social

Education 19· Gafencu Sports Day 19· BSB’s A Midsummer Night’s

Dream 2008 20

· Foundation Theatre: The Window Sill 20

· The Drama Department 21· A Day in the Life of a TA… 22· New Primary School

Equipment in Use 22· Ks1 Star Of The Week

Celebrations 23· Reading at Anthony Frost

British Book Shop 23· Primary School House

Competition 24· House Point Chart 25

· Secondary School House Competition 25

· Foundation Stage 26· Exceptional Student Writing 28· Years 1-6 Class pages 30· What is CPD? 33· The Eight Millennium

Development Goals 34· My Day

at the MDG Conference 34· Adult Classes underway 35· Bucharest International

Schools’ Forum 35

BSB Students Explore the Sights of LondonOne of the best aspects of studying at an international school is the many chances students have to learn about other cultures.

One way to do this is to head off on one of the school’s regular trips abroad. This summer, some of our students enjoyed a summer trip to England, where they participated in a 5 day outdoor adventure camp and 2 day tour of London.

On Page 9

Students eat Pizza as Science Experiment

What does pizza have to do with science, you ask? Find out just what Mr Powers, the new Head of Science, has been getting up to with the students in the BSB science lab this term.

Key Stage 1 Students Move into New Building

One of the more noticeable changes is the development of a second floor in Ringwood. Read about the new changes to Key Stage 1 and some of the other changes at BSB inside this issue.

BSB Summer Shakespeare receives standing ovation

The Summer Production was one of the highlights of the BSB calendar and it was to rapturous applause and a standing ovation that BSB students lined up to take their final bow.

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On Page 10

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September and October were particularly busy months for BSB, as always, with the bustle of the first week back in which both returning and newly arrived students find out who their form tutors, class teachers, subject teachers and TAs will be for the year, which classrooms and locker they have been assigned, and what their weekly schedule looks like. It’s an exciting time to be on campus and with such a busy calendar planned for the year ahead, it is sure to be a great year for all concerned.

The University Courses, are back in full swing, with more courses than ever being offered, thanks to the great work of Mr. Ian Davidson and his hard working team, which you can read all about on Pages 16 and 17. You can find out about some of the charity work being done, as well as the sporting events that have been organised by the newly arrived PE teachers who are now heading the BSB Healthy School campaign (pages 18 & 19). There has been a lot going in the classrooms, and you can read on to find out why students received chocolate as a reward in English classes and ate pizza in the science lab (Page 10). You can also find out about some of the new teachers who have joined us this year, what some of our past students are getting up to (page 6), and what

it is like to be a student beginning your first year at BSB (page 13). Mr Sonny Leese talks about the new initiative to get BSB classes online (page 7), some of our senior school students inform us about the importance of MDG (Page 34), and several teachers return from a CPD trip to England and tell all (Page 33). We do a little catch up with a write up on the Summer London Trip (page 9), The School Summer Productions (page 21), and Gafencu’s Sports Day (page 19), and are offered a brief glimpse into the world of the BSB TA (page 20), thanks to Mr Jonathan Crispin’s little foray into journalism. In all, it is a full, fun packed issue with a little of something for everyone.

I would like to very briefly thank everyone who contributed to this issue; in particular, I would like to thank Mr Brad amacher and his team of University Course writers for the many articles they contributed to this issue, Ms Doina Antohiand MsHelen Calthrop for the great job they did collecting up the information for the class pages, and Mr Serafini for helping to reduce my stress levels immeasurably by offering to help put this issue together.

Happy reading

Editor’s Note

Mr Kendall Peet,BSB Newsblast Lifer

BSB Charity UpdateThis year we hope to repeat and build on the fundraising successes we had last year with the Shoe Box Appeal, entry into the DHL Marathon, and various other fun charity fundraising events. Already this year we have started well with the Jeans 4 Genes Day raising over 3000 Ron for genetic research (Turn to page 8 for a detailed review), and the Harvest Festival Food Bank Appeal, which raised a large amount of food for people in the Romanian community in need. Reverend Martin Jacques attended the Primary School Assembly and personally thanked all the BSB children for giving so generously and, along with a representative from Sf. Stelian (www.sfstelian.ro), answered many of the questions the children had about the charity work they are currently doing in Romania.

With Christmas nearly upon once again, it is time now to turn our attention toward the Shoe Box Appeal, to collect gifts for children from poor families in Romania who cannot afford to buy presents for their children. Last year BSB students brought in a large number of shoe boxes full of presents and donated them to a school from the village of Rosia Montana. Miss

Renaudin and Miss Marcu took the boxes to the children of this village, which is situated in a poor mining area in the North-West of Romania. We hope this year to again be able to give presents to students in need, so please give generously.

We want our students to have an active participation in the choice of the initiatives and charities we are going to support this year. To this end, the School Council and the secondary house captains are going to research charities and make a decision as to who they would like to support.

Some of the fundraising events planned for this year ahead include:

· The Artisan Fair on the 12th of December· A Quiz and BBQ Night for Parents (in spring)· A Sponsored Whole Day Keep Fit Relay· Funny Socks Day

Ms Dorothea Draser, BSB Charity Committee

Ms Hussain and Reverend Martin Jacques with the food collected for

Stelian Charity Food Bank.

One boy who received a shoe box.

Young Rosia Montana pupils receiving the BSB shoe boxes



Principal’s Report

The Front DeskIf you need any information or help with regard to BSB, please do not hesitate to contact our office team during normal working hours.

Office hours: 8.00am-5.00pm, Monday-Friday.

For help relating to school transport, student lunches, or sports and clubs, and for general enquires, please contact:

Tanya Biryukova, Office ManagerEmail: [email protected]: 021 267 8919Fax: 021 267 8969

Cristiana Patru or Adina SuciuEmail: [email protected]: 0728 133 432/3

On behalf of BSB, we would like to wish all returning and new students the very best for the year ahead.

Dear Parents and Friends of BSB

Welcome to our first newsletter of the academic year, and a warm greeting to all our new staff and families that have joined the BSB community this year.

One of our main aims this year is for the school to become more involved with the wider community, and to this end we have already established several new initiatives and links with relevant groups. We are now an official supporter of the charity Light into Europe which works with Blind and Deaf schools in Romania (www.lightintoeurope.org). We have been working alongside them for many years, but felt that the time had come to make a more official bond; we look forward to the many collaborative projects in the future including liaison between staff, a visit on Children’s Day in 2009 and also the part sponsorship of a guide dog in the new year. They are already looking for families who might consider fostering a guide dog puppy, so please be in touch if you feel you could commit to this wonderful opportunity.

As we become more established we are also able to cultivate healthy links with international schools outside of Romanian. This year we are planning projects that will involve Literacy (Brighouse School UK), Art (Highgate School, Nicosia), and P.E. (British School of Brussels). I am sure you will read more about these ventures in upcoming editions of Newsblast. We are also working alongside Bucharest schools and already a new series of sports fixtures has begun.

You may also have noticed that we have been able to expand our adult classes at school to include Art, English and Romania, all of which have proved very popular with parents and friends of BSB alike. We would like to extend our programme of activities so if you have any suggestions please let us know, and if you would like more information on any of these classes please contact our office.

This October saw the establishment of Monster Munchkins, our first toddler group aimed at children currently too young for our crèche class. They are meeting on a Monday morning in the community room, and it has been a pleasure to see some new families on our campus, it is a great opportunity for the community of young families in our area to come together for a chat and play; it seems to be proving a great success, and our thanks go to Emma Donaldson and Ali Power for their work in setting this up.

Already our PTA group has organised several coffee mornings for new and old parents, Class representatives are helping in classrooms, plus we have had two Ladies Nights out in Bucharest, as well as a great day of Halloween activities for

the students. Our thanks go to all those involved as this is such an important part of school life and could not happen without the commitment of time that is so generously given. We hope that as many of you as possible would like to get involved with upcoming events including the Artisan Fair and carol singing in December and the traditional collection of filled shoeboxes to be donated over the holiday period. We are all enjoying the atmosphere created through these collaborations and feel it is a vital part of our students learning to be part of an active community so thank you to all those supporting our new ventures.

We have a very full schedule of events this year, however one of our top priorities to help in our school’s development, has been to commit to an Independent School’s inspection this coming May. I.S.I. (www.isi.net) is a body approved for the purpose of school inspection by the DCSF, British Government body, and we are looking forward to their teams visit. We have been informed that the team will include Mrs. Sara Wiggins as the reporting inspector and Ms. Christine Ryan who is currently the Chief Inspector of the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The inspection will last for one week and will include a full inspection of all aspects of the school structure for teaching and learning. I hope to keep you informed with more information concerning the inspection nearer the time, however if you have any questions about how this will work please do not hesitate to be in touch.

We are very happy to be able to expand our opportunities to the students to learn a musical instrument, and with the funds raised at last year’s Summer Fair we are purchasing some instruments that children can borrow for a term while they begin to learn the instrument. Following this if the student chooses to carry on with the instrument they will need to purchase their own, but it gives the chance to try the instrument before an expensive purchase is made. Hopefully through this new project we will build up a more comprehensive group of musicians. Although we have been treated to a marvelous musical recital this term we are looking to establish a larger group, and see more of our students taking part. Initially we have found flute, guitar, cello and violin teachers. However if you have discussed another type of instrument and would like to make an alternative suggestion please be in touch.

For now may I wish you a very happy Autumn term; and if I may help in any way in answering your questions or responding to a query please do not hesitate to be in touch.

Kind Regards,Jo Wells

[email protected]

Jo Puddy Wells Principal



Hello to everyone. Well the year has started in a rush and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to making the most of this year knowing that it will pass by in a flash. Learning will take place, fun will be had, friendships will be made and lost and made again, and undoubtedly as always, knees will be scraped, tears will be wiped, and we will all be one year older. So… how can we make the best of this year? Well, fortunately we have way too many ideas to just share with you in this paragraph, so instead we will share them with you in all the other ways we have e.g. departmental newsletter, communication book,

display board, e-mail and letter. Please let us know your ideas? Keep in touch. Talk with us. We want to share this fresh new school year with you.

We have lots of new Teachers and Teaching Assistant’s this year. I am sure you have met most of them by now, but if you are not sure who somebody is, take a look at the display boards just inside the front door of each building – we have a wonderful team of people who all have something special to bring to the Foundation Stage Department.

Ms Angela Harvey, Head of Foundation

Foundation Report


Time in a school seems to be governed by different rules to time outside the school gates. On the one hand, the first half term seemed to race past in a blur; it barely feels like a moment since I was welcoming back the old faces and meeting all the new ones on Day 1; and yet, on the other hand, it also feels like the new classes have always been working together, here in our beautiful campus. Faces, which two months ago were unknown to us, now feel as familiar to us, as those which we have known for years. In this regard, I am forever amazed by the ease in which children adapt and accustom themselves to new experiences and routines; walking around the classrooms and observing the children playing together at break time, it is very obvious and pleasing to see that new relationships have been forged very quickly throughout the school.

The teachers and pupils in primary have been very busy this first half term. I have seen some amazing work being done around the school and it is always a pleasure to see how happy and engaged the children are with their work, their classmates and their teachers. All the children seem to have thrown themselves

wholeheartedly into the clubs, new university courses, and assemblies, as well as the many special events that we have had already this year. The days have been jam packed with memorable activities, such as the Jeans for Genes and Language Day assemblies, House football tournaments, bake sales, the Harvest festival, music recitals and spelling bee, to name just a few. We have also had a lot of help and interest from our parent class reps this year and so a huge thank you has to go to all the parents who have contributed to these activities, or helped in other ways.

Following on from the half term break, teachers had two training days focusing on science, PSCHE and art, as well as getting things ready for another busy half term- I’m sure you will have the chance to read about this in a future issue of Newsblast.

I hope you all had a wonderful half term break and fid yourself returned to BSB refreshed and ready to work and to enjoy all the exciting things we have planned for you all leading up to Christmas.

Ms Naima Hussain, Head of Primary

Primary School Report


Key Stage 1 began the school year in a super new building. Over the summer the Foundation/Reception Ringwood building was extended and developed to house KS1. Years 1 and 2 returned from their summer break and found a great new facility waiting for them - how lucky they are! The new staircase mens that Years 1 and 2 have a separate entrance from the rest of the Ringwood building. This will create easy access to our classrooms. As well as 4 spacious classrooms, we also have our very own ICT suite fully equipped with 8 new computers. The classes will use this suite to support

their learning. All classes have a timetabled session each day.

Miss Banks would like to thank the teachers, TA’s and cleaning support team for all their hard work in creating a colourful and inviting environment for our students. We look forward to welcoming you to our new building if you haven’t yet seen it - come and have a look!

Ms Lindsey Banks, KS1 Coordinator

Key Stage 1 Report

Ms Lindsey Banks, KS1 Co-ordinator



Key Stage 2 has really hit the ground running this year. We have welcomed many new children to our class and some new teachers also. Many staff have taken on new roles in our school including myself, as the new Key Stage 2 coordinator.

We have made several new developments, including changes to both our assemblies and playtime procedures. Assemblies are now in the Primary dining hall on Mondays and Thursdays- we have some really exciting ones coming up. The children are now enjoying their playtimes on the grass, with the space giving them all the opportunity to move around freely to play their games.

Christmas is fast approaching and in preparation for this year’s celebration, the children are busily learning Christmas carols in their music sessions as Key Stage 2 children will join in a Christmas celebration later this term. There are also many other exciting developments as well. Building on the successful introduction of the interactive whiteboards last year, we now have new laptops for the children to use. Each child will have access to these and this will greatly enhance their learning opportunities. There are so many exciting things happening in our school, it is looking like this year will be an incredible year for both teachers and students alike.

Mr Patrick Kennedy, Key Stage 2 Coordinator

Key Stage 2 Report

Mr Patrick Kennedy Key Stage 2 Coordinator

I should like to extend a warm welcome to parents and students old and new as we enter the Autumn/Winter term 2008. It gives me great pleasure to start the year by heralding our examination successes. Our Year 11 students enjoyed IGCSE examination success; 2 students have moved to schools in the United Kingdom and Germany, and our other students have become the first Key Stage 5 students in BSB. The BSB students achieved outstanding SATs results this summer, a testament to the hard work of the students and the staff. Key Stage 3 students achieved a 100% success rate (the benchmark is a comparison across all schools in the UK), and 38% exceeded the national standard. In Mathematics over 73% of the students in Year 9 achieved a level exceeding the UK national standard and 2 students achieved Level 8 - the highest level for this Key Stage. The Key Stage 2 SATs results (our current Year 7 students) achieved equal success whereby 96% of BSB students achieved the UK national standards and a staggering 60.6% of them exceeded them. Well done to all the students.

The new academic year brings both new students and staff to the school. This year I should like to welcome

several members of staff who will be teaching secondary, and in some cases primary students as well: Mr Lampert (Mathematics), Mr Power (Science), Mr Perrett (French), Ms Marti (Spanish), Ms Fortune (Drama/PHSCE), Ms Kemp (PE/PHSCE), Mr O’Brien (PE) and Mr Ellis (English as a Second Language). Our students are quickly settling into their studies and extra-curricular activities. We offer a range of afterschool clubs including chess, fencing, karate, music, a range of sporting activities, and an outdoor adventure club - indeed, something to suit every taste.

I hope that you have found the draft calendar and the secondary parent handbook useful. The information should enable you to see when certain events such as music evenings and productions, activities, consultation evenings and examinations will take place. Any additional information will be circulated via letter and email. I anticipate a full and varied programme of activities over the academic year. I look forward to working with you and your family in what will be a busy and productive year in Crawford House.

Ms Jane Greenwood, Head of Secondary School

Secondary School Report

Ms Jane GreenwoodHead of Secondary School

The builders are back at BSB, providing a great point of interest for Pre-Schoolers, whilst building the new room on the side of our building to complement the new Key Stage 1 level finished over the summer beak. This new room will be utilized for art and messy play, and will also provide a separate space for Reception and Pre-school students to eat lunch in. They

have also created steps from each class room to make it easier for the younger students to enter and exit classes and we will have a fenced in area at the front of the Foundation building, which can be used for outside learning during fine weather.

Look out for mention of other improvements to come in Issue 2.

Ringwood students to get new lunch roomHappy builders hard at work on the Foundation Stage art/lunch room



Ms Jennifer Kemp, Head of Physical Education

Mr Anthony O’Brien, Physical Education

Mr Kevin Power,Head of Science

New TeachersMs Kemp, the new Head of Department, and Mr O’Brien are the new PE teachers at BSB. We are very glad to have them join the BSB staff. Here are a few basic things about them: Ms Kemp has been teaching for 6 years. She has taught in England for 2 years, Madrid for 3 years and now she is here teaching in Romania for the first time. She is primarily a PE teacher, but is also a qualified high school art teacher. This year Ms Kemp will be teaching us both PE and PSCHE. She says she enjoys Bucharest a lot, and thinks that it has a good social life and lots to do. Her favourite sport is athletics. She likes BSB as the

students are very friendly, willing to learn new things, and very enthusiastic. She is especially looking forward to the GCSE courses with years 10, 11 and 12. Mr O’Brien has been teaching for 8 years now. He has taught all around the world, in places such as Wales, Kuwait, which is in the Middle East, Venezuela, and in China. He is teaching for the first time in Bucharest. He teaches PE to the primary school. Out of all sports, his favourite is rugby. He likes Bucharest, as he thinks it is a very accessible city, and is very happy to be part of BSB.

Maria, Year 10

Where are they nowHello to everyone! I am very happy to be able to send you all a little bit of news from us in France. The whole family is great and we have settled in France very fast. The city we are in now is called Toulouse; it is big and very beautiful. This is a great city because we can go everywhere by bike and there are not a lot of cars. We have a big house with seven rooms, a huge underground room, but a small garden, which doesn’t really matter because we have a park

really close to our house. We are now all in a French school which is also very close to our house, so Gonzague, Priscille, and I can go by bike. It’s great! The French school is very different to the English system, but we are managing to adapt! We like our new school, but miss the BSB people a lot! We miss you all a lot!

Merry Christmas!

Constance, Year 9, Toulouse, France

Us in France in our new house ▼

Mr Nic Perrett,Head of Languages

As you have all noticed, we have a new science teacher! His name is Mr. Kevin Power and you can find him downstairs, at the ground floor, in the science lab, looking through microscopes or investigating miscellaneous substances in round test tubes. He is not here to blow the school or neighborhood up, but to teach us something about science. With a vast store of teaching experience, some fourteen years, believe me, he has what it takes to make you if not love science, then at least make a frozen frog jump out of the fridge. He has taught in many other places, such as Kenya, Berlin, London, Columbia, Washington DC, and Nevada and has decided to make Romania his next port of call. When asked about the reason why he came to Romania, he answered leisurely that it was close to his and his wife’s relatives. He was born in 1968 in Osceola, Arkansas, in

the United States and studied at Bentonville High. During the interview, he also “confessed” that while being in high school, he played clarinet and saxophone in a band. Bet you didn’t know that, right? After high schol he went on to study at the University of Arkansas, University of Surrey, and then worked at the Peace Corps Roehampton Institute who sent him off to work in Kenya, where he met and befriended an old African maumau warrior from Kenya called Muratti. I’m afraid that my space here is limited, so if you want to find out more about the above story, then go ask him yourselves! For now, all I can say is that we would like to wish Mr Power a warm welcome to our school and hope that he will enjoy it here! Just in case you might want to send him a present, his birthday is on the 29th of January.

Senia, Year 10

Our new Head of Languages and French teacher, Mr Nicholas Perrett, arrived in Romania in the summer of 2008, and is originally from Bath, England. During his short time here in Romania he says has enjoyed his time, saying that the Romanian community is very friendly. His main wish while here in Romania is to experience as much of Romanian culture as he can, saying that he loves to travel and to experience new cultures. During his last 15 years teaching French he has taught in several

countries, including Germany, France, America, and a little more off the beaten track, South Korea. One of Mr. Perret’s key interests is Italian food (both cooking and eating). He said that he likes to play football and hockey in his free time. During the course of the interview, he also mentioned that he thinks the school has a nice atmosphere, with very friendly teachers and students- including this year’s Mures House captain.

Edoardo, Year 10



Technology Update: BSB BloggingBlog is short for “web log.” Basically, a blog is an online journal. You can write or post about whatever you like: updates of your life, political opinions, a great trip, favourite recipes, what music you’re listening to - anything that takes your fancy. At BSB we are using blogs to further the children’s learning, to celebrate their achievements, and to communicate with parents and families.

Blogs can include words, photos, movies, hyperlinks to other websites, and lots more. They are usually composed of one or more blog entries. Each entry can have

its own title and always says the date and time you published it. Blogs show the last entry first, and you can scroll down to read earlier entries. So it’s like a reverse diary. You can also leave a comment for the teacher to see.

Each class in Key Stage 1 and 2 now has its own blog. The specialist teachers have them too. To access the blogs please go to the websites below.

To find your class blog look for the class name at the beginning of the address.E.g. 4K’s Blog - www.4kbsb.edublogs.org

Key Stage 1

www.1jbsb.edublogs.orgwww.1hbsb.edublogs.orgwww.2bbsb.edublogs.orgwww.2wbsb.edublogs.org

Key Stage 2

www.3lbsb.edublogs.orgwww.3bbsb.edublogs.orgwww.4hbsb.edublogs.orgwww.4kbsb.edublogs.orgwww.5tbsb.edublogs.orgwww.5bbsb.edublogs.orgwww.6sbsb.edublogs.orgwww.6dbsb.edublogs.org

Specialists

www.pebsb.edublogs.orgwww.dramabsb.edublogs.orgwww.mflbsb.edublogs.orgwww.ealbsb.edublogs.orgwww.musicbsb.edublogs.org

Ms. Jennifer Ullman, Year 6 TeacherHow long have you been in Romania?I’ve lived here in Romania for four months. However, I have visited many times before and have seen many of the beautiful attractions throughout the country.

Do you like Bucharest?I enjoy living in Bucharest, especially since it’s very different from where I’ve lived in the past. I’ve never lived in a city before, so it’s interesting to experience a new lifestyle. However, it has taken me a little while to adjust to driving in all of the traffic.

How long did you live in America? Before now, I have lived my entire life in America. This is my first time living abroad.

Where in America did you grow up?I grew up in a small town outside Cleveland, Ohio. I lived there until I left for college. My parents still live there.

What did you teach in America?I worked for nine years in a school district of about 13,000 students, near Columbus, Ohio. I taught 3rd grade (which would be equivalent to Year 4) for three years and 6th grade science (which would be equivalent to Year 7) for three years. I also served as the district science coordinator for three years.... Science is my favorite subject. I also coached cross country and track.

What are your hobbies?I like to ski, horseback ride, run, and do basically anything dealing with the outdoors and nature.

What is your favourite animal? My favourite animal is the Okapi, which is native only to the Congo.

Johann, 6U

Jennifer UllmanYear 6 Teacher



Primary Student Council & the new Senior School Student CouncilPrimary Student Council is a group of students elected by their classmates who represent the school as leaders. We had to write and deliver speeches on why we would be great leaders and what we will do to try and make BSB a better place. So far we have discussed some of the ideas given in the suggestion box.

While we know that ‘No Homework Week’ probably isn’t the greatest idea we had a laugh anyway. However, we are busy discussing the next course of action!

Anna, 4K

The Senior School’s Student Council held their first meeting on the 24th September, and it looks like we are going to have an exciting year. We have got a keen and dynamic team consisting of Alex, Louisa, Ana Maria, Shani, Maria and Isabela, ably assisted by Mr Hammacher, Mr Ellis and Ms Jezeph. The President is Alex, the Vice President is Louisa and the Secretaries are Shani and Ana Maria.

This year we will look at lots of things we can do to improve students’ lives, following on from the good work of last year, when we put rubbish bins around the school, a salad bar in the lunch room and last but not least, we made lunch breaks longer!

Alex, Year 12, and Mr Bill Ellis

BSB Primary Student Council with the Student Council president, Alex

The New Senior School Student Council

Jeans for GenesOn Friday October 3rd it was Jeans for Genes Day. Jeans for Genes is a fundraiser for children born with genetic disorders. These disorders range from minor (cleft lips) to major (sickle cell anaemia). In the UK every half an hour a genetically disordered baby is born. To give a helping hand BSB held Jeans for Genes on

October 3rd 2008, in which each child bought 5 or 10 Ron and wore jeans. In total the school has raised 3000 Ron. A big thank you goes out to all the students who participated and to all the staff members who took their time to organise this event.

Maria, Year 10

Jeans for Gene’s day was great! It was a sea of jeans!

Although we had to wear our school T-shirts we still had great fun wearing jeans. Before the day during our assembly we learned all about

Genes and children with genetic disorders. We all agreed that we wanted to help out. We all got into a giving mood by designing and decorating jeans with our House Teams and Danube were the winners!

Mena and Calista, 4H

Year 10Mures getting down to business; decorating jeans to help others!

Mures wins the contest for the most creative jeans!



BSB Students take London by stormOn June 3rd, The annual Secondary School International Trip got underway. This time England was the destination. We were accompanied by Mr. John, Ms. Renaudin, and Mr. Murchison and had a fabulous time.

Upon arrival we were whisked off to the New Forest area where we lodged down for the next 5 days at the PGL camp in Shorefield. During our time there we participated in a plethora of activities, including abseiling, archery, ball sports, camp craft, climbing, eco trail, fencing, orienteering, raft-building, beach walk, rifle shooting, sensory trail, water sports, swimming, and a trapeze and ropes course to name just a few- as you may very well imagine, it was a very busy 5 days.

After an intense 5 days in Shorefield, it was finally time for what was the big event for many of the students-London! The trip was often confused as, “The London Trip” and I suppose this is easy enough for anyone to do considering all the activities and sights the students experienced in the great city. First off, we checked into the Elizabeth Hotel in Eccleston Square: ‘Winston Churchill, used to live next door to where we stayed!’ Mihnea Year 9. While in London it was all a bit of a blur, as the students moved from one amazing sight to another, starting with the London Duck tour. This was a tour of the city on

an amphibious vehicle that was originally used to land the soldiers on the beaches in WWII. The tour went all around London and culminated with us actually driving into the Thames!

Mr. John then managed to arrange a tour in “The London Experience”. This was the latest attraction put on by the “London Dungeons” group and, in this case, followed London chronologically from its beginnings to its contemporary position as a city the whole world looks up to. Of course, the tour included all the scary and gruesome details and was really quite interesting.

Immediately following this the students went to “Grease, The Musical” at the Piccadilly Theatre. That night everyone was exhausted and went to bed in ample time to prepare for the final day-shopping and the flight home.

‘Shopping should have been one of the horrific events in the “London Experience”.’ - Mr. Murchison.

After a long and eventful week everyone was disappointed to say goodbye to England, but relieved to return laden with souvenirs to their waiting families: I actually missed my brother!

Louisa, Year 9

Westminster Bridge in front of The London Eye. ▼

In front on London Bridget, Near The Globe



A “Sweet” StoryIn Year 7 English we read Roald Dahl’s “Boy”. One of our favourite chapters in the book was “The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop.” In it, one of Roald Dahl’s friends, Thwaites, tells the author that he should never eat Liquorice Bootlaces (a type of sweet) because his father, who is a doctor, had told him that they were made out of rat’s blood.

After reading this story, Mr. Murchison suggested that we write our own ‘sweet’ stories, based on a sweet that we liked. In our stories we added in as many disgusting ingredients as we could- it was fabulous.

We then displayed them on the wall. We collected sweet wrappers and displayed them as well. For fun, we decided to turn it into a competition. Mr. Murchison chose six out of all the stories and some other students chose the best three. The winners were awarded with their own ‘sweet’ surprise - a chocolate bar. As a bonus, the winners got to choose the three stories that they thought were best. These students were also awarded prizes of chocolate bars but they were given to them by the winners.

If you wish to see the stories we wrote, why not visit Crawford House – the ‘Sweet Stories’ will be there waiting for you to read!

Ana and Andreea, Year 7

Year 7 winners of Mr Steve Murchison’s ‘Sweet Story’

competition: Ana, Naomi, Jennéa. The ‘up and coming stars’ that the

winners chose as their personal favourites: Bianca (Andreea),

Matthias, and Natalie displaying their sweets.

Science Speak

“My favorite part of science this year, so far, was the first lesson when we used the van de graaf.

I liked it because I had to put my hands on the metal ball and my hair went static!

I also liked when we made a circle and felt the current going through us. I look forward to other experiments!”

Bethan, Year 9

“My favourite part about science this year was when we did our swimming experiment. We had to go swimming to

increase our pulse rate then we had to measure it.

We then had to get out the pool and run up and down the track course twice and only in our swimming costumes! That was okay even though the little kids started laughing at us.

Nevertheless, we learned a lot about our own pulse rates, breathing rates and about what sort of movement makes them increase and decrease.”

Louisa, Year 9

Alex and Albert checking Salivary Amylase in different pH

concentrations

Alex and Susana working on their conclusions for the Salivary Amylase lab

Analysing the contents of pizza

Hello from the science room. This first half term, one of the many things the senior students have been working on is enzyme experiments. Using Salivary Amylase, we have used the scientific method to determine ideal temperature and pH levels for amylase to change starch into maltose. We are concentrating on asking “why” this works, “what” makes it change, “how” we can do things differently to improve the experiment, and what are the practical everyday applications of this knowledge.



The History of the Drum kitAll pupils are taught rhythm. Rhythm is a very important part of any piece of music. The pupils are taught about creating rhythm by playing drums and percussion instruments. They will find out what a drum is, about the history of drumming, and the different types of drums that they can play. Different types of drums are found around the world.

A drummer keeps the other musicians playing together and helps make sure that nobody speeds up or slows down.

Choosing your styleOne of the great things about the drums is that they are relatively easy to learn. With a little practice you will be able to play a basic beat within a few hours. Within a few months, you will be able to play along to your favorite songsDrums can be played in a wide variety of musical styles, from classical and jazz, to rock and pop music. They can be played alongside other percussion instruments. But first, there are some basic things that every drummer should know.

The history of drummingIf the human voice is the oldest instrument in the world, drums are a close second. This is not surprising when you think that drums are a quite simple instrument. All you need to make a drum is a stick and a surface to hit. The oldest drums found date back over 6,000 years. Drums were once used to communicate. A person’s voice does not carry very far, but drums can be heard for many miles. In certain areas of Africa drums were worshipped and even given names.When the Ancient Greeks and Romans arrived in Africa, they started using African drums to keep soldiers marching in pace and call out orders.

Many European armies continue this tradition of using drums when they marched.

The Modern Drum KitBy the 1920s, musicians began to play more than one drum at the same time. Once the drums were arranged properly, bands didn’t need a group of drummers any more. Bit by bit, the modern drum kit took shape.The Electronic drum kit was developed in the 1980 by a company called Simmons but it will never replace the normal drum kit.

Drum facts: The largest drum kit.The worlds largest drum kit is played by Michael Mc Neill from Missouri. His drum kit consists of 105 pieces: 7 drums, 19 toms, 3 snares, electronic drums.10 percussion drums, 25 cymbals, 16 bells, 20 other percussion instruments and 1 kitchen sink.

Famous DrummerBuddy Rich is regarded as the greatest jazz drummer of all time. His career started at the age of 3 years and spanned decades. He won many awards for his drumming despite the fact he could not read a note of music and he never received a single drumming lesson. All the students have drumming lessons in the British school of Bucharest. The great thing about drumming is that you don’t even need a drum kit to get started! Most drummers will tell you that they always tap on different things. This is, after all how drumming started many thousands of years ago. Before long, recognising rhythms will become a habit. This first exercise will get you thinking about those rhythms.

Mr Des Mulvany MA, BA hons, PGCEHead of Music

The Music Department adds a little Rhythm to Student Life at BSB

Mr Des Mulvany leading a senior school assembly

Mr Desmond Mulvany comes from Ireland but has lived for many years in America. He has been teaching for 10 years and moved to Romania in September of 2007. The schools where he has taught before were all in England and he enjoyed his teaching experience then a lot because he says that his was one of the most popular subjects. He says that he enjoys teaching in BSB because it’s a nice school in a nice atmosphere with many lovely students. He thinks there are many students currently enrolled at BSB with a lot of musical talent playing a variety of musical

instruments, and this makes his teaching experience particularly colourful. He is now also preparing three students from Year 10, including myself, for the IGCSE exams.

If you want to learn more about Mr Mulvany and his colourful musical past, then why not stop by the music room for a friendly chat. He is always happy to share a few stories with anyone passing by- and believe me he does have some interesting stories!

Edoardo, Year 10Mr Des Mulvany



Student in the spotlight

Susana has recently joined Year 12. She comes from Portugal and can speak Spanish, Greek and Portuguese. She likes the school and thinks everyone is very friendly. However, she finds the studying a bit difficult because she has to do two classes in

one. Her favourite subject is PE. She has probably developed her passion for sports from her father, who is a football coach. Susana has two dogs named Nany and Minie. She likes sunny, warm weather, so she would like to visit Borabora.

Susana, Year 12

Noor is in Year 8. She has recently moved from Dubai to Bucharest, but originally she comes from Pakistan. The thing she likes most about Bucharest is the weather. The weather is cooler than in Dubai and has four seasons. Basketball and football are her

favourite sports and her favourite food is French fries and spaghetti. She has one brother in year 6 and two sisters in the primary school. Noor has relatives in Australia, Pakistan, Dubai and Norway. One day she would like to visit Canada.

Noor, Year 8

Alex is in Year 12. He is the school council president and one change he would like to make is the colour of the uniform as he thinks it looks cheeky. He likes Italian food and listens to rock and house music. He has 3 dogs and is interested in computers. One of his

dreams is to visit Australia and China. His opinion about Sushi on Friday is that it’s a very good idea, however, he would like it if there was a bigger variety of sushi. Next year he is hoping to go to Switzerland to study hotel management.

Alex, Year 12

Andreea is in Year 7 and comes from Romania. She has moved from a public school to BSB and thinks our school is very nice. She likes the teachers and her favourite subjects are art, maths, English and PE. She is very interested in astrology and likes reading books about it. In the October holiday she visited

London with her family. The places she would like to visit most are the Maldives and Canada. Her hobbies are playing golf and swimming. She has one cat called Barny. Her favourite TV shows are ‘One tree hill’ and ‘Dansez pentru tine’.

Andreea, Year 7

Ayesha Naeem is her 4th year in Romania. She has 2 brothers. Her hobbies are singing, dancing, reading horror books as well as watching horror movies. She also likes spending time with her friends and especially going to parties. She would like to visit USA and Canada, in particular Toronto. Her favourite

subjects are English, drama and health education (PSCHE). Her favourite movie is ‘Just my look’ and she would like to see ‘Wild child’. Ayesha is vegetarian and would like to change the school lunch. She plays flute and her favourite colour is baby pink.

Ayesha, Year 9

Jasmina is currently studying in Year 9. She comes from Austria and has been at our school ever since Year 1. She likes to talk, write, and dance. She is also very sporty and enjoys watching comedies. Jasmina has a younger sister in Year 2. In the October holiday she went to Austria. She has one cat named Susy.

Her favourite subjects are geography, English, art, and music- she plays the piano. She would like to visit England and Holland. If she could change something about the school uniform it will be the ‘black shoes rule’, so we could wear dark coloured shoes.

Jasmina, Year 9

Andreea, Year 10



Alex, Year 10

Starting School at BSBSeptember first was the day school started at BSB. This was very unusual for me since the school I went to before, Mark Twain, just up the road, started two weeks later, on the fifteenth of September.

I came to the start of school very enthusiastic, but I was also pretty scared because I didn’t know anyone there.

On the first day I met some of my new colleagues at the gate, my new form teacher and as I soon discovered my English teacher Mr Peet, and then went into school to meet the rest of the teachers.

The first day at a new school is always a bit weird because no one knows you, and you really don’t know anyone else either.

Gradually, however, it gets easier and better as every day passes as you make new friends and slowly get used to the new teaching system. Before coming to this school I had to choose two subjects for my IGCSE exam at the end of Year 11. In the end, I chose Business Studies and Music.

Later I found out that everyone in my class chose Business Studies, probably because everyone thinks knowing how to create and run a business is very important these days. Im glad I chose buisness studies, but I’m also really happy I chose music, because we have a really cool teacher, Mr Des Mulvany, who makes school a fun place to be.

All in all, I can honestly say that coming to BSB was the best choice I could have made.

Alex, Year 10

BSB first ever Healthy Bake Sale

Marcel checking out the Healthy options at BSB 1st ever Healthy Bake Sale

BSB’s 1st ever Healthy Bake sale was tasty and nutritious.

This term Year 4 is presenting the first ever healthy bake sale! We had big discussions about what it means to be healthy and what we should eat. So we decided to have a healthy bake sale.

We brought cheese and crackers, fruit on sticks, salads, olives, muffins with fruit and lots of other good food. It was a big hit and mostly everything was eaten. However, we did notice that the chocolate covered bananas were the first to go!

Year 6 celebrating their Bake Sale

Our bake sale was first one of the year and we had all sorts of cakes, cupcakes, cookies and much more. Many sweets went really well and quickly. We ended up with 667 Ron and we all want to spend the money on different things. I personally think that it was the greatest bake sale of the year.

Ana, 6D



Entrevista con Rocío Martí, profesora de españolEnglish summary of the interview

Miss Martí is telling Susana that she likes Romania and that she worked previously in Madrid and Dublin. She thinks that her pupils in Primary and in Year 7 have had a head start in Spanish. Learning Spanish is not as easy as it might seem, but with the necessary effort, they will succeed.

Susanna: Cuánto tiempo llevas en Rumanía? Miss Martí: Llevo aquí 3 meses exactos.Susanna: Te gusta Rumanía, Bucarest?Miss Martí: Tiene sitios preciosos, aunque otros no tanto, en general me gusta mucho.Susanna: Dónde has trabajado antes de este colegio ?Miss Martí: He trabajado 4 años en Madrid en dos colegios Británicos Internacionales, International School of Madrid y Saint Anne’s School tanto en Primaria como en Secundaria. He trabajado también durante un año en Dublín enseñando español.

Susanna: Tienes muchos alumnos de español en el Colegio?Miss Martí: Sí, tengo muchos alumnos en Primaria aunque sólo a Year 7 en Secundaria, pero espero que el año que viene haya más.Susanna: Tienen tus alumnos facilidad para aprender el español?Miss Martí: En general todo el mundo piensa que el español es muy fácil, pero hay que estudiar. En este colegio los alumnos hablan más de un idioma, así que estoy sorprendida de la facilidad con la que aprenden.

Susana, Year 12

Susana Peseira from Portugal, IGCSE candidate for Spanish from Year 12,

is interviewing Miss Rocío Martí, Spanish teacher and SEN coordinator

at BSB.

Spanish is new this year on the primary and Year 7 curriculum, a welcome addition to the MFL family of German and French. So far we have been studying the calendar (days of the week, months of the year, etc.), numbers, colours, describing faces, etc. and through the year we will study animals, celebrations, likes and dislikes, etc. The Spanish room is in the Primary Building, we have boards with our work displayed, please come and see what we have been doing!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term at BSB. Our pupils are so excited to learn a new

language and so eager to say “iHola!” when they see me around school.

In this picture you can see Pelin, Thomas, Alex and Philip playing the Spanish game called “La Oca” (“The Goose”), Calista and Raluca are playing “Guess who” in Spanish and Amelia, Seo Young and Alliss are completing a domino about colors in Spanish. As you can see all of them were very focussed!

Ms Rocio Marti, Spanish Teacher

Hola a todos! Bienvenidos al club de Español!

Year 4 Art

Lea bravely holding the Preying Mantis whilst Oscaraims his camera

looking for the perfect shot!

The girls from 4H (Gurbani, Mariana, Joanna and Julia) are future

photographers!

Tudor and Alessandro working together to capture the moment in

print for all to see.

For our art lessons this month Year 4 have become photographers. We learned how to use cameras and how to set up great shots. We all brought our cameras from home and went on a photo expedition. A girl in our class named Lea found a huge Preying Mantis, which became a photo favourite! When we were finished we copied our pictures onto the computers and got to investigate the photo shop tools that let you add colour, cut and paste other images and do lots of other things.

Oscar and Stefano, 4H

Primary school students actively involved in Various fun language

activities



Can you find a better place to celebrate the European Day of Languages than our school? With approximately 40 languages spoken by our students, who come from many different countries all around the world, this is a truly international and plurilingual place. Along with English, everybody speaks or is learning to speak at least one more language. We provide French, Spanish and German as Modern Foreign Languages.

The week leading up to Language Day on September 26th was marked by activities and competitions with a language focus in which both the Primary and Secondary Schools participated. In our MFL lessons we turned the focus for a while away from the foreign language to have a look at each child’s native language. Grouped by native languages, the children gave a message in front of the camera in a large variety of languages including French, Romanian, Arabic, Turkish, German, Czech, Urdu, Greek, and of course English. KS2 pupils wrote postcards to our partner schools from Italy, England, Austria and Spain. Year 5T for example made very professional looking postcards with famous sights from Bucharest and Romania, like the People’s Palace and Bran Castle. We are looking

forward to the replies we will get and hopefully we will stay in touch with our penpals from these European countries.

The second challenge was to create a class poster with a phrase from every language spoken by the pupils in that class. Well done to Year 4H and Year 5B for their brilliant posters! Pupils were encouraged to think about their favourite word in any language (preferably their native language) and write down what it means, where they have encountered it and what it reminds them of.

In Secondary School, the house and vice captains explored the diversity of languages spoken in Crawford House by interviewing peers and staff on how to say a phrase of their choice in a different language. Andreea Prasacu and Susana Peseiro, the two leaders of Arges, managed to round up the largest number of languages, including some as exotic as Swahili. In the assembly dedicated to this event, students competed for house points in the Who Wants to Become a Millionaire Language Special.

Ms Dorothea Draser, German Teacher

European Day of Languages, 26 SeptemberCelebrating linguistic diversity, plurilingualism and lifelong language learning

Logo of Language Day by the European Commission

An example question from the European Day of Languages Quiz in Secondary School

5T postcards of Language Postcards of Language

Can you guess what some of the favourite words of our pupils in KS2 mean? Match them up.

Obrigado by Thomas 5T Chat by Eleanor in 5T Zealous by Tatum in 6DShalom by Daniel in 5TVata de zahar by Liria in 5B

Hebrew for HelloPortuguese for Thank youCandy floss in RomanianEnthusiastic in EnglishFrench for Cat

Solve this puzzle and you could win a 200 Ron Book Voucher- 2 prizes to be won (Primary and Secondary School each have 1 voucher). All entries must be submitted to your class or form teacher before the end of

November. All correct entries will go into a draw to be drawn in the last assembly of the year. Winners will be published in the next issue of BSB Newsblast.

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BSB University Course Overview, October 2008

BSB TV: 3… 2… 1… Action!Do you want to be interviewed by BSB TV? Do you want to be seen on television? BSB TV is bound to interview you! This term we have been interviewing people and editing them on the computers. We had lots of questions to ask them and it took much time to load when we put them on the Digital Movie Creator 3! Some of the interviews took more than 3 minutes!

Mr. Kennedy complained that it takes too much time to load! We had lots of fun putting animation and editing them! Some people like Mr. Mulvany made us say the question again and again. I hope I will be able to do a similar course next term!

Alexandra, 5B

After the long summer holiday it is great to see all our pupils back in school, refreshed and eager to learn new skills. This year our university courses are even more varied than before and this has helped to ensure that the majority of pupils received their first choice of course.

French CourseWe have our French course with Mr Leese once a week and it is great because we get to use French in the course. We learn new words and try to speak in French, which often makes us laugh. My favourite thing in French University was when I tried the brie cheese.

Oskar, 2B

My favourite thing about French was the numbers and colouring running games.

Sarah, 1J

My favourite time in French was the food party. I liked the pate.

Darius, 1J

GardeningIn the University Gardening course we are learning all about plants and how to take care of them. We are learning how to pot seeds and grow plants and how to transfer them into the ground and then take care

of them. It is incredible how much you need to know in order to look after plants properly. “I like gardening University because we plant flowers. They are growing a lot!”

Miruna, 2B◄ Some students in the Gardening Course tending to the gardens

Improvisational dramaI chose Drama for University because I wanted to learn about theatre and learn new games and have fun at the same time. I like most the drama games

because they are a lot of fun. I am learning special games of improvisational theatre.

Robert, 5B

Codes and Code Breaking, Planning a Dinner party, French, Romanian and Spanish for Key Stage 1 pupils and Problem Solving are just some of the learning opportunities available for our pupils. Indeed, this edition of Newsblast has been put together with the help of our Junior Publishing university course, so

congratulations to all those involved. Our cookery courses are always very popular and over-subscribed, but we are fortunate to have 3 different cookery groups. Special thanks must go to our parent volunteers - Mrs Rouf and Mrs Henderson who are running one of these courses. If you would like to get involved with our university

program please see our advert in this newsletter. Finally, one course that I am particularly excited about is our very own BSB tv and I am looking forward to it’s ‘launch’. The producers of ‘CNN’ and ‘BBC World’ better look out!

Mr Iain Davidson, University Course Coordinator



BSB Junior Editors University ClubWe are the BSB News Blast Junior Publishers. We write articles for the BSB News Blast. We do interviews and use cameras to take pictures for the news paper. First of all, we discuss what we want to write in the meeting room and then when it’s approved we go off to the ICT suite. Now we do my

favourite thing, the writing. After that, we help each other to edit our work. At the end of the university course Mr.Hamacher gives in our work to Mr. Peet, the editor of News Blast. If it’s good enough it will go into the magazine but if it’s not good enough it won’t make it in and it’s back to the drawing board.

◄ The BSB NewsBlast Junior Editors: Igor, Thomas, Rhea, Mena, Calista and Anna, who was absent.

I like this course because we are learning how to cook. When I grow up I want to learn how to do all kinds of food. We have cooked cake, pizza, papanasi and Raffaello. The other reason why I like cooking is

because it is fun and I learn a lot. Also I can teach my mum how to do all these foods that I did in cooking.

Chira, 4H

University Cooking Course

Monster Storms CourseIn our university we are studying monster storms. So far we’ve studied hurricanes and tornadoes. We’ve learned that both types of storms need moisture, warm air, and energy to form. We also learned

that the storms can be different strengths called categories. Monster storms are very dangerous and cause destruction.

The Monster Storm Team

◄ Students experimenting with devices to imitate some of the phenomena that occur during storms

The Rowing Course

In rowing we have been learning pace, speed and rowing technique. We are all aiming to row a total of just over 11,000 metres which would give us a grand

total of 55,000 metres. There are four people in the rowing course- me, Johann, Basil and Cinar. We are all from 6U and are enthusiastic rowers.

Harry, 6U

◄ Cinar showing good rowing technique while Johann and Mr O’Brien help keep the running total of metres rowed.

World Cup HistoryI think that football World Cup History is really fun! I also lean a lot. I think it’s clever because we learn and have fun! I think everyone likes World Cup History. In football World Cup History we have been learning about the first World Cup all the way up to guessing

about the next World Cup in 2010. We have also been looking at the best goals, saves, star moves etc. I recommend this to anyone who likes football and would like to play or lean more football.

Scott, 6U

Codebreakers Alert!In our Codes and Codebreakers University Course we have been learning about all the different codes that people from long ago and today have been using.There are picture codes and a man called Giambattista della Porta made up a code of boxes and dots which we learned. Then we used substitution codes, using a different letter or number

for our message. We alsolearned about Morse Code and Call Sign Codes and next week is Braille and Sign Language.Every week we have to write a message in one of the codes for someone else to solve. Sometimes it’s hard to work out. It’s a fun course to do. Everyone should try it!

Cesar, 6DRoss, Sarah and Suparnan

writing codes, Year 5



BSB Physical EducationOn behalf of myself and Mr Anthony O’Brien we would like to congratulate all our young performers this term. It has been a great start to the year for the PE department. Brand new equipment, fresh ideas and lots of energy and enthusiasm to boot! It is going to be a superb year for Physical Education with links being made across our school committees and with our neightbouring schools as we speak, dates have already been chosen for our first matches! Keep on the look out for the new PE notice board and for further details…

Striking and Fielding with a focus on Cricket has been our first curriculum area of the year. The good weather played a part in this choice and the pupils have worked very hard. Right from the start of the year some of our KS2 pupils were put through the Asda Kwik Cricket Awards scheme. These awards are

popular throughout the UK and are a key component in PE at KS2. There are 3 award categories, Bronze, Silver and Gold and while Year 3 and Year 4 have been working towards their Bronze Award the Year 6s have been tackling the Silver Award, with a selection of higher achieving pupils being invited to try for the Gold certificate.

To gain an Award the pupils had to consistently demonstrate their fielding, bowling and batting skills. Cricket is a difficult sport to master and both myself and Mr O’Brien have been very impressed with our pupils interest as well as the skills on display. Well done and congratulations to all those who took part and won certificates and we look forward to seeing the rest of KS2 out on the cricket pitch later in the year.

Harry 6U, Mohammad, Cezar, and Hristos 6D, and Mr Anthony O’Brien with

our gold contenders

Hristos showing us his super pull shot!

5T working on their leg kick! Full stroke in action… Flavius, Year 11, preparing to take a long corner! Sticks

down well done Year 10/11/12!

Dennis on the counter-attack! Key Stage 2 basketballers

Year 5 and Year 8/9 have been powering up and down the pool this half term gaining more confidence in the water and working on their strokes! Year 10, 11 and 12 having completed a unit of work on striking and

fielding have moved into their first invasion game unit of the year Hockey. Basketball training will also be running at lunchtimes to get ready for a fixture against ISB soon. Sports clubs have also begun with vigor.

The Key Stage 2 basketballers should be proud of their first term’s work. Learning new skills and tactics of the game has been our focus. I am looking forward to gaining a few more additions to the club next term.

Staff participation

Ms RocioMarti, Ms Dorothea Draser and Ms Helen Jezeph deciding who is going to go

first!

Mr Steve Murchison and Mr Bill Ellis just about to take flight

Mr Patrick Kennedy, Mr Sonny Leese and Ms Lyndsey Banks racing after Mr Alex (4H TA)

Ms Doina Antohi making that inch perfect

pass to Mr BillEllis

Ms Antohi Doina again having an impact on the game with Ms Marti, Mr Hamacher and

Ms Fisher looking on



In addition as apart of the Healthy Schools Programme teachers are also encouraged to keep healthy and increase their level of physical activity. I invited a “Streetsurfing” company from right here in Bucharest to bring some boards for all staff to try at the very beginning of the year (www.streetsurfing.ro).

Another club for staff is Mr Hamacher’s Ultimate Frisbee club every Wednesday. The numbers have been rising and rising each week with staff so eager to take part since the beginning of term. “It’s a really fun way to stay fit and burn off a few calories” quoted Ms Rocio Marti after her first session.

All in all, a very successful half terms work with lots more to come. A huge thank you to all for the support....a waterfall begins with

only one drop of water!

Best Wishes, Ms Jennifer Kemp and Mr Anthony O’Brien,

BSB Physical Education Department

Personal Health Social Educationwith Citizenship / Healthy Schools Committee

PHCSE has really taken off this year providing our pupils with the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their lives. This term Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 have been working under the umbrella of “Enjoying and Achieving”. Year 7 and Year 8 have been working with Miss Fortune on creating positive relationships and managing their money. Year 9 and 10 have been looking at healthy lifestyles and linking this to body image. They are currently carrying out a survey about secondary pupils food habits and Year 11/12 have been looking at how economies function, morality

and rights. Lots of discussions and debates and lots lots more to come.

The PHCSE programme at school is directly linked with our Healthy Schools Programme and the committee of Miss Kemp, Mr Hamacher, Miss Beggs and Mrs Pillay are busy organising future healthy eating events, communicating with the house committee about physical activity events and will be working with the school council on issues such as bullying to support our pupils emotional health and well-being!

Year 9 girls discussing balanced diets in class.

Gafencu Sports DayOn Friday the 6th of June the Gafencu site held their Sports Morning at La Club. The students competed in seven relay activities and various races. We are proud to announce that the Mures team won

the most points and achieved first place with Danube, Arges, and Olt following in second, third and fourth place. Congratulations to Harauna, Patrick, Darius and Lara who placed first in our boys’ and

girls’ races. We were glad to have some parents attend the event and cheer on our athletes. A big thank you to Mrs Willemot for running our rest station.

Patrick (Alexandru in the background)

Mario

Maria

Lara, Luca, Patrick and Alexandru taking a break.

Selina and Karl

Luca, Tudor, Reis, and Darius waiting for their activity to start



BSB’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Summer 2008Shakespeare wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for a cast of about 20 people. It is most likely that it never crossed his mind that it could be adapted for over 100 little people; children, that is. And to be honest, it hadn’t crossed my mind either.

The rehearsals were eventful and there were times when I was not sure that it would all come together in the end. The result, however, was great. The lighting, the costumes, the great music and the spacious stage of “L.S. Bulandra” Theatre made all the difference; in the end, the children had a great time, the parents too, and all was well that ended well.

Doina Antohi, Drama Teacher, September 2008

Here are some thoughts from the students who took part:

“The rehearsals were fine but got a bit boring after a while. It was fun to be on stage during rehearsals. The night of the performance went very well and was well organised. Even though we made a few mistakes, I think everyone enjoyed it. My role in the play was Hypolita the Duchess who was marrying the Duke. I enjoyed doing it and found the part interesting. Overall I thought the play was great and I had a fantastic time.”

Natalie, Year 7

“It took some time to put the scenes together and act it all over again from the top. However we had a great time talking about our parts. During the big night, I thought that I was doing the last rehearsal and there would be no need for panic. Meanwhile, backstage, all of us were excited, which made it difficult for us to concentrate. My role was Hermia. I think it was a really hard role to perform. It was hard to think about what kind

of a girl she was. She was spoiled, innocent, and always did what she had in mind. At first I thought about her and read the whole script, imagined the story, created the effect in my mind. I would like to say that, if you get excited before performing, then just count to 10 and take deep breaths.”

Polen, Year 7

“I liked the rehearsals very much. I enjoyed watching the others. During the night of the performance, I was afraid our group (The Apprentices) will forget something and we did. My name in the play was Starveling and I enjoyed it very much.”

Matthias, Year 7

“Since I didn’t have a big part, it seemed like the rehearsals took forever. The night of the performance was a bit scary at first, but overall it was good. I would have liked to have a bigger speaking part.”

Ana, Year 7

“The rehearsals were fun, because you got to see everyone else acting. The performance night was good; I sat near the stage and got to hear everyone say their part. But someone skipped a whole scene that night, and I thought that wasn’t fair. I was one of the narrators, and I had to dress up as a clown. It was fun being a clown.”

Naomi, Year 7

“I think the rehearsals were really useful. Not everyone got to do their part in every rehearsal but it was still a lot of fun. The night of the performance was nervously awaited by all the students and staff. I was really excited to be performing the ‘real thing’ at last. I played Helena in the production and I thoroughly enjoyed playing such a wonderful character. I hope this year’s production is as good as last year’s.”

Jennea, Year 7

Drama Notice

Stage 3 and 4 Drama by Mrs. Fortune.

Clubs running at BSB this term are: Key Stage 1 and 2 Drama run by Ms Doina Antohi

Our Christmas production this year will be a play called Cinderella and Rockerfella. The production will involve both Key Stages 2 and 3.

Foundation Theatre: The Window SillFoundation Stage Pipera worked really hard for weeks to learn and practice their lines, songs and actions for their production of ‘The Window Sill’. Alice (aka Christina) is a little child who is so small she cannot see over her window sill. She asks her shadow (aka Smaragda), the grass (Creche), the animals (Preschool) and the flowers (Reception) why she cannot grow as fast as they do. By the end of the production Alice has grown and can

see over the sill. She is so happy and everybody sings about how one day they may be bigger than their audience! Our last rehearsal was incredibly successful and if you know anything about the theatre you will know that that is a bad sign! However, the children performed beautifully on the day. Well done Foundation Stage Pipera.




The Drama DepartmentThe Drama department focuses on creative development of students, providing the opportunity for different means of self expression.

The classes take place in rooms that are different from what the children usually know: the furniture is limited to chairs that are not always used. Drama is about large, however intimate and comfortable spaces, surrounded by curtains and lightened by spotlights.

The Drama lessons, often linked to literacy and history themes, are centered on types of games that develop abilities and skills meant to build on social and emotional intelligence.

Drama activities start out by focusing on lengthening concentration span, as there are a lot of games that require prolonged and sustained attention.

Some other activities stress self confidence and trust as main coordinates of a positive, confident self image; the children are encouraged to stand in the spotlight and speak and act out in front of peers; learning how to confidently speak in public, and express and illustrate one self beliefs and ideas in front of others becomes essential.

Quite a great number of activities concentrate on team work and cooperation between members within the team. Children work together to fulfill several tasks and they learn to define their role within a group that has to reach a certain target. Most Drama activities are team oriented rather than hierarchical, pointing out the fact that each member has a highly important role when the group has to achieve a goal.

Leading abilities are however highly encouraged, as a team always works best when led by someone the group trusts. As everyone is given the opportunity to lead, leading a team is another skill that Drama develops. What the team usually works toward is solving a problem together, in order to ‘save’ all the members of the group. Several solutions to

the same problem are tried out; all ideas and approaches are encouraged, thus leaving room for creativity in problem solving.

As a result, communication reaches its highest expression, as all children have to interact with each other in order to fulfill the given task; communication of different types is theorised and expressed: the children get to analyze and experiment meanings of body language, facial expressions and tones of voice.

Drama challenges perceptions by getting children to use their senses differently than they usually do: recognizing someone by touching their hair, for example, while blindfolded, is a kinesthetic experience the children highly enjoy.

Becoming another happens at a more complex stage, and teaches self control, discipline, tolerance, empathy, and understanding ideas and the way humans interact; ability to understand others’ motives and choices becomes critical. Through acting, children reach depth of understanding.

All these happen in a safe atmosphere; children are confronted with different situations without experiencing the actual dangers, pitfalls, or consequences that those situations might imply.

Drama traces the boundaries of a parallel reality where most socially forbidden gestures are allowed and encouraged. It is the safe way to go through situations that would otherwise be harmful, by getting to analyze consequences without actually experiencing them. This is where the educational power of Drama lies.But the bottom line of it all is that Drama is a lot of fun; as there is no right or wrong, all ideas, thoughts, and perspectives upon the world, are encouraged.

Drama is basically the subject where ‘the world’s a better place when it’s up side down’.

Ms Doina AntohiDrama Teacher for Foundation Stages and KS 2

Antoine and Daniel, 4K, developing conflict in Drama

4 K working as a team in Drama

KS 1 Drama Club performing a Monster Story



A Day in the Life of a TA…If you have ever entered the classroom of one of the Foundation, Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 classes, then you are likely to have noticed at least one other adult working there in addition to the class teacher. These hard working adults are there to provide additional support for the children, and at BSB we refer to them as “Teaching Assistants” (TAs); in this article we are going to spend a bit of time thinking about the work of the TAs and the contribution they make to our school.

The TA day begins bright and early. Some start their day by travelling to school on a school bus in order to collect the children who travel by bus, while others travel independently and arrive at 8:00 in order to help get things prepared for the day ahead.

Once the day begins, the TA spends his (yes we now have male TAs!) or her day assisting the class in a variety of ways. This often involves supporting individuals or small groups in subjects like numeracy or literacy in order to help the children further understand the lesson being taught.

The TA also takes much of the responsibility for the class’ development in reading by listening

to the children read and ensuring that they regularly have new books to take home.

If you were to do a survey of every child in the school and ask them what their favourite part of the day is, no doubt many of them would say playtime. Playtime, though, would not be possible if there were no adults to supervise the children, and here again the TAs play a big part as they regularly go outside to ensure that playtimes are safe and happy.

In addition to all of this, the TA helps to prepare the classroom by displaying the children’s work, photocopying activities, and making sure that the class has all the resources that are needed for the class lessons.

Since arriving at BSB over a year ago, I have had the privilege of overseeing the work of the TAs and have had the opportunity to observe the giftedness and commitment of all of them. In this time I have seen what a vital role they play in creating a friendly and hardworking classroom environment and I therefore want to thank them all for their hard work and for being such great people to work with.

Mr Jonathan Moore-Crispin TA co-ordinator & 6U TA

New Primary School Equipment in UseThere are new extraordinary games in the playgrounds of BSB for KS2. There are gigantic dominoes for building giant towers. There is a new game similar to tennis called Swing ball, where a tennis

ball is attached to a rope that is attached to a stick and then it’s a battle to see who can get the ball wrapped around the post. And finally there is an enormous Snakes and Ladders board. Instead of figures, you

are the figures! However, some children are missing after playing this game and people say the snakes ate them!

Igor, 6D

Sara, Ross and Calin building a Domino Tower; looks like it needs some support

Swing Ball is a HIT! Beware of Snakes



Reading at Anthony Frost British Book ShopThis month I was lucky enough to spend my Sunday lunch time doing one of my all time favourite activities; reading to children. Each month the shop asks guest readers to come and read to the children and it was a real pleasure. They were a great audience and I saw lots of familiar faces as well as meeting some some new

ones. We read my favourite picture book, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ as well as another old faithful, “Flat Stanley”, and all the children, myself and Mrs Puddy Wells spent a very pleasant lunch time among some beautiful books.

Ms Naima Hussain, Head of Primary School

Ks1 Star Of The Week Celebrations

Every Thursday in KS1 each class takes it in turn to perform class assemblies to celebrate their work. As well as sharing super work we also reveal the Stars of the Week. Each teacher chooses one student from their own class who deserves special recognition. This may be for super work or for excellent behaviour. It is a great honour to be a Star of the Week as many of the children have already found out. Charles from 2B said “That was great, when do I get to do it again?”

Christina from 1H was thrilled when she was chosen and said “I bet my brother in Year 3 hasn’t got one of these trophies”.

During the Stars of the Week ceremony students are presented with certificates. They sit at the front of the Hall and wear very special satin sashes and fabulous hats for the duration of the assembly. The students have their pictures taken afterwards and this then goes onto our Stars display in the main

hallway of our building. Recognition indeed! Here are some of the Stars of the Week so far....

As well as Star of the Week, we have a Star of the Month. The winner for September was Christina from 1H. Congratulations Christina and you get to keep that fabulous gold trophy! Well done to all our Stars of the Week.

Ms Lindsey Banks, KS1 Coordinator

Andrei, 1H Deniz, 2W Andrei, 1J Karin, 1J Bram, 2B



Primary School House CompetitionKey Stage 1Mures

IsabellaKS1 House Captain

AlexandraKS1 House Vice Captain

Arges

Alexander

KS1 House Captain

LenaKS1 House Vice Captain

Olt

ErinKS1 House Captain

NoahKS1 House Vice Captain

Danube

VictorKS1 House Captain

EthanKS1 House Vice Captain

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Primary School House CompetitionQ.: What on earth are House teams? A.: Well, house teams are four groups that divide the school.

HousesThere are four Houses: Olt, Arges, Danube and Mures. Each house has a house captain and a vice captain. Each house collects house points and are trying to win the Behaviour Cup.

House pointsAll houses try to get house points. You get house points through good behaviour, (you get smiley faces for work) the house with the most house points is named House of the week. A house captain goes all over the school to collect house points for all four houses. When this is finished the house captain counts the house points and rights the total on the total bar. In the assembly the teacher reads out the results. The house that has the highest wins the Behaviour Cup. Winning the Behaviour Cup means your house wins twenty five house points.

House Captains & Vice CaptainsHouse Captains are the captains of the house and there are four in Key Stage 2. The House Captains lead their houses in the House Competition. If the House Captains are sick, on holiday, or on a school trip, the Vice Captains stand in for them. The Vice Captains have the same “power” as the House Captains but can only replace the House Captain when the House Captain is away.

But how do you become a House Captain? It’s easy, you get elected. In the second week of school and you need to be in Year 6

Key Stage 2 Captains and Vice-Captains Students who want to be a house captain have to write a speech. Then, at the Thursday assembly, the houses are divided and send to different classrooms. There, the Year 6 students have the opportunity to address their house before they go out to allow the house to vote. The student with the most votes is named House Captain, the student with the second highest number of votes is named Vice Captain.

House CompetitionsHouse competitions are the competitions created by the house/vice captains. They are three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It works very easily, two house teams play on Monday and the other two play on Wednesday. While the House Captains are playing the other two House Captains referee. On Monday the 13th of October the Basketball competitions started. Egor and the other members of the House leaders plan to include other sports this year, including a junior marathon, rugby, snowman creating for winter, volleyball, field hockey, chess and many more fun activities!

Igor, 6D

Harry, 6U (House Captain)Hi my name is Harry and I am house captain for Mures. I am 10 years old. My hobbies are football, Ps2, golf, rugby, handball and swimming. I have been house captain for a few weeks now and I hope to lead Mures to the top of the board.

Egor, 6D (Vice House Captain)My name is Egor and I come from France, I’m ten years old. I am Vice Captain of Mures, I liked the idea of being Vice Captain before I became one. I like playing on the computer and playing football. I have a brother and a sister, both in Arges. Now, being a vice Captain, I am looking forwards to making Mures the best and beating all the houses at all competitions, especially on Sport day. I hope that all Mures will have fun!

Andrei, 6D (House Captain)Hi my name is Andrei Atanasiu. I am 10 years old and I am House Capitan of Arges. I have a bigger brother and sister, my brother is 14 years old and he is house vice captain of Mures my sister is 25 years old. My hobbies are tennis, karting, football, basket ball, PSP, and cricket. My favourite subjects are P.E., Maths, and German.

Rhea, 6D (Vice House Captain)Hi! My name is Aishwarya Asthana and I am Vice Captain of Arges. I am 10 years old and I come from India. I hope Arges earns lots of house points and wins this year’s best house team! I will do all my best to be a good Vice Captain!! Go Arges!!!

Fillipo, 6U (House Captain)Hello, my name is Filippo, I am 10 years old and I am House Captain of Olt. I come from Italy. To all of you that are in Olt reading this newsletter I encourage you to get the most house points ever!!!!

Tatum, 6D (Vice House Captain)Hi, my name is Tatum Rouf. I am 10 years old and Vice-captain of Olt. I come from England and have a younger sister. I’m going to encourage Olt to earn more house points. I promise to be a great Vice Captain. GO OLT!!

Antonio, 6D (House Captain)My name is Antonio Salameh and I am the house captain of Danube and I come from Syria/Greece I like playing basketball and football I’m 10 ½ and I have 5 dogs and 2 rabbits. I’m also looking forward to beating all the house teams and being the best house captain of Danube (no offence) but I also like playing with friends and Alex the vice captain, but I want you guys to have fun!

Alex, 6D (Vice House Captain)Hi my name is Alex I am 10 years old and I am vice captain of Danube. I come from Romania, I have a brother and I like Lego. I hope that Danube will win and have a good time.

Key Stage 2



House Point Revamp 2008Since the beginning of term, the Secondary House Committee has been busy working on new ideas for the House Point competition. As you all know, house points are given by members of staff in recognition for helping others as well as competing in house activities and sports games during the year.

Once a week the house points are collected and presented in the Assembly on Tuesday. The house that has the most points at the end of the week will now receive a House Cup to indicate they have the most points for that week.

These scores are then collated at the end of the term and whichever house has the most points will have a non-uniform day. At the end of the summer term, the house that has the most points overall will be rewarded with a final treat. Ideas the committee have at the moment include a trip out, a barbeque and many others which are all hush hush at the moment.

The new committee members are Mr Pantella, Mr O’Brien and Mr Perrett.

House Point Chart For September-October 2008

Secondary School House CompetitionMures

Denis, Year 10 House Captain

Hi, my name is Denis Zisman and I’m the House Captain for Mures this year. I’m 15 years old and I’m in Year 10 this year. This is my sixth year at BSB. I’m a friendly person who enjoys playing sports and I believe I am a person you can relay on for almost anything. I like meeting new people and making new friends and think that I am a cool person to hang around with. I enjoying going out on weekends and partying with friends. I think BSB in general is a pleasant place to study, a place where people fit in easily and makes friends quickly as it is a cosy school. This year I hope, and will try my hardest, to lead my house to victory in the House Games Competition. I will participate as much as possible and will try to inspire others to do likewise. I truly believe that the house cup this year will go to Mures!

Tudor, Year 9 Vice House Captain

Arges

Andreea, Year 10

House Captain

Hi, my name is Andreea and I’m the new House Captain for Arges. I’m 14 years old and currently in Year 10. I like playing hockey, swimming, and drawing. I like all kinds of music, from classic to rock, as long as it is good music. I’m a friendly, happy, and a sociable person. I like being surrounded by people and having fun with my friends. I consider myself a team player and last year I found it very interesting to see what a house captain does for and gets from his/her team. Being a house captain is a very interesting job because you have to be there for your house, to help them to get as many points as possible and maybe win.

Susana, Year 12 Vice House Captain

Olt

Nour, Year 12 House Captain

Hi, my name is Nour Chehab and I’m 17 years old. I’m currently in Year 12 and have been at BSB for 4 years now, of which the last three years I have been the house captain for Olt. I think I’m a very friendly person and everyone says I’m really good at helping people with personal issues and giving them advice. I enjoy going out with friends on weekends and having a great time around people. I like going to BSB and this year there’s been great improvements around the school and it made it seems to be more fun and interesting as well as better surroundings in which to learn. This year I can tell that Olt is much more enthusiastic about the competitions and winning every week because of the new changes that happened this year with the house awards. I hope this year we will win because Olt is known for winning in past years at BSB.

Vanesa, Year 7 Vice House Captain

Danube

Polen, Year 7 House Captain

Hi, my name is Polen Turkmen and I’m the new house captain for Danube this year. I’m in Year 7 and I am nearly 12 years old. I come from Turkey. I have been in the British School of Bucharest (and in Danube) for 7 years. I was a house captain last year, when I was in Primary, where I think we really worked together as a team, which is what makes a team successful in my opinion. I hope that we will be successful this year in collecting house points and helping the team to improve because I really want Danube to win at least once in the senior school. I hope we all make a great effort each week.

Maria, Year 10 Vice House Captain



Foundation StageCreche Gafencu

Jakub and Anna Sofia are taking turns choosing different coloured

pegs to put on their boards.

Agata and Jason playing follow the leader while enjoying the warm

autumn weather.

Over the past few weeks, the children have been learning about themselves, their senses, personal hygiene and their likes and dislikes. Some have enjoyed discovering the way things feel, such as a corn flour and water mix, shaving foam, jelly, beans, sand and corn or just play dough. Others spent time in our discovery corner exploring the way cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla smell. Some

children had fun learning about personal hygiene routines at our crèche beauty salon or at our doll’s hospital. The ‘patients’ are washed and groomed at our salon, then sent straight to our hospital where only the children know how to administer medicine and treat our doll patients. Although all of these sensory experiences are great fun, the children all agreed that story time is their favourite part of our day.

Creche Pipera

Lisa, Victoria and Matthew reading books

Ayesha, Evelina and Jonty getting creative with the paints

It has been a busy and exciting first half term in Creche. We have had great fun this term exploring our new classroom and garden. We love our messy area and have been getting very creative, we have been painting with brushes, rollers and our fingers. Outside we love playing in the little houses; you will often find us

pretending to have coffee and cakes. The rocking crocodile is another favourite activity, in which we see just how many children can we fit on him. Most importantly, we have been making new friends and gaining confidence so we are ready for a busy year in creche.

Pre- School C

Pre school C off for a bike ride, but we need to make sure no one is left

behind.

Leaf hunting, Vlad helps Lisa fill her box, but what has Constance found?

Pre- School C have been enjoying their first half term at school. Life is always busy in our classroom, but we have also greatly enjoyed our “adventures” out into the wider school grounds. Sometimes we take the bikes and scooters, we love to drive around the grounds and we always head for the round- about. Some of us are very keen on directing the traffic

and you never see a traffic jam when we are on duty. Some times we pop in to visit Mr Mulvany in the music room, and enjoy an impromptu concert, or travel all the way to crèche to visit our friends there. We are getting very confident about meeting new people and every body at school should watch out as we may be visiting you soon.

Pre-school Gafencu

Sasha painting with his eyes closed. He is imagining the leaves changing colour and falling while

listening to Vivaldi’s Autumn Allegro.

Benjamin demonstrating how he can measure his name with a tape

measure.

This half-term in Preschool students have been learning about themselves. They have been working very hard at recognising their name and the names of their friends. Students explored their likes and dislikes, shared their baby and family photos, as well as their favourite toys and favourite thing to do at school. We talked about our bodies and what different parts

help us to do. We learned about our sense of touch and felt different textures, we used our eyes to see Autumn changes, we explored our sense of hearing by listening to various sounds and guessing what they were, we tasted different fruits, and we smelled different scents. All of the students are looking forward to our next unit, ‘Celebrations’.



Reception GafencuStudents in the Reception class at Gafencu will probably say that their favourite thing to do these days is to build with the big soft blocks in the library. They have made and ridden motorbikes, built and sailed boats, helped each other to make the tallest towers, been extremely respectful

of each others’ constructions, and then had great fun together knocking everything down again. Whilst lots of great learning has been taking place in the classroom, the children have particularly enjoyed learning the ‘Jolly Phonics’ phonemes. This is a system which uses a story,

and a physical activity to help children to use many different sections of their brain to learn letter sounds. We have cracked eggs (‘e’), danced with castanets (‘c’ and ‘k’) and wobbled jelly (‘j’)- all in the name of good solid learning.

▲ “J j j j j jelly” say Sai, Smruti, Meea, Luca, Alice, Francesco and David as they make the jelly wobble and learn using Jolly Phonics.

Pre-school H

Developing independence skills at snack time.

Investigating the paint tools

We have now completed our first term in pre-school, and after a few initial tears all the children have rapidly developed a sense of ownership of their work space. This is most evident when a child shows with great confidence a visiting grandparent or parent around.

In pre-school we have been encouraging the children to

develop their independence skills- maybe some of you have noticed this at home, when, for example, your child insists on pouring their own milk or water. We have also being encouraging them to take responsibility for tidying their toys and resources away when they have finished…has any one noticed this happening at home?

Reception B Visits the Office!

“British School of Bucharest, Isabelle speaking.”

“Hello Ms Deanna, this is Tabi, don’t forget we have a meeting today at 10

o’clock.”

Reception B decided to pay a visit to the office to help the office staff for an afternoon. The children were kept very busy answering phones, preparing mail and working on the computer. Miss Cristiana said she was thankful for the help!

Back in class the children have been busy setting up meetings and giving out their business cards. Some of the children have even started making credit cards so they can pay for their business lunches in our ‘Cozy Café’.

Reception H Students building big!

Tedy is proud of his very tall tower! Kristian, Tedy, and Daniel are working together!

Our construction area is a favourite spot to play in! Over the past weeks we have enjoyed using big wooden blocks to build towers higher than ourselves! We then toppled them over and watched the blocks come crashing down! What great fun! Other children built a long bridge,

spanning our entire carpet, and then used cars to drive on it. Building also helped us with our social skills, as we got to make new friends, learn English (for some of us this is new), share, and take turns. You will hear lots of giggle and laughs from our construction area!



“WAKE UP! NOW!” shrilled a high pitched voice. Henry groaned, and turned over in his very broken bed. He wasn’t going to get up. Too comfy.“Ouch!” Henry suddenly leapt out of bed (because he’d gotten hit by the saucepan.) “That’s what you get when you

don’t answer the wake – up call,” said the maid, and then she left. Henry was an orphan, and lived in an orphanage run by John the boss, who, in the orphans’ opinion, was the wickedest man on earth. You know why? Because when visitors weren’t around, the orphanage turned into a mine shaft. And guess who did all

the building, moving rocks and riding carts through collapsing tunnels? The orphans! Henry reached for his clothes. … All right, rags. He didn’t know how he was able to get out of bed, he thought to himself as he trudged of to the pet house. I forgot to tell you earlier that the orphans were allowed one pet to help

them do their job, like a rabbit to dig you out if you get buried, or a dog to warn you if a cart was coming. As for Henry, he had a jet black (mostly by soot) horse called Nightmare. (Horses were used to pull carts of stones.)

Orphan Mill

Amelia, 3L

Annie was a girl who

liked going on adventures. She was 14 years old and studied special things she found on adventures.

One day Annie was searching for something special to study at her warm house. Soon she couldn’t find anything so she thought she could quickly go home and get a spade and come back to start digging in the forest.Soon she came back with a spade. Then she found a perfect spot and started digging. Soon it was 12 cm long. She kept on digging. Soon it was all hard and she couldn’t dig. She lifted a

hard thing that was hard to carry. Then she saw it was an enormous treasure box. Then she couldn’t hold on any longer and dropped it. Then she ran home and got a cart so she could carry the special treasure home. When she came back she couldn’t find the special treasure, she could only find the long hole. She was just about to go to her warm house when she heard a rustle in the bushes. Then a man came out

with the treasure box and hid behind a tree. Then Annie said “Give me that treasure or I’ll call the police.” The man didn’t give it to her. Annie got so cross.Annie went to the police and told him all about the man and the police went to the forest. Soon he took the evil man to jail. Then Annie got the treasure and a special award, a medal.

The end.

Exceptional Student Writing

Annie on a Treasure Adventure

Idan, 6D

Using powerful imagery in a poem:

My Brother

My brother is a computer. He’s full of useless information. Someone tried to delete information,But he got an electric shock,And now he is in hospital.He’s full of baby games,And likes playing them all,He hates people touching him,Especially when they don’t wash their hands.

Writing an account of an incident in a range of genres:

Mystery

“OH MY GOODNESS!” shouted Egor

while running towards the P.E. hall. “THE TROPHIES ARE MISSING!”All year 5 started running toward the trophy cupboard. Everyone started running all around the school. “Stop!” shouted Andrei. “Look, a… a… a footprint.” Everyone was staring at the footprint for over half an hour, thinking: is it a teacher’s footprint? It was a beautiful day, I was playing with my mini monster truck, when suddenly – BOOOM!!! Something landed on our house. But what - ? I had no time to waste. I dashed into the forest, up a tree, to the top. What happened to my family? Why didn’t they come? What was the thing that

landed on our house? All day long I ate three apples, but always thinking what was that thing, it surely wasn’t human… or was it?

Fear

Fear was walking past a gun shop. He waited outside the door, to push someone down the stairs. He sees a man through the door window buying a shotgun. Fear decides to follow him home. When the man got home, Fear was still following him. The man started to walk up the stairs when suddenly Fear pushed him down the stairs. The man yelled and shot fire

bullets randomly. The fifth bullet hit Fear in the head. Fear fell down in agony and died.

Sarah, 5T



Sarah, 5T

Strange Setting

I went in a rocket. I fell off the rocket. I didn’t know where I was. I saw many bumps on the ground. The ground was rocky. I saw aliens, I think one billion aliens. I was impressed when I saw a man, walking to a castle. I think I was on a planet very close to the sun. I smelled good food. The castle was a jail.

Elad, 3P

I saw everyone was small and I was a giant. There were small houses and so many people around me, like one million. They wore red dresses and had swords and they wanted to take me somewhere. They took me to a lake that was very deep and threw me in it. It was so big that I reached the bottom. There were sharks, crabs, and big fish. I heard a big noise. It was a submarine and it took me on it’s back. It smelt very good like pizza. Some sharks and crabs came. They were so scary.

Liria, 5B

It was pitch black, and there she was, Becki

Ramstone, sitting on her bed,

crossed-legged, and as still as a statue. She couldn’t

sleep. She could hear creaky tiptoes, slithering like a serpent under her bed. She could hear the clock, gently going tick-tock. What if there’s a thief down there? It couldn’t have been Mum or Dad, could it? Maybe there’s a thief down there, and he wants to get Dad’s expensive TV set. Who knows? But Becki had a brilliant idea. She slowly got out of her bed, put her slippers on, and she slipped on a black blanket. She could see her big, tall, black Labrador, sleeping all over the floor. The dog’s name was Alexandra, but Becki called her Alex for short. Becki kept walking. The creaking footsteps stood still, and so did Becki. She looked around: nothing

but dead silence. She ran back to her room, but just as she reached the door, a massive hand pulled her back, and escaped through the chimney. Becki didn’t move in the tall figure’s hand. She just let it happen. The thing ran, and then, slowly, she could see the thing lifting itself with its great wings. Yes, they were floating in the mid air.When they landed, it landed with a great thump. Believe me, it was a massive figure, but it looked like a flying serpent to Becki. It walked into its cage. He put Becki on a table. “What are you?” “A human”, answered Becki. The thing laughed. “What are you?” asked Becki. The thing howled with anger, showing his great big white teeth. “I am a dragon”, he answered. “And your name?” “Rex”, replied the dragon. “Why did you take me away?” “I need a friend to play with”, he answered. “but why don’t you play with all of those other dragons?” “Because they are always eating humans and being mean.” “Well, now you have me, what are you going to do?”

Eldan, 3P

Clara, 3P

My teacher dropped us in a strange place. I can see red trees and pink birds. The floor is red and I see one person only. He has strange ears. Everything is red and so is the person. I move a little forward and I see a sign. It says Mini Mountain, turn

left. I turned left and walked for two hours. I saw another sign with lights. I smell mashed potatoes. I see a little man. He takes me to the swimming pool. I jumped in it and my teacher made me come back.

I want to be a SuperstarI want to explore the world I want to be the smartest girlI want to do a ballerina twirlI want to be a famous earlI want to be a superstarI want to be a superstar

I want to live near the seashoreI want to ride a dinosaurYee Haa I want to be kind for evermoreI want to be a superstarI want to be a superstar

I want to be a dog with furI like it when a cat goes purr.I want to be addressed as Sir- Yes Sir I want to be a superstarI want to be a superstar

I want to be a super cool surferI want to be a scuba diverI want to have my own pet tigerI want to be a lion tamerI want to be a superstarI want to be a superstar

I want to fly to outer spaceI want to win an Olympic raceI want to be a knight with a maceI want to be a flying aceI want to be a superstarI want to be a superstar

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Year 2B

2B students in there new class

Miss Banks and Miss Livia welcomed the new 2B at the beginning of term.

We are now working together as a team and the children know the routines of 2B. What a finely tuned working team we are!!

We have been learning the times tables in Maths. In Literacy we’ve been exploring Traditional Stories. We performed a class assembly

this month to KS1 and some of the classes in KS2. It was a great success and the children made up their own dance routine. All good practice for when it’s a parent assembly and you all get to come in and see us!

In Science, we have been investigating Materials and their Properties - looking at a range of different natural and not-natural materials. We have

experimented with popcorn to see how it changes before and after applying heat.

Thank you once again for all your support - particularly with the wonderful artefacts you all provided for our Topic subject, it was super.

Ms Lyndsey BanksKey Stage 1 Coordinator

Year 1HFrom All Over the World

1H group photos 1H Self-portraits

The children in Year 1 H are from all over the world. Between us we represent 11 different countries! We have much enjoyed learning about these countries, finding out about the ways we are similar, as well as learning about the things we do differently in our native cultures.

We have also been thinking about our lives in Bucharest - the things we like to do and the places we like to go.

It has been a very exciting start to our year together!

Mr Stuart Harrison, Class Teacher

Year 2W

A sample of 2W student work

The children in Year 2 W have been having a lot of fun in Science.

We have been learning about the properties of water as part

of our Science Materials topic. We designed an experiment to show us which methods cause ice to melt the fastest. We have also observed boiling water changing into steam and

then back again to liquid when it cools.

Mr Mark Williams, Class Teacher

Year 1JShow and Tell, Stories, and Self Portraits

1J at work on their self-portraits 1J students enjoying a story

The children in Year 1 J have enjoyed participating in an assembly based on “Show and

tell”; we shared information about favourite things and toys – how we got them, and

what they mean to us. We also enjoyed painting self portraits that we displayed in class - we looked closely to our features and to how they are different and represented them on paper. In science, we have been measuring our hands to see how many cubes we can carry. We have investigated in order to see if there is a link between size and our capacity to hold larger amounts. We

used different strategies to pile up, layer the cubes, so that sometimes smaller hands could carry more. We worked together on a storyboard of “Where the Wild Things Are”. We discussed and wrote about our favourite ways to enjoy stories, based on the book “Amazing Grace”: some of us like to dress up, act stories out, become characters, listen in bed, use puppets or dolls etc.

Ms Helen Jezeph, Class Teacher



Years 3L & 3PRoman Day

To see more pictures of our Roman day please have a look at one of our

blogs:www.3lbsb.edublogs.org,www.3pbsb.edublogs.org

Roman day was on the 8th October and we dressed up as Roman and Celts. We started Roman day by remembering what we have learnt about the Romans. We had a lot of fun on the Roman day.

First we did some Roman literacy. In Roman literacy we read a story called ‘Escape from Pompeii’. Then we did some Roman Maths.

In the afternoon we had a feast of Roman food. We had pancakes with honey, oranges, apples, grapes, marzipan, olives and Glorious Gladiator Cake. It was very tasty. After the feast we made mosaics and some children had a gladiator fight!Here is what some of us thought about the day:

‘I liked dressing up and making the helmets because we used many colours like blue, purple and orange. The colours were very light and good. We dressed up like Romans. I couldn’t believe it. I loved the Roman Day because I

looked like a real Roman.’ (Anda Voicu)

‘I enjoyed the Maths because I liked learning the letters.’ (Ioana Roibu)

‘The Feast was very good and so much! I had a good time.’ (Engin Berberoglu)

‘I liked making the beautiful mosaics because I liked the things we did in teams.’ (Amelia Spackman)

‘In the Roman day I liked making mosaics and fighting with swords because we were in teams.’ (Philip Gogos)

‘We made some spectacular Mosaic. My group made a flower pot mosaic. Other groups made different types of mosaic. We used confetti for tiles.’ (Bridget Calthrop)

Year 3

Year 4HScience: Habitats

Mena and Mariana searching for mini-beast in a flower garden habitat.

Searching for mini-beasts and noticing the apples, which are all

part of the food chain in this habitat.

In year 4 we have been studying animal and plant habitats. We learned that a habitat is a place that provides food and shelter for both plants and animals. For example we investigated the plants and animals living in sea grass beds, tropical rainforests, woodlands and many others.

We also discovered that there are habits all around us at the BSB, so we went outside and had a look. We found mini-beast habitats everywhere under rocks, on leaves, in bushes and up trees.

Tudor, 4H

Year 4KEnthusiastic entomologists examine BSB

Up close and personal. Daniel pauses to record what he has found

Tasos has an eye for detail. Elena and Clotilde contemplate a bugs life.

Year 4’s Science unit has seen the children carefully consider their surroundings. While learning about habitats, the children took some time to explore and find out

about different habitants that share our wonderful garden areas. They found a huge range of insects and mini-beasts and they carefully recorded the results. It was

fun to record the facts and to look closely at the details of the tiny creatures while contemplating the way they behave.



Year 5BAncient Greek Pots

Dilara and Maria making their containers

In our History lessons, we have been learning about the Ancient Greeks and their pottery and we decided to make our own. We used clay and Ms Barclay showed us how to make pots from coils or pinch pots or slab pots. Then we spent the lesson making our own designs. The clay felt quite squidgy and soft and it was fun to get a bit dirty. The best thing about making the pots was to discover

how the clay worked and what we could do with it.

Suparnan and Finn

Doctor in the House!

In our Science Lesson, Ms Barclay dressed as a doctor. She wore a coat from the Science Lab and tied up her hair. Liria was the patient and Ms Barclay showed us how to find her heartbeat using a

stethoscope and how to use a pulse meter. After that, we used stethoscopes and pulse meters to listen to each others’ heartbeats and count the pulses while resting and then after a little bit of exercise. We saw that there were changes. My partner was Joo-Yun. I couldn’t find her heartbeat and we joked that maybe she wasn’t alive! It was a really fun lesson!

Alexandra, 5B

Year 5TLearning about the human body

Raphaela Werner listens to Bianca Lucini’s heartbeat as Miss Catalina

looks on.

Year 5T takes its pulse after running on the spot for 1 minute.

In Science this term we have been looking up how to keep healthy. We have learned about diet, our heart and things that affect our body. We listened to our heartbeats using a stethoscope and learned how to take our pulse rate.

We investigated what effect exercising has on our heart rate. Firstly, we took our resting pulse

rate, and then we exercised for one minute. Immediately after we took our pulse to see how it had been affected by the exercise. Afterwards we took our pulse every two minutes to see how long it would take to return to normal. Later in class we graphed our pulse rates changed.

5T Students

Year 6UDiversity in 6U

A class of many nationalities bridged through one language - English.

Welcome to 6U, which is located on the first floor of the primary building. Our teacher is Miss Ullman and our assistant is Mr. Jonathan. We are a unique class. In our class of fourteen students, thirteen languages are spoken. Also,

out of the fourteen students, only two of us are actually British. Some of the languages spoken are Turkish, Arabic, Serbian, Russian, Hungarian, Urdu, French, Italian, Romanian, and of course English! We have written our class guidelines so that all of the languages are recognized and appreciated, but here at school we speak in English. 6U is also a unique class because six out of the fourteen students are new to the school this year, so we have been spending the first few weeks getting to know each other. Welcome to BSB!

Basil, 6U

Year 6DLiterary Genres

Tatum and Casey (Year 6D) performing their presentation of

literary genres

Year 6 D has been learning about different literary genres and the way they are employed in literary works in order to convey certain meanings.While most of the class chose to display their work as a poster, two students, Casey

Whelan and Tatum Rouf, chose role-play to illustrate their work; in this, Casey interviews a well known author - who highlights the different types of genres and what each features specifically.The students were then read the opening of a story (mystery genre) which ended with: “It has been ten days since this began. Ten days of hell.” After that, students had to write what had happened in those 10 days, as a flashback, continuing the story, but not in the “right” order.



What is CPD?And why is it important?

CPD is an acronym for Continuing Professional Development. It is an integral part of any school program and forms a core basis of the BSB Development Plan. This summer, several of our teachers headed off to England to participate in a variety of training courses. Following is a brief report about three of the teachers.

A Visit to Woodhouse Primary School, EnglandLast year we were visited by the Head and Deputy Head of a leading primary school in the UK called Woodhouse. They spent two days with the staff of BSB working on assessment practices and how to raise achievement by setting targets. The work was very worthwhile and all parties gained a lot.

This summer I visited Woodhouse School myself for two days to work with their Senior Management Team on assessment, target setting and effective use of ICT. This was a wonderful visit for me as I got to meet the students and staff and share knowledge and experience with another school who are working with very similar students to those of BSB. We have also initiated greater links between the two schools and are starting learning projects between the students at BSB and Woodhouse.

EDA Course in Headship Skills, Cambridge, UKDuring July I attended a course with the Education Development Association in Cambridge. On my course were Heads and Deputy Heads from independent schools from locations as diverse as Bermuda, Luxemburg and Kenya. This was a wonderful opportunity to share good practice and learn new skills with many professionals in the field of education. During this 5 day course our group of 12 delegates discussed a wide range of issues connected to managing international schools and we all learned a lot from each other. Our course leader Polly Patrick was a very experienced Head teacher from the UK and she

provided us with a wide variety of advice and training directly from the UK government. For me this was a very valuable experience and I gained a lot of useful knowledge and contacts with people in a similar position to myself.


Key Stage Management Training

In the Summer I attended a week long residential course at Cambridge University. Throughout the week Ms Lindsey Banks and I attended seminars and tutorial sessions covering a variety of topics relating to our new appointments as Key Stage Coordinators.

The course was very interesting, providing us with some excellent background information about our new positions. We covered a variety of subjects, including how to be an effective manager, how to carry out an observation and to co-coordinate staff effectively.

The course was run by a current head teacher from London and drew on the expertise of other head teachers also. There were 24 other teachers from various international schools also attending.

By the end of the course I think we had all gained a real insight into the new roles that awaited us; the course also gave us an important opportunity to discuss with other teachers issues relating to teaching in general and international schools. It certainly was a very busy week, but also a very satisfying week, and one we were very happy to have had the opportunity to be apart of.

Mr Patrick Kennedy, Key Stage 2 Coordinator



The Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) On September 25th we were present at an MDG meeting to discuss MDGs, which are for PEOPLE like you am me. MDGs are guidelines to improve life by preserving humanity, by eradicating preventable diseases, by providing opportunities for those that don’t have it, and by trying to form coalitions dedicated to strengthening human relations, equality and democracy.

The MDGs provide concrete markers and goals for improvement. As each goal becomes closer to being met, momentum builds and more people are able to help in some way. More people are aware of how to help; thus, they help themselves, others and humanity through small personal steps.

These personal steps in turn become local goals, local goals develop into national goals, and and national goals spread into international awareness. Awareness of these MDGs is integral to the success that humanity desperately needs. Education is

needed and helping humanity by addressing the MDGs step by step, person to person, community to community, nation to nation and eventually globally will render humans triumphant over our current woes.

The UN, Britain and Romania have been making asserted efforts to achieve these goals by 2015. We have 7.5 years left to do our part in reaching these targets. What role do you play in making these goals a reality? Go to: http://www.undp.org/mdg/ to find out more about the MDGs and, what YOU can do to help HUMANITY.

There are eight goals in total. Some of the main goals include making sure every child gets an education, decreasing the child mortality rate, fighting for woman’s equality, and combating HIV and AIDS.

Louisa, Year 9

My Day at the MDG ConferenceThe meeting started at 10 am. Some people present were: students, the British ambassador Mr. Robin Barnett, UNDP representative Mr. Jan Sorensen, people who are part of non-governmental societies which help these goals come true, people that did some work with the eight goals and other people that had something to say about this situation.

First we were all introduced to the eight goals and Mr. Barnett gave a small speech in Romanian, which was very impressive. This lasted around 20 minutes. Then we were given a puzzle which we had to do in 10 minutes, a task in which we failed. This was followed by the most interesting part of the workshop. It was a debate. People gave their opinion about the eight goals. The people that did some work on the subject had the opportunity of talking about it. The debate lasted around 40 minutes.

During the debate the goals that were most talked about were education, maternal health and reducing child mortality rate. The debate at one point derived from Romania and went on to the problems in Africa. It was more like a comparison between Africa, Romania and the whole world. They all agreed that Romania isn’t such a poor country after all and that it has a very strong educational system.

At the end Mr. Murchison finally got the chance to talk and said that for these goals to be achieved everyone should be aware of the problems. After the debate prizes were awarded for the people who worked towards the eight goals. The winner came from Iasi and he came up with the idea of making people aware of problems by using mobile phones. At the end we were all invited to have something to drink and eat some cookies. We talked to the British ambassador and people that were present.

After that was done all three of us went to finish the puzzle, as leaving it undone might be a bad omen. We then got the chance to see the British Council library. It is more towards high school and university. It has a great deal on business. However it also contains DVD’s, magazines, some history books, teacher English books and has a small section on fiction books. That was the end of our visit at the British Council. Afterwards we went and ate and talked about what we have learned. Then we got picked up and the day ended.

For me this visit was very interesting. I learned a lot of new things and I was introduced to these eight goals. Personally I think that 2015 is too soon, however these goals can be achieved. With time, patience and the involvement of everyone these goals will be eventually achieved.

Alexandra, Year 10

Alexandra and Louisa with Mr Robin Barnett HM Ambassador to Romania



Bucharest International Schools’ ForumAt the invite of the new AISB Director David Ottaviano, Bucharest’s international Heads of School met last month to discuss the possibility of coming together for various events. Sports events were highlighted as a priority, but it was also discussed that various Arts and Drama opportunities would be good occasions to come together. To seize the opportunity to start fixtures for our students Ms Kemp, Head of our PE Department has already set up a meeting for all of Bucharest’s international schools’ PE teachers and hopefully this will be the beginning of many productive links.International school principals meeting to discuss key issues

Adult Classes underwayIn response to a high level of parent interest, a range of Adult classes are now being offered at BSB. Classes on offer in the term ahead include:

ArtFollowing on from last years success, the Art Department is offering a new course in Art and Design, exploring painting and drawing through a variety of materials and based on the topic Still Life.

· Thursday: - 9.00 am-11.30am (Coffee break 10.00-10.30) - 12.00 am-3.00am (Coffee break 1.30-2.00)· 12 places available· 700 lei per term (including all materials)

For further information contact Barbara Lavery [email protected]

Romanian for BeginnersBy the end of the course you will be able to:

• Understand basic Romanian words and phrases• Speak in simple phrases and have basic conversations in Romanian• Have some knowledge about Romania and its history and culture

· Starting Monday, 13.45-14.45 pm · 12 places available· Classes will be 6 euro per session

For further information contact Mrs Ana Maria Marin [email protected]

English classesEnglish classes are offered at 4 levels:• Beginner• Pre-intermediate • Intermediate• Upper intermediate/Advanced

· Each level will have 1 lesson per week: please contact the office for dates· 12 places available per level· Cost: 8 euro per session

For further information contact Mr Kendall Peet [email protected]

Pilates fitness classesA system of exercises using special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and posture, and enhance mental awareness.

· Teacher: Mr. Atanasiu· Contact the office for details.· Cost: 33 Ron per class

If you would like to attend any of these courses in the following term, please contact the office by phone 021 2678919 or email ([email protected]), and they will be able to confirm your place and give you further details- please note that spaces are strictly limited, so enroll early to avoid disappointment. These classes are open to friends in the community, if you wish to be accompanied by someone who is not a British School parent. There are plans to extend adult classes to include foreign languages and a variety of other courses.

Mr Ellis teaching the Advanced Adult English class

on Tuesday, from 2.10-3pm

Adult Art classes run Thursday, 9.30-11.30am

or 12.00-3.00pm

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