“Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much.”Helen Keller

13th May 2020

The Roar

Dear Parents

Last week was Book Week and we hope the students enjoyed delving into books as part of their lessons and in their free time. We received some fantastic photographs of book characters, book faces and reading in different places. Congratulations to Nivedita from Year 6J and Fedra from Year 5G who were the winners of the Guess the Teacher competition with 18 guesses correct each. Don’t put books down just because book week has finished though - keep reading for pleasure!

REMINDER: FRIDAY SINGINIG

Friday Singing - Please don’t forget to join in with our Friday singing. Take a video of you and your children singing along and dancing to the

song and send it to Ms. Stacy. These are then showcased on our social media. This week’s

song is Tiger Feet.

MAY

‣ 15th - virtual Sports Day for years F1 to Year 4 ‣ 15th - Friday Community Song & Dance Tiger Feet

‣ 25th-29th - GL Progress tests week (Primary)

‣ 25th-29th - Year 10 virtual Summer Exams

‣ 25th-29th - Primary Outdoor Learning and Health & Fitness week

‣ 26th - no online school for national holiday

Independence Day

JUNE

‣ 1st-5th - KS3 GL Progress tests week

‣ 8th-12th - Camping Adventure Week (Primary)

‣ 15th-19th - Entrepreneurship Week (Primary)

‣ 19th - End of Year Reports published ‣ 22nd & 23rd - Online parent-teacher conferences ‣ 24th - virtual Sports Day for Y5 to 12 ‣ 26th - End of School Year

At the present time, there are a number of stresses and negative impacts on our

well-being and mental health. Please follow this link to primary student-

centred support materials.

Last Friday in Primary students were awarded certificates for Cooperation, one of the BIST Learning Goals. Unfortunately, we can’t have assemblies at the moment where we hand out the certificates. We have listed the names below of last week’s winners.

Book Week Certificate Winners

Foundation 1 Ravid Foundation 2 Lekso, Lidar, Michaela, Rezija, Ruslan, Shaun Year 1 Anna Sofia, Karolina, Yui Year 2C Lev, Roland, Yilin Year 2G Eszter, Kian Year 3D Ekrem, Maria Year 3A Austin, Emma, Yerbolat Year 4JM Bella, Vy Year 4JL Adiba, Karla Year 5G Fedra, Giorgi, Manami Year 5R Erekle, Giga, Kiarash, Nathanne, Otto, Yunwoo Year 6S Anna Sofia, Fynn, Sofia J Year 6J Hadia, Rukhsora

UN SDG 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

Our weekly focus on one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals continues. There are optional

activities for the children to do. What I would like to ask parents to make mandatory is a discussion at home each week about the particular goal. This

week’s goal is #7 Affordable and Clean Energy. Information about it can be found here and here. Thank you to Yeppi (Y5) and Leni (Y6) who have

sent in excellent posters from last week’s SDG on clean water.

Mr. Hammond and Mr. Start are right on track to meet

(and even exceed their goal) of running 600km combined during the month of May. Including this week’s runs, Mr. Start has covered 179km and Mr.

Hammond 117.8km! You can support their efforts by donating non-perishable food items to Caritas Georgia. Donations will be received at the main entrance at our

school during normal working hours - 9.00am to 5.00pm for the entire month of May. Students, parents and staff are also encouraged to join

the challenge by sharing their runs, walks, hikes and even cycling trips! Please send photographs of your efforts to Ms. Tatiana for our social media.