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D A T E S O F I N T E R E S T

For school events calendar for thewhole termsee last page!

P Y P N E W S L E T T E R

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Students,This month, I would like to share with you two great

events on the schools calendar: the MYP Personal

project and the PYP Exhibition. Both celebrations are

unique opportunities for the students to demonstratetheir understanding of the inquiry process and ele-

ments of each program.

On Wednesday evening, March 21, the MYP PersonalProject was celebrated with parents and friends. It

was wonderful to see the range of investigated topics,

the smiles of the students and how proud the parents

were of their child. I mentioned that it would be oneevent the students would remember in their lives and

one that leads them onto the next stage of academic

life- Years 11 &12.On April 4th, the PYP Exhibition will be held and

expectations are building. Unlike the Personal Project

this one is a group project, a big ask of grade 5students. But each year they impress with their dedi-

cation and enthusiasm during the inquiry process. I

look forward to being a part of that and I wish them

all the best.

In this edition of the newsletter, you will be able to

read a message from Mark Mayer, our former princi-

pal. It was great to hear from him, we thank him for

his contribution to our school and we wish him and

his family all the best for the future.

Apri l 2012

PYP Exhibition

4th AprilExcitement is mounting as PYP 5

prepare for their exhibition

The big idea has been:

Communities are affected byeconomic activity!

Below we see two of the groupswho set up a mini-market

outside of Haga Bio onLinnegarten. The moneycollected went to Heifer

International Charity

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Letter from Mark Mayer,

Dear Parents, Students, Teachers and staff at ISGR,Its a pleasure to have this opportunity to connect with all of you after an eventful 9 months here in Cana-

da. As most of you are aware, Charmedie gave birth to our son Elijiah on November 21st. Elijiahs arrival

has brought a tremendous amount of joy to our lives as well as to our family and friends. Today he is a

whopping 15bs 9 ounces and there is no sign of him slowing down in his growth. He smiles at us all the

time now and we feel truly blessed to have such a healthy, happy baby boy. Sadly my father passed away a month after Elijiah was born. We are at peace with his passing as Elijiah

bears his middle name, and the strong character of my dad. I had a good opportunity to spend time with

him this past fall, which meant a great deal to me.As you may have already heard we have decided to make our move to Canada permanent, resulting in my

resignation as Principal of ISGR. We both have fond memories of our time in Sweden and miss the many

friends and colleagues we had the pleasure to spend time with. We will always remember the Swedish

generosity we experienced and are thankful to this day for the support we received when first arriving to

the country. There are too many people to personally thank in this letter, but I would like to recognize thewarmth I received from the entire Teaching and Administrative staff of ISGR. To the entire community, I wish you all the success and happiness as you continue your learning path at

ISGR and beyond.My kindest regards to you all,Mark

Green Flag Assembly Friday 30thMarch!

The Green Flag representatives were part ofthe assembly to raise awareness of how wecan look after our environment!Our goal as a school is to do More recycling! More composting! Use less electricity! Use less paper!We were also encouraged to take part inEarth Hour on Saturday 31st March!

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Guldheden Library 2011A new website for the Library:

http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/

Our librarian Rouhia Lotfkah hascreated this website as a resource

for our students.Library opening hours

Monday 8.30 -3.30 pmTuesday 8.30 -3.30pm Plans for August 2012!

A letter should have come home with your child asking

what your plans are for the forthcoming school year.

Please complete this as soon possible and return this to theclass teacher/advisor as this will help us with our planning

for the new school year.

Iona Sadler

Development and Assessment Manager

Choir preparing for the Spring Show!Choir is starting up again! It takes place onWednesdays in the Music room at 12.40 - 1.15New members are welcome to join and old mem-bers welcome back! We will be working on somesongs for the Spring Show!Welcome!Emily

Choir teacher

Lilla Gteborgsvarvet

"If you haven't already, it's now time toregister your child for Lilla

Gteborgsvarvet that takes place onSunday the 13th of May in Slottsskogen.

The last date to register is on the 31st ofMarch. You can register and find all the

info you might need onwww.goteborgsvarvet.se. To get a

chance to get an ISGR shirt to run in,please send an email to

peter.sjoberg@isgr.sewhen you haveregistered."

Peter Sjberg

What is it?

Lilla GteborgsVarvet / Kids race isSweden's largest running event for kids.The next race will be the 24th since 1989.

The course is located in Slottsskogen andthe finish at the classic athletics arenaSlottskogsvallen.

There will be a total of around 12,000children registered to the kids races (up to19 years old).

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Calendar for the Spring term 2012

Council of International Schools 5 Year Visit!3rd 5th April 2012

Dr Lesley Stagg and Katja Valentino will visit our school at the beginning of April to see how well we have addressed the

recommendations that they made for school improvement in their last report. During their visit they will be looking at all

aspects of our school and talking to the committees for each of the sections. In addition to Curriculum they will look at

Philosophy and Objectives, Governance and Management, Staff, Student Services, Resources and Student and Community Life.

Week

number

Dates School Event

2 January 10th School starts

5 January 30th, 31st, February 1st PYP Evaluation Visit

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February 2nd

Ice Skating Day at Rudalen

7 February 13th 17th Sports Week school holiday

9 & 10 February 27th March 9th Reading Weeks

9 March 2nd Parent Meeting with the Board (See below!)

11 March 12th In service day No school

12 March 21st Student and Teacher Developmental Talks day No regular school day

14 April 3rd, 4th, 5th CIS Evaluation Visit

14 April 4th PYP Exhibition

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April 6th

Bank Holiday

15 April 9th 13th Easter Holiday

18 April 30th, May 1st School Holiday ( May 1st is a public holiday)

19 May 7th Spring Show Gtaberg

19 May 8th Art Exhibition Guldheden

19 May 10th Spring Show Guldheden

20 May 17th, 18th School Holiday (May17th is a public holiday)

23 June 6th School Holiday and public holiday

24 June 15th Last day of school