November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

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Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro BSB Physical Education Harry 6U, Mohammad, Cezar, and Hristos 6D, and Mr Anthony O’Brien with our gold contenders Hristos showing us his super pull shot! On 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. 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 The British School of Bucharest Magazine 18
Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro 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 Education with Citizenship / Healthy Schools Committee Year 9 girls discussing balanced diets in class. 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 Gafencu Sports Day On 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 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! 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) Maria Selina and Karl Mario Lara, Luca, Patrick and Alexandru taking a break. Luca, Tudor, Reis, and Darius waiting for their activity to start The British School of Bucharest Magazine 19
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