November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

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Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro Editor’s Note Mr Kendall Peet, BSB Newsblast Lifer 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 BSB Charity Update 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 This 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 The British School of Bucharest Magazine 2
Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro Principal’s Report Jo Puddy Wells Principal The Front Desk If 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 Manager Email: office@britishschool.ro Tel: 021 267 8919 Fax: 021 267 8969 Cristiana Patru or Adina Suciu Email: office@britishschool.ro Mob: 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 The British School of Bucharest Magazine 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 principal@britishschool.ro 3
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