November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

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Jeans for Genes
Mures getting down to business;
decorating jeans to help others!
On 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
Year 10
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
Mures wins the contest
for the most creative jeans!
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
Primary Student Council
& the new Senior School Student Council
Primary 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
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