THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AZERBAIJAN Mid-term Roundup

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PE & PTA
TISA Times
From the Athletics Department
The football and volleyball seasons
are in full swing and the crosscountry
season has just finished!
The boys’ junior and senior
football teams participated in a
set of friendly matches with the
British School of Baku recently and
it proved to be a great learning
experience for both schools. They
are looking forward to more
matches in preparation for the
upcoming tournaments.
After an unfortunate
postponement of the cross-country
event in Tbilisi some Baku schools
decided to host it here in Baku
instead. So on October 13 th at the
Baku Botanical Gardens the
runners (P7-M1) enjoyed the
morning in the sun while pushing
themselves to their personal best!
Coming up November 1-3 our
Junior and Senior football and
volleyball teams will be
participating in a
mini tournament to prepare
themselves for the SRAA event
which will happen November 15-
17. Please come out for both
events and support your TITANS!
Of course we will need some
help with the events so they are
the great experience of the
students, look for a future email
for a list of helpful duties from
Mr. Buczkowski.
Basketball is scheduled to start
in late November; the schedule
of trainings days will alter
accordingly. Once the coaching
positions are settled there will
be a final schedule put out.
GoooTitans!!!
Mr. Buczkowski
Head of PE
From the PTA
PTA IN OCTOBER – email
pta@tisa.az
This month has seen PTA active at
all levels within TISA, with events
ranging from a well-organized
Careers Fair in Secondary, and the
latest ‘Worker Bee’ get-together
in ELC, along with our regular
round of grade level gettogethers,
technology themed
coffee mornings and roundtable
meetings.
Special thanks to Secondary Rep
Pauline Totterdell for providing
PTA support in co-ordinating a
wide variety of guest speakers for
the Careers Fair, including a pilot,
nurse, executive chef,
ambassador, marine engineer,
structural geologist, artist, and
building construction/engineer. A
great day was enjoyed by all, with
plenty of food for thought for
future careers of TISA students.
Over at the ELC, Anna Lewis, Cee
Gibson and Cortney McClellan
worked to bring together creative
ideas for a new-look foyer area.
Over a productive Saturday
morning, toys were cleaned, walls
were painted….and a shoal of sea
creatures arrived to ‘wow’ P1 and
P2! PTA would also like to thank
the CAS students for their
considerable efforts in providing
childcare for our little ones while
we worked, and also for providing
some serious muscle in the outside
areas, where last year’s fruits
were cleared to make way for new
planting projects. We’ll continue
to add and develop new projects
in and around the ELC, so there
remains plenty of opportunity to
lend a hand.
Our next major event was just
ahead of the school break, with
the PTA’s Annual General Meeting
(AGM) on Wednesday 17 October.
Many parents attended and
contributed to an important
debate around how PTA money is
spent.
Basketball Team
Working Bee in the ELC