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Message from the Head of School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
News from Secondary School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
News from Elementary School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Oxbridge Engineering Workshop @ KTJ<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elementary Chinese News<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Book Week<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
KLISS Primary Athletics Competition<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Message from the Head of School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dear IGBIS Parents and Community Members,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Day and 5 Year Celebration on March 16<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We are looking forward to seeing all of our community together this Saturday for International Day and our 5 Year Celebration. It is such an important day in the life of the school that we have included it as one of our school days this year! Please arrive in plenty of time to join in the creation of the Number 5 with all the school community at 9am, this will be followed by the opening ceremony.
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KLISS Elementary School Athletics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Congratulations to our Elementary School students that took part in the KLISS athletics day hosted by IGBIS this Wednesday. Eight schools attended the event. A huge thank you to all of our PHE staff and other teachers who helped on the day, in particular Ms Ruth Spracklen who coordinated the event. We also appreciated the support from parents who came to cheer along their children and others in the IGBIS team.
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Book Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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We hope that you have all enjoyed Book Week and also the opportunity to buy books for your children. These will be available during International Day as well. Thank you Ms Kerri Chan (school librarian) for organising the book fair and all the events this week.
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Mrs Anne Fowles | Head of School<\/em><\/strong>
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News from  Secondary School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dear Parents\/Guardians,
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We approached the end of Spirit Week with another fine assembly by Student Council on Thursday. Many students and staff joined in on the themed days to make for a fun and entertaining week, as we now prepare for International Day and the 5 year anniversary. A real highlight of the assembly were presentations on the recent and upcoming student-led initiatives (many of which I mentioned in last week’s newsletter), which parents will see this Saturday. Also of particular interest during the assembly was the data collected and shared by Student Council about our recent timetable changes and the perceptions of students and staff about the change. Members of the Student Council executive team have been involved in the analysis and discussion of the changes, as we reflect on its strengths and limitations, and think about how it can be improved for the future.
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This Saturday we will celebrate the diversity of the IGBIS community in what is shaping up to be our best International Day yet, as we celebrate the important milestone of the first five years. I hope to see all of our families on the day, enjoying the celebrations of culture and each other’s company.  
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Looking forward we will continue to have major upcoming events on the secondary school calendar. This Monday, March 18th we will be sending off 37 secondary students to participate in KLISS athletics. Students have recently completed units in PHE on athletics so this competition should be a great opportunity to see their development. This upcoming Thursday March 21st is our annual DP Art Exhibition. This is a fantastic event filled with the appreciation of art pieces produced by our senior students, along with musical performances as well. I highly encourage parents to attend – it will begin at 6:30 pm. On the weekend, March 22-24 is EosMUN, hosted at IGBIS. Our MUN (Model United Nations) conference is a great opportunity for students to take the first step in joining the MUN community, through which they will develop a strong and varied set of skills that will serve them well in the future. Sign ups are still open.
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Looking further ahead there will be a meeting for interested students and parents for our next service trip to Nepal. Planning for this trip has begun in earnest, and the trip organisers are ready with a call for participants. If interested, please attend the meeting on March 26th at 3pm.
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Sincerely yours,
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Michael Arcidiacono |Secondary School Principal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News from Elementary School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I can hardly catch my breath from the multitude of activities that have been happening this week. The book week that has been organised by Ms. Chan and supported by the whole of the school has been a wonderful advert for encouraging students to read and enjoy books. The community has really come together with so many people from all over the school reading to students. Some of these books have had an \u2018international\/cultural\u2019 theme to them and the library has been a hub for this. Wednesday\u2019s Pajama Day at lunchtime encouraged students to \u2018cozy up with a good book\u2019 and it culminated in the classrooms with hot chocolate and a cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The book character day as always was well supported with some fabulous costumes being worn and the fashion parade was a great way to showcase book characters and the books they are in.
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This year we also had our very first \u2019book fair\u2019 which was an easy way to bolster people\u2019s book collections at home. The variety of books catered to every age, with fiction, non fiction, graphic novels, early readers, picture books and collections on offer.
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On Wednesday 13th March we hosted the KLISS Elementary Track and Field meet. Over 500 students from nine schools took part on a hot and sticky day! There was a lot of laughter, fun and hard work with many students achieving personal best times and distances. There were a number of medallists and our overall placing of fifth was very credible. Whilst we were hosting and another school was \u2018running\u2019 the event, the team of IGBIS staff and support staff made a huge difference to enable it to be a success.
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What was great after the event was a group of Grade 4 students who took it upon themselves to take action and facilitate a further clean up of the grandstand area by ensuring all of the plastic was placed in the correct bins. Thank you to Kai Zhi, Alfred and Hariz for initiating this.
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Amongst all of this, as I was walking around the school, I noticed that something had changed in the Grade 2 learning lounge. This area is undergoing transformation and I have a feeling it has something to do with plants, and camping, no doubt a response to the \u2018Sharing the Planet\u2019 unit they are engaged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On weeks like this success can only be achieved by everyone working together as part of a team. There are far too many people to thank individually, but I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all those who have supported and made this week an enjoyable experience for our students: without you these kinds of weeks cannot happen.
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We are looking forward to International Day and our 5 Year anniversary celebrations where I am sure there will be more fun and laughter.
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Dates for your diaries<\/strong>
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