{"id":376,"date":"2022-03-07T03:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/?p=376"},"modified":"2022-10-05T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T07:16:21","slug":"ibgis-newsletter-issue-274","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/newsletters\/ibgis-newsletter-issue-274\/","title":{"rendered":"IBGIS Newsletter, Issue 274."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Message from the HoS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
From the ES Principal<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
5th Annual Week of Play<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Toddle Teachers Weekly<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Optimistic October<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Calling all PHOENIX!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
September Movie Madness Results!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Message from the Head of School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jason McBride, Head of School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear IGBIS Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we start to see a more manageable future in terms of COVID-19’s impact across Malaysia, we are interested in gathering our community’s input on December break travel planning under different scenarios. While we are desperate to bring our students and staff back to campus as quickly as possible (with MOE approval) and remain face-to-face as much as possible, we also want to balance the needs of our families who may not have been able to see family and friends for some time, especially if that means overseas travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching and learning are an absolute priority for us, but our community’s mental, social and emotional wellbeing is critically important as well so we will be sending a survey out on Monday, 4 October 2021, to help us, help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With thanks,
Jason McBride, Head of School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the Elementary School Principal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Simon Millward, Elementary School Principal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been great welcoming our youngest learners back to school this week Fireflies, Early Years and KG. The smiles, the laughter, the chat and the learning has been wonderful to see. Let\u2019s hope that it won\u2019t be long until all of our students are back in school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I am dropping into physical classes, distance learning ‘live’ sessions, distance learning recordings or watching assembly items I am always struck by the fact that there are really great learning opportunities happening across all grade levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I would like to focus on the ES virtual assembly. We have structured our assemblies around sharing\/celebrating learning and activities that students can engage within the assembly itself or even afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G2\u2019s kicked off our assembly to share their scavenger hunt around the house. They had to find lots of things like something living, something non-living, something round, something wet and many more. What do you think the categories were for the pictures below?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms Elli our visual arts teacher shared an activity that the students could engage with \u2018blind drawing\u2019. She demonstrated in the assembly and challenged our students to try it. Why don\u2019t you have a go?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you think Ms Elli did blind drawing a car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Grade 4 students have been considering in their \u2018Who we Are\u2019 unit what beliefs and values are. They have embarked on inquiring into the central idea, \u2018People\u2019s beliefs and values influence their actions\u2019. They shared some of their discoveries with us that were inspired by the books they have been reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whether we are at home or at school it is always good to keep moving and in our assembly this week it was a throwback to the 1980s as the students could get up and move to the music of Rick Astley and \u2018Never Gonna Give You Up\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As we all know there are times in our lives and in our learning that we face challenging tasks and sometimes we make mistakes. However, these are the times when we learn the most. We were reminded of this as the poster \u2018Growth Mindset: statements and affirmations\u2019 by Big Life Journal were shared- some wise words for all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for a slot to speak with homeroom teachers and single-subject teachers for our 3 way and Parent-Teacher conferences Friday 8th<\/sup> October, 8.30 am – 4.30 pm. There is still time to sign up on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To book the conferences you can click on the following website link. Elementary Booking<\/a>  If you do experience any difficulty please contact Ms Ruba, the Elementary Secretary rubavathy.bojan@igbis.edu.my<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: It is super important that you copy and paste your correct school email address <\/strong>when you make each booking. If there is a typo in your email address, you will not receive your calendar invite\/booking confirmation with your Google Meet link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates For Your Diaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n