{"id":4086,"date":"2019-05-10T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T02:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/?page_id=4086"},"modified":"2022-10-19T09:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:10:45","slug":"issue-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/uncategorized\/issue-191\/","title":{"rendered":"IGBIS Newsletter | Issue 191"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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
Notice About Ramadan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Novel Knockout<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Viper Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Butoh Theatre Workshop<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Flyers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Message from the Head of School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear IGBIS Parents and Guardians,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I neglected to mention the school Duathlon and the Kuala Lumpur International Schools Sports (KLISS) Swimming Carnival, both of which were hosted at IGBIS last week. A large proportion of our students of all ages took part in the Duathlon testing their endurance in the swim and run, many of the same students went on to compete in the KLISS Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to those who gained places at KLISS or added points to their House in the Duathlon. Thanks are extended to our all of our PE team, in particular Ms Spracklan and Mr Lovesy for organising and running the events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our school board have been busy this week with subcommittees for Facilities, Marketing and Finance-Budget all meeting during the week and planning for the months ahead. As mentioned in my newsletter two weeks back, the board have taken the bold move of freezing the school fees for next year. We do hope that this goes a long way to assist our families and to recognise their commitment to the school.  We have made amazing progress these last five years and we are at the tipping point of having another spurt in enrolment in the year ahead. Some of our classes are full and we are making decisions about which grade levels will have a third class open in 2019-20 and which we will cap. It is very important that all parents complete the re-enrolment survey this week so that we have a complete set of data on which to make decisions. We don\u2019t want any of our current families to lose their place, so please do complete the survey by Sunday May 12th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Anne Fowles<\/strong>
Head of School<\/strong><\/em>
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News from Secondary School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear parents,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade 5 students took another step in their transition on Friday with their visit to the secondary school, as well as a chance to participate in a house competition at lunch time. They talked about their hopes and fears, toured the secondary hallways, and made connections with the current Grade 6 students. They will continue the process in a few weeks time with a second visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week also saw a visit from a practitioner of Butoh (Japanese Theatre), who conducted a workshop for our Grade 11 Theatre students. This was a great experience for them and was very well received by the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday we kicked off a series of fun house competitions, that will take us through to the end of the year. As we work our way through the exams in the month of May and draw closer to the end of the school year, I will be sharing more details with parents about the end of year events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on Friday we hosted the last Kopitiam of the year; thank you to the large group of parents for coming out. Next week will see the beginning of the MYP exams as well as the PYP\/MYP Arts Exhibition on Friday May 17th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Arcidiacono<\/strong>
Secondary School Principal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News from Elementary School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the final year of the PYP programme our Grade 5 students are expected to show their understanding about all of the elements of the PYP. One of those elements is \u2018Action\u2019. The idea that students as a result of their learning take action for the betterment of themselves, others or the world near and far.
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This year as a part of the IB PYP Exhibition our students really developed their understanding and actions around this PYP element. One student submitted a proposal to me for my consideration about implementing Zero Waste days in school. After some discussion with the Elementary Leadership team we decided that we would like to honour and trial this idea as we saw value in it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week on Wednesday 15th May we will have our first \u2018Zero Waste Wednesday!\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea behind this is that we try and create zero waste in the day. So that means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n