{"id":7768,"date":"2021-05-28T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T08:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/?page_id=7768"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:13:50","slug":"issue-266","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/uncategorized\/issue-266\/","title":{"rendered":"IGBIS Newsletter, Issue 266."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Message From the Head of School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
From the Secondary School Principal<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Chinese Parents Workshop<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
IGBIS x KUKRI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Message From the Head of School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anne Fowles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that your week is going well and that you are all keeping safe and healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the daily COVID number continuing to increase at new highs, we are feeling less hopeful that we might return to face to face learning before the end of the school year. That being the case, we are working on alternative plans to get all of the end of year events completed and resources returned to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grade 5 transition to Grade 6 began virtually this week. Our students\u2019 resilience and positive mindsets again came to the fore. Meanwhile, our teachers are doing an exceptional job in difficult circumstances with most of them working from home again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been some good news since our Virtual Open Day on Saturday – the Ministry of Education and Immigration Department have both agreed to student visas being processed again. All student visas were halted over 12 months ago, so this will be heartening news for the families who have been waiting outside of Malaysia\u2019s borders this past year. Let\u2019s look forward to more of our families being allowed to return to Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a good weekend ahead …and stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Sandy van Nooten<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just two weeks to go –  <\/strong>I can\u2019t actually believe that we have only 8 school days left of this crazy, challenging, rollercoaster of a year. We have all but resigned ourselves to finishing the year online (sniff).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that students are doing a lot of assessments, teachers are doing a lot of grading\u2026 so the 8-day countdown will be music to many sets of ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you\u2019re no doubt aware, our Gr.12 students were part-way through their IB exams when we had a close call with Covid. All students had to move from exam-route to non-exam-route for several of their subjects. I\u2019m sure that was a silver lining for some, while others were looking forward to performing well on their exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were able to get Gr.10 through their MYP e-assessments without a hitch. Huge thanks to our two intrepid IB coordinators who have worked incredibly hard to lead our students through this difficult time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome, Gr. 5 <\/strong>– Yesterday, we held a virtual transition day for Gr.5 students. We really enjoyed meeting these curious, creative students and we\u2019re looking forward to them joining secondary in August. A reminder to Gr.5 parents about the MYP information session next Tuesday 1st Dec from 8:15 to 9:15. Here\u2019s a photo of them at the start of the day. They couldn\u2019t believe we started so early \ud83d\ude42
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Goodbye and good luck<\/strong> – One of the hardest parts of being in an International school is having to say goodbye to teachers and students when they have to leave us. This year, we are saying goodbye to 5 amazing teachers in Secondary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n