{"id":8874,"date":"2021-11-26T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T03:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/?page_id=8874"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:16:35","slug":"issue-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/uncategorized\/issue-281\/","title":{"rendered":"IGBIS Newsletter, Issue 281"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Message From the Head of School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
ES News<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
SS News<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
IGBISCC Post Conference<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Strengthening Self Management Skills…<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Contribute to the IGBIS Christmas Assembly!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
About Zomi Education Centre<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Supporting the Zomi Education Centre Product Drive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Message From the Head of School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Hello IGBIS Community, another week with a lot to share! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, a big thank you to our entire community for taking part in the CIS and NEASC accreditation preparatory visit<\/strong> this past week. Through countless online meetings, dozens of virtual class visits and a large number of student, staff and parent interviews, the Visiting Team’s exit report was very positive. As always there are areas to grow and improve, but overall I would have been happy to have finished after the exit interview’s opening line of “overall you’re a really good school!” Thank you to everyone who helped put our best foot forward in honestly sharing where we stand and where we hope to go in the future, especially Ms. Spracklan who is our IB\/CIS\/NEASC Coordinator who kept us on track and where we needed to be. We await the final report which will arrive in the next few weeks as it helps guide the self-study process over the next 12-18 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, students, staff and parents might have noticed if you pass by the main reception that the Head of School’s parking spot is often empty. That’s not because I’m never here, but because our family’s second car is … a bike! I love that my daughters and I live close enough to the school to commute on two wheels for health, environmental and financial reasons, except of course when we have to wait 10 minutes for the afternoon rain to pass. I realize that not all families will be comfortable with allowing their children to ride to school from the surrounding areas\u2014or have children old enough yet to do so\u2014but for those who are riding or considering riding, to enter and exit campus on a bicycle you must wear a helmet<\/strong>. Although it is not a requirement in Malaysian law<\/a> quite yet, we ask that all students and staff buckle up to be safe (that could be said for cars too!). I will be honest that I sometimes forget to wear my helmet on short trips, but I will lead by example from here on out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, the project Paint the Whole School<\/em><\/strong> is underway. We have wonderful facilities and we are grateful for them, but the last two years of recurring EMCO’s have made it almost impossible to patch, paint and maintain the building to the standard we hold for ourselves. Over the course of this school year, Mr. Steven and his Facilities Team have plans in place to paint the entire building from top to bottom and they have already begun on floor two in the car park. Our colours remain the same, with the exception of the bright green on Level 7 which will be replaced by the IGBIS silver (apologies to anyone who has Kermit Green as their favourite colour!). We are proud of the teaching, learning and overall programme at IGBIS and we want the campus to reflect that pride; it’s amazing what some paint and a few plants can do to make a space more pride inducing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, please see Mrs. Parratt’s section<\/a> below about supporting our long-standing relationship with the Zomi Education<\/strong> Center <\/strong>this festive season. The holidays are a wonderful time to reflect and be grateful for what we have and if that gratitude leads you to ask what you can do to support others, then taking part in our drive to support the children at the ZEC might just be what you’re looking for. Although receiving gifts or buying ourselves something is fun, the happiness we feel is often fleeting, whereas doing something for others<\/a> is more likely to lead to genuine happiness<\/strong>…and who doesn’t want to be happier?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a wonderful weekend,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ES News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

This week we have had some virtual visitors come to the school to start the accreditation process for CIS and NEASC. They have spoken to some of our students, had virtual visits to our classrooms both homeroom and single subject lessons, had meetings with parents across the school and had meetings with our teachers too. The process so far has been very positive from both the visitors perspective and ours. I am extremely proud of those people who met with our visitors, especially our students who spoke very well and represented the school as it is- according to the visitors. They will write a report, share it with us and then the process of self-reflection and action will begin in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we also had another ES assembly. There was a lot of great learning shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cool, groovy and funky things have been happening in design. The grade 4\u2019s have been meeting some AR mythical creatures and exploring balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Grade 3 students were creating their own clothing designs based on nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And our Grade 1\u2019s have been programming the Bee Bots to move and even choreographed a dance with their Bee Bot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Grade 2\u2019s took us on a tour of their learning lounge that they have designed sharing their lego, marble run and train area. They were very proud of sharing how they are organising their learning spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grade 5 Spanish class shared their learning as they have been exploring greetings and clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in Chinese have been learning about directions and positional language. Which has been important for our Grade 1 students as they have been learning all about maps in the homeroom class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. McBride also celebrated the birthdays of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot to be thankful for and I am really enjoying the variety of learning at IGBIS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to learn more about assessment and reporting in the PYP you could attend Ms. Aga\u2019s virtual parent workshop that will be happening next week on Wednesday 1st Dec 1pm – 2pm (This date has changed since the last newsletter). I hope lots of you will be able to attend the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates for your diaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n