{"id":9457,"date":"2022-02-25T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T03:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/?page_id=9457"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:17:18","slug":"issue-290","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.easytest.my\/igbis2022\/uncategorized\/issue-290\/","title":{"rendered":"IGBIS Newsletter, Issue 290"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Message from the Head of School<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
From the Elementary Principal<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
IGBIS Supports SDGs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Esports in IGBIS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Grade 10 Debate<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Pre Order Menu<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Little League Sg Buloh<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Message From the Head of School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

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

It is an interesting time in Malaysia in terms of COVID because while on one hand we see positive cases skyrocket to the 30,000-cases-a-day level, on the other hand we have quarantine restrictions, close contact isolation periods and other SOP\u2019s relaxing. This mixed messaging is making it difficult to plan second half of the year events because we feel so close to being able to pull the whole community back together again, reuniting around special events and forming or restarting friendships and social connections amongst our wider school community, and yet there is still a distance to go to let this happen. We had been hoping to use International Day<\/strong>\u2014currently scheduled for mid-March\u2014as a catalyst to reunite our community, but with cases so high and the Ministry of Education giving no indication that it is going to change its SOP\u2019s any time soon, that date seems unlikely to happen with a face-to-face event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Day parent and staff volunteers recently met to talk about whether we should aim at an online event or wait until later and the answer was a combination of the two. We are going to look at developing a series of activities in-school and that families can do at home in the weeks ahead so that we can discuss, debate and dive into what it means to be internationally minded, a global citizen, inclusive, etc., while also aiming at an event in late May that would focus on the \u201cFive F\u2019s\u201d of food, fashion, flags, festivals and fun should the COVID situation allow us to reunite on campus. I love it when \u201ceither\/or\u201d thinking turns into \u201cand\/with\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, while it is good that the omicron variant is a more mild form for most people that do contract it\u2014to those affected we wish you a speedy recovery\u2014please do remember that every positive case is also a chance for another variant to form so we should all continue to be vigilant with masks, social distancing and as always, washing those hands. A big thank you to Nurse Azilah<\/strong> who has been carrying an enormous load helping our community to take care of themselves and follow the appropriate protocols, we would be lost without her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay healthy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

By Simon Millward, ES Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday I was asked to help out with a grade 4 swimming class. I was interested to see that the students were engaged in a movement composition unit rather than just a traditional stroke development lesson. The students had been working on creating a \u2018swimnastics\u2019 routine where they were combining gymnastics creative movements (using rotation and balance) with swimming (strokes, floating, duck dives and rolls and turns). I was viewing the final compositions and offering advice as they were putting their final touches on their creations. I was looking for smooth transitions, use of space, the swim elements and hardest of all synchronisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some images from these final compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week I shared with you some images from our Grade 5\u2019s who were creating their dioramas, these were in progress. However this week they invited groups to come and view their final interactive creations whilst they were engaged in their single subject lessons, so that our grade levels bubbles could be retained and to ensure we are following the SOP\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our Elementary assembly we had some great items that were shared. On Tuesday in the Elementary school we celebrated \u2018Two\u2019sday\u2019 22\/2\/22 with a whole variety of learning engagements around 2\u2019s. Here are some of the images from that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The grade 2\u2019s shared their latest inquiries around forces. They started with the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The students then set about creating their hypothesis and testing it. As you can imagine there were many different ideas. I am sharing just one here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was also great to see how our Bahasa Malaysia class has been integrating with the Grade 4 How we Organise ourselves unit on trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The children sure looked like they were enjoying the game and learning valuable language that they can be using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates for your diaries<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n