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PYP NEWSLETTER

January / February 2012

An Eventful week for PYP at ISGR and temperatures fall to minus 12!
DATES OF INTEREST DURING FEBRUARY
For school events calendar for the whole termsee last page! Sport Break: Week 7, 13th-17th

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Week 5, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday was the Evaluation Visit and Thursday was the Ice-Skating Day out at Rudalen!
Evaluation Visit: The visitors were Robert Westlake and Emanuela Ferloni. In preparation for the visit they had read through the 70 page Evaluation Questionnaire that we had filled in over the course of a year. They also had many other documents from ISGR; planning documents, business accounts, methods we had used to evaluate ourelves etc. They met with different groups from our school community including, teachers, students, pedagogical management, parents and board members. They walked around and took part in daily life at ISGR, including classroom visits, playtime and lunchtime. The final Report: After two very intensive days they gave Jayson and myself an intitial report. The final report will be made in collaboration with the Regional Head Office at the Hague.It will be sent to us in a few weeks and then be made available to the school community in the school library. Very polite and well behaved students: They were very impressed by the openness and good communication between the students and staff at our school. This was both for the PYP students and the students of the national program. Our school has moved forward! They pointed out that the school had developed since the last Evaluation visit 5 years ago. We had done a good job on this evaluation using the new IB standards and questionnaire and that in most part we had identified what we need to do to get even better! Marilyn James PYP Coordinator

Dear Parents and Students, Last week we had some important visitors at our school, looking into our effectiveness in implementing the IB PYP program. It is an important evaluation process that takes place every 5 years. The IB evaluators examined whether our reflection in regards to curriculum, teaching and learning, organisation, philosophy, resources and collaborative planning is accurate and if action plans are in place to take the school forward. This process is one way the IBO endeavours to ensure program consistency in schools around the world. It is one way parents can move from country to country with the security of keeping to one educational system. We look forward to their commendations and recommendations, and we will share these with you at a later date. Best wishes Jayson

GOING PLACES ! How we organize ourselves

Kindergarten Unit: Kindergarten planned and made a j ourney from ISGR to the Sjfartsmuseet in Gothenburg as the summative assessment for our 'Going Places' inquiry with the central idea 'transportation systems connect and can help us make journeys. We planned our route using the tram and bus map and discovered that there are many different ways of getting to the museum from school. We decided to divide into groups and travelled three different ways by tram and bus from school to the museum. We had a fantastic time at the museum before taking three different routes back to school!

Thanks for helping with my year 10 project!

As all of you know, for my MYP10 personal project, I decided to organize an event for PYP k-2nd grade. This event included a disco, a movie room, and a caf. It was not just for the students of those grades, but for their parents and siblings as well. Part of the goal of this project was to raise money for charity, Rdda Barnen. I just wanted to take this time to THANK everyone who helped make my project a success; Rachel Callander, PTA , all the teachers who helped transfer information and agree to let me use their classrooms, as well as other members of the administration who helped me with my project, all the students of Kindergarten 2nd grade, who were so enthusiastic about the event and decided to come., all the parents and adults who firstly decided to attend the event and buying tickets, and secondly spending so generously at the caf., my amazing classmates. Thanks to all of you, we managed to raise So thank you to everyone who helped! Melika Abida

4705 KR !

Julia Arurell raised a total of 3521 kr for the Children's Heart Project in an MYP 10 project selling second hand toys to K, 1 and 2.

Choir preparing for the Spring Show! Choir is starting up again! It takes place on Wednesdays in the Music room at 12.40 - 1.15 New members are welcome to join and old members welcome back! We will be working on some songs for the Spring Show! Welcome! Moragh Choir teacher

+ Guldheden Library 2011

A new website for the Library:

Scandanavian International Theatre School On tour in 2012!

The Scandinavian International Theatre School new term starts on Saturday 14th January at 10.00am at our Molinsgatan Campus.

http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/
Our librarian Rouhia Lotfkah has created this website as a resource for our students.
Library opening hours
Monday 8.30 -3.30 pm Tuesday 8.30 -3.30pm Wednesday 8.30 -3.30pm Thursday 8.30 3.30pm Friday 8.30 2.30pm

Scandinavian International Theatre School will proudly present 'The Magic of the Movies' at the Nordic Network conference on April 21st 2012 in the Stora Salen at Nalen, one of the most beautiful venues in Stockholm. http://www.nalen.com/Page_1.aspx? HId=3&page=Gallery&GId=10 We are delighted to have been asked to put on this show which will involve, for the first time, all the students from the 3 SITS schools in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo coming together over the weekend in April. This is a once in a lifetime experience for us all and if you would like your child to sign up to SITS this term then please go to the SITS website (www.sits-kids.com) and download an application form or simply call the Principal, Kimberley Akester on 073 368 8494 for more details. The new school term will start in Gothenburg on Saturday 14th January from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the Middle School Campus on Molinsgatan 6. SITs is open to children between the age of 6 years to 16 years.

International Cookbook The ISGR PTA is planning on creating an ISGR International Cookbook as a fund-raising activity this year. We hope to have the cookbook available for purchase by May 2012. Please use the template below and send recipes to Julie Romanski by March 12th. (julie.romanski@yahoo.com or mobile 0738566700). Thankyou!
Recipes can be: Traditional recipes from your home country Family favourites Family recipes from your mother/grandmother Recipes from your international travels Your childrens favourite meals Meals that are quick and easy to prepare Everyday meals or Special Occasion meals ANYTHING and EVERYTHING all ideas welcome

ISGR International cookbook 2012 Recipe submission Details

Recipe name Recipe category (please choose one) Recipe category (please choose one) Submitted by (parent and child name and class/ age, home country) Ingredients/ special equipment needed Cooking temperature / How long to cook / prepare Additional info when you like to prepare this recipe/ history of recipe, etc

Calendar for the Spring term 2012

Week number 2 5 5 7 9 & 10 9 11 12 14 14 14 15 18 19 19 19 20 23 24 Dates January 10th January 30 , 31 , February 1st February 2
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School Event School starts PYP Evaluation Visit Ice Skating Day at Rudalen Sports Week school holiday Reading Weeks Parent Meeting with the Board (See below!) In service day No school Student and Teacher Developmental Talks day No regular school day CIS Evaluation Visit PYP Exhibition Bank Holiday Easter Holiday School Holiday ( May 1st is a public holiday) Spring Show Gtaberg Art Exhibition Guldheden Spring Show Guldheden
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February 13 17th February 27 March 9th March 2nd March 12th March 21st April 3rd, 4th, 5th April 4 April 6
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April 9 13th April 30 , May 1st May 7th May 8th May 10th May 17 , 18 June 6th June 15th
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School Holiday (April 17th is a public holiday) School Holiday and public holiday Last day of school

Council of International Schools 5 Year Visit! 3rd 5th April 2012

Dr Lesley Stagg and Katja Valentino will visit our school at the beginning of April to see how well we have addressed the recommendations that they made for school improvement in their last report. During their visit they will be looking at all aspects of our school and talking to the committees for each of the sections. In addition to Curriculum they will look at Philosophy and Objectives, Governance and Management, Staff, Student Services, Resources and Student and Community Life. I will give a presentation on the process and the report on Friday 23rd of March from 8.30am - 10.00am in the small Bamba at Guldheden and all parents are welcome. There will also be the opportunity for parents to meet with the CIS representatives and any parents who would like to be part of this group are welcome to e-mail me on Iona.Sadler@isgr.se .

Invitation to Parents Presentation of the ISGR Board and Meet the Board Members
Friday 2nd March 8.30am 10.00am , Small Bamba, Guldheden Birgitta Sandstrm Barac our Head of School and Iona Sadler the Development and Admissions Manager will give a presentation about the ISGR Board, who the members are and what their role is. Kristina Tharing the Board Chair and Carola Granell the Vice Chair will also be at the meeting to answer questions about the role of the Board. We look forward to seeing you.