Since last term, the News-

paper club has gained 2

new writers! Our new

team is:

Stephen Ogunmwonyi (6F)

Jasper Lippett (6T)

Neriya Cassim (6M)

We lost a few valuable

members – Isaac and

Sam.

Here’s what our new

members have to say:

Jasper:

‘I wanted to sign up for

newspaper club last term

but I couldn’t because I

had already picked an-

other club. I think that I

can give the club high

quality articles for stu-

dents. I like the people I’m

working with.’

Neriya:

‘I enjoy newspaper club

because I can produce

high quality writing. I think

I could bring happiness and

joy to the club.’

Miss Giles is still the editor

of the newspaper club.

We look forward to bringing

you lots of news about BISH!

By Stephen Ogunmwonyi.

Issue 3

New Term; New Writers!

20th October 2014

BISH Bugle

Foxtrot 2

Year 6 Garden 3

Valentine’s Day 4

Super Bowl 5

Bok reviews 6

Interview a teacher 7

Puzzle Page 8

Bread and Soup 9

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

News for kids, by kids.

What does the Fox say...

PAGE 2 B ISH B UGL E

Last term, the BISH Foxtrot took place at the running track. Mr. Young and Miss

Kirman hosted the Foxtrot as it’s an Air House event.

Every child at BISH ran around of the track the field twice! Luckily, KS1 only had to

run round the track once. There was also an obstacle course children could at-

tempt for extra team points!

The aim of the Foxtrot was to earn team points for your house and to have fun.

I spoke to some children about their experiences of the Foxtrot.

“Stella did you like the fox trot?”

“No and yes. No because I didn’t like how far we had to run, but yes because it

was it was fun earning team points! I

liked how the teachers ran with us!”

But here is the most important part – the

results for the Foxtrot!

In 4th place – Air with 161 points.

In 3rd place – Fire with 187 points.

In 2nd place – Water with 214 points.

In 1st place – EARTH with 276 points!!

If you want the fox trot to happen again stay and run at BISH!

Don’t run away from the fox trot!

By Neriya Cassim

ISSUE 3

Green Thumbed Year 6’s

Many students may now have

seen the newly built Year 6 Gar-

den and many more have seen

how well the garden is flourish-

ing. The garden is located near

the entrance to the Gold Gym.

Among the vast types of plants

being grown are:

Carrots

Leeks

Strawberries

Herbs

Texas Wildflowers

The idea for the garden came to

be when Miss McBride brain-

stormed ideas to link the Year 6

IPC topic, Fit 4 Life, and the real

world. One of the ideas was a

Year 6 Garden.

The team of caretakers Mr

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Garden Force, have been working re-

lentlessly to cater to the gardens

every need; missing out on their free

time so the plants keep on growing.

Mr Young said, “I love the garden, but

it would be better if more students

would help out. The cauliflowers are

coming through. It’s rather exciting!”

The Garden is open to help from all

years. The food that is grown will be

used to make the school dinners

made by Dine. Watch out for purple

cauliflowers!

By Jasper Lippett

Young has put together, known as

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Fed up of all the mushy love

stuff that’s talked about in

February? Tired of seeing lit-

tle red hearts everywhere?

Well, here’s a terrible tale

that makes Valentine’s Day

much more cool!

The story of Valentines begins

in the rule of Claudius, the

Roman Emperor. Valentine

was a priest who believed

that young people should be

allowed to marry. The em-

peror didn’t see it this way.

He thought that unmarried

soldiers fight better than mar-

ried soldiers.

St. Valentine still performed

marriages in secret, but got

caught and thrown into jail. After years of imprisonment he was

killed horribly. The last words that he ever wrote were ‘to my val-

entines.’

In the present time people celebrate Valentine ’s Day to honour

the bravery of the priest.

By Stephen Ogunmwonyi.

The Horrible History of Valentine’s Day

New England Patriots Seattle Seahawks

28 - 24

Super Bowl 49 took place February 1st 2015. Before the game, most people

favoured Russell Wilson and the Seahawks after the ball scandal which hap-

pened during Tom Brady and the Patriots last game against the Indianapolis

Colts. They were accused of deflating balls so they were easier to grip. De-

spite this, the game went ahead and by halftime the game was tied at 14 all.

Katy Perry preformed the halftime show along with other singers.

During the second half, for the first time in the game, the Seahawks led after

they scored a field goal to make it 17 to 14. Soon after, the Seahawks were

in possession of the ball again and Wilson threw a superb touchdown pass to

Doug Baldwin who was then fined $11,025 for his celebration!

The game looked like it was going to be a Seahawks win. At the start of the

4th quarter the game was 24 – 14 to Seattle. Then, Tom Brady found his re-

ceiver in the end zone to make it a 3-point game. A failed drive by the Sea-

hawks resulted in the Patriots getting a winning opportunity. Tom Brady

passed to Julian Edelman and New England were leading by 4.

With less than 2 minutes remaining, the Seahawks had the ball. Wilson

looked long to Jermaine Kearse. Kearse fumbled with the ball and fell to the

ground still fumbling…but caught it! Now on the edge of the end zone, with

36 seconds remaining, most teams in a Super Bowl winning position

would’ve run the ball to win the game. Instead the Seahawks decided to pass

the ball. Wilson passed the ball to Chris Matthews…and Malcolm Butler inter-

cepted the ball! The Patriots had won the Super Bowl for the 4th time in in 15

years!

By Jasper Lippett

ISSUE 3 PAGE 5

Super Bowl 49

Big news! The 12th Judy Moody book is coming out! You won’t want to miss

it! The book is called Judy Moody and the Moody Martian.

If you’ve not read them, you can borrow the rest of the Judy Moody books from our school library.

My favourite Judy Moody book is book 10. It’s about Judy Moody and her little brother Stink. Her aunt comes to visit and Judy’s parents go on vaca-tion. Stink wants to find Bigfoot but Judy has other plans! Judy makes up a competition with her friends and she ends up in a river! To find out what happens next, you’ll have to read the book!

I give this book 5 stars!

By Neriya Cassim

Brilliant Books!

Book review for girls: Judy Moody and the NOT

Bummer Summer

by Megan McDonald

Aimed at ages 7 and up

Book review for boys: Stranded

by Jeff Probst

Aimed at ages 8 and up

Stranded is a book about 4 children called Carter,

Jane, Buzz and Vanessa. Their parents are on their

honeymoon and their uncle takes them on a boat trip

for a week. Disaster strikes and they are stranded on

an island in the south Pacific with hardly any food or water. They struggle to survive.

Will they ever get home and see their parents again? The book is hard to describe

without spoiling it so if you want to find out what happens you’ll have to read the

book.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars because the story is good but it’s hard to understand what

person it is written in.

By Jasper Lippett

What are your thoughts

on our school at the

moment?

The building isn’t great,

but the teachers and

students are fantastic!

Everyone is friendly,

courteous, hard work-

ing and fun!

Interview A Teacher

This week, we thought who better to interview than our new Head

teacher Mrs. McPhee! We also let Gigi get in on the action too!

Mrs. McPhee, are you

going to be sad when

you leave us in

August?

Yes I am, because the

students, no matter

what age, are abso-

lutely lovely!

Are you going to make

any changes to the

school whilst you’re

here?

I’m going to be work-

ing closely with the

new Head teacher, Mr.

Derry, and I will make

sure all the children

are prepared for his

arrival in September.

What made you

choose to come

and work at the

British International

School of Houston?

I didn’t choose this

school, I was asked

to come, but I knew

it was a very nice

school. That made

it easy to say yes to

the job!

Can you tell us any

more information

about the new Head

Teacher?

Mr. Derry is cur-

rently Head teacher

at a British school

in Budapest. He

has already been to

visit us once and

may well come

again in the future!

By Neriya Cassim

BISH Bugle puzzle page Can you unscramble these letters to make words?

pehsmem =

ehaksws =

nwgaptrsioadentln =

upbwlerso =

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M L O H R W W H V O E G R E T A W E S D

E U S G V Y S P Q A B S M S K L E C J G

J I S S F I Y Z R G O E T B N G R N D X

B L K I L M A T H S O G L D C S I E U M

O B Y G C T H T Q X K Z X G V H F I W E

J Y N O M L W O A O S N W B U C M C N S

O E A H S Y A R T I D P C C Y B S S J S

C G Y M O W G E Q E R U M H Y N P O P K

M J Y N E O Z Z G C H M T S I W F O G A

C E V A E Z P N N N J L P J W S K F W Q AIR ART BISH

BOOKS BUGLE EARTH

ENGLISH FIRE MATHS

MUSIC SCIENCE WATER

Guess the person

This weeks theme: American Football

Year 9 have been hard at work planning, organizing and creating a fun charity

event that the entire school can take part in! As part of the Make It Right Cam-

paign (you’ll be learning more about this in class over the next week or so), 9SK

have created the Soup and Bread Roll day so that you can be involved! They

would like everyone in the school to order a bowl of soup and a bread roll from

DINE to eat on Friday, the 27th February. There will be no other hot lunch

choices that day. Each meal will be $5. All the money from the event will go to

the Houston Food Bank, that feeds children all over Houston who don’t know

where their next meal is coming from. You might feel a bit hungry during the

day, but that’s nothing compared to what some children face every day.

Hopefully, lots of money will be raised and we can bring you some amazing

photos in the next issue!!

Bread Roll and Soup Day

Thank you for reading!