Nord Anglia Education Open Mic. Competition

Summer 8 British International School of HoustonNewsletter

Summer 8 12th June 2015

NEWSLETTER

Monday 15th June• Year 7 Prize Giving, 8:40am

Tuesday 16th• Year 8 Prize Giving, 8:40am• End of Year Concert/Award

Ceremony, 6pm

Wednesday 17th• Informal Concert, 4:30pm• Year 9 Prize Giving, 8:40am

Thursday, 18th• Year 10 Prize Giving,

8:40am• Year 11 Prom

Friday 19th• Year 12 Prize Giving,

8:40am• Year 4 Trip to the Air Muse-

um

Next Week: Week 2

Imporant Dates: Nord Anglia Education

Open Mic. Competition

Congratulations! We are proud to announce that following the British International School of Houston’s entries in the 2015 Global Classroom Open. Mic. Competition, the following students have been recognized…..

Arno Bellemans, Louis Gerrard, Ben Hollamby, Andy Fursey & Federico Nocioni (pictured left) received a ‘Commendation’ for their performance in the Intermediate Group Performance category

Matthew Fursey (pictured right) received a ‘Commendation’ for his performance in the Advanced Solo Vocal category.

Jasmine Chui & Jordan Blackburn (pictured left) were announced as one of 3 winners in the Advanced Group Performance category.

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NOTICE FROM THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

A vacancy has arisen at the school for a Science laboratory tech-nician to support the BISH Science department. This is a term time position. If you are interested or can recommend anyone who may be, please contact Anna Williamson, Leader of Learning for Science, to arrange an informal chat. The suitable candidate must have a valid work permit.

School contact: (713) 290-9025Cell: (832) 274 9363

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Uniform Sale!In preparation for the uniform changeover Dennis has put a 30% sale on all BISH uniforms with the old logo.

Starting June 26th this discount can be combined with a 15% summer sale on all items.

Please note that the new uniform will not be required until September 2016.


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Tuesday, June 16th @ 6:00pm Tuesday June 16th @ 6pm

Featuring Jazz Band, Accents Choir, Half-note Choir, BISH Brass, Tempos Choir,

Flute Ensemble, Nord Anglia Global Orchestra & Choir

Ambassadors & Awards of Recognition


Group 4 Project The group 4 project is all about applying scientific skills to an experiment that is purely led by students. It is done within a group of people who come from various scientific background where we apply different concepts and ideas to our investigation.

What group 3 did for the group 4 project?

There are 4 people in our group; Michael, Aimee, Anoushka and Chris and the theme we had to focus on was about light. The aim of our investigation was to compare the light intensity and temperature to 3 different sources of light; a solar bottle light bulb, CFL bulb and a luminescence reaction. During the investigation, there were a few problems that we were not expecting to encounter, however we managed to find solutions independently without any assistance from teachers. What l've learnt is that time is very valuable and it shouldn't be wasted. Anoushka has learnt how to work more independently in the group. Michael has learnt that bleach is good for cleaning bacteria and Aimee has learnt that teamwork is important in order to get a task done in a timely manner with successful results. Overall it has been a very valuable experience and it really helped us learn how to work more collaboratively with each other.


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THANK YOU to everyone who has donated materials and resources for the Recycled Urban

Outfitters project. We are so grateful for all of your donations, so far!

If you would still like to donate any materials or resources, we will still be collecting these all of next week! We would be very grateful for donations of any the following:

Plastic shopping bags Paper shopping bags Cardboard boxes/cereal boxes Cardboard tubes Newspapers Magazines Old clothes Scraps of materials

Please can all donations come to Mrs. Wilks Jones’ room, where they will be stored. We can’t wait to show you photos of the students’ finished designs!


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The ‘Roulette Wheel’ Informal Concert

Wednesday

June 17th @ 4.30pm


Upcoming datesSun 14 June: The Debate League Grand Final closes – if you have teams competing in the final please make sure that they post their opening statements as soon as possible and are aware of the changes in format for this final round (please online for more details).Mon 22 June: The Debate League winners announcedMon 29 June: The Global Classroom closes for summer

Creative Writing: Here is the link to the electronic version of the Cre-ative Writing Book – http://joom.ag/YOIp The book is currently in print and will be with schools by the end of the year. A discussion forum has been added to the Creative Writing area for students to discuss the compe-tition.

Online content: Looking for something fun to do for the end of the year? The Student Zone and Global Matters have been updated with topics such as animals and erasers respectively. There are also fantastic (and quick to access) updated Maths challenges for Primary students.

Big Challenge: The theme is likely to be around Natural Disasters.

Open Mic: GC received some incredible entries for this year’s competition. The winners’ announce-ment & album videos are now live on the GC site. Well done to all involved. A video showcasing high-lights of the entries, including the highly commended, will follow in the coming weeks.

Debate League: The Debate League Final closes on Sunday 14th June at 5pm UK time. If you are in the final please make sure you have completed posting in time. Winners will be announced Monday 22nd June.

Open Mic CompetitionWe are delighted that seven students from the school have been selected as either winners or highly commended in the Open Mic competition 2015!

• Arno, Andy, Federico & Ben – Intermediate Group highly commended• Matthew – Advanced Solo Vocal highly commended• Jasmine & Jordan – Advanced Group winner

Many congratulations to these students. The Global Classroom team received over 120 entries so the decisions were very difficult due to the high level of talent the NordAnglia family has! There will be a few videos up on the Global Classroom showcasing the winners, as well as the highly commended and other highlights.

Creative Writing CompetitionAs mentioned in a previous Newsletter, we had a winner in the creative writing competition. You can now view her story in this e-book by clicking the following link: http://joom.ag/4TCp

Global Classroom News


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If you are above the age of 13 and want to help me obtain results for my extended essay then contact me at

[email protected] to get further details J

My name is Meeral and I’m a year 12 student who needs your help to finish my extended essay. I want to collect data from you guys on your BMI’s, heart rates and blood pressure both before and after the summer holidays. I know some of you may be reluctant, but I promise that your data will remain anonymous, and confidential. If anyone wants to see the final essay as well you are more than obliged to do so.

THANK YOU! J

If you are above the age of 13 and want to help me obtain results for my extended esssay, then please contact me

through the school office at [email protected] to get further details.

My name is Meeral and I’m a Year 12 student who needs your help to finish my extended essay. I want to collect data from volunteers on BMI’s, hear rates, and blood pressure both before and after the summer holidays. I know some of you may be reluctant, but I promise that your data will re-

main anonymous and confidential. If any of you would like to see the final essay as well you are more than obliged to do so.

THANK YOU!


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Make friends and put them to work! Parent-Teacher-Student Associations have different roles in different schools. BISH is a private school: there’s no need to raise funds to build new facilities. We don’t need to donate books to the library. Why, then, do we need a PTSA? Our school is very diverse – mixed culture families, 3rd culture kids, locals, short term residents, long term residents. Both children and parents face displacement anxiety on arrival. How can this community function happily? That’s exactly where the PTSA fits in. We are a group of FUN-raisers. Our aim is to bring the community together, to foster friendships and develop connections that benefit all – parents, teachers and students. This year, events that would not have existed without PTSA (and additional volunteers) included: Curry & Quiz night, the Boot Scoot line dancing and cyber safety lecture for parents; Harvest Festival and BISH BASH music festival for the whole family. Still to come is the Prohibition Ball in River Oaks. Although we don’t aim to raise money, sometimes we can’t help it! In that case, we plough the funds back into the school, paying for the DJ for the whole-school Snow Ball in December; the year 6 garden, amongst others. And after the year’s events are concluded, we donate 25% of surplus to a charity chosen by the student council. This year’s recipient is Target Hunger. This year, for the first time, we included a year 10 student on the organising committee. Next year, with support from the school, we’d like to broaden that opportunity to include students from year 10 and from year 6. The PTSA committee seeks to represent the passions and interests of all parts of the school. It is responsible for steering and planning events, and then for the dispersal of any funds. Members may only serve 2 years, and this year most positions are vacant once more. On a personal note, I’ve really enjoyed getting to know and working with people I may never have met outside the committee. Some of it has been hard work, but I can honestly say it’s been worth it. Many of us will be around next year to help the new committee where needed. The school leadership team are very supportive and I’ve a feeling that next year will be even more successful than this year. Please come forward and donate a little of your time. Grab a friend and share a committee role together. The AGM is on June 25th at 8.30am, in the Candlelight Church. Come and find out more, vote on new committee positions, meet some new people. Andrea Case-Rogers BISH PTSA Chairperson www.bishptsa.org BISH PTSA Facebook


It’s time to find replacements for BISH PTSA positions that will be available next year. If you’d like to be more involved in school activities, meet new people and have some fun while you’re at it then a PTSA role is for you. This is a great opportunity to work with friends for the school community.

Positions available are as follows:

Chair Treasurer Secretary Communications Events Co-ordinator(s) Student representative(s)

More information on these roles can be found on the BISH website www.bishptsa.org/about-us/ptsa-officers, if you’re interested in any of these positions please complete a nomination form.

Events run by the BISH PTSA this year include the Curry & Quiz night, Harvest Festival, Boot Scoot, BISH Bash and the BISH School Ball.

School community

is important!

HELP WANTED


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Name of nominee

Position nominated for (tick one) Chairperson

Vice-chairperson

Treasurer Secretary

Events Coord. Communications Coord. Purchaser

Nominated by

Seconded by

Nominee is a (tick one) Staff member Student*

Year groups of children if a parent

Email of nominee

Phone number of nominee

Once completed, this nomination form should be returned to the school. It can be handed in at reception or to your child’s class teacher/tutor no later than Monday the 22nd of June.

*secondary-school students only, position must be shared with a parent or staff member

Signature

Signature (co-signed)

Parent


BISH PTSA 25th June 2015 8.30 to 10.00am Location: At the church

Tea and coffee available

AGENDA ITEMS

include:

Voting in new

committee members

Seeing where

funds were spent for the last

year

Get involved

and have fun

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Nord Anglia Education Open Mic. Competition