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P. O. Box 2691, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: +255 27 2505029, 2505030 Mobile: 0754740706/0754263118 Fax: +255 27 2505031 E-mail (office): [email protected] E-mail (Éanna): [email protected]

Warm regards, Éanna O’Boyle, Head of Campus

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27 September 2013

Calendar 2014-15

The calendar for 2014-15 is included in this newsletter and it is also available on the website at http://www.ismoshiarusha.org/moshi-arusha/calendar. Classes start on 11 August 2014 and finish on 17 June.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 2 October Inter-House Athletics (Primary)

Thursday 2 October Inter-House Athletics (Secondary)

Friday 4 October Board meeting (Arusha)

Wednesday-Sunday 2 -6 October OP Ngorongoro/Lake Natron

Wednesday 9 October ABRSM exams

Friday 11 October End of Quarter 1 (noon finish) International Day on Moshi Campus

Saturday-Sunday 12-27 October No classes

Monday 28 October Quarter 2 begins

Monday & Tuesday 4 & 5 November Secondary Teacher/Parent/Student Conferences

Saturday-Sunday 2-3 November OP L1 Mandara Hut

Thursday-Sunday 7-10 November OP L4

Monday 11 November Canada/USA University Fair

Saturday 16 November Inter-School Athletics Day

International Day on Moshi Campus

Join the Parent Association and a big crowd for the International Day Celebration on Moshi Campus on Friday 11 October and finishing in the evening at the Director’s House. A special bus is leaving at 12 noon from Arusha Campus to Moshi Campus for this celebration if families are interested. Note that all students must be accompanied by their parent/guardian on the bus. Please let Amina know at reception at [email protected]

Arusha Campus MYP Scholarships for January

We are now inviting applications from Tanzanian citizens studying in the local national curriculum to apply for scholarships in the MYP (m2, M3 and M4 only) on Arusha Campus starting January 2014. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2013. After this date in early November, we will invite selected candidates for assessments and interviews. If you go to http://www.ismoshi.org/admissions/scholarships you will find information about ISM’s scholarship scheme and there is specific information for Arusha Campus at http://www.ismoshi.org/admissions/scholarships/scholarships-arusha-campus/ including admission form.

If you know of academically talented students who would be going into Form 1 (M2), Form 2 (M3) or Form 3 (M4) in January 2014, please pass on the information to them. We will be advertising this exciting initiative in various ways and visiting schools over the next two weeks.

Note that Friday 4 October will be very busy in town from 7.30 am when participants in the ‘International March for Elephants’ will arrive near the Cultural Heritage Centre in what promises to be large numbers. ISM will have a banner created by our own students on the walk. Please consider avoiding the area as you come to school on Friday 4 October.

MYP e-Assessments trial for IB

On Wednesday 18 September, we gave a letter to all M5 families seeking permission for their son/daughter to participate in MYP electronic-assessments on 8 October. The trial involves students doing two tests through the use of a computer. If you have not seen this letter, please let Éanna know at [email protected]. The subjects involved are ‘History’ (part of Humanities) and Interdisciplinary. Please note that how the students do does not influence their scores at ISM in any way. The feedback provided to the International Baccalaureate (IB) aims to help them develop effective e-assessments over the forthcoming years.

Good luck to our swimmers this weekend who compete in the national championships. It is also a busy weekend for 19 teachers as they participate in Wilderness First Aid training to support our OP Programme and other activities.

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Kind regards, Maree Raeburn Éanna O’Boyle Deputy Head of Campus/ MYP Coordinator PYP Coordinator [email protected] [email protected]

Our September order is now closed. Thank you to all who supported us by making purchases. We will advise when the books arrive. The books will be available from the library for collection. You will be notified via a bulk email and the newsletter once books have arrived.

P6 considered the question ‘What is Art?’ Their self portraits became an informal ‘Who am I?’ as students came from all over the school to try to work out who was featured in each picture… Can you guess who they are?

P4 Museum Opens to Rave Reviews!

The lines outside the P4 Museum rivaled those of great museums around the world! People patiently waited for the opportunity to view artefacts from ancient civilizations. The Romans, the Incas, the Aztecs- P4 students confidently presented their understanding to parents and other classes. Students from EC to M5 visited the Museum and enjoyed the exhibitions and presentations. Well done P4!

Collaboration is at the heart of our programmes. Each week the MYP Steering Committee meets to explore issues in the MYP and plan for how to further enhance the teaching and learning at ISMAC.

Class Trips Programme off to a great start… This week our M4s returned from their 4 day trip to West Kili…a little tired, a little damp but with lots of positive things to say about the experience. This follows on from the M5 Symposium early in the month, then the M2 trip to Pangani. The class trips for M1 and M3 are in second semester. Many thanks go to all the students for their enthusiasm and engagement during the trips, to the staff who give their time and expertise willingly and to Miss Wood for overseeing the program this year. In next week’s newsletter we will share some of the highlights from the trips to date.

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Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs)

• If you have not paid for your Capoeira, Gymkhana Tennis or Taekwondo sessions, please do so at the Finance Office.

Sport • Under 16 Boys Basketball – Our boys played Braeburn on Tuesday

and were unfortunately beaten in a very close matchup. Good luck to our boys as they are playing against ESSO in town, on Saturday 9:00-10:00am.

• Under 16 Girls Softball – Our girls played Braeburn on Monday and beat them 16-13. Well done ladies!

• The Tanzania National Swimming Championships will be held at Braeburn this weekend. Many of ISM’s swimmers from both campuses will be participating at this event. Good luck to them all!

Interhouse Athletics • The event will take place in two separate sessions, one for EC-P6,

the other for M1-M5. • The Primary event will be next Tuesday, the 1st of October, starting

at 8:30am and it will conclude at 12:30. EC will finish their activities earlier, at approximately 10.30am.

• Students from P1-P6 will have lunch at 12.30 on this day. EC lunch will be at the usual time.

• The Secondary event will take place on Thursday, the 3rd of October, starting at 8:30am and it will conclude by 2:30pm.

• This will enable each age group to participate fully in a range of activities, adapted where necessary to suit their age group.

• In both the Primary and Secondary sections of the school, students have been focusing on developing the skills applicable to a range of both track and field events. Running, jumping, throwing and of course sportsmanship have all been a part of the programme.

Best wishes, Matthew Hendriks Co-Curricular Activities/Sports Coordinator If there are any parents who would be able to give some time on either day, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Matthew Hendriks [email protected]

Arusha Campus News Calendar of Events 2013-14

AUGUST 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 − New teacher

Orientation − New teacher

Orientation − New teacher

Orientation

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 − − All Teachers

Orientation − All Teachers

Orientation (Moshi teachers to Arusha)

− All Teachers Orientation

− National Holiday − National Holiday −

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 − − Beginning Q1: 1st day

of classes for all students

− − − MYP Orientation to new families

− Student CCA forms home

−

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 − − 2-2.30pm: P1/2

Parents Information session

− 2-2.30pm: P2/3 Parents Info Session

− 2-2.30pm: EC Parents Info Session

− 2-2.30pm: P5 Parents Info Session

− 8-9am Introduction to the PYP (new families)

− Student CCA forms returned

− M1 Campcraft

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 − M1 Campcraft − − 2-2.30pm: P6 Parents

Info Session − 2.45-4.45pm: MYP

Parent Info Sessions

− 2-2.30pm: P4 Parents Info Session

− − Board Meeting − PA Welcome Picnic


SEPTEMBER 2013


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 − − CCAs begin − − − − Primary Sharetime − OP Level 1B Pares

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 − OP Level 1B Pares − − − M5 Leadership Symp. − M5 Leadership Symp. − M5 Leadership Symp. −

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 − − M2 Pangani − M2 Pangani

− M2 Pangani − M2 Pangani

− Primary Sharetime −

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 − − M4 West Kili − M4 West Kili

− M4 West Kili − Full PA mg (A)

− M4 West Kili

− −

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− −


OCTOBER 2013


1 2 3 4 5 − Inter-House Athletics

(Primary) − − Inter-House Athletics

(Secondary) − OP Ngorongoro (TBC)

− OP Ngorongoro (TBC) − Elephant Walk − Board mg (M) − Primary Sharetime − Sec reports due − 5pm Umoja recital

− OP Ngorongoro (TBC)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 − OP Ngorongoro (TBC) − − − ABRSM exams

− Sec reports home − − End Q2 at 1200

− 2pm International Day (Moshi)

−

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 − − − − − − −

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 − − − − − − −

27 28 29 30 31 − − Q2 begins −

− −


NOVEMBER 2013


1 2 − − OP L1 Mandara Hut

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 − OP L1 Mandara Hut − MYP Teacher/Parent/

Student Conferences

− MYP Teacher/Parent/ Student Conferences

− Peace Run − OP L4 Rongai Route − Peace Run

− OP L4 Rongai Route − Board mg

− OP L4 Rongai Route

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 − OP L4 Rongai Route − US/Canada Univ Fair − − − − 5pm Umoja recital − Inter-School Athletics

Carnival (ISMAC) − Christmas Fair (TBC)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

− − − − − OP L3 (TBC) − 5.30pm PA AGM

(Moshi)

− OP L3 − 5pm Umoja recital

− OP L3

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 − OP L3 (TBC) − Book Fair − Book Fair

− Book Fair − Book Fair

− MYP PP product due − 5.30pm PA AGM

(Arusha)

− Book Fair − ISM Sports W/end

− ISM Sports W/end − Primary Triathlon


DECEMBER 2013


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 − ISM Sports W/end − − − OP Level 5 − OP Level 5

− OP Level 5 − 2pm Umoja Dress

Rehearaal

− OP Level 5 − 5pm Umoja Concert

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 − OP Level 5 − − − − PYP reports/portfolios

home − Board mg −

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 − − PYP Student-Led

Celebrations − M5 PP Workshop

− Sec reports home − − Q2 ends at 12 −

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 − − − − − − −

29 30 31

− − −


JANUARY 2014


1 2 3 4 − New Year’s Day

National Holiday − − −

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 − − − − − − −

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 − ZAN Revolution Day − Maulid (provisional) − Teacher In-Service

Day (in Moshi)

− Q3 starts for students − − −

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 − − − Secondary Student-led

conferences

− PP workshop for parents

− − −

26 27 28 29 30 31 − − CCAs begin − − P5/6 Camp − P5/6 Camp

− OP Usambara (TBC) − P5/6 Camp − OP Usambara (TBC)


FEBRUARY 2014


1 − Basketball Tournament

(SCIS) − OP Usambara

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 − OP Usambara − − − M1 Curriculum trip − M1 Curriculum trip − M1 Curriculum trip

− Basketball Girls Tournament (ISM Moshi)

− Basketball Boys Tournament (ISM Moshi)

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 − − − P3/4 Camp

− Personal Project draft to supervisors

− P3/4 Camp − − 5pm Umoja recital − OP Level 1B Pares (TBC)

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 − OP Level 1B Pares

(TBC) − − PP Final Report to

supervisors

− − − No classes −

23 24 25 26 27 28 − − No classes − − − − Primary Sports

Weekend (in Moshi) − 5pm Umoja recital


MARCH 2014


1 − Primary Sports W/end

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 − Kili Marathon − − Sec Swim Gala

− M3 Science Fair − − Primary Swim Gala − International Festival

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 − − − PP Celebration &

Exhibition

− P3/4 Camp − − π (Pi) Day − Inter-School Swim Gala (St. Cons)

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 − − − − CCAs finish − − 5pm Umoja recital − Basketball Boys

Tournament (Braeburn)

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 − − − − Sec reports home − − End Q3 at noon −

30 31

− −


APRIL 2014


1 2 3 4 5 − − − − −

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 − − − − − − −

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 − − − − − − −

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 − − − Q4 begins

− Earth Day − − − − Union Day

− King’s Day (Netherlands)

27 28 29 30

− − M3 Curriculum Trip − CCAs begin

− M3 Curriculum Trip − PYP Exhibition

− M3 Curriculum Trip − OP Level 4 (TBC)


MAY 2014


1 2 3 − Workers’ Day − OP Level 4 (TBC)

− OP Level 4 (TBC) − OP Level 4 (TBC)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 − OP Level 4 (TBC) − − − − OP Level 3 (TBC)

− OP Level 3 (TBC)

− OP Level 3 (TBC)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 − OP Level 3 (TBC) − − − − − OP Level 2 (TBC)

− 5pm Umoja Recital − OP Level 2 (TBC)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 − OP Level 2 (TBC) − Sec Assessment Wk

(TBC) − Sec Assessment Wk

− Sec Assessment Wk − Sec Assessment

− Sec Assessment Wk − D2 Graduation (M)

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 − − − − Primary Production

(matinee) − CCAs finish − OP Level 5 (TBC)

− Primary Production (evening)

− CC mg − OP Level 5 (TBC)

− OP Level 5 (TBC) − 2pm Umoja Dress

Rehearal

− OP Level 5 (TBC) − 5pm Umoja Concert


JUNE 2014


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 − OP Level 5 (TBC) − M5 Work Week − M5 Work Week

− M5 Work Week − M5 Work Week

− M5 Work Week

− Inter-School Cross

Country (Braeburn)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 − − Arts Week − Arts Week

− Arts Week − Arts Week

− PYP reports home − Arts Week −

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 − − PYP Conference

− M5 Leavers Dinner (TBC)

− M5 Leaving Ceremony − P6 Leavers Dinner

(TBC)

− P6-M1 Transition Day − − End Q4 −

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 − − Future Stars Academy

Summer Camp − Future Stars Academy




Summer Camp −

29 30

− − Future Stars Academy Summer Camp


JULY 2014


1 2 3 4 5 − Future Stars Academy




Summer Camp −

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 − − Future Stars Academy





Summer Camp −

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 − − − − − − −

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 − − − − − − −

27 28 29 30 31 − − − − −

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