IB LEARNER PROFILE OF THE MONTH: RISK TAKERS

As Term 2 is now well underway, and a new month is upon us, it is time to roll out our new Learner Profile of the month.

The month of February will be focused on the trait of being a ‘Risk Taker’. IB defines the trait as students, ‘approaching

unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought, and having the independence of spirit to explore

new roles, ideas and strategies. They are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.’

As students begin to develop and embrace being a risk taker, they not only succeed as students, athletes, and peers, but

also transition well to challenging university settings and show resilience and determination in their work. In academics,

they have the confidence to approach new or unfamiliar subjects or material.

As risk takers, BIS wants to continue to see our students

o Be willing to make mistakes

o Be confident when learning new ideas and skills

o Have the courage to try new things

o Explore the unexplored

This trait particularly suits the month of February, as BIS’ annual Science Fair will be hosted on the 22nd of this month.

Our students will be using scientific

methods to investigate and explore

the unknown, willing to make

mistakes to learn and deepen their

understanding. This willingness to

experiment and confidence to explore

the uncertain, demonstrates the value

of being a risk-taker. MYP1 have

produced this poster to illustrate what

it means to them to be a risk-taker.

We look forward to seeing our

students continue to be courageous

learners, willing to take risks to

deepen their understanding of the

world around them.

William Polan, Director of Studies

Feb. 2, 2017 Newsletter for BIS Parents and Friends. No: 18 / 2017-18

GBar MOTHER-DAUGHTER BRAIDING SUCCESS

Last Saturday, GBar Beauty Salon hosted a mother daughter braiding workshop, in which mothers and daughters

bonded over fun hair braiding and styling.

BASKETBALL

The Taigan Basketball teams took on Oxford at Oxford Gym last week. The Varsity Boys had their first win of the season

35 - 22. The JV Boys team went down 22 - 27 in a tight contest. Our Girls will take on Hope Academy at Taigan Stadium

on Friday at 5:30pm.

Mr. Grant, Athletics Director

WINTER CLOTHING DONATIONS

On Tuesday, 30 January, six volunteers and two staff

members visited the Belovodsk Village Orphanage for

children aged between 4-16 with neuropsychiatric

disorders. The purpose of this visit was to deliver the

clothes collected during the Winter Donation Drive.

After an hour's drive, we were greeted with a warm

welcome from the director of the orphanage. She was so

kind to take us on a tour of their impressive facilities and

to meet with some of the children at the orphanage in

their classes. Our learners were also impressed with the

level of care given to the orphanage's 230 children and

the size of the orphanage.

We were also quite moved to see that the children have a wide variety of activities to keep themselves busy and that all

the learners are attended to in equal amounts.

I would like to personally thank all the volunteers as well as the parents and students at ESCA for all their donations that

made this day possible.

Mr. Jacques, Houses Coordinator

THE WEEK AHEAD

School activities and events planned for next week’s include:

Monday 5th February

ESCA-BIS JVB vs Oxford JVB @ 3:40pm Taigan Stadium

ESCA-BIS Girls vs QSI Girls @ 4:40pm Taigan Stadium

Wednesday 7th February: Amended Winter Sports Day Date

Friday 9th February:

ESCA-BIS VB vs HOPE VB @ 4:30pm Taigan Stadium (note game has changed from Thursday to Friday).

RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE

Primary 6 has been studying Physics during our Unit of Inquiry. Last week, the whole class worked together to solve a

problem. Their task was to turn off a light, using many simple machines and small parts. Students followed all steps of

the Scientific process - asking questions, making predictions, testing, recording information in their science journal, and

rebuilding again and again - until they found success. The finished project was a 10 step complex Rube Goldberg

Machine and it worked! Click here to see a video of their machine in action!

Ms. Meghan, Primary 6 Form Teacher

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 14th February: Student Council Valentine’s Day

Wednesday 21st February: International Mother Language Day celebration

Thursday 22nd February: Science Fair

Friday 23rd February: Homeland Defenders Day: No School

More information about all of these events will be sent to you later, or see http://www.bis.kg

LUNCH MENU

The lunch menu for Feb. 5- Feb. 9 is Menu A here: Menu

Form Teachers and our Chef are responsible for adjusting this menu to avoid any foods your child cannot eat, according

to the information provided to us by you.

KEEP IN TOUCH

If you have anything you want to discuss or suggestions for the school, please contact your Form Teacher and they will

either answer directly or pass the message on to the right person. Messages can be sent in English or Russian, or in your

own language. If you do not know the correct email address for the person you want to write to, please write to

info@bis.kg and our Reception will forward your email to the right person.

mmn

PRESCHOOL 1

This week in preschool 1 was devoted to the theme of

community helpers. We learned that firefighters rescue people,

spray the flames, have fire trucks, red uniforms and hoses for

water. We also practiced the “Stop, Drop, Roll” fire safety

technique to be aware how to minimize injury if our clothes catch

fire. To understand better how to stop the fire, we had fire

sensory play; we squirted a toy building with some shaving cream,

further, added yellow and red paint to make it look like flames.

Finally, we pretended to be firefighters and put out the flames

with water. That allowed us to reinforce our new firefighter

vocabulary. We also learned about the job of a doctor. We visited

our school doctor, Asel, who showed us how to take care of sick

people.

Ms. Meerim

Preschool Newsletter No: 18/ 2017-18 2 February 2018

Preschool Discoveries

PRESCHOOL 2

This week preschool 2 started a new theme, “How we

organize ourselves”. The central idea is “Food is a basic

necessity that sustains people everywhere.” The

children learned about veggies and fruits, and now they

can sort them by groups. We learned that vegetables

and fruits provide us with many vitamins and minerals

that make us grow, be strong and healthy.

Ms. Goulnara

PRESCHOOL 3

This week our preschool 3 students had a great time. The friends learned about

the letter 'u'. We learned that the letter 'u' is for unique, upside down,

umbrella and under. We enjoyed listening to "upside down silly Sally" and

playing a game named "silly Sally says". The preschool friends also learned how

to do a dot to dot number activity. Next week, we will learn about the letter "l"

and continue learning how to do dot to dot number activities. We will also look

at stories and telling stories using story puppets and shadow puppets.

Ms. Carmen