Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Leparc; Content and Creative Editor: Karen Staves

October 2013

Edition One

Inside this issue:

Focus on Primary 4

Mark your calendar 7

Drama Club 11

MUN 13

Over to you 14

Collège library news 16

Trivia Time 19

ASB Anglophone Section for

Bilinguals

Upcoming Events

10 October

Quiz Night

17 October

3ème/2nde visit Somme

21 November

Booster Club

WELCOME BACK!

That certain

autumnal feeling

has definitely

arrived. The

summer seems a dim

and distant

memory! Tempus

fugit indeed! A very

belated welcome

back to school

whether you are new

to the Section or an

old hand. We are

all very happy to be

back and we are all

looking forward to

another busy school

year but one where

we take the time to

have lots of fun too!

We’ve already had a

very well attended

University Workshop

and Quiz Night got

the ball rolling in

terms of social

events.

As dear old Albert

Einstein said, we

should “learn from

yesterday, live for

today, hope for

tomorrow. The

important thing is to

not stop questioning.”

Good luck in the

coming year, thank

you in advance for

all your support and

see you at an ASB

community event

soon!

The ASB

Team

3ème/2nde visit to Auchonvillers

To aid preparations for the History

IGCSE Exam, a large portion of which

focuses on World War 1, the ASB

Team has organised a trip to

Auchonvillers (renamed as Ocean

Villers by British service men) in the

Somme on Thursday 17 October.

Students will be able to take a walk

through the battlefield and visit a

preserved World War 1 trench and

museum. Additionally, they will have

the opportunity to hear from British

Historian, Andrew Robertshaw who

will recount tales of life in the

trenches.

We look forward to sharing

feedback and reflection on this

trip from students in the next

edition of the newsletter

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October 2013

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10

6pm Quiz Night

11 12 13

14 15 1.45pm

Booster Club

16 17 3eme/2nde

trip to Somme

18 19 20

21

School Holidays

22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 Halloween

Edition Five

November 2013

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 All Saint’s Day 2 3 Diwali

4 5 Guy Fawkes

Night

6 School Day at

Primary

7 8 9 10

11 Armistice

Day

12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 6pm

Booster Club

22 23 24

25 26 27 28 Thanksgiving 29 30

December 2013

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

2 3 4 5

6 St Nicholas

Day

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 IND

Christmas Fair

18 19 8pm

Primary

Xmas Carols

20 21 22

23 24 Christmas

Eve

25 Christmas

Day

26 Boxing Day 27 28 29

30 31 New Year’s

Eve

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I'm Irene Azoulay, and I'm originally from Ireland. After my studies, I lived in London for 3 years, before moving to France, over 17 years ago. My husband Gilles is French, and we have 3 children, who are students at IND.

For 2013/2014, I am teaching the CE1 bilingual children for 1 hour each week, and the focus of the class is on cultural activities. I also have the pleasure of co-facilitating the primary drama workshop - Happy Players, with Lisa Walters. In addition, I teach Conversation English to the 2nde students in the lycée.

I am very pleased and enthusiastic to be a member of the ASB team.

NEW FACES to the ASB Teaching Family

Irene

Hello, I'm Claire Smith and have recently joined

the ASB as a History teacher. I'm enjoying getting

to grips with the iGCSE courses, although it's all

very modern to me. In the UK I taught Classics,

and so most of my history didn't get past the

medieval period! I've been teaching since 1991,

mostly in schools around London, from 11 up to A

level, and was a GCSE examiner. We have been in

France for two years now, and are getting settled

in. I'm looking forward to taking part in the

activities run by the ASB and Booster Club,

particularly the MUN.

Claire

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FOCUS ON PRIMARY

NEW FACES to the Parent Contact Team

To contact anyone on the Parent Contact Team

please email: indasbprimary@gmail.com

Hello everyone, I am Delphine Mouquin, a French mum with 5 children

in the bilingual section at IND, 2 in Collège (3e and 5e) and 3 in

Primary (CM1, CE1, maternelle) . I have just settled in Saint-Germain

after 15 years in London, How do you do?

Delphine

I am Sophie Bas, a French mother of 3 children in the bilingual

section at IND, 1 in CE1 Bleu, 1 in 6ème Jaune, and 1 in 3ème Orange.

We arrived in Saint Germain in 2012 after 4 years in Vietnam! I am

happy to join Delphine and Emmanuelle. Let's enjoy a new

international school year with all of you! Sophie

Hello, I am Emmanuelle de Rochgonde, a French mum as well but

with only one daughter in the passport section at IND (CM2V) and I

would be delighted to strengthen the links between the French and

the English speaking community.

Emmanuelle

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FOCUS ON PRIMARY

Bilingual and Passport to English Families

Please join us for

A CHRISTMAS CAROL EVENING

Salle Campan

Thursday 19 December at 8pm

CAN’T WAIT ‘TIL CHRISTMAS?

WORRY NOT, ONLY ANOTHER 67 DAYS TO GO………..

Following on from the success of last year, the Happy Players Drama Club opened its doors on 18 September

2013 to a mixture of new and old Primary children. This year, Mrs Walters will be working alongside Mrs

Azoulay. The Section’s grateful thanks go to Ms Gellner for all her efforts in helping get the Primary Drama

Club up and running.

All 33 of this year’s intake have settled in quickly and as the photos below suggest, the children are already

having a great time learning to express themselves through a wide variety of drama activities.

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FOCUS ON PRIMARY CONTD

Soon after the Toussaint holidays, your children will be bringing home a letter containing

information all about rehearsals for the Christmas Carol Concert. The first rehearsal is

planned to take place on Tuesday 19 November during lunchtime and rehearsals will

continue each Tuesday lunchtime thereafter up until the big night. Getting all 8 classes

organised, in the correct place at the correct time whilst maintaining order

involves a huge effort and so some help is required. We would be incredibly grateful if 8

parents could help out at each rehearsal. Rehearsals are held in the Salle de Francheville

from 12.15pm to 1.20pm. We also need 4 parents for an hour or so during the afternoon of

the 19 December to help decorate the Salle Campan up at College/Lycee. This is where

the actual Carol Concert will take place. We will also ideally need 4 parents to help with

the children in the ‘waiting room’ on the evening of the Concert.

If you can lend a hand then please contact your parent contact mums by emailing

indasbprimary@gmail.com or

the Deputy Head of Primary, Mrs Walters at lwalters@ind78.com

CA

N Y

OU

HELP?

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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The Gruffalo comes to

the British School of

Paris Junior School –

Thursday 14 November

2013

Performances at

4.30pm and 7pm

Tickets: 12€ each

“The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should

ever set foot in the deep dark wood….

But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s

child ignores her father’s warning and

tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big

Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist… does he?”

For more information please click here

Keep watching this space for news on all ASB events including:

Christmas Carol Concerts

Games Night

Champagne and Strawberries fundraiser

Talent Show

Annual Family Barbecue

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SOCIAL EVENTS FEEDBACK

FUN, FUN, FUN….

A great night was had by all! Quiz Master extraordinaire Marie-

Pascale Bouhelier had put together a veritable feast of a quiz including

rounds on literature; history/geography; pop culture; MUN; sciences

and general knowledge! There were even two bonus rounds: “sense of

smell” and “do you really speak English” which were not only great fun

but great ice-breakers giving everyone the opportunity to join in and

get to know one another! The now traditional “flag” round had them all

flummoxed. This has to be the only event where bribery is allowed:

answers in return for a donation to the MUN Fund.

And talking of fund raising, the MUN students did a magnificent job

putting together a veritable feast of the food variety with all proceeds

going to the THIMUN fund. It costs around 1200€ per student to go

to THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations)

Conference which is prohibitive for some families. ASB wants to make

attending MUN conferences possible for all interested students at

IND. Your donations go a good way to helping achieve that. This year

we raised 700€ which the school has said it will match!

And whilst all of this was going on Mrs Leparc kept everyone in check

as our MC and during the intervals we were treated to a veritable feast

for the ears from our very talented students and Mr Tooby. A great

evening all round—what more could you possibly want?

So a big round of applause and hearty thanks to you

all.

So you thought you were Albert

Einstein did you?

And the official winners of

tickets to Games Night were:

Mr and Mrs de la Beaujardiere

Mr and Mrs Hamilton-Jones

Mrs Varga

Mrs Di Piazza

Mrs Duret

Plus one other parent whose name we didn’t

get—sorry!

Congratulations go to them….

…..but you were all winners to us!

Well done, one and all!

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100 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE

YOU TURN 14

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It was Children’s Book Week in the UK recently and every year to celebrate Booktrust a

reading and writing charity that changes lives through books, publishes a list of 100 books

every child should read before they are 14 years old. The list shown below combines an

“eclectic mix of traditional classics and modern greats to fire children’s imaginations and turn

them into life-long readers”

So, here’s the list……. Let’s see how many you have read?

For Children: 0–5 (1) Each Peach Pear Plum (Allan Ahlberg)

(2) The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters (Allan

Ahlberg)

(3) The Snowman (Raymond Briggs)

(4) Gorilla (Anthony Browne)

(5) Would you Rather? (John Burningham)

(6) Dear Zoo (Rod Campbell)

(7) The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)

(8) I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Lauren Child)

(9) Princess Smartypants (Babette Cole)

(10) Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Diary (Lynley

Dodd)

(11) Room on the Broom (Julia Donaldson)

(12) Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Mem Fox)

(13) Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (Emily Gravett)

(14) Where’s Spot (Eric Hill)

(15) Dogger (Shirley Hughes)

(16) Lost and Found (Oliver Jeffers)

(17) The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Judith Kerr)

(18) I Want My Hat Back (Jon Klassen)

(19) Not now, Bernard (David McKee)

(20) Meg and Mog (Helen Nicholl)

(21) We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Michael Rosen)

(22) I Want My Potty! (Tony Ross)

(23) Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

(24) The Cat in the Hat (Dr Seuss)

(25) The Elephant and the Bad Baby (Elfrida Vipont)

For Children 6—8 years (26) The Enchanted Wood (Enid Blyton)

(27) Five on a Treasure Island (Enid Blyton)

(28) A Bear Called Paddington (Michael Bond)

(29) The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook (Joyce

Lankester Brisley)

(30) Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown)

(31) Clarice Bean, That’s Me (Lauren Child)

(32) The Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown (Cressida

Cowell)

(33) The BFG (Roald Dahl)

(34) The Story of Babar (Jean de Brunhoff)

(35) My Naughty Little Sister (Dorothy Edwards)

(36) Asterix the Gaul (René Goscinny)

(37) Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)

(38) Finn Family Moomintroll (Tove Jansson)

(39) The Queen’s Nose (Dick King-Smith)

(40) The Sheep-Pig (Dick King-Smith)

(41) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)

(42) Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)

(43) Winnie-the-Pooh (A A Milne)

(44) The Worst Witch (Jill Murphy)

(45) The True Story of Three Little Pigs (Jon Scieska)

(46) Horrid Henry (Francesca Simon)

(47) The Arrival (Shaun Tan)

(48) Charlotte’s Web (E B White)

(49) Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls

Wilder)

(50) Mister Magnolia (Quentin Blake)

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100 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU

TURN 14

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Books for 9-11 year olds (51) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken)*

(52) Skellig (David Almond)*

(53) Carrie’s War (Nina Bawden)*

(54) Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)*

(55) Millions (Frank Cottrell Boyce)*

(56) The Witches (Roald Dahl)*

(57) Matilda (Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake)*

(58) Flour Babies (Anne Fine)*

(59) Once (Morris Gleitzman)

(60) The Adventures of Tintin (Hergé)

(61) Journey to the River Sea (Eva Ibbotson)*

(62) Stig of the Dump (Clive King)*

(63) Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C S Lewis)*

(64) Goodnight Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)*

(65) Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo)

(66) A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)*

(67) The Borrowers (Mary Norton)*

(68) Truckers (Terry Pratchett)

(69) Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)

(70) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (J K

Rowling)*

(71) Holes (Louis Sachar)*

(72) The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

(73) Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfield)*

(74) The Hobbit (J R R Tolkien)*

(75) The Story of Tracy Beaker (Jacqueline Wilson)

Books for 12—14 year olds (76) Watership Down (Richard Adams)

(77) Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)*

(78) Forever (Judith Blume)

(79) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)*

(80) Junk (Melvin Burgess)

(81) Looking for JJ (Anne Cassidy)

(82) The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)*

(83) The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)*

(84) Maggot Moon (Sally Gardner)*

(85) The Owl Service (Alan Garner)

(86) Coram Boy (Jamila Gavin)*

(87) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

(Mark Haddon)*

(88) Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz)*

(89) The Kite Rider (Geraldine McCaughrean)*

(90) The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)

(91) Life: An Exploded Diagram (Mal Peet)

(92) Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)*

(93) The Ruby in the Smoke (Philip Pullman)*

(94) Witch Child (Celia Rees)*

(95) Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve)

(96) Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise

Rennison)*

(97) How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff)

(98) Revolver (Marcus Sedgwick)

(99) I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)*

(100) The Fellowship of the Ring (J R R Tolkien)*

* copy available in the Collège library or from the ASB office

If you would like to find out more about any of these titles or would like to join the vote for your favourite

then check out The Booktrust website by clicking on www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/222/

And if you are looking for even more great reads, click here for some other fabulous titles!

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THE ASB DRAMA CLUB

September saw preparations for the next big, fabulous production from the ASB Drama Club get underway with

Mrs Dautel welcoming members new and old to the group.

For those of you new to the Section, Drama Club meets on Monday evenings:

16.50 to 17.40 for college students; and

17.40 to 19.00 for lycée students

The aim of Drama Club is to help students gain confidence in English through theatre. During the first part of the

year, students meet with Mrs Dautel once per week and work on voice production, breathing techniques,

improvisation, character building and teamwork.

After the Toussaint holidays, work will begin in earnest on a play (still to be decided at time of going to print).

Whatever the piece performed, each and every student will be actively involved in the adventure whether on stage

or back stage. This has the added benefited of giving the whole group the opportunity to learn a little about

theatre history and the technical aspects which go into making a stage production a reality—lighting, sound

effects, make up, costumes, set design….the list goes on!

Mrs Dautel is keen to stress that this is a group project and the students stand to gain a great deal from working

together as a team from 6eme through to Terminale. From January onwards, there will be some additional

rehearsals scheduled on a Saturday afternoon

Breaking news…..this year’s production will be over four nights

7, 8, 9 and 10 May 2014 Be sure to note your diaries! The ASB Drama Club Production is always one of those not to be missed events!

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Many hands make light work and each year the Booster Club helps Mrs Dautel and the

ASB Drama Club with the annual ASB theatre production in many ways including the

following:

Costumes and Make-up

Are you handy with a needle and thread? Could you help make some costumes for this

year’s production (Mrs Dautel will make the final decision on the production during the

Toussaint vacation)? Could you be there backstage on any/all of the four nights the

production is on, helping the students with their costumes and makeup?

Props

Could you help source the props for the production? This might be as simple a task as

canvassing all ASB parents in the run up to the performance but will also involve arranging

the collection and return of property.

Set Decoration

For a few weeks ahead of the performance, Mrs Dautel needs help from anyone handy with

a paintbrush to come along and paint the already designed sets. For some productions this

isn’t a huge task but for others there is a lot of work involved. Set painting is usually done

on a Wednesday after lunch three or four weeks prior to the show.

Front and Back of House

Helping the actors get on and off the stage at the right time.

Selling tickets and giving out programmes

Lighting

Helping to tidy up after each production

Selling refreshments….there are lots of ways to be involved!

Being supportive generally by:

Going along to the performance or encouraging all your friends to go along! And/or buying

the DVD afterwards.

And parents can be involved too……...

If you know now that this is one way you would like to be more involved with the work of the Section,

please email boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com

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IND Model United Nations

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MUN News

INDMUN now has its own website! This year’s student directors

have taken the initiative of creating and designing a website for

IND’s annual MUN conference.

Check it out at: www.indmun.org

THIMUNers would like to thank all of you who attended Quiz

Night this year. Thanks to your support, each student will have

€60 less to pay to have the privilege of representing Syria at the

largest MUN conference in the world. We really could not have

done it without you!

The next Section Spotlight will recount how IND will fare at

December’s PAMUN conference, where, for the first time, IND

students will be participating in the prestigious International

Court of Justice simulation. Our students, Judith Perge and

Vincent Rollet, will be advocating for Argentina in its lawsuit

against Uruguay. Other students will be representing

Afghanistan, Qatar, and Tanzania.

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BOOK REVIEW

by Karen Staves, ASB Booster Club

The title of this book is Wonder

The author is R J Palacio

This book is categorised as Children’s Fiction

Paperback: 315 pages

Publisher: Corgi Children’s Books

Language: English

ISBN: 9780552565974

“I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—

until now. He's about to start 5th grade (equivalent to CM2) at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid

then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can

he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?

R. J. Palacio has written a spare, warm, uplifting story that will have readers laughing one minute and wiping away

tears the next. With wonderfully realistic family interactions (flawed, but loving), lively school scenes, and short

chapters, Wonder is accessible to readers of all levels.” (www.goodreads.com)

~~~

The book has been described variously as being about a boy who has never been to school (home-schooled by his

mum until now) but who has a great deal to teach us all. August Pullman is to all intents and purposes just like your

average 10 year old boy. He likes playing X-Box, riding a bike, eating ice cream…... The difference is that he was

born with a facial disfigurement which has meant he has undergone more facial surgeries than the majority of us

“have had hot dinners” (to coin a good old fashioned English idiom).

I think the book’s success comes from the fact that Auggie is such a wonderful character. He’s smart, funny and

above all else he is incredibly courageous. He is well aware of all the reactions his appearance causes: the shock,

the smirking, the covert looks; and even (as hard as it is to believe) the hostility. When he and his family decide the

time is right for him to go to school, Auggie very quickly discovers that he will have to make his own way in the world

of formal education. Palacio expertly emphasises his resilience, his sense of humour and his extraordinary bravery.

All the listings suggest that this is a book for readers in the 9—11 age range but honestly, honestly this is a good

read no matter what your age! My book club just read this and gave it a resounding thumbs-up! It’s a read that will

delight both children and adults not only because it is a really great story but also because Palacio explores some

fundamental truths about how humans behave and perhaps more importantly about how they should behave.

Based on what we know about bullying in schools, the reader almost automatically anticipates that Auggie will be a

magnet to being abused, mocked or excluded. This does happen but what is so great here is that there are many

other children who see past Auggie’s face and see the person he is on the inside which is of course what you hope

most for having read the back page when you pick up this book. So go on! If your wondering what to read next, pick

up a copy of Wonder! If you’re quick you can be the first to borrow the new copy in the ASB Section of the Collège

CDI!

And finally, here’s one of my favourite quotes from the book:

“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”

Karen

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OVER TO YOU…………….

Loving maths and science is great,

But he won’t touch the food on his plate!

When people touch him he screams and hits

Unable to control his aggressive fits.

Comedy and jokes are unknown to him,

People may think him a little dim.

Sometimes, he just leaves the house

He even has a white pet mouse!

He can be kind of claustrophobic

His memory is photographic

He can be a very picky eater

He also loves science and nature.

He doesn’t see the point in lying

And has a funny way of speaking.

Seriously, I’ve had enough

Being his Mum is really tough.

Alex

Asperger's Syndrome Poem

by Alex Besols 4ème Rouge

Asperger's syndrome is a developmental disorder that affects a person's ability to socialize and communicate

effectively with others. Children with Asperger's syndrome typically exhibit social awkwardness and an all-

absorbing interest in specific topics. If you would like to find out more about Asperger’s syndrome there are any

number of websites you could visit including:

www.autism.org.uk

www.autism-society.org

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COLLEGE LIBRARY

YOU SAID...

We did..

Fundraising for new books and DVDs has continued apace during the last few months and our total now stands at a whopping 2522,48€ towards our

target of 3000€

Yes, during the summer holidays we spent like mad to bring you lots and lots and lots of new books! You

asked for all three books in the Hunger Games trilogy - we’ve got them; you wanted all four books in the

Uglies trilogy plus one series —you’ve got them; you asked for the Cassandra Clare “Mortal Instruments”

series—well guess what? They are winging their way to the ASB shelves as you read! So far we have

purchased over 100 new titles and we are not finished yet!

So now it’s your turn. Show your appreciation and support by stopping by the CDI today and choosing your

next riveting read. You’re sure to be spoilt for choice but if on the off chance you don’t find what you are

looking for, then please let the Booster Club know by emailing boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com. We have

funds still available so let us know what would tickle your reading taste buds and we will do our utmost to

secure a copy for you.

Happy Reading!

FUNDRAISING HAS HELPED US BUY ALL THESE NEW TITLES…...

………………...AND MANY MORE!

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COLLEGE LIBRARY

Are mangas or bandes dessinées your thing? Would you like to gain a new appreciation for the works of William

Shakespeare? Then check out the new Manga Shakespeare in the Collège CDI! Not one but 12 plays inspiring a

new generation of learners (YOU!) to be entertained by the original works of the Bard himself.

Manga Shakespeare is a series of graphic novel adaptations of William Shakespeare plays. A veritable fusion of

classic Shakespeare with manga visuals. So what are you waiting for? Check out the 12 great titles pictured

below today!

MANGA SHAKESPEARE NOW AVAILABLE IN

THE COLLEGE CDI

AND COMING SOON….Robert Muchamore and Charlie Higson in

Graphic Novel format

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Help us to make next year the most successful school year ever for ASB Students,

Teachers and Parents alike. If you can spare an hour, a morning, an afternoon, an

evening,….please let us know by emailing : boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com

Look out for the blue arrows dotted about

throughout this Newsletter, for ways in which

YOU CAN HELP!

The Booster Club Team

BOOSTER CLUB

COLLEGE LIBRARY continued

A new DVD library……

Once again, the Booster Club would like to thank Monsieur Genou for his very kind permission to

allow us to fundraise so that we can not only to stock the library with more up-to-date book

titles but also get a DVD lending library off the ground. A huge thank you once again to all

those families who donated not only cash but all their no longer needed DVDs during the last

school year so that we could start to have a stock of DVDs to lend.

Work is well underway on this project; we are currently working out the logistics and hope to have this

wonderful resource up and running very soon. As with the new books, this summer saw us spending like mad to

put together a collection of over 150 titles for all tastes and we are not finished yet. If there is a movie you

would particularly like to see, please do let us know. We can’t make any promises but we can try to see if we can

source a copy of your favourites. Send your wish list to: boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com

In terms of the logistics, we desperately need more parents to sign up to our

library volunteers rota for lunchtime sessions in the CDI. The more people we

have signed up to come in, the less we need to call on people and the more

often we can offer the lending library! Any and all offers of help (even if only

one hour during the entire school year) are very, very welcome. Please

contact: boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com if you are lend a hand.

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The ASB Library Team

Next meeting:

21 November!

Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Leparc; Content and Creative Editor: Karen Staves

Edition One

JUST FOR FUN...

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(1) Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but what county is the town in?

(2) When did Shakespeare write his plays?

(3) Who did Shakespeare marry?

(4) How many children did Shakespeare have?

(5) What was the name of the theatre in London that Shakespeare was associated with?

(6) How much did Shakespeare write?

a) 1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems

b) 54 plays, 5 sonnets and 38 epic narrative poems

c) 54 plays, 38 sonnets and 5 epic narrative poems

d) 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 epic narrative poems

(7) What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?

(8) Which of these phrases appears on Shakespeare’s gravestone?

a) “May the great author rest in piece”

b) “He wrote so much that man will take years to understand everything”

c) “He arrived on this earth with nothing. When he died, he left everything to us”

d) “….curst be he that moves my bones”

(9) How old was Shakespeare when he died?

(10) When is Shakespeare’s birthday traditionally celebrated?

© quiz questions courtesy of www.schoolhistory.co.uk

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW

SHAKESPEARE?

“Love all, trust a few,

do wrong to none”

“Better a witty

fool than a

foolish wit”

Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Leparc; Content and Creative Editor: Karen Staves

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PASS THE WORD

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Psst…..Pass the Word

The school website is getting a new look!

Same address www.ind78.com but so much

better. Why not have a browse?

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JUST FOR FUN —THE ANSWERS

(1) Stratford-upon-Avon is in Warwickshire

(2) Shakespeare wrote his plays during the 16th and 17th century

(3) Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. Very little is known about her but her personality and rela-

tionship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by historians

(4) Shakespeare had 3 children: a daughter Susanna, followed by twins Hamnet (a son) and Judith

(5) The theatre in London that Shakespeare was associated with is The Globe Theatre

(6) (d) Shakespeare wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 epic narrative poems

(7) In 1613 the Globe Theatre burnt down

(8) (d) The epitaph on Shakespeare’s gravestone reads: “curst be he that moves my bones”. Shakespeare is

supposed to have written this himself because at the time old bodies were dug up and burned to make

room for new burials. Shakespeare despised this treatment of bodies.

(9) Shakespeare was 52 when he died. The cause of his death remains a mystery but an entry in a diary of

the local vicar suggests that he had a “merry meeting “ with Ben Jonson (Jacobean playwright and poet)

“...and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted”

(10) Shakespeare’s birthday is traditionally celebrated on 23 April. In 2014, the birthday celebrations will

mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth

Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Leparc; Content and Creative Editor: Karen Staves

A Last Word…..

ASB at IND

3 rue de Témara

BP 50105

78101 Saint-Germain-en-Laye Cedex

ASB

Anglophone Section for Bilinguals

Phone: 01.30.87.17.87

Fax: 01.30.87.17.80

E-mail: l-grison@ind78.com

www.ind78.com

Want to Contact the Section?

Section Head:

Mrs Grison l-grison@ind78.com

Deputy Section Head:

Mrs. Leparc d-leparc@ind78.com

Deputy Head of Primary:

Mrs. Walters lwalters@ind78.com

Have suggestions/announcements for our next

newsletter? Not getting the electronic version of the

Spotlight? Want to volunteer?

Contact Karen Staves at boosterclub.asbatind@gmail.com

The first term is always a busy one for me as I spend a lot of time advising students on the next big step in their academic lives: further education. I have to say that I have been constantly bowled over by our students’ positive outlook on life, their desire to succeed and their overall drive. Many of them are working hard towards the Baccalaureat and therefore don’t have a great deal of free time, but they still manage to find the energy to play high-level sports, further their artistic talents and, not least, devote time to helping others. I appreciate how hard it must be to find the right balance between school work and extra-curricular activities, but the more I talk to students in the upper years, the more I realise how personally enriching it is to have outside interests and how much more interesting it makes their letters of motivation to universities. So, let this be a message of encouragement to all our students: work hard, play hard and

whatever you resolve to do, do it well!

Happy holidays to you all and I look forward to seeing you all again “bright-eyed and

bushy-tailed” in November.

Mrs Grison