IB CONSULTATION VISIT

Monday and Tuesday were two very busy days for

the IBDP team and the consultant from the IB

Organization, Concepcion (Contxesi) Allende.

Contxesi and the IBDP team worked closely over the

two days regarding the authorization process and

discussed the next steps for ESCA. Over the next few

months, the teachers on the IBDP team will be very

busy learning about the IBDP subjects and writing

course outlines. A great aspect of the IBDP is the

freedom it allows the teachers to build a course that

is uniquely their own, taking into consideration of

both the teacher's interest and the student's

interest. The IBDP teachers will also be busy meeting

together as a group to discuss how to create a programme that is both unique and unified, as a

core principle of the Diploma Programme is the interdisciplinary teaching style and a multicultural

approach to education within a global context.

Students and parents also had the opportunity to meet with Contxesi and ask questions about the

Diploma Programme. It was good to hear the interesting questions and we hope that parents and

students now have a better understanding of the principles and philosophy of the Diploma

Programme. If you have any other questions regarding the Diploma Programme, please do not

hesitate to contact the Diploma Programme Coordinator Hana Cho at hcho@esca.kg.

ART EXHIBITION

On Friday 24 April ESCA held the opening of its

second annual Art Exhibition at the Fine Arts

Museum with over 100 artworks presented,

including paintings, sculptures and even origami

creations.

Though all of the artworks were incredible in their

technique and time and energy put into it, the school

committee members selected the most remarkable

art works in each category to praise creativity of our

students.

ESCA Newsletter for ESCA Parents and Friends | www.esca.kg

No: 34/ 2014-15 1 May 2015

The committee members were:

Yuristanbek Shygaev, Director of the

Fine Arts Museum

Jill Seaton, Vice Chair of ESCA

Governing Board

Tone Dotson, ESCA Head of Education

The committee selected the most outstanding works in different age categories and the winners were:

Age 2 to 6: Elias Morris from Preschool

1 for his freedom of art and fantasy

Age 7 to 10: Yuan Yuan Wang from

Year 6 for her deliberate technique

applied in creating art

Age 11 to 14: Kaito Haraguchi from Year 10 for his extraordinary and unexpected artwork

in the form of origami

The Director of the Fine Arts Museum has also selected three works of students and presented them with his books:

Stef Cepoi from Year 1

Zakir Kalyev from Year 3

Danielle Young from Year 4

EDUCATION FAIR

On Saturday 25 April the International Public

Foundation ‘Roza Otunbaeva Initiative’ held its

third annual Education Fair.

ESCA school band members performed

‘Something’s Got a Hold on Me’ originally

released by Etta James and covered by

Christina Aguilera on the soundtrack

‘Burlesque’. The performance is available on

https://www.facebook.com/ESCAKG

It was a great performance and a great event

overall with lots of people attending and

interested in educational opportunities in

Kyrgyzstan.

SCIENCE PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT

There are many ways to assess student

learning and this week Year 7/8 and Year 10

had Practical Lab Assessments. Year 7/8 had to

research what an Electromagnet was and how

to build one as preparation for the Assessment

and then they used the material provided for

them to build one electromagnet each. They

had done lots of research and had no problem building an electromagnet

that worked and even after the assessment was officially over they still

continued to work to see if they could improve the strength of their

magnet.

Year 10 took theoretical knowledge from last week’s lesson and applied it in

the Lab this week. They tested if a chemical reaction is affected by

temperature or particle size and after the Lab was finished they had to

write Lab reports to interpret their findings.

It is always fun to see the students so active in the Lab because they take

the work seriously and they are so concentrated while they work.

ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING

Advisory Council represents permanent institutions in the Kyrgyz Republic with an interest in

development of the school. The Council helps to set and maintain the ethos and direction of the

school and has the right to elect three members of the Governing Board. It meets three or four

times a year to discuss development of ESCA, education issues in the Kyrgyz Republic and to elect

members of the Governing Board.

First meeting of the Advisory Council in 2014/15 was held on 1 December with Roza Otunbaeva

and the second meeting was held on Tuesday 28 April, where the Council elected a new chair of

the Advisory Council, Ambassador of France to the Kyrgyz Republic Stephane Catta, and a new

member of the Governing Board to replace Rosie Tapper, Deputy Head of Mission of the British

Embassy in Bishkek, who is stepping down as she is leaving Bishkek in May. There are two

candidates running for one position on the school´s Governing Board, Elmira Shishkaraeva, UNDP

Country Program Gender Coordinator and Keneshbek Sainazarov, Country Director of ‘Search for

Common Ground’, a conflict prevention NGO. The deadline for Advisory Council members to vote is

9:00 o´clock on Monday 4 May 2015. We look forward to counting the results and introducing the new

member of the Governing Board who will make a valuable contribution to the school development.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Book Club http://eu-schools.scholastic.co.uk/european-school-in-cental-asia is open until 3 June.

Order Forms are available in the attached files. Leaflets are available at the school reception. In

case if you have questions about the Book Club, please contact Mirzat Osmonova at

mosmonova@esca.kg

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOVIES IN MAY

In May Cinematica ‘English Movie Club’ is holding several shows of movies in their original

language:

Tuesday 19 May - MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Tuesday 26 May - TOMORROWLAND

Please see www.cinematica.kg/announces/full/20 for further details.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 4 May – NO SCHOOL – Public Holiday for Victory Day (Saturday 9 May)

Tuesday 5 May – NO SCHOOL – Constitution Day

Saturday 16 May – Europe Day Festival / Open Day

Sunday 31 May – Parents Association Golf Competition

KEEP IN TOUCH

If you have anything you want to discuss or suggestions for the school, please contact the Class

Representatives or the Head of Education, Tone Dotson via tdotson@esca.kg

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

PS1 & PS2 Eike Martin (eike.puck@googlemail.com)

PS3 Izabela Bonte (pyzunia@hotmail.com) Saruul Anderson (gsaruul@hotmail.com)

Y1 Ellen Young (ellenofoxley@gmail.com)

Y2 Elvira Marquering (elkiza@gmail.com)

Y3 Anara Kalieva (a.d.kalieva@gmail.com)

Y4 Saltanat Hoyt (saltusha81@mail.ru)

Y5/6 Suryani Duiven (sduiven@gmail.com)

Y7/8 Aizada Abdukarimova (aizada.abdukarimova@gmail.com) Svetlana Talipova

(lana_24-82@mail.ru)

Y9/10 Ainura Mambetova (amambetova@yandex.ru)

THIS WEEK:

This week in the Preschool jungle we blasted off into space! We have had so much fun exploring our

solar system. We talked about the stars, the planets, the sun, the moon, rockets, and astronauts. We

learned many new poems and songs about our solar system. We were very impressed that several of

the students knew that the sun was a hot star before we even talked about it on Monday. Many of

the students said that they want to be astronauts when the grow-up! ;-)

Preschool 3 are learning how to count backwards from 20. They spent the week practicing counting

to 100. We learned the new phonic sound UE and the song that goes along with it. We also continued

working in our talking groups.

Preschool 2 are learning to count correctly to 20. We also pretended to be rockets and counting from

10 to 0 before we blast off. We also worked on the letters V, R, and W. They are also doing very well

in their talking groups.

WHAT’S NEXT?

We will continue to talk about space and we will have some aliens come and visits us ;-)

REMINDERS:

1. Please have your child at school by 8:30, if you arrive after please inform the office. Late

arrivals also cause a lot of disruptions and the children are missing out in morning group

time.

2. Please be on time to pick up your children. Several days we have had some children left

after 17:30.

3. Please return your child’s folder every day.

4. If you want your child to wear sunscreen or a hat please provide them with these items

and let the teachers know.

5. Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes in their locker.

STAR OF THE WEEK

Kais is our star of the week. Kais is new to our class but he is adjusting well. He is a very bright

student and we look forward to seeing how much he progresses this school year!

THIS WEEK:

The students had a great time at school playing inside and outside,

dancing and doing art. We discussed what birds look like and parts of

their body like beak, wings, and legs.

Math - each group had birds with numbers on and cloth pins to pin

the tail on the bird that match the numbers and they also did number

7 with colourful sticks.

Literacy - we learned some new words like a beak, wings and sang

songs related to the topic of birds.

Art - the students made play dough birds using real feathers and

handprint birds.

See you all next Wednesday! Have a lovely long break!

NEXT WEEK: Next week will be even

shorter than this. So we

will continue to talk about

birds. We will talk about

the food they eat, places

where they live, and their

babies.

REMINDERS:

1. Please provide your child with suitable clothes according to the

weather and please label them;

2. Please make sure your child has enough spare clothes in his/her locker

especially for water days and also wet wipes, pacifier, nappies if

necessary, and please label them;

3. Preschool 1 team asks that you do not bring toys from home except

Friday for “Show and Tell”. We have found that toys are extremely

distracting and tend to go missing or broken. Leaving them at home

eliminates this problem;

4. Please bring your child before 8:30 as late arrival distracts our morning

activities.

5. Please provide your child with a water bottle and a hand towel and

they need to be taken home on Fridays to be washed.

STAR OF THE WEEK

Lino – for playing nicely with friends and showing his interest

in group activities.

OTHER THINGS:

We got some new toys for

our sandpit this week. The

students are very happy.