Sos Gara Catelu, Nr. 1R, Sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Tel – (21) 306 95 30

Fax – (21) 306 95 34

primary.office@isb.ro

Dates for the Diary :

● Monday 22 February -

School begins

● Monday 1st to Friday 5th

March - Book week

(Including Book fair)

● Tuesday 9th March -

Parent evening

● Thursday 25th March -

Year 3, 4 and 5

production

● Monday 29th March to

Thu 1st April - Science

Week (Recycling and the

Environment).

● Thursday 1st April -.Last

day of term (School

finishes 12 noon).

ISB Primary Newsletter

2009—2010 Volume 3 (January-February)

ISB is expanding. A villa has been rented in Pipera and staff are

working hard to convert it to ISB's Early Learning Centre, a school

for under seven years olds. The building is on four floors and has

ample space for classrooms, a cafeteria and a PE room. The villa is

set in a mature garden, providing plenty of shaded areas for outdoor

fun. The Early Learning Centre will follow the same National

Curriculum for England and Wales as ISB does, making it a great

place for young children to start their education and then transfer

to ISB when they are older. If you are interested in viewing or

enrolling your child at ISB's Early Learning Centre please contact

Cristina Sirbu on 021 306 9530. ISB's Early Learning Centre will be

fully operational by September 2010, but will except children for

daycare from mid-April. Come and take a look it will be a very

special place for children to learn.

To celebrate World

Book Day (4th March)

-here at ISB we’re

having a full week of

activities and events

to share our enjoyment of books,

reading and stories.

In our classes we will be doing lots

of activities related to books and

story tel l ing- including a

competition to decorate our

classroom doors in our favourite

book cover.

At ISB on 30th March!

There will also be a competition for the

Best Fancy Dress Costume on Friday-

when the whole school will be dressing as

their favourite book characters.

Of course book fair will be open to all

9:00 to 15:30 all week.

Sos Gara Catelu, Nr. 1R, Sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Tel – (21) 306 95 30

Fax – (21) 306 95 34

primary.office@isb.ro

Students in our primary school enjoy attending our wide

range of club activities. The clubs allow students to work and

play together. Many of the activities are offered in a range of ages,

which allow the enhancement and development of social

skills. Clubs run both after-

school and at lunch

break. Clubs are all great fun!

With the opening of several new

clubs; violin, climbing, recorder,

detectives and culture of character, this

term promises to be the most exciting yet! We now

offer 21 different clubs to our students on Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursdays.

The new program of summer clubs will be announced

after the half term break. Hurry up to register as soon as

they are announced because some popular clubs fill up

very quickly.

Friday 5th February was

party day at ISB. The day

started with the Nursery

party organised by Brigitte

Vondenhoff. The children

played games, painted

their noses red, sang

songs and ate a delicious

lunch. In the afternoon it

was the turn of Reception

and Key Stage One. The

children changed into their

party clothes, played

games, ate a delicious

snack, enjoyed a clown

show and tried to get the

sweets from inside a

pinata. After school it was

the turn of the KS2

students, who enjoyed a

Salsa dancing competition.

A huge thank you to

Ismene Reeves, and all of

the parents and teachers

who made this event such

a lot of fun for the childen.

Sos Gara Catelu, Nr. 1R, Sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Tel – (21) 306 95 30

Fax – (21) 306 95 34

primary.office@isb.ro

As part of ISB’s Winter Sports Activities, children

from Key Stage 2 went to Predeal for a day’s

skiing on Saturday 30th of January 2010. You

can see all the fabulous photos by checking out

our gallery section (www.isb.ro).

This was a fantastic opportunity for children to

learn to ski or simply to enjoy a day skiing with

their friends. The programme included a ski lesson with professional ski

instructors, food, fun games and other PE activities related to winter sports.

The children were very excited

but were a real credit to their

school showing off their best

behavior.

Like all these events they don’t

happen by magic and I would like

to thank all the parents and

teachers that helped during the day. The ski trip was another great

success and again we all just can’t wait for the next one!

Ice-skating Week has become a tradition at

ISB as this is now the second year when

children and teachers from Key Stage 2

have gone to Cismigiu Park.

Each day of the week, a different year group,

have been improving their skills on the ice.

The children had so much fun and it was

great seeing so many smiles on their faces.

The teachers enjoyed seeing the children’s confidence grow as they sped

round the ice. I think everyone agreed that they now can’t wait for next

year’s ice skating week. However, if you don’t do already why not take your children yourself. It’s a great way to

have a family day out! And if you can’t skate yourself you don’t have to worry as they will teach you themselves!

Sos Gara Catelu, Nr. 1R, Sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Tel – (21) 306 95 30

Fax – (21) 306 95 34

primary.office@isb.ro

PTA

Traditional Dance Evening

Dear Parents,

The PTA is organizing a

Dancing Evening for

parents and teachers, on

Friday 26th February

2010, 8pm, at the

exclusive Floreasca Club.

We will be learning

Greek and Romanian Traditional Dances.

The tickets will be 120 Ron/person, and will be

available from the Primary School Secretary from

Monday 22 February.

The ticket will include a buffet and drinks.

We hope you can come as we look forward to spending

the evening with you.

On Monday 25th January as the

students were leaving ISB,

teachers from all around the city

were arriving to attend the

Bucharest Early Years Group

meeting. Teachers from five

other international schools

came to ISB to look at resources

and share ideas concerning

interesting places to take

students on trips. Our visitors were very impressed and

complimentary about our school, and enjoyed looking

at the attractive displays created by our teachers. This

was also a great opportunity for teachers to network

with people doing similar jobs elsewhere in the city.

Thank you very much to Kati Rhodes for organising this

highly successful event.

‘Non uniform’ day for Haiti Our students are truly International and they are interested

in their world. Everyone saw the terrible news from Haiti

and ISB students thought:

" What can we do?" So, the student Council, led by Ms.

Denise and Ms. Daiana came up with the idea of "Fashion

Without Borders".

On Friday 12th February students are coming to school in

their fashionable clothes. They are all paying a "Fashion

Fine" of at least 10 RON

to help the people of Haiti. Ms Sorana, Ms Daiana and Ms

Blessy have also been busy with groups of creative students,

making badges and friendship bracelets.

Fashion Accessories for a good cause!

Ms Sorana will also be painting faces at breaktimes - so

Secondary students will be even more beautiful than

normal. We hope to raise a record amount for Haiti!

The students and staff in Key Stage One have been

working really hard this term to create the production

'Mr. Skellybones'. A musical all about the human body.

The children have learnt songs about healthy food and

exercise, and the function of different parts of their

bodies. They have learnt dances and helped to make

scenery for the show. This has all linked closely with

the Science units they have been learning about this

term. Thank you to all of the KS1 staff for making this

event happen, despite the snow, and to Ms. Adina for

accompanying the children so beautifully on the piano.