PYP Newsletter Feb 2013 (1)

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Principals Message

Dear Parents, teachers and students,

Currently we are involved in a process at school of

appointing new principals for the international section.

This is due,in part, to the trial of the two principal

system, which has been successful and to the fact that

the position is currently an actingposition.

I informed the school last month of my decision to not

apply for either position. My time at ISGR after 10 years

will end as my young family will head back to Australia

for the next exciting phase in our lives. I will talk more

of my sincere thanks to the school community later on

in the school year.

But I would like to share that we have had over 60

applicants for the two principal positions. This was

reduced to 10 people after the rst round of interviews

which have been just completed. The shortlist of

candidates will meet, shortly after week 7, with 3 groups

from the leadership, teachers and students, before the

nal appointments are made.

These appointments are naturally important in building

upon the initial establishment phase of the school and

consolidating the 15 years of existence ISGR has quickly

developed upon.As soon as we have more information

on any appointment I will get back to you.

Have a great upcoming sports break!

Jayson Williams

Principal Internation Section

FEBRUARY 2013

School Activities starting just now!School Choir

The ISGR choirsare a chance for students from

both sections of the school to come together and

celebrate our enjoyment of singing. We sing songs

from dierent genres including traditional songs,

muscial theatre, pop, jazz and other modern styles.

We alsopractice some basic singing techniques

and perform regularly at school events such as the

Winter Bazaar, Lucia, Spring Show, Culture Week

and on the last day of the school year.

We currently have 2 choirs:

PYP 1 and PYP 2rehearse on Wednesdays from

9:50 - 10:10

PYP3-5 and LGR 2-5 rehearse on Thursdays from

12:40 - 1:10

This term we are busy preparing for the Spring

Show. New students are always welcome to join

although students need to attend regularly to par-

ticipate in performances.

ISGR Sports ClubAfter School sports club! See notice board in the

main entrance hall!

If you have questions, thoughts or ideas, dont hes-

itate to contact me by email

[email protected]

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Whats happening in PYP!Swedish

Swedish, as the host country language, is taught to the

students who dont go to EAL. Ida Carlson teaches theBeginner/Intermediate groups and Johanna kesson teachesthe Intermediate/Advanced groups and beginners in K and 1.We try as much as we can to integrate Swedish into the Unitsof Inquiry that every grade are doing at that moment. As weonly meet once or twice a week, we sometimes want to stay alittle longer on one Unit of Inquiry, as with Grade 5 Beginner/Intermediate, where were still doing Migration from Wherewe are in time and place. Currently, the Intermediates arelming interviews about migration and the Beginners arelearning family related words to be able to talk about wherethey come from. We will end this unit by drawing a big map

covering all the migration that is already made by this younggroup its impressive!

Ida & Johanna

Green ag

Over the next two weeks the

green ag students will undergo

training to learn how to super-

vise other students when usingthe recycling area!!

Student Council

The Student Council got o to a busy start this term witha number of projects underway. They are currently organ-izing an Opposites Dress Up Day that takes place on Feb-ruary 8th.

Apart from having fun, the purpose of this day is to raisemoney for the Bibbi Jann children's charity in Tanzania.Another Student Council project this term is to promote

calmer corridors in our school and many of them havebeen hard at work producing posters to remind everyoneabout the importance of safety in common school areas.


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Whats happening in PYP!Grade 3

Grade 3 PYP Jan news How We Express Ourselves

Grade 3 has just wrapped up a very interesting Unit of Inquiry into How WeExpress Ourselves. The focus of this unit was how art can be inspired by dier-ent things. Students examined a variety of dierent historic and modern art-ists, their techniques and their inspirations. We explored and debated themerits and inspirations of dierent types of art, including dance, music, litera-ture and even the existence of artistic creativity in architecture and cooking!This was an ideal transdiciplinary study that was investigated extensively in our

work with Shape and Space, as well as in Art, Music and Swedish classes.

To further expand our appreciation and analysis of art, the Grade 3 classes tooka tour of downtown Gteborg and Avenyn, to view and discuss the statues andinstallation art on the street and we concluded our walk with a visit to theGteborg Konstmuseum. Throughout this unit, students had the opportunityto create dierent types of works and consider what they found personallyinspiring.

PYP 5 essential elements.

Guldheden Library

2013

Library opening hoursMonday 8.30 -3.30 pm

Tuesday 8.30 -3.30pm

Wednesday 8.30 -3.30pm

Thursday 8.30 3.30pm

Friday 8.30 2.30pm

Mike PYP coordinator

website

Please check out my website for someinteresting information about the IB and

the PYP programme.

http://teacherweb.com/SE/ISGR/

MikeHowlett/apt1.aspx


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Ice SkatingOn a cold and sunny January day,

the whole of PYP put on theirwarm clothes and headed o tothe ice rink. The children spentthe day at Ruddalen sports centrewhere they were free to have aday of fun on the ice. The wholePYP community, from parents toteachers was present, and eventhe deputy principal was enjoy-ing himself. Whether it waslearning to skate for the rst timeor playing ice hockey with theadults, the children had a greatday!


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Important dates

Week 2, Jan 7th (Mon) In-service

Week 7, PYP closed, Sports break

Week 11, March 13th (Wed) - Developmental Talks Day

Week 13, March 27th (Wed) - Exhibition

Week 13, March 29th (Fri) - Start of Easter break

Week 14, Easter BreakWeek 16, April 19th (Fri) - Start of Nordic Network

Week 18, May 1st (Wed) Holiday

Week 19, May 9-10th (Thurs/Fri) - Holiday

Week 20, Culture Week

Week 22, May 29

th

(Wed)-

Specialist Reports due

Week 23, June 5th (Wed) - Mentor Reports due

Week 23, June 6/7th (Thurs/Fri) Holiday

Week 24, June 14th (Fri) Students end

See you next time!

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