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D A T E S O F I N T E R E S T

For school events calendar for thewhole termsee last page!

P Y P N E W S L E T T E R

MESSAGE FROM THEPRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Students,I would like to inform you that MarkMayer, our International Principalfor the past two years has resignedfrom his position.As many of you know Mark had tak-en leave this year to return home toCanada to be with his family. Onbehalf of the school community Iwould like to thank Mark for hiscontribution to the development ofboth PYP and MYP in our schools.His influence inICT, team collaboration and plan-ning continues to be built upon.Personally, I appreciated the en-couragement and support he gaveme as a leader and how he alwayssupported the development ofteachers as leaders in our school.Though we will miss his presence,he has left us with a positive baseto build upon and good will.

Overall, we wish Mark, Charm andhis new son, Eli all the very best forthe future.Kind regardsJayson WilliamsPrincipalInternational sectionISGR, Sweden.

March 2012

PYP Exhibition process has started!4th April

Grade 5 has started their work for the PYPExhibition. This represents the culminating eventof the PYP programme.The central idea is the following:

Communities are affected by economic activity!

This is an inquiry into:

What economic activities are

Types of economic activity in our local community com-pared to communities worldwide

Factors that affect the economic activity

The effects of economic activity on our community

Ten different groups of students will be working together. Notonly are they researching the questions above, but they aregetting involved in an economicproject. The student groups will startwith a small capital and must investthis in a business project which willcreate funds for a charity project.The different projects are the follow-ing:

2nd hand games/books/dvds2nd hand toys2nd hand jeans/clothesSelling baked goods- cookies-Selling cakes2nd hand sports equipmentMobile Sandwich ShopRe-designing clothes/frames etc.2nd hand things

Selling drinks

They have the added challenge that they should

not be using the school for their sales project.

On April 4th and 5th PYP5 will be exhibitingtheir findings and even continuing to sell their

products!

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PYP K at the student council book sale

Reading

weeks!

PYP 5 are reading buddies with PYPK

Guest Illustrator Kurt Lightner meets theclasses. Above with PYPK and below

with PYP 5

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Guldheden Library 2011

A new website for the Library:

http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/

Our librarian Rouhia Lotfkah hascreated this website as a resource

for our students.Library opening hours

Monday 8.30 -3.30 pmTuesday 8.30 -3.30pm Plans for August 2012!

A letter should have come home with your child asking

what your plans are for the forthcoming school year.

Please complete this as soon possible and return this to theclass teacher/advisor as this will help us with our planning

for the new school year.

Iona Sadler

Development and Assessment Manager

Choir preparing for the Spring Show!Choir is starting up again! It takes place onWednesdays in the Music room at 12.40 - 1.15New members are welcome to join and old mem-bers welcome back! We will be working on somesongs for the Spring Show!Welcome!Emily

Choir teacher

Lilla Gteborgsvarvet

"If you haven't already, it's now time toregister your child for Lilla

Gteborgsvarvet that takes place onSunday the 13th of May in Slottsskogen.

The last date to register is on the 31st ofMarch. You can register and find all the

info you might need onwww.goteborgsvarvet.se. To get a

chance to get an ISGR shirt to run in,please send an email to

peter.sjoberg@isgr.sewhen you haveregistered."

Peter Sjberg

What is it?

Lilla GteborgsVarvet / Kids race isSweden's largest running event for kids.The next race will be the 24th since 1989.

The course is located in Slottsskogen andthe finish at the classic athletics arenaSlottskogsvallen.

There will be a total of around 12,000children registered to the kids races (up to19 years old).

http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/http://www.goteborgsvarvet.se/http://www.goteborgsvarvet.se/http://openwin%28%27/WorldClient.dll?Session=FUKZWSR&View=Compose&New=Yes&To=peter.sjoberg@isgr.se%27,%27Compose%27,800,600,%27yes%27);http://openwin%28%27/WorldClient.dll?Session=FUKZWSR&View=Compose&New=Yes&To=peter.sjoberg@isgr.se%27,%27Compose%27,800,600,%27yes%27);http://openwin%28%27/WorldClient.dll?Session=FUKZWSR&View=Compose&New=Yes&To=peter.sjoberg@isgr.se%27,%27Compose%27,800,600,%27yes%27);http://www.goteborgsvarvet.se/http://www.isgr-lmcguld.se/

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Calendar for the Spring term 2012

Council of International Schools 5 Year Visit!

3rd 5th April 2012Dr Lesley Stagg and Katja Valentino will visit our school at the beginning of April to see how well we have addressed the

recommendations that they made for school improvement in their last report. During their visit they will be looking at all

aspects of our school and talking to the committees for each of the sections. In addition to Curriculum they will look at

Philosophy and Objectives, Governance and Management, Staff, Student Services, Resources and Student and Community Life.

I will give a presentation on the process and the report on Friday 23rd

of March from 8.30am-

10.00am in the small Bamba atGuldheden and all parents are welcome. There will also be the opportunity for parents to meet with the CIS representatives and

any parents who would like to be part of this group are welcome to e-mail me on Iona.Sadler@isgr.se.

Week

number

Dates School Event

2 January 10th School starts

5 January 30th, 31st, February 1st PYP Evaluation Visit

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February 2nd

Ice Skating Day at Rudalen

7 February 13th 17th Sports Week school holiday

9 & 10 February 27th March 9th Reading Weeks

9 March 2nd Parent Meeting with the Board (See below!)

11 March 12th In service day No school

12 March 21st Student and Teacher Developmental Talks day No regular school day

14 April 3rd, 4th, 5th CIS Evaluation Visit

14 April 4th PYP Exhibition

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April 6th

Bank Holiday

15 April 9th 13th Easter Holiday

18 April 30th, May 1st School Holiday ( May 1st is a public holiday)

19 May 7th Spring Show Gtaberg

19 May 8th Art Exhibition Guldheden

19 May 10th Spring Show Guldheden

20 May 17th, 18th School Holiday (April 17 th is a public holiday)

23 June 6th School Holiday and public holiday

24 June 15th Last day of school

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