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Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
VOLUME 5 Issue 6
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Quality Facilities Enhance Student Learning
AISM's 20-year history is marked by continuous growth in student numbers, expansion of facilities and improve-ment in the quality of educational programs. Now, after several years of planning based on feasibility studies, fi-nancial modeling and increasing demand from both local and international communities, we are about to begin the design of a new Facilities Master Plan that will direct the next phases of development.
Facilities are an important precondition for a quality educational program, and AISM'S plans for expansion include several key facilities that will impact directly on our students' learning environment:
Additional classrooms provide for increased student numbers and allow us to offer more course options and student support services.
A new gymnasium allows for diversity within the PE curriculum across all grade levels.
A well-designed Early Learning Center supports the development needs of young learners, integrating indoor and outdoor spaces.
Our goal is to build the necessary infrastructure to ensure successful delivery of our educational program and se-cure AISM’s position as a premier academic institution for years to come. We will keep you informed throughout the planning process. Mary Jo Heatherington, PhD School Director
THE LINK
AISM Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday 19/02/2013 @ 18h00
AISM Auditorium
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Primary School
BRUNO NHAVENE
Bruno is a very talented young man who has a gift for playing tennis. Over the Dec/Jan break he went to Windhoek to represent Mozambique in a tennis tour-nament. Not only did he rep-
resent his country proudly and with aplomb, he won the doubles match! Congratulations Bruno – you make us very proud.
LEADERSHIP IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
The professional staff is allocated a PLC at the be-ginning of the academic year. There are 5 communi-ties who work together to drive learning in their area of responsibility. ELC and K G1 and 2 G3 – 5 Single Subject Teachers Support Teachers Teachers work collaboratively to drive learning through action research, examining students’ at-tainment of the school standards, setting and devel-oping common work goals and collectively develop-ing themselves professionally.
THE WEATHER
As we move into the hot season please ensure your child has a hat and a water bottle EVERY DAY. Stu-dents without hats will not be allowed in the play-ground – it’s just too hot. Students will be encour-aged to drink water and teachers of younger chil-dren will ensure their classes have water breaks.
PE KIT
The PTA has sourced a PE kit for all students in the school. Currently, we are encouraging all primary students to wear it on the day they have PE, along with trainers. The wearing of PE kit will become
obligatory in the near future to ensure students are appropriately clothed for all PE activities.
PE kit can be purchased from the After School Activ-ities office between 07h30 and 15h00 Mon-Thu, and o7h30-14h30 on Fridays Shorts : 320Mtn
T-shirts: 270Mtn.
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Primary School
TANIA RIBEIRO
PRIMARY COUNSELOR
We would like to thank all new parents who
attended our Families in Transition (FIT)
morning on the 24th January 2013.
Teachers planning collaboratively for Grade 3 Unit of Inquiry How We Express Ourselves.
Grade 5 students working collabora-tively around the Central Idea for Sharing The Planet as practice for their Exhibition Unit.
COLLABORATION IN THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM (PYP)
Grade 5 students completed their ‘How We Express Our-selves’ unit of inquiry on reli-gions this week. They had been given the task, in groups, of cre-ating a new religion based on aspects of major world religions already studied in class. They presented their work to parents and teachers and received many compliments on their commit-ment, enthusiasm and originali-ty. There may even have been one or two ‘converts’!
Fourleafclover
Suncitism
Falmore
Elementalism
Mexanit
EatismEatismEatism
In Grade 3 we worked on strategies that we
use to “cooperate” and complete group activi-
ties. We learned that this isn’t always easy but
very important in order to achieve our goals.
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Secondary School Colleen Fletcher Secondary Principal
Get better grades
Do my homework
Don’t only do sport!
Be balanced - do sport and school work
Do my homework
Play more sports
Be more organised
Be organised
Manage my time
Try not to talk back
Maintain my grades
“Did you have any resolutions about school?
“ no… I think ( hesitation)…… no (resignation)”
Graduate!!!
I took a casual stroll through the campus this morning and asked students if they had made any new year’s resolutions
regarding school. You could tell those who hadn’t ... the nervous glances between friends probably meant they felt
they should have. “No problem if you didn’t, I was just curious”. The relief was evident. However, there does seem
to be an interesting trend; the older the students, the fewer commitments made to resolutions. Perhaps they had
made many, but they just had nothing to do with school. Here are some of the resolutions anyway. Happy New
Year!
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Susan Rhodes
Secondary School
GRADE 10GRADE 10: The class of 2015 : The class of 2015 and their parents are invited to attend a workshop:
Introduction to the Diploma March 7th 18:00 - 19:30 3rd floor of the Library.
The basics of the IB diploma will be outlined and the subjects offered at AISM discussed. The students will also be discussing subjects and choices during Advisory classes, and in class, over the next few months.
GRADE 11GRADE 11: The class of 2014 : The class of 2014 students have settled into the program and have started to work on assignments as part of their final grade.
A workshop will be offered to “de-mystify” some of the IB Diploma components.
Date: March 12 Time: 18h00 - 19:30 Place: 3rd floor of the Library
The CORE components - TOK, EE and CAS - and the Internal Assessment, will be deconstructed. Come along to find out what these abbreviations mean! Examples of the work produced and the rubrics used to grade this work will be shared. Diploma teachers will be discussing these assignments during this se-mester.
Work on the Extended Essay will begin in March. Are you ready Grade 11?
GRADE 12GRADE 12: The class of 2013: The class of 2013 Mock exams will take place February 14th , 25th – 28th and March 1st. The exam schedule is on Managebac and the school secure website.
Internal assessment final deadlines are ongoing.
Parent Teacher Conferences : Thursday March 14th AISM auditorium 07h30 to 15h30. The mock exam papers will be returned to the students and discussed during these conferences. It is essen-tial that parents and students attend these conferences.
On the same day a 30mminute workshop will run on the 3rd floor of the library from: 07h30-08h00; 10h30 to 11h00 13h00-13h30
These sessions will provide information about interpreting the mock exam results; the final push to the exams in May, getting the results in July and what to do once the results are out. Please try to attend one of these sessions, preferably before meeting the teachers.
The end is in sight Grade 12 – KEEP REVISING!
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Secondary School
Chelsea Dullea
Wedding bells have
been ringing again at AISM!
CongratulationsCongratulationsCongratulations
to Carlos Sitole (security guard)
and Fatima Isak who tied the knot on
15th December 2012
Class of 2013 … you’re in!
These are some of the universities that have accepted members of our Class of 2013 .
This is just the beginning as we still await responses to more than 100 applications (almost all of the US universities), and in addition, most of the European and all of the Southern Hemisphere applications have not yet even been made.
Congratulations Class of 2013! Keep up the good work!
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Secondary School
Donna Spisso
The final build of the school year is planned for April 17-21 in Gaza province.
Students from Grade 9-11 (must be 15 years old) are eligible to participate in this 4-day trip (which
will include Service Learning Day 6). We leave by school bus on Wednesday, April 17, after school,
which gives us 3½ workdays, allowing us to reach roof level. We return Sunday, April 21 by 6 pm.
COSTS: $250.00 donation (or equivalent in meticais) + $145.00 for lodging (includes 3 dinners and 4
nights’ lodging).
Parents, this is your chance to provide a unique and meaningful opportunity for your son or daugh-
ter to give back to our host country by building a home for orphans and adults whose lives have
been devastated by HIV-AIDS.
IBDP students may earn CAS credit and MYP students may add HFH to their C&S activity file.
Payment in full of $395 (and a firm commitment) is required by January 31.
Please contact DONNA SPISSO ([email protected] or [email protected])
Gabriel Limaverde SERVICE LEARNING
Thanks to kind support and sponsorship from
the AISM PTA, the Service Learning depart-
ment has been able to purchase materials
to make enough bricks to build 2 new class-
rooms for Polana Caniço Community
School. This project is one of the very first
Service Learning projects with which AISM
became involved more than 5 years ago, so
we are very pleased to be able to maintain
this relationship with the school, and move
forward with our plans. Future plans for the
school include the building of an administra-
tion building and a teacher lounge.
Spotlight on ...
POLANA CANIÇOPOLANA CANIÇOPOLANA CANIÇO
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
This annual festival aims to make connections with young people in Mozambique through the Arts. All students
benefit from the multi-cultural learning experiences. Participating AISM students each sponsor a visiting student
who would otherwise not be able to enjoy this type of experience. The program consists of 10 different work-
shops, each running for a total of 9 hours over the course of the weekend, with a culminating performance on
the Sunday.
We are recruiting enthusiastic, hardworking, organized individuals to help plan and run this festival. If you are
willing to assist, please contact Student Team Leader, Beatriz Martins. Mobile: 84 205 2694 /
Email: [email protected]
Volunteers are needed in the following areas:
Logistics; Transportation; Marketing / Sponsorship; Food & Beverages; Communication; Social / Workshops
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Gabriel Limaverde SERVICE LEARNING
Sue Lindsay-Rea
HEALTHWISE Sunscreen & Mosquito RepellantSunscreen & Mosquito RepellantSunscreen & Mosquito Repellant
Parents are reminded to apply sun screen and mosquito repellent before sending students to school.
During the rainy season there tends to be a lot of standing water around, and so the risk of contracting
malaria is increased.
The “ABCs” of malaria prevention are:
A) Be Aware of the risk, the incubation period and the main symptoms.
B) Avoid being Bitten by mosquitoes.
C) Take anti-malarial drugs ( Chemoprophylaxis) when appropriate,
to prevent infection from developing into clinical disease.
D) Seek Diagnosis and treatment immediately.
Should you require any further information please come in to the Nurses Office .
If you have some time between 07h30 and 14h30 this
Wednesday , January 30, please consider coming in to
help out at Book Fair in the primary library.
In addition, on Thursday January 31, volunteers are need-
ed to help with our Edible Books event.
Volunteers are needed for
this week.
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Andre Keenoy
MABUKWINI BOOK OF THE MONTH
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
The AISM library invites you to an afternoon book discussion and quiz of “A Girl
Named Disaster” by Nancy Farmer.
A Girl Named Disaster is the humorous and heart-wrenching story of young girl
who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous
journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Friends, parents, grandparents are in-
vited to read the book then join us for an afternoon of celebration and a family
quiz. Reserve your book or a Kindle from the library now. First come first served!
Quiz day: Friday 22 Feb @14h30, Mabukwini Library.
There will be prizes and refreshments!
Nikki Jayne
Bake a cake or create something edible
that is:
* inspired by a favourite tale or character,
* a play on words or a pun on a book title,
* shaped like a book or scroll.
Bring your entries to AISM Library
Thursday, January 31st at 8am.
JUDGING: 12h00 - 13h00
AWARDS: 13h00
GoGo WWIILLDD forfor Edible Books 2013!Edible Books 2013!
BOOK FAIR
“I was just working on The Link – Book of the Month – and can’t resist getting in-
volved. Among others by the same author, I have read both Engleby and Birdsong,
and thought Birdsong was absolutely terrific. It left a lasting impression on me and
sparked a huge interest in The Great War. I went on to read and watch whatever I
could lay my hands on about WWI. Engleby was also good, but left me with less to
think about. Stalker/sociopath vs. The Great War! It’s one person’s opinion but what
do you think about switching Book of the Month?” [Angie, The Link Editor, Dec
2012]
“Hmm … I read Birdsong, and I must say I loved it, but I still vote for Engleby. I
think there is much more to it than a thriller. Like Birdsong it delves into that fascinat-
ing – or should I say horrifying - side of human nature, and what we are capable of in
extreme situations. I also like the way it broaches the subject of teacher and parental
responsibility in situations of bullying and child abuse. “
Let our readers decide! [Andree, The Mabukwini Librarian, Dec 2012]
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Lee Clagnaz
SPORTS & ACTIVITIES After School ActivitiesAfter School ActivitiesAfter School Activities
Online sign-up for after school activities has now closed and many activities are full. Should students still
wish to sign up for an activity they should do so immediately. Please note that students may not attend
activities for which they are not registered, and once registered, full commitment is required of them.
Three unexcused absences will result in a student being withdrawn from the activity.
There are still openings for students interested in joining the
KAYAKING CLUB. It is open to students aged 14 and up who can
swim and have medical insurance. It costs 2,100 Mtn for the 10-
week course
SAILING CLUB at Maritimo marina: please see notice boards.
AISM will be hosting international visitors for our SWIMMING INVITATIONAL over the weekend of February 9-11.
We will need families to help host student swimmers, so if you are willing to help, please contact Lee Clagnaz at
[email protected]. Thank you for your support.
BASKETBALL SEASON STARTSBASKETBALL SEASON STARTS
Our newly formed Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Basketball teams
hit the courts on Saturday January 26, for the first time. Varsity
played a strong team from Costa do Sol and JV played Escola Estrela
Vermelha. Both teams lost their matches but gained valuable experi-
ence. Better luck next time girls.
The Boys Varsity and JV teams played “away games” at Escola Fran-
sisca Manyanga on the same day. Their games were hard-fought and
competitive but our boys lost both of them.
Here’s looking forward to the season ahead!
www.umpequenogesto.org
The Portuguese NGO “Um Pequeno Gesto” is re-
questing the support of the AISM community to
provide assistance towards those affected by the
flooding of Rio Limpopo at the Gaza province, in the
south of Mozambique.
We are collecting non-perishable food items, water
purifiers (Milton, Certeza or similar) and clothes from
January 28th
to February 4th
, at American Interna-
tional School of Mozambique, from 7:30 to
15:30. The victims of the floods appreciate your
support!
MOZAMBIQUE FLOOD VICTIM SUPPORT
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Many thanks to the PTA for once again hosting our annual Welcome Back barbeque on Saturday January 26. The weather was perfect this year (for a change!) and families, both returning and
new to AISM, were able to enjoy good food, good company and a dip in the pool.
Next PTA meeting: Tuesday 5 February at 7h30 in staff lounge. ALL WELCOME.
Street Address: Rua do Rio Raraga, 266, Bairro da Costa do Sol, Maputo Postal Address: Caixa Postal 2026, Maputo Email: [email protected] Telephone: +258 2149 1994 /+258 2149 3306 / +258 2149 3359, Fax: 2149 0596 Website: http://www.aism-moz.com
Calendar
January Mon 28 Jan Book Week (28 Jan - 1 Feb)
Wed 30 Jan Book Fair (Library)
Thu 31 Jan Edible Books (Third Floor Library)
February
Fri 1 Feb Community Time (07:30 - 08:00 Auditorium)
Mon 4 Feb No School - Heroes Day (Moz 3rd Feb)
Tue 5 Feb ISA Testing (Grades 3-9) (5 & 6 Feb)
Tue 5 Feb Primary School Parent Information Session (18:00 Primary School Library)
Wed 6 Feb PTA Meeting (07:30 Staff Lounge)
Fri 8 Feb AISM Annual Swim Gala (8 - 10 Feb AISM)
Fri 8 Feb AISJ U16 Boys & Girls Basketball Tournament (8 - 10 Feb Johannesburg, South Africa)
Sat 9 Feb Prom Committee Yard Sale (09:00 - 14:00 Secondary School Field)
Mon 11 Feb Primary School Progress Reports (11 - 15 Feb)
Thu 14 Feb Secondary School Service Learning Day 4
Fri 15 Feb Half day - Staff Development
Fri 15 Feb Valentine’s Dance (Grades 9-12) (19:00 - 23:00 Auditorium)
Mon 18 Feb High School Show Rehearsals (18 - 22 Feb 14:30 - 17:30 Auditorium)
Tue 19 Feb AISM Board Of Directors Meeting (18:00 Auditorium)
Wed 20 Feb Primary School Family Literacy Night (17:30 - 18:30)
Who doesn’t LOVE Music Class with Miss Claudia?! You only have to stand outside her class-room for a moment and listen … music, singing, dancing, story-telling, guitar, keyboard, drums …
it’s all happening in there. Thanks, Miss Claudia, for making class fun, and for your wonderful smile!