IIS Volume 9 Issue 3 Newsletter

Half-Way Through The 2022/23 School Year Already!

The first half of the 2nd term of any school year marks the half-way point of the year! In spite of the unpredictability of the mes, as well as challenging socio-economic 'climate' we find ourselves in, we are pleased to have made it to this milestone with all of you! Despite the fact that we have only completed two months out of twelve in 2023, the year has already been packed with acvies in School, and we hope you will enjoy reading about them in this newsleer.

Our annual Student Council elecons, which took place on January 20th, was a remarkable event that afforded our students the opportunity to elect a new set of execuves that will pilot the affairs of the IIS student body throughout the year.

Congratulaons to all those who contested this year as well as to the following students who emerged winners:

2022/2023

2023 Student Council Elecons

Vedant Lalchandani Vice President,

Bukunmi Akinwale President, Ajibola Balogun Deputy President, Oyinkansola Osinowo-Adeleye Secretary, Folafunmi Adeyemi Social Director, Marina Boutros Students' Liaison Officer, Arike Oladeji Treasurer, Ademide Aina Communicaon/Media Officer, Obawunmi Adewuyi Sports Director, Leo Osiemo Junior School Execuve Officer, Veda Viswanath Deputy Junior School Execuve Officer.

Student Council Upcoming Event

As is the norm on Student Council School Spirit day events, the students came up with another fascinang idea: Formal Day.

The School environ was lit on February 3rd, 2023 as students appeared in their different formal ouits which brought a professional aura to School - from PreNursery to Year 4! It gave a feel that the students are ready -professionally- for what the future holds!

This year, our Student Council Members celebrated Valenne's Day a lile differently by sharing Valenne's Day cards and lollipops with every student at School. Our students also marked the day by coming to School dressed in red, white or pink on Tuesday, February 14th.

Valenne’s Day 2023

Z-Club Acvies

Members of the IIS Z-Club were present at the Zonta Internaonal inaugural Z-Club convenon held at The Vale College, Ibadan, on January 29th. The highlights of the convenon ranged from discussing the challenges faced by women in our sociees to learning about how to overcome such challenges, as well as how to create successful communies and internaonal service projects. The students enjoyed their me at the convenon by engaging in team-building exercises and parcipang in discussions facilitated by women who have carved a niche for themselves successfully in seemingly male-dominated professions.

Have you noced our latest IIS acquisions?

We are thrilled to be pilong 2 Wowbii interacve panels in school.

Wowbii is an immersive, educaonal tool with pre-installed curriculum-based learning designs built creavely to facilitate interacve, as well as collaborave, learning. With 3D learning applicaons, our students are able to visualise erstwhile abstract scienfic concepts and have an in-depth understanding of lesson focus.

Wowbii at IIS

Field Trips and Guest Speakers

Field Trips and Guest Speakers form an essenal part of learning at IIS. Here are some of the highlights from this term so far:

Year 4 D & T Students → Vina Workshop: Our Year 4 D & T students embarked on a trip to Vina, the leading designer and manufacturer of quality furniture and woodworks in Nigeria. At Vina, they received individual feedback on their IGCSE Design and Technology projects, in addion to observing the latest techniques in furniture design and manufacture.

Senior School Girls → IITA Science Labs: The Internaonal Instute of Tropical Agriculture celebrated the Internaonal Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 13th, 2023 at the Conference Centre of IITA and representaves from our Senior School aended the event.

Sciensts from IITA gave speeches to movate all the girls to take a deeper interest in STEM-oriented subjects and parcipants took a tour of the some of the state-of-the art laboratories in IITA.

IIS Internaonal Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Evaluaon Visit 2023

Our third IB PYP Programme Evaluaon Visit took place at IIS between February 8th and 10th, 2023. All IB World Schools undergo regular evaluaons to maintain their presgious accreditaon status, and to ensure that the high standards of internaonal educaon that the Internaonal Baccalaureate requires are being met. This Evaluaon Visit took place virtually and was conducted by officials from the IB who examined every aspect of our School including our curriculum, policies, staff training requirements, teaching and learning pracces in the classroom. The vising team also met with different stakeholder groups and spent over 15 hours conducng classroom visits throughout the 3-day event. We were delighted to receive lots of very posive feedback verbally aer the event, and we will be sure to share more details once we receive the official Evaluaon Report from the IB.

New Faces on Team IIS

We are very pleased to introduce you to some new faces at IIS. Mr. Oladele Alawode, IGCSE Computer Science and ICT Teacher and Ms. Rhoda Noah, Grade level Teaching Assistant, Mr. Afeez Oloyede, Junior School ICT specialist, is also joining the Senior School Teaching Team where he is now teaching Compung in Year 1.

We know many of our students (and parents!) were looking forward to our first Sports' Day since 2020, but unfortunately we had to postpone it due to challenges with the recent insecurity in town. Don't worry though! We are sure we will be able to reschedule this event soon!

Senior School Commendaon Awards

The Senior School Half-Term commendaon awards reward students who put in lots of effort during lessons, acvies, assignments, group work and class discussions in their various subjects. These awards come up every half and end of term, and the subject teachers decide the recipients by also taking into account their academic performance. Congratulaons to this half-term's award recipients!

PYP

Parent Webinars

Parent Webinar: The IB PYP Evaluaon Process

The first PYP Webinar for this term focused on the Internaonal Baccalaureate PYP Programme Evaluaon Process, also known as the PEV. This webinar familiarised the parents with the Programme Evaluaon Process and the role of all the stakeholders involved.

Whole School Parent Webinar: Google Classroom at IIS

During this one-hour session, we covered the basics of how our students access and navigate Google Classroom while learning remotely. One of the major benefits of using Google Classroom is that our students, Grade 4 all the way to Senior School Year 4, can access lessons, materials and assignments at any me of the day as long as they have access to internet connecon. In addion to supporng Remote Learning, this allows the students to review lessons and materials easily to support on-going learning, homework, and revision.

Mr. Afeez Oloyede

Ms. Rhoda Noah

Mr. Oladele Alawode

Birthdays at IIS

If you are sending a birthday cake to School to mark your child's birthday, kindly ensure you also send disposable plates, napkins, and spoons or forks, otherwise we will not be able to distribute the cake to your child's classmates.

We urge parents who insist on sending in party packs, to kindly keep them modest. Please be aware that taking photos of students who are not your own children is not allowed in School. This is to protect the privacy of our students. Personal photographers are NOT allowed in the School premises to take photos of your child on their birthday. Thank you for your cooperaon and understanding on this maer!

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