News from Secondary School Next week will be an exciting one as we send off grades 6-11 on our school camps, while Grade 12 will be busy working on their Extended Essay and Group 4 Project, amongst other items on their to-do list.
In case of emergency, parents can phone the school at 61454670 (during school hours) and 014-234-1445 outside of school hours. All other camp details can be found through the secondary camps website on the Splash page.
I encourage parents to join the photo feeds through the secondary camps website, so they can “accompany” the trip, albeit in a virtual manner!
Secondary activities will not be running next week (from Tuesday to Friday). Mr Bartle will update any changes to activities through Managebac messages.
Departure times for the Grade 6/7 trip to Broga Hill and the Grade 10/11 trip to Penang are at 8am on Tuesday. Students should therefore aim to arrive between 7:30am and 7:45am.
Enjoy a restful holiday weekend!
Students on the Grade 8/9 Camp should aim to arrive by 6:15am on Tuesday, for their departure to Taman Negara.
Secondary School Principal
Michael Arcidiacono
Middle Years Programme (MYP) Parent Workshops Phil Clark Middle Years Programme Coordinator ............................................................................................... Next week we are pleased to offer two MYP parent workshops while our students are off campus attending Secondary School camps. If you are available and would like to attend, please mark the dates in your calendar and register using one of the links below.
Introduction to Assessment in the MYP Tuesday 26 September 8:00-9:30am PVO Room, Level 2 This is an introductory workshop and is targeted to parents who are new to the Middle Years Programme at IGBIS (ie. Grade 6 parents and other new grades 7-10 parents) - it is a repeat of the assessment workshop that was offered last year. Register for this workshop here.
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MYP Concepts and Contexts (Mathematics & Sciences) Friday 29 September from 8:00am-12:30pm Secondary School Library, Level 6 Parents will have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on mini unit of inquiry that will simulate how their children learn and are assessed in the MYP. This workshop will be similar in format to the workshop we organised during camp week last year, but with a focus on mathematics and sciences. Register for this workshop here. In the afternoon parents are invited to join our Grade 12 IB Diploma Programme students who will be presenting the collaborative, interdisciplinary science projects that they have been conducting throughout the week. • • • • •
08:00-10:00am - Introduction & Inquiry 10:00-10:30am - Break & Refreshments 10:30-12:30pm - Action, Reflection & Conclusion 12:30-1:30pm - Lunch provided from school cafeteria 1:30-3:00pm - DP Group 4 Science Project Presentations
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