Message from Head of School Dear IGBIS Parents and Community Members, Last weekend was a busy one for IGBIS with over 100 educators in school to attend the EduTech conference organised by Google and our own Geoff Derry, supported by Julie Arcidiacono and our events team. Keynote speakers came from the USA, Canada and Hong Kong and several of the workshop sessions were led by IGBIS teachers. Everyone who attended found out about new ways of making teaching and learning interactive, fun and appropriate for today’s digital world. New horizons were opened for reaching out to other educators and students around the world who can bring their perspective to the topics and issues that we are investigating While the EduTech sessions were taking place on levels 5 and 6, the Elementary School playground on Level 1 was a hive of activity with families engaged in the Cardboard Challenge. Constructions ranged from small and intricate mazes to large-scale castles. It seemed to me that the children were in charge and the parents were given jobs to help! Thank you Ms Aga and the Elementary team. The Deepavali Assembly was the highlight of the week. Truly the festival of light, at IGBIS it is our most colourful day supported by our community dressed in their Deepavali best. All of the Elementary School performed on the stage with many of the Secondary School students and our staff as well. Thanks are extended to the organisers. We wish everyone a safe and happy Deepavali holiday over the coming week.
Anne Fowles Head of School
From the Elementary Principal We take student security seriously at IGB International School. We have our secure location protocols with regard to keeping students within the security doors at school. We also have a system of signing students out if for any reason they need to leave school early. This is to ensure that students leaving school early are documented by classroom teachers to be leaving should we have an emergency situation like a fire. It is also a security procedure to ensure that the correct adults are collecting and leaving with students. We need your help with the signing out procedure. In the event of taking your child for an early leave please contact the classroom teacher (preferably ahead of time - advanced notice), the Elementary office will prepare the necessary signed document - the nurse does this if she has called home for a health issue. Our Deepavali assembly this week celebrated the diversity we have in our school and also of Malaysia. The variety of performances and the information was great. Opening with the Peacock dance performed by Ms. Dash was a wonderful start to the performances. The Grade 2 students’ choral speaking and Ramayana story reminded us what Deepavali is all about. The Kindergarten and Grade 1 dances brought colour and joy to the proceedings. The Phoenix Tweeters sang their song ‘One Little Candle’ beautifully for only their second live performance. The IGBIS staff were also involved adding festivity to the assembly with their dance and the fashion show.
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Our Secondary students taught us about the traditional Indian musical instruments and the Music Ensemble’s superb performance of Tango & Cha Cha by DR Bellwood and Adventure in India by Kevin Mixon and Carl Fischer closed the assembly in a refined way. I would like to extend a huge thank you to the Host Nation department, Ms. Ruba and Ms. Usha, the Performing Arts department and the many people behind the scenes who helped to make the assembly a success. Dates for your diaries: • Wednesday, 25th October: Grade 5 IBPYP Exhibition information • Saturday, 28th October: PYP Parent University: Learner Agency 8.30 - 11.30am • Monday, 30th October: 3 Way/Parent teacher conferences: 3.00pm - 4.30pm • Tuesday, 31st October: 3 Way/Parent teacher conferences: Early closure 1.00pm - 7.00pm
Simon Millward
Elementary School Principal
Igniting Minds
Impacting Lives