21st June 2024 Newsletter by invictusbukittimah

Newsletter AcademicYear23/24 Term3 21stJune2024

Weekly

WelcomefromthePrincipal

It would be remiss of me to not reflect on last weekend’s International Day led and supported by our friends of Invictus BukitTimah parent group. It was a day of cultural celebration and I was proud to have witnessed our community in its strength and vibrancy. This reinforces my discussions with Mr Craig Cooper on the fellowship expressed within school in addition to its resilience and commitment to providing both foundationally sound and developing academic and pastoral rigour for its students. Mr Cooper will of course be in school on Monday evening meeting teachers and parents and we look forward to welcoming you. If you have not registered yet, please do so here. As we approach the end of term, we look forward to celebrating achievements and successes .As is common in an international school context, we look forward to greeting new families and staff as we wish some of current community a fond farewell. In the meantime there are still seven and a half school days to relish, we look forward to sharing them with all our students.

Have a wonderful weekend ahead.

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

Nicholas Belcher

InvictusInternationalSchoolBukitTimah

Mrs Burke

Assistant Head - Pastoral Care

Ms Shaw

Key Stage 1 Lead

Head of PE & Sport

Mr Zulhilmi

Mr Belcher

Principal

Ms Lu

Key Stage 2 Lead

Head ofArts

Mr Elisara

Mr Morse

Deputy Head -Academic

Dr King

Key Stage 3 Lead & Head of Science

Head of Music

Ms Ngooi

InvictusInternationalSchoolBukitTimah

Ms Shaw

Year 1.1Teacher

Ms Lu

Year 3.1 Form & Maths Lead

Ms Ferraz

Year 5.1 Form & Maths/HumanitiesTeacher

Ms Liu

Year 1.2Teacher

Ms Mishra

Year 3.2 Form & EnglishTeacher

Mr Elisara

Year 5.2 Form & Head ofArt

Ms Stewart

Year 7.1 Form & EnglishTeacher

Mr Burke Year 8 Form & Maths Lead

Ms Metcalfe

Year 2.1Teacher

Ms Jing Year 4.1 Form & Chinese teacher

Mrs Lee

Year 6.1 Form & Humanities/GPTeacher

Ms Wang ChineseTeacher

Ms Joachim

Year 2.2Teacher

Ms JieYing

Year 4.2 Form & ChineseTeacher

Ms Ngooi

Year 6.2 Form & Head of Music

Ms Jollyn Lin ChineseTeacher

InvictusInternationalSchoolBukitTimah

TeachingAssistant and Learning Support team

MsYusop

Ms Sulaiman

Ms Makose

Ms Kalaihselvan

Ms Cai (Temp) Ms Kamarudin Ms Devi

Farewell to staff leaving thisAcademicYear 24/25

As is common in all International Schools, in July we say farewell to some staff as they seek new opportunities. I hope you will join me in thanking them for all of their amazing contributions to the school and we wish you every success in the future.

Mrs Burke Ms. Sara Ms Metcalfe Mr Burke MsYusop Mr Belcher Ms Jollyn Lin

New Staff arriving in theAcademicYear 24/25

The International School community can be a transient one as staff depart for new opportunities and promotions.As we look forward to the new academic year, we welcome the staff on the following pages who I anticipate will bring lots of new ideas and further enriched learning experiences for our students building on the fantastic foundations of their predecessors led expertly by incoming Principal, Mr Craig Cooper.

“Our shared goal is to help Invictus students to achieve the high academic standards and reach their full potential.I am confident that our combined efforts will further enrich the proud and dynamic school that is Invictus Bukit Timah. I very much look forward to meeting you all and collaborating to build on the solid foundations already established.”

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THE PRINCIPALONTHE 24th JUNE at 1900

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New Staff arriving in theAcademicYear 24/25

Shanty Chandra MusicTeacher

With an extensive background of teaching music in various international schools across diverse cultures, I bring a wealth of experience to Invictus International School. I earned a PGCE from the University of Buckingham, where I deepened my pedagogical skills and passion for education, especially in music. I am eager to contribute my expertise to create a vibrant and inclusive musical environment at Invictus BukitTimah.

My teaching philosophy is to create an inclusive and engaging classroom where every student is encouraged to learn and think critically. I’m excited to join Invictus BukitTimah because of its commitment to excellence and its supportive community, where I can work with passionate educators to inspire our students.

Key Stage 1 teacher

Ms. Khyathi

Ms. Clara

Key stage 2Teacher

Ms Mindy Chinese HOD

New Staff arriving in theAcademicYear 24/25

I'm Clara, and I'm thrilled to be joining Invictus International School (BukitTimah)! I'm excited to bring my professional expertise to the classroom, while also infusing some creativity and enthusiasm into our learning environment. Collaborating with my colleagues and nurturing the growth of our students is what I'm looking forward to the most.

Arriving in December

Greetings! I am Mindy Koh, and it is my great pleasure to join Invictus International School (BukitTimah) as the HOD for Chinese language. Prior to joining Invictus International School, I have held leadership positions as the HOD (MotherTongue languages), Level Head (Chinese language), Chinese Coordinator and SeniorTeacher.As I join Invictus International School, I am thrilled about the opportunity to work collaboratively with our remarkable school community to foster a positive, inclusive, nurturing and academically enriching environment for our students. I am eager to embark on this new journey with all of you and to contribute to the continued success of Invictus International School. I look forward to meeting everyone soon!

Mr Jun Hien Science

I love being in nature and doing outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking and camping. I am deeply curious about the world and I look forward to sharing what I know while learning together with everyone.

VisionandMission

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Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

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Academic:ImportantNotices

I write this fresh from a night of hourly cock-a-doodle-doo-ing roosters and impromptu toilet trips, but there’s a satisfaction that comes from knowing our staff and school take the opportunities to collapse the curriculum to develop the values and character of our pupils.The resilience, self-reflection and team-work developed are also academic values too, and will serve our pupils well in their studies.

- 20th June: Checkpoint results available to Cambridge Curriculum schools

- 1st July: Checkpoint results shared with pupils inYear 6 GraduationAssembly

- 2nd July: KS1 End ofYear Reports released

- 3rd July: KS2 & KS3 End ofYear Reports released

- 3rd July: SubjectAwards presented in End ofYear CelebrationAssembly

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 12:00.

KeepingInTouchwithYourChild’sLearning

The school strives to keep parents informed about their child’s learning whilst balancing our teacher’s priorities.Areminder that tutors and subject-teachers are always available, and aim to respond to parent emails within 48-hours, however the following are two ways you can immediately keep up-to-date with your child’s learning.

WeeklySubjectcontent

Term3BCurriculum

Letter

Reminding children of learning, and pre-teaching key terms or ideas, is shown to be beneficial, so we’ve put together a summary of upcoming content for each class here: Parent-Shared Permanently collated here: Parent-Shared.T3B Curriculum Letters.

PastoralNews

This week is the last week of ECA’s. Walking round the school it has been lovely to see all the hard work and fun which has been had in the ECA’s this term. From Bollywood dancing to CRESTaward, football to human body.There has been something for everyone.

We have also started this years morning ECA’s which have been a huge success. In particular, pupils have enjoyed morning table tennis and science club.This has been a good wake up for our pupils and allowed for a clear morning mindset to be established. We want to say a big thank you to all our pupils who have taken part in ECAs but also the teachers and external vendors for making it possible. Who knows what exciting ECAs there will be next term!

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200

Mrs Burke Assistant Head - Pastoral Care

HouseUpdates

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200. Next week is the last week of house point collections! Final push!

Civets 192 Pangolins 131 Hornbills 101 Otters 79

Music Secondary Primary

In Music this week, the students enjoyed watching and celebrating the IBThas got talent performances.They made some valuable self reflection , taking home performance tips from their favourite performances.The students also continued working on their ensemble skills and had fun making rhythms together.

At secondary music this week, the students did self and peer evaluation on the recent IBThas got talent event, receiving constructive feedback to further improve their performing skills. The students also reviewed and discussed on the staging and instruments set up which they have proudly helped with. Well done students!

Art&Design Primary

OurYear3pupilshavecompletedawonderful explorationofartinspiredbytheadventuresof ErnestShackletontotheAntarctica!Thefirststep wasapairingofcomplementarycoloured cardboardandthencutprecisejaggedjigsaw pieces.Thiswastoexpressthedangerousterrain ofAntarctica.Thenextstepwastopopulatewith animalsinthatregioncolouredindifferenthues, tintsandtones.Finallywecreateda3Dship,the ‘Endurance’,whichisnestledinthemiddleofthe pupilsnewlandscape.Ithasbeengreatto witnesstheconstructionoftheseepic mindscapesthatthepupilshavetakengreat prideinmaking.

Art&Design Secondary

Theyear7sareexploring patternsfromancient ruinsthroughouthistory,suchas GobekliTepein TurkeyandChichenItzainMexico.Fromthese patternspupilsexploredimaginingtheirown mythologicalculturesincludinganoriginstoryand reveredimagesbasedonfruit!Thechallengeisfor pupilstokeepfocusedontheirgrouproleandto translatealltheseinfluencesintoafinishedart board.Sofarpupilshavecreatedtheirowncultural outfits,dietaryfruitmeals,theuseofcreaturessuch asthecyclopsandpatternedreliefdesigns!The exerciseofexploringpatternshasbeenusefulin extendingthepupilsimaginationandofart crossingoverintoculture.

Science

Primary Secondary

Skills, skills, skills in Primary science this week!

Lots of hands on activities to practice different ways of working scientifically!

Secondary students have had a busy week outside of the classroom, enjoying their trip onThursday (and the long weekend). In the classroom year 7 had the opportunity to dissect a heart and year 8 reflected on their year in science and used data collected from their recent visit to our Centrium campus to make some rules about the reactivity of metals!

ChineseLanguageinPrimary

This week, year 2 SCL(Standard Chinese Language) learners are doing a review on words through rearranging the characters.

Year 3 FCLand 4FCL(Foreign Chinese Language) learners are doing a review on the vocabularies, set phrases and dialogues learned.

Year 5 SCL(Standard Chinese Language) learners are learning to use the time phrases ”首先、接着、然后、最后” to describe the process of an activity.

Year 6 FCL(Foreign Chinese Language) learners are learning to use the sentence structure “我最喜欢吃..... “ to describe the food they like the most.

ChineseLanguageinSecondary

This week, S7 FCL(Foreign Chinese Language) learners review the vocabulary and phrases learned. They are also practicing replying to the questions about someone's running speed ("谁跑得最快？").

S7 SCL(Standard Chinese Language) learners are studying ancient timekeeping devices and calculators, focusing on the tools and methods used in ancient times.

S8 FCL(Foreign Chinese Language) learners are completing the topic "美食小侦探" and have a speaking quiz.

PhysicalEducationinPrimary

This week in PE,Year 3 andYear 4 students participated in an engaging game called "In & Out," designed to test their listening skills and reaction times.The game required students to listen carefully to commands and respond quickly by moving either "in" or "out" of designated areas.This fun and dynamic activity helped improve their ability to follow instructions, enhanced their agility, and promoted quick decision-making. The students enjoyed the challenge and showed great enthusiasm, making it a successful and educational experience for everyone involved.

PhysicalEducationinSecondary

This week in PE,Year 8 students practiced reaction drills during their basketball lessons.These drills helped improve their speed and agility on the court.The activities included quick changes of direction, fast passing, and responding instantly to signals from the coach.The students worked hard and showed great progress, enhancing their basketball skills and teamwork.

PhysicalEducation

KeyStage1-YearsOneandTwo

Aforce to be reckoned with!

Year 2 have been learning about magnetic forces, comparing objects in the school that are magnetic and non-magnetic.They have discovered that magnetic objects have an unequal number of positive and negative charges.

Tasks included finding items in our everyday lives that require magnetic forces and presented their findings using Pic Collage. Our budding scientists did a wonderful job sharing their knowledge during class presentations.

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

KeyStage2-YearsThree,Four,FiveandSix

Last Thursday and Friday, the Year 3 students went to the Wildings for an overnight camp. They learned how to pitch tents, build fires, create shelters with branches and leaves, cook outdoors, and participated in plenty of exploratory play.

It was truly a wonderful experience for them! Well done to ourYear 3s for showing such bravery during their night away from home, many of which was their ‘first night’away.

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

KeyStage2-YearsThree,Four,FiveandSix

LastThursday, theYear 4s had their excursion at Wild Wild Wet.Ahuge thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who helped out in ensuring the kids were safe and had a blast! It was a splashing day!

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

KeyStage2-YearsThree,Four,FiveandSix

In KS2Assembly this week, Mr Tiui shared on the topic of “Celebrating as a Team”. Discussions were made on how students are celebrating their belonging in class/ school/ houses. Students learned how to do some celebratory chants. Lastly, they were separated into their houses to work collaboratively in completing team activities.

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

Key

Stage

3-YearsSevenandEight

KS3 students enjoyed an exciting day of activities on Thursday when they went to Camp Challenge @ Kokomo Beach! The full day of activities included orienteering, kayaking and archery tag. Students had to work together as one KS3 team to use critical thinking and problem solving skills (and some resilience!) to challenge themselves! So proud of the way our students rise to challenges outside the classroom!

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

International

DayEventwith TheFriendsofInvictusBukitTimah

Last Saturday, the school was abuzz with excitement during our first International Day festival. Level one was transformed into a sea of colourful flags and stalls. Eager students raced around, having their passports stamped while learning about the food, culture and traditions of many of the countries represented at IBT.

Ahuge thank you to all who attend and to our fabulous event organisers and volunteers!

(More pictures on the next page!)

FROM THE FRIEND of INVICTUS BUKIT TIMAH…

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the parent volunteers who created such amazing stalls at our International Day celebration last Saturday.Aspecial thanks to Ms. Dani and her team for their unwavering support, and to Ms. Sara for orchestrating a wonderful performance. Our appreciation also goes to all the teachers who assisted on the day and supported the stalls. We hope everyone, both children and parents, thoroughly enjoyed the event. We eagerly look forward to more opportunities to bring our community together in the future.

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CommunityNews

Every Tuesday our parent walk leaves school at 8:30pmforanhourstrollroundthelocalarea.It is a brilliant way to meet other parents, and buildourschoolcommunity.

Any parent is welcome to join the walk, and if youhaveayoungerchildpleasedobringthem along too, there are lots of pram friendly walks and occasionally a coffee or ice cream at the endisfound!

Justturnupandjoinbeforetheyleave!

Reminder: Last day of school is 3rd July with a departure of 1200.

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