MONTHLY NEWSLETTER CALENDAR MARCH

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER International School Eindhoven

March 2016

IN THIS ISSUE (click on table of contents) Whole School News: ISE Primary News:  ISE Calendar  ISE Activity Calendar  Seminar for Parents

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International Primary From the Head of Primary Dutch Department Primary PC Trousers Needed Group 1 Group 2 Groep 3 & 4 Group 4 Groep 5

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Group 5 Groep 6 Groep 8 Chess Tournament April Fools’ Day STARS Koningsspelen 2016 Chinese Club Library Corner

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From Head of Secondary TEDx Invitation to a tea party Basketball Come & Support Maths competition winners! What’s Happening in the Library  Mrs Prest’s Careers Corner  Short Story: Rising Lotus (8)

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ALENDAR DP2 Mock exams until 4 March Ski Trip until 4th March London Trip until 4 March Primary Traffic Week until 4 March 5 (Sec.) Basketball Match 10 8:30: (Prim.) Parents Information Session – transition into Secondary (FOX Bldg) 10 17:30-20:00 (Prim.) Parents Evening 10-12 (Sec.) ESSL Basketball Tournament 11 19:00: (Sec.) Junior Prom 14 (Sec.) ‘Love is in the Air’ info evening for MP4 parents with GGD ZO Brabant in Auditorium (pls register with school office) 14–18 (Prim.) Fathers Reading Week 16 (Prim.) parents information session—Little Village (Fox Conference Room) 17 (Sec.) MP1to MP5 Maths Kangaroo Competition 23 (Prim) Bake Sale Group 2 International 24 Study Day (no school for students) 25-28 Holiday 27 (Sec.) Basketball Antwerp

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6 (Prim.) Farm Visit at ISE 8 (Sec.) ISMTF Maths Competition 9 (Sec.) Senior Prom 12-14 Visiting Author, Christopher Lloyd 15 (Sec.) Softball, London 20 10:30 (Prim.) parent info session— Maths (fox conference room) 11:30 (Prim.) Bake Sale 21 17:00-20:00 (Sec.) Parent-Teacher Meetings 22 Last day for DP2, Assembly/DP2 Break -fast (Prim.) Kings Day Celebrations 25-6May HOLIDAYS

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Editors: Martine Revis & Rory Williamson (parent volunteers), Technical Assistant: Michelle Mondejar Revis, Liaison Officer: Jo Tubbs

ISE Activity Calendar Monday

Tuesday

Morning

Wednesday

Thursday

Pilates

Boot Camp (Spring)

Fit & Dance

Yoga

starts at 14:15

Mother Tongue (French & Chinese) Choir

Football After School

Athletics

Art Club

Friday

Basketball

Yoga

Chess Club

Chess Club

Hip Hop

Basketball (Girls & MIxed)

Mother Tongue (Spanish, Ko- Mother Tongue Gymnastics rean, Polish, (French) Russian, Italian, Hindi)

Basketball (Boys)

Ballet

Girl Scouts

Art Club

Football (Girls)

Mother Tongue (French)

Basketball (Girls)

Irish Dance

Football (Boys JV)

Basketball (Boys)

Football (Boys)

Softball (Mixed) CONTACTS: Yoga – Reena Bhanot, [email protected]. Pilates – Lucy Gray, [email protected] Boot Camp – Ivo Recourt, [email protected]. Fit & Dance – Kai Tholen, [email protected]

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Parent Classes

Primary

Secondary

All Ages

Or contact Jo Tubbs in the school office

Seminar for parents Title: BLOGGING AS A PERSONAL BRANDING TOOL AND BUSINESS Date, time and place: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 from 08.45-10:00 in the ISE Cafeteria. Presenter: Daniela Jugo Daniela Jugo has worked in marketing for several multinational companies such as PepsiCo, Autogrill, Exxon Mobil and The NPD Group. Being an expat wife, Daniela decided to combine these professional experiences with her Master degrees in Marketing and Business Administration, to create a more flexible online job to have a better work-life balance.

Daniela will explain and share: blogging opportunities based on her own experience why she is so passionate about this job online opportunities for entrepreneurs through the e-commerce boom the online world as an emerging market open to new ideas and businesses how to be creative and open for new opportunities in the online world how to build up an online reputation with regards to personal and professional skills importance of social media and blogging for personal branding

Looking forward to see you at this seminar Parents’ Committee

Next Seminar for parents: “First Aid for children” by Cora Molenbroek, an experienced trainer in First Aid, On March 22 in the ISE Cafeteria

Primary International Dear Parents,

It was good to see so many parents attending our two parent information sessions on reports and assessment. Our Curriculum Coordinator, Mrs. Spanbroek explained each section of the report, the gradings and how the teachers gathered the information to enable them to write the reports. Parents were given the opportunity to ask questions to clarify questions and misconceptions.

A note from... Joan Roach, Head of Primary International [email protected]

During the month of March we hope that you will be able to attend the parent information sessions on E safety and Little Village. Little Village is a programme which is used by students who are new to English to help them with their acquisition of English. We are working hard to improve the partnership between home and school by running a series of parent workshops so that parents are better informed about the curriculum and resources for learning. This month the planning for the start of the new school year will begin. An overview of the school calendar for the 2016/2017 school year will be placed on the school website by the end of this week. This week you will be asked to respond to an E mail indicating whether your child/ren will be remaining at the ISE next school year or not. It is important that you respond by return E mail even if you are unsure of your plans for the next school year in order to help us to plan for the classes in each year group. We already have over sixty applications for the 2016/2017 school year. This year we will again promote the importance of fathers reading to their children. During the week beginning 14th March we would like fathers to volunteer to read a story to the students in their child’s class. Please let your child’s class teacher know if you are willing to read a story to the class. Congratulations and well done to the four students who took part in the school chess district championship. Ivan Ponomarev, Skanda Bhat, Ved Naik and Nirupa Ganeshram did well in their first competition, achieving fourth place out of eleven teams. We wish them all the best as they have qualified for the next round in the 'Brabantse Championship’. Reminders We are pleased that we are able to offer a number of after school activities to encourage students to grow and develop by enriching their learning experiences and widening their horizons. If your child is signed up for an after school activity and they are unable to attend for whatever reason, we ask that you inform the class teacher. Recently members of staff have spent their time looking for a student after school who we were expected to attend an activity only to find out that they had been taken home by their parents. We are pleased that the cafeteria is being used after school for families to enjoy a snack and a drink and also to spend time having a chat. Please can you ensure that children do not use the cafeteria as a playground. It is not safe for children to run around and play games in the cafeteria. The students are looking forward to the different activities that will be happening around the campus as part of traffic week. On Friday afternoon we will end traffic week with students from both departments working together in year groups on traffic activities which have been planned by their teachers. We hope that a record number of students will cycle to school on Friday morning. Thank you, Joan Roach

Primary Dutch Department Beste Ouders, Rapporten

Een briefje van… Daphne Dansen, Hoofd Nederlandse Afdeling

Afgelopen week hebben de kinderen weer rapporten meegekregen. Hierover zullen met de ouders volgende week gesprekken gevoerd [email protected] worden. Voor sommige groepen is dat in het kader van de middelbare school of de NSCCT al gedaan. Wij vragen u zich echt aan de afgesproken tijd voor het gesprek te houden In mei, als ook de entreetoets en de eindtoets van groep 8 geweest zijn, zullen we een voorlichtingsbijeenkomst houden om te vertellen hoe wij als school omgaan met de toets resultaten. Zieken Momenteel hebben we te kampen met een flink aantal zieke leerkrachten. We hadden te maken met een veel juffen die griep gekregen hebben. Bijna iedere keer is het gelukt om een vervanger voor de groep te zetten, maar omdat er een groot tekort aan vervangers is, hebben we ook een enkele keer een groep op moeten splitsen. Gelukkig is daar iedereen inmiddels hersteld van de griep. Helaas hebben we ook te maken met een aantal leerkrachten die langer afwezig zullen zijn. Wij hebben heel erg ons best gedaan vervangers voor deze leerkrachten te vinden. Dat is gelukkig gelukt. We wensen alle leerkrachten een spoedig herstel toe. Ski kamp en activiteitenweek

Op vrijdag 26 februari is het merendeel van de kinderen van groep 8 meegegaan op ski kamp. De kinderen zijn vergezeld door juf Marijn en juf Nicole. In de volgende nieuwsbrief zullen een aantal kinderen vertellen over het kamp. De kinderen die niet meegegaan zijn, zullen deelnemen aan de activiteitenweek van de secondary school en een dagje naar de Efteling gaan. Ook hierover is de volgende keer iets te lezen. Toiletten In onze vorige nieuwsbrief hebben we u ook al verteld dat de toiletten niet goed gebruikt worden door de kinderen. De kinderen plassen tegen de muren, besmeuren de toiletbrillen en maken een waterballet bij de wastafels. In de groepen is hier aandacht aan besteed omdat het steeds moeilijker wordt om de toiletten schoon te maken. We hebben de afspraak met het schoonmaakbedrijf dat de toiletten ook vaker tussendoor gepoetst worden, maar het is af en toe zo vies, dat het bijna niet meer schoon te krijgen is. In de student council is nagedacht over oplossingen en de kinderen van de student council hebben posters gemaakt die in alle toiletten opgehangen zijn. Ook zijn er plasstickers in de toiletpotten aangebracht. Wij zouden u willen vragen het hier ook eens met uw kind over te hebben. Vrijdagmiddagactiviteiten Volgende week begint er weer een nieuwe ronde vrijdagmiddagactiviteiten. Wij zouden het leuk vinden als er ook dit keer weer ouders zijn die ons met een activiteit zouden willen helpen. Vindt u het leuk om een aantal vrijdagmiddagen een activiteit met de kinderen te doen, kunt u zich opgeven via: [email protected] Dank u, Daphne Dansen

Primary Parents’ Committee

Trousers Needed We need your trousers! In the Primary school we often need spare trousers, leggings or jogging trousers if children need a change of clothes. Currently we do not have enough spare pairs. If your child has outgrown any please consider donating them. We are looking for sizes suitable for children aged 3 to 7. Please give to your class teacher.

Group 1

We have been learning lots in 1PF. We really enjoyed the snow that fell yesterday and went out to play for a little while. We are still learning new sounds and practising all the numbers up to 20. Boys and girls in 1PF are excellent singers and also very good at saying poems and rhymes. We really enjoyed the Carnaval celebrations and we also had a special visitor in, when Miss Esther’s dog, Otto came to class! We are having such fun in school and making lots of new friends! :)

Group 2

Group 2 are studying Toys in IC. On Friday we looked at the history of Teddy Bears. Did you know that Teddy Bears are 114 years old! We learnt the song “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” and then we took our Teddy Bears for a walk in the school forest. We all had lots of fun getting some fresh air and full of mud! When we got back to class we had our own Teddy Bears’ Picnic, with Teddy shaped food. It was yummy!

Groep 3 & 4 Groep 3 en 4 hebben de kinderboekwinkel 'De Boekenberg' bezocht in het kader van het thema: Zinnen en Regels. Zo kregen we er uitleg over de verschillende soorten boeken. Voordat de boeken in de winkel liggen gaat er nog heel wat aan vooraf: wat allemaal? En zijn alle boeken geschikt voor elke leeftijd? Ook werden we voorgelezen door meneer Jos Walta himself! Een hele geslaagde middag!

Groep 4 KO ging op uitje naar de Boekenberg. Een kinderboekenwinkel in het centrum van Eindhoven. We kregen daar een leuke rondleiding en we werden heel leuk voorgelezen. We hebben een hele leuke middag gehad.

Group 4 4YT has been researching why the Nile River was so important for Ancient Egyptians. They worked in teams to create posters and presentations to share with their classmates.

Group 4 Maya, 4AG

Vybhav, 4AG

Eduardo, 4AG

Mantnalaya, 4AG

Oirschotsedijk 14b Eindhoven 5651 GC 01.02.16

Dear Group 4AG, Sophia,

Thank you very much for your letter requesting permission to go on an adventure to the Amazon River. Sorry that I have taken so long to reply. I have been so busy running the school that I haven’t had any time to reply until now.

4AG

Firstly, I must say that I was so impressed with your letter. The handwriting was excellent and I like the way that you organised your writing in paragraphs. You also had some really good reasons for wanting to go to the Amazon river. I think it would be a really good idea to go to the Amazon river to experience it for yourself. However, it is a long way to South America. It would take a long time to get there and you would need to fly in an aeroplane. It is not possible for me to give Mrs. Geenen permission to take you on such a long trip. I don’t think that your parents would allow you to go either.

Ryan, 4AG

What I suggest is that you go on a pretend journey to the Amazon. Maybe you could ask Mrs. Geenen to take you through the woods in the play area and you can imagine that this is South America. The other idea that I have is that you can experience what the Amazon River is like by watching a video clip about it. Looking forward to hearing what you decide to do. I hope that your IC topic goes really well. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Roach

Groep 5

Sneeuw!! Betoverende sneeuwvlokken

Op school zitten alle kinderen op een stoel, je weet vast wel wat ik bedoel. De juf kwam met een goed idee, iedereen neemt zijn knuffel mee. Een stoel voor hen maken van papier, dat bracht een middag vol plezier! Groetjes groep 5TB

Group 5 During the Group 5 IC unit, Dinosaurs, the children made their own clay models of dinosaurs. They also used plasticine and plaster of Paris to make their own dinosaur fossils.

Group 5 also had fun investigating cam mechanisms. They designed their own which had to include a moving dinosaur. Everyone was successful!

Groep 6 Journalistiek van groep 6 ER ZIT TEVEEL SUIKER IN ETEN Wereldwijd word er teveel suiker gegeten. Dat zegt de wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO). Van onze correspondent, Annette Schuman

Eindhoven. De wereld eet teveel suiker, uit onderzoek blijkt dat geen enkel land zich aan de afspraak van 5% (25 gram) suiker gehouden heeft. Iedereen eet suiker. De Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) vindt dat we veel minder suiker moeten eten. Na jarenlang doorzetten, een hele lange tijd, bracht de WHO deze week een richtlijn uit waarin staat dat we niet meer dan 10 procent van onze dagelijkse energiebehoefte uit suikers moeten halen. Dat komt neer op ongeveer 50 gram per dag. De rest van de energie moet uit zetmeel, vetten en eiwit komen. Nog beter vindt de WHO het om die dagelijkse hoeveelheid suikers nóg eens te halveren tot 5 procent, dus maximaal 25 gram. Bij een grens van 50 gram kan een blikje traditionele cola (met 35 gram suiker) of een pakje appelsap (37 gram suiker) nog net, maar als WHO zijn zin krijgt word het teveel voor een dag. 50 gram suiker komt overeen met 10 tot 13 suikerklontjes! Een Brits kind eet per jaar zelfs zijn/haar eigen lichaamsgewicht aan suiker op! Jaarlijks krijgt een kind tussen 5 en 10 jaar 5.500 suikerklontjes binnen dat is gelijk aan 22 kilogram.

Maar kaas is toch gezond? of toch niet… Van onze verslaggever Lieve Stark EINDHOVEN Ik denk dat iedereen wel iemand kent die weleens kaas eet, of misschien eet je zelf wel kaas. Diegene (of jij zelf) zal ook weleens een boterham met kaas eten, maar of het gezond is? Kaas lijkt gezond. Mensen denken vaak dat kaas gezond is omdat het van melk gemaakt word en dat is meestal gezond. Die personen hebben aan de ene kant wel gelijk, want er zitten heel veel vitaminen A &vitaminen D in. Maar aan de andere kant is het fout, want er zit erg veel vet en zout in. Kaas bestaat vooral uit vocht maar ook erg veel uit vet. In één plakje belegen kaas zit al een halve gram zout! je kunt het verminderen door magere kaas te eten. In kaas zit calcium dat is goed voor je botten en gebit. Dus kaas is aan de ene kant wel gezond maar aan de andere kant weer niet!!! Food & drink lovers krant (f&dlk)

Groep 8 Februari was een leuke en spannende maand in groep acht. Iedereen heeft zijn advies gesprek gehad. Het was heel spannend maar tegelijkertijd leuk om te weten wat je advies is. Bij het advies zijn je ouders, jij zelf, juf Anne en juf Daphne of juf Karin aanwezig. Je krijgt dan eerst je advies en daarna ga je praten over waarom je dat advies hebt gekregen. Maar er was ook iets anders spannends, namelijk SKI KAMP!!!! Het grootste deel van groep 8 ging/gaat mee en de rest blijft op school. De kinderen die op school blijven mogen workshops doen op de secondary school, meehelpen in de onderbouw van de primary en gaan een dagje naar de Efteling. Dat vonden/vinden wij allemaal heel leuk. Op de dag van het vertrek was het knuffel dag in groep 8 omdat iedereen elkaar ging missen, en omdat ze het spannend vonden. Ook was het de laatste dag van Gabriël. Dat was heel jammer. Daarom hebben we als afscheid spelletjes gedaan en hebben we een vriendenboekje gemaakt voor hem. Geschreven door: Naut en Barthe

Chess Tournament On Wednesday, 24th February Ivan (4GB), Skanda (4GB), Ved (5KF) and Nirupa (4GB) played in 'Eindstand districtkampioenschappen representing ISE with the team name 'Chess champ ISE'. There were 11 teams in the tournament. Our 'Chess champ ISE' team secured 4th place with 7 match points and 13 Board points. With this result they have qualified to play in the next round in 'Brabantse Kampioenschappen' on 3rd April. They had an opportunity to play with very good chess opponents who are playing at world championship level. The children enjoyed the game and the environment. It certainly inspired them.

April Fools’ Day April Fools' Day is also known as All Fools' Day and is celebrated each year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century and is well known in Europe, Australia, Canada, Brazil and the United States. It is celebrated as the day when people play practical jokes and tricks on each other.

Did you know: No one knows exactly where, when or why April Fool’s Day began, however the most popular theory has to do with a change of calendar It is believed that April Fool’s Day may have started in France when Pope Charles IX changed the calendar to go with the Roman calendar. In France before 1582 the new year started on April 1st. It was changed to January 1st in 1582. The people who failed to keep up with the change and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week that fell between March 25th and April 1st, had jokes played on them. Pranksters would secretly stick paper fish to their backs. The victims of this prank were called Poisson d’Avril, or April Fish, which is the French term for April Fools Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University provided a different explanation for the origins of April Fools’ day. He stated that it began during the reign of Constantine. A group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for silly tricks on that day, and the custom became an annual event. In France, Italy and Belgium people celebrate April Fools by trying to stick paper fish on someone without them noticing then yell April Fish in their language. In Scotland April Fools is called Hunt-the-Gowk Day. A day of pranks and jokes In Denmark April Fools is celebrated on May 1st and is called Maj-Kat. Watch out on April Fools’ day. You never know what could happen!!! April Fools day Facts for Kids 1 april is een dag waarop men elkaar voor de gek houdt. Tegenwoordig komen de grappen vaak voor in groepen waar men elkaar kent, zoals in familie, tussen vrienden, op school of op het werk. De traditie om op 1 april grappen te maken bestaat niet alleen in Nederland. De grap komt op ongeveer dezelfde manier in grote delen van Europa voor en is ook bekend in Amerika, Rusland, Australië en NoordAfrika. Duitsland en Oostenrijk spreekt men van Aprilscherz, in Brazilie en Portugal: dia da mentira (dag van de leugen); Canada, GB en USA: April Fool's Day. In Schotland sprak men vroeger van gowk of cuckoo maar deze traditie is stilaan aan het verdwijnen; in Frankrijk, Zwitserland en Franssprekend België spreekt men van poisson d'avril (aprilvis); Italië volgt deze traditie en spreekt van pesce d'aprile (aprilvis).

STARS Stars in Brussel. Op donderdag 18 februari zijn Puck en Mijntje, twee van de winnaars van de Reflection Poster wedstrijd naar Brussel geweest. Zij werden begeleid door twee juffen, Mrs. Corinne Kemperman en Mrs. Heleen de Rijke en door de vader van de winnaressen dhr. Goossens. In Brussel werden ze eerst ontvangen met een lunch in het Parletarium, toen ging het lopend door Brussel naar het Science museum en daarna met de stadsbus naar een fietsfabriek in het centrum van Brussel. Het belangrijkste van de dag was natuurlijk het ontvangen van de trofee en het certificaat, die we als school gewonnen hebben. Stars is een Europees project, dus er waren ook winnaars uit andere landen, waaronder Engeland, Spanje, Italië, Hongarije, Duitsland en Polen. Het was geweldig leuk om met zoveel verschillende kinderen en volwassenen samen door Brussel te struinen en natuurlijk om te praten over het belang van veilig verkeer en hoe dat op de scholen vorm gegeven wordt.

Het STARS project wordt in juni afgesloten en we hopen als school dan een zilveren ster te halen, waarmee we aangeven dat we als school aan bewustwording in het verkeer werken.

awards.

On Thursday 18th February Mrs. De Rijke and Mrs. Kemperman along with Puck, Mijntje and their father visited Brussels. This was for the STARS traffic

It was a busy day with lots of walking but it was great fun. They visited a dinosaur museum and a cycle factory before attending the award ceremony. The ISE was awarded the “Best Performing School in the Netherlands” for the Reflection Day poster competition innovation.

Koningsspelen 2016 Hulp gezocht! Koningsspelen 2016 22 april 2016 is het weer zover: de Koningsspelen! Koning Willem Alexander heeft deze dag in het leven geroepen om kinderen een sportieve, gezellige en gezonde dag te laten beleven. Vandaar dat wij hier graag aan meedoen. Voor deze dag zijn we op zoek naar ouders die ons op deze dag zouden willen en kunnen helpen. Als u tijd en zin heeft om ons te komen helpen, email dit dan naar: [email protected] Dank u wel alvast! Wij hebben er al zin in, u ook?

Chinese Club

Library Corner: Book Awards Each year there are many awards that are given for picture books and fiction, nonfiction and special categories. Some are chosen by Librarians, some by children, some by panel of children´s literature experts, some for popular books, some for literary worth or excellence in illustration. Some are for an author or illustrator for their body of work. They can be from any country. In the library we try to keep abreast of all the awards and purchase major award winning books from the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and from languages other than English. So I am going to share an award that has recently been awarded and one that is about to be shortlisted and links to other awards. If you are looking for the best in children´s books these books will provide you with a rich foundation. United States

United Kingdom

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The shortlist for the Carnegie Medal (novel) and Kate Greenaway Medal (illustrator) are being announced on 15th March and there is a long list at the moment. The Carnegie medal is mainly for older children and young adult and Kate Greenaway is awarded to an illustrator. My favourites at the moment from the long list are:

The 2016 medal winner is Last Stop on Market Street: written by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson: The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Kate Greenaway Medal How the Sun Got to Coco's House illustrated and written by Bob Graham The Sleeper and the Spindle illustrated by Chris Riddell, written by Neil Gaiman

The Carnegie Medal The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders

Links to awards: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ carnegiemedal http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/ http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/ http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/2 http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm https://bookcentre.ca/programs/awards/ http://www.lianza.org.nz/our-work/projects/project/lianza-childrens-book-awards/lianza-esther-glenjunior-fiction-award

Library Corner

Three times a year the school sends home Fun Fare/Book Zone. This is a book club that we have been participating in for a number of years. It enables parents to purchase for their children a range of books from the best of publishing in the United Kingdom. An added benefit is that the school receives books to the value of 20% of the order. Children will receive a brochure and order form Monday 7th March. This current Fun Fare/BookZone is due back at school by Friday 11 March Please use the form on the back of the booklet to order and return the order form and money in an envelope (with the class and child´s name on it) to your class teacher.

Happy book buying!! Lynne Starrenburg Primary Librarian

Library Corner E-Encyclopedias The library subscribes to two online encyclopedias which our students use at school but which you can also access at home via the Library’s website. Has information for students in Groups 1-3 Information is divided into five areas for easy searching; Animals, Science, Biography, Social Studies and Dinosaurs and there is a ‘read along’ audio option for each page. Username: ise Password: library Provides information for groups 4 and above. There are three different levels of information available; Foundation for Groups 4-6, Intermediate for 7 and 8 and Advanced for Secondary or parents wanting to find information themselves. Britannica is an excellent source of information for school projects and presentation but also an interesting place for curious minds to browse. Image Quest is a great additional resource of the Britannica website. Look for the link in the top right corner of the homepage. ID number: isecampus You can open both from the Resources page of the Library’s website: www.iseprimarylibrary.com

Ready to Grow/World Book Day Read to Grow is a Dutch charity which provides books in English and French to people in other countries who would not otherwise have access to them. They collect and distribute donated books to create school and community libraries throughout the world. ISE has supported Read to Grow for many years and this year we are going to participate in their World Book Day Action. In the week before World Book Day (18th – 22nd April) we will ask you to bring in any English or French books that you no longer need that can be donated to Read to Grow. Read to Grow will have a display at school during this week too, so you can read more about their work around the world. We will send more information nearer to the time, but look forward to receiving your book donations in April. You can find out more about Read to Grow at www.readtogrow.eu

letter from the head of ise secondary... HELLO FROM AUSTRIA! This week I am in the Austrian mountains on a ski trip with ISE students.

I would like to congratulate all the TEDx team. We are extremely proud of your achievements:

Marcella Watts

ISE… more than a school

TEDx Speakers

ISE… more than a school

First ever TEDx at ISE, solely organised by ise students—Well Done! Below is an article by one of the TEDx organisers:

TEDxStrijp, THE FUTURE HAS BEEN RECONCILED By Evie Gilbert DP1 When I got a message from Xavier Weiss (the brains behind TEDxStrijp) saying, “Hi Evie, want to help organise a TEDx event at school?” I never imagined the enormity of the eight month journey I would be embarking on. Perhaps this should have dawned on me after walking into our first meeting and seeing a group of five, tired students with a rather official license document in front of them. Nonetheless, we decided to embrace the challenge of scouring the Netherlands to find the most interesting minds, and bring them together in front of an audience of 100 interactive guests. But the reality of our efforts only dawned on me at 7am on Saturday morning, when I woke up and realised I would have the honour of spending my whole weekend at school, running through the technicalities of the event we had spent so long planning. Yet when I walked through the school doors into an empty canteen, the stage set up with a red carpet and the TEDxStrijp sign on it, I felt proud. The endless emails and exhibitions, the 50 interviews of the prospective speakers, the pressure and preparation; they had all paid off. The theme of the event was Reconciling the Future, meaning that ISE… more than a school

it was centred around preparing to meet the challenges that the world will throw at us in the years to come. This meant we were able to invite a wide variety of speakers to TEDxStrijp, topics ranging from the “Secrets of Superhero Science”, to “The Caveman Brain”. We provided a platform for speeches about migration, education, and memorisation, all within the context of reconciling our future. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved, be it as volunteer, speaker, performer, host, or audience member. For those of you who were not able to be involved in the dynamic event, we will be releasing the speeches shortly, so keep an eye on either our Facebook page or our Youtube channel (TEDxStrijp).

Those who contributed: TEDx The Core Team: Bharadwaj Viswanathan - Financial Overseer

INVITATION

Veronika Varga - Media Guru Xavier Weiss - Recruiter Merel Turksema - Speaker Coordinator Evie Gilbert - Storyteller

The Film-Makers: Anastasia Arsentyeva Jim Barbat Sydney van Gelder (ISE alumni) The Support Team: Atharva Kale Yana Onuskina The Media Team: Karis Grellman Rachel Brunnen Dry Run and On-The Day Contributors: Roos Heeringina- Slide executor Rens Tesink- Stage Hand Solely On-The-Day Contributors: Patrick Lavois- Stage Hand Isabella Zweep- Hospitality Team Ariel Rong Huang- Hospitality Team Cheryl Laguardia- Hospitality Team JaeYun Lim- Handyman Carlos Checa Vioque- Catering Edward Na- Handyman Suyash Shretha- Catering Chaitanya Schoka- Handyman

Special thanks to Mr Gerrit van Gelderen and Mrs Aditi Chattereji who were also a fundamental part of the support team ISE… more than a school

Tea Party April 5th In the foyer (cafeteria upstairs) Starts at 14:30

For all Secondary parents and Group 7 parents whose children are going into MP1 next year. Come and mingle. Ms Watts will be present. ISE Parents’ Committee

BASKETBALL

Come and support our ISE Teams Under 18 Basketball Tournament at the ISE Campus Friday 11th and Saturday 12th March between 08:30 and 17:00

You are very welcome to come and support our students as they compete in the ESSL Basketball Tournament here at the ISE. They will be competing against visiting International Schools from Stockholm, Geneva, Nice, Basel and Switzerland. Finals on Saturday: Girls at 14:45 Boys at 15:45

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Secondary Maths Competition Winners

For latest information check our Facebook www.facebook.com/ iseindhovencampus

The official ISE Facebook looks like this:

Leaving ISE this month A FOND FAREWELL TO Satoka Oka of MP1 Hiroto Miyata MP1 Dhrithi Mallur MP4 Jeanette Solli DP1

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What is Happening in the Library Visiting Author Christopher Lloyd We are delighted to announce that Christopher Lloyd, author of the best selling book: “What on Earth Happened: The Complete Story of the Planet” will be visiting us here at the ISE on Wednesday 11th April.

Christopher Lloyd is a historian, educationalist and author, best known for his sweeping narratives on big history. He will be talking to MP1 to DP1 students and taking them on a cross-curricular journey stopping off at key moments in the history of planet, life and people. Using a series of everyday objects, picked from a coat of many pockets by the audience, the story of 13.7 billion years is threaded together into a single sweeping narrative with a giant edition of the the What on Earth? Wallbook as a stunning backdrop.

For more information visit www.whatonearthbooks.com

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Mrs Prest Career Corner As a school the ISE is registered with the Admissions Testing Service to supervise a number DP2 News of these tests. See http:// www.admissionstestingservice.org/for-test Our DP2 students are sitting their mock IB -takers/ for further information, costs and Diploma exams as I write this article, and dates. Please speak to myself or Mr Bailly if we wish them success. The results of these there are further questions about tests in exams can provide valuable feedback on the ISE. Tests may also be taken at a varieareas for more intensive study for the final ty of locations in the Netherlands or furexams in May and are an important step in ther afield. preparing for the final IB Diploma exams. For anyone still considering college or uni- Courses outside school (Grandparents, versity applications these results can pro- parents, older brothers and sisters, vide a valuable area for reflection. If any- teachers, please note!) one would like career support, guidance or In my previous newsletter I discussed the a sounding board for their plans at this value of summer courses in providing expestage, please feel free to contact me via e- rience, new skills, an opportunity to exmail ([email protected]) to make an ap- pand a student’s CV, and to support acapointment. demic learning. Now I would like to mention MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) DP1 News and other similar online courses: in many In last month’s newsletter I discussed recases free, part time courses provided searching career and study options as prep- online by well- regarded universities in a aration for applications in the school year range of different countries. (Final certifi2016/2017. This is a good time to research cates can often be provided if required, but at an extra cost.) Many of these coursopen days (see the link https:// es are short and involve a number of hours www.ucas.com/events/exploringstudy per week, making it possible to comuniversity/open-days-tips for useful tips), bine with work, study or household comtaster programmes, summer courses and mitments. similar, and for students to work on developing a good understanding of their ambi- The Future Learn (owned by the Open Unitions, strengths, interests and abilities. As versity) website https:// part of this process it is important to check www.futurelearn.com/courses provides a useful overview of courses on offer. See the deadlines for applications. For examdifferent categories on https:// ple, the UK deadline for applications to the the www.futurelearn.com/courses/categories, Conservatoires is 1st October 2016, and for and their range of partner universities on Oxford, Cambridge and for many courses in https://www.futurelearn.com/partners . medicine, dentistry and veterinary mediYou may find interesting and relevant ideas th cine/ science it is 15 October 2016, short- for the whole family. See, for example ‘How to Succeed at: Interviews’ and How ly after the summer vacation. Students need to plan ahead carefully to be sure to to Succeed at: Writing Applications’ from the University of Sheffield, or ‘A Beginner’s meet any admissions requirements. Guide to Writing in English for University Study’ from Reading University. Other Where applicable, students may need to register to sit selection tests in advance of online providers include US-based applications. Examples are the US SATs and Coursera, Udemy, Udacity and EdX, and ACTs; the UK’s Bio Medical Admissions Test Australian-based MOOEC, but the list is (BMAT), UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), growing all the time. I wish everyone happy aptitude tests, Thinking Skills Assessments, learning! Learning. language tests, Physics tests, and Mathematics tests; and a number of similar tests For any students requiring counselling, inin the Netherlands. The UCAS site provides formation or guidance, please contact me a comprehensive list of UK-related tests on via e-mail on [email protected] or tel: 0031 (0)40 251 9437 ext 3141. the link https://www.ucas.com/ucas/ undergraduate/getting-started/entryWith best wishes to all, requirements/admissions-tests Mrs Prest

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Dear Parents and Students,

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Example of an MP5 Personal Project: ‘RISING LOTUS’ (a short story about an exchange student) by Olivia Roach away out of sight. Jessie corner where Emma was seated to let the line of conversation Chapter Eight tucked was surprised that they were alongside three other people change. eating something like this at who Jessie didn’t know. There “How rude!” Jessie said, “Happy birthday Emma!” Daisy exclaimed, jumping on her friend’s bed. Emma groaned, cracking an eyelid open and grinning sleepily at her friend. “Thanks, Daisy,” she said, her voice slurring groggily. “Now let me sleep!” “Nope,” Daisy giggled, and threw back her covers, doing the same to Jessie’s and waking her up too. “This occasion calls for celebration, and after our classes, I am determined to make it worth your time.” When Jessie fully woke up she took in the streamers that decorated the bedroom and the balloons in the corner. She could never remember having this done on her own birthday, and was surprised to see how much effort Daisy had gone into. Did everyone celebrate their birthday this much in Britain? And how early had Daisy woken up to get this all done? “Do you like it?” Daisy asked, directing her question at Jessie. “I love it,” Jessie said, her voice firm. “I can’t believe you’ve done all this just for her birthday.” “Just a birthday? Birthdays are the best celebration of them all. What do you usually do for yours?” Jessie glanced at Emma as she slunk off to take a shower. She thought back to her birthday on the first day of summer: how Li had wished her a happy birthday and then she’d been off to her classes. The room looked exactly as it had the day before. True, she’d taken a trip to the book store for herself, but that wasn’t like her friend decorating the room for her. Her parents didn’t even do much else than usher a few words in congratulations and then pester her about studies and health. “I never really do much,” Jessie shrugged, and then decided to quickly change the subject. She wasn’t comfortable talking about this. “Will I be going to classes with one of you two this morning?” “I’m afraid not,” was Daisy’s answer. “We thought it might be worthwhile if you studied here today instead. You know how there are only a certain amount of lectures you’re allowed to attend with us according to the exchange student rules, and all.” “Yeah, got it,” Jessie said, but she couldn’t help the small feeling of disappointment that settled into her bones. She’d had so much fun with Emma last time when they took the lecture from April Clay that she wished she could do it all again. But it didn’t look like that. The three friends ate an expertly made cake for breakfast which Daisy had hidden at the bottom of the fridge,

breakfast, but Daisy simply winked when she inquired about it and said it was ‘all for the celebration.’ Emma did look happy, so she didn’t say anything more. The girls went off to their classes, and Jessie stayed in the apartment, tackling some more journals about her time here for university and the discoveries she had made. She wrote about the class and how different it had been from the way she was used to experience lectures, and how much she had enjoyed her tourist day. The thing that she marveled about the most, though, was the amazing view and how clean and beautiful the place was. Jessie loved every moment here. After she had completed some work she still had an hour to kill before her hosts came home, Jessie decided to further clean the apartment. There were a few dishes stacked to one side which she cleaned as she switched on the television, watching the British news. She couldn’t help thinking about what a privilege it was to have a television for use while being at university. “Anyone home?” Emma called as she poked her head around the door. “There you are Jessie!” “Doing dishes?” Daisy scoffed, surprised to see their guest cleaning again. “You really have to leave the cleaning to us!” “Hmm,” Jessie mused, knowing that if she didn’t do it herself, it probably wasn’t going to be done at all. “Anyway, we wondered if you would like to go out to dinner. To a restaurant with a few of our friends to celebrate Emma’s birthday,” Daisy explained. The prospect at meeting more of their friends intrigued Jessie and made her nervous at the same time. What if they didn’t like her, or found her English strange? And yet, she didn’t want to spoil what was obviously turning out to be a brilliant birthday for Emma. “I’ll come,” Jessie said, more perplexed by her answer than she thought she would be. “Thank you!” Emma squealed, throwing herself at Jessie and wrapping her up in a big hug. “This is turning out to be the best birthday ever!” *** Jessie wiped her hands on her jeans, trying to wipe away some of the sweat that coated them. She glanced towards Daisy who nodded at her assuredly as she led her to a table. “It’s going to be alright,” she whispered. “Everyone is going to love you. Don’t worry about it.” Jessie wasn’t too sure, but she tried to smile at her friend, even though she didn’t know how it looked. The two gradually approached a table set up in a

were two boys and another girl, and they all looked kind enough. The only trouble was knowing if she was going to be accepted or not. “Hi,” Daisy said once they had seated themselves. “This is Jessie, the exchange student who has come for the summer to learn more about Britain and how things work here.” “Jessie, this is Dave,” Emma explained, pointing towards the guy with a short beard and glasses. He smiled and greeted her politely before Emma moved on. “Leo.” That was the other guy, with light brown skin and a smooth face. Jessie had a hard time moving her gaze from his skin – she had seen so few people with a dark tone like his. “And lastly, this is Kim.” Kim smiled up at her and spoke to her in Chinese. “How do you like it here?” she asked. “Fine, thanks,” Jessie replied in Chinese. “How do you know the language?” Kim had to think a bit before she could answer this time. “I’m taking a course on Chinese culture and language. I am hoping to live there in the future.” “You’ll have to stop by Xi’an for a bit, and visit me and my friend.” Jessie hadn’t realised how much she missed speaking in her own language. It sounded so much smoother to her ears than the rough and broken English that continued to leave her mouth. She itched to pull out her phone then and there and text Li all about meeting Kim, but she knew it was Emma’s birthday and she didn’t like her pulling it out too often. “Let’s go back to English,” Kim decided, switching languages. “We don’t want all the others to feel left out.” Then the dinner began. Everyone was allowed to order what they wanted because each was paying their own way. The only one who wasn’t paying was Emma, and all the other guests pooled together their money to treat her to the meal. They sang happy birthday to her as they waited for the meal to arrive and shared jokes. Jessie didn’t say much, but listened intently as the others conversed and told stories about past adventures they’d had together. Jessie could tell this was a group of close friends and was happy to see them enjoying each other’s company, even if she couldn’t quite join in as much as she wanted to. “Where’s the food?” Emma said at some point. It was taking the food a long time to arrive, but Jessie was surprised to see her speak out about it. “It is taking a long time,” Dave agreed quietly, and began to change the subject. “Restaurants should be able to feed their customers faster than this. We didn’t order anything that should take too long either,” Emma added, refusing

the words slipping out of her mouth before she could stop them. All eyes swiveled to her, and she found herself blushing. “I – I didn’t mean…” “You might want to explain,” Daisy said. “Well, in China,” Jessie began, mortified at how hard it was to get the words out when they had escaped only moments before. “It’s rude to be so impatient. Patience is seen as one of the highest virtues a human can have, and everyone tries to practice it as much as they can. I’m just not used to people speaking out impatiently. I’m sorry, just – just ignore that please.” The table was quiet for a while afterwards, and Jessie couldn’t look in Emma’s direction at all. What if she had ruined the entire meal? “Well, to each their own culture,” Kim said. Then she started gabbling about her parents and how annoying they could be. Once everyone was significantly distracted and continuing the conversation, Jessie shot her a grateful smile. Kim nodded, and returned to the conversation as Jessie slipped into the bathroom. Jessie texted Li all about Emma’s birthday and how much everyone celebrated them here: with meals, balloons and other decorations. She also mentioned the new people she had met, especially Kim, and how kind she was. It was surprising to know someone who had never set foot in China could speak their language so well. A quick fire text returned from Li mentioning how Jessie knew English pretty well and she hadn’t been to England before then either. Jessie smiled at her smart friends remark and made her way back to the table, just as a waitress came over with a milkshake that was overflowing with lit sparklers. Everyone cheered and sang for Emma one last time. There were tears in her eyes as she thanked her friends when they left. Walking back to the apartment, Emma singled Jessie out for a bit. “Thanks so much for agreeing to come to dinner,” Emma said. “I know you were super shy at first.” “It was a nice meal. You have some really good friends.” “I hope we can be good friends as well, Jessie. I mean it. If you will accept my impatience and all,” Emma teased, pinching her arm playfully. “Ow! Of course I can, Emma. I never said I didn’t like it; it’s just different. This place is a whole lot for me to get used to in one go,” Jessie said. “But you like it?” Daisy spoke up from behind them. “I love it here,” Jessie said. And that was the complete truth. TO BE CONTINUED.

Notices for International Community

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