BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CRACOW
NEWSLETTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE: THE HEAD OF SCHOOL MESSAGE page 1
SCHOOL CALENDAR AND REMINDERS page 2
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES page 3
FOUNDATION NEWS page 4
PRIMARY NEWS page 5
Exam RESULTS page 6/7
IB/SECONDARY NEWS page 8/9/10
BISC RECOMMENDS page 11
Term 1 Week 1 6th September, 2019
British International School of Cracow ul. Smoleńsk 25, 31-108 Kraków, Poland
Dear All,
Welcome back! I hope that you all had a
wonderful and enjoyable summer holiday . We
begin the new school year 2019/2020 with more
than 205 pupils on board and with twenty new
families .
I would like to welcome our new staff members:
Ms Charlotte Banerjee will take over Year 3 this
year, Ms Maja Tomaszewska will look after IB
Psychology students, Ms Kasia Deja and Mr Jorge
Magalhaes will take care of the Music depart-
ment.
I am extremely happy to present you with the lat-
est exam results achieved by our IB students in
May 2019 session. The breathtaking score of 41
points was achieved by Sanjana Sammadar. In
IGCSE Cambridge exams all 19 students passed
their exams: there were No E and F grades and
43% pupils achieved A and A*grades. Congratula-
tions to all the hard working students and our staff
members for their dedication and passion in
teaching.
I would love to express my big thanks and words
of gratitude to Mrs Patrolekha Sammadar for her
extraordinary work as Parent-Teacher Association
Chairperson. Without her personal involvement,
determination and driving force many school
events would not possibly take place. Big, big
thanks Pat from the bottom of my heart.
The new caterer Fresh Up company has started to
work with us—you will find the updated menus for
the following week at the end of this newsletter.
IB students along with Mr Lagendijk, Ms Tokarz,
Ms Peplinska, Mr Dale and Mr Nabielec spent a
wonderful 2 days in Lubogoszcz. This was part of
their intergration giving IB1 students a chance to
get to know and quiz their IB2 colleagues as well
as enjoy various team building and creative
activities. Please see further for
more detailks and photographs
fromn the camp.. All studetns
arrived back safely albeit a little
tired from the camp.
Warmest regards
Dr Stanisław Kwieciński
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BACK TO SCHOOL
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CRACOW CALENDAR OF EVENTS September 2019
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
2 Teachers’
Working Day School Open
Day
3 Begining of the School
Year
4 5 IB Integration
Trip
6 IB Integration
Trip
7 8
9 Primary
School Orientation
meeting
10
11
12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20` 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28
29
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DAILY CARE in the LIBRAY NEW RULES !!!
Have you got the latest BISC Krakow Yearbook 2018-2019 ?
Please get your copy directly from Ms Kasia for 100 PLN Please act fast, there is a limited number available.
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BISC EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2019/2020
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ACTIVITY
TEACHER AGE
GROUP WHERE WHEN CHARGE
Swimming Club Ms Ania Nabielec Y3—IB2 Ingardena 4 Monday
3.45pm - 4.30pm Free
Indoor Games Club
Mr Bogdan Nabielec
Y6 – Y9
Ingardena 4 Tuesday
3.30pm - 5.00pm Free
Indoor Games Club
Mr Bogdan Nabielec
Y2– Y5 Ingardena 4 Wednesday
3.30pm - 5.00pm Free
Roller Blading Club
Ms Ania Nabielec Mr Bogdan
Nabielec
All Students Park Jordana Thursday
3.30 pm - 5.00pm September
Free
Ice Skating Club
Ms Ania Nabielec Mr Bogdan
Nabielec
All Students Cracovia Rink Siedleckiego 7
Thursday 4.00 pm - 4.45pm October—March
Free
Chess Club Mr Piotr Kaim Y4-IB2/Parents
BISC Room 15 Tuesday, Thursday 3.40pm - 4.40pm
40 Pln
LEGO Robotics Club
Robotowo’s Instructors
Y2—Y10 BISC Room 31 Thursday
15.30—16.50 1134/1260
Year
LEGO Programming Club
Robotowo’s Instructors
Y6—IB2 BISC Room 31 Thursday
15.30—16.50 1134/1260
Year
Creative Workshop Ms Kasia Trofimiuk Y10-IB2 BISC Art Room Smoleńsk 27/1
Tuesday, Thursday 4.00pm - 5.20pm
60 Pln
There are more Extracurricular activities to come Please check out regularly this page and the display board in the Foyer on the ground floor
FOUNDATION NEWS
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The Foundation team welcomes you to our
family.
Reminders: Have you logged in on Schoology yet? Are you part of the class network online? If not get in contact with your class teacher ASAP! Have you signed the Tapestry letter that is at the end of the EYFS Handbook? Please send this to us ASAP J Have you sent in the Student Information sheet to the teachers? Please do this by Monday. Please label all items sent to school, including lunch boxes and water bottles. If your child requires cutlery from home, please place it in a small case (it can be a pencil case) ladled. The children can wash and reuse them and keep them in their cubbies.
It was lovely to meet all our students this week and we had so much fun in our classes. We would like to welcome Ms. Hallie who will be assisting our FS2 class until our lovely Ms. Gosia Obora returns. We also want to welcome Mr. Randy Stava as the teacher in FS1. He is excited to be working with such a great group of kids and staff. Our old team, Mrs. Wiesa, FS2 guru, Ms. Blanka, everyone’s favourite play friend and, have really enjoyed seeing old families and new. Ms. Kasia will be our Music specialist, Ms. Marta and Ms. Jowita, the best smelling Art teachers in school, Mrs. Ania and Ms. Jowita our P.E guides and Mr. Geoff will be our ICT teacher and technology Jedi. We all look forward to meeting you on Monday the 9th at 16.00 for our orientation. Sincerity, The Foundation Team
Activity of the week: Talk with your child about this week and what they have done. What was the best part of the week and what do they miss. Do they remember their peers’ names? Can they draw their peers?
PRIMARY NEWS
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DAILY CARE in the Foundation 1 room
This year we would like to clarify the daily care procedures to make sure all the children are safe and happy. Due to the increasing amount of pupils and limited space we have, we are able to cater to only 20 pupils per day safely until 4.30pm. This daily care unit will be run in Foundation 1 Rooms (No.16-17 First Floor) by our staff members Ms Ania Mikoszewska (Teaching Assistant) and Ms Beata Domanska –Gigot (Polish Teacher). This service costs 10PLN per day and per child, to provide materials and resources for the children. If you would like your child to use that service please sign up with Mr Olaf (librarian) and pay the required amount. The list for the whole week will be accessible from Monday 9th September in Mr Olaf’s office. Please pick your children up at 4.30 pm When you arrive at the foyer we will call your child through the intercom system and one of our teachers. will escort your child downstairs
WELCOME BACK
REMINDERS Parent Orientation Meeting 16:00 on Monday. We are a Nut Free School—Please do not send your child to school with any snacks or lunches that contain nuts. When collecting your children please try to col-lect them and leave the main foyer area as we have a large amount of children needing to be collected. Don’t forget to login to Schoology as we will be using this as our main source of communication. If you have not received login details yet, please contact us.
WELCOME BACK
Welcome or welcome back to BISC Primary. I hope you all had an enjoyable summer and our students are well rested to embark on another exciting year of education. We have had a few changes to our structure this year. Some of you may have noticed Mr Randy has left our Primary department to lead the Foundation team. I (Mr Miller) have moved to Key Stage 1 for the first time at BISC and we welcome a new mem-ber to our team, Ms Charlotte Banerjee. On Monday we will be having our Parent Orienta-tion Meeting to give you all the chance to meet the teachers and get a better understanding of the school and the expectations for your child in their given Year group. The meeting will start at Smo-lensk 14 and continue back at the main BISC build-ing. Please come along and meet us.
IB RESULTS
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IGCSE Results
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Year # Entries
A*
(%) A (%)
B
(%)
C
(%) D
(%)
E
(%)
F
(%)
G
(%)
U
(%)
2019 85 14 29 39 13 5 0 0 0 0
2018 100 19 30 27 14 7 1 1 0 0
2017 107 21 18 23 25 9 3 0 0 0
2016 174 13 19 32 24 10 1 0.5 0 0.5
IB/SECONDARY NEWS
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Greetings from the IB integration camp! IB students from IB1 and IB2 have got together with their form tutors (Ms Ania and Mr Simon), Mr Bogdan, Ms Asia, and Mr Patrick to spend some time in the heavenly realms of Lubogoszcz. The aim of the trip is in the name: integration. Integration among students; integration between students and teachers; integration and integrity of purpose. We have been blessed with two beautiful days in which to carry out activities, some vigorous, others reflective: bonding games; talent show; parlour games; 'Ms Luboszcz; camp fire; mindfulness training; forest walk; etc. We plan to return with renewed energy into our collective undertaking: to experience the IB programme - warts and all - and to use the attributes of the learner profile to better surmount the obstacles on the way. We understand that the programme whilst it is based on individual achievement can and must be enriched by a collective spirit. As the saying goes, 'no man is an island'. We invite other teachers and parents in particular to sustain this spirit and we look forward to working together for the betterment of our students.
IB Integration Trip at Lubogoszcz
IB/SECONDARY NEWS
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IB/SECONDARY NEWS
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On Wednesday this week, we welcomed visitors from the Danube International School of Vienna. Their IB1 class is a little larger than ours - there were 55 students! Our IB1 acted as local guides and took them around the city centre solving Mr. Lagendijk's "Great Historical Kraków Treasure Hunt", which took them from ulica Retoryka to ulica Karmelicka, Świętego Marka, Floriańska, the Main Square, and the Franciscan Church. The clues were cryptic and based on the city's colourful history. Can you guess which object on the Main Square this one is referring to? (Imagine you are standing by Mitoraj's Head statue)
Once upon a time No numbers had houses of gentries How were they then identified? Keep quiet, as horns possess these sentries.
Answers on last page of newsletter!
All kind of IB values were developed on this visit - risk-takers, knowledgeable, communicative, inquirers, international-mindedness and collaborating with others.
We hope to keep in contact with our friends at the Danube International School of Vienna.
“Fridays for the Future” is a new initiative focused on responding to climate change as a community.
Once a month, classes from Foundation to IB will run activities which help students speak up and take action on the climate crisis. These might include tree planting, second hand clothes sales or writing letters to politicians... and many more.
The aim is to pool the resources and ideas in the school community in order to help us all be more aware and more effective in the actions we choose to take.
The idea was inspired by the climate activist Greta Thunberg and is part of a worldwide movement which recognizes that we are living in a climate emergency and that “business as usual” is not an adequate response.
This term, Fridays for the Future will be September 27th, October 18th, November 29th and December 13th. If you have an idea which will help more of us make more of a difference, please talk to your child’s teacher or email [email protected].
Visitors from the Danube International School of Vienna
FRIDAYS FOR THE FUTURE
BISC RECOMMENDS
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An unconventional, multimedia, and narra-tive exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Andrzej Wajda, illustrating the geni-us of this great producer, master of drama-turgy, and creator of unforgettable images. We plunge into the world of the films and theatrical presentations of the great Master. WAJDA - guided tour in English National Museum in Krakow invites you for guided tours in English in the “Wajda” exhi-bition. The meetings will tell the story of the brilliant film director who delighted generations of people in the world and has won the honorary Oscar for his lifetime
work. 7.09.2019 – 16.30 National Museum
Main Building
Al.3 Maja 1 (300m from BISC)
WAJDA—exhibition in the National Museum
25th Sausage Dogs Parade
This is undoubtedly the most crazed holiday of the year. On September 15 at noon, the "Dachshund March" („Sausage Dogs Parade)will set off from the Barbican for the 25th time. Radio Krakow and the Krakow Festival Office invite you to a special holiday of fans of the dachshund and friends of all dogs.
ART at BISC
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CHESS at BISC
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Please sign up on the list with Ms Kasia—School Office Chess sesions will take place on Tuesday and Thursday at 15.40-16.40 in room 15
LEGO Robotics
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Please sign up !!!
LEGO Programming
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Please sign up !!!
BISC Lunches
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FRESH UP
9-13.09.19 PONIEDZIAŁEK MONDAY
WTOREK TUESDAY
ŚRODA WEDNESDAY
CZWARTEK THURSDAY
PIĄTEK FRIDAY
ZUPA\SOUP barszcz czerwony zabielany z ziemniakami beetroot soup with potatoes
zupa minestrone minestrone soup
meksykańska\ soup with minced meat, corn, kidney beans and pepper
krem z pieczarek mushrooms cream
krem ziemniaczany z majerankiempotatoes cream with marjoram
DANIE 1\LUNCH 1 spaghetti z kurczakiem, boczniakami i chilli spaghetti with chicken oyster mushrooms and chilli
gotowana pierś z indyka boiled turkey breast
grillowany filet zapiekany z mozzarellą i pomidorkami\ grilled chicken breast with mozarella and tomatoes
risotto z kurczakiem, brokułem i marchewką risotto with chicken, broccoli and carrots
pierogi z mięsem dumplings with meat
DANIE 2\LUNCH2 placki z dyni z dipem jogurtowym\ pumpkin pie with yoghurt sauce
kluski śląskie w sosie grzybowym \silesian dumplings with mushrooms sauce
sajgonki z ryżem\ spring rolls served with rice
penne z groszkiem zielonym, pieczarkami, pomidor, rucolą i słonecznikiem\penne pasta with green peas, mushroom, tomatoe, rocket salad and sunflower seeds
placki gryczane z serem białym + dip ziołowy buckwheat pie with cottage cheese and herbal sauce
DODATKI\ADITIONAL
kasza bulgur \ bulgur groats
ziemniaki\potatoes
SURÓWKA\SALAD surówka\salad surówka\salad
DESER\DESSERT gruszka \pear brzoskwinia \peach ciasto z jabłkami\cake with apple
galaretka owocowa\ fruit jelly
banan\banana
BISC Lunches
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
SOUP
ZUPA
Zupa brokułowa z
zacierką
Broccoli soup
with homemade
noodles
Rosół z
makaronem
Turkey noodle
soup
Zupa ziemniaczana
z kiełbaską
Potatoe soup with
sausage
Zupa soczewicowa
z kluseczkami
Lentil soup with
small noodles
Barszcz czerwony
z jajkiem
Beetroot soup with
egg
LUNCH 1
DANIE 1
Large:
Small:
Pieczona pierś z
kurczaka
Ryż
Sos słodki chilli
Surówka z
marchewki
Roasted chicken
breast
Rice
Sweet chilli sauce
Carrot salad
Polędwiczki z
kurczaka
w chrupiącej
panierce
Kuskus
Surówka z białej
kapusty
Chicken nuggets
Couscous
Cabbage salad
Pierogi z mięsem
i cebulką prażoną
Sałata z pomidora-
mi
„Pierogi” dump-
lings with pork
meat and crispy
onion
Green salad with
tomatoe
Gołąbki z mięsem i
kaszą
Sos pomidorowy
Ziemniaki
Polish stuffed cab-
bage with pork meat
and barley
Tomato sauce
Potatoes
Makaron z
indykiem w sosie
curry z warzywami
Pasta with turkey,
vegetables and
curry sauce
LUNCH 2
DANIE 2
Large:
Small:
Ryż z
truskawkami
i polewą
jogurtową
Surówka z
marchewki
Rice with
strawberries and
yoghurt topping
Carrot salad
Kotleciki jajeczna
Kuskus
Surówka z białej
kapusty
Egg cutlet
Couscous
Cabbage salad
Pierogi ruskie z
cebulką prażoną
Sałata z
pomidorami
“ Ruskie” dump-
lings with cheese
and potatoes with
crispy onion
Green salad with
tomatoe
Gołąbki
wegetariańskie
z kaszą i
warzywami
Sos pomidorowy
Ziemniaki
Polish stuffed cab-
bage with barley
and vegetables
Tomato sauce
Potatoes
Makaron z
warzywami
w sosie curry
Pasta with vegeta-
bles and curry
sauce
DESSERT
DESER
Arbuz
Watermelon
Ciasto z porzeczką
Black currant cake
Śliwki
Plums
Galaretka agrestowa
Gooseberry jelly
Drożdżówka z
wiśnią
Cherry sweet bun
GASTROPOL
Answer to quiz from page 10: rams' heads from "Pod Baranami" )