Year 2 Trip to Family Park Discovery Zone and Space Centre

To conclude this term’s Space topic, Year 2 had a great day out visiting Family Park Discovery Zone and Space Centre. Children were given the opportunity to show what they have learned throughout the term and demonstrated a good understanding of all things outer space. There was a chance to see how gravity is different on the Sun with some children weighing nearly 4000kg! As well as this, there was a practical example of how orbiting works. What a great day out for all! Children have showed great enthusiasm for the space topic and have enjoyed learning about it in many different ways. Year 2 are waiting patiently to find out what the next topic will be...

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NEWSLETTER Upcoming Primary Events in May, 2018. International Day for KS1 and KS2 2018 – new date Thursday 10th May, 2018. Please remember to send your 20 L.E. for a ‘taste experience’ from the country your class is learning about. Please also remember to dress in a national costume or the flag colours of the country on the day. Year One Production The Year one production of ‘Animal Rumble Grumble’ will take place in the small hall on Tuesday 8th May 2018.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES: Primary

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What a lovely way to finish out Superhero topic than visiting the real life superheroes of Madinaty, The Madinaty Fire Brigade. Year One was lucky enough to visit the fire station and take a look around to see what the real life superheroes do. They had a tour of a real fire engine, looked at the equipment they use, sat on the fire beach buggy, saw a practise fire drill with the fire men even sliding down the fireman’s pole and they even saw the fight fighters put out a real fire! Year one asked lots of exciting questions to the firemen, including how much water does the fire engine hold? And how long is the fire hose on the fire engine? Year One had so much fun, this trip maybe the making of future fire fighters in Egypt!

Year One Trip to Madinaty Fire Brigade

Year 3 Pharaonic Village Trip

Year 3 students travelled back in time when they visited the Pharaonic Village last week. They took a boat trip to view the different aspects of Ancient Egyptian life and culture and were able to view examples of mummification in the museum. The children were also taught to write their names using hieroglyphics and were able to purchase souvenirs to remember their great day out.

Year 4 Family Park

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To reinforce their learning about sound, Year 4 went on an exciting trip to Family Park. Their activities included, identifying sounds, learning how sound waves travel through different mediums to the brain, and feeling sounds vibrate. After absorbing all that information the children enjoyed visiting the animals and playing in the play area.

FS2 Arty Science Farm Trip

On Tuesday 20th March FS2 went to the Arty Science Farm for a trip. The classes were split into 4 groups to experience the different stations on the farm. Farm animals – The children observed some rabbits and babies in their pen. They were able to hand feed the cow and calves, goats and their baby twins and some sheep. They fed the ducks, chickens, turkey and geese in their pond and observed some pigeons and their babies. Art station- The children made a Mother’s day card and decorated it from natural materials found on the farm. Growing crops- We walked around the farm to observe the different plants growing. We saw some peaches, mangoes, grapes, beans, onions, cabbage, cotton and corn. The children had a chance to replant a baby pepper seedling into a planting bed. They used their senses to experience the jasmine scent of the orange tree blossoms. We saw a gigantic sunflower plant and where its seeds come from. The children filled their own pot and planted some sunflower seed of their own to take home. Making Bread- The children saw a wheat crop growing and had a short presentation on what goes into making bread. They manipulated their own dough, rolling, kneading and cutting shapes. They observed the ladies making fresh local bread in the wood-fired oven and got to try some fresh out of the oven.

Study Skills for Secondary Students

Following on from the study tips in the last edition of the newsletter, below are a few more that you may find useful. The first tip is for those students studying for their IGCSEs. You should have a copy of the syllabus for each of the subjects being studied. Choose 3 different coloured highlighters (green, orange and red are a good idea). Work your way through the topics that have already been covered and use your highlighters in the following way; green for the topics that you understand well, orange for those topics that you have some difficulty with and red for the topics that you are struggling with. Once you have done this, you can start your revision with the topics that you have highlighted in red. Make sure you work on each point in the syllabus as you could be asked about anything that is in there. Speak to your teachers about anything you are finding difficult, they will be more than willing to help you. The second suggestion is to form a study group. Speak to your peers and find out who would like to study a particular subject in a group. Sometimes it helps to share ideas or even to hear a topic being explained by a friend. You could meet at one of the group’s houses and study a particular topic together. Be careful not to get distracted though and talk about other things! You could even form a revision group on WhatsApp or similar application to ask each other questions when you are unable to meet up. More study skills will follow in future editions of the newsletter; though please do not forget to speak to your teachers. They are always there, ready and willing to help! Mazen Abdelmoteleb Head of Secondary

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NEWSLETTER Sports Day Secondary Sports Day took place on Wednesday 28th March. The Houses battled against each other and showed their sporting skills. Each House showed fantastic support for their peers which helped to motivate those students taking part in the activities. A great day was had by everyone! We look forward to seeing photos in the next edition of the newsletter.

Gouna Trip Our best footballers are heading off to Gouna on Thursday 29th April to take part in a National Football Tounament. The team have been busy training for weeks in preparation for this event. We look forward to some good results!

Secondary World Book Day Took place on Monday 23rd April. Students had the opportunity to present some of their best work from the Young Gulf Writers competition.

End of Year Examinations End of year examinations for Secondary students will take place from the 21st to 31st May, 2018. An examination timetable will be sent out early in Term 3.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES: Secondary

Gulf Writers

The English department led the Gulf Writer initiative which included Key Stage 1 – 4. Pupils were asked to continue a starter story written by one of five international authors. BISM entered over 100 pupils who scribed their own individual stories, comprising of 500 words. The winner will be announced in April, and will be given the opportunity to work alongside one of the authors in completing a short story, for publication. Well-done to all pupils across the school who participated in this hugely successful scheme - We eagerly await the announcement of the overall winner!

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Year 5 and 6 Dragons Den

This term Year 6 have been learning about value for money and creating a product in order to present it for investment. They watched an episode of Dragon’s Den, a UK series, where people go and try to extract a certain amount of investment from ‘The Dragons.’ These are a group of entrepreneurs who are willing to invest in up-and-coming projects if the product is one that they believe will make money and succeed. Both 6A and 6B were very enthusiastic about this and thoroughly enjoyed discussing and planning their products. They will now have the two week break to properly plan their presentation for our own BISM Dragons. I look forward to seeing what they come up with. Good Luck Year 6!

Environment Week 22nd – 26th April, 2018 Starting with World Earth Day on Sunday 22nd April, the learning in all Primary classrooms for this week will be planned around environmental issues. At BISM this year we will follow the theme of “A Plastic Planet”. Students will be planning ways to encourage us to use less plastic items in our lives and to re-use what we already have.

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NEWSLETTER Whole School Art Competition

The first whole school Art competition was held between 25th Feburary-18th March 2018. There were 99 entries in total, every key stage were given a different theme and were asked to create a piece relating to that theme. A vast range of two dimensional and three dimensional works were submitted, which are now displayed in the school for all the students and parents to enjoy. Well done to all those that entered; but special congratulations to the winners:

EYFS 1st. Perrie Ahmed Magahed PSB 2nd. Adam Tamer Awad FS1B 3rd. Habeba Ahmed Ismail FS2C KS1 1st. Saja Osama Soliman 2C 2nd. Jana Sherif Wahdan 1B 3rd. Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed 2B

KS2 1st. Ziad Osama Soliman 6A 2nd. Mariam Moahmed El Gendy 3C 3rd. Habiba Khalad Tawfik 6B Secondary 1st. Salsabil Ahmed Mohamed 8B 2nd. Emily Mohamed Abdel Megid 8A 3rd. Mariam Akram Abou El Wafa 8A

Hundertwasser Inspired Fabric Painting

Year 8 have been working on the artist Hundertwasser last term and have created this superb group artwork, that will is now hung in the school as a permanent display. Hundertwasser was born in New Zealand and was an artist and architect who worked also in the field of environmental protection. He was fascinated by spirals, and called straight "something cowardly drawn with a ruler, without thought or feeling" He called his theory of art "transautomatism", focusing on the experience of the viewer rather than the artist. He often mixed his artwork with a human presence, taking the form of faces, eyes or hands. Years 8 have enjoyed working on this art piece and special thanks must go to Ms Nesma for her help with designing and organising the students during the creating process.

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NEWSLETTER Pre-School and FS1

Our mothers Day even was full of love, laughter and fun! FS were preparing for a week for their lovely mummies to come and celebrate Mothers Day with them in class. They had prepared a mothers day song and worked hard rehearsing it daily. They created a short video explain one reason why they loved their mummy, some loved her because she gave nice hugs, made pancakes, and took them to birthday parties. The activities were enjoyable for both mothers and their children. Some classes made their own handmade soap and even shaped them as hearts as a symbol of their love to their mothers. Some activities also included making key chains and bracelets out of vibrant coloured beads which the mummies adored and wore them on the spot. Other children made some fantastic cards with words of love and appreciation inside, some mothers even had poems dedicated to them. All in all it was a fantastic day where mummies felt the love in the room and some even had tears in their eyesJ Mothers are appreciated every day so thank you for coming to spend it with us!