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P. O. Box 2691, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: +255 27 2505029, 2505030 Mobile: 0754740706/0754263118 Fax: +255 27 2505031 E-mail (office): [email protected] E-mail (Éanna): [email protected]

Warm regards, Éanna O’Boyle, Head of Campus

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Upcoming Events

Saturday-Sunday 3-4 November OP L1 Mandara Hut

Monday-Tuesday 5-6 November Secondary Parent/Teacher/Student conferences

Friday 9 November P1 & P2/3 Primary Share time OP L2 Little Meru (until 11 November)

Saturday 10 November Inter-School Athletics Carnival 3pm Board Retreat (until Sunday)

Thursday 15-18 November OP L4 Socialist Peak (until Sunday)

Thursday 22 November ‘From IB MYP to IB Diploma’ Presentation to M4 and M5 families OP L3 Mawenzi (until Sunday)

Friday 23 November P5 & P26 Primary Share time

Monday - Friday 26-30 November Primary Student Council Book Fair 12.00

Friday 30 November Parent Association Annual General Meeting

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� The Board of Governors will be holding their Annual Retreat during the weekend of Saturday, November 10th and Sunday, November 11th. The external facilitator will be Dr. Andy Page-Smith, the Director of the American International School of Johannesburg. The retreat will occur on Arusha Campus shortly after the Inter-School Athletics Carnival finishes on campus. ISM in Dar es Salaam this weekend

ISM is in Dar es Salaam this weekend to meet parents and prospective families. Thank you to those who encouraged families to attend the presentation this morning! If any parent or family would like an individual meeting with Keiron or Rosemary in Dar, please let them know by SMS on 0767 534766.

Upcoming Inter-School Athletics Carnival

Next Saturday, 10 November, we host the inter-school athletics carnival (1pm finish)

ISM will be represented by two teams (Arusha Campus and Moshi Campus) at the event. Joining them will be St. Constantines, St.Judes, Braeburn, Orkeeswa, Arusha Modern and, Arusha School. We look forward to a great turn out of athletes and supporters. We thank the Parent Association and all those volunteers for their support in ensuring the day will be a great success.

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UBC on Moshi Campus The University of British Columbia, Canada, will be present to students and families on Moshi Campus on Monday, 5th November at 2:30pm.

CCAs

We understand that there was some confusion regarding CCAs last week. In the last newsletter, it reported that they would start on the 5th of November when in fact they started Monday, this week, due to the Parent-Teacher conferences in Secondary next week. Many apologies for any inconveniences caused as a result of this.

New Student-Teacher

Ellen Wightman joins us as a music student-teacher until Devember. Ellen is studying at Taylor University, founded in 1846, and a leading university in the Midwest region of the United States. Ellen is studying music education and our music teacher, Hadewych Dujardin, will be her mentor during her 7-week work experience here. See page 3 for more information. �

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P3/4 ‘Ethnic Expressions’ A steady stream of guest speakers has been sharing their cultural practices and traditions with the P3/4 class, as they inquire into how different ethnic groups express themselves. As part of their research focus students have been developing note-taking skills and recording the key information that each speaker has shared.

Dates for the Diary Monday November 5th 8.00am: Class Parent Representatives meeting Friday November 9th: Share Time hosted by P1 and P2/3 Friday November 23rd: Share Time hosted by P5 and P6 Monday November 26th- Friday November 30th: Primary Student Council Book Sale Thursday December 6th: Portfolios/Reports go home EC-P6 Friday December 7th: Share Time hosted by EC and P2/3 with a special appearance from the ‘Toot, Toot, Whistle’ recorder group Monday December 10th: Student Led Conferences Friday December 21st: end of Quarter 2

P1 trip to Olasiti- Education outside the Classroom P1 students managed to just avoid the onset of ‘the rains’ on Thursday, when they travelled to Olasiti to look at different homes, the materials they are constructed from, and the way in which they are built. Field trips are an important, and exciting, part of the curriculum and P1 couldn’t wait to share their experience when they returned to school.

A house is important so people can sleep, be healthy and safe. Nathalie Some houses had electricity from the sun. Santiago One house had a bathroom outside. Fionn Arlene's house has two tents for rooms. Daniella

Student Council News The Primary Student Council is planning a ‘Book Sale’ for the week beginning Monday November 26th. It will be held each lunch time and, after they meet next Thursday morning, they will be sharing with you lots of information about how it will operate. There will be both new and pre-loved books for sale. Remember to check next week’s newsletter for all the details and put a note in your diary! Thank you, from Primary Student Council

Welcome back for another busy quarter. With only 7 weeks until the December/January break there will be lots of exciting events to look forward to. This quarter we send home written reports and hold Student Led Conferences, so keep reading for further information on these. The Student Council and Miss Chelsea are also planning some special events- we’ll keep you informed as the planning progresses. Best wishes, Maree Raeburn Head of Primary/PYP Coordinator ( [email protected] )

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P Greetings from Secondary! Welcome back all! We hope you enjoyed the two week break! Calendar Date Changes Please note that after much consideration and deliberation about what is best for our students, we are changing two key dates on the calendar. The Secondary production will now be held on Wednesday Dec.5th and Thursday Dec.6th. Further, the Visual Arts Fine Arts evening will now be scheduled for Thursday Jan.31st. Please make the necessary changes to your family calendar! Parent Teacher conferences We look forward to seeing all our families represented at the Parent-Teacher conferences next Monday and Tuesday. Appointments can be made at the main office but slots are filling up fast! The meeting times start each day at 1440 hrs. and run until 1630 hrs. All meetings will be held in the Performance Area unless otherwise arranged with the teacher. See you all then!

Music Student-Teacher A big welcome to Ellen Wightman who joins us from the Chicago area as a trainee teacher! Ellen will work primarily with our Secondary students here at school for the next six weeks. Ellen will be graduating from Taylor University in Indiana this December. Elle’s musical strengths lie with her singing, playing of the violin and piano. Please do give her a warm welcome if you happen to see her working with our students on campus. Regards, Carl W. Love, Head of Secondary ( [email protected] )

M1 Studying Earth Structure This week M1 wrapped up a unit on the Earth’s structure with a visit from ISMAC parent and scientist Trish Terhell. To enrich students’ front page newspaper reports on the fictitious eruptions of local mountains, Trish briefed us on the types of volcanoes Mount Meru, Kilimanjaro and Ol Doin yo Lengai are and the plate tectonics of the Rift Valley that are the reason these volcanoes exist. Part of the session was spent in the EC sandpit building models of volcanoes at different stages of their development. We really appreciate the imaginative and multi-sensory approach Trish takes when visiting our Humanities class. Earlier this semester she came in to help us understand plate tectonics and had us involved in a charades miming the movement of convergent, divergent, subductive and transform plates. We look forward to more memorable learning experiences with Trish. MYP Minute The Personal Project has a long standing tradition of excellence on our campus. The Personal Project provides students with a unique opportunity to consolidate their learning in pursuing the concepts and skills that interest them most. Our M5 class is presently in the final stages of their projects and the M4 class is counting down the days until they are introduced to the task. You are welcome to learn more about the Personal Project on our Moodle page at http://moodle.ismac.ac.tz and below are the key Personal Project dates for the upcoming months:

Wed Nov 21 –M5 introduction to the Project Report Tue Dec 11 – M4 introduction to the Personal Project Wed Dec 12 – M5 Personal Project Presentations Wed Jan 30 – due date: final day for DRAFT of M5 Project Report to supervisors Wed Feb 13 – due date: Personal Project to supervisors

Warm Regards, Andrew VanderMeulen ( [email protected] )

Dates of Importance in Secondary

Nov.3rd-4th (Sat.-Sun.) OP Mandara Hut Trip Nov.5th – 6th (Mon.-Tues.) Secondary Conferences Nov.10th (Sat.) Inter-School Athletics Carnival at ISMAC Nov.9th-11th (Thurs.-Sun.) OP Little Meru Trip Nov.16th (Fri.) – Umoja Recital Nov.15th-18th (Thurs.-Sun.) OP Rongai Trip Nov.22nd-25th (Thurs.-Sun.) OP Mawenzi Trip

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OP Mandara Hut Good luck and ‘Safari Njema’ to our 15 M1 students going on the OP Mandara Hut trip this weekend led by Ms. Laura Greenwood and Ms. Faraja Laizer. We hope everyone enjoys themselves and contributes to a great experience overall! Coaching Clinic Our students had a special opportunity this week on Friday afterschool. A free clinic was put on for those that were interested to learn from coaches and PE teachers from around the district – all with the focus of developing their skills in different athletic events. Students had the opportunity to sign up for two 30 minute sessions and then race in events for the 100m, 400m and relays. Thanks very much to all the coaches and teachers that helped organize this – a very enriching experience not only for ISM students but the other schools in the area as well – it was well attended! Athletics Carnival Our annual Athletics Carnival is being hosted here on Arusha Campus Saturday November 10th. We expect that at least 5 schools from the area will come to represent their athletic prowess and skill! It has taken a great deal of coordination and patience for our P.E. department to organize this event and we appreciate their hard work. We do hope that parents and community members alike will come out next Saturday to support this event. More information can be had by emailing Mr. Hooke.

U.S. College Visit On Monday the 29th of October, approximately 70 students from various schools around our area came to see the presentation made by three prestigious U.S. universities. Tufts University from Boston, NorthWestern University from the Chicago area and Duke University from North Carolina all came to do a collaborative presentation on university/college applications and ‘best tips’ for students that might be interested. We certainly appreciate these schools coming to visit and present at our campus. Our students were well-served by the information they presented. Further, there will be a few more presentations by universities and colleges over the next month that certain Arusha families might be interested in. Monday, 5th November: The University of British Columbia, Canada, will be making a presentation at Moshi campus to diploma students at 2:30pm. In addition there will be a university presentation in Dar es Salaam to which you are invited, if interested: Tuesday, 6th November: A group of US and Canadian universities (who unfortunately are not also travelling to Arusha or Moshi) will present at the Golden Tulip Hotel at 2pm.

CCAs A reminder - CCA activities continue on until Wednesday December 5th.

Our ‘Props and Drops’ CCA – we couldn’t do the production without them!

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Arusha Campus Calendar of Events 2012-13

November 2012

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3

− − M1 1020-1120: African Folk Tales.

− M1 1130-1240 Eruptions presentation.

− OP Mandara Hut

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 − OP Mandara Hut − 1440-1630 Sec Parent

conferences (A) − CCAs begin

− 1440-1630: Sec Parent conferences (A)

− − − P1 and P2/3 Primary Share Time

− OP Little Meru

− 0800-1300: Inter-School Athletics carnival

− OP Little Meru − 1500: Board Retreat

(provisional)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 − OP Little Meru − Board Retreat (provisional)

− − − − OP L4 Socialist Peak

− OP L4 Socialist Peak − 5pm Umoja recital (at

Arusha Campus)

− OP L4 Socialist Peak

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 − OP L4 Socialist Peak

− 0800-0820: Secondary

Assembly: Children’s rights and our Responsibilities

− 1445: Primary Meeting − − OP Base of Mawenzi − MYP to Diploma

Presentation to M5 & M4.

− P5 and P6 Primary Share Time

− OP L3 Base of Mawenzi

− OP L3 Base of Mawenzi

25 26 27 28 29 30 − OP Base of Mawenzi − Primary Student Council

Book Fair at 1200 − Primary Student Council

Book Fair at 1200 − OP L5 Uhuru Peak − Primary Student Council

Book Fair at 1200

− OP L5 Uhuru Peak − Primary Student Council

Book Fair at 1200

− OP L5 Uhuru Peak − Primary Student Council

Book Fair at 1200 − PA AGM (Danish Centre)


December 2012

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

− Arusha “Christmas” Fair (at TGT)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 − “Christmas” Fair (at TGT) − 0800-0820: Secondary

Assembly: AIDS persisits – what now?

− − CCAs finish for Q2 − “Never After” Secondary

Drama Production (matinee)

− Secondary Drama Production (evening)

− PYP reports & portfolios home

− Secondary Drama Production (evening)

− EC & P3/4 Primary Share Time

− Inter-School Sports Weekend (in Moshi)

− Inter-School Sports Weekend (Moshi) including Moshi ‘Christmas’ Fair & Triathlon

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 − Inter-School Sports

Weekend incl. Christmas Fair (in Moshi)

− Student Led Conferences PYP

− − 12.12.12! − − 5pm: Dress rehearsal for end of year Umoja Concert

− 5pm: Umoja End of Year Concert

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 − − − − Sec’ Reports home(A)

− Wizard of Moz drama production (in Moshi)

− Wizard of Moz (Moshi) − End of Q2 event with noon dismissal

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January 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 − − Q3 commences

− − − Secondary Arts Workshop:

‘Improvisation through Music’

− Secondary Arts Workshop: ‘Improvisation through Music’

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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 − − − MYP Student Led

Conferences −

− No classes − Teacher in-service day (in

Moshi)

− P1 and P2/3 Primary Share Time

− Deadline for M5 Personal Projects

− Scottish Burns Night (tentative)

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27 28 29 30 31 − CCAs begin − − M4/M5 Visual Arts

Exhibition


February 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 − Moshi Campus Primary

Swim Gala

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 − PP Exhibition (Moshi)

− M1 trip − M1 trip − M1 trip

− Primary Share Time (A)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 − − − 19s Girls’ Basketball

Tournament (M) − 19s Boys’ Basketball

tournament (M)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 − Songs & Stories Workshop

by Susan Reed & co. in Arusha/Moshi (to be confirmed)

− Songs & Stories Workshop by Susan Reed & co. in Arusha/Moshi (to be confirmed)



− Primary Share Time − Basketball Tournament − 5pm Umoja Recital

− OP Pares Mountains − Basketball Tournament − Susan Reed & Family

concert (tentative)

24 25 26 27 28 − OP Pares Mountains

− − P3/P3/4 camp (to be confirmed)

− Production Play M4-D2 (Moshi Campus)

− P3/4 camp (to be confirmed)

− Production Play M4-D2 (Moshi Campus)


March 2013


1 2 − Inter-house Swim Gala (A) − Production Play M4-D2 (M)

− International Festival

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 − − Book Week − Book Week − Book Week

− M3 Science Fair

− Book Week − Book Week − Primary Share Time − Soccer 7s Girls (M)

− Soccer 7s boys (M)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 − − − − P5/6 Sports Camp

− CCAs finish − P5/6 Sports Camp − 5pm Umoja Recital − Inter-School Swim Gala

(St. Constantines)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 − − PYP Student-led

Celebrations

− − MYP reports home (A) − − End of Q3 event − Ski Trip

− Ski Trip

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 − Ski Trip − Ski Trip − Ski Trip − Ski Trip − Ski Trip − Ski Trip − Ski Trip

31 − Ski Trip


April 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

− Ski Trip −

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 − − − 1445: Primary mg − − − Bushcraft (L1-5) − Bushcraft (L1-5)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 − Bushcraft (L1-5) − MYP Parent Conferences

1440-1630 (A) − 1440-1630: MYP Parent

Conferences − PYP Exhibition Info

session (M) − − OP L2 Little Meru

− Primary Share Time − OP L2 Little Meru

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 − OP L2 Little Meru − Earth Day

− M3 UAACC Trip − M3 UAACC Trip

− M3 UAACC Trip − − National Holiday −

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May 2013


1 2 3 4

− National Holiday − PYP Exhibition

− Primary Share Time

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 − − OP L4 Machame/Mweka

(tentative) − OP L4 Machame/Mweka



(tentative)

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 − OP L4 Machame/Mweka

(tentative) − Assessment Week in

Secondary − Assessment Week − Assessment Week − Assessment Week − Primary Share Time

− Assessment Week − Interschool Cross Country

Meet (Braeburn)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 − − − D2 Graduation (M)

− Primary interschool swim carnival at IST, Dar es Salam (to be confirmed)

26 27 28 29 30 31 − M5 Work Experience − M5 Work Experience

− M5 Work Experience − CCAs finish

− M5 Work Experience − Primary Share Time − M5 Work Experience − 5pm: Umoja recital


June 2013


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 − Arts Week

− Arts Week − 1445: Secondary mg

− Arts Week − Sec Reports due(A)

− Arts Week − PYP reports home (A)

− Arts Week − M5 Leaving Ceremony (M)

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 − PYP Student-led

Conferences − 1400: M5 Leaving

Ceremony. − P6 Leavers’ Dinner

− Sec Reports home − P6-M1 Transition

− − Last day of school with noon dismissal.

− 1030: Final Day Assembly

− Teacher in-service

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