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 5/6

IB/SECONDARY NEWS page 7/8

BOWLING NIGHT page 9

STUDY UK EXHIBITION page 10

Term 1 Week 10 16thNovember, 2018

British International School of Cracow ul. Smoleńsk 25, 31-108 Kraków, Poland

Dear All On Tuesday 13th of November we had journalist from Major Polish Broadcast station TVN. They made a programme about the best private schools in Poland. A few schools from Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow have also been selected and I am extremely happy that BISC Krakow is one of them. Our visitors popped into the Foundation, Early Primary, the science laboratory and computer classrooms. They also enjoyed watching a Visual Art lesson in our Secondary Art studio. The program will be shown in November ‘s “Dzień Dobry TVN “programme. The exact date and time will be announced later. I would like to thank all the students for their extreme good behaviour and being good representatives for BISC.

I would like to congratulate the student council and BISC Amnesty International group for running two spectacular events on Wednesday 14th during the evening. The Pyjama night, Movie and Quiz night for Primary and Secondary students. You can find photo coverage of both activities in this newsletter

On Thursday 15th of November I had a pleasure of receiving the official signed agreement between BISC Krakow and the Pedagocical University, which confirms our status of being The Exercise School (in Polish: Szkoła Ćwiczeń) of the Pedagogical University. The official ceremony took place at the University Campus at Jeczmienna 9 . Our school received a massive metal plaque, which could be permanently fixed to the building, confirming the scientific

patronage of the Pedagogical University.

On Thursday afternoon, we hosted a pro-photographer from Google Street view. He took some panoramic shoots inside the building in order to create a three dimensional Virtual Tour around our school. The process will be completed in November after which our school will have a professional ‘visiting card” embedded in the website and accessible through Google Maps enabling anybody to have a virtual walk around our school premises – an absolute must in 21st century.

Friday was entirely dedicated to the art of reading and books. My warmest thanks goes to brave PTA Mums who organized a great book sale. They dedicated the whole day in selling the books at very competitive prices. All the money collected will be used by PTA to sponsor some school events.

Although there is still one month to go, I would like you to put 12th of December, 2018 into your calendar. BISC Teachers will be performing Aladdin, pantomime in Ludowy Theatre at 2pm and 6.30 pm. You are all cordially invited

I wish you a happy weekend ahead

Sincerely yours Dr Stanislaw kwiecinski

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CRACOW CALENDAR OF EVENTS Oct. / Nov. 2018

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

12 13 14 Amnesty

International Pyjama Night

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16 Book Sale

17 18

19 20 21 22 23 Study UK

exhibition

24 25

26 27 28 29 30 Secondary

Drama

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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REMINDERS

BISC Winter Concert Wednesday 19th December, 2018 14.00 Philharmonic House Zwierzyniecka 1

BISC Pantomime ALADDIN Wednesday 12th December, 2018 14.00 and 18.30 Teatr LUDOWY Osiedle teatralne 34

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BISC EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2018/2019

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ACTIVITY

TEACHER AGE

GROUP WHERE WHEN CHARGE

Swimming Club Ms Ania Nabielec Y4—IB2 Ingardena 4 Monday

3.45pm - 4.30pm Free

Indoor Games Club

Mr Bogdan Nabielec

Y10 – IB2

Ingardena 4 Tuesday

4 pm - 5.00pm Free

Badminton Club Mr Bogdan

Nabielec Y6 – IB2 Ingardena 4

Wednesday 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Free

Roller Blading Club

Ms Ania Nabielec Mr Bogdan

Nabielec

All Students Park Jordana Thursday

4.00 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—April Free

Yoga Classes Mrs Rebecca

Palmer All Students BISC Room 48

Tuesday 3.30-4.45

25PLN/session

Yoga Classes Mrs Rebecca

Palmer Parents BISC Room 48

Thursday 8.45—10.00

25PLN/session

LEGO Robotics Club

Robotowo’s Instructors

Y2—Y10 BISC Room 31 Thursday

15.30—16.50 846-1080

Year

LEGO Programming Club

Robotowo’s Instructors

Y6—IB2 BISC Room 31 Thursday

15.30—16.50 846-1080

Year

Hindi Lessons Mrs Sarkar All students To be confirmed Tuesday

15.45—16.45 20PLN/session

Chess Club Mr Dan White Y3—IB2 BISC Room 31 Wednesday

15.45—16.20 Free

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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Fairy-Tales in Foundation

In Foundation this half term we are learning all about the wonderful stories we were brought up with. In FS1 they learned about Jack and the Beanstalk and in FS2 they did The 3 Little Pigs. After learning about the stories, the students act them out and you can find photos or videos on Tapestry or Schoology. We are also working on our Letters sounds with Jolly Phonics. Don’t forget to ask your children everyday about the letter sound they are learning and words associated with that letter sound. Here is the link for the songs for Jolly Phonics Group 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1he7WQ0N-_M

Reminders: Please do not send your children in boots or gloves if they cannot put them on themselves.

Activity of the week: Go onto Starfall.com and pick the letters we have taken to hear their sounds and words related to them. http://more2.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm

PRIMARY NEWS

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Anti-Bullying Week

Air

251

Earth

268

Fire

213

Water

227

1499 1266 1233 1376

This week our focus has been on the subject of Anti-Bullying, where we have been able to discuss problems, solutions and experiencess under this year’s focus of ‘Choose Respect’. Thank you to Maja and Polina for coming to speak to the FS/KS1 assembly today. For more information check out https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

Pyjama/Movie Night

PRIMARY NEWS

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CERTIFICATES Foundation 1 Max Luchetta—for speaking in English in class with his peers. Foundation 2 Anastasia Cybulska-Smith—for coming to school with a smile on her face and being enthusiastic about everything they do in class. Year 1 Jaksa Maraszewski—for making great progress in learning new sounds. Year 2 Varun Vishnumolakala—for trying his best when working independently. Year 3 Rafaay Khatri—for managing to keep to his behaviour targets (mostly) for 2 weeks. Year 4 Suha Kim—for always working hard, completing homework and following the rules. Year 5 Mykola Bondarenko—for his suspenseful and extremely well-written spooky story. Year 6 Maciej Zur—for being a great voice of reason in the classroom and saving Mr Dan’s bacon more than once this week.

REMINDERS The weather will be getting colder next week, so make sure your children are ade-quately prepared to be out-side.

IB/SECONDARY NEWS

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Hello Everyone, We would like to thank all of you who came to the Amnesty Movie & games Night on Wednesday, and to all of those who donated! We managed to raise just over 400zł. We hope you enjoyed the event and that you join us next time! We'll keep you posted on any future events that we'll be organising. Amnesty International BISC

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

IB/SECONDARY NEWS

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Writing a personal statement: what to include and what to avoid When applying to universities, students are often asked to write what UCAS calls a ‘personal state-ment’ - a statement that is meant to show why one’s application to a particular course is worthy of attention. It’s important to remember that this is not a CV or resume, which lists what one has achieved. Instead, the statement is ‘pointed’ or ‘directed’ to a specific course. In other words, it is more like a ‘letter of motivation’. Students often have difficulty with this, which is not surprising as it’s usually the first time they’ve been called to do this. To get one started, here are some starting questions: What qualities as found on the online course

description page have universities identified to succeed in the course?

What are your academic strengths - how do you know?

What skills (self-management; research; etc) have you developed during the IB programme that have made you a more successful stu-dent?

What relevant insights have you had (the ex-tended essay is great here) that you could share?

What relevant experiences (in CAS, for in-stance) have helped you built up an aware-ness of a discipline, including its challenges?

It often takes multiple drafts, which is why it’s good to start early (well ahead of the deadline). The rea-son why it does is that sections often have to be redrafted to make points relevant. Language also is key, and should be efficient and not long-winded. Make sure it’s checked for grammar and punctua-tion before uploading. Students are kindly asked to send me their first draft for feedback. Please note that BISC will be hosting a meeting with David Winstanley, Associate Director for Student Recruitment at Goldmiths (University of London), on Monday 26th November from 15:40-17:00. Da-vid is a charismatic speaker who has lots of experi-ence with personal statements. All are invited. Patrick Lagendijk IB coordinator Useful links: How to write a UCAS undergraduate personal state-ment: https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/how-write-ucas-undergraduate-personal-statement UCAS applications (Oxford University): http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/guide/ucas-application

NOTES FROM IB COORDINATOR

BOWLING NIGHT

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STUDY UK EXHIBITION

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Kraków, Friday 23rd November 2018, 11.00–17.30 Hotel Andel's, Pawia 3

Warszawa, Saturday 24 th November 2018, 11.00–17.30 EXPO XXI, Prądzyńskiego 12/14

Admission is free Registration on line required

What to expect at the exhibition?

The representatives of UK universities will answer all your questions about studying in the United Kingdom. The British Alumni Society (BAS) and Project Access Polska will connect you through Skype with Polish students currently in the UK.

During seminars and workshops you will find out how to write a good Personal Statement and how to prepare a UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) application or an application for student loan.

At the British Council stand you will learn about our latest offer of language courses and the details of the IELTS test required by most British universities.

https://www.britishcouncil.pl/en/events/study-uk

ALADDIN

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LUNCHES at BISC

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GASTROPOL

PASTA MASTA