BSB.CONNECTFriday 28th February 2014ISSUE 18www.britishschool.org.cn

INSIDE: U19 Girls Basketball win ACAMIS Championship, more outstanding student

work and we all have fun with food!

CHAMPIONS!

From the PrincipaL

Dear Parents and Friends

Well, after a really good winter without many of the excesses of cold weather and pollution that blighted us in 2012/13, we have finally had a week where the pollution has been really bad. The Western media have of course had a field day- why is it they love to hate Beijing so much? But it is a good time to have a serious reflection on the way we manage such issues. I have spoken to many, many parents around the school and I know that you are all pleased with the measures we already have in place and the fact that they work well, although some were not aware that we have already put a new high specification purifier in the foyer.

There are a few parents that believe we should have closed the school in such bad pollution and I should like to reflect with you on why we didn’t. As you are aware, there is a Government regulation in place which allows for very strict anti-pollution measures, including the closure of schools and factories, alternate day driving according to number plates etc. This reached Amber Alert this week and I believe was very close to Red Alert (the highest level and the level at which we would have been instructed to close).

First and foremost, children’s safety is the number one priority and we support any parent who decides to keep their children at home. Closing the school is a very difficult and complex decision - for some parents with younger children this will mean taking time off work if ayis are not available, some parents do not believe we should close the school in any case (I have spoken to several such parent), some parents do not have air purification or well-sealed houses, so school is a safer place than at home for these. On the other hand, other parents will believe we should close the school when the air quality reaches a certain level but of course the question then arises as to what that level should be. I need to bear in mind that the air quality has been very poor for six straight days now - It would have been difficult to justify closing, for example, on Wednesday but remaining open on the previous days.

There is then, of course, the educational argument. There is clear evidence from the UK that if a student misses 10% of the school year through absence (an average of one day per fortnight) this equates statistically to a loss of one grade in each subject at GCSE. This is quite stark evidence to consider. If we close the school for one day, it would probably not affect students’ learning and examination chances too much - if we close for a week, the evidence is that it will. For some parents, the air quality is more important than the lessons missed; for other parents, not missing lessons would be the absolute priority. There has been a big debate in the International School community about what to do if we do close the school - do we add additional days on to the end of the year to compensate (some parents believe very strongly that we should whilst others hate this idea because they already plan to leave Beijing on the last day of school).

I therefore believe that it is better for us to keep the school open unless we are required to do differently, but to lend maximum support to parents who decide, for very good reasons, that their individual children should not attend. That is their right and I fully support that decision. We will ensure that your children are not disadvantaged in any way in their education.

I am not trying to justify the decisions we have made, but purely to give you a rationale behind them. As ever, I am very open to hearing parents’ thoughts on the matter and should be delighted to chat with any parents who agree or disagree with this approach.

I wish you a good, pollution-free weekend and sincerely hope that the rest of the winter is relatively trouble-free.

With very best wishes

Andy PuttockPrincipal

CHAMPIONS... BSB’s U19 Girls Basketball team were victorious in the ACAMIS Gold Division Basketball tournament in Hong Kong, Pictured from left to right (top row) are Kate Ferrier, Klara Novakova, Lina Boby, Juanita Eben, Mr Mounter (bottom row) Tanya Valdez, Lucy Evans and Jennifer Jiang.

See the Sports pages for a full report of the tournament.

ACAMIS is the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools.

TALK ABOUT.....Talk About with the Secondary School Counsellor takes place on Monday, March 3rd, 13.30-15.00 in room C110 @ BSB, Shunyi.

This is an open session for BSB parents to come and Talk About issues that arise when parenting teens and pre-teens. You choose what to discuss.

To attend, please email: naomi.taylor@britishschool.org.cn

BSB community NewsNOW ON SALE.... Tickets to the Parents’ Association’s Night of Nights - the PA Charity Ball

Tickets are now on sale for the PA Charity Ball on Saturday 29th March at The Regent Hotel in Downtown Beijing.

It promises to be a fantastic night of entertainment, all in aid of two special charities, the Jing Chai Migrant School in Beijing and the Surmang Foundation supporting women’s maternity health issues in rural areas of China.

Tickets are 900 RMB each and include dinner, drinks, entertainment and great raffle prizes.

Already the PA has secured some amazing raffle prizes thanks to the genorosity of companies such as:OASIS International Hospital, ISPA, Beijing Sailing, Cashmere Crush, Clicia’s Designs, The Westin, East Beijing, Opposite House, China Club Football, Santa Fe, Element Fresh, Dragonfly Therapeutic Retreat, Michael’s Place, Mandarin Express and Pavilion Indian Restaurant.... with more sponsors to come.

Tickets are on sale Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 9.30am and 3pm to 4,30pm just outside Chatterbox Cafe.

Don’t miss out on this wonderful charity event.

PORTABLE MAGIC - The BSB Festival of Books and Big Ideas

Exciting events are taking place as part of BSB’s latest literary festival “PORTABLE MAGIC - The BSB Festival of Books and Big ideas.”, from 10th - 21st March.

The Festival is a celebration of reading and innovative thought.

The Secondary English Department is hosting three authors, at different times during the Festival, who will provide insightful cross-curricular workshops for students in English, History and Art.

Students from different year groups will also have the opportunity to attend talks and events at the Bookworm Literary Festival in Sanlitun. From talks on Femanism, Politics and Urbanisation to Science-Fiction, Slam Poetry and Graphic Novels, there will be something for everyone to enjoy.

Look out for more information next week on this important event.

ISTA festival BSB is hosting 121 students for the 2014 ISTA Festival for theatre and the performing arts from 28 February to 2 March.

Students started arriving to BSB on Thursday and on Friday morning to the Lama Temple for a meet and greet session before beginning their heavy programme of workshops and performances back at BSB over the weekend.

Information about the Festival is being added to the BSB website. Click to the blog page here.

ready, steady cook!On Thursday this week, students were entertained with a special cooking show, put on by the school’s catering company Eurest.

“Putting Fun Back into Food” is a variation of the popular TV show “Ready Steady Cook” and the students had a fantastic time watching two teams of students and teachers compete against each other in a 15-minute cook-off.

The exhuberant presenter also talked to the students about healthy eating and the special nutritional value of different foods. It was a very fun way to present important information to the students.

Pictured is all the action from the various shows held for Years 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

more of ready, steady cook!

From the Head of SECONDARY Dear Parents,

This week I want to share some important dates regarding university applications. I know that for many of you this is a very important issue.

Monday 3rd March at 18.00 in the Theatre. A talk about UK university admissions by UCAS advisor Chris Massey.

Friday 7th March at 14.00 in the sixth form area. University College London visit BSB to talk to students.

Monday 10th March at 14.00. UK universities fair, with 8 universities represented. All year 10, 11 and 12 students will attend.

Next month – visits from US universities and Oxford and Cambridge representatives.

Watch this space!

Best wishes,

Steve Lewis

SECONDARY

Year 13 GET A HISTORY LESSON AT THE Palestinian EmbassyFrom Nick Bourne, History Teacher

On Wednesday February 26th the Year 13 History class visited the Palestinian Embassy as part of the GCE History course on the Middle East and the Arab Israeli Conflict.

We were made most welcome by the Ambassador Ahmed Abbas Ramadan and the First Secretary Imad Elhalabi. The Ambassador gave us a very detailed and insightful presentation of the Arab Israeli conflict from his and Palestine’s point of view.

After this the students were free to ask many questions. The trip proved to be of great help for the students studying this period of history that is often in the news.

Many thanks to the Palestinian Embassy for giving us the opportunity and time to meet with them.

Two weeks ago the students had made a similar visit to the Israeli embassy.

Year 13 History students visited the Palestinian Embassy this week as part of their course work on the Middle East and the Arab Israeli Conflict. They had al-ready visited the Israeli Embassy thereby getting different first-hand viewpoints to increase their understanding about this ongoing conflict.

To find out more come to the UCAS information session in theTheatre on Monday 3rd March at 6pm

UCAS - Universities and CollegesAdmissions Service in the UK

If you are considering studying for a degree course at a UK universitythen you will need to apply throughUCAS

Remember that different courses may require different application procedures

SECONDARY

a first for bsb with the bbcFrom students of the BBC - School Report team

Today, on the 27th of February 2014, the British School of Beijing reported on the BBC School News Report for the first time. The British School of Beijing is also the first international school participating in this. It would only be fair if they had a practise day just like every other school taking part.

Today, students worked very hard gathering news and information, shooting videos, compiling and editing videos and getting them ready for uploading. Since 8:00am, the group have been working on their news stories and at the time of writing this story they were still working very hard. They have stories ranging from Chinese New Year, to the Syrian Crisis. They did a lot of work and their efforts showed in their results at the end of the day.

Students’ views:

-“It was an exhausting amount of work but it was very interesting and fun.” Emma, Year 9c

-“It was fun and we learnt a lot on how to be a reporter.” Alexander, Year 7c

-“It was tiring but also refreshing and cool.” Sunny

-“It was challenging but enjoyable. I would love to continue doing stuff like this.” Leoni, Year 8a

-“It has been terribly hard work……but we survived!” Ms. Cundall, Teacher in Charge

Pictured are the student members of the BBC School Report team working very hard with Mrs Cundall in the Boardroom, compiling and editing their stories in readiness for News Day on Friday 28th March.

junyoung sohn leads the way at science fairYear 12 student Junyoung Sohn has had his exceptional work in biology acknowledged at the 2014 Korea Science and Engineering Fair.

In addition to his normal school work, Junyoung carried out a project investigating the “anti-fungal, anti-mould and insect-inhibit effect of spices in a tropical region”. His outstanding work earned him a much sought-after award and the right to participate in another big international event in Jordan.

The Korea Science and Engineering Fair was attended by around 30 middle and high school students, all vying for awards with their various science projects.

Junyoung has been a student at BSB for three years. His favourite subjects at school are Chemistry and Maths and currently he is thinking about pursuing a career in bio-chemistry.

Congratulations to Junyoung on this fantastic achievement.

artist of the weekThis week’s artist of the week is Laura Otero Nguyen (8B).

Laura’s beautifully control over charcoal medium has produced a exceptional drawing of a abstracted rose. Her manipulation skills demonstrates a masterful understanding of shape and tone which has resulted in a striking drawing rich in form and delicate texture.

Well Done Laura!

SECONDARY

Laura Otero Nguyen - 8B (Abstacted rose in charcoal)

Year 12 student Junyoung Sohn displays the award he won at the 2014 Korea Science and Engineering Fair.

a sustainable future in beijing?From Edward Thomas, Geography Teacher and Head of Humanities

Last week, year 10 geographers visited the Urban Planning Museum in Qianmen to look at the development of the city and also plans for a more sustainable future.

Following this they then completed a field work transect sampling from the Foreign Legation Quarter to Qianmen and on towards the hutong district of DaShiLa. Since returning students have been analyzing data collected on environmental quality and land use.

The students were excellent in the field and worked well in their teams. We were tremendously lucky with the weather, going on a lovely day with blue skies!

SECONDARY

Year 10 students travelled to the Urban Planning Museum in Qianmen for field work on urban planning and sustainability.

From the Head of Primary Dear Parents,

This week has proven to be one of reflection. We have had parents consultation evenings this week which have provided parents with the opportunity to discuss their child’s progress with the class teacher. These meetings are crucial with regards to progress as we place so much emphasis on the home school partnership. If parents are following through on the targets set to the children and supporting the guidance given, our pupils will succeed beyond expectations, something we do year on year and are extremely proud of. We have also reflected as a pupil body. We have looked at just how far we have come in our learning in assembly and the children had a chance to reflect upon how far they have come in their understanding of how they learn and how they can reach high performance. This newsletter holds further examples of children achieving such and is a testament to not only them but their teachers. Today I was presented with a ‘High Performance Learning Sticker book’ created by two outstanding pupils in year 5. Their aim was to collect stickers in a book, rather than on their blazers as a record of what for and when they had achieved a high performance learning goal. This level of motivation and independent thinking is awesome and I shall be liaising with staff about taking this forward and creating a HPL passport for all children, thanks to these girls from year 5.

Thursday was also a lovely event with a visiting Chef presenting a version of ready steady cook to the children. Chef Darren from the UK educated the audience on healthy foods, what we should eat and how much per week before inviting children to cook a healthy meal in 15 minutes. The children from years 3 to 6 had a great time and were great chef ’s. A huge thank you to all the children who participated and to Mr Stewart, Miss Simon, Miss Soady and Mr Johnson for being great head chefs and leading the teams. A great event.

As always, have a great weekend,

Christian Bishop

PRIMARY

a new invention through hplby Scott Niehorster, Year 6 teacher For their creative homework, 6SN were asked to identify a problem they encounter outside of school. They were then charged with designing a new invention the gave the solution to this problem.

Many of the children did a superb job of coming up with an idea and a design for their invention but one student went that little bit further.

Showing many aspects of High Performance Learning (HPL), Aleksis Nummela thought about a problem he could solve; made connections between the problem and ways he could solve it; created a design for his invention; and evaluated the design, improving it where necessary.

The result? The Dog-o-Mart. He has even tried it out on his own lucky pup, Lolly.

Great stuff, Aleksis!

Pictured is Year 6 student Alexsis Nummela with his invention, the “Dog-O-Mart”, which showed all the traits of High Performance Learning.

15 MINUTES AND COUNTING.....The red and green teams get ready for the cook-off and this week’s special fun with food event.

Foundation Stage children enjoyed playing with glow sticks, blowing bubbles and learning about the letter “K” this week.

glow sticks, bubbles and all things k!TeddiesTeddies 2 have continued our theme of Once Upon a Time. We have been reading different versions of the Three Bears and also the Three Billy Goats Gruff. This week, we made a dark Bear’s cave for the children to explore light and dark environments. The children were brave enough to enter the dark cave and then had a lot of fun exploring glow sticks as a source of light.

NurseryThis week Nursery has been thinking about the letter ‘k’. We have been making kites, pretending to be kings and making keys that have opened treasure boxes. For our sensory experience this week the children have been blowing bubbles and making them get bigger and then watch them pop! We talked a lot about keeping ourselves healthy and what we need to do to be healthy. The children looked at different foods and decided the ones that we could eat all of the time and the ones we could eat just some of the time. The children then decided what food most of them liked and recorded it in a bar chart. The children also enjoyed listening to the story of the very Hungry Caterpillar and talking about all the different foods he ate. We also sequenced different lengths of ribbon and started using our hands to measure different lengths of lines.

ReceptionIn Reception, we continued our focus on Traditional Tales. This week’s tale highlights the story, ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff ’. The story gave the children the opportunity to continue learning about measurement as well as the concepts of size. The children made troll face masks, bridges using various materials and grassy landscapes. In Phonics, we reviewed the Phase 3 sounds and thought of words which contained these sounds. In Maths, we explored measurement and length by using various items to discover how long different objects can be.

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PRIMARY

check out another hpl star!by Head of Primary, Christian Bishop During the weekly maths investigation lesson in Year 4, Seojoon displayed a range of HPL characteristics in order to solve a problem.

The children were given the task to come up with a formula that would solve a problem involving the number of sticks we would need to make a number of triangles.

Seojoon showed ‘Ability to deal with complex problems’ when he was able to break down the problem in order to solve it. He showed ‘Flexible thinking’ and ‘Speed and Accuracy’ as he thought of new ideas to solve the problem and was able to do this quickly and correctly. Furthermore, Seojoon showed ‘Big picture thinking’ when he used his original rule and applied it to making other shapes. This was an awesome piece of work and really showed how hard working and high flying Year 4 are!

Year 4 student Seojoon Bang achieved all four HPL stamps in his Maths book this week for his excellent maths investigations.

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year 2 display the beauty of symmetryThis week in Year 2KR, we have been looking at 2D shapes and symmetry.

At the start of the week, we were learning the names of regular shapes and their features. To show our fantastic understanding, we then created a wanted poster to help us find a ‘dangerous shape’! We chose a shape, drew it accurately and then wrote some sentences to explain how many corners, sides and right angles it has.

Then we moved on to using regular shapes to create a picture of everyday objects. Some children drew flowers, cars, bikes and we even had some amazing castles! In these pictures, we made sure that we labelled which shapes we had used to create our picture.

We then moved onto symmetry and to introduce us to this concept, we used some paint to create some wonderful symmetrical pictures.

We folded a piece of paper and we were only allowed to paint on one side.

We had to work quickly so that the paint would not dry and then we folded the piece of paper over, pressed down hard and opened it back up to see our symmetrical creations!

Pictured are students in Year 2KR concentrating hard on their paintings to help understand the concept of symmetry.

chinese crackersFrom the Primary Chinese team

This week in Chinese, Year One non-native speakers reviewed body parts and family members. Children connected the two topics and created their own songs such as: b àbà qù nǎ, b àbà qù nǎ, qù shàng bān, tā dē tóu fà hěn cháng, tāde bízi hěn gāo, tā hěn shuài, tā hěn shuài. The children enjoyed it very much.

KS 1 and KS 2 Heritage group student focused on the dairy and reading posters. They enjoyed writing and sharing their reading and daily life .Y6 A1 group students moved on to the topic of snacks and they made some pictures made from the snacks they learned about. Here’s one example of what they did.

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year 4 get caught up in fantasy landfrom Year 4 teacher, Mr Jeremy Dean

Year 4 have been exploring fantasy story settings found in children’s books. The children have read extracts from The Hobbit, Harry Potter and The Golden Compass. Before we write our own fantasy stories next week, the children used the tablet computers in school to experiment with creating an atmosphere.

First the children took photographs of each other and then altered them slightly in an image manipulation program. They did this to (literally) paint an atmosphere with a range of effects. The children then learnt how to share the images—they added their photos to the 4JD blog using the Wordpress app, emailed their photos to their teacher or sent them over Bluetooth.

Their work was so creative and it will provide invaluable stimulus to their writing next week.

Using tablet computers, students from Year 4 created digital atmospheres for the fantasy stories they will be writing next week.

poetry to their ears from Year 6 teacher, Mr Tom Ferguson

Year 6 have turned into budding Benjamin Zephaniah’s this week with our new unit on poetry.

We have been uncovering what makes a good performance and, as a class, we persevered to decide upon a list of criteria which we need to use well to be successful. Using a range of poems, we practised and performed in front of our classmates, and then we watched the video of our performances, thinking carefully to apply detailed and constructive feedback for ourselves and our peers.

After reflecting upon the advice given we were then able to perform our poem again, this time being more creative in our performances in applying the feedback and following the criteria already decided. We made connections between our two performances, and were able to track our improvements.

Lots of high performance learning in our performances!

Students from Year 6 practised and performed their poetry to classmates this week, using lots of expression!

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german primary get creative in the kitchenFrom Frau Makin, teacher of Klasse 3 (Year 4)

Klasse 3 together with Klasse 4 spent an afternoon preparing and cooking traditional ‘Chinese Dumplings’- Jiaozi.

Pupils found out how to make the dough, how to roll it out very thinly and how to prepare different types of fillings. Once they had completed all the preparation work, they carefully made their dumplings. Some pupils used a simple dumpling press to give the edges a decorative look.

The dumplings then were placed into boiling water and when they were ready, they provided a nice hot snack for the VERY hungry pupils. So within no time at all, the dumplings had been polished off.

Students from Klassse 3 and Klasse 4 learned how to make Chinese dumplings in German Primary this week.

From the Head of German Primary, Christine Riedl

What an exciting week this was: On Tuesday and Wednesday the corridors were buzzing with parents who came for the parents’ evening. The overall feedback was very positive and we are happy that your children enjoy school so much. Thank you for your valuable feedback – at the parents’ evening as well as through our survey - and your interest in your child’s progress and achievements.

Interesting as well are the on-going art projects of our G1 and G2 class. The impressive result of the “Drei Spatzen”-work can be seen right next to G2’s classroom. With this project students truly collaborated and created something big together. Please stop a minute next time you are here and have a look. It is well worth it!

I have seen that another, just as impressing project already is on the way, which will partly result in the art work for the PA ball and perfectly matches the Fasching theme we will catch up next week. Please be reminded that tickets for this great event are on sale. G2 parents should also look out for tickets for the Year3/G2 production. Our students are already busy practising their singing, dancing and lines and I am sure the piece will be fabulous.

With more just as exciting weeks ahead of us I would like to invite you to be part of GPS even more, be it helping in class or as a reading support, be it in our steering group for school development. Have a great weekend!

year 5 boldly go to the final frontierThe corridor of Year 5 turned into NASA Headquarters this week when students participated in Space Day. Year 5 have been studying all about the planets and the solar system and Space Day was just one part of their interactive learning on this major topic.

Check out the fun they had in the photos below.

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Sport

excellent performances at acamis basketballThe U19 Boys and Girls Basketball teams travelled to Hong Kong last week for the ACAMIS Gold Division Basketball Tournament at the Hong Kong Academy (HKA).

Excellent skills and teamwork were displayed by both teams which resulted in the Girls winning their competition and the Boys finishing a commendable 5th after show great perseverance over the two days.

Here are the team coaches reports from this event, which captures the excellent efforts from all the players involved.

ACAMIS is the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools.

GIRLS BRING HOME THE TROPHYFrom the U19 Girls Basketball team coach - Mr David Mounter

Girls: Klara Novakova, Lucy Evans, Juanita Eben, Tanya Valdez, Jennifer Jiang, Kate Ferrier and Lina Boby

The girls first game was against Hangzhou International School, and they won this easily. The next game was against the The International School of Macau (TIS). TIS played a good game and the girls suffered their first competitive loss of the season 18 to 7. Although later in the day the girls rebounded with strong wins over the host school HKA and The International School Nanshan. On Saturday morning the Girls had an easy win over Dalian 37 to nil and they were seeded 2nd after their pool games.

When the semi-finals started they faced HKA in a tough game although strong 2nd half performances from Kate Ferrier and Klara Novakova ensured the girls were able to defend the title again. Once again, the Girls played TIS in a very tough and low scoring game in the final. In the opening quarter the girls team were down 6 to 0 and they had missed several scoring opportunities.

Finally in the second and third quarter the girls confidence improved and they scored some excellent baskets. TIS was restricted during the second and third quarters due to some excellent defence from Jenny Jiang, Tanya Valdez and Juanita Eben. In the final quarter the girls lead the game, although some bad refereeing nearly cost the girls team victory. In the last 40 seconds of the game TIS grabbed the lead 19 to 18 with not a lot of time left on the clock. The girls didn’t panic and Lina Boby scored the match winning goal in the final 6 seconds of the game.

It was an excellent final and the Girls team thoroughly deserved to win the title for the second year in a row. ACAMIS All Stars for the girls team were Jenny Jiang, Tanya Valdez and Klara Novakova.

The team would like to thank Mr Gilpin who helped the team work on some motion offence during the season. Finally the team would also like to thank Miss Evans who travelled with the team and assisted with strapping injuries and stretching, and Mr Cobley for his trusted advice and help with team awards. Thanks for the support during the season.

Mr Mounter

Sport

U19 BOYS SHOW GREAT BSB EFFORT AND PRIDE From the U19 Boys Basketball team coach, Mr Owen Cobley

Boys: Emil Boby, Joshua Raadwijk, Ivan Chow, Alex Simon, Louis Mero, Gontse Mabena and Markus Wagner

The boys U19 basketball team travelled to Hong Kong for the annual ACAMIS tournament, hosted by Hong Kong Academy. The team consisted of 7 boys who finished 5th overall in a very strong ISAC tournament prior to Chinese New Year, and were under no illusions that the latest competition was going to be equally tough.

The first game was against pre-tournament favourites HIS, who were a very well drilled outfit who took advantage of the travel induced lethargy of BSB. Despite battling well, BSB lost the game but took valuable experience into the next game with TIS. The Macao school showed why they were there to win, but were made to work hard for their victory; Josh Raadwijk’s outstanding defensive efforts and the scoring power of Ivan Chow making life difficult for the eventual champions. The next game against Hong Kong Academy was played in front of partisan home support, and BSB’s task was made even more difficult when Louis Mero suffered a sprained ankle which deprived BSB of his ball carrying capabilities. BSB looked back on that game with a sense of ‘what could have been’ if opportunities under the basket had been taken more clinically like the HKA team.

The last game of the Saturday was against ISNS, and it was a real spectacle. With BSB 1 point ahead with 9 seconds to go, ISNS worked the ball superbly into the BSB key and scored to win the game with 0.01 seconds left on the clock. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in that manner was disheartening, but the last group match against DAIS showed that the BSB team had enough to seriously trouble their opponents. Alex Simon scored several baskets from determined drives to the basket, Markus Wagner battling illness remaining cool from the free throw line, and Emil Boby causing problems under the basket for the eventual runners up.

With group play complete, it was time for the 5th/6th place play off against ISNS who had cruelly snatched a win the previous day. The BSB boys were in no mood to repeat that performance and raced into an early lead, with Gontse Mabena keeping the score board ticking over. Several 3 pointers from All-Star team choice Ivan Chow ensured BSB cruised to a comfortable victory, the win going some way to ease the heartache from the previous encounter.

It was a fantastic weekend and all of the boys played with massive effort and pride, and should be congratulated on their performances against some excellent basketball schools.

Mr Cobley