Primary Newsletter

Nursery

International School Of Bucharest 02/01/2011

This month in Nursery we have

been learning all about Fairy

Tales. We have read and acted

out lots of stories like The

Three Little Pigs, Little Red

Riding Hood and The Ginger-

bread Man pretending to be the

gingerbread man and running

around saying ”Run, run as fast

as you can you can’t catch me

I’m the gingerbread man!”

We have also done lots of cook-

ing: making gingerbread men,

making porridge for Goldilocks

and making cakes for Grandma.

We have built the Three Little

Pigs houses out of straw, sticks

and bricks had a Bears picnic

with our Teddy Bears. We had

lots of fun doing this topic and

liked all the lovely things we

made. We are hoping to go to

the puppet theatre soon if they

are showing a fairy tale we have

learnt then we can join in!

Thank you for sending in the ap-

propriate clothing for outside,

when we play outside we are

very warm and cozy!

Birthdays

this month:

Maria

Ioana,

Rares,

Luca,

Andreea

This month in Reception we have

been learning about 3D shapes

and we now know about sphere,

cube cone and cylinder. We made

all kinds of crafts and work re-

lated to this topic and we went

for a shape hunt around the

classroom.

For the last two weeks we have

been learning about Transporta-

tion, land, air, water and under

water. We are looking forward to

go to the ‘Aviation Museum’ on

Friday to see all kind of differ-

ent airplanes and helicopters.

In Literacy we are learning about let-

ter names and how to blend for read-

ing and segment for writing. Please

encourage children to write letters

and very simple words at home. Even

though some of their spellings might

be inaccurate, the experience gives

them further practice and more im-

portantly they will see themselves as

writers.

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RECEPTION

Here are some useful links with games and activities to play at home

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/

http://www.wearebusybeavers.com/ - free song, the alphabet song.

January Newsletter

Birthdays this

month:

Mark Florov

Elif Karacan

Happy Birthday!

In Year 1 the children have been going around the school. They went to the medical room, canteen and the offices. They also wanted to see what Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 students do in their classes. Then they looked at photos taken from the trip which they talked about and wrote what they no-ticed about older students’ behaviour.

Year 1 started to use past tense!

In History the children have been finding

about new and old toys. They brought

their modern toys to school, talked

about, shared them with their friends

and described them.

Year 1 had special guests: Mrs. Annie

brought her old toys, a baseball bat and

glove and explained the rules of this

tough game to 1A. Did you know that

she was the only girl in a team of boys? In

1M Mrs. Brigitte came and told the chil-

dren about the games she used to play as

a child. The children were very surprised

to hear that she didn’t have a TV as a

child so had to make up games to occupy

herself.

Exploring The School

Year1 02/01/2011

In Humanities this month Year 2

has been learning about a village in

Africa, which we will compare to a

village in Romania. This has been

linked to our Geography unit and

will finish with us visiting the

Peasants Museum on the 1st Febru-

ary.

In this year’s Art Contest, the

topic has been “RED.” We have

been drawing or painting pictures

in red or using different shades

of red.

Classes have already started

practicing for the KS1 production

that will take place on 16th Feb-

ruary. We are very excited about

our upcoming show.

Year2 Newsletter 02/01/2011

We have made a good

and healthy start to

the New Year and

term in Year 3.

In Science we

have been learn-

ing about healthy

eating, good diets

and how to look

after our teeth. We

have found out

what different ani-

mals eat and how

this changes the

types of teeth they

have. 3B’s assem-

bly will tell us

more about this.

While 3K’s assem-

bly showed us how

our brain works

and how we are all

different and

clever at different

things. We are

planning a trip to

the dentist to find out

more about how to

look after our teeth

and make sure they

stay healthy.

Linking in with this in

our Literacy lessons

we have been writing

and following in-

structions, in 3B

they wrote how to

make fruit salad,

very healthy. In 3K

and 3R we wrote

about how to make

sandwiches we had

lots of fun then fol-

lowing our instruc-

tions making ( and

eating!) our own

sandwiches.

In our PSHE we

have set ourselves

goals for the year

and thought hard

about how we can

achieve them, most

of us wanted to be

better at division,

so we’re going to

practice our times ta-

bles!

A Healthy Start

02/01/2011

YEAR 3 International School Of Bucharest

02/01/2011

Year4

This week year 4 enjoyed an

ice skating trip to Cismigiu

Park. Whether showing off

their skills racing around the

rink, or having a helping hand

from the teachers, everyone

had a fantastic time. A big

thank you to Miss Laura and

Miss Adriana for organising

this wonderful event!

Skaters of Year4

Art Competition

Year 4 also enjoyed participat-

ing in the “Red Art” competi-

tion. We discussed the merits

of each picture, what we liked

about them and left post-its

on our favourite pieces of

work. Congratulations to the

winners and to everyone that

took part!

Golsa, Ali Fethi and Alexan-

dra’s pictures were winners

from year 4

Year five have had a very busy and

exciting start to this new term. Be-

sides the added excitement of throw-

ing snowballs, sledging around the

playground and being able to go ice

skating as a year group, they have all

been hard at work in class with a

range of activities.

As an Art & DT project, the students

are working hard to make a moving

toy. They have all carefully designed

their toy and have learned how to

move it using axles and cams. They

are now in the process of constructing

their toys and are doing a very pro-

fessional job. Over the next week or

so, we are looking forward to seeing

some interesting designs coming to

life.

In our history work at

the moment, we are all

looking at the ways our

lives have changed

since 1948. The stu-

dents have been study-

ing the development of

areas such as music,

fashion and technol-

ogy and how that

has affected ordi-

nary home life. As

part of this topic, we

are planning a

1960’s themed day,

to take place on

Thursday the 10th of

February. We hope that the students

will be able to dress in fashions of the

time and will experience different ac-

tivities all themed around that excit-

ing and colourful decade. It promises

to be lots of fun!

Winter Fun

Year5 Newsletter

02/01/2011

Using our Social and Emo-

tional Aspects of Learning

topic, called “Going for

Goals!” Year 6 have been tak-

ing more responsibility for

themselves and others this

term.

All the students have some

prefect duties, helping stu-

dents in KS1 and KS2 to en-

joy break times and follow the

Golden Rules.

In Literacy lessons, the stu-

dents have been learning how

to present newspaper reports

in a journalistic style, creating

written pieces and dramatic

performances.

The students have also been

preparing for the Art Contest,

using imagination and flair to

create artwork on the theme of

“RED.” What do you think of

our efforts?

Lead Story Headline

YEAR 6

Between 24 and 28 January 2011, ISB

sports department organized an ice-

skating week for key stage 2 students

and teachers. Every year as part of win-

ter sports, key stage two goes ice skat-

ing at Cismigiu Park. Ice skating is an

exhilarating, relatively inexpensive ac-

tivity that provides an excellent source

of exercise and entertainment for the

children and why not for the entire fam-

ily.

This year ISB offered two cups for the best

performance on the Ice to Daniel Bogar (5W)

& Beatrice Draghiceanu(6S). Well done!!!

We would like to thank all teachers (especially

to Ms.Laura and Ms.Adriana) and parents for

their support to make this event a success.

ISB Skat ing Cup

02/01/2011

Ice Skating

Between 24 and 28 January 2011, ISB

sports department organized an ice-

skating week for key stage 2 students

and teachers. Every year as part of win-

ter sports, key stage two goes ice skat-

ing at Cismigiu Park. Ice skating is an

exhilarating, relatively inexpensive ac-

tivity that provides an excellent source

of exercise and entertainment for the

children and why not for the entire fam-

ily.

This year ISB offered two cups for the best

performance on the Ice to Daniel Bogar (5W)

& Beatrice Draghiceanu(6S). Well done!!!

We would like to thank all teachers (especially

to Ms.Laura and Ms.Adriana) and parents for

their support to make this event a success.

ISB Skat ing Cup

02/01/2011

Ice Skating

Art Exhib i t ion And Auc t i on

On Friday 28th January, we had a Red Day in school and this culminated

in the Art Auction. This was a wonderful event, at which parents and

teachers bid to buy the art, having fun and also raising funds for ISB.

At assembly, the winners in each year group were presented with diplo-

mas and special T-Shirts with their artwork printed on the

front.

Our thanks go to Ms. Sorana, Ms. Veronika and the other

Teachers who helped to make this such a colourful event and we look

forward to the next contest!

A r t C o n t e s t

During January, all the students in the primary school took part in our first ever

Art Contest. The theme was “Red” and every student submitted a piece of work.

The standard was very high and the judges had a difficult job choosing the best

pieces from each year group.

These pieces were framed and displayed in the school lobby where parents and

students viewed and commented on the beautiful paintings, drawings and col-

lages.

A r t C o n t e s t

During January, all the students in the primary school took part in our first ever

Art Contest. The theme was “Red” and every student submitted a piece of work.

The standard was very high and the judges had a difficult job choosing the best

pieces from each year group.

These pieces were framed and displayed in the school lobby where parents and

students viewed and commented on the beautiful paintings, drawings and col-

lages.

Art Exh ib i t ion And Auc t ion

On Friday 28th January, we had a Red Day in school and this culminated

in the Art Auction. This was a wonderful event, at which parents and

teachers bid to buy the art, having fun and also raising funds for ISB.

At assembly, the winners in each year group were presented with diplo-

mas and special T-Shirts with their artwork printed on the

front.

Our thanks go to Ms. Sorana, Ms. Veronika and the other

Teachers who helped to make this such a colourful event and we look

forward to the next contest!