Issue No 71
Monday, 5th
September,
2016
UPCOMING EVENTS
Last Friday Mr Gibbins took the 6th
formers out for pizzas and this Saturday it will be the turn of the junior
boarders to have a pizza evening at
Dragonaires. Then we have three major
events taking place before the half term
holiday:
THE MORO TIMES
The weekly newsletter of Morogoro International School
Let’s all feel part of
the MIS Community
The theme of Mr Green’s opening
assembly of the term last Monday
16th/17th/18th September: The
MIS invitational swimming gala. So far was to emphasise the importance
4 teams have confirmed their attend- of a school being regarded as a
ance. Make sure you come and support community and that we should all
the MIS Piranhas that weekend as they
try to make the MIS community
perform in their own pool for the first bigger and stronger in this school
time for several years.
year. We have got off to a promising start as Friday’s first vertical
1st October: Inte r national Music
Day. MIS will be celebrating this world- tutor group session in secondary
wide event by having all sorts of musi- school brought a great sense of
cal activities designed to raise money unity between all ages. In the
for our music department.
afternoon nearly 30 girls and ladies played in a mini football tour12th October: MIS Spor ts Day
nament on the school field with
NOTE: A full events calendar for Mr Street refereeing. Then, on
the year will be posted on our
Saturday morning 40 students of
website this week.
all ages accompanied by seven
teachers hiked to the waterfall half
Victoria surge ahead.
way up the slopes of the Uluguru
Mountains. It was very pleasing to
Housepoints were only submitted
see such determination and persefrom Year 7 and 11 this week and
already last year’s champions are
well ahead.
Housepoints Scoreboard
VICTORIA:
91 points.
KILIMANJARO: 53 points.
RUAHA:
50 points.
ULUGURU:
50 points.
Welcome to our new nurse.
Last week we welcomed a new nurse to the
school. Florence has replaced Kathleen after
her many years of great service to MIS.
Welcome to the MIS Community, Florence.
Clubs start today.
We have a huge selection of after
school clubs to choose from this term.
Please make sure you attend your
chosen clubs on time and in correct
attire. Those interested in attending the
EAMUN conferences in Nairobi next
year, must attend the debating club at
3.00 tomorrow in Miss Jones’ room.
verance as every single person
reached their destination and were
rewarded with a ice cold shower in
the waterfall. It was also very pleasing to see everyone taking their litter
back with them. MIS left the waterfall
area without a single plastic bottle or
sweet wrapper in sight.
New Headboy, Ethan and sister Ellie were 2 of 40 MIS
students who climbed the mountain on Saturday
Primary School prefect
team is announced.
After a week long process including speeches from all the candidates, the new Primary School
prefects and Headboy and Headgirl were unveiled in Friday’s
assembly. Well done to everyone
who participated in the exercise
and congratulations to the new
prefects, Ian, Ruth, Judy and
Salman and to th e new
Headboy, Ethan and the new
Headgirl, Elihaika. It was particularly pleasing to see two new
students to the school making
such an instant impression. The
6 students will be heading off for
a bonding weekend this Friday.
Last term’s roll of honour
There were many award winners at the end
of last term. Well done to every one of
them. I hope it inspires all of you to try to
achieve an award this term.
Dragana (Year 8 Integrity), Vanessa
(Year 8 Responsibility), Martha (Year 8
Respect), Lucy (Year 9 Integrity), Shabbir (Year 9 Responsibility), Naila (Year 9
Respect), Mahdiyya (Year 10 Integrity),
Secondary School Subject Awards: Collins (Year 10 Responsibility), Amina
(Year 10 Respect), Emmanuel (Year 12
Nia (KS3 English), Melissa (KS4 English),
overall award).
Ebrahim (KS3 Maths), Patricia (KS4
Maths), Khansha (KS3 History), Doreen Effort Awards:
(KS4 History), Yusbiha (KS3 Geography),
Bruce (KS4 Geography), Abdallah (KS3 Joshua (Nursery), Gift (Year 3), Wasif
Science), Neema (KS3 Music), Yusbiha (Year 4), Faiz (Year 5), Khansha (Year
(KS3 Art), Liz (KS4 Art), Milka (KS3 French), 7), Natalie (Year 7), Pius (Year 7), FirLiz (KS4 French), Amal (KS3 Kiswahili), daus (Year 7), Martha (Year 8) Shabbir
Alifyah (KS4 Kiswahili), Lugano (KS3 ICT), (Year 9), Nelson (Year 12).
Daniella (KS4 ICT), Edson (KS3 P.E.),
Joseph (KS4 P.E.), Natalie (KS3 Drama), Achievement Awards:
Agostino (KS3 Citizenship), Talib (KS4
Janelle (Reception Class), Zack (Year
Citizenship), Selina (KS4 Business), William
1), Reuben (Year 2), Grant (Year 6),
(KS3 Chemistry), Tupo (KS4 Chemistry),
Shabbir (KS3), Joseph (KS4).
Selina (KS3 Biology), Mahdiyya (KS4 Biology), Selina (KS3 Physics).
Star Champions:
Secondary School value awards:
Gabby (Nursery), Tahlia (Reception),
Fatma (Year 1), Jayden (2S), Sarita
George (Year 7 Integrity), Firdaus (Year 7
(2D), Tasneem (Year 3), Mahrukh (Year
Responsibility), Maryam (Year 7 Respect),
4), Faraja (Year 5), Novia (Year 6), Pius
(Year 7), Edson (Year 8), Ebrahim (Year
9), Liz (Year 10).
Best boarders:
Ian and Vanessa..
Best sports students:
Laura (Primary Sports girl of the Year),
Silas (Primary Sports boy of the Year),
Natalie (Secondary Sports girl of the Year),
William (Secondary Sports boy of the Year).
There were also 2 Golden certificates handed out in the end of year assembly: Lucy
Kiluma in Year 9 was recognised for general good behavior throughout the year and
Nia in Year 8 was rewarded for showing
INTEGRITY and RESPONSIBILITY when
she insisted on sitting her English assessment while feeling unwell.
...And finally… well done to Alifyah in Year
10 who was presented with a certificate for
successfully climbing to the top of Kilimanjaro last year.