THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of IITA, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
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No. 29
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
We are continuing to explore the meaning of being
Reflective
Carole Inniss-Palmer
Head Teacher
STUDENT LEARNING PROFILES (SLP)
SPORT’S DAY
The majority of the SLPs were sent home last
Wednesday, 28 March. I would appreciate it if your
child’s book could be returned as soon as possible.
Sports Day 2014 was a great success. The weather was
pleasant for an athletics meeting and the turnout was
very positive.
END OF TERM ARRANGEMENTS
All the children participated well in the track, field and
team events. The final scores resulted in another win
for the Dinosaurs. Congratulations!
COMMUNITY SERVICE 2014 - WHAT AN
ACHIEVEMENT!
The children have raised the grand total of N160, 000.
We have made a payment of N150.000 to FMS for the
refurbishing of a cassava shredder. This is an amazing
achievement everyone. Thank you!
Thank you very much to all of you who have sponsored
the children.
STRIPIES 3
The third and final Stripies will be held on Friday, 4 April
at 12.20 in the Hall. You are very welcome to come and
support your child’s team and to see if you too can
answer the questions.
Please come to the final assembly for this term at 11.15
a.m. on Wednesday, 9 April 2014. Achievement awards
and certificates will be presented. The choir and the
recorder players will perform a few songs for us too.
SWIMMING GALA
Swimming Gala will be held on Friday, 23nd May at
4.00 p.m. This will be followed by Pizza Night at I.
House.
HOLIDAY EVENTS
We are in the process of organising with the Forestry
Project a morning for either bird watching and/or bat
counting. In addition, we would like to schedule a few
dance sessions. As soon as dates and times have been
confirmed, I will send out the details.
MEDICAL CHECK UPS
Please could we encourage you to take your children
for check-ups (eyes, ears, teeth in particular) during the
holiday.
LIBRARY BOOKS
PLAYGROUP ENROLLMENT (2014-15)
All the library books need to be returned by Friday, 4
April. We will be carrying out our termly stocktake as
from Friday. Three team points will be given to those
children who remember to return their books on time.
REMINDER: FINAL CLUBS THIS WEEK
If you intend to enroll your child in the Playgroup in
September, or know of other families wanting to do so,
could you please let us know as soon as possible? It
would assist us with our planning. Similarly, if you are
departing, please inform us early too.
THIS IS ADVANCE NOTICE THAT ON THE AFTERNOON
OF 24TH APRIL ALL STAFF WILL BE AT THE CONFERENCE
CENTRE. THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO
SUPERVISION AT SCHOOL. PLEASE, THEREFORE, MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE TAKEN HOME
AT 1.00 P.M. Thank you
TEAM POINTS
DRAGONS
790
UNICORNS
804
DINOSAURS
794
DATES TO REMEMBER
Stripies 3
End of Term 2
Beginning of Term 3
End of Term 3
Friday, 4 April
Wednesday, 9 April
Thursday, 24 April
Friday, 27 June
Yours sincerely,
Carole Inniss-Palmer
Head Teacher
MRS. PALMER`S CHILDHOOD
On Thursday, the twenty-first of March, Mrs.
Palmer came to talk to Grade 5 about her childhood.
She came to talk to us because our central idea for our
Unit of Inquiry is ‘How children are raised and
educated shapes the direction of their lives and the
society.’
She spent the first two years of her life in
England. Her father worked for Shell, a dutch company,
so she then moved to Venezuela till she was seven. Her
school was a lot like ours now. She used to swim but
cannot remember if this was a school activity or not.
She didn`t use a swimming pool either; she swam in the
sea!
While staying in Venezuela, she learnt a little
Spanish. She has forgotten most of it now. There were
no digital cameras or small computers when she was
there; she rarely watched television, which was black
and white, but did listen to favourite programs on the
radio. She loved reading and she showed us a
photograph of her reading in a hammock. She also
collected stamps.
When she was seven, she returned to England,
and went to a primary school which was called
Hadleigh Primary School. She moved to the North of
England when she was 11. She learned to drive when
she was 18.
We asked her if she used to work, and she told
us that in Venezuela, she had a housemaid so she
didn`t have to do any chores but did help her. Her
nanny was called Juanita. In England, her mum made
sure that everything was done at home but she still
helped with the washing up, tidying her room, washing
the car and looking after the garden with her dad and
her neighbours` gardens. This was how she made
pocket money.
The types of punishment she received as a child
were smacks on her legs, being told off and once being
sent to her room. She cannot remember why this was
but never wanted it to happen again.
She had lots of friends. In England school
started at 9.00 a.m. and did not end until 3.30 p.m. She
was the captain of the school netball team in her
primary school.
Mrs. Palmer mentioned that in Venezuela, she
can remember having a piñata for her birthday. To
travel to South America she used planes and ships for
transport. There were no mobile phones, so they
usually wrote letters and postcards and only
telephoned long-distance and sent telegrams if there
was a special reason.
In conclusion, I think she had a very interesting
childhood. We thanked Mrs. Palmer for making time to
talk to us about her childhood.
Ewurabena Wobill Grade 5
PLAYGROUP’S TRIP TO THE SPORT’S CENTRE
Playgroup are learning about MONEY. We went to the
Sport’s Centre to buy some popcorn last Wednesday.
I bought N50 popcorn at the Sport’s Centre.
OLAOLULWA
I gave the man N50 and he gave me popcorn.
ONYINYECHI
I gave the man selling popcorn money and he gave me
popcorn and N50 change
OPEOLUWA