Larry the Lion’s
Friday News
Address: P.O Box 34249 Kampala
Email: [email protected]
Issue No. 211
4th April
2014
Website: www.kisu.com
Tel. 0752 711 908
Head of primary’s
message
Dear KISU family members,
Another busy week brings the second term to a
close. Many thanks to all those who made International Day a successful event. Our focus
tent, Brazil, was a prequel for this year’s Soccer
World Cup and the Capoeira performers gave
an insight into Brazilian culture. Students rotated through the tents and experienced activities ranging from aboriginal dot painting in
Oceania to drumming in Africa. There were
folk tales from every continent, and the Sports
Hall was a feast of delicious food from all
around the world.
Soccer Stars!
The format was different this year and our
community is talking about the pluses and minuses. While the event is fresh in your mind,
send me an email, [email protected].
Tell me what you liked and where we can upgrade next year. Our vibrant, multinational,
ever-changing community is brimful of ideas
and the more we share, the better we can
make this keynote event in our calendar.
Meanwhile, back in class, Year 3 invited parents and fellow students to share their work on
“Holiday Destinations”. They showed
IMPORTANT DATES AND
EVENTS
DATE
TERM 3 COMMENCES
ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS
22nd April
EARLY YEARS AND KS 1
MINI OLYMPICS
30th April
PTA,PARENTS & STUDENTS
KIDS MOVIE NIGHT
30th April
ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF
LABOUR DAY
1st May
themselves to be very well prepared
with their presentations. Most chose to
holiday in one of the countries they regard as “home”. This meant they were
able to use their parents, or grandparents, as a resource for information and
artefacts. Their hard work was appreciated by the various visitors who listened to their mini lectures.
In Early Years students will finish the
term with a treasure hunt, looking for
eggs; while KS1 and enjoyed a Sports
Award assembly. Some also joined the
Senior Inter House Choir Event.
Wherever you spend the spring break,
enjoy a relaxing time with your family,
and stay safe. Term resumes on Tuesday, April 22 nd. Everyone at KISU
hopes to see you refreshed and ready
for the final term of this academic year.
Best wishes,
Ann Burghard
Dear Reception Parents,
Please note that due to Auditorium
booking clashes Reception have had
to move their production/show time
to the morning.
The children will stage their show at
9am on Thursday 29th May. We
hope to see as many as possible of
you there.
Please note this is a time change
from the Reception Newsletter dated
Friday 4th April so please change
your calendar
Accordingly.
Thank you
The Reception Team
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Stars of the Week -Primary
1KF
1RC
2ED
2EZ
3CC
3RA
4JP
4RT
5JA
5MP
5RB
6SR
6GK
6YR
Jad Zoobi – For being an awesome team leader
during our world Map Project!
Eynaas Gubara – For frequently exceeding
expectations on night homework plus rising four
reading stages
Arin Loken LLamazares — For trying his best and
writing a great space story!
Santhosh Paranietharan — For always giving great
explanations during topic and Maths
All of Year 3CC – For a wonderful and incredible
presentations about Holiday Destination Projects.
Well done!
Malachi Kirui – For presenting interesting details
about Kenya’s Climate during our Holiday
destination project Well done!
Jeremy Kenji – For asking great questions during our
study of the body and finding facts
Roba Hammud – For sharing how she took risks with
her learning support project
Ziyanda Moyo – For her continued effort in class and
her never ending positive attitude
Azaan Panjwani – For putting in a fantastic effort
on his homework every week! Keep it up!
Ansh Jain— For writing a fantastic rap about the
water cycle with his group in Science this week
Lukas Keizer — For his commitment in assemblies
over the last few weeks, particularly during Franco
phone week
Elizabeth Froese – For adding fantastic energy and
enthusiasm to 6GK all year while being a pleasure to
teach. We will miss you in term 3
Serena Nazarani – For sharing a great positive
attitude with 6YR every morning. Keep smiling
Congratulation to all our
STARS
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Dear All
The last week of a term is usually rather hectic and this term
was no different. I would even go as far as saying it was even
more hectic than normal because of International Day on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone that helped out on the day, with
pre-preparations if you couldn’t be there and to those that sent
in food dishes from your home countries. It was a fabulous day
albeit exhausting for parents, teachers and students alike.
Primary school photo order forms were sent out this week with
a sample of your child’s photograph. Secondary photos will be
emailed to parents during the course of next week. If you have
any queries on the photos, didn’t receive your childs photo or
don’t understand the order form, please e-mail [email protected].
I hope you all have a wonderfully relaxing holiday and if you
are travelling, return safely.
Regards
Sarah
YEAR 3 PROJECT ABOUT “HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS”.
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EARLY YEARS
A small collection of pictures showing the fun
had by KG3JT on their outdoor trip this
week!
Earth Day
Earth Day Celebration
April 22nd is International Earth Day!
Let’s celebrate!
The International Earth Day was established about 45 years
ago to increase people’s awareness of environmental issues humanity faces. By participating in Earth Day events,
people support our planet and invest in its future. You can
learn more about this here http://www.earthday.org/
At KISU students will be exposed to a range of Earth Day
activities and we highly encourage you to continue this at
home. We will also have a couple of recycling enterprises
selling their products at KISU on Friday, so send some
money with your child to support a good cause.
Happy celebration!
Earth Day Committee
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Director’s Message
Another term gone already. Time flies.
It's been yet another busy week with International Day dominating
events. We had a couple of visitors in the school that day, each being
a Head of school in Europe. They were amazed at 2 things; firstly
what wonderfully behaved and fun loving students we have, and
secondly the huge range of countries from which our children come.
One moment I was watching Early Years students dancing in grass
skirts and drumming, later I saw the same children colouring pictures
depicting somewhere in Europe, then they were sitting in a tent having stories read to them and later watching capoeira along with the
rest of the school. I saw totem painting, football, frisbee, dancing,
Welly throwing, Aboriginal dot painting and many more 'cultural'
activities.
By the end of the day students, teachers and parents looked exhausted.
Thanks a million to our magnificent parents who yet again provided
food from their country for our students to sample. I think some parents could open restaurants, such was the quality and quantity of
food. Thank you so much.
As with all events, we constantly try to improve things and afterwards we reflect on what went well and what can be improved. Our
desire to ensure that students came first and foremost in food tasting
led to the idea that having a food section away from where drivers
and adults could dominate, would be good. It worked to a degree,
but did cause frustration for some, when children were admitted, but
not adults. We are working on the feedback and are looking for
ways to improve things for next year. Time was also an issue, where
some students had to rush their food tasting or wait until late before
it was their turn. We'll work on that for next year too, along with all
the other comments both positive and negative, so that we can
make things even better.
I have spent a lot of this week interviewing and looking through applications for teaching posts at KISU. Diversity is certainly a common
theme and the range of people applying to work at KISU is remarkable. Finding the perfect fit between applicant and school is a very
difficult task and to some degree an element of luck is required. We
are lucky to have a team of educators from all over the world who
bring with them expertise and experience impossible to find locally.
The key though is to ensure that potential staff ‘buy into' what KISU
stands for and this is articulated in our mission statement.
Swim success
Athletics Awards
This week has definitely concentrated on the statement that at KISU
we “Recognise, respect and celebrate the multicultural and international diversity of our school community".
After the Easter break we will be looking at Earth Week and that
relates to our mission to "Develop an awareness of our environmental responsibilities"
And so it goes on, in our endless desire to provide the best education
we can for our students.
I hope you have a great spring holiday; travel safely and see you
back at school on Tuesday 22nd April.
Neil Wrightson
Under 7 Sports Awards
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