Issue 4/11
11 February 2011
‘The best way to know life is to LOVE many things’.
Vincent van Gogh
FROM THE CLASSROOM
Love is in the air in Year 4LJ
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On Monday, 14 February we will
be celebrating Valentine’s Day, a
celebration of love and kindness.
The Year 4’s have written some
acrostic poems expressing their
views of Valentines Day and the
meaning of love. These poems are
on display in the Reception area for
closer inspection.
V – Victory and Love
A – A lovely day for love
L – Love is in the air when it’s
Valentines Day
E – Even love can’t stay away from
you
N – Never back away when love is
here
T – This is the Day
I – Think it’s cute
N – Never give up
E – Eventually it will happen!
Lizeka Cengimbo 9 years old
V – Valentines is about friendship
A – Valentines is about a lot of little
things
L – Valentines is about love
E – Valentines is about
entertainment
N – Valentines is about loving
nature
T – Valentines is about respecting
the people on earth
I – Valentines is about dating
N – Valentines is about respecting
marriage
E – Valentines is about spoiling
your love
V – Very awesome day
A – Equals no accidents
L – I love so much
E – Energetic cupid
N – is for cute Nicknames
T – Tons of food and cards
I – you will never regret it
N – No love will let you down
E – Eat loads of chocolate
Matthew Northcott 9 years old
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
‘You say tomato, I say tomahto’
The Year 9 science class
investigated Inheritance and
Selection concepts by
collecting, organising and
using large sets of data relating to
variation. They identified some
inherited characteristics and
described how some characteristics
are influenced by environmental
conditions; identify characteristics in
a plant or animal which are
desirable in particular
circumstances; outlined how these
characteristics might be passed on.
With all that being said: They
decided to investigate tomatoes.
Raphael Voyiatsis 9 years old
V – very sweet person
A – stands for awesome personality
L – stands for Love
E – stands for to be together
forever
N – stands for never go away
T – stands for the V.I.P
I – stands for will never forget
N – never stop being sweet
E – stands for exquisite day!
Lauren Europa 9 years old
Vidhur Simay (Year 9) pictured above
shares his investigation with you.
What do we want to find out?
We want to find out if
characteristics of specimens differ
or change within certain varieties of
tomatoes.
Then the pH of the different
tomatoes.
FUTURE DATES TO DIARISE:
What could we change?
We could change: the types of
tomato.
Forms of results e.g. Mass,
diameter, circumference.
What would we keep the same?
The amount of Universal Indicator
in each beaker.
The amount of tomato juice.
The same methods of measuring.
Is this a fair test? Explain why
This is a fair test, even though our
method is not entirely fair, it still
proves that variation occurs in a
variety, because each tomato has
different stats.
What is my prediction?
Each tomato should be similar and
have common characteristics, but
there would be differences because
of the rules of inheritance and
selection.
My conclusion
Variation occurs in a variety. It does
this because of the rules of
inheritance and selection of the
different combinations of DNA
strands binding. Characteristics
differ within a variety, yet there are
similarities. This happens because
of pollination, (in plants) the plant
could receive pollen from any other
plants. In animals it happens
because of inheritance. We don’t
receive genes just from our parents,
but from all our blood relations,
resulting in variation within a
variety. Chromosomes control our
features, eye colour, hair colour and
the shape of our noses. This proves
that characteristics can differ.
Week 6:
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-Thursday, 24 February
Foundation Stage Inting: Reptile
Show.
From left to right: Sonja Hanekom,
Raphael Voyiatzis, Ryan Murphy &
Lloyd Frank
The Year 5s are learning
vocabulary of the body while Year 7
is learning to write some proper
German letters.
Year 6 and 8s are swiftly obtaining
knowledge regarding stationery and
school matters.
And finally, the Year 9s have
mastered some pretty tough
grammar!
I am really proud of the great start
and I am positively ecstatic of what
this year may bring. We might just
have some little Benjamin
Blümchens running around at the
end of the year.
Bis bald!
Frau Wakeford
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-Friday, 25 February
Inting: Year 2 – Sunburst Tile with
Wishing Tree.
Week 7:
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-Friday, 4 March
Spelling Bee
Week 8:
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-Saturday, 12 March
BIS Sport’s Day @ Jan Burger
Sports Complex.
De Grendel Road, Parow
Week 9:
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-Wednesday, 16 March
Outing: Year 2’s visit Panarotti’s
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-Friday, 18 March
Inting: Year 5 & 6 Wishing Tree
Week 10:
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-Monday, 21 March
Public Holiday - WHOLE SCHOOL
CLOSED
Human Rights Day
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There will be NO Assembly next
week. A Valentine’s Day Fashion
Show Celebration will be held for all
the students.
So don’t forget to dress up in your
finest Valentine attire and bring R10
if you have not already done so.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR
NEXT WEEK:
-Tuesday, 22 March to
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Thursday, 24 March
VERBAL REPORTS
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-Wednesday, 23 March
Inting: FS Lilliput Players
performing ‘Play it Safe’.
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-Thursday, 24 to Friday,
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25 March
Camp: Year 3’s visit Back to Basics
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-Friday, 25 March
General Knowledge Quiz
&
END OF TERM 1 – School closes
at 12 midday.
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
BIRTHDAYS
Deutsch macht spaβ!
As a new teacher at BIS I did not
know what to expect. I was
however delightfully surprised to
see positive faces eager to learn
German.
Week 5:
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-Monday, 14 February
Valentine’s Day Fashion
Celebration.
Happy Birthday to the
following people who will
be celebrating their
birthdays next week.
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What a privilege it is to work with
such bright enthusiastic kids. The
Year 3s kicked off their German
careers, learning to meet and greet
and counting away!
The Year 4s put their creative flare
into action by making 4 flags
representing German speaking
countries.
-Wednesday, 16 February to
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Friday, 18 February
Camp to Simonsberg: Year 7, 8 & 9
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-Friday, 18 February
Whole School Picnic @ Big Bay.
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-Saturday, 19 February
Renee Lighton Card Workshop
Bookings: 082 7144 356
[email protected]
Children:
Buhlebenkosi Masuku
Rylee Howes
Carl Steenkamp
14 Feb
15 Feb
18 Feb
Staff:
Veronica Sonkapu
Louis Delport
10 Feb
12 Feb