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“ VALUING INDIVIDUALS ”
In this issue • • • • •
P2 - Message from the Head
Teacher
Tips for the Parents “Sleep
Matters”
Reminder for Parents
P3 - Year 5‟s Entry Point
“Climate Control”
Year 7‟s Entry Point
“Discovery” Year 8‟s Entry
Point “Tradition”
P4-Monthly Calendar / FPTA
Naomi‟s Corner “Children
with Food Allergies” and
“Medication in School”
Reminders For Parents
Sehit Ersan cad. No:46 Cankaya, Ankara, TURKEY
Tel: 0090 312 468 6563
Fax: 0090 468 6239
E-MAIL ADRESSES: [email protected] - [email protected]
WEB SITE: www.besaturkey.org
P5 –Ms Sawyer‟s Letter
The National Art Gallery‟s
“Take On e Picture”
Year 1 & Year 2‟s Entry
Point “From A To B”
BESA NEWS SEPTEMBER 2013 • Issue 1
TEAM POINTS NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
BEGINS !
The new school year has started with all classes beginning the entry points for the Autumn term IPC & IMYC units. The IMYC unit for Year 8 is ‘Tradition’, pictured above. You can read more about their entry point and those of other year groups in this issue.
RED LIONS
GREEN
DRAGONS
BLUE BOARS
YELLOW
TIGERS
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Children are awarded team points for positive behaviour
and good work. These team points are collected every
week and added up to reach a grand total at the end of the
school year.
“ VALUING INDIVIDUALS ” BESA NEWS
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD TEACHER
Ken Page
Dear Parents,
Hello, and welcome to the first newsletter of this
new school year.
A new start often comes with a range of conflict-
ing emotions, including excitement, enthusiasm,
nervousness and trepidation. Reassurance can be
found in the hot-off-the-press inspection report
from the Independent Schools‟ Inspectorate
(British Schools Overseas), the full text of which
can be found on our website. This outstanding
report from just before the summer holidays em-
phasises that “personal development of pupils is
excellent”, “pupils‟ behaviour is excellent”, that
they have “extremely positive attitudes to learn-
ing” and benefit from “excellent teaching”, and
an “excellent quality of leadership and manage-
ment”. Academically, it confirms that children
are “well educated at all levels of ability”, with
the quality of children‟s achievement and learn-
ing described as “a significant success”.
The external quality assurance provide by this
report confirms what numerous parents have al-
ready told me this week: BESA is great!
Here‟s looking forward to another highly-
successful year.
Ken Page, Head Teacher
TIPS FOR THE PARENTS
SLEEP MATTERS
Why does sleep matter?
Experts acknowledge that sleep plays a significant role in brain development,
and it is therefore important for children to get enough sleep as their bod-
ies grow and mature. Sleep is crucial for teenagers - it is while they are
snoozing at night that they release a hormone that is essential for the
growth spurt during puberty.
As well as the role it plays in brain development, sleep also plays an impor-
tant role in our brain’s day-to-day ability to function. Lack of sleep makes it
much harder for us to concentrate, and we become forgetful, irritable and
prone to being clumsy and making mistakes. Furthermore, scientific evidence
shows that the right amount of night-time sleep is just as important for
children’s development as healthy eating and regular exercise.
How much sleep does my primary school child need?
Sleep requirements differ from individual to individual, but in general a
younger child needs more sleep than an older one. Between the ages of five
and 11, your child will need 10-12 hours of sleep a night.
A bedtime routine is the best way to ensure that your child gets enough
sleep. Devise a routine that lasts 30-40 minutes, and includes a bath and the
chance to read a story (or stories) together. Try not to change your routine
– don’t change it at all during the week, and if you want your child to have a
slightly later bedtime at the weekend, then only change it by maybe an
hour .
Bedtime is a chance to spend some quality time together, and if it’s a time
both you and your child enjoy, your son or daughter will settle down in bed
and drop off to sleep more easily.
At stressful times, such as when your child starts in Reception, and at the
start of each new school year, your child will probably get more tired than
usual and will need more sleep.
In the summer, because of the light evenings, it may be tempting to keep
children up later – but try to keep to scheduled bedtimes, and invest in cur-
tains with a blackout lining so the room is dark.
Towards the end of primary school, your son or daughter may start to stay
up later in the evening, maybe chatting to friends online, playing games on a
console or watching TV. They will find it difficult to get up in the morning
and will be tired or irritable during the day if they don’t get enough sleep.
Limit your child’s use of the internet, games consoles and TV in the hour
before they go to bed – and ideally don’t allow your son or daughter to have
a computer, console or a TV set in their bedroom.
SEPTEMBER 2013 • Issue 1
GOING HOME ROUTINE
PLEASE EMAIL BOTH ADDRESSES BE-LOW; [email protected] [email protected] AND YOUR CHILD’S CLASS TEACHER BY 12.00 AT THE LATEST TO INFORM ABOUT ANY CHANGES IN YOUR CHILD’S GOING HOME ROUTINE.
“ VALUING INDIVIDUALS ” BESA NEWS
YEAR 7 ENTRY POINT:DISCOVERY
SEPTEMBER 2013 • Issue 1
A range of activities took place as part of the IMYC Entry
Point, which was based upon this term’s theme of
‘Discovery’. The four exciting activities were designed to
inspire students so that they felt enthused by the Theme
and Big Idea for this term. For the first session the class
took trip down to the local shop on And Sokak, close to
BESA, to buy some small snacks and fruit using Turkish lan-
guage skills. The three Turkish speaking students lead the
group in this particular activity. The other activities in-
cluded a maths discovery challenge, a French treasure
hunt and taste testing. Year 7 really enjoyed working to-
gether, problem solving and learning new things. Each stu-
dent pushed themselves and rose to the challenge.
YEAR 8 ENTRY POINT:TRADITION
On Tuesday the 3rd of September year 8 completed their
Entry Point for this term‟s unit „Tradition‟. The session
ran from 1pm till 4pm. A range of activities were organ-
ised, linking the Big Idea to the various subject areas
within the curriculum. Initially, a professional Musician
taught the class how to play the Ney, which was incredi-
bly difficult to master, but they really enjoyed taking on
the challenge. The class was then divided into two
groups; half went to the kitchen and cooked traditional
cuisine from Britain, Turkey and Pakistan with Mr. Wil-
son, whilst the other half engaged in a Drama session
with Miss Malik, whereby they all discussed the various
traditions belonging to their home countries and created
a performance which represented them. After one hour
the groups swapped around. At the end of the day, the
two groups reunited, presented their food, performances,
and showed off their competitive streak in a series of
short quizzes. Through the quizzes, they learnt a great
deal about the traditional customs followed in Britain,
Turkey, Chile, Italy, South Africa, Belgium and Amer-
ica (all the nations present in class). The day was a huge
success, students left feeling inspired, motivated and
excited.
On Wednesday Year 5 classes 5S and 5D enjoyed a
cocktail party at their very own BESA Art Exhibition,
entitled ‘Future Possible?’ This event was the Entry
Point to introduce the new IPC theme for this half
term, ‘Climate Control’. The students had the opportu-
nity to discuss the images on display with their parents
and classmates, and some very interesting ideas were
put forward. During this half term Year 5 will be learn-
ing about global warming and sustainability, and the En-
try Point was a fun way to initiate thinking, discussion
and learning. A big thank you to everybody who partici-
pated!
YEAR 5 ENTRY POINT: CLIMATE CONTROL
“ VALUING INDIVIDUALS ” BESA NEWS
MONTHLY CALENDAR
9TH SEPT
HEAD BOY & GIRL / TEAM CAPTAI N/
SCHOOL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
11TH SEPT PARENTS INFORMATION EVENING / KS3
RESIDENTIAL TRIP MEETING 7.30PM
16TH SEPT
SCHOOL CLUBS START
26TH/27TH
SEPT
KS3 RESIDENTIAL TRIP - GORDION /
ESKISEHIR
NURSE NAOMI’S CORNER
Naomi Uludamar RGN
FPTA
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to school and we would especially like to wel-come new parents! For those of you who are new to the school, FPTA (Friends, Parents and Teachers Association) organises social events which our children really enjoy and which help to facilitate a sense of community. We raise funds to buy items to enhance the school’s learning environment. You will find further infor-mation about what we do on our website page: www.besaturkey.org/fpta
Thank you to all the parents (and teachers) who came to the FPTA Annual General Meeting on Tuesday. We had a great turnout and we now have Class Representatives for all classes and other members of the committee.
We will be having our first FPTA meeting with the new com-mittee on Tues 17th September at 6.00pm in the Red Lion Club. Please come along and find out about the exciting events we have planned for this term
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your Class Rep if you have any questions (please see our webpage for the de-tailed list). We look forward to a fantastic year full of fun and great events at BESA. Thank you for your continued support.
Eren Aydin , President FPTA [email protected]
SEPTEMBER 2013 • Issue 1
CLUBS START ON MONDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER !
IMPORTANT REMINDER Children with Food Allergies and Food in School
I would like to inform parents that BESA is an
”Allergy Aware” school and recognizes that there are
several children in the school with potentially life-
threatening food allergies. In order to keep the chil-
dren safe and reduce the chance of contact with life-
threatening foods, BESA has developed strategies to
protect children with food allergies and reduce their
exposure. These include the following:
Sharing of food is prohibited as a child may have
an undiagnosed allergy.
In line with BESA‟s Healthy Eating Policy, for
your child‟s birthday, please bring in nut-free
cakes or cookies or other items such as fruit
and popcorn. Please also check with myself
or your child‟s teacher regarding any other
food allergies in their class.
Chocolates and chocolate-bars are prohibited, as
they are not in line with the „Healthy Eating
Policy‟, and may contain traces of nuts.
Please bear this in mind when bringing/sending food
to school with your child.
PARENTS INFORMATION EVENING Time slots for each class; 5:00pm - Year 1 and Year 2 5:30pm - Year 4 6:00pm - Nursery, Reception and Year 6 6:30pm - Year 5D and Year 5S 7:00pm - Year 3, Year 7 and Year 8
Congratulations to
Mr and Mrs Bryant on the
birth of their baby daughter Phoebe.
A new addition to BESA Family.
“ VALUING INDIVIDUALS ” BESA NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2013 • Issue 1
YEAR 1&2 ENTRY POINT: FROM A TO B
THE NATIONAL
GALLERY’S
“ TAKE ONE PICTURE ”
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the Early Years Foundation Stage. This week has
been a very smooth transition into the Nursery and Reception
classes for the children.
All the children appear to have settled well and are happily mak-
ing new friends and establishing new routines.
I look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday at the Parents
information evening. If you have any questions before the meet-
ing, please refer to the EYFS handbook on the website or email
your class teacher directly.
Kind regards
Samantha Sawyer Assistant Head Teacher
NURSERY & RECEPTION