NEW BEGINNINGS

NEWSLETTER # 1

September, 2017

IGCSE NEWSLETTER

We would like to welcome our new sister, Nefertari International Schools—West Premise in 6th October City.

Gamal Abd El-Nasser Street—Plot #1—Gardenia Buildings—El Shams Project—Behind Mall of Arabia—6th October City.

01021010195 010210103110

Email: nisoctober@niscl.com Website: WWW.niscl.com

Neferatri British International School

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First we’d like to welcome you to NBIS IGCSE. We realize how important it is to be confident that your child is not only actively learning, but also happy and safe. We can assure you that as a team at NBIS, we will do everything we can to provide that safe, happy and nurturing environment to make sure your child's years at IGCSE is positively memorable.

In Nefertari IGCSE, we firmly believe in the importance of the in-tegration between the 3 major pillars of educational; Administration, Teachers, and Students. Each factor of those has its role to play in enhancing the educational cycle. Ad-ministration creates the ideal atmosphere for the other two fac-tors.

An excellent staff of educators and professional advisors have been chosen for the administration department, they will take over the responsibility of bringing up a knowledgeable generation providing them with all the help they might need to heavily arm them with the proper arsenal of both science and attitude in order for them to confidently face the challenges of the modern society.

I n order for an international school to become a member in the CIS, it must go through a strict Inspection process which finally proves that the quality of education offered, satisfactorily meets the international standards. Last year, NBIS & NAIS went through this strict inspection. Mr. Christopher Maggio, CIS SSEO, left no stone unturned by visiting classrooms, holding discussions with parents, students, staff members, administrators and the school leadership team to make sure that the school is highly effective in meeting the goals of its guiding statements (mission and vision). On 10th December, 2015, NBIS received an outstanding report from the CIS which emphatically stated that NBIS is an exceptional school.

Throughout the year our team will focus on enhancing our core school values –

Resilience, Empathy, Self Belief, Perseverance,

Excellence, Community and Tolerance.

We want to have an established positive classroom culture. Throughout the year, Our Team will be focusing on establishing routines, as they need to spend time getting the School culture and environment right for learning. We would also like parents to talk to the students about how important it is to keep their image wherever they are. Students are not allowed to use foul language among themselves even on private chat groups. This will subject them to severe punishment by the school.

Keep us updated to update you!!!

All parents are encouraged to inform the school about any changes in residency, contact numbers, e-mails or the medical condition of the student. K indly visit the NIS website to print out the “Contact Information Form” or the “Health Form”, fill it in and send it to the class administration contact person. It is important that you should provide the school with an active e-mail address and must be checked regularly

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The 2017-2018 school calendar will be sent by e-mail to parents Make sure that there is no travelling or family holidays are planned during school days!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE understand that changes take place be-cause of out of our hands circumstances.

In case a parent needs to pick up his/ her child (who rides the bus), please send a written note with the your child in the morning. Otherwise, the student will ride the bus at the end of the school day.

GOING HOME GATE

The majority of our students have a very good attendance rec-ord, with MANY students managing to attain a full attendance record. Unfortunately there were students whose attendance was poor last year.

Students regular attendance has to be a priority as this is crucial to their realiz-

ing their full potential in their education.

According to Cambridge regulations, in case a student’s absence

exceeded 5 times for the same subject, this will result in dropping the

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HIGH ACHIEVERS are often marked unsurprisingly, by a strong motive to achieve. Congratulations from all NBIS staff and administration to

Reem, Fady & Sherine. We always take pride in ALL our students.

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Needless to say of course, an IGCSE student must be culturally diverse, and we try our utmost best to realize this through educational exchange programs with a variety of European countries... Only learners showing the best promise are selected for the program, so make sure you keep up the hard work!!

We also aid our students in selecting the most tailored university for the requirements of their future, by organizing visits to various Universities' campuses such as: AUC, BUE, GUC, MIU and Zewail University while arranging a complete detailed tour of the universi-ty's facilities with the campus's administration. Bearing in mind that IGCSE students have the entire world spreading its arms widely for them, hence, we try bringing the world to them.

And no... We haven't forgotten about the lighter more colorful side of the "operation"... As a school, NBIS along with its IGCSE department have always set the trend for schools who are in an ever-growing pursuit of delivering a superior overall educational experience, which is not only joyful but also filled with unmatched amounts of valuable knowledge; scientific field trips, sports events and countless other trip destinations are our mode of feeding their sense of exploration as well as giving them a chance to know their homeland, or perhaps the rest of the planet, a little bit more thoroughly.

Nefertari 2016/2017 June Success Statistics

143 Students

7 Students Scored 100 %

15 Students Scored 99 %

57 Student are High Honors

As part of our student-exchange programmes, Six from our NBIS German Language Learners have been chosen to travel to Germany to Ingolstadt, Germany with Mrs. Mari-an Feniar, German Language HOD.

Our students will do a presentation about the Refugees Around the World. Best of luck to :

Mariam Mohamed, Samar Mostafa, Mariam Ahmed Abdelfattah, Mohab Mahmoud Ismail, Ibrahim Mohamed and Mostafa Ayman!!!

GO NBISeans. We always take

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Last but by no means the least, we constantly thrive to see our students unleash their man-agerial instincts by giving them free rein in organizing their own events via building their own logistics team in addition to helping in managing every school event that might be held throughout the year.

Senior Trip to Budapest, Vienna & Prague

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All IGCSE students must be fully aware of registration deadlines or any other announcements; they should follow up with the administration department regularly. We distribute a printed paper with all important announcements to each student indi-vidually and we ask him/her to sign after receiving,

WE EXPECT FROM OUR STUDENTS TO READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING ANY PAPER.

DEADLINE FOR DROP OR ADD ANY SUBJECT IS

14TH SEPTEMBER FOR Y11

AND 18TH SEPTEMBER FOR Y12

WE ARE NOT HELPFUL AFTER THIS

DATE!!!!!

Eight OL subjects to be chosen from (English – Math – Chemistry – Biology – ICT –Arabic – French – German –Accounting – Business – Sociology-Physics …)

AL subjects chosen from (Math Cambridge – Math Edexcel – Chemistry - Biology –

Physics – Accounting – Business - Psychology…)

June Session: This is the usual examination session sit by all students at every stage. Exams are provided by both Cambridge University (CIE) and Edexcel. Students can sit for exams for the first time or re-sit in this session.

November Session: This exam session is made available only by Cambridge International Examinations. Students usually attend those sessions seeking an improvement to their previously awarded grades. Or if the student has just finished his/her first June Session and going off to year 11, they can choose one of these subjects to register for their exams ICT, Accounting, Maths AS Cambridge, and Art and Design. Except for Seniors (Students who just finished their second June Session and going off to year 12) they get the right to choose whatever they want to do with their second and last November Session.

January session: This examination session can be treated similarly to the November Session, except for it being provided by Edexcel only, thus the subjects available are those normally offered by Edexcel. Please N.B. In order to prevent any intricacies, January sessions are available solely for Year 12 students.

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+Regular performance report for all students. A full academic exam report every two months. Two parents meetings during the year. Available appointment dates. (Pre-set with IG Deputies) Office hours. An open line with the administration 7 hrs daily. You can reach the administrative staff by phone during school hours and after by

email: nefertarischooligcse@gmail.com and cc Mrs Hala Nashaat halanashaat@hotmail.com and please note that the we will respond the next day within the working hours

Our follow up system is very rigorous. However; the effectiveness of this system is always complete with the commitment of the students along with their parents who have ultimate trust and confidence in our general policies.

Hand in hand w e develop students who are know ledgeable inquirers, thinkers, risk takers & well-mannered human beings. It is a whole educational and character build-ing system.

Students have to be in school at 07:00 AM

The school day starts at 7:10 and ends at 2:30.

No student will be allowed to pass through the school gates

after 7:30 am, for those who have the 1st class.

Students who have later classes must be in school 15 minutes earlier.

NO STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE CLASS AFTER THE

BEGNING OF THE LESSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SKIP THEIR CLASSES UNDER ANY

CIRUMSTANCES.

NO STUDENT IS TO BE LEFT AT SCHOOL AFTER 2:40.

We all wish everybody a very successful and prosperous year!

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Parents & Students MUST start a healthy online diet. Parents must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”. Parents should “step up” and be proactive in stopping their children from bingeing on the internet and must regulate their children’s internet use Kids will have grown up with that being the normality. We want students to feel informed, confident and empowered, and have the confidence to say, ‘no, I’m not going to do that’. That same confidence we want for children, we want for parents, too.”

Parents must check that their children’s privacy level is set on the strictest level

Monitor your child’s internet usage

Create ground rules

Know the kinds of sites the child is frequenting and the people they are associating with.

Monitor the pictures your child posts online

Be a good example of how to use social media

Limit cell phone use allow cell phone usage at certain hours in the evening or after homework has been completed.

Teach kids about an online reputation

Talk to kids about online dangers Read the full article online at http://www.parenting.com/gallery/social-media-monitoring-kids?page=13

Social Media is not to be used against the school at all circumstances. In case of any offence, the school administration will have to terminate the educational partnership immediately. In case a student used the social media against their school mates, he/ she will be subject to all procedures stated in the Student-Handbook with respect to this issue.

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Students should come to school wearing the school uniform every day, Hair should be neatly shaved for the boys, and should be tied in a ponytail For the girls, at all times. The school has a zero tolerance policy for any Disrespect for the school uniform. Piercings, Jeans, Sweatpants, Leggings, crocs, and white or colored sneakers are not allowed, Only black shoes.

Mobile phones are completely prohibited in the school premises. In case any mo-bile phone is seen on the school premises, that phone will be immediately taken from the student till the end of the year. In case these devices are truly needed one day, they should be submitted to the school admin (who will guide the stu-dent how to store them in their lockers) to be collected again after school hours. The previously stated instructions will be seriously carried our and With No Exceptions.

Please be aware that any contact between the school’s administration and parents/guardians will occur through email only, with absolutely no exceptions whatsoever, unless

it is a case of emergency. Emails will be sent at the addresses provided by the parents/guardians on the forms available at the links stated below. NBIS nor any member of its

staff of administration will be held accountable for unread emails sent to the parents/guardians. Accordingly, we hereby urge you to follow the appropriate link and fill the form with your personal/contact details and, of course, to check your email inboxes frequently

for emails from NBIS. We cannot point out enough how crucial it is to give a working email address or one you use on regular basis.

Year 10:https:/ / goo.gl/ wTouJO Year 11:https:/ / goo.gl/ zQ5rWg Year 12:https:/ / goo.gl/ Y5gM5e

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Uniform Shop: is available at the follow ing address KM 22 Cairo-Ismaila Desert Road Behind Nefertari Schools Mobile No: 01060215069

NBIS UNIFORM-CODE

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IGCSE Mobile lines: 01000343701 / 01026603302 IGCSE E-mail: nefertarischooligcse@gmail.com IGSCE Website: http://www.niscl.com/NBIS/igcse IGCSE Facebook: NEFERTARI IGCSE

Nefertari British International School in Egypt (NBIS) K.M. 22 Cairo-Ismailia Desert Road- Left Side, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt School Mobile : 0166682295 - 0166682296 Fax : 26578709

MRS. NADIA HAFEZ CHAIRPERSON

e-mail : nhafez@niscl.com 01026604040

Mrs. Hala Nashaat HEADMISTRESS

e-mail: halanashaat@hotmail.com 01111988847

IGCSE Ms. Raneen Ahmed IGCSE Deputy Mr. Girgis Beshay IGCSE Deputy Ms. Eman Hamdy IGCSE Assistant Ms. Omnia Salah IGCSE Assistant Mr. Mohamed Mounir Coordinator Mr. Mohamed El Gammal Coordinator Mr. Emad Mahmoud Coordinator

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