PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER, VOL. 3 No. 3, 11th May 2007

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Students of the Week
The Students of the Week ending 4th May 2007 were: Hayat Sanchez (Play Group), Jade Schollinger (Nursery), Alix Keates (Reception), Felicienne Lauro (Y1), Ryan Vidot (Y2), Reinout Sanders (Y3), Tevin Papa (Y4), Richard Sanders (Y5) and Antonia Leckie (Y6). Well done everyone!

U10 Football
On Thursday the Boys' Under 10 football team played their first match of the season against Aga Khan at home. The score was a 2-2 draw. Well done boys and keep it up! Thanks also to Mr. Harrison and Mr. Gitau for training the team.

U11 Netball/Football
The results of yesterday's U11 Netball match against Jaffrey Academy away will be reported in next week's newsletter as will the U11 Football match against Aga Khan at home. Boys' fixtures with Aga Khan, unfortunately, are not mentioned in the calendar as they were arranged after the calendar was sent for printing.

A busy week ahead!
1. On Tuesday 15th May there is an U13 Netball match at home against Coast Academy and Shree.
2. Also on Tuesday 15th May there is an U10 Football match against Sea Crest at home.
3. On Thursday 17th May there is a Secondary parents' Evening. After school activities will be cancelled and buses will leave at 3.00 pm.
4. On Friday 18th May our Year 6 pupils will spend the day in the Secondary School in preparation for next term when they will be in Year 7. We wish them an enjoyable time.
5. On Saturday 19th May there is an U11 Boys' Soccer Tournament and an U11 Girls' Netball Tournament at Aga Khan Academy from 8.00 am to 2.00 pm. This is not in the calendar.

School Photographs
The photographers were in for three days this week and, for the first time, took team photographs. It was also the first time that some had to be taken indoors because of the rain. The photographs should be here by the end of next week and there is a sample of the "Standard Pack" in the office and an order form will accompany the proofs parents will receive.

Sponsored Read
Last Friday we handed Mrs. Boulton a cheque for the money raised by the sponsored read for ACTS. It was for KES.55,870. Thank you to everyone for collecting so much which will go a long way to help children in need of books and equipment in their schools. There are 6 winners for collecting the most: 1st Olivia Cowan (4,200), 2nd Farha and Tawhida Omar (3,800 each) and 3rd Kevin Rogers, Jerry Mulonzia and David Nesbitt (3,000 each). They received book tokens in assembly this morning.

Swimming Galas
The CASA Swimming Gala scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled and all parents of the children concerned were informed by Mr. Farid. Sorry for the disappointment but it was beyond our control.
The Bio Foods National Junior Championships Gala at Aga Khan, Nairobi, next weekend is still on. The team will travel up by road on Thursday (17th May) leaving the school at 8.00 am and will be returning to BMIS on Monday (21st May) at 6.00 pm. If your child is going, he/she must return the permission slip by Monday (14th May) at the latest.

Assemblies
Thank you Ms. Andrews and Y4 for your lovely assembly. Because of the Swimming Gala in Nairobi next weekend, Y3 will not be able to do their assembly as so many are involved in the Gala. They will, therefore, hold their assembly on Wednesday 23rd May at 11.30 am usual time.

Scouts Field Trip
There were no class trips this week but the scouts went to Shimba Hills on Saturday and we have the following reports:

On Saturday 5th May the scouts went to Shimba Hills. The purpose of the trip was to practise some of the scouting skills they had learned so far on a hike.
We had a drive through the reserve and sighted quite a few animals including the famous sable antelope. Many thanks to Saidi who showed his expertise maneuvering the bus around the curves and up and down the hills of Shimba. No wonder the place is called Shimba Hills!
The scouts were impressive with their outdoor skills and did the challenging climb without complaint.
Miss Chege

We left Mombasa town at 6.45 am and were at Shimba by 8.15 am. During the game drive we managed to see an elephant, a herd of buffalo, the famous sable antelope, warthogs, colobus monkeys, a snake, baboons and ground squirrels.
As for the hike, going downhill was so much fun but going up was very difficult and challenging. We saw the falls, swam and had a mud fight. We then went back to the Shimba Lodge for lunch and this was a house built on trees!
Tony Neugebauer

I was nervous the whole morning but once we started off and I saw my friends, it was perfect. I was ready for our adventurous journey.
Yvonne Bachmann

We took and armed guide on our 4 km walk to and from Sheldrick falls. We had fun when we went swimming in the waterfall. We had a sand fight and everyone was full of sand. It was hard to climb back and It was my best trip! Many thanks to Ms. Chege, Mr. Gicheru, Mr. Farid and our guide, Mr. Omar.
Fatima Boi

Have a good weekend.

Allen Corbet
Primary Headteacher

 

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 SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER, VOL. 3 No. 3, 11th May 2007

Dear Parents and Guardians,

On Monday and Tuesday of this week the school photographer was here to take individual, family, class and team photographs. The order form will be supplied with the proofs.

I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs Zarnack for the kind donation of 40 sports kit shirts. This is highly appreciated by all concerned and will be of great use to the school.

Next Thursday we have our Secondary Parents evening; this is not only a chance for parents to discuss progress with teachers but also a chance for parents of year 9 students to discuss options.

Next Friday is our Year 6 secondary induction day. Our year 6 students will spend the day in the secondary school experiencing some of the subjects on offer at year 7.

A new date for your calendar, there is an U11 Girls Netball and U11 Boys Soccer tournament at Aga Khan on Saturday 19th May.

The CASA swimming gala due to take place this weekend has been postponed 'at the last minute'. This is apparently due to a number of members of the Technical Committee being away playing international water polo until this week.

U13 Boys Football- Waseem Hamada

10 students from our school sourced from Y6, Y7 and Y8 participated in this match against Jaffery Academy.
When we arrived at Jaffery's Sports Club we were scared as this was our first match in the league.
We played extremely well and Nabil Yusuf was the man of the match as he was defending our goal.
We had an early goal which we defended very much up to the last 10 minutes of the game when we conceded 2 goals in five minutes.
Our boys were exhausted and lacked stamina. We have learned from our mistakes and we hope to play well in the remaining fixtures. Otherwise well done boys!
The final score was 1- 3 to Jaffery.

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Andy Hill,
Headteacher

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