PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER, VOL. 1 No. 4, 2nd February 2007

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Students of the Week
The Students of the Week ending 26th January 2007 were: Liv Funke (Play Group), Adam Gichaga (Nursery), Laura Fahrenholtz (Reception), Liban Ismail (Y1), Thomas Haller (Y2), IDA Omar (Y3), Sean McGovern (Y4), Michelle Leichum (Y5) and Antonia Leckie (Y6). Well done everyone!

Secondary School Parents' Evening
Because there will be a Secondary School Parents' Evening on Wednesday
(7th February) activities will be cancelled on that day. All buses will leave at 3.00 pm.

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
We have been accepted as a centre for the practical ABRSM examinations which will take place here on the 11th and 12th June.

Boys U11 Hockey
In the Boys under 11 hockey match played away at Aga Khan last Thursday, we drew 2-2. Well done boys! Good luck in next Tuesday's match against Mombasa Academy at home.

Coast Open and Relay Championships
In last weekend's Gala at Oshwal Community Pool we came 4th overall with three First places by Olivia Cowan, five First places by Alexander Onyango and one First place by Careena Pradhan but a big "well done" to all our young competitors as they all swam very well and gained many 2nd and 3rd places. I would like to thank the parents who attended and Mr. Farid for his time and hard work. Alexander, Careena and Yvonne Bachmann will be representing Braeburn MIS in the Kenya Open Gala this weekend and we wish them well.

Inter-House Gala
The Inter-House Swimming Gala will be held on Monday (5th February) for Year 1-9 only. It will start at around 8.15 am and parents are most welcome.

Class Assemblies
Thank you Year 6 for your entertaining assembly on bullying, next week is the turn of Y5.

Year 6 mid-term Exams
The children of Y6 have taken home a letter concerning mid-term exams. These are practice SAT papers and cannot be revised for. They are to get them used to SAT papers and how to follow instructions for the real thing at the end of next term.

Early Years Swimming Gala
We hope the Early Years parents enjoyed their children's swimming gala this morning and I would like to thank Mrs. Veronique, Mr. Farid and the Early Years teachers for organising it.

Year 3 Trip to Florest Academy
Yesterday Mrs. Jiwaji and Y3 went to Florest Academy to represent Braeburn MIS for the presentation of books bought by the ACTS sponsored read last year. They had a chance to see the children and the school and even hand over some of the books to them. It was a great experience which they will be sharing with the primary school next week.

Have a good weekend.

Yours sincerely

Allen Corbet
Head of Primary

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 SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER, VOL. 1 No. 4, 2nd February 2007

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Sports results for this week:-

Thursday 1st results will be reported in the next newsletter.

This weekend we are sending 7 students to the Kenya Open and Relay Championship to be held at Aga Khan Academy on Saturday and Sunday. We wish all of our swimmers well.

This weekend are also sending Kiella, Anham and Sharifa to the Inter School Verse Competition, to be held at Nairobi Academy.

Thirteen secondary school students are off to Tsavo for the weekend . They will be staying at Sagala Ranch for two nights and will visit Tsavo East National Park and return to Mombasa on Sunday 4th February. A big thank you to Mrs. Veronique Jennings for organising this trip.

Y7 art and History Trip to Old Town and Fort Jesus

On Wednesday 24th January the Year 7 ventured into the Old Town and Fort Jesus. They went to collect first hand information on different buildings and architectural structures so as to help them with ideas for designing their own house.

Here Julia Rogers tells her story of the day

When we got to school in the morning we did our regular routine, then we walked over to the bus. It took 25 minutes to get to Fort Jesus from school. When we got there Mrs. Jennings told us that we were going to walk around the Old town and draw some doors, windows and decorations. There were so many different types and we all settled down to draw different parts of the buildings. As we were walking back to Fort Jesus, we took some rubbings from the doors. This was a great way to record the patterns, often much easier than drawing them!

After old Town was finished we went to have our snack in Fort Jesus, while eating Mr. Took, told us the interesting story of Fort Jesus. Then he gave a worksheet to do so that we could remember all the facts he had just told us! After finishing the worksheet, Mrs. Jennings told us to choose something in the Fort to draw as it was different from what we had already seen.

We then went up to see the Old Law Courts and had to draw either the tower, clock, arches or coat of arms. Then time ran out and we had to get back to school. It had been fun but quite hot and tiring, though four hours went quickly.
"Time flies when you're having fun!"

Art Trip -Bombolulu workshop and culture centre

On Monday 29th January Y9 and two year 13 went to Bombolulu Cultural Center. The purpose of the trip was for them to collect different design ideas, see how fashion objects are made, different materials used and to see how one design can be transfer across different purposes and functions.
Mrs. Jennings

Mrs. Gicheru and Mrs. Jennings accompanied us on our trip. We did a few sketches of all the different patterns surrounding us, so that we could get ideas for our designs in class.
These interesting workshops are operated by the disabled and this really shows that just because they have a disability does not mean they are any different from us they could still do carvings, stitching, paintings and more.

We were able to see some screen printing being done and a couple were able to try it out and bring them home. It was also kind of cool how they made decorations out old soda cans.

Many thanks to our guide John, Mrs. Gicheru and Mrs. Jennings for organizing such a wonderful and successful art trip.

By Siana Jennings y9

A message from the organisers of the 'World Cross Country Championship'

The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships with theme of "Cross country comes Home" will be held in Mombasa on 24th March 2007. Approximately 1000 athletes from over 150 countries would participate in this event.

This Championship is not only a great sports event, but also a good opportunity for Mombasa to showcase its attractions to the world. In order to make this competition a success we would require the support of your institution. We have need of interpreters in the following languages, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Dutch, German, Ethiopian, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

These volunteers would be on voluntary basis and their services would be required on full time basis possibly from 17th to 28th March 2007.

All those interested kindly contact

Fatma Awale
Head of Volunteer Services
Tel: 470 480/7 Fax 470 489
Mobile: 0727 049 534
E-mail : fatma@mombasaxcountry07.co.ke
by COB 7th February 2007

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Andy Hill,
Headteacher

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