Thought for the week; “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” Deepak Chopra Thank you to all the parents who were able to join us for our coffee mornings over the past weeks. In total we received XX people over the 5 separate sessions. Thanks to your contributions we have been able to identify certain priorities and address certain issues of importance to us all. This is our last week at school before our half term break and it is a week full of fun and learning to bring this first study period to a brief close. Starting Tuesday, we will begin our SPIRIT WEEK activities (see section information for more details) and on Friday the 28th we will close with our traditional Halloween Parade and a World Food Day event packed with relevant educational experiences and guest speakers. We are sure our students will have a great week and we sincerely hope that you will all enjoy a well-deserved half-term break. Classes will resume as normal on Monday, 7th of November. David Jones Principal Dates for Your Diary As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars.
Principal BSQ – PrimaryLast week marked a week of fun in primary with House Events taking place as well as the Year 2 and 3 trip to Jardin Alado. Students on the trip were able to watch a live birds of prey show, meet a variety of parrots and feed a range of animals including rabbits, llamas and emus. Some groups were also fortunate enough to be able to witness some recovered animals being released back into the wild. A great day was had by all on the trip and we even managed to avoid the rain! Next week is certain to be a fun and busy week with many things happening. From Wednesday, we will be celebrating CAS spirit week whilst raising money for good causes. Wednesday is colour day with children invited to dress in a designated colour (below), Thursday is pyjama day with students invited to come to school in appropriate pyjamas, and Thursday is our Halloween celebration where students can dress in a spooky costume. Additionally, Friday is also our World Food Day celebration with students from Years 1 – 6 involved in a variety of activities throughout the day with parents invited to join us at 2pm for a picnic and Farmer´s Market. Please remember that Friday October 28th is also the last day of the half term. We look forward to seeing students return to school on Monday November 7th after a well-earned rest. I wish your families a wonderful vacation whatever your plans may be. Lewis Hutchinson Head of Primary BSQ – Secondary We have had an extremely exciting and busy few weeks with students finally having the opportunity to involve themselves in the activities and residential events that sit alongside our academic curriculum. Our Key stage 3 students spent some time planning and organising activities, fundraising and eventually visiting the projects they were supporting. One of these was a project connected to animal welfare where some students from Years 8 and 9 visited the foundation Proteccíon Animal Ecuador (PAE). There photographs and comments follow. Whilst there, the students listened to a talk about the important work PAE does in caring for and rehoming dogs. Following this, we had a wonderful day with the dogs. We bathed them, brushed them, took them on a walk, and swept their kennels. Of course, there was plenty of time for play and cuddles too. Years 8 and 9 also enjoyed a really exceptional trip to El Jardin Alado for another of the community projects. El Jardin Alado is a charity which works to rescue exotic pets from the illegal trade. Where it can, it re-releases them into the wild, and where it can’t they care for the animals, giving them a much better life then they would have should they stay and grow with their owners. Often, these are dangerous animals from the Amazon. People buy these animals when they are young without realising their future potential, they are wild animals after all! This curriculum subject is a multi-week programme which is student led. Students decide in groups how they would like to support a local charity, and it culminates in an educational visit. The Jardin Alado group decided to help by directly raising money for the charity. During the Saturday ‘welcome back picnic’ children supplied doughnuts and hosted a ‘Doughnut Dangle’ game. The game proved to be really successful and raised a large amount of money which was donated to the charity. Of the several species of animal they support, they mainly focus on exotic birds and occasionally wild cats. As featured above, is a picture taken by a student of an Ocelot that the charity rescued. The Ocelot has an extensive caged area, running through trees and giving the animal as much space as possible. Unfortunately, because this Ocelot has become dependant on humans, it can never be released. Next to the Ocelot is one of the many Owls the charity looks after. Fortunately, some of these owls will be released in the next few years once they have been taught to fly. At the rescue centre, the children had a tour and a talk around 3 stations. These stations were the birds of prey, land animals and finally the parrots. They then learned about the various animals habitats, their feeding and their reasons for being at the rescue centre. The children then got the opportunity to feed some of the animals and finally cleaned out their cages and living areas. As a special treat, the pupils participated in a flying lesson for one of the parrots! All in all, the children had a fantastic learning experience and really got stuck in with the cleaning. They can all go away knowing that they have made a difference in an endangered animals life. The third events saw a group of ten students from Y8 and Y9 go to the Lucky animal shelter to help and support in site according to their community project plan. There were some positive and negative things that students realized. The students enjoyed meeting dogs and other animals that the shelter keeps. There are more than 700 dogs, a cow, cats, pigs, ducks, and a horse, they are divided into different sections according to their needs or backgrounds. The volunteer who guided us through the shelter explained students how animals are divided and the stories behind each rescue they´ve done. Students realized that to be a volunteer in Lucky is hard because every single day the shelter should be cleaned up due to the number of animals there are living in. However, students enjoyed playing and helping the animals to have a good place for staying and feeling safe. If you are thinking to become a volunteer at Lucky make sure to take cleaning items like brooms, disinfectants, wear rubber boots and old clothes. Students learned that the most important is to adopt and stop buying dogs in the pet shops, Additionally, they learned that people who are not able to adopt dogs because of limited space at home can sponsor one or more dogs, taking food, blankets or treats for the dogs to the shelter. The group also go on to say that if you are able to support animal shelters in anyway do it, they will appreciate it. We also had our intrepid explorers out with their Silver uke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition to Ibarrra. The three-day hike plays an integral role in the preparation for the qualifying adventurous journey later in the year. Five year 11 students and five year 12 students set out early Wednesday morning to travel over to Ibarra and begin their first day hike, starting off next to Laguna Yahuarcocha. Their first day involved a 12km hike with full backpacks holding their sleeping bags, food and personal belongings. The sun was intense, but, through correct route planning, they had regular stops to hydrate and stock up on energy rich food. Students set up camp and cooked a calorie rich meal before heading off for an early night. The second day was much more challenging, with over 900m climb and 16+km to cover. Students carried day packs due to the trick terrain. Despite it being a more challenging hike, many made the most of the outdoors by singing and enjoying the views. With a little rain to end the day, the students headed back to camp to shower, cook and get some well-earned rest. The final day involved an easier hike around the lake with full backpacks, but intense sun made for a hot last day of their expedition. With their practice expedition complete, the Silver students now have the chance to reflect upon issues which arose during the three days including not enough carbs in an evening meal, shoes not being worn correctly and navigation practice. This should all lead to better preparation and greater understanding of skills needed for their upcoming expedition to Quilotoa. Recently year 7 and 9 attended our new residential events which were a huge success. Year 7 students entering Secondary School, as they started the month with their long-awaited residential fieldtrip to the Amazon Jungle! From October 3rd to 6th students embarked on a four-day adventure to the Amazon regions surrounding Tena and Archidona. Their trip consisted of various teambuilding activities, hikes, waterfalls, caves, swimming, wildlife, pizza and of course many challenges and learning opportunities. This trip was an opportunity for students to face their fears, gain independence, and most importantly build relationships and make new friends. Some highlights according to our students were: Visiting a Shaman from an indigenous village on the Rio Napo. Night swimming in the pool at the lodge with their friends A hike into gran cañon and swimming under a giant waterfall coming through a cave Nights in their cabins with friends and of course jungle insects and bugs This was trip that the students will not soon forget and will be inked into their memories forever. Below are some thoughts from some of our Year 7’s about their experiences: “One of my favourite parts was just being with my friends and getting to hang out with them a lot.” Charlie “I wasn’t able to join the trip, but one of my favourite parts of Secondary School so far has been how kind and nice everyone has been to me.” Krish “I absolutely loved going into the gran cañon and seeing the waterfall splashing into the water. When I entered the waterfall, it was really cold.” Natalia “We loved seeing monkeys and monkeys on the roof.” Elias, Arian, Robbie “I loved hiking in the gran cañon and when we reached the top it felt amazing especially when we go to swim.” Israel “The more time I have spent in year 7, the more friends I have made. I am really glad to be in this school with my friends.” Dasha “My favourite part of my trip to the jungle was sharing time with my friends and making new friends.” Nicolas From the 27th - 30th September, Year 9 students finally got the opportunity to spend time away from school and attend their long delayed residential trip. Over the four days they were able to work together to develop teamwork skills and develop new relationships within their friendship groups. There were lots of exciting opportunities to try new activities, such as jumping from the giant Ceibo tree and zip lining into a lake. The trip had a positive impact on their self-esteem and gave them confidence to try new experiences. Below is a summary of the exciting activities they took part in, written by the students: Day 1. Tuesday, It was a fun day. The bus ride was, Let’s say, interesting. Most people were singing their favourite song while some were covering their ears because of the loud noise. Well, we arrived at a lovely place where we walked about 30 minutes to the waterfall, then after a long walk that seemed to last for hours, we reached it. It was a wonderful place most of us went straight into what felt like freezing cold water but it was really fun. Day 2. The next day we ate then went on a walk but everything was very chilled. We also had lots of time to play in our favourite room, the ‘game room’. It was really fun. Then we made some kind of bread that was very fun then we went to sleep. Day 3. We did the hardest activity, using a compass to navigate a scavenger hunt which took us around 4 hours. One of my favourite moments was when we swam at the lake. Lee Moors Head of Secondary
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Thought for the week; “The wise make the world beautiful by respecting others”. Maxime Lagacé The School Drive-Thru System (arrival and departure) This week we would like to draw your attention to the school drive-thru system, specifically arrival and departure procedures. As it stands, the current system, put in place to deal with arrivals and departures during COVID, works pretty well in the mornings, but has sufficient shortcomings in the afternoons. We would like to inform you of our plans to try to tackle this situation, whilst also pointing out that there will never be a perfect solution to the issues of traffic congestion and environmental contamination until the majority of us embrace the idea of collective transport services with certain exceptions and exemptions. However, this is not the appropriate forum to address all of these issues so for now, let’s focus on the most pressing problem, afternoon pick-up arrangements. Firstly, the school has firmly established rules on traffic circulation and arrival to the campus, rules which are sadly being violated on a daily basis. This disrespect for a collective community agreement is in fact a gross disrespect to the majority of the parents who do respect the school values, rules and guidelines and who queue daily waiting to collect their children. I am of course referring to the entry of vehicles approaching from the south belonging to families who do not live in the Los Chillos valley area. This week we will be issuing families who live in the Los Chillos valley area (as registered in the Enrolment process) with an identification to be displayed in their cars. Once these identifications have been issued, any car trying to enter the campus from the south (right turn), that does not have this identification clearly displayed, will be sent down to the roundabout to return to the school from the north. Whilst hopefully addressing the annoying disrespect that a few members of our community have for our values and collective agreements, this strategy will not solve the underlying problem of long queues and wait times. In order to tackle this, we need to work together. We plan to re-introduce strategies that were in place before the pandemic combined with improvement modifications based on what we have learnt over this time. However, for safety reasons this cannot happen until the municipality reinstall a velocity control speed bump and a pedestrian crossing, projects which are scheduled to take place during the half term break. If all goes to plan this will allow us to introduce this combined strategy in November. However, to make a real difference to the afternoon traffic situation we need your help in rethinking your arrival times. We currently have parents arriving to start queuing as early as 1.45 pm and by 3.00 pm we have a queue of 60+ cars tailing back along the northern approach road. We beseech you or your family driver, to please not arrive/start queuing before 3.00pm. Why sit in cars for over an hour when a more coordinated approach could reduce your wait time significantly and avoid causing traffic circulation problems. If we work together, we can make a difference but the greatest difference you could make would be registering for our school bus transport service. In the meantime, please;
Finally, thank you to all of our primary parents who attended the first round of coffee mornings. This week is the turn of secondary. Once the full first cycle is completed, we will issue a brief report on the issues raised and the strategies adopted. Together we will make a significant difference. David Jones Principal Dates for Your Diary .As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars. THIS WEEK Secondary Coffee Morning (yrs. 10, 11, 12 and 13): 8.15am to 9.00am, Tuesday 18th of October David Jones Principal BSQ – Primary any thanks to those of you who were able to attend our primary coffee mornings last week. It was wonderful to speak with you and to hear what is going right in the primary school at BSQ and what you feel we can do to improve further. We will be hosting these events throughout the academic year and hope that you can join us for one in the future. This week, Year 2 and 3 depart on their long-awaited trip to Jardin Alado. The students are incredibly excited and cannot wait to explore. We are sure that Year 2 and 3 parents will be inundated with tales of their findings. Planning is well underway for the last week of the half term. This incorporates CAS spirit week where there will be opportunities for students to dress up, as well as a World Food Day celebration. More information on these events will be shared with you shortly in anticipation of these days. Key dates: Tuesday October 18th – Year 2 and Year 3 trip to Jardin Alado Friday 28th October – Last day of school before the mid-term break Have a wonderful week ahead. In Nursery, we have had a wonderful start welcoming our youngest students to their new school environment – knowing that this transition can be an intimidating, yet exhilarating experience for our young learners! We understand that before learning can take place, children have a need to feel secure in their setting. Our students have various needs – a need to feel safe and to be capable, to be independent and to feel loved. Therefore, creating an environment where they can feel confident, know what to expect and enjoy learning both independently and with friends is at the heart of what we do here in Nursery. We understand that when children feel safe, they are able to take the risks necessary to be in relationships, to explore and try new things. Therefore, throughout the course of this term, we have been supporting our students developing independence, by guiding them towards taking personal responsibility for themselves e.g. cleaning up after eating times, tidying away activities when finished with them. As well as, supporting their understanding of classroom boundaries and routines, promoting their autonomy to move freely around the class so to select and use activities that may capture their interest. As every day is an English day – we have had a steady focus on promoting and expanding our students’ English language skills in relation to their listening and attention, understanding and speaking. Taking time to introduce familiar expressions to support their social and emotional developmental needs – such as practice to say ‘can I play with you?, help me please, I need pee pee, as well as introducing simple concepts such as big/small, clean/dirty etc. Moreover, it has been amazing to observe our learners confidence to respond in full English sentences to discuss their feelings, likes/dislikes, as well as to follow simple instructions and participate in reciting a variety of songs and rhymes. Due to their growing self-confidence and well-being, we have even expanded our learning into more academic areas - practicing reciting numbers in sequence to ten, having fun playing a variety of movement games so to count objects and different actions, as well as more recently having a focus on identifying abstract numbers, one to three. Furthermore, our students have been learning to recognize their name and the first sound it makes – and some children have even started to form correctly the first letter! It has been a joy to observe the budding friendships in our class and the flourishing social cohesion of our classroom community. We have had a fantastic start to the new school year! Lewis Hutchinson Head of Primary BSQ – Secondary From the 27th - 30th September, Year 9 students finally got the opportunity to spend time away from school and attend their long delayed residential trip. Over the four days they were able to work together to develop team work skills and develop new relationships within their friendship groups. There were lots of exciting opportunities to try new activities, such as jumping from the giant Ceibo tree and zip lining into a lake. The trip had a positive impact on their self-esteem and gave them confidence to try new experiences. Feedback from the tutor group was very positive. In particular, their favourite activities included:
Lee Moors Head of Secondary BSQ – Boletín 9 2022-2023 Pensamiento de la semana; “Lo sabio hace un planeta hermoso al respetar a los otros”. Maxime Lagacé El sistema escolar de Drive-Thru (llegada y salida) Esta semana quisiéramos llamar su atención en el inconveniente de los procedimientos del sistema de Drive-Thru, en específico la llegada y salida en el la mañana al dejar a los niños/as, y en la tarde el sistema de retirarlos. Como esta plantado, el actual sistema, propone lidiar con las llegadas y salidas durante COVID, funciona bastante bien en las mañanas, pero tiene poca fluidez en las tardes. Quisiéramos informarles que nuestro plan para manejar esta situación, mientras también resaltamos que nunca llegara a ser algo perfecto en relación al tráfico y combinación ambiental hasta que la mayoría de nosotros apoyemos la idea de servicio de transporte colectivo con ciertas excepciones y exenciones. Sin embargo, este no es el medio apropiado para tratar todos estos inconvenientes, así que por ahora vamos a enfocarnos en el problema más importante, los arreglos en la salida de la tarde. Primeramente, el colegio firmemente ha establecido la circulación del tráfico y la llegada al campus, reglas que lamentablemente se incumplen diariamente. Esta falta de respeto por el acuerdo de la comunidad colectiva es una gran falta para la mayoría de los padres y madres que van de acuerdo con los valores, reglas y guías. Y quienes hacen fila diariamente esperando para recoger a sus hijos/as. Estoy refiriéndome claramente a la entrada de vehículos que se acercan desde el sur, de familias que no viven en el área del Valle de los Chillos. Esta semana vamos a enfocarnos en familias que viven en el área del Valle de los Chillos (debidamente registrados en el proceso de matrícula escolar) con identificaciones que se muestren en el carro. Cualquier carro que intente entrar al campus desde el sur (giro derecho) que no tenga esta identificación mostrada en el carro será enviado hasta el redondel de abajo para que regrese a la escuela por la vía norte. Mientras esperamos resolver esta molesta falta de respeto que algunos miembros de nuestra comunidad, muestran a los valores y acuerdos colectivos, esta estrategia no solventara el problema debajo que son las largas filas y tiempo de espera. En orden superar esto, necesitamos trabajar juntos. Planeamos re introducir estrategias que existían antes de la pandemia combinadas con los aprendizajes y mejoras que tenemos desde este momento. Sin embargo, por razones de seguridad esto no puede suceder hasta que la municipalidad reinstale el rompe velocidades y paso cebra. Si es que todo va de acuerdo al plan esto nos permitirá introducir una estrategia combinada en noviembre. Para crear una diferencia real en el tráfico de las tardes necesitamos su ayuda en repensar sus tiempos de llegada. Por el momento tenemos padres y madres llegando al inicio de la fila a las 13h45 hasta las 15h00 tenemos una fila de más de 60 carros bajando por el lado norte de la carretera. Les imploramos a ustedes y conductor familiar, que por favor no llegue antes o empiecen a hacer fila antes de las 3.00 pm. Porque sentarse en un carro por alrededor de una hora cuando una forma más coordinada podría reducir su tiempo de espera significativamente y evitar causar problemas en la circulación del trafico. Si trabajamos juntos, podemos hacer una diferencia, pero la mayor diferencia que puede hacer es contratar el servicio de transporte escolar. Mientras tanto;
Finalmente, agradecer a todos nuestros padres de primaria que asistieron a nuestra primera ronda de café mañanero. Esta semana es el turno de secundaria. Una vez que este el ciclo este completo, haremos un breve reporte con los problemas y estrategias adoptadas. Juntos haremos una diferencia significativa. David Jones Principal Fechas para su agenda Como siempre por favor revisar esta sección cuidadosamente y asegurarse que tienen todos los detalles en su calendario. ESTA SEMANA Café de la mañana de Secundaria (Años 10, 11, 12 and 13): 8.15am a 9.00am, martes 18 de octubre David Jones Principal BSQ – Primaria Muchas gracias a aquellos que pudieron atender a nuestro primer café mañanero la semana pasada. Fue maravilloso hablar con ustedes y escuchar que está pasando en la escuela primaria en BSQ y como sienten podemos seguir mejorando. Seremos anfitriones de estos eventos a lo largo del año académico y esperamos nos puedan acompañar a una de ellas en el futuro. Esta semana, Años 2 y 3 salen a su tan esperado paseo a Jardín Alado. Los estudiantes están increíblemente emocionados y no puede esperar para explorar. Estamos seguros que los padres de años 2 y 3 serán inundados con las historias de sus descubrimientos. La planificación está en camino para la última semana de medio periodo. Esto incorporado con la semana del espíritu de CAS, en donde habrá oportunidades para que los niños se disfracen al igual que la celebración del Dia Mundial del Alimento. Mas información en estos eventos van a ser compartido con ustedes con anticipación de estos días. Fechas claves: martes 18 de octubre – Año 2 y 3 paseo a Jardín Alado vienres 28 de octubre – Ultimo día de escuela antes de vacaciones de medio periodo Que tengan una maravillosa semana por delante. En Pre-escolar, hemos tenido un maravilloso inicio de bienvenida a nuestros estudiantes más jóvenes a su nuevo ambiente escolar – conociendo que esta transición puede ser intimidante, al mismo tiempo una experiencia estimulante para nuestros jóvenes aprendices! Entendemos que antes de que el aprendizaje se lleve a cabo, los niños necesitan sentirse seguros en su contexto. Nuestros estudiantes tienen varias necesidades – la necesidad de sentirse seguros y capaces, de ser independientes y sentirse amados. Es por eso que, crear un ambiente en donde sientan confianza, saben que esperar y disfrutar del aprendizaje tanto independiente y con sus amigos es el corazón de lo que hacemos aquí en Nursery. Entendemos que cuando los niños se sienten seguros, son capaces de tomar riesgos necesarios para relacionarse, explorar e intentar nuevas cosas. Por eso, a lo largo de este periodo, hemos apoyado a que nuestros estudiantes desarrollen su independencia, al guiarlos a tomar responsabilidad personal por sí mismos, ejemplo limpiarse después de comer, guardar las cosas de las actividades una vez que han acabado. Igualmente, apoyarlos en su entendimiento de los límites y rutinas de la clase, promoviendo su autonomía para moverse libremente alrededor de la clase para escoger y usar actividades que llamen su interés. Como cada día es un día en Ingles – hemos tenido un enfoque en promover y expandir las habilidades del idioma inglés de nuestros estudiantes en relación con su escucha y atención, entendiendo y hablando. Tomarnos el tiempo de introducir expresiones familiares para apoyar el desarrollo de sus necesidades sociales y emocionales – tales como practicar “¿puedo jugar contigo?”, “Ayuda por favor”, “Necesito hace pipi”, al igual que introducir conceptos simples como grande/pequeño, limpio/sucio, etc. No obstante, ha sido increíble observar a nuestros aprendices confiados de responder oraciones completas en inglés para discutir nuestros sentimientos, gustos/disgustos, al igual que seguir simples instrucciones y participar recitando una variedad de canciones y rimas. Dado a su creciente autoconfianza y bienestar, hemos incluso expandido nuestro aprendizaje a áreas más académicas – practicando recitar números y secuencias hasta el diez, divirtiéndonos jugando una variedad de actividades de movimiento, al igual que contando objetos y diferentes acciones. Igualmente, recientemente enfocándonos en identificar números abstractos, uno al tres. Prosiguiendo, nuestros estudiantes han aprendido a reconocer sus nombres y el primer sonido que hace – algunos niños incluso, ¡han aprendido a formar la letra correctamente! Ha sido encantador observar el armarse relaciones en nuestra clase y el florecer de la cohesión social de nuestra comunidad de clase. ¡Hemos tenido un comienzo escolar fantástico! Lewis Hutchinson Director de Primaria BSQ – Secundaria “Desde el 27 – 30 de septiembre, estudiantes de año 9 finalmente tuvieron la oportunidad de estar fuera de la escuela y atender a largamente esperado viaje residencial. Durante los cuatro días fueron capaces de trabajar juntos para desarrollar trabajo en equipo y nuevas relaciones dentro de su grupo de amistades. Hubo varias oportunidades para intentar nuevas actividades, como saltar de un árbol de Ceibo gigante y deslizarse al lago. El viaje ha tenido un impacto positivo en la autoestima y la confianza de probar nuevas experiencias. Retroalimentación del tutor del grupo ha sido positivo. En particular, sus actividades favoritas incluyeron:
Lee Moors Director de Secundaria Thought for the week; “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi This week we look forward to starting our first round of coffee mornings. The purpose of these coffee mornings is for you to get to know the leadership team a little more closely. We are keen to hear about your perceptions and experiences and to share our own points of view, the overall aim being to strengthen our knowledge and understanding as a community. We will start each session with a fairly generic theme, on this occasion ‘Effective, empathetic communication,’ basically, how we can communicate more effectively as a community. Hopefully this will get us all talking and open the way for a broader, more open discussion. The first coffee morning will be for Early Years, our nursery and reception parents, and it will start at 8.15am in the library, on the morning of Tuesday the 11th of October. Our primary coffee mornings will be divided into two sessions to keep our discussion groups small enough to allow everyone to participate, and to also be able to find a parking space! Parents of students in Years 1, 2 and 3 are cordially invited to join us on Wednesday the 12th of October, at 8.15am in the library. Parents of students in Years 4, 5 and 6 are invited to join us on Thursday the 13th of October, at 8.15am in the library. The sessions will last 45 minutes, and finish at 9am. If you have children in more than one of these age groups, you only need attend 1 session but you are welcome to join us again if you wish. These sessions are completely voluntary and if you are unable to attend, please don’t worry, there will be more opportunities to participate later in the year. The secondary school coffee mornings will take place the following week on Monday the 17th (Years 7 to 9) and on Tuesday the 18th (Years 10 to 13). These events will be for broad, general discussions, if you have a personal situation, as always please contact the relevant teacher or Head of School. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible for these enriching social events. David Jones Principal Dates for Your Diary As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars. THIS WEEK Early Years Coffee Morning: 8.15am to 9.00am, Tuesday 11th of October Primary Coffee Morning (yrs. 1, 2 and 3): 8.15am to 9.00am, Wednesday 12th of October. If you missed Tuesday´s session (EYFS) you are welcome to join this session. Primary Coffee Morning (yrs. 4, 5 and 6): 8.15am to 9.00am, Thursday 13th of October NEXT WEEK Secondary Coffee Morning (yrs. 7, 8 and 9): 8.15am to 9.00am, Monday 17th of October Secondary Coffee Morning (yrs. 10, 11, 12 and 13): 8.15am to 9.00am, Tuesday 18th of October David Jones Principal BSQ – Primary I hope that you enjoyed a wonderful, long weekend. It was a pleasure to tour prospective families around the school last week, allowing parents to see the wonderful journey of learning and exploration that students go through from Early Years through to Year 6. The amazing progress that children make in their formative years cannot be underestimated and a walk from Nursery, who were counting to 10, through each year group to Year 6, who were multiplying two four-digit numbers, reemphasized this to me. As a teaching body, we are currently in an observation cycle, with observations undertaken to highlight the wonderful teaching and learning on offer, whilst also taking the opportunity to further develop ourselves as teachers. As always, this process is incredibly useful to build upon the excellent practices already in place at BSQ. We look forward to welcoming you into school next week for the first of our coffee mornings and for the first Parent Teacher Conference next month. It was pleasing to finalize the details and share them with you last week. Please take note of the coffee morning dates and put Friday November 18th in your diaries. Another important date has soon come around as Year 2 and Year 3 prepare for their long-awaited trip to Jardin Alado. Excitement has been building for their trip next Tuesday (October 18th). I wish you all a wonderful week ahead. Now that we have passed the middle of Term 1 it has given me the opportunity to reflect on how welcome the whole community at BSQ has made me, and my fellow new teachers, feel. Just a few months ago I had no idea I would be living and working in Ecuador and any nerves about feeling lonely or isolated in a new country have disappeared. As the CIS team commented to me on their recent visit, one of the great things about BSQ is the number of smiling, happy faces you see around campus. I believe it is one of the strongest aspects of living and learning at BSQ and contributes to the strong learning culture we see in every classroom. Year 6B have demonstrated their own enthusiasm for learning this week as they came to the end of their Native American Myths unit in literacy. Just a few weeks ago we set them the task of writing their own myth that explained something about how and why the Hummingbird was created. In the following weeks we developed these initial ideas and really began to understand what the core features of myths are. In addition to consolidating key writing rules in punctuation and written speech, what impressed me the most was the creativity that shone through in the ideas that 6B had regarding the creation of the Hummingbird. Every story was unique and captured something different about the personality of the writer. It was a joy to read the finished stories and I can’t wait to see how their writing continues to develop over the next year. Congratulations! 6B! Lewis Hutchinson Head of Primary BSQ – Secondary It was wonderful this week to receive the initial feedback from the CIS team that visited us last week to consider the educational standards we are meeting at BSQ. As always, the students and staff made me really proud to be part of their ‘education’ family at the school. Everyone worked hard and were really keen to impress. This radiated happiness and welcome around the school, and in classrooms ambition and determination was abundant. It was noted that our values were absolutely embedded in all that we do here. This is a great credit to everyone. I feel compelled to share with you the words from their team. A fuller report will follow for us to use to frame our development goals going forward. “What we will recall, is the friendly welcome the students receive as they arrive in the morning. That is merely the start of the day, but it does set the tone for purposeful learning and says to the parents, that this school cares. It is not the only thing we will take away, the commitment of students to community and environmental projects – and being put right by Samantha (Well done Samantha!!) related to ethical sources of solar panels. On reflection also, it was remarkable the adaptation to new teachers of the students - taken in their stride - and trying to capture what was done to help that process because it cannot be by accident. The new teachers can also be proud of this too”. I do hope that this is reassuring that we have transitioned extremely well indeed in what could have been a difficult period with so many new staff. I see this every day here – children love school, they are happy, and they have lots of fun. You hear it and see it everywhere you go. This is a critical element of their success. The academia is much easier if these fundamentals are in place. This week the year 7 students have had a wonderful time in the jungle. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to gel and enjoy time together away from the securities of home. I was fortunate enough to be in the car park when they arrived back. They all looked tired and a little grubby, but there was a real buzz about the fun and experiences they had together. Well done to Miss Teevan and Mr Brett for taking them and living with them for 4 days and ensuring that they were safe and well. The next events are in March so do please look out for the communication if this involved your son or daughter. I hope you received my communication about the parent teacher conferences. The first si about a month away. They are as follows this year: 17th-18th November 2022 All year groups – no lessons so staff can facilitate lessons. All Secondary students will be at home there two days with tasks set independently 5th April 2023 Year 11 and Year 13 only for public examination preparation – All Secondary students will be at on this day with tasks set independently 17th May 2023 Years 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 only. Year 11 and 13 will be sitting or preparing for public examinations. All Secondary students will be at home on this day with tasks set independently. Year 11 and 13 students with published exams will be in school if needed. Do please make a note of these in your calendar. The benefit this year is that they will be face-to-face in classrooms. This means that books and work will be at hand for you to look at. We hope that you can support and attend with your sone and daughter as these are extremely purposeful opportunities to celebrate success. Finally, please be aware that staff will be putting the first set of attainment and effort data on the system by the 14th of October. This will lead into the first report of the year so you can see their targets and how they are doing against these. When you attend the PTC, you should be armed with the questions that you need answers to with this data. Remember that not all students are academically targeting or able to achieve A grades. Their academic ability may suggest a C. If they get the C grade they have done well. If they get a B then they have done incredibly well. Please understand where your son or daughter sits as it is important that you understand this. Lee Moors Head of Secondary BSQ – Boletín 8 2022-2023 Pensamiento de la semana; “Vive como si fueras a morir mañana. Aprende como si fueras a vivir por siempre” Mahatma Gandhi Esta semana esperamos empezar con nuestra primera ronda de café mañanero. El propósito de este café mañanero es con el fin de que ustedes conozcan al equipo de liderazgo más de cerca. Estamos interesados en escuchar sus percepciones y experiencias y para compartir nuestro punto de vista, el objetivo en general plantea fortalecer nuestro conocimiento y entendimiento como una comunidad. Vamos a empezar cada sesión con una temática genérica justa, en esta ocasión “Comunicación efectiva y empática”, básicamente, como podemos comunicarnos de forma más efectiva como una comunidad. Esperamos esto nos llevara a que todos hablemos y de forma abierta a una amplia y abierta discusión. El primer café mañanero va a ser para padres de Early Years, nursery y reception, y empezará a las 8.15am en la librería, el día martes 11 de octubre. Los cafés mañaneros de primaria se dividirán en dos sesiones para mantener las discusiones lo suficientemente pequeño para permitir que todos puedan participar. ¡También para ser capaces de encontrar puesto en el parqueadero! Padres de los estudiantes en Años 1, 2 y 3 están cordialmente invitados el día miércoles 12 de octubre a las 8.15am en la librería. Padres de estudiantes en Año 4,5 y 6 están invitados el día jueves 13 de octubre a las 8.15am en la librería. Las sesiones duraran 45 minutos, y terminaran a las 9.00am. Si sus hijas/os están en más de uno de los grupos, usted debe atender solo a una sesión, pero si gusta esta bienvenido reunirse otra vez si así lo desea. Las sesiones son completamente voluntarias y si no pueden atender, por favor no preocuparse, habrá más oportunidades para participar más adelante en el año. El café mañanero de secundaria tendrá lugar la siente semana el día lunes 17 de octubre (Años 7 al 9) y martes 18 de octubre (Años 10 al 13). Estos eventos serán para ampliar discusiones generales, si tiene una situación personal, como siempre por favor contactar al profesor relevante o director de escuela. Esperamos ver a los mas que podamos para este evento social enriquecedor. David Jones Principal Fechas para el calendarioComo siempre revisar por favor esta sección cuidadosamente y asegurarse que tienen todos los detalles en su calendario. ESTA SEMANA Early Years Café Mañanero: 8.15am a 9.00am, martes 11 de octubre Primaria Café Mañanero (Años. 1, 2 y 3): 8.15am a 9.00am, miércoles 12 de octubre. Si se perdió la sesión del martes (EYFS), puede unirse a esta sesión. Primaria Café Mañanero (Años. 4, 5 y 6): 8.15am a 9.00am, jueves 13 de octubre PROXIMA WEEK Secundaria Café Mañanero (Años. 7, 8 y 9): 8.15am a 9.00am, lunes 17 de octubre Secundaria Café Mañanero (Años. 10, 11, 12 y 13): 8.15am a 9.00am, martes 18 de octubre David Jones Principal BSQ – Primaria Espero que hayan disfrutado de un maravilloso fin de semana. Fue un placer dar el tour para futuras familias alrededor de la escuela la semana pasada, permitiendo a los padres ver el maravilloso viaje de aprendizaje y exploración que pasan nuestros estudiantes desde Early Year hasta Año 6. El increíble progreso que los niños hacen en sus años formativos no puede ser desestimado y caminar desde Nursery, quienes contaban hasta 10, por cada año escolar hasta Año 6, quienes están multiplicando por dos usando 4 dígitos, re enfocándome en ello. Como cuerpo docente, estamos continuamente en un ciclo de observación, con el objetivo de destacar la maravillosa educación y aprendizaje en oferta, mientras tomamos la oportunidad de seguir desarrollándonos como maestros. Como siempre, este proceso es increíblemente útil y dentro de las excelente practicas ya en BSQ. Esperamos darle la bienvenida a la escuela esta semana para nuestro primer café mañanero y para la primera conferencia padres y profesores el siguiente mes. Es de mi agrado finalizar los detalles y compartir con ustedes la semana pasada. Por favor tomen notas de las fechas del café mañanero y el viernes 18 de noviembre en sus agendas. Otra fecha importante que se acerca mientras Años 2 y 3 se preparan para su tan esperado paseo a Jardín Alado. Emoción se ha creado para este paseo el siguiente martes (18 de octubre). Les deseo a todos una maravillosa semana por venir. Ahora que hemos pasado la mitad del periodo 1 tenemos la oportunidad de reflexionar en el recibimiento de toda la comunidad de BSQ, y mis compañeros nuevos me han hecho sentir. Hace algunos meses no tenía idea que viviría y trabajaría en Ecuador y todos los nervios de sentirme solo o desolado en un nuevo país han desaparecido. Como menciono el equipo de CIS en su visita reciente, una de las grandes cosas sobre BSQ es el número de sonrisas, caras felices que ver alrededor del campus. Creo es uno de los aspectos más fuertes de vivir y aprender en BSQ y contribuye a la fuerte cultura de aprendizaje que vemos en cada clase. Año 6 ha demostrado su propio entusiasmo por aprender esta semana al llegar al final de unidad en Mitos nativos americanos en su clase de literatura. Tan solo hace unas semanas se mandó la tarea de escribir su propio mito explicando algo sobre cómo y porque el colibrí fue creado. En las siguientes semanas desarrollamos estas ideas iniciales y en realidad empezar a entender cuáles eran los principales factores de los mitos. Añadiendo a consolidar reglas clave de escritura y conversaciones escritas, lo que más ha impresionado es la creatividad que se mostró en las ideas que año 6B tuvo en relación a la creación del colibrí. Cada historia fue única y capturo algo diferente sobre la personalidad del escritor. Fue agradable de leer las historias terminadas y no puedo esperar a ver como su escritura continúa desarrollándose a lo largo del año. ¡Felicitaciones! 6B! Lewis Hutchinson Director de Primaria BSQ – Secondary Esta semana fue maravilloso recibir los comentarios iniciales del equipo de CIS que nos visitó la semana pasada para considerar los estándares educativos que estamos cumpliendo en BSQ.
Como siempre, los estudiantes y el personal me enorgullecieron mucho de ser parte de su familia de "educación" en la escuela. Todos trabajaron duro y estaban realmente ansiosos por impresionar. Esto irradiaba felicidad y bienvenida, y en las aulas abundaban la ambición y la determinación. Se observó que nuestros valores están absolutamente arraigados en todo lo que hacemos aquí. Este es un gran crédito para todos. Me siento obligado a compartir con ustedes las palabras del equipo. Seguirá un informe más completo para que lo usemos para enmarcar nuestros objetivos de desarrollo en el futuro. “Lo que recordaremos es la cálida bienvenida que reciben los estudiantes cuando llegan por la mañana. Ese es simplemente el comienzo del día, pero marca la pauta para un aprendizaje útil y les dice a los padres/madres que a esta escuela le importa. No es lo único que nos llevaremos, el compromiso de los estudiantes con los proyectos comunitarios y ambientales, y que Samantha (¡Bien hecho, Samantha!) lo corrija en relación con las fuentes éticas de los paneles solares. Reflexionar también, fue destacable la adaptación a los nuevos docentes -tomado con calma- y tratar de plasmar lo que se hizo para ayudar a ese proceso. Los nuevos profesores también pueden estar orgullosos de esto”. Espero que esto sea tranquilizador de que hemos hecho una transición extremadamente buena en lo que podría haber sido un período difícil con tanto personal nuevo. Veo esto todos los días aquí: a los niños/as les encanta la escuela, son felices y se divierten mucho. Lo escuchas y lo ves donde quiera que vayas. Este es un elemento crítico de su éxito. Lo académico es mucho más fácil si estos fundamentos están en su lugar. Esta semana los alumnos de Año 7 se lo han pasado genial en la selva. Esta es una oportunidad fantástica para que se unan y disfruten el tiempo juntos lejos de las seguridades del hogar. Tuve la suerte de estar en el estacionamiento cuando regresaron. Todos se veían cansados y un poco sucios, pero había un gran revuelo sobre la diversión y las experiencias que habían tenido juntos. Enhorabuena a Miss Teevan y a Mr. Brett por acompañarlos durante 4 días y asegurarse de que estuvieran sanos y salvos. Los próximos eventos son en marzo, así que esté atento a la comunicación si esto involucra a su hijo o hija. Espero que haya recibido mi comunicación sobre las conferencias de padres y profesores. El primero si alrededor de un mes de distancia. Este año son los siguientes: 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2022 Todos los grupos: no hay clases para que el personal pueda facilitar las lecciones. Todos los alumnos de Secundaria estarán dos días en casa con tareas establecidas de forma independiente. 5 de abril de 2023 Año 11 y Año 13 preparación de exámenes: todos los estudiantes de secundaria estarán en este día con tareas establecidas de forma independiente 17 de mayo de 2023 Año 7, 8, 9, 10 y 12 únicamente. Año 11 y Año 13 estarán preparándose para los exámenes. Todos los alumnos de Secundaria estarán en casa ese día con tareas establecidas de forma independiente. Los estudiantes de Año 11 y 13 con exámenes publicados estarán en el coelgio, si es necesario. Por favor tome nota de estos en su calendario. El beneficio de este año es que estarán cara a cara en las aulas. Esto significa que los libros y el trabajo estarán a la mano para que lo vean. Esperamos que pueda apoyarnos y asista con su hijo/a, ya que estas son oportunidades extremadamente útiles para celebrar el éxito. Finalmente, tenga en cuenta que el personal colocará el primer conjunto de datos de rendimiento y esfuerzo en el sistema antes del 14 de octubre. Esto conducirá al primer informe del año para que pueda ver sus objetivos y cómo están con respecto a estos. Cuando asista al PTC, debe estar preparado con las preguntas. Recuerde que no todos los estudiantes tienen los mismos objetivos académicos o logran calificaciones A. Su capacidad académica puede sugerir una C. Si obtienen la calificación C, lo han hecho bien. Si obtienen una B, entonces lo han hecho increíblemente bien. Lee Moors Director de Secundaria Thought for the week; “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” Joseph Addison This week primary will be celebrating ‘World Smile Day’ on Friday the 7th of October, so we sincerely hope you will share a smile with us and others along the way. Thank you everyone who contributed so positively last week during our CIS review week. Whether it was through a smile in the drive through drop off, a passing comment or greeting in a corridor or passageway, or a more formal meeting or interview, you were all awesome! Our visitors left with an outstanding impression of our school and our community. Thank you everyone. Next week we will start our Open Houses for potential new parents. The best promotion is often personal advocacy so If you have any friends or know of any families interested in joining our school community, please let them know about our Open Day events. (See below for dates and times) And finally, the Senior leadership team cordially invites you to join us for our October Coffee mornings. These are open invitation events during which we will discuss school life in general. The coffee morning will have an initial theme to engage us in thinking and discussion, after which we are interested in hearing from you and sharing thoughts and ideas on school development. If you can’t make it this month, no worries, we will be having regularly monthly coffee mornings, so hopefully you can join us next month. Have a great week. David Jones Principal Dates for Your Diary As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars. OPEN DAYS – FOR FAMILIES INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR BSQ COMMUNITY
Principal BSQ – Primary would firstly like to echo the words of David by saying thank you for your contributions to the visiting CIS team last week. I am particularly proud of our newly formed Primary School Council who answered questions and represented BSQ wonderfully with our visitors. The CIS visit is part of an ongoing process of accreditation and self-review which gave us the opportunity to exhibit what we do so well here at BSQ, whilst reflecting on what we can do even better. This concept of evaluation and reflection is something that we expect and encourage from students in order to be lifelong learners, so it is imperative that we do the same as a school. As we continue to return to normality, I am pleased that Year 2 and Year 3 will be embarking on a school trip to Jardin Alado on October 18th. School trips are a wonderful way of enriching our curriculum and giving students opportunities to learn beyond our campus. We are working towards further trips in due course to ensure that all students are given these opportunities. Please do spread the word about our upcoming open days and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our upcoming coffee mornings. Year Six have had a fantastic start to the year! The way they have settled in, and the way in which they have been behaving is amazing. Mr Burbano and I have been overwhelmed with how fantastic they have been so far! We have completed many art exercises so far this year, and the 6A students have really impressed all of us the quality of their art. The artwork that you can see has had a purpose within our learning, and it is all explained below. In our art lessons, we have been studying the American artist Alma Thomas. We have been practising using different objects to print with to create work in the style of hers. We have used toothpicks, cardboard, fingers and the ends of paintbrush to name a few. Whilst learning about the USA and its history in our Topic lessons, we have produced some fantastic artwork related to the Grand Canyon, as well as Inuit inspired artwork. The first 'house event' in Key Stage Two was a drawing competition! The students were given a reference of each volcano (Antisana, Cayambe and the Ilinizas), and they used a sketching technique to draw their respective house volcano. To commemerate the Queen's passing on 8th September, Year Six produced drawings of her lifetime ranging from 1945 up until meeting Mrs Liz Truss in 2022. The focus and attention to detail during this was impeccable. Fantastic work, 6A! Here you can see examples of the art we have done. From the super 6A Have a wonderful week ahead. Lewis Hutchinson Head of Primary BSQ – Secondary One of the critical elements of school leadership and development is self-evaluation and reflection on areas that we are doing well with and areas that could be developed. This week we have had a visit from the new Regional Head of School from Orbital Education, Jonathan Dey. He is extremely impressed by our family spirit and by our climate and environment for learning. We have also enjoyed a visit from the Council of International Schools (CIS). This is an important time for us as it tests our views of where we stand with a number on international accreditation strands. Mrs Newman last year spent time writing our preparatory report which as you can imagine was extremely positive with all of the work conducted by staff and students last year. I am incredibly proud of the staff and students as they have reinforced fully our views. It was hugely rewarding to sit in the feedback debrief and listen to anecdotes involving the secondary school students and staff. They were enormously impressed by the happiness and community feeling around the secondary school. The student council and the student leadership team represented our values very well indeed. They were confident and not afraid to give their opinions and recommendations. Well done particularly to the following students: Anabella, Samantha, Charlie Chamberlain, Jules Minster, Kailanni Minster, Barbara, and Matias C. They were also hugely impressed with what they saw in the classrooms. Everyone seen was engaged with engaging and creative learning activities. Well done to the teaching team with this consistency. The Bandera ceremony on Monday was wonderful for the year 13 students and their very proud parents. They did excellently with the delivery of the ceremony with everything is the right place. Well done to them, Mrs Lorena, and Mr Fernando who worked hard in preparing them. I was extremely proud of the whole school who practiced so seriously and supported the event with the demands of the ceremony on them. Again, there were few paces out of step and the hot conditions were a challenge. Year 9 finally got away for their residential event. This was originally planned for June 2019. COVID and the Paro meant that this was postponed on three occasions. They had an excellent event, and everyone enjoyed themselves enormously. Next week the class and tutors will share with us some stories and pictures form the adventure. On Friday afternoon 20 of the staff team did the training to prepare for the CIS school development programme. This will allow us over the next year to ‘deep dive’ into our desired development areas. There are 4 that are all aimed to develop outcomes for our students. The four areas we will be considering are the pastoral elements in the school, Language Learning, Sustainability, and the use for assessment and data to promote inclusion and outcomes. These are critical areas that feed our core purpose which is simply ensuring that every child benefits from our values and achieves their best potential. Finally form me good luck to all of the year 7 students who are embarking on their first residential to the jungle. They will have an extremely rewarding time is what looks like a wonderful environment. I am pleased to say that all students in the year are involved in some way. Year 10 have had a mixed start to their IGCSEs. So to support them in LLS this week we looked at the power of words. In 2 lines Mr Martin and Miss Sawyers drew a simple shape on a piece of paper on the back of a student, this image was then passed forward by each student, till the final one drew on the board. The final image was VERY different compared to the first. They understood that what they may have heard from someone may not be the truth and that telling someone else may change the story more and could impact people. In Duke of Edinburgh Enrichment this week, which many of the class have chosen for enrichment, Dr Sara visited and taught them skills of First Aid in preparation for their adventurous journeys. The class were taught how to respond to a range of different medical needs. They were trained in how to perform CPR. They will be having future sessions on other First Aid skills next week too. Have fun all and have a wonderful week. Lee Moors Head of Secondary BSQ – Boletín 7 2021-2022 Pensamiento de la semana; “Lo que el sol es para las flores, son las sonrisas para la humanidad. Estos no son más que insignificantes, sin duda; pero dispersos a lo largo del camino de la vida, el bien que hacen es inconcebible.” Joseph Addison Primaria celebrará ésta semana el "Día Mundial de la Sonrisa" el viernes 7 de octubre, por lo que esperamos sinceramente que comparta una sonrisa con nosotros y con otros en el camino. Gracias a todos los que contribuyeron tan positivamente la semana pasada durante nuestra semana de revisión de CIS. Ya sea a través de una sonrisa en el camino de regreso, un comentario de pasada o un saludo en un pasillo a otro, o una reunión o entrevista más formal, ¡todos ustedes fueron increíbles! Nuestros visitantes se fueron con una excelente impresión de nuestro colegio y nuestra comunidad. Gracias a todos. La próxima semana comenzaremos nuestras jornadas de puertas abiertas para nuevos padres/madres potenciales. La mejor promoción suele ser la experiencia personal, por lo que si tiene amigos o conoce a alguna familia interesada en unirse a nuestra comunidad escolar, infórmeles sobre nuestros eventos de jornada de casa abierta. (Consulte a continuación las fechas y horarios) Y finalmente, el equipo de liderazgo senior lo invita cordialmente a unirse a nosotros en nuestras mañanas de café de octubre. Estos son eventos de invitación abierta durante los cuales hablaremos sobre la vida escolar en general. Café de la mañana, tendrá un tema inicial para involucrarnos en el pensamiento y la conversación, después de lo cual estamos interesados en saber de usted y compartir pensamientos e ideas sobre el desarrollo escolar. Si no puede asistir este mes, no se preocupe, tendremos mañanas de café mensuales regulares, así que esperamos que pueda unirse a nosotros el próximo mes. Que tengan una buena semana. David Jones Principal Fechas para su diario Como siempre, revise esta sección cuidadosamente y asegúrese de tener todos los detalles en sus calendarios. CASA ABIERTA – para familias interesadas a unirse a la comunidad del BSQ
Principal BSQ – PrimaryEn primer lugar, me gustaría hacerme eco de las palabras de David agradeciendo sus contribuciones al equipo visitante de CIS la semana pasada. Estoy particularmente orgulloso de nuestro recién formado Consejo estudiantil de primaria, que respondió preguntas y representó maravillosamente a BSQ con nuestros visitantes. La visita de CIS es parte de un proceso continuo de acreditación y autoevaluación que nos dio la oportunidad de exhibir lo que hacemos tan bien aquí en BSQ, mientras reflexionamos sobre lo que podemos hacer aún mejor. Este concepto de evaluación y reflexión es algo que esperamos y alentamos de los estudiantes para que sean aprendices de por vida, por lo que es imperativo que hagamos lo mismo como escuela. A medida que continuamos volviendo a la normalidad, me complace que Año 2 y Año 3 se embarquen en un viaje escolar a Jardín Alado el 18 de octubre. Los viajes escolares son una forma maravillosa de enriquecer nuestro plan de estudios y brindarles a los estudiantes oportunidades para aprender más allá de nuestro campus. Estamos trabajando para realizar más viajes a su debido tiempo para garantizar que todos los estudiantes tengan estas oportunidades. Haga correr la voz sobre nuestros próximos días de Casa abierta y espero ver a tantos de ustedes como sea posible en nuestras próximas mañanas de café. ¡Año seís ha tenido un comienzo de año fantástico! La forma en que se han adaptado y la forma en que se han comportado es increíble. ¡El Sr. Burbano y yo estamos abrumados con lo fantásticos que han sido hasta ahora! Hemos completado muchos ejercicios de arte en lo que va del año, y los estudiantes de 6A realmente nos han impresionado a todos por la calidad de su arte. La obra de arte que puedes ver ha tenido un propósito dentro de nuestro aprendizaje, y todo se explica a continuación. En nuestras lecciones de arte, hemos estudiado a la artista estadounidense Alma Thomas. Hemos estado practicando el uso de diferentes objetos para imprimir con el fin de crear trabajos con el estilo de ella. Hemos usado palillos de dientes, cartón, dedos y puntas de pincel, por nombrar algunos. Mientras aprendemos sobre los EE. UU. y su historia en nuestras lecciones de Temas, hemos producido algunas obras de arte fantásticas relacionadas con el Gran Cañón, así como obras de arte inspiradas en los Inuit. ¡El primer 'evento de la casa' en Key Stage Two fue una competencia de dibujo! A los estudiantes se les dio una referencia de cada volcán (Antisana, Cayambe y los Ilinizas), y utilizaron una técnica de dibujo para dibujar su respectivo volcán. Para conmemorar el fallecimiento de la Reina el 8 de septiembre, Año 6 produjo dibujos de su vida que van desde 1945 hasta que conoció a la Sra. Liz Truss en 2022. El enfoque y la atención al detalle durante esto fue impecable. ¡Fantástico trabajo, 6A! A continuación, puede ver ejemplos del arte que hemos hecho. Del super Año 6A !Qué tengan una maravillosa semana! Lewis Hutchinson Head of Primary BSQ – Secundaria Uno de los elementos críticos del liderazgo y desarrollo escolar es la autoevaluación y la reflexión sobre las áreas en las que nos está yendo bien y las áreas que podrían desarrollarse. Esta semana hemos tenido la visita del nuevo Director Regional de colegios e Orbital Education, Jonathan Dey. Está muy impresionado por nuestro espíritu de familia y por nuestro clima y entorno para el aprendizaje. También hemos disfrutado de la visita del Council of International Schools (CIS). Este es un momento importante para nosotros, ya que pone a prueba nuestros puntos de vista sobre dónde nos encontramos con una serie de líneas de acreditación internacional. El año pasado, la Sra. Newman dedicó tiempo a escribir nuestro informe preparatorio que, como se puede imaginar, fue extremadamente positivo con todo el trabajo realizado por el personal y los estudiantes el año pasado. Estoy increíblemente orgulloso del personal y los estudiantes, ya que han reforzado completamente nuestras opiniones. Fue muy gratificante participar en el informe de retroalimentación y escuchar anécdotas relacionadas con los estudiantes y el personal de la escuela secundaria. Quedaron enormemente impresionados por la felicidad y el sentimiento de comunidad en torno a la escuela secundaria. El consejo estudiantil y el equipo de liderazgo estudiantil representaron muy bien nuestros valores. Tenían confianza y no tenían miedo de dar sus opiniones y recomendaciones. Enhorabuena especialmente a los siguientes estudiantes: Anabella, Samantha, Charlie Chamberlain, Jules Minster, Kailanni Minster, Barbara y Matias C. También quedaron muy impresionados con lo que vieron en las aulas. Todos estaban comprometidos con actividades de aprendizaje atractivas y creativas. Bien hecho al equipo docente con esta consistencia. La ceremonia de la Jura de la Bandera el lunes, fue maravillosa para los estudiantes de Año 13 y sus muy orgullosos padres y madres. Hicieron excelente entrega de la ceremonia con todo es el lugar correcto. Bien hecho por ellos, Sra. Lorena y Sr. Fernando que trabajaron duro en prepararlos. Estaba extremadamente orgulloso de toda la escuela que practicó con tanta seriedad y apoyó al evento con las exigencias de la ceremonia sobre ellos. Una vez más, hubo algunos pasos fuera de sintonía y las condiciones calurosas fueron un desafío. Año 9 finalmente se escapó para su viaje de salida. Esto estaba originalmente planeado para junio del 2019. COVID y el Paro hicieron que esto se pospusiera en tres ocasiones. Tuvieron un excelente evento, y todos disfrutaron enormemente. La próxima semana la clase y los tutores compartirán con nosotros algunas historias e imágenes de la aventura. El viernes por la tarde, 20 miembros del personal realizaron la capacitación para prepararse para el programa de desarrollo escolar de CIS. Esto nos permitirá durante el próximo año "sumergirnos" en nuestras áreas de desarrollo deseadas. Hay 4 que tienen como objetivo desarrollar resultados para nuestros estudiantes. Las cuatro áreas que consideraremos son los elementos pastorales en la escuela, el aprendizaje de idiomas, la sostenibilidad y el uso de evaluaciones y datos para promover la inclusión y los resultados. Estas son áreas críticas que alimentan nuestro propósito principal, que es simplemente garantizar que todos los niños se beneficien de nuestros valores y alcancen su mejor potencial. Por último, mucha suerte a todos los alumnos de Año 7 que se embarcan en su primer residencial a la selva. Tendrán un tiempo extremadamente gratificante en un entorno maravilloso. Me complace decir que todos los estudiantes del año están involucrados de alguna manera. Año 10 ha tenido un comienzo mixto en sus IGCSE. Entonces, para apoyarlos en LLS esta semana, analizamos el poder de las palabras. En 2 líneas, el Sr. Martin y la Srta. Sawyers dibujaron una forma simple en una hoja de papel en la espalda de un estudiante, luego cada estudiante pasó esta imagen, hasta que la última dibujó en la pizarra. La imagen final era MUY diferente a la primera. Entendieron que lo que pueden haber escuchado de alguien puede no ser la verdad y que contárselo a otra persona puede cambiar más la historia y podría impactar a las personas. En Duke of Edinburgh Enrichment esta semana, que muchos de la clase han elegido para el enriquecimiento, la Dra. Sara los visitó y les enseñó habilidades de primeros auxilios en preparación para sus viajes de aventura. A la clase se le enseñó cómo responder a una variedad de necesidades médicas diferentes. Fueron capacitados en cómo realizar RCP. También tendrán sesiones futuras sobre otras habilidades de Primeros Auxilios la próxima semana. !Diviértanse todos y tengan una semana maravillosa! Lee Moors Jefe de Secundaria |
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