This week, our U16 basketball teams travelled to Spain to take part in the World School Games tournament.

The BISC girls team had an impressive run, defeating several international opponents to claim second place overall. The boys fought hard throughout the competition, to finish in ninth place. A special mention to Maryam, Year 10, for winning MVP for the Girls U16 tournament. 

Both teams represented our school with excellence on and off the court. Congratulations to all players and coaches for their efforts.

Year 12 Economics

Year 12 students are collaboratively working on a plan to write their very first Economics practice IA by unpicking an article and preparing a structure for their very first commentary, bringing out the economics feature in it. Over the coming two years, they will each produce a portfolio of three commentaries on: micro, macro and global economics. More photos here.

Year 9 Biology

This week, Year 9 Science students were learning about osmosis in their practical lesson, using potatoes to demonstrate the process. More photos here.

Key Stage 3 Students of the Week

Year 7 - Habeeba A for her fantastic effort and application around the School in each subject and modelling the core values of the School each day.

Year 8 - Magdalena B for her mature approach and hard work on the PSHE day.

Year 9 - Louis D for his excellent level of maturity and engagement with regard to student leadership opportunities in school.

Key Stage 4 and 5 Stars of the Week

Year 10 - Edan H

Year 11 - Alaa M

Year 12 - Anant J

GCSE تكريم الطلاب الحاصلين على أعلى الدرجات في العام الماضي بامتحان الصف التاسع للغة العربية 

هؤلاء الطلاب هم

.على مستوى أفريقيا(GCSE) آمنة ع.ا، وهي أيضاً الطالبة الحاصلة على أعلى درجة في امتحان اللغة العربية 

.صلاح الدين ع.ا

.تونى م

.منى س

Secret Student

In order to raise the profile of positives in our School, we introduced a new scheme at the start of this half term to encourage students to take more responsibility for their own attitude and approach to learning and improve the culture by striving for a positive learning environment in our classrooms and around school.

The winning secret students this week are:

Year 7FK - Yosif: 59 Points

Year 8GW - Ahmed: 59 Points

Year 9AD - Seleem: 56 Points

Year 10AB - Andrei: 61 Points

Year 11CS - Malak: 56 Points

Anti-Bullying Poster Winners

During Anti-Bullying Week, we focused on the differences between ‘banter’ and ‘bullying’ as well as looking at the impact of cyberbullying and the importance of being an upstander. This week we have been reflecting on the work produced by students during this week.

Key Stage 3 students were challenged to create posters with the purpose of raising awareness of the issues surrounding bullying. We have selected the best individual posters to receive a prize. Photos here

We would also like to give an honorary mention to 7KM who worked collaboratively to create this wonderful poster. Ms. Marei is very proud of your efforts and teamwork to create this. Well done!

Komodo Wellbeing 

At BISC, we have rolled out the use of Komodo Wellbeing to help monitor and support the emotional and physical wellbeing of our students. By using Komodo Wellbeing, we are giving students a voice when they need it most and to empower our staff so they can offer the support they need. Komodo Wellbeing has helped us identify an issue that is affecting students across all year groups in the Senior School and that is sleep.

38% of our KS3 and KS4 cohort have reported that they are getting 5 hours, or less, of sleep per night. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s expert panel, an adolescent (12-18 years) should aim to get 8-10 hours of sleep each night. Sleep is one of the single most powerful processes to support our physical and mental health and to improve our productivity. As we sleep our muscles repair and our immune system strengthens. These functions are all vital to support the wellbeing of our students but also their academic progress because when we sleep our brains actively consolidate memories and sharpen cognitive function.

If you would like further advice and tips about how to improve sleep habits you can find excellent resources by Teen Sleep Hub here: Parent Advice and Teen Advice.

Readers of the Week

Year 7: Leanne A, who completed her reading target with double the required points! Well done, Leanne. 

Year 8: Yassin ET, who passed his reading target with ease, and enjoyed his books so much that he is now helping to encourage others to find the same fun reading experience. Yassin has become an expert on many types of world mythology through his reading. Great job, Yassin!

Year 9: Sarah AR, who has already reached her reading target, which isn’t due for completion until January! Well done, Sarah.

100% Quiz Scores

Year 7

Ethan, Kinda, Ibrahim AK, Rihanna, Ali E, Ahmed G, Malak G, Tamara H, Ali H, Yassein H, Nahla, Linda, Ali M, Seif Y

Year 8

Ali AZ, Olfat, Natalia, Rasheed E, Loulwa E, Lilian, Aisha, Dacil, Lucia, Laila, Mohsen, Ryan 

Year 9

Sarah AR, Seif  AH, Alia EH, Dania EM

Please remember that the Year 7 and 8 reading target deadline is Thursday 30th November, so there are only a few days left to take any remaining book quizzes. 

انطباعات إضافية من الطالب عمر الكاتب عن الحوار مع المؤلف عمر طاهر عن كتاب صنايعية مصر الذي كان قد تم في ٦ نوفمبر

قضيت ساعة من يومي الدراسي جالسًا في محاضرة الكاتب العظيم عمر طاهر. لفت إنتباهى طريقة مناقشته ومحادثته التلقائية. تكلم بأسلوب راقى وبسيط للفهم حول كتابه  صنايعية مصر وأبرز القصص من تأليفه، وحتى تكلم عن إلهامه الشخصى وهو الفضول . كان خفيف الظل، وقال أنه كتب 4 افلام أبرزهم  طير إنت و يوم مالوش لازمة

اندهشت بقصة البحث عن تومى خريستو (مؤسس شركة شوكولاته كورونا)، وخصوصًا إصراره وعزيمته فى اتقان عمله بحرص وأمانة. هذا اللقاء شجعني على التصفح ومشاهدة فيديوهات عمر طاهر وقراءة فصول من صنايعية مصر

أقرب فيديو قمت بمشاهدته هو فيديو عن ملحمة المئة وواحد يوم فى السويس، التي كانت محاصرة من العدو وصمدت إلى الآخر بطعام بسيط وماء للشراب متاح ساعتين فقط فى اليوم. ولذلك سألت عمر طاهر عن كيفية وصوله للمعلومات. كانت قصة ممتعة، وقال أنه سافر وجلس مع أهل السويس ليتحدث عن معجزة الملحمة. أحببت قصته وشخصيته وجعلني أفكر بطريقة بها الكثير من الفضول

بالإضافة إلى ذلك تعلمت عن شركة شيبسى وكيفية ساهمت في صناعة يتخطى ثمنها اليوم 25 مليار جنيها مصري. تعلمت من كلام عمر طاهر أن الصناعة المحلية شيء مهم. أكبر درس تعلمته من هذه المقابلة كان ان الفضول هو مفتاح أساسي للنجاح فى أى مجال يختاره الإنسان

أخيرا أتمنى أن يزورنا عمر طاهر مرة أخرى للتحدث عن كتابة أفلامه

الطالب

عمر الكاتب

Further reflections on the lecture of “Omar Taher”, written by Omar EK in Year 12

On November 6th, I spent an hour of my school day listening to a talk by the great writer Omar Taher. He talked about his book 'Egypt’s Early Industrialists’. He said that his motivation when writing the book was a personal curiosity in the lives of these early industrial champions in Egypt and their personal stories. He has a good sense of humour. In fact, he has also written the script of 4 movies, some of which are comedies.

I was struck by the story of Tommy Christo (founder of The Corona Chocolate Company), especially his persistence and determination when facing challenges. Another story was how the residents of Suez managed to survive a siege that lasted for 101 days and the different techniques they used to save food and fuel. He also talked about “Chipsy” and how it contributed to an industry whose value today exceeds 25 billion Egyptian pounds.

The event encouraged me to search for videos by Omar Taher online and read additional chapters of his book. I hope that Omar Taher pays another visit to BISC to talk about the movie scripts he writes.

Upcoming Events

Year 2 pupils performed on stage to sing a song about love and kindness. Afterwards, we celebrated our best Mathematicians and Stars of the Week. More photos here.

Key Stage 2 Assembly Last Week

Year 6 pupils sang a beautiful song about kindness before certificates for Star of the Week and Mathematician of the Week were handed out. More photos here.

تهنئ المدرسة تلاميذ الصفوف الثالث، والرابع، والخامس والسادس الابتدائي، الحاصلين على أعلى الدرجات في امتحان اللغة العربية لشهر أكتوبر، والذين تم منحهم شهادات تقدير بهذه المناسبة

Congratulations to Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 students who scored the highest grades in the Arabic Language Exam in October. On this occasion, BISC was proud to hand them certificates of achievement. Keep up the hard work!

يتم تخصيص حصة لغة عربية كل أسبوع للصفوف من الثالث إلى السادس، لكي يقوم كل طالب بقراءة قصة يختارها، ثم يجيب على Accelerated Reader أسئلة بسيطة، كما يتم في حصص اللغة الإنجليزية في نشاط

Our Under 11 netball and football teams won BSME Egypt tournaments last Friday.

The netballers defeated multiple opponents in the tournament and showed some superb teamwork at both ends of the court.

The football team went to penalties in the final, but our boys were able to hold on for the win. 

Both coaches commended the pupils' dedication and conduct. It was a proud day for BISC sports. Well done to both successful teams! More photos here.

Upcoming Dates