BISC Champions

The week began with much to celebrate. We all watched with pride as our Under 11 boys' basketball and girls' football teams beat some tough opponents to win the BSME fixtures hosted at BISC.

Year 11 students continued to impress with their positive and focused approaches to their mock examinations. They all deserve a well earned rest this weekend.

Year 13 are also beginning to receive impressive university offers and had much to be proud of in their celebration assembly. 

Looking forward to next week’s achievements; we have a busy week of key and prestigious trips going ahead. Our Under 15 team for BSME Games departed in the early hours of this morning; we wish them the very best of luck in the games. Our MUN delegates will also join the most important global MUN conference at the Hague next week. Our delegates have secured the key leadership positions at this conference and will, I am sure, enjoy and benefit from this incredible experience.

Safe Driving

Please can I request that all parents refer to the letter issued this morning about safe driving. Your support in this matter is greatly appreciated, to secure the safety of all our students.

Key Term Dates

Year 13 Celebration Assembly

This week, the Year 13 Celebration Assembly focused on myriad achievements, including outstanding mock exam results, exciting university destinations and overall success across our student body. The presence of parents enriched the positive atmosphere, making it a memorable occasion for all. We look forward to continued collaboration in fostering success this term. More photos here.

KS4 Mock Examinations

The KS4 Mock Examinations concluded today, providing an opportunity for students to gain valuable practice in the styles and approaches of the (I)GCSE and O-Level examinations that they will sit in May/June 2024. Year 11 participated in the bulk of the examinations, assessing their current knowledge and understanding across all of the subjects. In addition, some Year 10 students practised for their early entry IGCSE Mathematics and our Year 9 students completed mock papers for their GCSE Arabic.

All students approached the examinations with focus and maturity. Well done Year 11.

Results for all KS4 Mock Examinations will be published on Thursday 1st February. We look forward to seeing how the students have progressed and their potential to do even better in the Summer.

U15 BSME Games

A BISC squad will travel to Abu Dhabi this weekend to compete in the U15 BSME Games for football, netball and volleyball. Good luck to all the competing athletes!

Stars of the Week

Year 7 - Malek Z for working extremely hard during the first week back and continuing to push himself to be better every day.

Year 8 - Mamdouh G for making a great start to term 2, gaining many positives and being punctual to all lessons.

Year 9 - Hussein El A for a strong start to the new term.

Year 10 - Seif S for supporting and helping all students and being a role model for the whole School community.

Year 12 - Daniele P and Safiyya M

Year 13 - Ronza K and Malak ES

Secret Student

In order to raise the profile of positives in school, we introduced a scheme last 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 the School.

The winning secret students this week are:

Library News

It has been a busy week in the Library, as the latest Year 9 reading target having been Wednesday 17th January. Well done to everyone who achieved their reading goal this time around!

Readers of the Week:

Malak in Year 7 is a prolific reader. She has strong opinions about what she wants to read, and reads a lot of it. Malak is also helpful with recommending books to other students. She achieved her second reading target several months ahead of schedule. Well done, Malak!

AbdelAziz in Year 9 has started this term with an excellent attitude to learning. He created his own schedule for meeting this week's target, which he followed and completed ahead of time. AbdelAziz has read a range of books and spends lots of his free time developing his skills and good reading habits. 

Year 8 Arabic

Some students read a story entitled The Dove and the Ant in their Arabic lesson this week. The objective is to increase reading skills, whilst teaching students cooperation and a love of helping others. Photos

Year 7 Arabic 

To help practise their Arabic grammar, Year 7 students headed to the Nature Garden to write a paragraph about the environment, using the 'nominal sentence'  الجملة الاسمية.

Upcoming Events

Year 3 Entry Point

This week, parents joined our Year 3 pupils to begin their new topic of 'Rainforests'. 

Pupils completed a treasure hunt to learn about some of the special animals that live in these unique habitats, and played detectives; identifying the footprints of rainforest animals around their classroom. More photos here.

Year 4 Entry Point

In Year 4, we welcomed parents to join pupils for the Entry Point to their new Humanities topic: ‘Deserts’. The teams explored four different desert zones and undertook activities to engage with desert biomes around the globe. They also started to learn how animals, humans and plants have adapted to survive these particularly challenging environments. More photos here.

Year 3 Music Performances

Pupils in classes 3F and 3M had the opportunity to perform to each other in their Music lessons this week, as they presented solos on a variety of instruments. Mr Bracey was delighted with their efforts and with the way they listened to each other; showing respect and appreciation for their peers. More photos here.

KS1 Assembly

In last week’s assembly, Mr Smith-Langridge, our Interim Head of Junior School, introduced himself and talked about the importance of kindness, before we announced the latest House point scores and handed out certificates for Stars and Mathematicians of the Week. More photos here.

KS2 Assembly

In last week’s assembly, Mr Smith-Langridge, our Interim Head of Junior School, introduced himself and talked about the importance of kindness. Pupils took on Mrs B’s rock-paper-scissors challenge before we announced the latest House point scores and handed out certificates for Stars of the Week. More photos here.

Pupil Council Uniform Monitors

This week, the Year 3 Pupil Council transformed into uniform monitors. They have done a terrific job checking up on the uniform of their peers and we have been very pleased with the results so far. We really want all the pupils in the Junior School to look their best each and every day.

U11 BSME Sports

Congratulations to our Under 11 boys' basketball and girls' football teams, who were victorious in the BSME tournaments hosted at BISC over the weekend. More photos here.

Pupil Achievements 

Well done to Mansour in Year 5, who is now a part of the Under 12 team at Zed FC.

Well done to Noor in Year 4 who recently achieved her Grade 1 qualification for playing the piano. 

Upcoming Events

Despite the very cold start to the day, when the sun does come out it makes for a very pleasant PE lesson on the big field. More photos here.

Foundation Stage One

This week marks the start of our ‘Looking After Myself’ topic. Foundation Stage 1 has been busy learning all about food this week. We discussed healthy eating habits and food from around the world. The children even discovered how to make a healthy ice-cream! 

This week also marked another ‘first’ for FS1 - Teddy Soccer. The children will undertake an 8 week football course - watch out Mohamed Salah! More photos here.

Foundation Stage Two

This week, Foundation Stage 2 continued the topic, 'Under the Sea'. Children have enjoyed sharing the story of 'The Snail and the Whale' and 'The Sharing Shell' by Julia Donaldson. The children have enjoyed visiting the class "Seaside Souvenir Shop" and building sandcastles. More photos here.

Upcoming Events

Keeping our students safe online is a priority at BISC. We are happy to share advice from the Safeguarding Training Centre, to enable parents to understand the pros and cons of various social media, games and digital trends.

This week we are sharing tips about Group Chats.