Despite the short week, BISC pupils have been busy. Year 4 showed talent and resilience in an exciting Sports Day and Year 8 visited the Museum of Islamic Art to further their knowledge and understanding of Islamic history. I would like to add my own congratulations to our students, not only for their excellent achievements but for their hard work, effort, commitment to tasks and, of course, excellent conduct and engagement with all the opportunities provided at BISC.

Next week promises to be even better as Year 4 pupils head to Alexandria and Senior School students embark on a ‘drop down’ PSHE day to explore important and relevant topics such as social media and conflict resolution. 

IB Class 2024 Graduation

We are all looking forward to celebrating the graduating Class of 2024. The graduation date is Friday 7th June. Further details of the event will be shared with Year 13 parents in due course. 

PSHE Day: Expect Respect

On Sunday 12th May, the entire Senior School will participate in a PSHE day. The theme of the day is 'Expect Respect'. Students will be learning about dealing with conflict, the impact of social media, and how to handle media pressures. In addition, students will also participate in House events to build relationships and foster a sense of community between year groups. Students should wear their House shirts to School on this day. 

Student Achievements

Ynes in Year 12 competed in the Visionary Minds Challenge Competition hosted by Immerse Education. She submitted an essay entitled 'Digitalisation in Education', discussing the recent shift in digital teaching and how its flexibility may benefit neurodivergent students or students with barriers preventing them from accessing more traditional teaching methods. Immerse Education awarded Ynes a 35% scholarship to one of the Immersive University Programmes held globally in unison with elite universities and world industry leaders.

Alieldin in Year 10 represented Egypt at the recent All Africa Under 18s golf tournament. Alieldin was the youngest player at the tournament and achieved very good results. He has also been selected to represent Egypt in an Under 15s tournament in Jordan this week. Good luck!

Secret Students

To raise the profile of positives in the School, we have been encouraging students to take more responsibility for their own attitude and approach to learning so that we improve the culture by striving for a positive learning environment in our classrooms and around the School. Choosing a Secret Student takes into account: attendance, where students are automatically awarded 5 points for being in school each day; punctuality, where students automatically receive 1 point for each lesson they arrive on time to; and behaviour, where students receive 1 point for each positive they are awarded with. 

The Secret Student winners this week are:

7KM: Karma I - 52 Points 

8JC: Loulwa E - 46 Points

9NGA: Nour S - 48 Points

10AR: Alieldin S - 50 Points

Stars of the Week

Year 7: Tia S for focusing hard on her areas of improvement to better her academic studies collectively.

Year 8: Lucia L for her consistent effort in class and improved attitude over the last few weeks.

Year 9: Mostafa S for getting many positives for excellent class learning and being helpful to staff.

Year 10: Salaheldin A for many positives, no lates and 100% attendance. A great role model.

Year 12: Hana and Petras

Year 8 Visit to the Museum of Islamic Art

This week, Egypt and Middle East Programme organised a trip to the Museum of Islamic Art for Year 8 students, to complement their Egyptian History curriculum that covers aspects of the Islamic civilisation. The students were able to see amazing examples of Islamic art and artefacts dating back thousands of years. More photos here.

نظم برنامج مصر والشرق الأوسط رحلة إلى متحف الفن الإسلامي هذا الأسبوع لطلاب الصف الثامن. جاءت الرحلة لدعم منهج التاريخ المصري الخاص بهم والذي يغطي جوانب مختلفة من الحضارة الإسلامية. وتمكن الطلاب خلال جولتهم من مشاهدة نماذج رائعة من الفنون والتحف الإسلامية الذي يعود تاريخها إلى آلاف السنين

Upcoming Events

Year 4 Sports Day

Our Year 4 pupils enjoyed a fun Sports Day on the track and field, demonstrating athleticism and team spirit as they competed for their Houses. More photos here.

Ready, Respectful, Safe Posters

A huge congratulations to the pupils who won the RRS poster competition!

1st place - Nabil (3O)

Joint 2nd place - Mohamed C (3B) and Youssef (4T)

Joint 3rd place - Lyra (1H) and Lana (4T)

Key Stage 2 Arabic Assembly 

قدم طلاب الصفوف من الثالث إلى السادس في تجمع اللغة العربية لمرحلتهم الدراسية عروضا أظهروا فيها مواهبهم وما تعلموا خلال هذا الفصل الدراسي. وتضمنت الفقرات قيام الطلاب بتأدية بعض الأغاني المصرية المعروفه، إلقاء قصيدة مأخوذة من منهج اللغة العربية، وتمثيل مسرحيات قصيرة تستند إلى موضوعات من دراستهم

KS2 pupils presented in the Arabic assembly today, demonstrating their talents and what they have learnt this term. Performances included the pupils singing some well-known Egyptian songs, reciting a poem from the Arabic curriculum, and acting out short plays based on topics from their studies. More photos here.

Upcoming Events

Foundation Stage One 

Foundation Stage 1 children have been investigating light; switching the light cubes on and off and discovering how the colour changed by turning the cubes from side to side. They then decided to build a “City of Lights” for the mini beasts they discovered.

Swimming lessons continue with a splash! You will see from the photos below just how much fun the Foundation Stage 1 children have in the pool. Some of them were brave enough to try the big pool!

Foundation Stage Two

The children in Foundation Stage 2 continued to delight in watching their beans and plants grow. They have also learnt how to care for, draw and label parts of a plant.

Next week, we will discuss the importance of teamwork as we read the story of 'The Enormous Turnip'.

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

This week, we are sharing advice about staying safe with smartphones.