International Preparatory School

2011-2012 | Issue 3 | March 2012
KEY STAGE TWO NEWS
The International Preparatory School newsletter for parents, teachers, children and the community.
Colours of IPS
Carnival 2012
International
Preparatory
School
Rua da Lagoa, 171
Bicesse 2645-344 • Alcabideche
Tels:21 457 01 49
91 499 74 40
96 256 80 24
www.ipsschool.org
info@ipsschool.org
Early Years Foundation Stage
2
Key Stage One
4
Key Stage Two
6
Specialist Subject
7
School Council
14
PTA
14
Overview
15
Children’s Work
18
Congratulations to the IPS Cross
Country Team, who travelled south
to Vilamoura to compete in the
annual meeting involving several
international schools in Portugal.
Doctor Foste
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(Gavin)
NURSERY INSPIRES INTERESTING CARNIVAL COSTUMES
Nursery rhymes
IPS teachers and assistants
participated in the Carnival parade
this year, representing some of the
Nursery rhymes.
They had a lot of fun and would
like to share them with you!
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EARLY YEARS
KEY STAGE
FOUNDATION
TWO NEWS
STAGE NEWS
Foundation Stage children
learn about caring for pets
We have been going pet crazy in the Foundation
Stage! We have been learning about how to take good
care of all sorts of animals. Some of the children (and Mr
Taylor) brought in their own pets for us to meet. We met
Maggie the dog, Sammy the turtle, Magnus the cat and
some cuddly rabbits. Sophie the vet kindly accepted our
invitation to visit us and told us about the wonderful
work she does with all sorts of animals.
Learning about Pets is so much fun! We made some
colourful animal collages, paintings, 3D models and
cat pictures out of 2D shapes. We have even been busy
making dog themed cup cakes-yum! In the sand tray
we have been counting out dog biscuits into numbered
bowls and we have been singing lots of songs about
pets in our music lessons. Come into our classrooms to
see some more of the wonderful work we have been
doing!
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KEY STAGE ONE NEWS - YEAR 1
Year 1 experience
traditional stories
In Year 1 we have been studying
traditional stories. We have baked
bread like the Little Red Hen, built
houses like the Three Little Pigs
and made castles like Cinderella’s.
We had a lot of fun, being very
creative!
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KEY STAGE ONE NEWS - YEAR 2
Year 2 not afraid
of the dark
One of our topics in Year Two
this term has been ‘Nightlife’.
We have been learning all about
what happens at night time, the
night sky and nocturnal animals.
In Science we have been
looking at “Light and Dark”. We
have investigated transparent,
translucent and opaque materials
and have used our knowledge to
create nocturnal animal stained
glass windows and nightlife
shadow puppets.
Look at our lovely work!
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6
KEY STAGE
KEY
TWO
STAGE
NEWS
TWO
- YEARS
NEWS 3 AND 4
Years 3 and 4 have been working together to produce a treat to
remember… On Wednesday 28th
March at 7pm, the students will
perform ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.
Having studied the works of
Roald Dahl in Year 3 and the delicious tastes of chocolate in Year
4, together they have worked on
a perfect mix to re-produce the
classic story of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory.
The stage is set, the lights are
shining and it is now down to the
star cast of the show!
Preparing for the show is proving to be hard work. The students
have a lot to remember. Nevertheless in just a short time the
characters have already learnt
their lines.
“The songs are sounding better
by the day,” Miss McKenzie tells
us.
Ana, who plays Willy Wonka,
tells us, “I am very happy and surprised to be playing Willy Wonka,
but I am quite nervous.”
All of the children are looking
forward to the show.
Photos courtesy of Anna M. Grubińska | www.fotoamg.com
The Gates are Open
Charlie Bucket
by Ben
Charlie is a polite, delightful
and most of all a friendly character. Charlie lives with his parents
and grandparents all in one house.
Charlie works hard to help his family, working everyday as a paperboy.
His luck changes forever...
Willy Wonka by Ines Violet Willy Wonka is a funny and weird
character. He is about to give his
entire world to a lucky golden ticket winner. Willy Wonka left home
as a young boy and never returned.
He ran away from his dad who is a
dentist, in search of chocolate.
Augustus
by Luca
Augustus Gloop is very greedy
and very fat. When they went to
the chocolate room, he started to
eat everything. He also started to
drink the chocolate lake and fell in.
He was sucked in and stuck in the
pipe. Augustus’ favourite hobby is
eating.
by Grace
Violet is a discourteous girl and
quite selfish. She is very impolite.
Her favourite thing is to chew
gum. Violet ended her trip because she took some bubble gum
that tasted of a three course meal.
She turned into a blueberry!
KEY STAGE TWO NEWS - YEAR 5
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Year 5 – The Explorers
Year 5 have been learning about Voyages and
Explorers. We especially liked learning about the Tudor
age. We learned how they sailed around the world and
what kind of maps they had in the Tudor times.
To the right is what one of their maps looked like.
People thought that the world was flat and when
you got to the end of the world you would fall off and
disappear forever! Also, they thought that 3 parts of the
world was land and only 1 part water.
Some of the famous and courageous explorers we
have been studying include:
This is Ptolemy’s map which Europeans used in about 1400.
• Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) set sail to find a new
route to India. Columbus had not reached India as he
thought, but had reached Central America.
• Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese
explorer and the first sailor to sail around the world.
• Sir Francis Drake (1545-1596) was a British explorer
and navy captain. Drake was the second man to sail all
around the world.
• Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) was an adventurer and
explorer. He led an expedition to the New World and
claimed North Carolina and Virginia for England. In the
New World he discovered potatoes and tobacco and
brought them back to England.
Written by Maarten Green
A map made by Natalie de Sousa in Y5A that shows some of
the routes the explorers took as they ventured around the world.
Year 5 learn about, write their own
Myths and Legends
This term, the students in Year 5 have been learning all about myths
and legends. We have read several stories from this
genre, and have studied their features and why they
are so important.
Some myths and legends are centuries old, but
like all good stories they are told over and over from
generation to generation. Some actually change over
time, as they are told by people all over the world.
Legends usually have some historical truth to them,
while myths do not. However, both are a lot of fun to
read, and usually tell us something important about life,
people and the world.
We have even written our own myths and legends
using a Story Creator application found on the website
Myths and Legends.
The website allowed us to write the stories as well
as illustrate them, and even add animation and sound.
Some of our creations are on this very page for you to
see!
KEY STAGE
KEY STAGE
TWOTWO
NEWS
NEWS
- YEAR 6
Year 6 Amazonian Adventure
Year 6 produced some amazing material about their most recent topic – the
Amazon. The children hand-built some exquisite animals, created beautiful
posters about its ecosystem and even produced some attractive touristic
brochures about the Amazonian capital city of Manaus.
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SPECIALIST SUBJECT NEWS - ART
Our artists show
their true colours
through school
displays
Displaying artwork around the
school gives students and parents
something to be proud of and
adds cheerful colours and shapes
to our daily environment. The
display “IPS artists of this term” is
always a success. Here are some
nice art displays done this term, I
hope you could appreciate them
all, even the ones in the hall.
Please enjoy the displays and kindly remind young children not to touch them at the
end of the school day, as it is a great shame if they get spoiled. Thank you.
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SPECIALIST SUBJECT NEWS - PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Inter House Cross-Country
Early in January we started the cross country running
season.
The children were all challenged to exercise “outside
of their comfort zone” in order to improve themselves.
With pride, I am able to report that all of our pupils
trained really hard, so they could start their race feeling
prepared.
This year was the first time we were able to use our
own school grounds as the running track. The Year 3 and
Year 4 children had to race over a distance of 450 metres
and the pupils of Year 5 and Year 6 had to complete a
750 metre track.
The morning was filled with nerves before, and relief
after, their races. I am happy to say that everybody
survived their challenge and some even managed to
perform beyond expectations.
All in all great work, and two big thumbs up for all the
runners!
Results:
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Boys
Girls
1. Lucas
1. Ella-Mai
2. Tomás T.
2. Fenna
3. Zeid
3. Jessica
1. Bram
1. Alexandra
2. Michael
2. Nikita
3. David
3. Clara
1. Tomas D.
1. Margaux
2. Olivier
2. Constança
3. Tomas S.
3. Natalie
1. Mikael
1. Ruby
2. Gijs
2. Bruna
3. Antonio M.R.
3. Jisse
In the end the RED team came out on top,
but followed very closely by the other teams.
Congratulations to everybody – you can already prepare
yourselves for next year!
Danny van Dijk
P.E. Teacher
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SPECIALIST SUBJECT NEWS - PORTUGUESE
11
A Menina do Mar, de Sophia
de Mello Breyner Andresen
“Tu nunca foste ao fundo do mar e não sabes como lá
tudo é bonito. Há plantas de algas, jardins de anémonas,
prados e conchas. Há cavalos-marinhos suspensos na
água com ar espantado, como pontos de interrogação.
Há flores que parecem animais e animais que parecem
flores. Há grutas misteriosas, azuis escuras, roxas, verdes
e há planícies sem fim de areia fina, branca, lisa.”
Sophia de Mello Breyner, – A Menina do Mar
Os Caretos do ‘Year 4’
O careto é um homem disfarçado que anda pelas ruas
de algumas povoações e aldeias do Norte de Portugal
(especialmente em Trás-os-Montes). Anda com uma
máscara que serve para meter medo fazendo de diabo à
solta. Podem aparecer tanto no Carnaval como no Natal.
Os caretos fazem parte de uma tradição portuguesa
muito antiga e os mais conhecidos são os de Podence
e de Ousilhão (Trás-os-Montes), mas também os há
noutras zonas como em Lazarim, na Beira Alta.
Os caretos andam em grandes grupos, com máscaras
de couro ou de madeira. Vestem velhas colchas de lã
transformadas em fatos de cores fortes como o verde,
azul, preto, vermelho e amarelo (tudo às riscas). Para
chamar a atenção e fazer todo o barulho que lhes
é caraterístico, os caretos usam grandes chocalhos
pendurados na cintura e guizos nos tornozelos.
Para os ajudar nas suas correrias e saltos por toda a
povoação, os caretos usam também um pau ou uma
moca, que lhes serve de apoio (e também lhes dá um ar
Os alunos de Português do Grupo 1 e do Grupo 2
mais assustador...). Nas crenças das pessoas de Trás -os
imaginaram o fundo do mar e ilustraram a capa do livro.
Montes e da Beira Alta existe qualquer coisa de mágico
Os trabalhos estão expostos na biblioteca e todos
em todo o ritual da festa que permite aos caretos
os alunos irão votar e escolher o desenho que melhor
fazerem coisas que os outros não podem e tudo lhes é
representa o fundo do mar e o livro que estão a ler, de
permitido nos dias de Carnaval. Diz-se que a tradição
momento, nas aulas de Português.
dos caretos já vem de há muitos séculos, ainda antes
Na próxima edição será anunciado o vencedor.
do Cristianismo, e está associada
a práticas mágicas relacionadas
com os cultos da fertilidade na
Evento
agricultura.
No próximo dia 26 de abril comemora-se o dia do livro português. Para
celebrar esta data, o Departamento de Português irá organizar um dia
Os caretos do Year 4 na Assembleia
dedicado à leitura de histórias. Para tornar esse dia ainda mais especial, os
de Português.
pais foram convidados a participar lendo uma história à escolha e tornando o
momento único. Os nossos alunos trarão o seu livro favorito e vestir-se-ão de
acordo com a sua personagem favorita. Será um sucesso!
Agradecimento
O Departamento de Português gostaria de agradecer ao PTA o apoio
prestado à nossa biblioteca que nos permitirá adquirir mais livros em
português. Agradecemos também aos alunos que doaram livros para a
biblioteca de português. Obrigado!
Our thanks to the PTA for their support, allowing us to acquire more Portuguese
books for the library.
SPECIALIST SUBJECT NEWS - PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH
Mensagens de Paz
para 2012
Os alunos de Português do Grupo
1 escreveram mensagens de Paz
para o ano de 2012.
“A Paz perfeita é a Paz no nosso
coração.”
António Marques
“Queria que os animais e os
humanos tivessem Paz.”
Clara Espírito Santo
Les couleurs
Year 6 students have been learning about the colours in
French. Here are some of their illustrations for the sentences
they have written.
Sol, Ruby, Afonso, Matthias, Matilde, Daniel, Amanda &
Antonio revealed their drama talent representing a little
“comptine” about the colours. Try to learn it with them.
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SPECIALIST SUBJECT NEWS - DUTCH
13
Students are working hard with writing skills in Dutch lessons
Nursery rhymes
Continued from page 2
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
PTA NEWS
Student Council promote Hot
Chocolate and Muffin Day
On a chilly, but sunny Friday morning in February, the
Student Council held their second Hot Chocolate and
Muffin Day! We arrived early at 8:30 to make the hot
chocolate and arrange the tables in the amphitheatre.
Five minutes before break time we were all in place
with muffins, creamy hot chocolate and delicious
marshmallows. KS2 children formed an orderly queue
and enjoyed the morning, and everything sold out swiftly.
All the Student Council had a good time, too. The money
raised will be spent on playtime equipment.
Filipe Cruz - 6B
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The PTA has been actively
contributing for continuous
school improvements
The PTA have been raising money to help the school
improve the shaded surface areas in both KS1 and KS2.
Between Yr 3 and Yr 4, a Zen Garden will be made using
gravel and also plants to improve the protection from
the wind. In between Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2, turf
protector has been used on the newly seeded areas.
The PTA have bought 2 wooden outdoor game tables
for use in KS2 which should arrive after Easter. We are
planning to have a Summer Fair Barbeque on the 16th
June to raise money for charity and the school. One of the
things we hope to buy with the proceeds is a wooden
pirate ship for KS1. We will hold a coffee morning in April
for volunteers interested in helping with this event. It’s
a fun day for adults and children alike, so please come
along if you would like to get involved!
The PTA also donated 400 euros to the Portuguese
department for them to improve the selection of
Portuguese books available to all the children in the
Library.
Next term the PTA are supporting the KS1 party and
once again providing 50% of the cost of the KS2 evening
party at Quinta da Ponte. Both these events are due to
take place on 1st June, International Children’s Day.
OVERVIEW
The Soup Kitchen
A few weeks ago, a group of teachers
and assistants from school had the
opportunity to spend the day and night
working in a soup kitchen. It was an
inspirational experience.
We started the day cleaning, peeling and chopping
buckets full of potatoes, onions, cabbages, carrots, turnips,
garlic and more. Eventually we had three huge pans full of
soup cooking slowly – each pan was enough for about 100
bowls of soup. We took turns stirring the soup with a paddle
as it simmered to perfection.
Finally, at around 7pm, the van was loaded with 300+
Tupperware containers of soup, as well as individual bags
with a bread roll, a piece of fruit, a spoon and a napkin. We
then took off into the heart of Lisbon where we stopped in
many different places to distribute the soup to the many
homeless people. As soon as the van was parked, there was a
line of people waiting gratefully for their warm bowl of soup.
It was a very cold evening, and it gave us the chills to
realise how lucky we all are.
Therefore, we at IPS have decided to try our best to do
more for our local community. Starting this month of March,
Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will collect staple
products (potatoes, carrots, dry beans or pasta) for the soup
kitchen throughout the last week of the month.
The PTA will also continue to have their vegetable
collection, every last Friday of the month. The soup kitchen
works solely with volunteers and donated products. Besides
the warm, nutritious bowl of soup, this soup kitchen also
makes an effort to provide extra items that these lessprivileged people may need, such as coats, underwear,
blankets, sweaters, shoes…anything really. If you have
anything you could donate, both the soup kitchen and
the many homeless people in Lisbon would be extremely
thankful.
We look forward to helping our local community more.
Together we CAN make a difference. Thank you!
Louise Hultén
Foundation Stage and Key Stage One Coordinator
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OVERVIEW
A term of
myths and
legends,
Roald Dahl,
chocolate
creation, the
mighty Amazon,
tree planting and even
a trip to the circus!
As we draw closer to the end of
our second term it is time again to
let you know what we have been
up to in Key Stage 2.
The only question is, where do
I start?
The children in Year 3 have
been thoroughly loving learning all
about Roald Dahl and his amazing
tall tales. In Year 4, not only to the
delight of the children but to a
lot of the staff also, it has been
chocolate, chocolate, chocolate,
learning all about how chocolate is
made and where it originates from
in Ghana. A voyage of discovery
has taken place within our Year
5 classrooms, and the children
have created wonderful computer
animated myths and legends of
strange and distant lands, and
magical monsters! Year 6 have
been travelling down the Amazon
River, discovering tribes and
learning all about the wonders of
the rainforest.
On top of all this, KS2 were
lucky enough to be invited to a
‘Cirque de Soleil-style’ performance
of ‘Jungle’ at the American Nato
base. Both the teachers and the
children were left in awe at the
incredible sights of trapeze artists,
contortionists and even human
emus!
Another fun-packed term ends
and another approaches. I wish all
the staff and children a very happy
Easter.
Andrew Bond
Key Stage Two Coordinator
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OVERVIEW
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Curriculum
We are now almost into the third term of our new Creative
Curriculum and the teaching and learning has been inspired
and enjoyable. Pupils and teachers alike have enjoyed the cross
curricular topics and are now ready to launch into the last term
of the year with the following themes:
Nursery & Reception
Under the Sea / Terrific Transport
Year 1
Eric Carle (children’s author)
Year 2
In the Deep Dark Wood / The Hidden Forest
Year 3
Walk Like an Egyptian
Year 4
Fit for Survival (to include the Olympic Games)
Year 5
How Healthy Are We?
Year 6
Our Environment, Our Impact
The third term will be a busy one for teachers at IPS in that we will be carrying
out a full review of the teaching and learning this year. As a staff we will reflect
on the topics and content, and further adapt our approach in light of what was
successful and what could be improved upon.
New Additions
Our IPS family has grown this year with the arrival of Miss Starwing’s daughter,
Lily, last summer and Mr and Mrs Bond’s daughter, Mia Florence, who was born
on Wednesday 14th March. Mr and Mrs O’Donnell’s daughter is due to be born
mid-April and we obviously look forward to this, also… Congratulations to all
our new IPS parents!
During the summer term, Miss Starwing will return to take over as Year 2D
teacher and Miss Davis will continue the excellent work she began at short
notice in February with Year 2B. Teaching teams for the coming academic year
2012-13 will be decided upon during the summer term and we will of course
keep you informed.
Updated Policies
Please check our school website to look at the reviewed and updated
policies for Early Years, English (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), and
Homework. If you have any questions regarding these policies, please feel
welcome to ask.
CIS Accreditation Visit
During the week of 19th to 23rd March I was privileged and honoured to have
been invited to co-chair the CIS accreditation team visit to the international
school of Monaco. Through the accreditation process, the Council of
International Schools (CIS) helps international schools gain recognition for high
standards and excellence.
Professional Development
Ongoing professional development is highly valued at IPS and this term our
Portuguese teachers attended a Saturday curriculum conference workshop
in Lisbon. On the first day of the summer term, Mr Smith, Mrs Vieira, Mrs Webb
and Miss Perkins will attend a training day on Mathematics and cross-curricular
Drama hosted by the British School of Porto.
Robert Taylor
Headteacher
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Some stunning African silhouettes by Year 4 are
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are just four of many which have arisen from their studies
of Ghana. Well done to all Year 4 pupils.