Congratulations to Sarmiza Badelita for her recent success in the recent ISSDC NASA Competition at the Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Sarmiza was fortunate to be selected from the many applicants from around the world to attend a special NASA summer camp, and from this initial group was again chosen to work together with the other students selected for 4 days and 3 nights designing a space settlement on the Moon. Here is what Sarmiza had to say about her experience:

“I recently returned from the NASA Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Centre, where I participated in an amazing experience with some incredible bright and talented students. The fact that I got to meet and work with students from around the world was amazing. And then to be selected as a member of one of the top 4 teams to design a space settlement on the Moon, was truly humbling.”   

Sarmiza is a student enrolled at IBSB in the first year of her A Level programme, aspiring toward a future career medicine.

Congratulations to Daria, Fibi, Andrei, Diana, Irina, and Mario who completed a three-day hiking expedition in the Ciucas Mountains. They displayed excellent planning, preparation, teamwork, and resilience in overcoming all the challenges the expedition entailed (from the additional measures related to SARS-COV2 prevention, to navigation in poorly marked areas, and simply finishing 20 km walks and over 1000m vertical ascent per day).

Also, we are happy to announce that the DofEIA programme is growing in our school, as three members of staff were trained as ‘leaders’ last week: Ms Carmen Raducanu, Mr Anthony Varden, and Mr James Hudson. The role of the leader is to mentor the participants and ensure that they have the necessary support to achieve their personal goals in every section of the programme (Skills, Service, Physical Recreation, and Adventurous Journey).

With Carmen, Anthony, and James now on hand to help programme coordinator, Ms Johanna Croci, we have no doubt that our students will continue to receive the best possible support on their Award journey.

EYFS have been learning about Mini beasts and are now able now to differentiate between insects and spiders. They learned that insects have got 6 legs and 3 body parts, while the spiders have got 8 legs and 2 body parts. They then had a lot of fun outside bug hunting in the garden using nets and magnifying glasses. They were also involved in various hands-on activities like spider hand printing and making spider webs, developing their hand-eye coordination and control and had the opportunity to grasp new mathematical concepts like ’symmetry ’and ’the same’ whilst carrying out their investigations. So don’t be surprised if they come up to you all excited with a bug they’ve caught wanting to tell you all about it!

This week Year 1 had fun in their music lesson where they learned that it is important to respect each other and work as a team. Each student having received a whistle, followed the teacher’s instructions, paying attention to each other to know when it was their turn to play, and as a result managed to create music in harmony. They all learned how important it is to have patience and to listen carefully to the sounds around them. More importantly, they learned that an enthusiastic attitude and trying your best can create a beautiful song together and were very proud of their result.