Secondary Newsletter No. 10

Dear Secondary Parents,

We have had a smooth start to Term 2 with students and teachers arriving back re-energised after a well-earned break following a busy and productive Term 1.

Mathematics Support

A reminder that there are three separate days where Math Support ASAs are offered for any students to attend and get support from a Mathematics teacher. We only have had only one student sign up for this support so far following a number of parents requesting this support to be offered by the school. Please ask your child to sign up and attend these sessions regularly if they would benefit from some more support. The teachers are enthusiastically waiting for more students to work with at these times. Sessions are available from 3-4pm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday every week.

Friday Uniform Reminder

From the BIS Parent Student Handbook 2018-19, p. 24, “Fridays are Batik days throughout Indonesia, so students are required to wear the BIS Batik shirt”. Please ensure your child/ren follow this requirement each Friday.

Academic Policies

We are currently reviewing the school’s academic policies. The IB requires schools to have four main academic policies written to meet IB requirements and to be understood and implemented consistently. These policies are:

• Academic Honesty
• Assessment
• Language
• Special Educational Needs

We have formed working groups to review each of these policies and progress will be shared.

We have completed the Academic Honesty Policy and this can be viewed HERE. As policies are reviewed, all stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide feedback. You can view and provide feedback to me by email as these policies are shared. Students will complete activities in Homeroom over the next two weeks relating to the Academic Honesty Policy and they will be explicitly taught related skills within their classes.

MYP Service as Action Update

This is the MYP Service as Action Handbook. Teachers will have a workshop with the MYP Coordinator on Tuesday, October 30. Students will have a presentation and sign up on Thursday, November 2 during MYP Hour. Mr. Brown (CAS) and Ms. McLay have been collaborating on how SA will be implemented at BIS in 2018-19 and this will be shared on October 30.

BSSA Football

Tuesday October 23 – Students depart BIS after Period 3

• Senior Football at AIS

Wednesday October 24

Age Group Finals:

• 9/10 girls travel to Dyatmika departing at the end of lunch
• 11/12 girls A and B playing here at BIS – Both get changed at 1.30pm
• 13/15 girls A travel to Canggu departing BIS at the beginning of lunch

CAS Corner – Michael Kim Grade 12 – Coral Rehabilitation (EOTC)

Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth

On our 3rd dive, we got to finally start planting corals. The process was simple. We would have two nails hammered on nearby rocks, and we would place our coral piece in the middle. And then zip tie the coral piece onto the two nails. This sounds simple at first, but doing it underwater was quite challenging. Firstly, there was a small current that moved us when we were trying to plant the coral, so we had to readjust our position a lot during the planting process, which was challenging as we were trying to do a delicate task with our hands full already. Another challenge we had to face was keeping our buoyancy near perfect so that we would not hit any of the surrounding corals with our fins while we were performing our task, which would damage the coral. Lastly, moving around constantly would drain our air supply, which we had a limited amount of, so trying to maintain our air was also a challenge. Completing this task has definitely helped me develop my area for personal growth such as improved diving buoyancy, air control, and trained me in completing delicate tasks with external disturbances. The 3rd dive was undoubtedly my favorite dive of the trip.

Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience

On our 4th and final dive, we got to use the structures we made at school that we planned and took the initiative to make. At the briefing for the dive, the head dive master warned us of strong currents during the off seasons that may move or disrupt our structure, especially because our structure was relatively small when compared to the already established coral farm present there. To fix this problem, we just decided to tie down these structures to the existing structures. We tied corals to our structures simply by tying the coral to one side of the structure using a zip tie. We also learned how the locals at Les Village start to grow coral from scratch. They built structures with holes in the middle. They would then put a resin mixture into the hole, and stick a coral inside it, and wait for it to harden. Then they would take these structures back into the ocean for the corals to start growing.

Term 2 Attendance and Punctuality Update

There were some students who did not attend school during this week. Please try and ensure you arrive back from holidays in time for students to attend the first day after a break.