31 January 2023
31 января 2023
Upcoming Dates to Remember
February 7-9 – Parent Conferences (Primary)
February 20 – 22 – Russia Week
February 22 – Maslenitsa
March 3 – End of Term 3
Предстоящие даты, которые нужно запомнить
7-9 февраля – встречи с преподавателями начальной школы
20 – 22 февраля – Неделя России
22 февраля – Масленица
3 марта – Окончание 3-го семестра
Notes from Primary
Dear Families,
It’s been a busy month. Below is some news and a few reminders.
Welcome New Students!
Over the past two weeks, we are very happy to have welcomed more new students to Primary. Students joined us in the Early Years, Year 1, and Year 2 classes.
To help with their adaptation to our English-speaking environment and to help them more quickly access the main English curriculum, we have organized ESL intervention, focusing on phonics foundations needed for reading and writing.
Parent Conferences
We will hold parent conferences for Primary next week:
Dates: February 7-9
Time: 15:45-17:00
This is an opportunity to discuss any questions with your child’s class teacher. Your class teachers will put their available times on Edupage so you can book a meeting time with them. Please keep an eye out for communication from your teachers regarding conferences.
Weather
We are looking at another 2 weeks of frequent snowfall. Please make sure your children are well prepared with appropriate outdoor clothing for playing in the snow.
Have a wonderful week!
Kind regards,
Ms. Michelle
Head of Primary
Дорогие родители!
Это был оживленный месяц.
Ниже приведены некоторые новости и несколько напоминаний.
Добро пожаловать новым студентам!
Мы рады приветствовать новых учеников в Начальной школе, которые присоединились к нам в 1-м и 2-м классах в эти две недели.
Чтобы помочь им адаптироваться и помочь быстрее получить доступ к основной учебной программе по английскому языку и англоязычной среде, мы организовали дополнительные занятия ESL, уделяя особое внимание фонетическим основам, необходимым для чтения и письма.
Родительские собрания
На следующей неделе мы проведем родительские собрания в Начальной школе:
Даты: 7-9 февраля
Время: 15:45-17:00
Это потрясающая возможность обсудить любые вопросы с классным руководителем вашего ребенка. Доступное время встречи Ваши классные руководители разместят в Edupage, чтобы вы могли забронировать время встречи с ними.
Пожалуйста, не пропустите последние обновления от классных руководителей о родительских собраниях.
Погода
Мы ожидаем еще несколько неделей частых снегопадов.
Пожалуйста, убедитесь, что ваши дети хорошо подготовлены к играм в снегу с соответствующей верхней одеждой.
С наилучшими пожеланиями,
Мишель Кабрера
Руководитель Начальной школы
From the Head of Secondary
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Уважаемые Родители и Опекуны,
Finally, the mock exams are over. This experience will help our students get better results in their final examinations.
Наконец, пробные экзамены закончились. Этот опыт поможет нашим студентам получить лучшие результаты на выпускных экзаменах.
We welcome all Secondary parents to our Parent-Teacher Conference, which will take place this Wednesday, February 1st, at 16:00.
Мы приглашаем всех родителей средней и старшей школ на наше родительское собрание, которое состоится в эту среду 01.02 в 16:00.
I want to thank all families for their ongoing support with making sure that students come to school on-time and wearing the school uniform. Your help is extremely valuable in building the school culture.
Я хочу поблагодарить всех родителей за постоянную поддержку в обеспечении того, чтобы ученики приходили в школу вовремя и носили школьную форму. Ваша помощь чрезвычайно ценна в создании школьной культуры.
Have a great rest of the week.
Хорошей Вам недели.
Best regards,
Juan Cardenas
Head of Secondary
From the Classroom
Ms. Nadezhda (Music)
We have started learning a big new music program! Our main topic is soundtracks to legendary movies. Y7, Y8, Y9 are writing an essay on the topic "how music can affect the perception of film”. Now every lesson is held with an atmosphere of creativity.
Also we need instrumentalists who could accompany their classmates. Everyone is welcome!
Mr. Tom Bethell (English and Global Perspectives)
2023 has started and with it comes a real rhythm and momentum in our English literature classes. I’m delighted to work with such creative and bright students!
Year 7 continues to impress with their vivid imaginations during our descriptive writing unit. Our class works collaboratively in a shared presentation and despite our geographical distances (South Korea, Spain, Russia), our ability to do live editing of each other’s work means the distance disappears!
In year 8, we’re coming to the close of our first novel unit – George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. Students have made significant improvements in their ability to integrate textual evidence and are also enjoying dramatic readings during the lessons.
Similarly, year 9 are now deeply immersed in their first novel, an ambitious (and harrowing) work called Martyn Pig. Along with the gripping story, students have written impressive philosophical reflections on free will and moral relativism! Never underestimate what our students can achieve!
Finally, our year 10 has been infused with new energy thanks to the arrival of three new students, Maria, Kristina, and Nadia. Their introduction coincides with the start of a new unit on poetry. I can’t wait to see how this brilliant group work with a diverse range of poems from the18th century onwards. Their first attempts at an imitation of William Carlos Williams’s heavily anthologised “The Red Wheelbarrow” showed great promise.
Keep up the good work students and remember to find the joy in reading and writing.
Mr. Tom Kenny (English)
Well, this term has got off to a flying start in EAL and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon! The same as last term, the first lessons were focused on setting ourselves academic goals. In year 7, Vladimir has decided to continue his sterling work on English itself as a subject, and has set his academic sights on achieving high grades in both EFL and EAL, alongside being interviewed and answering fluently.
In other years, these academic goals have moved more towards improvement in trickier subjects. Year 8 have decided to improve their command of Geography, whereas year 9 favour a stronger focus on science.
Such goals have influenced our classes, of course. While we still study grammar as an abstraction at times, the majority of our work now closely interacts with the material in the coursebooks of their chosen goal-subjects.
Whatever their desires for the coming term, I wish them all luck and strength, tenacity and ingenuity; with such qualities, I’m certain we’ll get to where we want to be.
Ms. Natalia (Russian)
Учащиеся year 13 готовятся к сдаче ЕГЭ. Сейчас девочки отрабатывают навык написания выпускного сочинения, которое в экзамене представлено как письменная часть под номером 27.
