Feb. 2017 Volume 1, Issue 1

INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL of SARAJEVO

Curriculum Newsletter YEAR GROUP 6

Dear members of IPSS Family,

Happy New Year and Welcome back! I am eager to have our students re-

turning to school and want to extend a special welcome to the new stu-

dents joining our school. I can’t believe it is already second semester. Time

is flying by so quickly.

I am delighted to introduce this first edition of the IPSS Curriculum News-

letter. We intend to make it a regular publication (monthly) and to use it to

keep you in touch with news and developments which relate mainly imple-

mentation of our curriculum.

We know a strong partnership with parents will make a great difference in

your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our chil-

dren’s success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry

out our responsibilities. We ask that you guide and support your child’s

learning by ensuring that he/she:

1) Attends school daily and arrives on time, ready for the day’s learning ex-

perience

2) Completes all homework assignments given by teachers

3) Reads daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills

4) Shares school experiences with you so that you are aware of his/her

school life

5) Informs you if he/she needs additional support in any area or subject

6) Knows that you expect him/her to succeed in school and go on to the next

level of education

Thank you for your continued involvement, investment, and collaboration!

It is through our partnership with our parents that we are able to continue

to provide an excellent education. Thank you for partnering with us on this

journey.

SINCERELY

UGUR GER, PRINCIPAL

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Welcome letter .........................1

School Organization Chart ......2

Office Hours .............................2

Activities ..................................2

Announcements .......................2

Important Days ........................3

Quick News …………………………3

Curriculum Newsletter ............3

Curriculum Newsletter…...….. 4

IPSS Philosophy ………………… 4

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein

SCHOOL ORGANIZATION CHART

OFFICE HOURS OF TEACHING STAFF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2

WINTER SCHOOL TRIP

Feb. 8 Year Group 6-9

Feb. 16 Year Group 1-5

Please receive your

Parents’ Access Card from

Secretary’s Office!

PARENTS’ MEETING

Feb. 8 16:00 - YEAR 6-9

Feb. 9 16:00 - YEAR 1-5

Seminar for parents:

“Protecting children from

Internet and Gaming Ad-

diction”

Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Peri-od

Teacher Venue Teacher Venue Teacher Venue Teacher Venue Teacher V

1

A.samed Genjga

Library

2

3 Besim Mušić

Library

4 Nikolina

Vujić Music room

Mehmet Afacan

DoS Sci-ence &

Math 3rd Floor

5 Haris Sogolj

DoS Sci-ence &

Math 3rd Floor

6 Nizama

Nalo

DOS Lan-guages

2nd floor

Jasin Hodžić

DoS Sci-ence &

Math 3rd Floor

Okay Ozbal

DoS Sci-ence &

Math 3rd Floor

7 Alma Ćena-nović

Library Dalila Džafić

Library

IMPORTANT DATES

QUICK NEWS

3

Feb. 21 Cambridge

Primary Checkpoint

exam application

deadline (Year 6)

Feb. 21 Cambridge

Secondary-1 Check-

point exam application

deadline (Year 9)

March 1 Official

holiday, School day-off

Cambridge secondary 1

and Primary Checkpoint

exams will start this

month.

MATHS: Understanding division of fractions, Understand-

ing percent, Tips, Taxes, Discount and simple interest.

ENGLISH: Grammar

(Will for future predictions,

2nd conditional, Question

forms How many/What +

noun, Changing the world,

Literature (Start small,

think big), Unit 6 - Explor-

ers, Speaking (Intrepid

explorers), Book review

BIOLOGY: The role of

fungi in nature, Introduc-

tion to plants, The plant

kingdom, Classification

of plants, Photosynthe-

sis and light.

B/S/H JEZIK: Narod-na epika, Analiza lirske pjesme, Padežni sis-tem bosanskog jezika, Medijska kultura, Pismena vježba, Lek-tira: Zvonimir Balog, “Nevidljiva Iva”

HISTORY: Ancient Babylonians: Histori-cal context; The Code of Hammura-bi; Achievements, Ancient Phoenici-ans, Ancient Israel-ites: Under One God, Exam IV

YEAR GROUP 6, CURRICULUM FEB. 2017

GEOGRAPHY: Introduction,

USA and Canada, Land and Wa-

ter, Climate and Vegetation, Re-

sources and Land use, Review of

the chapter, Exam

IT: Using formulas in Microsoft Excel. Using internet as a

post office.

RELIGION: Težnja za srećom, Vjerom do prosvijetljenosti i oplemenjenosti, Kontinuitet vjerovanja, Upoznajmo Stvoritelja kroz milost Njegovu

ART: Ploha, Simetricna i asimetricna ravnoteza, Grafika kao vrsta likovnih umjetnosti, Visoki tisak

INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL OF SARAJEVO

PHILOSOPHY

At the International Primary School of Sarajevo:

• We believe that all our pupils and staff are

unique human beings, capable of spiritual,

moral, intellectual and physical growth and

development.

• We value truth, freedom, justice, human rights,

the law and collective effort for the common

good.

• We believe that pupils need to be taught to

learn and build on new skills and develop

socially.

• We value families as sources of love and

support for all their members, and as the basis of

a society in which people care for others.

• We believe we should respect the people, places

and environment around us.

• We also wholly believe that pupils learn to

value and treat others with respect, not only for

what they have but also for what we can do for

them.

• We recognize and celebrate achievement.

• We believe relationships are fundamental to

the development and fulfillment of others, and

ourselves and for the good of both the local and

wider international community.

INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL of SARAJEVO

Ulica Francuske Revolucije BB Ilidza, Sarajevo, 71000 Phone: +387 33 944 140

vraca@internationalschool.ba

MUSIC: Introducing with music literature; Singing and

performing: “School Bell” (K. Karow), Listening to music;

Keyboard instruments: “Fur Elise” (L. van Beethoven) and

“Little prelude for harpsichord in D major” (J. S. Bach), Intro-

ducing with music literature; Singing and performing: “Song

of boys” (D. Basrak), Listening to music; Keyboard instru-

ments: “Toccata and fugue in d minor” (J. S. Bach) and Tar-

antella (E. P. Derbenko)

GERMAN: Lektion 5: Alltag/ Wochentage, Präsens: ler-nen, singen, spielen, gehen, Ordnungszahlen (1. – 7.), Lektion 6: Jahreszeiten und Wetter (Wortschatz), Text: Wir gehen auf den Spielplatz (Bearbeitung), Modalverb „können“

P.E: Ples: Ples uz muziku po slobodnom izboru, Plesni koraci Valcer, Plesni koraci Salsa, Plesni koraci Cha Cha Atletika: Tehnika hodanja i trčanja Istrčavanje iz različitih pozicija, Visoki i niski start Štafetno trčanje