Ancient Greece Day - Year 5

Who says time travel is impossible? Two hundred and thirty-five Ancient Greek time travellers visited BSB today, resplendent in their costumes, unfaded by the millennia. They spent the day re-living aspects of Ancient Greek life, including their own city states, art work and olympic multi-athlons.

Here is a Google photo album of the day.

I never knew how good Ancient Greeks were at computing, until Mrs Drennan told me today. This week, Year 5 students have been coding their own version of the Ancient Greek myth Pandora’s box on Scratch. Ask your child to show you their version. Check out this one, from Ricardo in class 5.03.

Netball News

from the PE department

On Sunday this week, the girls’ Junior netball team took part in a friendly tournament at St Christopher’s Junior school. The BSB team played against teams from Nadeen School and St Christopher’s School. The girls played five matches and enjoyed every minute of them. They won two, drew one and lost two. They gained valuable experience and all girls left with huge smiles on their faces after a very enjoyable afternoon.

They should all be very proud of what they achieved after only a few practice sessions.

Renad in Year 5 said: “It was a great experience playing my first ever netball tournament. We all worked so well together as a team and I can’t wait for next year.”

Art News

from Ms Welland

Students are reminded to bring in their personal art work from home to show to their peers in classes.

This is a new incentive to encourage learners to make connections with their learning at home and encourage learners to work in collaboration with their peers to generate creative design ideas.

Thank you for all of your support in anticipation.

Arabic Week

Report from Mrs Sana and the Arabic team

ملخص

الأسبوع العربي 2022: اللغة العربية جسر بين الحضارات

وصف

اللغة العربية ركن من أركان التنوع الثقافي للبشرية. إنها واحدة من أكثر اللغات انتشارًا في العالم ، ويستخدمها يوميًا أكثر من 400 مليون . يتم الاحتفال بأسبوع اللّغة العربيّة في المدرسة البريطانيّة في البحرين كلّ عام في شهر مارس منذ 2015 شخص حول العالم

في تنوّع أشكالها ، الكلاسيكية أو اللهجة ، من التعبير الشفهي إلى الخط الشعري ، أدّت اللّغة العربيّة إلى ظهور جماليّة رائعة في مجالات متنوّعة مثل الهندسة المعمارية والشعر والفلسفة والأغنية. إنه يتيح الوصول إلى مجموعة متنوعة لا تصدق من الهويات والمعتقدات ويكشف تاريخها عن ثراء روابطها مع اللغات الأخرى.لقد لعبت اللغة العربية دورًا محفزًا في المعرفة ، مما أدى إلى نشر العلوم والفلسفات اليونانية والرومانية في عصر النهضة في أوروبا. لقد أتاح حوار الثقافات على طول طرق الحرير ، من ساحل الهند إلى القرن الأفريقي.

موضوع أسبوع اللغة العربية لهذا العام "اللغة العربية جسر بين الحضارات" هو دعوة لإعادة التأكيد على الدور المهم للغة العربية في ربط الناس بالثقافة والعلوم والأدب والعديد من المجالات الأخرى.

Arabic week 2022: Arabic Language, a bridge between civilisations

The Arabic language is a pillar of the cultural diversity of humanity. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, used daily by more than 400 million people. Arabic Language week is celebrated every year at BSB in March since 2015.

In the diversity of its forms, classic or dialectal, from oral expression to poetic calligraphy, the Arabic language has given rise to a fascinating aesthetic, in fields as varied as architecture, poetry, philosophy and song. It gives access to an incredible variety of identities and beliefs and its history reveals the richness of its links with other languages. Arabic has played a catalytic role in knowledge, promoting the dissemination of Greek and Roman sciences and philosophies to Renaissance Europe. It has enabled a dialogue of cultures along the silk roads, from the coast of India to the Horn of Africa.

This year's Arabic Language week theme "Arabic Language, a bridge between civilisations" is a call to reaffirm the important role of the Arabic language in connecting people through culture, science, literature and many more domains.

COVID-19 Vaccination Survey

A big thank-you to everyone who has already completed the COVID-19 Vaccination Survey.

Whether or not your child has been vaccinated, please would you complete the survey if you have not already completed it? If you have already completed the vaccination survey, there is no need to complete it again, unless there is new information to tell us, such as a new dose of vaccine since you last completed the survey.

COVID-19 Vaccination Survey

A big thank-you to everyone who has already completed the COVID-19 Vaccination Survey.

Whether or not your child has been vaccinated, please would you complete the survey if you have not already completed it? If you have already completed the vaccination survey, there is no need to complete it again, unless there is new information to tell us, such as a new dose of vaccine since you last completed the survey.

Cricket Taster Sessions

Message from Mr Williams

This week our Year 5 classes enjoyed a special cricket lesson from the coaching team at The Bahrain Cricket Association, during their PE lessons.

The sessions were designed to give an insight into how to play the game of cricket and the skills involved. The children enjoyed taking part in the many different challenges set by the coach.

This included reaction games, catching and throwing challenges and the 4 ball blast game - where two teams face-off against each other in a quick-fire batting and fielding competition. One team hits four balls out into the playing area and the fielding team then has to collect the balls as fast as they can and place them back on the stand.

This was an excellent way for the children to demonstrate what they had learnt from the session using their batting, communication, teamwork and throwing skills throughout the game.

COVID-19 Vaccination Survey

A big thank-you to everyone who has already completed the COVID-19 Vaccination Survey.

Whether or not your child has been vaccinated, please would you complete the survey if you have not already completed it? If you have already completed the vaccination survey, there is no need to complete it again, unless there is new information to tell us, such as a new dose of vaccine since you last completed the survey.

COVID-19 Vaccination Survey

A big thank-you to everyone who has already completed the COVID-19 Vaccination Survey.

Whether or not your child has been vaccinated, please would you complete it if you have not already done so? If you have already completed the vaccination survey, there is no need to complete it again, unless there is new information to tell us, such as a new dose of vaccine since you last completed the survey.

Bahrain National Sports Day

This week, we were proud to celebrate Bahrain National Sports Day, by doing physical activities in our class bubbles. Online students also took part, connecting from home and sending in their photos and videos. The event was spread over two days, to facilitate distancing and to ensure as many students as possible could take part.

Read on for more news of upcoming BSB sporting events.

Aishwarya's Poetry

Aishwarya in class 3.10 made a decision, of her own accord, to enter a a national poetry competition being organised in her home country. She used her initiative to go ahead and write a lovely poem, based on the competition's prompt and theme. She wrote the poem in very neat handwriting. The poem cheered me up when I received it, and I'm delighted to include it in this week's blog.

Junior Duke Award

Silver Duke Award - Congratulations to Saad in class 4.07 for starting this year's parade of Junior Duke Award winners.

To qualify for the Silver standard, Saad had to demonstrate independence, resourcefulness and commitment. I hope Saad will inspire everyone who has signed up for the Junior Duke Award programme this year.

Looking forward to seeing further Junior Duke Award winners in future weeks.

Transition Meetings Online

Transition meetings are about thinking ahead to your child's next year at the BSB. On Tuesday 8 February at 4.30pm, we shall be holding an online transition meeting for Year 5 parents, to think ahead to Year 6.

Year 5 to Year 6 Parent Transition Meeting

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

4.30 PM

Zoom Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98234504385

Meeting ID: 982 3450 4385

Please complete the questionnaire, prior to the meeting, to help us ensure that we have covered all the questions you may have.

Bahrain Sports Day - 9 February

Message from the PE Department

Preparations for Bahrain sports day are in full swing as the school looks forward to celebrating this sporting occasion. Infant PE are putting together a special sports 'wake up shake up' event to start the day on a positive and energetic note. Junior PE have an obstacle course for Years 3 and 4 which will be fantastic. Year 5 are going to be taking part in hopscotch and Year 6 are taking part in a skipathon. In senior school the students have a free throw basketball competition at both break times in addition to table tennis and the skipathon challenge. This aims to be a day packed with sporting opportunities for all.

Head Student Team

Meet the Junior Head Student Team for the rest of term 2: Ben 6.09, Lara 6.06, Molly 6.10 and Efe 6.07. They will be helping me run assemblies, representing BSB Juniors at special events, and communicating in both directions between the Student Parliament and me. Our plan is to work together to do all we can to make BSB the best school it can be.

The Head Student Team is elected democratically in term 1 of each school year. Twelve students are chosen in the election: a team of four for each of the school year's three terms.

Click the image, or click here, to see the handover newsflash. Click here to see the handover video from Fabien, the Head Boy from term 1.

Transition Meetings Online

Transition meetings are about thinking ahead to your child's next year at the BSB. On Tuesday this week, we hosted an online transition meeting for Year 4 parents, about moving into Year 5 in September. If you missed the meeting, you can find the recording here.

To see the presentation slides, please hover over the image and scroll.

If you have a question, please email questions@thebsbh.com

Term 2 Clubs - Postponed

Our after-school clubs programme is on hold for the moment, as a precaution. For the time being, we are keeping class bubbles separate. We look forward to being able to resume the clubs schedule when the situation permits. We shall review the situation and keep you updated with any developments.

The Big Question

Message from Mr Belcher

Congratulations to our wonderful entries for The BSB Big Question Winter Series, with inventions and explanations on Aquaponics, Sustainable environmental inventions, prototypes for health and Fitness Smartwatch apps, Recycling and social impact devices and a remote control recycling bin to assist disabled and older generations, there once again was no shortage of talent on display. Inspired by these wonderful concepts, we are looking at potential ways of developing them into a larger scale to have a positive eco effect on our environment.

Turning some current yellow status into a positive, we have really enjoyed doing individual interviews with some of our Big Question Entries this week and they feature in our special Winter Series Creative Inventions

Transition Meetings Online

Transition meetings are about thinking ahead to your child's next year at the BSB. On Tuesday this week, we hosted an online transition meeting for Year 2 parents, about moving into Year 3 in September. If you missed the meeting or want to review the slides, you can find them here.

On Tuesday 25 January at 4.30pm, we shall be holding an online transition meeting for Year 4 parents, to think ahead to Year 5. We will be sharing the Zoom link soon.

Year 3 & 4 Hour of Code Winners

Well done to 3.01 Yash, 3.02 Fatima, 3.03 Aarav, 3.04 Rhys, 3.05 Mohammad, 3.06 Zainab, 3.07 Hamzeh, 3.08 Jada, 3.09 Mohamed, 3.10 Aishwarya, 4.01 Hamad M A, 4.02 Shaheer, 4.03 Fatema, 4.04 Noor, 4.05 Ali, 4.06 Jack, 4.07 Saad, 4.08 Shather and 4.09 Malak , the winners of this school year's Hour of Code.

Here is the link to view the winners.

Positive Parenting Webinar

Join our panelist Mrs Grace Lucey McAree, Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and Clinical Supervisor at REACH Behaviour and Development Centre on the 19th of January 2022 as she provides us insights on the topic of "Positive Parenting."

Term 2 Clubs - Postponed

Our after-school clubs programme is on hold for the moment, as a precaution. For the time being, we are keeping class bubbles separate. We look forward to being able to resume the clubs schedule when the situation permits. We shall review the situation before the end of January and we shall keep you updated with any developments.

Term 2 Clubs - Postponed

Our after-school clubs programme is on hold for the moment, as a precaution. For the time being, we are keeping class bubbles separate. We look forward to being able to resume the clubs schedule when the situation permits. We shall review the situation next week and we shall keep you updated with any developments.

Year 5 & 6 Hour of Code Winners

Well done to 5.01 Annabelle, 5.02 Maaria, 5.03 Aanya Birla, 5.04 Hassan, 5.05 Shanzay, 5.06 Valentina, 5.07 Fatima, 5.08 Yassin, 5.09 Wafaa, 6.01 Rohab, 6.02 Sameha, 6.03 Anaya, 6.04 Vidhi, 6.05 Akshara, 6.06 Zahraa, 6.07 Ibraheem, 6.08 Sophie, 6.09 Aleena and 6.10 Chloe, the winners of this school year's Hour of Code.

Here is the link to view the winners

Ethar 3.01 - Smart Brain World Champion

A huge shout-out to Ethar in class 3.01 for winning her age group section in the Smart Brain World Championship.

The event took place in November, with more than 1200 students participating online, from schools all over the world.

They had to answer very tricky arithmetic questions to score points.

Great achievement, Ethar!

You can find out more by clicking here.