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From the Head of School recall good memories. It is time to strengthen our
family bonds again.
Dear All,
“I need new wings, new paths...”- this quote from I would like to remind you of
Juliusz Slowacki – the Polish poet is the motto of the opportunity to sign up for
this year’s 25th International Book Fair in Krakow. the Ski Camp, the deadline for
From the Book Fair website one may read: ”Love, the first payment is 10th of
freedom, youth, rebellion against canons and November and the places are
conventions, the flourishing of individualism, the filling up quickly.
primacy of spirit over matter, mystery, fantasy, I must mention the ‘Kiss and
imagination, the idea of nature as a living and Goodbye Zone’ located on the ground floor. We
sensing whole, references to folklore – these are need to ask any primary parent not to cross the
some of the romantic ideals we continue to swear glass door and let the kids go upstairs to their
by 200 years later. 2022 has been declared the classrooms by themselves. Due to health and
year of Romanticism. Safety Rules and to avoid potential traffic on our
Meetings with authors, discussion panels and live- narrow staircase families must obey this rule. The
streamed debates, books, albums, magazines at only exception is given to Foundation Stage 1 and
very affordable prices and lots more Foundation Stage 2 Parents.
Please find some time during a weekend to join Last but not least not least , I would like to express
the biggest book event in Poland, held on my gratitude to the PTA and cohort of Indian ladies
Galicyjska 9 from 27th till 30th October. More who made a fabulous Divali Bake’a’cake sale. The
information can be found here https:// taste of all cokies, both the spicy and sweet ones,
www.ksiazka.krakow.pl/pl/ was wonderful and the whole BISC
Whether you are a book connoisseur or not, we community enjoyed it
will all enjoy the season which is called the Golden enourmously
Polish Autumn. The variety and the intensity of
I wish you a great mid-term break
colours is breathtaking. Find a few moments a take
holiday
your family for a walk in any of the Cracow’s Parks.
Remaining sincerely yours
Great costumes, spooky masks, hundreds of
spiders, noisy skeletons and beautiful orange Dr Stanislaw Kwiecinski
pumpkins will make the Friday of 28th an
unforgettable Halloween event. Ms Eva Malaga INSIDE THIS ISSUE
THE HEAD OF SCHOOL MESSAGE
with the assistance of IB students will arrange Page 1
Altar of the The Dead exhibition (Exposicion Altar PRIMARY NEWS
de Muesrtos) – the Mexican way of celebrating Pages 2 - 6
“Day of the Dead” (Dia de los Muertos). SECONDARY NEWS
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At that point I would like to mention !st November IB NEWS
– All Saints Day and 2nd November – All Souls Day – Pages 6 - 9
UNIVERSITY NEWS
two very special day in Poland, where our
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thoughts and prayers are with those who have SCHOOL CALENDAR
passed away. We light candles on their graves and Page 11
Year 3 News
In year 3 English we have been working on
describing food. How does it look, smell, taste and
feel? The only way we could work this out was to
try some different foods by looking, smelling and
tasting it. Some like it and others thought it was
disgusting but everyone tried some of the food.
Year 5 News
Year 5 have been busy writing procedural texts.
Last week we wrote an instructional piece before
seeing how well it
works :) The Energy
Bites went down a
treat with everyone!
Year 6 News
Last week, Year 6 completed their Unit on China by
visiting the
JinLing Chinese
restaurant for
lunch.
In one of the
dishes, the chef
used the mung
bean sprouts hat
we had been
growing in the
classroom.
Everyone
started off
Fri 18th November Anti Bullying Day - Wear Odd Socks All Day Classrooms and School
IB News
World Animal Day
A massive thank you for everybody who took part
in the collection for the shelter. All the items have
been already brought to the shelter and put to a
good use.
In the second part of the project the CAS students
will be helping the local cat rescue Stawiamy na
łapy to raise funds for food and veterinary care
during their charity flea market on Sunday the 6th
of November in Hala Lipowa (ul. Lipowa 4D)
between 11.00 and 19:00, so please come and join The pet food that was
us to help the cats. You can buy there books, donated by BISC parents and
students.
clothes, jewellery, pet accessories, things for home
and many more.
SKI CAMP in Civetta - get ready! See the school office or website for more details.