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Term One

Week 8 (WEEK B)

Mon 5 Oct

7.15 - 7.25am: Tutor time International Day prep and Head Student elections

Students vote for the 2026-27 Head Boy & Head Girl (AM Registration)

Y11&13 Parent-Teacher Meetings

Tue 6 Oct

7.15 - 7.25am: Tutor time for International Day prep

Wed 7 Oct

7.15 - 7.25am: Tutor time International Day prep *no assembly

Head Student announcement@12.10pm

GLS – International Day prep

U15 football girls and boys @ ISB (4pm); UKMT Senior Maths

Thu 8 Oct

7.15 - 7.25am: Tutor time International Day prep *no assembly

HPV vaccination

UKMT Senior Maths

Y7, 10, 12 A4L reports are published

Fri 9 Oct

7.15 - 8.00am: Prep in tutor room / Paraders go to Theatre at 7.30am

INTERNATIONAL DAY – we look forward to seeing you!

8.00am: PARADE! **piano steps/library

Coming up

Tue 20 Oct: Year 6 & 7 Bintang Trip; Y7 Health Screening; Y9 Parent Teacher Student Conference

Thu 22 Oct: 1-2-1 and theme Day for Y9 & Y12

Week 9 – 20-22 October - Tech Leaders are holding a typing competition at lunchtime so you can showcase your typing speed and accuracy – see more information in the posters

Notices

Head Boy and Head Girl elections – Announcement will be made on Wednesday 12.10pm

DofE Silver 2026: Well done to all the students who completed their adventurous journey.

Young Musician 2026: What a beautiful event! Thanks to all our amazing young musicians! Thank you to parents and friends for all your support.

Secondary Swim Gala: WELL DONE BLUE HOUSE!

1-2-1 and self-reflections: Tutors and students of Y10, 11, 13 met for 1-2-1 coaching conversations to support student growth areas and development.

Y10 and 11 theme day: Year 10 prepared for the DofE OE trip with first aid training and other activities; meanwhile Year 11 had a day of talks and activities linked to ‘futures’ and study skills.

International day: We look forward to this multicultural celebration

This academic year, there will be a monthly Inclusion Blog! Please follow the link for September’s blog all about Executive Function: EXECUTIVE FUNCTION.pdf

International day: We look forward to seeing you at this multicultural community celebration

Reminders

Please collect your child at 11.45 on Fridays. You may use the main entrance or pool pick up area. Please be safe. Thank you for your cooperation.

Head of Year 7

It has been another busy and exciting few weeks for Year 7, with students making the most of a range of opportunities across secondary school. Organised by our Eco Team, students had the chance to attend a screening of a locally produced film in our school theatre, followed by a Q&A with the directors and producers, which was a fantastic experience to learn more about our oceans and what we can do to help and preserve our local environment.

There has been plenty of excitement surrounding the Head Boy and Head Girl campaigns, with Year 7 getting involved and showing their support for the Year 12 candidates. They have also been working closely with their tutors to plan and create their stalls for International Day next Friday, and we are looking forward to seeing all their ideas come together!

The week was rounded off with their first Secondary Swim Gala on Thursday, where it was brilliant to see so many students taking part, supporting one another and giving their best. It has been lovely to see the year group continuing to embrace secondary school life with such enthusiasm and a real sense of community.

Head of Year 8&9

Everyone is now well and truly into the swing of school life, and it has been great to see our students settling into their routines.

As we move further into the term, please continue to have conversations at home about keeping on top of homework and staying organised for lessons. Making sure homework is completed on time and that students have the correct equipment for each lesson really does help them to feel prepared and ready to learn.

This week, we also enjoyed our annual Swimming Gala! It was fantastic to see so many students getting involved, supporting one another, and contributing to such a great atmosphere throughout the event.

Next Friday, we are looking forward to celebrating International Day. It is always a brilliant event in the school calendar, and we hope that many of you will be able to come along and join us for the celebrations!

Head of Year 10&11

A huge congratulations to all of our Year 11 Silver Duke of Edindurgh (“DofE”) Award Adventurous Journey participants. I look forward to the Year 10s getting their opportunity to embark on their Bronze DofE Adventurous Journey in November.

Well done also to all the participants in the Swimming Gala – fantastic efforts and engagement.

This week, during Academic Confidence Day, our Year 11 Students sat down with their Tutors for 15 minutes of one-to-one discussions about their wishes and targets for the year ahead, but also, crucially, the identification of the potential obstacles to achieving those targets. Do ask your children about their goals – the more people that they share them with the bette,r as we can all help support them, and hold them to account for the targets they have set themselves. During the rest of the day, tips and guidance about exam preparation were provided by Year 12 students (for whom the IGCSE journey is still very fresh in their minds) and a range of teachers. The key takeaways were that now is the time to start your revision for mocks in January (if you haven’t already) and that you should make a plan about when, and for how long, you will put in some revision each week. Make that target manageable and just stick to it. As always, your support and encouragement from home is hugely valuable.

I look forward to seeing lots of Year 11 Parents at the Parent-Teacher meetings on Monday. My view is that your child attending with you is crucial, so please encourage them to come along. They are the ones who need to know exactly what they can do to make progress.

Head of Year 12&13

It has been another busy few weeks at ISB for our IB students, with plenty of events and opportunities for them to get involved in. It was fantastic to see so many of our Year 13 students taking part in the Secondary Swim Gala this week. Several students have commented on their growing awareness of the many “lasts” they will experience during their final year at ISB, and they are determined to make the most of these opportunities and soak up the community spirit along the way. With plenty more events still to come, we hope they continue to embrace everything that their final year has to offer!

We also celebrated the ISB Musician of the Year, which was won by our very own Year 13 student, Chloe — congratulations, Chloe! Our Year 12 students have had an exciting week too, with the Head Boy and Head Girl campaigns now well underway. Good luck to all of the candidates! They also had the opportunity to hear from An-Nur Harapan about ways in which ISB students can volunteer and support the local community. Giving back and getting involved in our wider community is something we strongly encourage all of our students to embrace, and we look forward to seeing how they take these opportunities forward.

We have another busy week ahead, with our Year 13 Parents’ Evening taking place on Monday. This is a valuable opportunity for parents to meet with subject teachers, discuss their child’s progress and consider the next steps in preparation for the mock examinations in January. On Wednesday, we will also announce the results of the Head Boy and Head Girl elections before moving on to one of the most anticipated events on the ISB calendar — International Day! We hope to see many of you there as we come together to celebrate the wonderful internationalism and community spirit that makes ISB such a special place.

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