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Secondary Parents in the loop 25-26

"Dare to Do"

Week 14 (WEEK B)

Year 10 DofE Adventurous Journey – time to get resourceful and resilient!

Thanks to staff, students and parents for your support in the events and activities below

Y10&12 PTM

We look forward to seeing you at the Year 7&8 PTMs next week

Main Notices

We had an incredible week celebrating our world class IGCSE 2025 results with students and parents!

Year 12 students are also now already researching and finding out more about the ‘futures. University fairs, like the one that happened this week, are an important part of this.

We now look forward to seeing our ISB athletes represent Brunei in the ASEAN games and Hasya (Year 10) taking part in the ASEAN Camp for Gifted students in Science.

Reminders

Year 7 and 8 Parent-Teacher meetings this coming week. Please book another time with the sec office if there are ‘double bookings’ you cannot make this for any reason.

Year 10 DofE: Mon 24 – Tues 25 Nov and Thurs 27 – Fri 28. Pupils doing DofE will be absent for all lessons on those days and for Period 5 and 6 on Wednesday 26 Nov. Students not doing DofE will come to lessons as normal all week where they will be given the opportunity to do consolidation work.

Do not forget to check ISB Instagram and FB for photos and stories!

Mon 24.11.25

Tutor time
Y7 PTM

Tue 25.11.25

Tutor time
ISB Seria Parent Info Session
IGCSE Art Mock

Wed 26.11.25

7.15 - 7.25am KS3 Assembly
IGCSE Art Mock
Y8 PTM
IGCSE Mock Oral Exams

Thu 27.11.25

7.15 - 7.25am KS4 & KS5 Assembly
Seria sleepover in residence
IGCSE Mock Oral Exams

Fri 28.11.25

House Assemblies: Red = Theatre; Yellow = English; Green = Humanities; Blue = Maths (note that use of the theatre will rotate through the houses, next up will be Yellow on 28th Nov)

Coming up

Achievement assemblies

Term Two – a ‘snapshot’!

6thJanuary: First day of Term 2

6th- 21st January: Y11&13 Mock

13-15th January: Year 12 Group 4/CAS Project (IB requirement/off-timetable)

21st January: Y9 PTM
28th January: Y10&11 Music Showcase
9th and 11th February: Y11&13 PTM
17-23rd February: Half term

15-20th February: U13 FOBISIA

19th February: Ramadan

23rd February: National Day

25th February: Y9 Showcase

2-6th March: Careers week

11th March: Y8&9 Music concert

13th March: Last day of Term Two

Reminders

School starts at 7.10am - please make sure your child is on time

Heads of Year weekly wrap up

Message from Head of Year 7:

Celebrating the incredible performers of the Year 7 & 8 Showcase. Year 7 students showed great effort and determination towards the process! We also have our wonderful Samuel Ong representing Brunei Darussalam at the ASEAN games!

Message from Head of Year 8 & 9:

Congratulations to all Year 8 students for their excellent performances in the recent Year 7 & 8 Showcase.
Big congratulations to our Year 9 Ugama students. It’s been a tough few weeks with your exams, but you’re nearly at the finish line. Well done, everyone!

Message from Head of Year 10 & 11:

Year 10: Looking forward to the DofE trip for Year 10 and what the students have planned for their meals this year.
Year 11 – the first Mock Exam (English Literature) is already completed but plenty more to prepare for over the December holiday (exam dates are 6 to 20 January 2026). The last two GLS sessions of the term will be about finalising revision plans for the holiday period. Please talk to your child about their planned revision timetable and help them stick to it.

Message from Head of Year 12 & 13:

Congratulations to the Year 12 students who attended the IGCSE celebration last Friday and thank you to parents for joining us for this special event. Year 12 students have been busy this week with an Introduction to the Extended Essay during their Core session and are looking forward to getting started!

Our Year 13 students have also had a busy week, from running the very first IY Law workshop at ISB last weekend, organizing and hosting a Chess competition on Sunday to providing some fun during lunchtimes with ‘Sponge the Senior/Teacher’ event. All of this on top of completing IB Mock Orals for Spanish, French, Mandarin and English B!

We also have a Year 12/13 team bonding sleepover activity scheduled for next Friday 28th November 2025 meticulously planned by our Year 13 CAS students – please look out for the email to sign up!

Message from Head of Residence:

It’s been a brilliant week in the Residence! Our boarders enjoyed a wonderful hands-on traditional Kueh-making workshop with Kommunihub, filling the kitchen with smiles (and delicious smells!). We also welcomed the Year 6 Hornbill students for their sleepover, always a highlight and a great way to strengthen our community links. A huge congratulations to Iqbal Hirman, our well-deserved Boarder of the Week, and well done to everyone who received one of the nearly 20 ISB Kindness Cards shared across the Residence, a true reflection of our caring culture. We were also proud to support our Year 12 students at the Findlay University Fair, helping them explore exciting future pathways.

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