EUROPE DAY FESTIVAL

Thank you to all those who joined us for Europe Day last Sunday. It was a beautifully sunny day full of activities, music, and great food. Student ‘BIS’ passports were a hit, certainly something we look forward to expanding upon next year. Great performances from the school band, as well as from the ‘Lesson Plans’ (BIS’ teacher band), kicked off a great event. We were also very grateful to have Mr. David Bonte speak on behalf of the European Union Delegation. Such a great event doesn’t happen without the hard work of many. A special thanks for Ms. Sheila and Ms. Magdalena, the organizers of this year’s Europe Day. Additionally, a big thanks to Mr. Thierry and Ms. Mirzat for their technical help to make things run so smoothly. BIS puts a lot of emphasis on its community driven nature and the high turnout this Sunday reaffirmed this. It was wonderful to have those from the greater Bishkek community join us for such a lovely event. You can find more photos from Europe day here.

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Come sell and shop at ESCA-Bishkek

International School!

Tables are 400 som. Space is limited!

To reserve a table email

Parents Association at

parentsassociation@esca.kg

or call 0312 21 44 06

Parents Association at ESCA-Bishkek

International School kindly invites you to its

Annual Summer Garage Sale

67A Bronirovannava St.

SATURDAY

MAY 27th

10-12am

MAY SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB – OPEN FOR ORDERS

Encouraging reading is one of the most important things we can do to help your child succeed. With the help of Scholastic, now it's easier than ever to find stimulating English language books for your child! The

Scholastic Book Club is taking orders for the May catalogue right now and every book that you purchase gives ESCA BIS credit that we can spend on new books. Last month we used our credit to buy 12 new books!

This month orders must be placed before 16.30 on June 16th. Please make your order before this time. As usual, orders can be placed online by going to https://eu-shop.scholastic.co.uk/schools/bishkekinternationalschool or by filling out the scholastics book club order form found in the latest catalogue and submitting it to the school library. Payments should be made at the Accountant’s office. The May Scholastic Catalogues are available at the school reception and in the library. As always, thanks for your support! Happy reading!

The Library Committee

JAPANESE TAIKO PERFORMANCE

What a wonderful Japanese Taiko performance this past Friday! Guests Mr. Kaiden and Ms. Kanykei from the Kyrgyz-Japan Center for Human Development (KRJC) put on a traditional Taiko performance giving some cultural insight to our Primary Students. Taiko is an ancient Japanese form of percussion using large drums. The drums range in size from roughly a snare drum ("shime"), to drums as large as a car (the "o-daiko"). The most common drum size in taiko is the "chu-daiko" which is the size of a wine barrel. During the 1900's, Taiko drumming became a musical art form that involved a music ensemble and tightly choreographed movements. This is taiko as we know it today. One of taiko's most defining aspects is it's dynamic playing style. Taiko playing is loud, hard, and fast, and involves a lot of choreographed movement which many identify with Japanese martial arts. Students were able to participate and even hold a brief Q & A session thanks to our translator Kaito Haraguchi (Diploma Program 1 student). A special thanks to Ms. Makiko for organizing this event.

HIKING ECA In accordance with IB Diploma Program syllabus, my team, which includes Anton Grier and Viktoriia Tian, decided to

introduce a camping/hiking ECA to our school curriculum. The idea was developed due to an absence of camping

field trips in a country with huge potential for outdoor tourism. So with the arrival of spring, we began to actively

organize the ECA and with it our first trip. The long, 5-day holiday gave us an excellent possibility to organize a trip

with no harm to anyone’s schedule and on 6th of May, our planned trip came into reality.

My team, Ms. Aida, our tour guide, Mihail Mihaylovich, and 13 students left school by bus at 8 am. We were driving

for 1 and a half hours to the Kegeti Gorge. There we first stopped to visit a magnificent waterfall, which you can see

on pictures and then we drove for additional 10 minutes until the hiking start point. The hike took place in a forest.

Our group was moving uphill for 1 and a half ours until a picnic point. During the hike, magnificent views opened for

us. We were happy to witness the beauty of spring in the mountains. We were also happy to have a rest after the

hike, to try Mihail Mihaylovich's tea made of wild grasses and berries, and to just enjoy snacks while looking at the

nature of Kyrgyzstan.

My team and I were happy to hear positive comments about the trip from our students. If you or your child did not

have a chance to come, we will be organizing another trip

at the end of June; this time camping trip. This trip will be

going for 2 days at the Kegeti Gorge. More information will

be shared next week. So be sure not to miss it!

Akim Ruslanov, Diploma Program

BIS SCHOLARSHIPS

BIS provides scholarships for the best students in the country in order to give them an excellent education so that they qualify to enter top universities worldwide.

This year we are announcing 50% to 90% discount scholarships from the school fee for 16-17 year old students

applying for International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (students of grade 10-11 in local schools). And 50% to

90% discount scholarships from the school fee for 14-15 year old students applying for Cambridge IGCSE (students of

grade 8-9 in local schools).

Please help us to spread the word about scholarships and share the news with your friends and colleagues! Full

information about scholarships in English is here and in Russian is here. If you have any questions about scholarships

please email Aziza Kerimova, akerimova@bis.kg

LUNCH MENU

The lunch menu for May 22– May 26 is here: Menu

Form Teachers and our Chef are responsible for adjusting this menu to avoid any foods your child cannot eat, according to the information provided to us by you.

KEEP IN TOUCH

If you have anything you want to discuss or suggestions for the school, please contact your Form Teacher and they

will either answer directly or pass the message on to the right person. Messages can be sent in English or Russian, or

in your own language. If you do not know the correct email address for the person you want to write to, please write

to info@bis.kg and our Reception will forward your email to the right person.

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The theme of this week in Preschool 1 was “Around

the world”. We explored continents, countries and

our home countries. We also learned our country flag

and marked them on a world map. We discovered

how people live differently in different countries and

how we speak in many different languages. We visited

India and made Mehndi, the art of painting henna on

hands, which is mostly associated with the wedding

ceremony. We were in Greece and had fun making

Greek salad. Finally, we discovered much about

Japanese culture and learned how to make origami.

This week Preschool 2 tuned into toys of the 1950s

/60s. Children compared toys from the past to the present and

identified and classified toys. We investigated to see how toys

changed over time and why. We watched an educational video

of 1950s toys, then we discussed if toys from the 1950s were

the same as today. Children gave their ideas on how the toys

from the past were the same or different from today; as we

talked about it, children began to learn the concept of old and

new. They also begin to think about what had changed in their

own lives from the past, for example clothes they wore or toys they played with; this helped children to develop

their speaking and listening skills. Children enjoyed making toys from long ago with fabric such as socks puppets and

paper clowns with movable limbs. Children

told us all about the toys they brought into

school for the week, if it looked like a toy from

long ago or today, why and how they play with

it, what their toys were made of and how the

toys moved.

This week Preschool 3 focused on maths and

literacy through nature. We sorted out

forest’s animals according to their habitat

(underground, water or forest). We explored

maps and what do the colors in the maps

mean (ocean, grass, forest, desert); we

realized that the forest is getting smaller and

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Preschool Discoveries

the deserts getting bigger,

therefore we need to protect

the environment. We learned

to sort out nature objects like

sticks, leaves or seeds, and we

discovered that each person

may focus and sort out

objects according to different

characteristics. We followed

animal’s tracks to remember

our ‘tricky’ words; we played in a mud kitchen; we made tape bracelets to collect different

objects in our playground and then talked about them with the rest of the class. We also went

on a capital letter scavenger hunt around school, and then we had to place the letters we found next to the right

lower case letter. We had lots of fun.

Enjoy your weekend,

The Preschool Team.