EIFA College Newsletter septembre/octobre 2016
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EIFA College Newsletter septembre/octobre 2016
Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com SENIOR!SCHOOL! NEWSLETTER!N°1! September/October!2016!! ! WELCOME!BACK!TO!SCHOOL!! !! Chers!parents,!chers!enfants,!! ! Notre!école!a!effectué!sa!quatrième!grande!rentrée!en!ouvrant!ses!portes! le!05!septembre!dernier.!! On!pouvait!lire!une!quelconque!anxiété!sur!le!visage!des!nouveaux!élèves;! mais!rien!de!bien!dramatique!!!! Après! cinq! semaines! passées! au! sein! de! l’EIFA,! tous! paraissent! bien! heureux!!! ! Comme!vous!le!savez,!notre!objectif!est!d’apporter!la!meilleure!formation! biIculturelle!à!vos!enfants.!! Cette! formation! s’appuie! naturellement! sur! le! potentiel! de! toute! l’équipe! éducative! composée! de! plus! de! 50! enseignants,! assistantes! et! aides! diverses!qui!encadrent!chaque!jour!vos!enfants!par!un!travail!consciencieux! et!une!dévotion!extraordinaire.! Notre! projet! pédagogique,! repris! sous! trois! grands! axes:! Bilinguisme! –! Citoyenneté!et!Créativité,!est!fondé!sur!une!forte!interaction!entre!élèves! et!enseignants,!sur!les!nouveaux!projets,!sur!le!travail!personnel!mais!aussi! en!groupes.! ! Et,!ce!dynamisme!de!l’équipe!enseignante!ne!serait!rien!sans!vous.!! L’école!EIFA,!c’est!votre!Ecole.!! Son!image!sera!celle!que!vous!en!donnerez:!votre!enthousiasme!à!la!faire! connaître,! votre! travail! et! votre! implication! dans! les! projets! et! surtout! votre! envie! de! partager! ! la! richesse! que! constitue! la! diversité! de! vos! nationalités!et!de!vos!parcours!personnels.! ! 1 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com Je!vous!souhaite!à!tous!une!excellente!année!scolaire!2016/17!!! ! Bien!à!vous,! ! Sabine!Dehon! Executive!Head! ! ! ! ! 2 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com A!special!welcome!to!all!new!staff!and!new!students!and!parents.!The!first! few! days! in! a! new! school! are! always! daunting,! but! our! community! recognises! this! and! I! have! do! doubt! that! you! will! quickly! adapt! to! our! welcoming!environment.! ! Teaching!started!in!earnest!from!the!first!day!and!sports!and!afterIschool! activities!have!kickedIoff!with!great!enthusiasm.! ! Now,!we!are!almost!at!the!start!of!the!half!term!and!although!the!weather! has!played!its!part!in!making!the!start!an!enjoyable!one,!credit!must!go!to! our!teachers!and!students!for!getting!into!a!teaching!and!learning!routine.! Well!done!!!A!big!thank!you!also!to!our!parent!volunteers!who!immediately! got! involved! with! the! Jeans! for! Genes! fundraising! drive! and! the! planning! for!the!Halloween!celebrations.!A!bake!sale!was!organised!to!help!finance! all!the!wonderful!things!that!the!students!will!experience!on!21!October! ! Isabelle!Faulkner! Head!of!Administration!and!Finance! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 3 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com HIGHLIGHTS! ! JEANS!FOR!GENES!! par!Catherine!Faure! ! Depuis! son! ouverture,! l’EIFA! soutient! plusieurs! organisations! caritatives.! Parmi! elles,! la! charity! britannique!Jeans!for!Genes.!! Quelle!est!l’origine!de!cette!journée!?! En!Angleterre,!il!est!d’usage!de!porter!un!uniforme!à!l’école.!Lors!de!Jeans! for! Genes! Day,! il! est! possible! de! manière! tout! à! fait! exceptionnelle! de! porter!des!jeans!en!échange!d’!£1.!! À! l’EIFA,! nous! n’avons! pas! d’uniforme! mais! nous! tenons! tout! de! même! à! nous!associer!à!cette!juste!cause.!! C’est!pourquoi,!vendredi!23!Septembre!dernier,!toute!l’école!de!la!crèche! au!lycée,!en!passant!par!les!professeurs,!les!membres!de!la!direction!et!de! l’administration,!s’est!habillée!en!jeans!en!échange!d’£1.! ! ! 4 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com Une! vente! de! gâteaux! préparés! par! les! parents! de! l’école! ainsi! qu’une! vente!de!badges!ont!également!eu!lieu.! Cette!action!n’est!pas!seulement!une!manifestation!généreuse!de!solidarité! collective.! Elle! fait! partie! des! valeurs! que! l’EIFA! défend.! Sur! le! plan! pédagogique,! nos! élèves! sont! amenés! à! réfléchir! à! la! tolérance! et! au! respect!des!autres!malgré!leurs!différences.! ! Nous!sommes!heureux!de!vous!faire!part!du!montant!de!la!collecte!:! £!585! soit!une!augmentation!de!30%!par!rapport!à!l’an!passé.! Cette!somme!sera!intégralement!reversée!à!la!charity.!! Un!grand!merci!à!tous!pour!votre!implication!et!votre!générosité.! ! PROCHAINES!DATES!À!RETENIR!:!LE!TÉLÉTHON!:!2!ET!3!DÉCEMBRE.! ! ! 5 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com SOUVENIRS! ! CONGRATULATIONS!! ! We!are!very!pleased!to!announce!that!our!two! former! year! 10! students,! Léa! and! Louis,! who! took! the! DNB! exam! last! year,! have! passed! it! successfully!with!honour!receiving!the!mention! “Good”.! ! All! the! teachers! are! very! proud! of! them! and! wish!them!all!the!best!for!their!future!! ! ! ! ! ! 6 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com EXPOSITION!D’ART!À!DUCHESS!HOUSE! Le! 30! Juin! dernier,! les! parents! de! l’école! secondaire! ont! eu! le! plaisir! d’admirer! les! œuvres! de! leurs! enfants! exposées! à! Duchess! House,! notre! superbe! bâtiment,! transformé! pour! l’occasion! en! Galerie! d’Art! par! le! professeur! d’Arts! Plastiques,! Claire! de! Quénetain.! Un! joli! moment! de! partage!pour!tous!et!de!fierté!pour!nos!jeunes!artistes,!ravis!de!présenter! leurs!productions.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 7 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Cela! fut! également! pour! les! parents,! l’occasion! de! découvrir! les! magnifiques! et! non! moins! insolites! carnets! de! voyages! réalisés! par! leurs! enfants,! retraçant! le! voyage! à! Bath! et! Oxford! qu’ils! avaient! effectué! au! mois!de!Mai!avec!leurs!professeurs,!Mme!Faure,!Mme!Olivi!et!Mr!Kuhn.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 8 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com QUE!LE!SPECTACLE!COMMENCE!!! ! C’est,! comme! à! l’accoutumée,! par! un! magnifique! spectacle! que! s’est! achevée! cette! année! scolaire.! Chants,! danses,! pièces! de! théâtre! se! sont! succédés!permettant!à!tous!les!enfants!d’exprimer!leurs!talents.! ! Le! thème! du! voyage! était! à! l’honneur.! Petits! et! grands! sont! partis! à! la! découverte!du!monde!et!de!ses!cultures!variées!pour!le!plus!grand!plaisir! de!tous.!! ! FÉLICITATIONS!À!NOS!TALENTUEUX!ÉLÈVES!!! ! Et!un!grand!merci!à!Helen!Smith,!Sebastian!Moppel!et!à!tous!les! enseignants!pour!leur!implication!dans!ce!beau!projet.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 9 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com VIE!SCOLAIRE! ! Les!élections!des!délégués!de!classes!ont!eu!lieu!lundi!10!Octobre! et!nous!sommes!très!heureux!de!pouvoir!vous!annoncer!les!noms! des!élèves!qui!représenteront!leurs!camarades!cette!année.! ! Classe! 6ème!/!Y7!! Délégué!(s)! Raphaëlle! Lily! Lily! Anthéa! Giorgia!Flora! 5ème!/!Y8! 4ème!/!Y9! 2de!/!Y11! Suppléant!(s)! Salomé! Chloé! Paulina! Carla! Isidore! ! Bravo!à!tous!les!candidats!d’avoir!participé!à!la!vie!citoyenne!de! l’école!et!félicitations!aux!nouveaux!élus!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com ENGLISH! ! Year! 7! students! have! been! reading! the! Anne! Fine!novel,!Flour!Babies,!in!English!lessons.!As! part!of!their!work!they!had!to!make!and!then! look!after!their!own!flour!baby!for!a!few!days.! All! the! babies! were! named! and! registered! with!a!birth!certificate.!! ! Some! of! the! babies! had! a! better! experience! with! their! parents! than! others;! one! was! rescued!from!being!carried!around!in!a!closed! rucksack,!another!was!abandoned!at!home!all! day! and! another! served! as! a! rugby! ball!! The! experience! of! looking! after! the! flour! babies! will!be!written!about!by!the!pupils,!in!both!a! diary!entry!and!a!formal!report.! Journey! to! Jo’burg! by! Beverley! Naidoo! has! been! the! text! studied! by! the! Year!8!students.!We!have!used!it!to!find!out!more!about!the!experiences!of! life! for! the! nonIwhite! population! in! apartheid! South! Africa.! Pupils! have! researched! and! prepared! work! for! a! display! on! the! book;! before! the! holidays!they!will!be!writing!newspaper!articles!based!on!the!events!of!the! text.!! ! ! ! 11 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com FRANÇAIS! ! Dans! le! cadre! du! programme,! mettant! à! l’honneur! le! Réalisme,! courant! artistique!et!littéraire!du!XIXe!siècle,!les!élèves!de!quatrième!et!de!seconde! ont! réalisé! et! présenté! un! Powerpoint! sur! ce! mouvement,! ils! sont! donc! incollables!sur!ce!sujet!à!présent!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! Afin!de!poursuivre!l’étude!des!monstres,!les! élèves!de!sixième!iront!au!British!Museum!le! mercredi! 12! Octobre! aprèsImidi,! accompagnés!par!les!élèves!de!CM2,!à!qui!ils! présenteront! en! novembre! une! saynète! créée!autour!de!ces!personnages!hybrides.! ! ! ! ! ! ! 12 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com MATHS! Hello,! ! My!name!is!Lukas!Saulich!and!I!am!the!new!Maths!teacher.! ! Since!I!remember,!I!always!wanted!to!work!with!children.!I!have!found!it!as! one! of! the! most! challenging! and! fulfilling! jobs,! where! one! needs! to! combine! all! the! professional! and! personal! skills,! choosing! different! approaches!and!different!teaching!styles.!Teachers!have!the!opportunity!to! highly!influence!the!mind!of!the!new!generation!and!be!part!in!forming!of! their! personalities.! I! like! sharing! my! professional! and! personal! skills,! and! experiences! with! them.! ! My! aim! is! to! inspire! students! to! achieve! better! results.! ! After! obtaining! my! Master! degree! at! Charles! University! in! Prague! I! have! become!a!high!school!teacher!(14!to!18!years).!!I!was!teaching!Maths!and! P.E.! at! one! of! the! most! successful! schools! in! Czech! Republic,! Jan! Neruda! Grammar! School! (CzechIFrench! bilingual! school).!I! am! convinced,! that! Maths! and! P.E.! are! the! ideal! combination! subjects! referring! to! antic! kalokagathia! –! harmonious! in! mind! and! body.! They! are! both! responsible! for! such! a! skills! as! creativity,! problem! solving,! hard! working,! planning,! endurance!and!patience.!! ! I! am! so! happy! to! be! a! part! of! the! EIFA.! I! have! been! given! the! chance! to! work!with!super!nice!kids,!who!really!make!an!effort!to!achieve!the!best,! therefor!I!will!do!my!best!to!make!them!know,!understand!and!enjoy!my! subject.!:)! ! Here!are!the!different!topics!we’re!going!to!study!this!term:! Y7!I!Basics!of!geometry!(on!the!paper!and!using!the!mathematical!software! GeoGebra,! line,! segment,! halfIline,! notion! of! the! distance,! alternate! and! corresponding!angles),!Decimal!numbers!and!operations!with!them.! Y8! I! Constructions! (triangles! and! parts! of! triangles),! Order! of! operations! (BIDMAS),! Fractions! (comparing,! geometrical! expression,! addition,! 13 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com subtraction),!Symmetry!related!to!the!point,!Algebraic!expressions!(be!able! to!rewrite!an!easy!problem!by!using!the!letters!instead!of!numbers)! Y9! I! Directed! numbers! (calculation! with! directed! numbers),! Pythagoras! theorem!(2D!and!3D!problems),!Multiplication!and!division!of!the!fractions,! Data!handling!(mode,!mean!and!median),!Probability!(basics).! Y11! I! Sets! (number! sets! and! operations! with! sets),! Algebraic! expressions! (algebraic! fractions,! factoring,! equations),! Vectors! (operations! with! vectors),! Functions! (description! of! the! graphs! of! function),! Descriptive! statistics!(using!of!excel!to!describe!sets!of!data).! [email protected].! ! ! EDUCATION!PHYSIQUE!ET!SPORTIVE! Bonjour!à!tous,! ! Je!m’appelle!Mathieu!Nioche,!je!suis!le!professeur!d’éducation!physique!et! sportive! (EPS)! de! l’école.! Je! suis! originaire!de! Bayonne,! une! agréable! ville! du!SudIOuest!de!la!France.!! J’ai! étudié! les! «!Sciences! et! Techniques! des! Activités! Physiques! et! Sportives!»! (STAPS)! d’abord! dans! le! SudIOuest,! puis! à! Paris.! J’ai! pratiqué! l’athlétisme!pendant!7!ans!en!participant!à!de!nombreuses!compétitions!et! notamment!aux!Championnats!de!France.!! Je! partage! mon! temps! libre! entre! le! sport! (bien! sûr),! la! musique! et! le! cinéma.! J’aime! également! voyager! car! je! trouve! très! intéressant! et! très! enrichissant! de! découvrir! de! nouveaux! pays! et! de! nouvelles! cultures.! J’enseigne! l’EPS! à! l’EIFA! aux! classes! de! maternelles! et! primaires! depuis! 2013!et!je!suis!ravi!de!rejoindre!l’équipe!du!secondaire!cette!année.!! Les! deux! sports! pratiqués! par! les! élèves! ce! premier! trimestre! seront! l’athlétisme!et!le!basketball.!! N’hésitez!surtout!pas!à!me!contacter!à!l’adresse!email!suivante!:!! [email protected]! À!bientôt!!! ! ! 14 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com FLE!/!EAL! ! «!There!is!nothing!in!a!caterpillar!that!tells!you!it’s!going!to!be!a!butterfly!»! Richard!Buckminster!Fuller! ! Hi!everyone,!my!name!is!Batilde!Moutou!and!I!am!the!EAL!and!FLE!teacher! for!this!academic!year.!I!am!so!pleased!to!be!part!of!the!EIFA!team!and!very! excited!to!work!in!such!a!multicultural!environment.! I! believe! in! each! child’s! potential! and! use! the! diversity! of! talents! and! personalities!to!make!children!enjoy!learning.! I!look!forward!to!helping!your!children!in!French!and!English,!and!have!no! doubt!their!language!skills!will!improve.! ! [email protected].! ! ! SCIENCES! ! After!experimenting!about!the!concept!of! matter!and!inventorying!what!is!around!us,! year!7!students!are!working!on!their!first! Power!Point!presentation!about!what!can! be!found!beyond!Earth:!black!holes,! comets,!planets,!stars….! ! Après! avoir! expérimenté,! le! concept! de! matière!et!inventorié!notre!environnement! proche,! les! élèves! de! 6ème! ont! commencé! à! travailler! ! leur! première! présentation!Power!Point!sur!les!objets!de!l’Univers:!trous!noirs,!planètes,! comètes…! ! ! 15 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com Year!8!students!have!just!started!studying!the!action!of!water!on!rocks!as! part!of!the!energy!concept.!They!should!be!beginning!very!soon!modelling! rivers!to!understand!sedimentation!and!sedimentary!rocks!formation.! ! En!classe!de!5ème,!nous!venons!juste!de!commencer!à!étudier!l’action!de! l’eau! sur! les! roches! dans! le! cadre! de! notre! thème! sur! l’énergie.! Nous! devrions! commencer! très! bientôt! les! maquettes! de! rivières! pour! comprendre!la!sédimentation!et!la!formation!des!roches!sédimentaires.! ! ! In! year! 9,! we! have! just! started! working! on! our! “Arduino”! based! project! involving!electricity,!electronics,!technology!and!coding!concepts.! ! ! En! 4ème,! nous! venons! de! commencer! à! travailler! notre! projet! interdisciplinaire! “Arduino”!faisant!intervenir!l’électricité,!la! technologie! et! des! notions! de! programmation.! ! ! In! relation! with! the! first! part! of! the! curriculum! “Health”,! year! 11! students! are! working! on! sound! and! light! waves.!! ! Dans! le! cadre! de! la! partie! santé! de! leur! programme,!les!élèves!de!2de!travaillent!sur!les! ondes!sonores!et!lumineuses.! ! 16 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com ROME!PROJECT! LET’S!GO!TO!ROME,!THE!ETERNAL!CITY!!!! ! Mrs!Olivi!and!Mrs!Faure!are!very!happy!to!offer!this!fantastic!opportunity! to!all!students!of!the!Senior!school.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! When:!From!7!March!to!10!March!2017.!! ! Who!:!Year!7!to!Year!11!students! ! The! objectives! of! the! trip! to! Rome! are! to! consolidate! and! learn! about! a! new!culture!linked!to!Antiquity,!as!part!of!the!French!and!History!national! curriculum.! ! A!first!parent!presentation!meeting!was!held!on!Tuesday!27!September.! ! We!will!keep!you!updated!during!the!course!of!the!year.! ! Don’t!hesitate!to!contact!us!if!you!have!any!questions!about!this!school!trip! at:! [email protected]! [email protected]! [email protected]! 17 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com AGENDA! ! Lundi! 5! septembre! :! Rentrée! des! élèves.! Bienvenue! à! tous! et! excellente! année!scolaire!!! ! Tuesday!23!September:!Jeans!for!Genes!Day.! ! Mardi!27!septembre,!18h00!–!20h00!:!Réunion!d’information!générale!pour! les!parents!en!présence!de!tous!les!enseignants!et!présentation!du!voyage! à!Rome!par!Mme!Faure,!Mme!Olivi!et!Mr!Kuhn.! ! Monday!3!October:!Fire!Drill.! ! Vendredi! 7! Octobre! au! Dimanche! 10! Octobre! :! Élection! des! délégués! de! parents!en!ligne.! ! Monday!10!October:!Individual!and!class!photos.! ! Mardi! 11! Octobre! et! Mercredi! 12! Octobre! :! Élection! des! délégués! élèves! avec!leur!professeur!principal.! ! Wednesday!12!October:!Outing!at!the!British!Museum!for!year!6!and!year!7! with!Mrs!Olivi!and!Mrs!Faure.! ! Jeudi!20!Octobre!14h00!–!17h00!:!Réunion!Parents/Professeurs.!Les!élèves! ont!cours!de!8h25!à!12h35!et!sont!libérés!à!13h00!après!le!déjeuner.! ! Friday! 21! October:! Halloween! day!! Who! will! be! the! winner! of! the! most! eccentric!costume!competition!this!year?! ! ! 18 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928 Duchess House 10 Duchess street London W1G 9AB +44 20 7637 5351 www.ecole-ifa.com DIVERS! ! ! N’hésitez*pas*à*nous*rejoindre!* * * @ecoleIFA* * * 19 L’Ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Limited is a registered company in England. Company No 07302928