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MEF International School, IstanbulWeekly Newsletter13 March 2020 |
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During a Library lesson this week Grade 4 and 5 had a meaningful discussion about Dr. İbrahim Arıkan, the founder of MEF Schools. We discussed how his passion and perseverance made him a role model. |
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Please come to the elementary library to see a selection of Grade 3's Historiated Dossals. Historiated Dossils were an art form common in western Europe during the late Middle Ages. They featured a central figure surrounded by stories from the person’s life. Grade 3 students have created their very own historiated dossals. Some of them are based on the lives of real historical individuals, while some groups chose to make up their own imaginary heroes. |
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Grade 3 went on a field trip this week to a clothing factory as part of their UOI unit on economics. Here the boys are holding a metal glove that the fabric cutter uses when he is cutting many layers of fabric with a jig saw. |
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Grade 4 are on fire with their Mathletics learning. Check out the students who have received Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates recently. |
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Here's a picture of Grade 2 singing 'The River' at the Assembly this morning....the song highlights that all children deserve the right to achieve their dreams. It is written for the children of the Ganges School in India. Thank you Mr Dennis! |
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During our School Council Assembly last Friday our Animal Care Club announced that they have now successfully adopted a Fennec Fox using the money that has been donated. Selected students were also presented with a small gift for their positive contributions towards our school community, for example for showing leadership skills, resilience and hard work. |
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Our grade 4 and 5 baking students are loving their baking club. Thank you to Ms Goldie for organising this. |
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This is Play Based learning time in the preschool butterfly classroom. Children learn well when they are mentally active, engaged, social, and can make meaningful connections to their lives, which are all characteristics of play. |
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According to John Hattie, Visible Learning and Teaching occurs when teachers see learning through the eyes of students. You can see many displays around our school that illustrate this. Check out what Grade 2 have been learning about in Maths and UOI. |
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Nowruz is celebrated by a large number of MEF’s students and parents from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and many other parts of the world. It is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition which celebrates the first day of Spring on March 21st. Ms. Goldie would like to give a big thanks to our Iranian and Azerbaijani parents for setting up the lovely displays in the primary and secondary school and the tasty treats. |
IMPORTANT INFORMATIONMEF IS, as well as all schools across Turkey, will be closed between March 16-23 as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19. Online education will be provided to students during this week. Our Spring Break, planned for March 23-27, will remain the same. There will be no online education during this week. |
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The girls arrive at the XIV Annual Session of the Junior Model United Nations Development Programme held at Koc School. |
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Our students represented China and Cote d'Ivoire on the UN Security Council Special Committee, and China on the UNODA Development Committee |
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Having a well earned break from drafting and debating committee resolutions |
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MEF International School and MEF National School Robotics Club students participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition. This competition is carried out under strict rules and limited time and resources. |
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The MEF Thunders Robotics team of students were challenged to raise funds, design a team 'brand', hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-sized robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. |
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The MEF Thunders Robotics team participated in the quarterfinals in a field of 47 teams from Turkey and 8 from other European countries. |
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The IB Turkish Literature class discussed the details of the novel titled The Kite Runner through the Harkness Method. |
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MEF IS & NS grade 10 and 11 students contributed to their futures by participating in the Pre-ACT on the MEF IS campus Saturday. These results will help point them in the direction of a potential career and in how best to prepare for the rigors of university academics. |
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‘Tis the Season! (Exam Season, that is!) Between now and the end of the school year, students will be progressing through a gauntlet of exams in and out of MEF International School. The attached video - “9 Great Tips To Improve Concentration for Kids” by Kreative Leadership - gives a variety of evidence-based practices for helping students improve concentration even while dealing with exam stress. |
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A message from the MEF IS College Counselling Department: |
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Dear MEF IS Community, Due to the current health climate, the High School Careers Day Event scheduled for Wednesday, March 18th has been combined with the Middle School Careers Day Event and is TENTATIVELY scheduled for Thursday, May 7th. If you are interested in presenting to our students at this much loved event, please contact us in the MEF IS CCD: dogrum@mefis.k12 & potterj@mefis.k12. Wishing you the Best of Health! John Potter & Monica Dogru |
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150 University Offers and Counting! Congratulations, MEF National School and International School Seniors, truly an impressive achievement . . . there are still more offers to come as we are now entering the peak season. |
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MEFIS 2nd annual Girl’s Empowerment Night was a tremendous success with team building activities, a self-defense lesson, talks surrounding self-love and equality, a delicious dinner provided by the PTA and families, group TikToks and dancing. A big thanks to the Empowerment Committee! |
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Grade 12 students completed IB oral exams this week for Spanish and French. During the preparation time students examined a literary extract or visual stimulus in order to respond to key features of the text such as language, characterization and structure. |
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It is never too late to start practicing good study habits! Students can join after school support sessions if they are falling behind in a class (below 70%). Parents must complete the sign up form by noon on the day of the desired session. Students/parents should talk to the subject teacher before signing up for the after school session. Link for after school support sessions. |
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PSHE classes have been discussing the helpful and harmful nature of peer pressure. Daring someone to do better or to adopt healthy habits can be a good use of peer pressure, whereas daring someone to do something harmful or embarrassing is a form of bullying. Grade 6 exhibits this understanding with their “Don’t You Dare” Campaign where they encourage their classmates not to engage in harmful daring games. |
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