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MEF International School, Istanbul
Weekly Newsletter
15 May 2020
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The Social Committee threw an eventful evening of games for MEFIS’ most competitive teachers. Can you guess what word Ms. Jesi was ‘trying’ to draw?
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Please be advised that cars will no longer be able to come inside the school campus for safety reasons. Instead, vehicles will need to park in the lower parking lot where the bank machine is located.
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Walk Day was a roaring success! Check out these adventurous walkers from PreK.
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3B made dioramas that showed their learning of biomes, the animals and plants found in them and the features that are unique to this ecosystem.
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Here are some resilience and mindfulness activities from our ECC and Grade 2 students. These were completed as part of their PSE lessons. |
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Library: Grade 2 students learned about shape poetry and then they created some inspiring shape poems! |
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MEF IS Primary School students enjoyed participating in Virtual clubs this week. Here are a few of the options they had. |
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We hope all of our families enjoyed our Wellness Wednesday. |
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Kindergarten Students are on their way to Grade one! This was their sentence study. They are working on their capital letters, spaces between words, and punctuation. This was also a way to find out what they have been enjoying from this online learning. |
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Introducing one of Grade 4's highlights of the week! |
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Check out some of the wonderful performing acts in Grade 4's Got Talent Show. |
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FROM THE CCD : College & Career Planning – A Brief Overview: The internet has a wealth of information available to students, parents, and counsellors. For a brief overview of the main focus per high school grade and a selected sample link, please see below. If any questions just let us know.
Grade 9: Focus-Career Planning: Career Planning in Grade 9
Grade 10: Focus-Preliminary University Research:Focus Preliminary Link
Grade 11: Focus–Intensive University Research: Focus Intensive Link
Grade 12: Focus–University Applications University Admissions: How Will Covid-19 |
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Exam Week 4 will take place May 28-June 5
- We will not have traditional exams for exam 4.
- Students will have 1 day on the exam 4 schedule to improve a previous piece of significant work for each class.
- Teachers will inform students about the assignment selected for resubmission 1 week before the assigned exam day for the class.
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In secondary HCS classes, Middle Schoolers learned about the meaning and importance of May 19th - Youth & Sports Day, through educational videos and competitive online games. |
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Several of our Grade 7 and 8 students will be taking part in the 2020 New York Times’ Student Podcast Competition next week. The winning students will be featured on the Learning Network page - wish them luck! |
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The IB1 English Language and Literature class is doing a mini unit on photography, so we were lucky enough to be joined by Miss Blundon, who helped us learn and practise using differing techniques. Thank you so much Miss Blundon and students for picking up your cameras! |
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Between burnt pizza, video game fanatics, bad haircuts and songwriters, the Grade 7s are sure to dazzle you with their ‘Social Distancing Newspaper’. Take a look at the entire newspaper attached to this week’s newsletter. |
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Cialfo is hosting another Virtual University Fair one week from today. Parents of students in high school are encouraged to mark your calendars and experience this opportunity with your child. These events provide a WEALTH of information about universities and help prepare for this next important step in life in the comfort of your own home. The MEF CCD will share specifics on how to sign up for this event with students via their CCD Google Classrooms. |
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Thank you, Mr. Ibbotson, for keeping us active even when we're in a 'Stay at Home' situation. Both the student and teacher participants and supporters were inspired and excited to see our Secondary Relay Marathon! |
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The Secondary Student Council hosted a Virtual Game Night for Middle School students last week. Everyone who joined had a great time and lots of laughs! |
Calendar
- May 18 MEFIS holiday, no school
- May 19 Youth & Sports Day, no school
- May 25-26 Ramadan Bayram Holiday, no school
- May 28-June 5 Secondary School exam week 4
- June 5 - PS Virtual Art Show
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