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- Arusha Campus News – 1 Dec 2024
UWC East Africa Arusha Campus Newsletter Sunday 1st December 2024
Last weekend we travelled to Moshi Campus in three buses to participate in the annual Moshi Sports Weekend. This newsletter is punctuated with visual images of this amazing sporting extravaganza. Pictured above is Eben (D1) leading the Rhino’s charge in the Cross Country event!
Upcoming dates
Fri 29th-Sun 1st – OP Rides Exploration and OP Mindfulness
Fri 6th and Sat 7th – 7pm Mary Poppins School Production
Mon 9th Dec – Independence Day – School Closed
Thur 12th Dec – 1.30pm Top of the Pops
Fri 13th Dec – Last day of Semester One
Dear Parents
On Friday I had the privilege of accompanying our Early Childhood class (see picture above) to Arusha National Park as part of their unit on animals. Miss Glory, MIss Stella, Miss Beatrice and Babu Nuru led the class to explore Momella Lakes and the forests of Mt Meru and we had a fabulous time.
We are already in December and finally the rains have come to Northern Tanzania! We are now being serenaded by Red-chested cuckoos which seem to know when and where its going to rain and call incessantly to celbrate the showers.
This weekend we have successfuly completed two Outdoor Pursuits trips to Arusha National Park (Rides) and Mindfulness (Amani Light). Our OP team work hard to prepare these trips, contacting campsites, preparing food shopping, arranging transport, briefing teachers in charge and buying permits in advance. It’s therefore really important that students and staff that sign up for the trips, think carefully before signing up and once they have made a commitment to particpate, stick with that decision. As we watch several newly-elected administrative teams begin their Government terms (the United States is an example), we should be interested to see if the leaders actually hold true to their word and carry out what they said they would carry out once elected. Unfortunately, the most tragic of broken promises unravelled at COP29 in Azerbaijan as it became clear that the emission targets agreed way back in COP21 in Paris are not worth the paper they were written on. Really, the inability to ‘do what you said you would do’ is a reflection of those leaders in attendance. Its a personal quality. If you can learn to be the person that does what he/she says and stick to that plan regardless of the discomfort or inconvenience that ensues, then you can hold your head high. A proper person. Attending school every day whether to study or teach, joining an OP trip, waiting for a friend, paying school fees on time, reducing your country’s emissions? These are all promises that have been made and we should stick by them however uncomfortable the journey. If ‘doing what we said we would do’ is a quality that we can help one another develop in our school then we will be in a better place.
Have a great weekend
Phil
The euphoria of the Arusha Rhino Team as they watch the Under 16 Boys win the football crown at Sports Weekend is captured in this fabulous photograph!
Primary Years Programme News
P5 (above) researching about healthy body systems in library with Ms Bernadetha
In November and May we begin to write reports for each student in our class. In preparation the class teachers will prepare different assessments to support their understanding of your child’s progress during quarter 1 and 2. At our school we use a variety of assessment strategies for support the learning of students.
Feedback – Feedback on knowledge, conceptual understandings and approaches to learning supports students moving towards their desired learning goals.
Observation – Observing aspects of student learning as unplanned opportunities emerge in the classroom (informal observation) or observation of specific learning outcomes (formal observation)
Rubrics – Rubrics are established sets of criteria used to score or rate student work. The descriptors tell the student what characteristics to look for in the work and then how to rate the work on a predetermined scale. Teachers benefit from rubrics, as they provide specific criteria for evaluating student performance.
Checklists – A list of criteria against which students are assessed, for example elements that should be present.
Anecdotal Records – These are written notes based on student observations. They should be completed regularly, systematic, and organized.
Continuums – These are visual representations of developmental stages of learning, which include descriptors. They describe a progression of achievement or identify where a student is in a process.
Self-Assessment – Reflection on student’s own learning enable an understanding to grow in the future.
Peer feedback – a key activity through which students use the structure and language of success criteria to appraise and provide feedback on the learning of others.
Exhibition – In P6, the final PYP year at UWC East Africa, students participate in a culminating project of their learning. Students use the five essential elements in a Unit of Inquiry and will use all of their learning from their past years at school.
Amanda, Head of Primary Years Programme
Our Ultimate Frisbee team leaps for an interception in Moshi last weekend
Mary Poppins and the Arts Department!
The excitement is building as preparations for our Mary Poppins musical are in full swing! Diploma students are hard at work crafting stunning props, setting the stage for an enchanting performance (see images above and below). From painting vibrant backdrops to assembling intricate set pieces, their creativity and teamwork are truly shining.
For tickets contact the Reception—it’s a show you won’t want to miss!
Mr Thomas, Visual Arts
The Open netball team narrowly missed out on a berth in the finals on a hot day in Moshi.
MYP News
Mr Rob’s M2 Maths class (above) showed creative thinking skills as they designed and created fun and engaging Maths games.
In MYP, learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom and this week provided us with a variety of examples where students had the opportunity to develop and showcase their Approaches to Learning (ATL skills). The five ATL categories of interrelated skills aim to empower MYP students to become self-regulated learners who know how to set effective goals, pursue their aspirations and have the determination to achieve them. These skills also help to support students’ sense of agency, encouraging them to see their learning as an active and dynamic process.
Social skills: It was great to see our U16 teams show strong collaboration skills during Sportsweekend on Moshi campus. Congratulations to our U16 boys and girls basketball teams who got 3rd place, our U16 netball and U16 touch rugby teams who got 2nd place and our U16 mixed tennis double and U16 boys football team who won the tournament!
Self-Management skills: As part of Mr Gift’s Service as Action lessons, the Community project provides an important opportunity for students to collaborate and pursue service learning in a self-initiated and self-directed learning process. Kasia, Olivia (M4) and Ella (M3) demonstrated strong organisational skills as they planned, communicated, baked and delivered yummy treats as part of their successful bake sale project for Kafika House. They raised enough to send Christmas bags to all children of Kafika House, a high-love, low-cost rehabilitative surgery programme in Northern Tanzania.
More self-management skills were demonstrated by our MYP bicycle enthusiasts who practiced the skills of self-motivation, perseverance and resilience under guidance of Mr Stephane and Mr Frank during their OP Rides trip to Momella.Research skills: M5 students and parents used their meeting with Ms Jessica and Mr Adam K to be informed about the transition from MYP to DP and beyond. Thank you to all who attended!
Communication skills: So many ATL skills are being practiced by our school production team (how about perseverance, helping others to succeed, setting challenging long-term goals to name just a few!) as they engaged in a semester of musical rehearsals under direction of Ms Sarah and Mr Ronald. However, here I will highlight how the student actors, dancers, musicians and back stage crew developed speaking skills and used the media of theatre, music and dance to communicate meaning. I hope everyone in our school community will come to see the musical Mary Poppins on Friday 6th or Saturday 7th December – tickets available at school reception!
Thinking skills: Of course, we also saw classroom learning as normal. Mr Rob’s M2 Maths class showed creative thinking skills as they designed and created fun and engaging Maths games.
Miss Anoek, Head of MYP
Escape Room CCA
All semester a big group of secondary students, from M1 to D2, have been working and playing together; learning about escape rooms, solving puzzles and finally designing and putting-together an escape room of their own. Their creativity and efforts have been rewarded by the official opening of “Disast-Air in the Jungle”, which is open for members of the UWCEA community to come and play – whilst making money for the scholarship fund. We hope to have the room available for the rest of this semester and the first few weeks of next semester.
Congratulations to the Escape Room Team!
Our Open boys’ basketballers made it to the final only to lose out at the last hurdle to our perennial foes from Moshi campus!
Art and Design with Mr Rab
M2 students are pictured above discussing their mandala project. We’re all glad to have Greener join our class, she’s really hit the ground running doing an awesome job!
More Art and Design with Mr Rab!
M1 students have started to illustrate their IDU projects. Here is Lulu doing her best Jackson Pollock impersonation adding stars to her night sky.
….more netball action!
University and Career Guidance News
Pictured above are some photos that capture the hard work leading up to this deadline during nighttime application workshops.
M5 Student and Family Meeting — Ms. Jessica, Ms. Anoek and Mr. Kendis hosted a meeting for M5 students and families to discuss options after M5, the IB Diploma and planning for life after secondary school. The M5s are a wonderful group and we look forward to the next phase of their journey with us.
Host Family — Recently D1 students Ido and Illy came to the Kendis/Epstein house for a Sunday afternoon lunch and hangout (see image above). Our host family program is a great way to connect with our students and provide them with a home away from home. If you would like to learn more about the host family program, please contact Coralie Bouillaut, our Head of Residential Life, at coraliebouillaut@uwcea.org.
Adam K, University and Career Counselor
Zarine (M3) serves on her way to outright victory with Jack (M4) in the doubles tennis tournament.
One evening full of mysteries and classic stage magic, CloseUp and Mental-Magic.
First time in Arusha – only Magic Theatre in Africa
The Metropole Theatre in Arusha is coming back to life! Renovation in Progress to bring Art & Culture back to the Theatre which was opened 1956 and is still has this charming flair.
An abandoned place is going to be reborn.
Seats limited to guarantee a close up atmosphere – and a spectacular view from each seat.
A real magic theatre
A night of miracles and fun – mysteries and enchantment.
LIVE Performance
(Show will be in English – suitable for adults and kids older than 13 years)
A show for kids will be performed in January
Only 3 Performances in December
13th, 14th and 15th December17:00 till 19:00 (30 Minutes Break)
Entrancefee 50.000 TZS/Person
Premium/VIP – Seats 60.000 TZS/Person’sFor reservations please use:
magic@metropole-theatre.com
Calendar
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