the haileybury herald

3rd October 2014
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THE HAILEYBURY HERALD
No: 6
HEADLINES by Craig Halsall
Another busy and enjoyable week in school!
How we use your feedback
We held our first Headmaster’s Open
Forum this week for parents of children in
Key Stage 1 (i.e. Years 1 and 2). This was a
good opportunity to meet with parents and
to discuss feedback about many aspects of
how we run our school. One strong
recommendation was that we should think
about using this front page of this
newsletter (the HM page) to communicate
key messages to parents every week. So,
whilst I am delighted that many of you are
finding the rest of the newsletter
interesting and enjoyable to read, we are
making a clearer separation from this week
between the HM page and news from the
rest of our school. I hope you will find this
to be a helpful change that makes it easier
to be informed of key information, yet to
continue to enjoy reading about the rest of
our school life.
Winter Uniform
All pupils must be in winter uniform by
Monday 6th October. Please inform your
child’s class teacher if there is a particular
item that is not available from the uniform
shop. I will ask class teachers to feed back
to Mr Roberts and Mr Thomas of items that
may not be available so we can try and
respond to any shortages.
Headmaster’s Open Forum: Key Stage
2 (Years 3 – 6)
This will take place in the Drama Studio on
Tuesday 7th October between 1.45pm and
2.30pm. This is an open forum and parents
of children in Years 3-6 are invited to
discuss issues of importance. I look forward
to welcoming you next week.
Year 3 Roman Day
This will take place on Thursday 9th
October. This is always a fantastic and
enjoyable day for all pupils. Parents of Year
3 pupils will receive a separate letter today
sharing full details of the day. Please read
this as it contains important information
about our expectations for pupils, including
dress requirements.
Primary Parents Evenings
These will take place on Wednesday 8th
October and Thursday 9th October for
all pupils in Years 1-6. These will take
place from 2.30pm until 6.00pm. Please see
hard copies of letters sent home with
children last Friday for more information.
Please note that there will be no primary
ECAs on these days.
6JW assembly and lessons – parents
invited!
As a further measure to engage parents in
school life, we are going to trial inviting
parents into school to attend our primary
assemblies and some selected lessons.
Whilst we cannot invite all parents to
assemblies due to limited space, we are
inviting parents of children from 6JW on
Thursday 9th October to attend their
science assembly and to spend the first
lessons of the day in Miss Watson’s
classroom. Parents are asked to be in the
Drama Studio by 8.00am for the assembly,
and may then choose to stay anytime from
8.30am until 10.15am in 6JW’s classroom.
This will be a wonderful opportunity for
parents to see how their children are
working and, if successful, we will consider
rolling out to other primary classes.
Inter-House Football Competition
We try to avoid making changes to the
calendar wherever possible. However, it is
sometimes necessary to make changes at
short notice. As a result, the Inter-House
Football Competition for Key Stage 4 & 5
students is to be rescheduled from Friday
10th October to Wednesday 15th October.
Please see the article about Inter-House
Competitions in this newsletter for further
details. Parents are invited and so we hope
to see a great turn-out!
Have an enjoyable weekend!
Craig Halsall, Headmaster
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No: 6
OUR SCHOOL NEWS:
Technology Today
Your
son
or
daughter is using
Technology in a
positive way. In
Maths they are
using an online
Maths
resource
that is being used to deliver Mathematics
learning. It has been cited that there is a
correlation with students who are using
myiMATHS effectively and performance in
the classroom and summative assessments.
It is a learning program that consciously
shifts focus from providing our students
mere Arithmetic or 'number' skills to
including many essential mathematical
concepts and skills such as observation,
logical thinking, reasoning, analysis, and
synthesis as part of the syllabus.
Donald Scott, ICT teacher
French champions of the week!
There are two champions to announce this
week: the winners of the Haileybury
Almaty French and Haileybury Almaty
IGCSE French courses on memrise.com.
Congratulations to Ece Canliel in 7TMC and
Runa Hoenger in 10ASE. Well done girls!
You have each earned a yellow card!
David Peters, Teacher of French
Dates for your Diary!
Year 3-4 House Football Competition
Thursday 16th October
1.00-2.30pm
All mums and dads are welcome.
Please come and support your children!
HOUSE NEWS
We have just had a fantastic couple of
weeks of House football competitions, for
Years 5-6 and 7-9. It was great to see so
many students taking part, showing an
impressive level of skill, determination and
sportsmanship whilst having lots of fun at
the same time.
Well done and congratulations to all the
footballers involved, especially the players
of the competition: Zarina Kozhakhmetova
7IK, Adi Baitasov 9JR, Dinmuhammed
Tynbek 5BT and Aldiyar Zhumashov 6RB.
You did a tremendous job.
A huge thank you to everyone involved for
all your help and support. We couldn’t have
done it without you.
Stephen Butters, PE teacher
Year 7-9 Results, Thursday 25th September
Year 7-9 Girls Results
1st Place
Attlee
2nd Place
Bartle Frere
3rd Place
Edmonstone
4th Place
Kipling
HOUSE FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS
We are hosting two more exciting Inter House
Football Competitions over the coming
weeks, for Year 3-4 and Year 10-13
students.
Year 10-13 House Football Competition
Wednesday 15th October
3.30-5.00pm
Photo: Year 7-9 Girls
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Year 7-9 Boys Results
1st Place
Kipling
2nd Place
Bartle Frere
3rd Place
Attlee
4th Place
Edmonstone
Photo: Year 6 pupils
Photo: Year 7-9 Boys
Year 5-6 Results, Friday 26th September
Year 5 Results
1st place
Edmonstone
nd
2 Place
Kipling
3rd Place
Attlee
th
4 Place
Bartle Frere
A Green Week Limerick about Recycling
There once was a puppy named Cake
Who sadly was drowned in a lake
The family knew
That resources were few
So they recycled the puppy as steak.
LaMascus Melana, 5DMC
Trip to Konaev Museums
A few days ago our Kazakh group had a trip
to museums of Dinmukhmmed Konaev. In
this short article I will tell about our trip.
Dinmukhammed Akhmetuli Konaev was the
first person in Kazakhstan in Soviet Union.
But in those days, his job was as follows: the
first secretary of the Communist Party.
Everyone respected him and called him
Dimas Akhmetovich.
Photo: Year 5 pupils
Year 6 Results
1st Place
Attlee
2nd Place
Kipling
3rd place
Bartle Frere
4th Place
Edmonstone
Photo: Year 10 are in Konaev’s library. They
look at the map of new cities and villages
during D.A Konayev period
Konaev museums are placed in Tolebaev
Street. There are two museums on this
street, one of them is in his apartment. In
this 4-roomed apartment you can see his big
library, which includes over 4000 books in
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different languages, presents from lots of
respectful leaders all over the world and his
cigarette lighter collection. In this museum
we have seen his cabinet, bedroom and
kitchen. Each room is surrounded by lots of
souvenirs.
He was a very respectful person, who was
loved by everyone and I respect him very
much.
Yelaman Sain , Y10 ASE
Poetry
Here are two wonderful poems by our Year 7
students Tal and Bengu. These poems are
worthy of an Attitude to Learning level 5, due
to the effort both students took to compose
the poem, the effort they took to present the
poem and the outstanding level of enthusiasm
they demonstrated during the task.
Well done!
Tom Finlayson, Head of English Faculty
the moon makes a silver path across the
water,
from the reflection of the stars.
Bengu Canliel, Year 7
Yachts
Yachts filled the sea with
Their fin-like sails and masts
The green grass colours the natural land
As they form sculpture-like hills
Seagulls spread their wings carefully
As they float over the water
Fishermen stand with their rods
Hoping for a glimpse of fish
The fluffy clouds formed beauty in the sky
As they pranced along like sheep in a herd
The moon makes a shiny
Silver pathway along the water
The seaside
The beautiful, gorgeous sky,
With white clouds moving all across the sky,
Blocks the view of the sunset.
A million of people,
Pushing each other off the pier into the deep
sea.
Children playing cheerfully,
Everyone is swimming altogether.
Houses are lying dangerously on the cliff,
Brightening the sky with their orange roofs,
Watching the crowd pass by.
Old churches and castles,
With a brilliant view of the coastline,
Freezing from the blowing wind.
Ships and boats with fin-like sails,
Drifting through the luminous, aqua water.
An uncountable land on the horizon
But the sea is the star of it all
Tal Seyhan, Year 7
KS5 News
I have learned a lot during this month. This is
my first year at Haileybury Almaty and I am
really amazed by the atmosphere of the
school. I really enjoy my Chemistry lessons.
We have passed and revised a lot of themes
where we did some practical work. We
started with the core principles of Chemistry
such as atom’s structure, relative atomic
mass, the periodic table. Later we did some
quantative
Chemistry
like
solving
concentration, empirical and molecular
formulae problems.
Being in the Sixth Form we need to work
extremely hard and be as productive as we
can.
Ainura, 12PB
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This month was very helpful for me. I have
learned and revised a lot during the lessons
of the four subjects I chose for my A-levels.
For instance, at the Chemistry classes we
have already finished the first chapter of the
book by revising some of the core principles
of the subject, such as calculating formulae
using moles, and also learning a lot of new
stuff like the purpose of mass spectrometry.
Besides studying, the students of our school
attend fascinating ECAs that are not only fun,
but also improve the students’ social and
leadership skills. Personally, I am enjoying
the clubs that I chose to be part of.
Being a new student of Haileybury Almaty, I
must say that studying here is extremely
interesting and productive. I am looking
forward to the new challenges that are ahead
for me.
Aigerim, 12PB
My first month at Haileybury Almaty as a
Sixth Form student was challenging. For the
first time it was a little bit tough to adjust to
the completely new environment, but with
the help of my new classmates I managed to
adapt to it very quickly. However, there is still
a lot of work to do and I am looking forward
to accomplish all the tasks I put in my way in
the future.
Daulet, 12PB
Being a new student in the school is always
hard. I came to Haileybury Almaty this
autumn, but immediately was impressed by
so much support and attention from our
school staff and students. After only a month
in Haileybury I already learned a lot of things
and gained some good results in my favourite
subject – Psychology. These four weeks were
an unforgettable experience for me and I’m
looking forward for more exciting moments!
Karina, 12PB
Studying in Year 12 is much harder than in
IGCSE at least because you are expected to
do twice the work with no more time than
we had in Year 11, not only that but we also
are supposed to do lots of work outside of
school. To get into top universities we are
told we have to spend as much time studying
outside of school as we do inside. For most
this means extra 26 hours/week, 3 hours a
night Mon-Fri and 5 hours Sunday &
Saturday.
Babyr 12PB
Since I moved to Almaty from Russia this
summer, my life changed significantly, and
the main change is the start of study at
Haileybury Almaty School. Before the start I
have already known that the studying
program of my new school is slightly
different from Russian, but I was ready to
work hard. From the first day I learned useful
information, such as how to manage the time
and set the targets. Now I find the study at
this school very motivating, as it’s not easy at
all, but the challenges make me work harder.
The subjects of my choice - Business Studies,
Economics, Psychology and Geography provide me a lot of useful knowledge, for
instance, the problems of world’s population,
the changes in demand and supply, the
conclusions from some world famous
experiments and the algorithm to start my
own business. A whole month passed since I
first went to Haileybury Almaty as a new
student. To be honest, I fell in love with this
school, because I’m very impressed by the
interesting and productive lessons, very
polite and professional teachers, therefore I
go to school with a smile on my face each
day.
Nataly, 12PB
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Interschool Football Primary
Year 6 to Year 3 had an amazing competition
with 4 different schools. Haileybury
participated superbly and got some
excellent victories. Years 3 and 4 won the
younger competition and Miras won the
Years 5 and 6 completion with Haileybury
coming a close second. The different football
teams were Miras, Tian Shan, AIS and KIS and
of course us. There was a player in the
tournament from Miras (older competition)
and another player of the tournament was
from AIS (younger competition). Mr.
McCammon organised this amazing match
and the fantastic Ms Welsh, Mr Butters and
Mr Adil were the referees and set up the
football pitch. Many people were subs and
cheered for their teams as well as the
amazing parents from all schools.
Amankulov Aldiyar, 5DM
Rohan Kaucher and Josh Halsall, 4SD
Photo: Rohan and Josh
Thank you to everyone for making this
interschool tournament. All schools have
been playing really grate and of course
school Miras that was playing tremendously
and won interschool tournament. I was
proud for myself and my school that we
earned 2nd place by football in the older
competition. I was so happy my Dad was able
to see me play! Haileybury won the younger
completion, congratulations. We should
congratulate all schools for great play,
participation and sportsmanship. It was really
fun and cool and I want this competition to
happen next year!
Zhangaziyev Nuraly, 5DK
Photo: Primary school pupils
I really enjoyed the interschool competition a
lot! I (Josh) played in the final and came very
close to scoring a goal. I (Rohan) hit the post
twice! It was a very intense competition but
it was fun and all the schools were fair, kind
and played very good matches. Our coach
was Mr Doohan, who prepared us for the
match. At the end of the games each team
and player showed great respect because
everyone shook hands. They played
honourably and that is the main thing!
Obviously, we really want this to happen
again! Thank you to the parents who
watched and the schools who came.
Photo: Primary school pupils
We liked this tournament because we like
football. The different schools were AIS, TIS,
MIRAS, KIS and HAILEYBURY ALMATY. There
was great sportsmanship. We scored many
goals and won lot of games. Overall in the
older tournament MIRAS won. It was very
hot and very tiring. All the schools were very
friendly and we had some excellent games.
Yuriy and Sofiya
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“…I’ve been doing it since (early)
childhood and it was fun”: Madina
6NSO
I would like to remind parents, that the fee
for Skala (3000KZT) for October is now
due.
I would like to thank Haileybury, and you,
for
organizing
the
football
tournament.
Our children
enjoyed
themselves immensely. The tournament
was well organized and run and your older
children did themselves proud with their
contribution. Thank you very much for
including KIS in the competition!
Rosie Hydar, Deputy Principal of KIS
KS2 Climbing ECA
Climbing quickly offers the opportunity to
experience a sense of challenge and
enjoyment when pupils succeed in a
difficult task. They will also learn how to
overcome difficulties and the sense of
reward this brings to their self-esteem.
The sport of climbing encourages their
physical development in more ways than
mere strength: climbers learn to move in
fluid controlled movements, often likened
to the grace of ballet.
Photo: Climbing ECA in Skala
Haileybury: Our canteen
Hello parents, teachers and pupils. My name
is Melana Lamascus and I am going to tell you
about our canteen. I have been in this school
for more than three years so I know each and
every corner of this school. Our school
provides healthy choices for children and
staff. In the canteen pupils can sit with their
friends and talk as they enjoy their food. We
have a choice of white brown bread, salads,
fruits and vegetables. We have some soup
and fish, chicken and potatoes and even a
pasta bar.
These are some comments from the
participants:
I enjoy climbing because…
- “…it is cool because it felt like I was
flying, and I wasn’t screaming”:
Sophie 5BT
- “…I am … choosing challenges and
beating them”: Jasmine 5BT
- “…I am getting to the very top, but
scary (looking) from the top”: Alisa
5DM
- “…it is fun,… I like (descending) on
the ropes, it is very cool”: Irina 6JW
- “…going down feels like flying”:
Sofiya 6NSO
Photo: Our canteen
We are very lucky to have our superb chefs
that make our food. Even my mother was
amazed when she heard what food we had in
store. We have our staff 'guarding' the
canteen. If you don't have any fruits or
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veggies they will send you back to get some.
That’s how children get healthy meals.
Remember, get the amount that you will eat.
We want to stop people dying of hunger
because we are wasting food.
Melana Lamascus, Year 5DM
In Haileybury for good things we get house
points. House points are points for good
things. If you do good work or help someone
or many things you will get a house point. In
fact if you get 10 house points you will get a
card.
Year 5 Music Lessons
Our Year 5 music lessons have been and still
are extremely fun this year because we are
composing things and stuff like that. For
example last week we first did some singing
warmups and then we watched a small and
short scene from Tom and Jerry. We watched
it three times, the first time we watched it
we watched with sound. The second time we
watched it we watched it without sound just
to see how it looked. And then the last time
we watched it we watched it without sound
and then we concentrated on what type of
sounds would go good with what is
happening in the scene.
Photo: Attlee house members
Photo: Year 5 Music Lessons
Then we got into groups and got instruments
and composed music for the scene in Tom
and Jerry. Sometimes we would sing songs
and sometimes we would not but the very
best part of a music lessons are our teacher.
He is funny and kind and I like the way he
teaches us.
Blair Schooling, 5DMc
HOUSE POINTS
This school has two different cards. One is
yellow and one is blue. It's really important
to have a card because otherwise your house
will lose. Try to do your best to get house
points. You can get lots of house points if you
wish. Don't forget to work well to get them.
Alen, 5DMc
Coming Back to Life - My Experience
We had a very cool and interesting exercise
on last Friday afternoon, it was about the
feelings that you have when you only come
to life like Monster of Frankenstein did. This
exercise helped me to feel the moment when
I just have been born, this every sound and
things that looked very strange to me when I
was little it was interesting, I had same thing
at that exercise. No difficult things are
included in this exercise, you only have to use
your knowledge of English and your
imagination. It was great fun and enjoyable
exercise for me.
Rustamov, Year 9SW
On Friday we played roles of Frankenstein
book. We played only Act 1 because we just
started to read this book. My role was a
monster, I just have to lie on the table. My
partner was playing the role of Frankenstein.
In first Act Frankenstein wants to alive the
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dead body by the electricity of storm. After
few minutes the body became alive and
Frankenstein call him a Monster.
When we played this roles it was very
interesting and funny, some moments were
very exciting. I think that when we will finish
every Act in this book we will play roles.
Adi Baitasov, Year 9JO
Photo: The monster performing
Friday role play
This week we read a book about
Frankenstein. The most interesting scene we
played in a role. It was becoming alive like a
monster on a table. We divided into 3 groups
and our teacher Mrs Susan gave us papers
for the roles, on it was the questions that the
partner should ask us. When I lie on the table
I felt a lot of pain in my back and then my
partner told me to relax. He gave me 3
minutes to do that when he started asking
me questions I answer them all and they
were very strange, because I was feeling that
I was just born and I did know anything...
Tamerlan Nurlanuly, Year 9JO
We have made a project on a Frankenstein
book. We have made a little play about
chapter one in the book. In chapter one
Frankenstein discovered a way of getting
born again, by using electricity and a
thunderstorm. He has made the monster, but
he made a thing that he didn’t want to make.
So we made an act on how the monster is
getting born, how is it to feel when you are
born again, but in a different way. In my
opinion, I think that the little play was
actually a lot of fun, because the whole class
liked the project and the acting part,
everybody where involved in a different role.
There were two different parts to the role;
you here either the monster or the professor
(Frankenstein).
I think everybody liked it, and we should do it
several times in a week, so that it will be
more interesting to read the book perhaps.
Vlad Pak, Year 9JO
Coming back to life
Hello everybody! I want to tell you about my
English lessons, which are awesome. Last
week we were doing very interesting work.
We were monsters, all of us. We were lying
on a table and imagining that we are real
monsters. While we were working I thought
that I was lying on a wooden table near to
Frankenstein in his dark, cold laboratory.
That was cool.
Alisher Kozhakmetov, Year 9JO
Photo: Frankenstein’s laboratory
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Coming Alive
When I imaging that I am the monster, I felt
relaxed firstly. Think about nothing, just
blank space. Then I imagine something that I
like, so I can relaxed. Then I start to think
about Frankenstein room, his laboratory,
how someone sitting there and walking. I
heard many different voices and smell
something unusual. After all I heard noises
and something strange happened to me.
Now I can move my whole body. When I
open my eyes everything was really unusual.
Aigerim, Year 9JO
Photo: Year 9 in action
ATTENTION all MUSIC LOVERS!! The next
Canteen Concert is coming soon – and
afterwards there will be Canteen Karaoke!
The Magic Music Book has plenty of songs in
it that you can choose from BUT – if you have
songs you would like to add, please go to the
drama studio wall and find a request sheet.
Put your favourite songs on the list – and get
ready to sing!!! See you at the concert next
week!
Susan Botcharova, EAL teacher
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Year 1 News
Year 2 News
English
English
This week we have been looking at the
story Aaargh Spider! We have written a
wish for a spider, put actions to the story
and discussed how the spider.
This week we have been looking at
Traditional Tales, the children have been
using adjectives to describe characters.
Mathematics
In Maths we have been looking at number
bonds for the numbers 5 to 10 and solved
missing number problems.
Mathematics
This week we have been looking
continuing our work on counting on and
back as well as bridging the number 10.
Science
Science
We have been looking at which part of the
body we use to hear, and by listening to
sounds in different parts of the school.
We have been learning how to draw an
electrical circuit diagram and how to put a
switch into a circuit.
Humanities
Humanities
We have looked at computers and
computer games and compared them to
games that were available 30 years ago.
In humanities we have been looking at the
geographical features of Kazakhstan
including rivers, cities and the landscape.
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We have looked at a variety of minibeasts
in our Play based activities and created
sparkly spiders webs.
Well done to those children who have been
practicing their Math & Spellings for our
Friday tests, they will be every week!
Pupils of the Week
Pupils of the Week
1RS – Tomiris Tashkaranova
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1SC – Dayana Ibrayeva
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1FM – Sofiya Maitekova
2PG – Alice Kaucher
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Year 3 News
Year 4 News
English
English
In English we have continued looking at
Myths particularly concentrating on the
setting and character descriptions
In English we have been writing
newspaper headlines using alliteration and
rhyme. We also looked at the difference
between fact and opinion.
Mathematics
Mathematics
We looked at shapes, both 2-D and 3-D.
We also consolidated what we have learnt
when doing time, practicing it each day.
This week in Maths we have been
measuring using mm, cm, m and we talked
about when we would need to use KM.
Science
Science
We have continued with our Light and
Shadows topic, looking at sun dials as well
as ‘’day and night.’’
Humanities
We have been looking at how Romans
lived, their houses, their food and their
way of life.
Other Information
In I.T the children were introduced to
PowerPoint. Here they will use
PowerPoint to present future presentations.
We formulated questions about the human
body we could investigate. We then tried
to find out the answer
Humanities
This week we have looked at how the
ancient Egyptians worshiped different
Gods.
Other Information
Please ensure that your child is recording
their reading in their purple Reading
Diary.
Please remember to return homework on
Friday.
Pupils of the Week
Pupils of the Week
3ZW - Zidane
4ABI – Gleb P
3MS - Horatio
4SD - Nuriya
4GN – Ilyas Mukhamedrakhimov
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Year 5 News
Year 6 News
English
English
We have been reading recounts relating to
the Rendlesham UFO incident of 1980 and
using adverbials in our writing.
Miss Watson’s group continue to develop
their grammar skills. The other groups will
be recording their work for school radio!
Mathematics
Mathematics
We have been converting between metric
units of measure (mm, cm, m; g and kg).
We are all learning about 2D shape, please
do test us on our quadrilaterals in
particular!
Science
We have learned about the cardio-vascular
system. We have also been planning an
experiment to test how our heart rate is
affected by exertion.
Science
Our last week on habitats and
interdependence. We have learnt about
food chains and researched a local animal.
Humanities
Humanities
We have been studying the similarities and
differences between the city states of
Athens and Sparta.
We are looking at child labour during the
Victorian era and we will be using a range
of sources to learn about this topic.
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Pupils of the Week
We are really looking forward to 6JW’s
assembly next week – parents are, of
course, warmly invited!
5BT – Dinmukhamed Tynybek
5DK – Aidana Maydanova
Pupils of the Week
5DMC – Alen Yesenbayev
6RB - Sofiya
6NS - Raphael
6JW - Yeshin
We would like to thank Mr Sven Clarke for his
time visiting our school.
An International Education Fair organised by the
BEGIN Group will take place at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, Esentai Tower, from 12.00-17.00, on
Sunday 5th October. There will be representatives
from Asian, British, North American, European
and Australian universities. It is free entry but to
register please go to www.begin.ru .
Stephan Avis, Head of Sixth Form
Sixth Form News
The Sixth Form Open Evening on Tuesday 7th
October from 16.30-18.00 will provide an
opportunity for students in Year 11 and their
parents to find out about A Levels and the Sixth
Form at Haileybury Almaty. There will be a
presentation in the Drama Studio followed by the
opportunity to talk with Heads of Faculty about
the subjects offered at A Level, to look at displays
on course content, textbooks and samples of
work from A Level students.
The Sixth Form is expanding at Haileybury Almaty
with more opportunities for Sixth Formers to
engage fully with their studies, to hold positions
of responsibility and to find out about higher
education options throughout the world. We
hope that you will take this opportunity to find
out more about what the Sixth Form at
Haileybury Almaty can offer your son / daughter.
Education Fair at Miras Year 13 students
attended this event at lunchtime on Monday 29th
September and found it very useful talking to
representatives from UK,US and Canadian
universities.
University of British Columbia Presentation –
During lunchtime on Tuesday 30th September,
twenty one Haileybury students from Years 10-13
watched a very informative presentation in the
Drama Studio about the University of British
Columbia in Canada, with information about the
courses offered, the campus and how to apply.
This week we are looking at American artist Shepherd Fairey. He is an artist that designed the Barack Obama
‘HOPE’ poster campaign. He designed it for Barack Obama to win as the first black President. The style is very
creative, interesting and is also eye catching. He uses American colours to design the poster. We were using
Photoshop to recreate his style, it took us 2 lessons and the result was great. We came up with our own quotes
to put, instead of the word ’HOPE’. Everyone did a good job and were happy. I learnt to use Photoshop and some
of its features, which will be very helpful in future lessons. I know how to use Photoshop now and make my own
poster. I personally enjoyed the task because of us learning on how to use Photoshop and the result that came
out.
Kaisаr Jaxybayev, 9SW
На этой неделе мы изучали американского художника Шепарда Фейри. Этот художник был дизайнером
плаката Барака Абамы к его предвыборной кампании «Hope» (Надежда). Фейри сделал этот дизайн для
Барака Обамы, чтобы он победил как первый черный Президент. Его стиль очень креативен, интересен и
приковывает глаз. Он использовал цвета Американского флага для дизайна этого плаката. Мы
использовали программу Photoshop для воссоздания его стиля, это заняло два урока и результат был
великолепен. Мы воспользовались нашими собственными слоганами вместо слова «Hope» (Надежда).
Все сделали хорошие работы и были очень счастливы этим. Я учился использовать Photoshop и некоторые
из его функций, которые также помогут мне на будущих занятиях. Теперь я знаю, как использовать
Photoshop, чтобы сделать свой собственный плакат (постер). Я лично получил большое удовольствие от
урока, потому что нас учили как использовать программу Photoshop и мы увидели результат нашей
работы.
Kaйсар Жаксыбаев, ученик 9SW
Осы аптада біз американдық суретші Шепарда Фейридің еңбектерімен таныстық. Бұл суретші Барак
Абаманың «Hope» (Сенім) атты сайлау алдындағы компаниясына арналған плакатын жасаған болатын.
Фейри бұл плакат дизайнын Барака Обамаға бірінші қара нәсілді президент жеңіске жетсін деген
тілегімен жасаған. Оның стилі өте креативті, қызықты және көзге түсерлік. Ол бұл плакаттың дизайнын
жасау үшін американдық тудың түстерін қолданды. Біз оның стилін жасау үшін Photoshop
бағдарламасын қолдандық, оны біз екі сағат шамасында жасадық, нәтижесі
керемет болды. «Hope» (Сенім) сөзінің орнына біз өзіміздің ұранымызды
қолдандық. Барлығымыз өте жақсы еңбек еттік, еңбегіміздің жемісіне риза
болдық. Мен Photoshop бағдарламасы мен оның кейбір функцияларын
қолдануды үйрендім, бұл білімім маған алдағы сабақтарда қажет болады
деген ойдамын. Енді мен Photoshop бағдарламасын қалай қолдану керектігін
білемін, енді өзімнің плакатымды (постерімді) жасай аламын. Photoshop
бағдарламасын қолдануды үйреніп, еңбегіміздің нәтижесін тамашалап, бұл
сабақтан мен өз басым үлкен ләззат алдым.
Қaйсар Жақсыбаев, 9SW сынып оқушысы
HOUSE roundup....
Well done to all students who participated! Our KS3
boys came 4th, the KS3 girls dug deep and got 3rd.
Year 6 came fourth and the Year 5s came 1st!
GREAT EFFORT EVERYONE!
Congratulations to the Player of the Tournament for
Year 5
Dimash
Last week Haileybury
had their Inter-House
football competitions
for Years 5&6 and KS3
girls & boys. Year 5
and Boys came in at
3rd place, girls and
Year 6 gained 1st
place! Well done
everyone for a great
effort and securing
lots of points for
Attlee towards the
house cup!
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GO KIPLING! #1 TEAM!!!
Kipling House may triumph, as they
have won in the boys’ Interhouse
Football Tournament of years 7-9
last week!
Here is the golden squad of Kipling:
Valera Mindeyev, Alan Abdrazakov,
Sultan Khanseitov, Kaisar Jaxybaev,
Alnur Sultan, Alibek Jaisanbayev and
Olzhas Toibazarov
In the first game, we played against
the mighty team of Edmonstone.
During the match, Kipling had high
pressure on the Edmostone team,
resulting the entire game being on
the Edmonstone's side of the pitch.
Despite of their desperate defense,
Valera Mindeyev had managed to
squeeze in a goal, with the assist
provided by Kaisar Jaxybaev. Score,
1:0.
The second game, Kipling played
Bartle-Frere. This was a tense game,
the sides were equal, both defences
were solid as a rock, and this had the
result of both teams going away
without a goal. Score, 0:0
In the last decisive game with
Attlee, Kipling mobilized all their
forces and succeeded, Alan
Abdrazakov scoring the only goal,
with the assist given by Kaisar
Abdrazakov again! This goal
decided the whole tournament's
fate. Attlee tried so hard to break
down the defence of Kipling, but
failed. Score 1:0 and… KiplingCHAMPIONS!
Bartle
Frere
I am so proud to be part of this
great football team of Kipling's!
-Alibek Jaisanbayev 7 SJ
We are especially proud
of Zarina in Year 7 who
was awarded the Player
of the Tournament for
the girls’ in KS3.
ST
After having four football legends and numerous
football tournaments we have had a busy week
cheering, supporting and celebrating our House.
The Attlee Times
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Well done to everyone who took
part in the Inter House Football
for KS3 and Year 5/6 last week.
Lots of enthusiasm, passion and
skill was shown by all teams. In
KS3 we finished 2nd for both
the boys’ and girls’ teams. In
Year 5 and 6 we finished 4th in
Year 5 and 3rd in Year 6.
Everyone should be very proud
of their efforts! Well done!
Secondary Students
‘The most difficult thing about
learning in English is analysing
texts because I don’t always
understand the details.’
Timur Kuralbayev, Year 10
Activity:
Haileybury English Language Page
Welcome to the ELL page!!
Everyone in our school is an English Language
Learner (ELL).
Some of us speak English as a first language –
some of us speak it as a second, or third (or
fourth!) language! But we are ALL studying it
and it plays an essential part in classes and the
communicating we do around campus. So - all
of us in the EAL Faculty decided that we
wanted to give students and parents some tips
on how to make learning English more fun,
more effective and more useful – so here we
are!! But just giving advice is boring so we’re
going to add some more interesting things
here every week, too. Some challenging
vocabulary, some ideas for getting organized –
and, most importantly – some jokes. This
week’s joke comes from Mrs. Owen – do YOU
have any better ones to share?? Please bring
your jokes – and any ideas about how we can
make this page the FIRST one you turn to
every week – to any member of the English
department!
And – finally: here’s MY joke of the week:
What did the grape say when it got stepped
on? Nothing – it just let out a little whine*.
See you here next week!
Mrs. Botcharova
(*a little wine – get it?)
Joke: One day an English grammar teacher was
looking ill. A student asked, "What's the matter?"
"Tense," answered the teacher, describing how he felt.
The student paused, then continued, "What was the
matter? What has been the matter? What might have
been the matter... ?"
Language learning
tips from our Year 9
students:
Family meals are a great
opportunity to practise English.
Choose a recent event that has
been in the news and discuss it
in English with your family. Do
your parents speak English? If
so, have a vocabulary exchange,
spot mistakes and correct each
other or teach your family some
new words!
Idiom of the Week
‘Set everything
(computer, social media
networks) to English.’
Assel Abdrakhmanova
You can lead a horse to
water, but you can’t make it
drink.
‘Learn 10 new words
every week and speak
English at home.'
Alina Ashimzhan
Meaning: you can give
someone the opportunity to do
something, but you cannot force
them to do it.
On joining Haileybury Almaty:
‘Last year I joined the lovely community of Haileybury Almaty.
This was my decision to change schools because I wanted to
practise my English. My English was already good; however, I
still ought to practise more. By the time I entered Haileybury
Almaty, I had already won two international English Olympiads.
I can only say that I love English, I think in English and I enjoy
speaking English in this school.’ Taimas Narbayev, Year 11
Taimus, Y11
Primary Students – be a Rhyming Rabbit!
Choose a one-syllable word and
see how many words you can
find to rhyme. The winner picks
the next word. Use your phonics
knowledge and don’t forget to
check the definitions of any
words you don’t know.
Special Report HM Report–
10th Anniversary Kazakhstan Golf Open
Kazakhstan Golfing News Report:
by Ben Halsall, translated by
Yelaman Sain, Year 10
ENGLISH
The Kazakhstan Open Golf was interesting and a fun
experience. I enjoyed the trip despite the change in weather on
the second day.
The first day we were given and shown how to use radios and
PDA’s, referred to as iPads, the radios had specific command
words you had to open with – For example if you wanted to
radio a score to command you would say “hole 9 to command”
they would follow that up with “go ahead hole 9”. The PDA’s
were for if you were near golfers so you could send scores
without talking. In Golf you have to be very quiet if you distract
a professional golfer whilst their taking a shot, well you’re in a
lot of trouble.
We were provided with food at lunch and on the second day lunch tasted well because it was hot. We were outside
for hours with a freezer bag – a bit pointless!
RUSSIAN
«Казахстан Опен Гольф» было очень интересным событием. Я вдоволь насладился поездкой, несмотря на
очень плохую погоду во второй день.
В первый день нам дали рации и аппараты PDA ( или просто айпады) и показали как пользоваться. Общение
по рации содержало cпецифичные фразы, например: «Лунка (номер лунки) центру», и центр должен
ответить:
«Говори, лунка (номер лунки)». PDA были нужны для отправления счета гольфистов после каждого раунда, не
передавая счет по рации. В гольфе нужно быть очень
тихим, если вы отвлечёте его от удара, вы в большой беде.
Нам был предложен вкусный обед, он был ещё более
вкусным на второй день, потому что еда была горячей.
Мы были целый день на морозе с переносным
холодильником – как-то бессмыленно!
KAZAKH
«Қазақстан Опен Гольф» турнирі өте қызықты және
көңілді болды. Екінші күнгi ауа райының қиындықтарына
қарамастан, бұл саяхат маған өте ұнады.
Бірінші күні қызметкерлер бізге рация мен PDA (айпадтар десе де болады) құралдарын қалай қолдануға
болатынын көрсетті. PDA-мен әр раундтың соңында гольфисттердің есебін орталыққа жіберуге болады. Осы
жарысқа арналған арнайы сөз орамдары бар екен. Мысалы: егер сен радио стансасымен сөйлеуің керек
болса, сен “шұңқыр (№...) орталыққа” деп айтсаң, саған “сөйле шұңқыр №...” деп айтады. Гольф алаңында
болған кезде, сен өте тыныш болуың керек. Егер сен абайсызда гольфисттің көңілін өзіңе аударып алсаң,
онда басыңа бәле тілеп алғаның!
Бұл жарыста бізге өте дәмді тағамдар ұсынды. Екінші күннің тағамы ерекше дәмді болды. Оның себебі, біз
суық ауа райында күні бойы далада жүрдік. Ал тағам болса, сондай ыстық болған еді!
Kazakhstan Golf Open Tournament Report:
by Andy Cheon and Sanzhar Khaidarov, Year 10
ENGLISH
We had a day off on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th. We
went to Zhailjau golf court as volunteers to help the Kazakhstan
Open Golf Tour Challenge.
We came into school in the morning and went to Zhailjau to help
the staffs. We were shown our volunteer room in the club house,
there we have been given instructions on how to do our job and
how to behave.
We were divided into groups of 2 and each group was sent
to different holes. Our job was to ask the golfers for their
scores for the last 3 holes and then report these scores to
the main score board.
We really enjoyed the weather on Thursday but
unfortunately the weather wasn’t as pleasant on Friday. It
was really cold but we still have done our jobs successfully.
We really enjoyed this trip.
RUSSIAN
Мы не посещали занятия в школе 18 и 19
сентября, потому что в качестве волонтёров
помогали с проведением открытого чемпионата
по гольфу «Kazakhstan Open» на гольф-корте
Жайлау.
Утром в четверг мы пришли в школу и сразу же
поехали в Жайлау, чтобы помогать. Там нам
показали комнату волонтёров в клаб-хаусе.
Потом нам рассказали про наши обязанности.
Мы были разделены на группы из двух человек, и
каждую группу направили на разные лунки.
Нашей задачей было спросить гольфистов об их
результатах за последние 3 лунки, а затем внести
эти баллы на главное табло.
Нам действительно понравилась погода в
четверг, а в пятницу, к сожалению, погода не
была столь приятной. Было очень холодно, но мы
всё же выполнили нашу работу успешно.
Нам всем очень понравилась эта поездка!
KOREAN
우리는 목요일 18 일 그리고 금요일 19 일에 학교를 빠졌다. 우리는 자일라우 골프장에 자원 봉사자로 돕기
위해 갔다.
우리는 아침에 자일라우에 가서 직원들을 도왔다. 우리는 자일라우 에서 자원 봉사 방을 보고, 거기에서
행동하는 방법과 무엇을 해야하는지 배웠다.
우리는 두 그룹으로 나누어졌다, 각 그룹은 다른 홀로 보내졌다. 우리의 일은 골퍼들 한테 마지막 3 홀 점수를
물어보고 무전기로 스코어 보드에서 점수를 보고하는 일 이였다.
목요일엔 날씨가 무척 좋아서 즐길수 있었다, 하지만 안타깝게도 금요일엔 날씨가 따르지 않았다, 엄첨
추웠지만 우리는 여전히 우리의 작업을 성공적으로 수행했다.
우리는 이 여행을 엄청 좋았다고 생각한다.
Kazakhstan Golf Tournament 2014:
by Yelaman Sain, Year 10
ENGLISH
Last week there was a golf tournament which is called Kazakhstan Open 2014. 10 pupils from Year 10 were
representing our school as volunteers on this tournament. It was a very exciting event where we had to help the
tournament to take place. We were in charge for golfer’s scores. Our volunteer team was split into groups of two.
We spent 8 hours sitting near the holes and waiting for golfers to finish their round and ask them for their scores.
Sometimes when a golfer had a very bad game, they become so rude and mean, so they just ignored us when we
were asking them. But there were some nice golfers in good mood and some of them gave us balls that they played
with. We were allowed to have some snacks. On the second day it was a freezing cold, it was about 15 degrees and it
was raining. It was harder to work, because sometimes we didn’t even feel our fingers! But we did our best and I
hope that we really helped this tournament.
RUSSIAN
На прошлой неделе в Казахстане проходил турнир по
гольфу «Kazakhstan Open 2014». Десять учеников из 10ого класса были выбраны волонтёрами на эти
соревнования. За эти два дня на поле для гольфа я
узнал об этой игре намного больше, чем знал раньше.
Мы были ответственны за ведение счета гольфиста на
каждой лунке. Наша группа делилась на пары, и мы
стояли возле лунок целый день. Мы провели около 8ми часов в ожидании, когда гольфисты закончат раунд.
Иногда, когда у гольфистов была плохая игра, они
становились очень грубыми и просто игнорировали
наши вопросы. Но всё же там были и добрые гольфисты, которые по завершении их раунда, подарили нам
мячи, которыми они играли. На второй день было очень холодно, около 15 градусов, и шёл дождь. Мы
замёрзли настолько, что иногда не чувствовали наших пальцев! Но мы старались как могли, и я надеюсь, что
мы очень помогли в проведении турнира.
KAZAKH
Өткен аптада біз «Қазақстан Опен гольф» турниріне
қатыстық. 10-сыныптан 10 бала қатысты. Осы
турнирге біз өз қалауымызбен барған болатынбыз.
Бұл турнирде мен гольф турнирі туралы өте көп жаңа
нәрсе білдім. Біз гольфистердің есебін жүргізуге
жауапты болдық. Біздің команда екіге бөлініп, әрбір
гольф шұңқырының қасында күнібойы тұрдық. Ол
жерде біз сегіз сағат болдық. Кейде гольф
ойнаушылар нашар ойын көрсеткен кезде ашуланып,
біздің сұрақтарымызды елемей, жауап та бермеді.
Гольф ойнаушылар арасынан да жақсы адамдар
кездесті, олар ойын соңында бізге ойнаған доптарын
сыйлады. Ертеңіне 15 градус суық болды. Біз суыққа қарамастан, турнирдің жақсы өтуіне үлесімізді қосуға
тырыстық. Маған осы екі күн өте қатты ұнады.
Kazakhstan Open Golf Report:
by Caroline Carter, Year 10
ENGLISH
Last Thursday and Friday, me and 9 other volunteers from Yr.10 went to help out at the Kazakhstan Open. There we
worked as scorers; we would ask the players for their scores and either record them on a tablet or with a walkietalkie.
On Thursday, Togzhan and I were on the 12th Hole. It was sunny and warm so it was very pleasant. We ate a large
amount of chocolate.
On Friday it was cold and rainy, but it wasn’t that bad because we were on the 18th Hole so we could sit on the sofas
under the terrace whilst waiting for the players.
I thought the trip was very fun; I finally learnt what was meant by ‘par’, I learnt some very cool golf terminology
(eagle, birdie) and it piqued my interest in golf. The players were very friendly (apart from the ones that hit their
clubs on the grass in frustration or threw their golf balls into the lake). Some of the players even gave us their golf
balls. Overall I thought it was a very fun and educational experience. I’d love to volunteer next year and I’m thinking
of starting to play golf.
RUSSIAN
На прошлой неделе в четверг и в пятницу я и
группа из 9 других добровольцев из 10 класса
отправились на турнир по гольфу «Казахстан
Оупэн», где мы и помогали. Там мы вели счет:
мы подходили к игрокам и спрашивали их
конечный результат и записывали его на
планшет или передавали по пэйджерам и
рациям.
В четверг мы с Тогжан были назначены на 12-ю
лунку. День был очень солнечным, и мы приятно
провели время.
Но в пятницу пошёл дождь. Это нас немного
огорчило, но всё было не так уж и плохо, потому что мы
были у 18-ой лунки, где был навес с диванами, на которых
мы могли ждать других игроков.
Я думаю, что мы очень весело провели время. А также
узнали, что такое "пар" и другие крутые термины такие как
"берди" и "игл". Это повысило мой интерес к гольфу. Сами
гольфисты были очень дружелюбны (кроме нескольких
особо агрессивных, ломающих свой инвентарь), и некоторые даже подарили нам свои мячи.
В целом, я считаю, что это был занимательный опыт, поэтому в следующий раз я буду рада поехать на турнир
вновь. Также я подумываю о том, чтобы начать играть в гольф самой.
FRENCH
Jeudi et vendredi dernier, je suis allée avec
neuf aûtres bénévoles de Yr.10 pour aider au
Kazakhstan Open. Nous avons travaillés
comme buteurs; nous avons demandés aux
joeuers pour leurs trois derniers scores et nous
les ont enregistrés dans un tablet ou avec un
walkie-talkie.
Jeudi, Togzhan et moi étions sur le douzième
trou. Il faisait du soleil et il faisait chaud. C’était
très agreeable. Nous avons mangées beaucoup
du chocolat.
Vendredi il pleuvait et il faisait froid, mais je
pense que ça ètait agréable parce que nous étions sur le dix-huitième trou. Ons pouvait s’asseoir sur les divans sous
la terrasse en attendant les joueurs.
Je pense que cette excursion c’était très amusant, j’ai enfin compris
que voulais dire ‘par’ et j’appris des terminologie très cool (birdie,
eagle) et il a piquèe mon intérêt pour le golf. Les joueurs éttaient
sympa (sauf ceux en colère). Des joueurs ont donnés sont balles de
golf après le joue.
En conclusion, I pense que cette excusion c’était très amusant et
pédagogique. J’aimerais aider l’année prochain et je pense de
commencer à jouer golf.