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The presentation from our Parents Information Meeting

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We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Scandinavian School of Brussels

www.ssb.be

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Parents Information Mtgs

18.30 Schoolwide meeting for Parents in, rm 205

19.05 Compulsory – Info meetings

19.45 Class 4 – 7 school trip meeting, rm 205

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

New for 2012-2013

• 4 periods of learning, not 6• 1-to-1• Green School• Safety/Security – New

Traffic Rules• Cooperation with BIS/BS

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

I. Curriculum overall goals:

  - understand the meaning of democracy

II. Content - course goals

- Understand and be able to compare the organization of the governing bodies of different countries with different government forms

III. Clarification of the goals / ensuring student influence- Learn about Norway’s governmental

structure- Learn about China’s governmental

structure- Compare the two above

IV. Working methods (technology)

- Project work, oral presentations, creating a film, presentation for another class followed by quiz, written assessment

V. Assessment- Assessment of oral presentation- Self-assessment - Written test- Weekly homework/progress

checks

 

VI. Documentation - SS weekly assignments, written comments from teacher, self-assessment from student, test score

Decided by national

demands and SSB staff

Decided together with

students

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

PeriodPlan

IWeek 34-41

IIWeek43-51

IIIWeek3-11

IVWeek15-23

School-wide themes

Learning Cycle Form1 Form 2

Form 4a

Form 3Form 4b

School-wideevaluations

Transition Weeks Week 42-Comment-Dev Talk

Week 2-Comment

-Grades-Assessments

Week 12-Comment-Dev Talk

Week 24-Grades

-Assessments-TRAS

Respect and responsibility, ethics, equality and empathy

Nordic culture and traditions,multilingual

and multicultural

Environmental awareness

Critical thinking, problem solving

Learning Cycle

@ SSB2012-2013

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Focus on European aspects

• Study trips, Class trips• Cooperation with

BIS/BS

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Student Care team

• Nurse, Psychologist, Deputy Heads, Special education teachers

• ZERO• School rules• How we communicate with each

other. . .

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

ZERO

The term bullying covers all kinds of psychological and/or physical violence directed at any member of the school

community, perpetrated by individuals or groups. Bullying involves a situation of

imbalance where one party is stronger than the other and the action is repeated.

Staff, students, and parents are

responsible . . .

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

New traffic rules

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Class teachers

• Individual feedback• Development talks• Clear, efficient communications

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

How we achieve this . . .

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Extra-curricular activities

Sports Club Culture School

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Wed & Fri Workshops

• More choice, better quality• 1 & 3 - Managing schedules with Stay &

Play on Fridays• Students must be supervised up to Class

3

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Managing expectations . . .

• Of students . . .• Of parents . . .• Of staff. . .

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Information flow

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Who to contact?

• Tutor/class teacher• Deputy Head• Head of School• School Board• Administration

– Reception open daily, 8.00 – 9.00 and 14.30 – 15.15.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Mission

The Scandinavian School of Brussels provides a dynamic Nordic education with

a European profile in a safe, supportive learning environment where every student

applies the creative and critical skills needed to become a responsible and

environmentally aware citizen.

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Green School certification

• Multiple awareness projects• Students, staff & parents• ”graduation” in May 2013

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Questions?

We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Parents Information Mtgs

18.30 Schoolwide meeting for Parents in, rm 205

19.05 Compulsory – Info meetings

19.45 Class 4 – 7 school trip meeting, rm 205

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