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deserves to be”.
WEEKLY
BULLETIN – 16TH – 20TH MAY 2016
David Thornburg
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“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up”
Pablo Picasso
Dear Parents,
One of the highlights of this week for me was attending the Prep assembly on
Thursday morning. Butterflies and Ladybirds staged two highly enjoyable dramas
based on the well-known children´s
stories, The Three Little Pigs and The
Enormous Turnip. In addition to the
wonderful costumes, inventive set and
enjoyable songs I was truly impressed by the quality of
English spoken and the confidence of our youngest pupils
on stage. I pay tribute to their teachers and teaching
assistants and I commend our pupils on their success.
The primary school is now entering into the season of
assemblies and musicals and over the next few weeks
various classes will stage their assemblies culminating with
the F5 Musical, Porridge. When adults are asked about
their memories of school, one of the most common themes is participating in a school production. The
sense of camaraderie, self revelation and achievement makes it a high point and I am delighted that
more and more of our pupils get this opportunity.
The key skills of the successful pupil and adult in this fast changing world are discernment-that I have
discussed in previous columns- and creativity. Sir Anthony Seldon, Former Headmaster of Wellington
College, puts it eloquently: “Who we are is determined by our creativity. The ability to express
yourself artistically leads to our distinctive characters. It is what makes us. Cultural learning is
important in the formation of personality and individuality.”
Drama is one of the key channels to develop this creativity with its emphasis on improvisation, on
building confidence, on boosting self-esteem, on developing interpersonal skills, on revealing others in
a new light and on provoking reflection.
I have already been discussing the secondary musical production for 2016-2017 with Ms Patterson and
Mr. Oliveira and the preparations are already well advanced. We are looking at staging this in early
February 2017 with rehearsals beginning in the first term of the new academic year.
Tom McGrath, Headmaster
APPLICATIONS FOR SECONDARY PARENT REPRESENTATIVES
The deadline for the statements has been extended to Friday, 20th May. If you have any
questions regarding this, please email [email protected] or [email protected]
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SPORTS UPDATE
OBS House
Ultimate Frisbee
championships
2016
Unfortunately, this Saturday´s house Ultimate Frisbee championship has had to be postponed as a
result of a shortage of registered players.
Fear not, we are rescheduling for this to be held during the activities week in the week beginning June
27th 2016. Ultimate club continues after school on Tuesdays between 16.15 and 17.00 every week.
Matthew Homewood, Head of PE, Games & Outdoor Activities
PRIMARY NOTICES
This week I have seen the Prep pupils perform a
wonderful assembly packed with drama, speech and
singing; this was a very special opportunity to see how
confident the pupils are becoming at speaking English
to an audience. It was also very good for me to see the
Form 5 pupils, at the opposite end of the school,
continue their rehearsals for their upcoming play; it is
amazing to see the very talented pupils we have here.
I have been extremely impressed with the quality of the
drama
assemblies
productions
taking
place
at
school
recently; these do take
a great deal of effort to prepare for and I would like to thank, not just
the teachers and staff, who do a superb job, but also the parents that
have helped in many different ways to ensure that these activities are
successful. Ticket information for the Form 5 play will be in next
week’s bulletin.
Our school sports day will soon be arriving. This event, taking place at
the British club on Campo Alegre, continues to be very popular among
parents and we hope that you are able to take some time off work for this event. Please do ensure that
you read the information from Mr Homewood regarding this event, especially regarding the packed
lunch picnic!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Mark Evans, Head of Primary
PRIMARY PASTORAL WEEKLY REPORT
For the week ending 6th May the house point totals were: Windsor 785, Lancaster 906 and Bragança
901. The individual class winners are listed below. A display with this information can be found in the
primary corridor.
Class
Pupil
House
LIONS
Daniel Bridges
Windsor
Mª Matilde Silva Henriques
Windsor
Suhani Kanani
Bragança
Sofia Fernandes
Lancaster
TIGERS
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Dylan Kanabar
Windsor
David Machado
Bragança
Joan Martins
Windsor
Luis Pinho
Windsor
Angel Callejero Rodrigues
Lancaster
3H
Maria Santos Silva
Windsor
4P
Carlota Carrington
Bragança
Kevin Li
Lancaster
4R
Filipe Carvalho
Bragança
5L
Rita Santos
Windsor
5B
Salvador Koehler
Lancaster
3C
Jonathan Bridges, Primary Pastoral Coordinator
PRIMARY DATES FOR THE DIARY

17th May – Prep trip to Biblioteca Almeida Garrett

18th May – Form 5 trip to Fish Factory

18th May – Reception Assembly to Parents – 9:30am

25th May - F1 Assembly to Parents – 9:30am

26th May – Public Holiday

27th May – Primary Sports Day for Prep-F5

10th & 13th June – School closed

7th & 8th June - Form 5 play

24th June – School closed

1st July – Speech Day
SECONDARY NOTICES
Head of Secondary Roll of Honour for Effort
Term 3
2016-2017
Name
Form
Inês Araújo
6
Ishaa Laximidas
6
Bárbara Mendes
6
Antero Baldaia
7
Carolina Figueiredo
7
Ana Filipa Teixeira
7
José Bernardo Cunha
8
Tomás Koehler
8
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Lauryn Butcher
8
Carlota Sousa Basto
9
Sara Amorim
9
Margarida Alves
9
Maria João Caiado
11
Francisca Schneider Almeida Ribeiro
11
Tomás Enneking
11
Hemang Thakrar
11
All the above pupils have received the highest average effort grade.
FORM 6-8 STARS OF THE WEEK
Marina Azevedo 8B and Ana Rocha 8B
For outstanding homework effort in Maths.
FORM 9-10 STARS OF THE WEEK
Tomás Gonçalves 9C
In Maths Tomás scored above
80% for his homework AND
80% for revision practise test
on algebra and graphs.
José Gomes 9W and Carlota Sousa Basto 9C
For excellent work in English
All our stars can be found at http://secondaryobserver.weebly.com/stars
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KEY NOTICES
PICK UP
ALL pupils must be collected from school by 5:00pm. There have been some incidents that have
occurred after this time. The school has no provision for pupils after 5:00pm and cannot accept any
responsibility for their health and safety.
17th May: F10 IGCSE Revision Day

F9 Revision Support: Monday 4.15-5.15 with PWE in E2

P1-6: English Literature revision

P8-9: ICT revision
END OF YEAR EXAMS
NOTE TO FORM 10 STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Please follow the personalised timetable provided to you by Miss Corcoran during the last week of term rather
than the draft timetable for IGCSEs which was sent in the bulletin as some examinations were omitted from the
draft. If you do not have your personalised timetable, please email Miss Corcoran to request a copy. Thank you.
FORM 9 EXAMINATIONS – SPORTS HALL (unless otherwise indicated)
Please see the timetable below.
TIME
11.55
Tuesday 24th May
Form 9 Portuguese History
Paper
1
Length
1h
TIME
9.00
11.15
11.15
14.10
TIME
9.00
11.15
14.10
14.10
TIME
9.00
11.15
14.10
Time
9.00
10.15
14.10
Monday 30th May
Form 9 Science
Form 9 Mathematics RCO RDR
Form 9 Mathematics ADE
Form 9 English Language
Tuesday 31st May
Form 9 Science
Form 9 Science
Form 9 ICT
Form 9 French
Wednesday 1st June
Form 9 Business
Form 9 History
Form 9 Geography
Thursday 2nd June
Form 9 Maths RCO RDR
BACK TO LESSONS
English Literature (in class)
Paper
1
1
1
1
Paper
6
2&3
1
1
Paper
1
1
1
Paper
2
Length
1h
1H
1h30
2h
Length
1h
2h
2h
1h
Length
1h30
1h
1h45
Length
1h
1
90 mins
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Form 9 are only on study leave on 27th May. They are expected to be in lessons during the week of the
24th of May for vital examination preparation with their teachers. Teachers will also be available on
May 27th should Form 9 students wish to revise with their teachers. All Form 9 should arrive at 8.40 as
usual every day and revise or attend their examinations. They must be at the Sports Hall ten minutes
before the start of their examination. If they do not have exams in the afternoon sessions, they may
leave school at lunchtime for the day.
FORM 11 EXAMINATIONS – SPORTS HALL (unless otherwise indicated)
Please see the timetable below.
TIME
9.00
9.00
9.00
11.15
11.15
11.15
11.15
14.10
14.10
14.10
TIME
9.00
9.00
9.00
11.15
11.15
11.15
15.00
Tuesday 24th May
English Literature HL
Eng Lang&Lit HL/SL
French B Leonor ONLY
Spanish ab initio
French B
Spanish B HL&SL
Portuguese B HL
History
Geography
Chemistry
Weds 25th May
Maths Studies
Maths Standard
Maths Higher
ESS
Biology
Physics
Theory of Knowledge E3
Paper
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
Paper
1
1
1
2
2&3
2&3
1
Length
2h
2h/1h30
1h30
1h
1h30
1h30
1h30
1h30
1h30
2h15
Length
1h30
1h
1h
2
1h45/2h15
2h15
1h
TIME
9.00
9.00
9.00
11.15
11.15
11.15
14.10
TIME
9.00
9.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
14.10
14.00
TIME
9.00
9.00
11.15
11.15
11.15
14.10
Monday 30th May
Chemistry
ITGS
Geography
Business and Management HL/SL
Economics HL&SL
ITGS Helena ONLY
Portuguese Lang/Lit
Tuesday 31st May
Biology Maria C ONLY
Portuguese B
Physics
Biology
ESS
English Lang and Lit
French B Leonor ONLY
Wednesday 1st June
Maths Standard
Maths Higher
French B
Spanish ab initio
Spanish B
Maths Standard Maria ONLY
Paper
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
Paper
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Paper
2
2
2
1
1
1
Length
1h
2h15/1h30
1h
2h15/1h45
1h30
2h15
1h30/2h
Length
2h15
1H30
1h
45/1h
1h
1h/2h
1h30
Length
1h
1h
1h30
1h30
1h30
1h
Form 11 are on study leave on Tuesday 24th May, Wednesday 25th May and from Monday 30th May
until Wednesday, 1st June. They should attend all lesson up to these dates and on Friday, 27th May.
They must be at the Sports Hall for their exam ten minutes before the scheduled start of the
examination.
For 6 and 7 students have their examination timetable written in their planner.
Please contact Miss Corcoran with any questions or concerns: [email protected]
Ailish Corcoran
THE IBDP COORDINATOR´S DESK
F11 students continued preparations for studying in the USA today. They had an hour long Skype
interview with Claire Wilkins, the International Admissions Officer for NYU. Claire fielded a number of
questions and delivered some excellent advice about college applications and preparation for the
upcoming SATs tests in Lisbon.
Next Thursday our future medics will have a daylong intensive course on preparing for UK CAT and
BMAT examinations and applications for medical school. This is primarily for our F11 students but those
interested in medicine from F9 and 10 are welcome to attend the afternoon session 14:00 to 16:00.
Claire Marsden
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TERM 3 KEY DATES
Reporting and recording schedule 2015-16
Grades report 9&11 (Exam, TG, PG)
Tues 14th June
Full written report for 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
Wed 29th June
INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS
Form 6-7 English, Maths, Science and Portuguese Examinations
23rd May – 3rd June
9 & 11 Summer Examinations
23rd May – 3rd June
TRIPS AND EVENTS
Term Three
dates
Trinity Music Exams at CLIP
June 17, 20 and 21
F9 study leave
27th May
Lisbon Athletics – selected athletes
3 Jun (Fr)
OBS House Cricket – British Club
8 Jun (Wed)
F10 Work Experience
Week of 13th June
Escola Das Artes Concert
June 17, 20 and 21
IGCSE Geography Trip
June 17th
IB Ball
9th June
Duke of Edinburgh Expedition
18TH &19TH June
Group IV Project
Wed 15th June Thurs 16th June
23rd June
Form 5 to 6 transition day
22nd June
Short Film Competition
23rd June periods 7 and 8
Form 9 IGCSE Maths Week
June
Activity Week
Week of 27th June
Live Lounge
29th June
Speech Day
1st July
Dr P Jones Head of Secondary
WHOLE SCHOOL NOTICES
FIRST AID
This week we´ve received 26 reports of the following symptoms:
Headache, fever, dizziness and tummy ache.
If not seen by a doctor, this will develop into ear and/or throat infections.
Lidia Ferreira, First Aider
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SCHOOL LUNCHES – THIS WEEK´S MENU
Please book your child´s lunches via our website:
http://obsvpn.dyndns.info:8085/ForLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx
OPORTO BRITISH SCHOOL
16 a 20 de maio de 2016
16th-20th May 2016
Segunda-Feira
Monday
Sopa/ Soup
Peixe/ Fish
Carne/ Meat
Vegetariana/ Vegetarian
Guarnição/ Accompaniment
Creme Legumes
Folhados de Peixe
Almondegas de Vitela
Ovos Mexidos com cogumelos
Massa / Arroz Cenoura
Sopa/ Soup
Peixe/ Fish
Carne/ Meat
Vegetariana/ Vegetarian
Guarnição/ Accompaniment
À Lavrador
Salmão no Forno com Ervas
Costeletas Grelhadas
Batatas Recheadas com Bolonhesa de Legumes
Arroz /Batata
Sopa/ Soup
Peixe/ Fish
Carne/ Meat
Vegetariana/ Vegetarian
Guarnição/ Accompaniment
Couve Flor e Cenoura
Lombos de Perca
arroz de pato
Grão Bico com Queijo e Espinafres
Massa Fusilli / Arroz
Sopa/ Soup
Peixe/ Fish
Carne/ Meat
Vegetariana/ Vegetarian
Guarnição/ Accompaniment
Canja
Tesourinhos de Pescada no Forno
Perna de Porco com Puré de Maçã
Couscous de Uvas passa e legumes
Arroz de Cenoura / Batata Assada
Sopa/ Soup
Peixe/ Fish
Carne/ Meat
Vegetariana/ Vegetarian
Guarnição/ Accompaniment
Nabiças
Bacalhau com Natas
Croquetes de Carne
Estufado de Lentilhas, Couve-Flor e Tomate
Batata Frita / arroz
Terça-Feira
Quarta-Feira
Quinta-Feira
Sexta-Feira
Nota: Buffet de Saladas Variadas ao dispor para todos os pratos
Cream of Vegetable Soup
Fish Pasties
Veal Meatballs
Scrambled egg with mushrooms
Pasta/ Rice with carrot
Tuesday
Vegetable Soup (à lavrador)
Baked Salmon with herbs
Grilled Pork Chops
Vegetable Filled Baked potatoes
Rice/ Potato
Wednesday
Cauliflower and Carrot Soup
Fish Fillets
Duck with Rice
Chickpeas with a spinach and Cheese Sauce
Fusilli Pasta/ Rice
Thursday
Chicken Broth
Breadcrumbed Fish Shapes
Leg of pork with an apple puree
Couscous with vegetables and raisins
Carrot Rice/ Roast Potatoes
Friday
Turnip Soup
"Bacalhau com Natas" - Cod cooked in a creamy sauce
Beef Croquettes
Lentil, Cauliflower and Tomato Stew
Chips/ Rice
Note: Salad available with all dishes