ISB Primary Newsletter – Issue 11

Dear Parents

Although it was a short week this week we still managed to fit in an athletics meet and an assembly presented by Year 2.

On Thursday afternoon representatives from the Primary school alongside some of our IB students took part in an athletics meet at JIS. Our students did extremely well with the results as follows:

1^st         JIS                   780

2^nd        ISB                   768

3^rd         Hornbill             763

4^th         Panaga             720

The ISB CAS students also need to be congratulated, they were outstanding support and many positive comments were made about their contribution.

On Friday morning Year 2 presented an assembly entitled ‘Billy No Buzz’. The students performed brilliantly and passed on a clear message to the audience about the importance of accepting differences and that each us is special and unique.

Darren Sibley
(Primary Principal)

The Benefits of Early Swimming

Researchers have documented that the stimulating effect of child-paced swimming lessons has the potential to increase intelligence, concentration, alertness, and perceptual abilities. Improvement in social, emotional and physical development has also been published.

Early swim lessons set a positive foundation towards a lifetime of participation and enjoyment in a variety of water sports and aquatic venues on, in and under the water. Each class is an interactive recreational activity in a new and exciting liquid environment. It fashions healthier and stronger individuals.

The acquisition of safety skills is not only life enhancing, it can be lifesaving. The younger a child can begin their swimming adventure the sooner they will be able to build a foundation for the eventual ability to perform age appropriate safety skills.

Early swimming fosters a growing sense of self-esteem, confidence and independence. As a child’s ability to freely move through the water increases so does their sense of well-being.

  
 
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