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Dear Parents and guardians, Thank you for supporting the Christmas fair last weekend. It was a real community event, bringing local businesses, Sotogrande SA and the school together to share some festive spirit. The songs from the choirs and snow machine at the end really topped the afternoon off. I would like to publicly thank Maddy Maclachlan and the PTA for their vision and determination to make the event happen.  The Christmas fair launched the start of our choir tour. The students toured bringing festive joy to 6 venues in 2 days, singing on live radio, in the old people’s home in San Enrique and in La Cañada to name a few places.  On Monday we invited prospective parents from Fundamentals to SIS to experience the school. They spent the morning with the staff and students learning all about SIS. This was further supported on Tuesday, by our P3 students visiting Fundamentals to lead some Christmas activities for all!  Tuesday evening saw the start of the Theatre Festival with an M4 extravaganza which was centered on a failing circus. There was a wealth of talent on display as students bravely performed this thought provoking play, written jointly by Mr. Maloney and the MYP drama students themselves. Wednesday evening’s theatre audience was treated to four short, ‘dark’ and immensely powerful plays by D1 and D2 students. These experimental pieces, which as part of the Diploma Theatre course are devised and directed totally by the students, showcased some impressive physical theatre demonstrating the high level of trust that has been engendered within each ensemble.  On my walkabout this week, I visited P1 who were investigating 2D and 3D shapes. We had some lovely discussions about the differences including how to define prisms. The students showed a really good understanding of shapes and how to classify them. I also went into EC1 to read them some Santa stories. We sat next to the log fires and read Bless you Santa. It was lovely to spend some time chatting to the students about what Christmas means to them and comparing foot sizes!  The 2nd Polar Bear Challenge, which was due to have taken place this morning, has been postponed till next Tuesday morning when hopefully weather conditions will be more favourable. Good luck to our students Marta Romero, Sebastian Collins, Christian Collins, Leonie Schifler, Beau Coenraad and Sancho Rodríguez who will be playing the Doral Junior Golf Classic in Miami from the 17th to the 23th December. Finally I would like to remind you that term ends at 12pm on Wednesday 21st December. Best wishes, Jak Kearney
Whole School News SIS Superstars Netball Team Just before half term the Superstars jumped into action with their first match of the year against a touring team from the UK. British teams start playing netball from early primary; some of our players have only been playing for three months! Our players are committed, hardworking and outstanding at team work and we are immensely proud of their achievement; they were a real credit to our school. Players of the match (voted for by the touring team): Lupita Harrington and Matt Cronin. The Superstars have since put their newfound skills into action in an away match at Swans this week. Our teams get stronger and more skillful every time they play, now with a great 4 out of 6 game victory. Players of the match (voted for by Swans): Libby Bunn and Connie Davies
Primary School News Dates for your Diary
As we come to the end of our first term. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all our students and teachers for all their hard work this term.  
This year we have been very lucky to have many parents who have come into EC1 to share how their families and home countries celebrate Christmas. So far we have had Nikolai’s mum talking about UK, Candela’s mum about Spain, Lochlan’s mum about Ireland, Lucas’s dad about Holland, Matthew’s mum about France, Lihi’s mum about Israel and Noah’s mum about Denmark. Thank you to all these parents who have really enriched the learning for our EC1 students. And, we have more to come!  Connecting with Fundamentals, our Early Years centre On Monday Miss Lucia, our Early Childhood Coordinator and myself held a coffee morning for parents of children at Fundamentals. Accompanied by Ana Gauni who coordinates our Fundamentals’ team the parents were able to visit the Einstein building, learn about our curriculum and talk with our EC1 teachers. 
On Tuesday 13thDecember the Primary Spanish teachers and P3 students spent a morning at Fundamentals, sharing songs,
stories and Christmas games in Spanish with our youngest children. We all enjoyed it very much and celebrated the
beginning of Christmas together.Pants and Socks After a visit by Miss Judy from Nabugabo, we found out that the children at the Nabugabo School had no socks or underwear. Primary students decided to change this and set about organising a pants and socks collection. Reverse Advent Calendar Initiative The Primary Student Council have this week completed their reverse Advent calendar initiative. The idea was for each child to bring a package of food instead of receiving an advent chocolate. 
On Wednesday this week a group of our younger Russian-speaking students met with secondary Russian teacher Mrs. Sokolova to listen to a story about a kind little robin and his deeds round Christmas time. We had a good turn-out of students from P1 – P4, some fun activities organised by some of our Russian D1 students and plenty of Russian books kindly donated for the SIS library by Russian parents (many thanks to them). There will be more get-togethers for Russian primary students next year. 
Secondary School News Dates for your Diary
Global Citizenship Project Update Fundraising 
S.O.S. Help the Los Barrios dog shelter! by Asker Dolkhov (on behalf of M2 Ms. Gara and Ms.Rocío Classes) Visit to University Engineering Department On December 2nd, the D1 Chemistry and Physics students, together with Dr Kievit and Dr Woolley, visited the Escuela Politécnica Superior de Algeciras for a closer look at various types of Engineering. We were shown around by Professor David Sales Lérida. The students visited laboratories dealing with concrete and soil (“The Concrete Lab”) as well as Materials Science. After lunch we still visited the machine shop and the welding shop. This visit gave the students an excellent opportunity to see science at a university level, and was well received.
English and Spanish Language and Literature News Congratulations to the following students who were selected to represent SIS at the 5th annual Inter-school Creative Writing Competition at Swans School last Friday: 
Secondary Student Council ‘Me and my shadow’ – Jason Mungles and former SIS student Anna Triay “This week I’ve been shadowed by a former student of mine who is on her way to joining the noble profession of History Teacher. 
Community
THANK YOU! …to everyone who helped make our Christmas Fair such an incredible experience. 
ASSIST NEWS 
Check all the exceptional offers from Assist partners at: http://assist.guide/#offers or contact Frederic at: frederic@assist.guide *Your Assist membership card is at the back of the SIS security access card. The Kindred Project news  On Monday, The Kindred Project held its first student led Christmas party at Hogar Betania in La Linea, with food & games for over 100 children with their families who benefit from the daily soup kitchen programme run by Hogar Betania. The evening ended with the wonderful voices of SIS Secondary Choir and a visit from Santa and Olaf from ‘Frozen’! It was a heart-warming evening enjoyed by everyone. 
Next 17th December at 5 pm you have a date with gastronomy and the owner of the Petit Bistro & CO restaurant at El Mercado de Levante. A unique opportunity to discover and enjoy a gastronomic experience consisting of a fusion of international and Mediterranean influences by Violeta Arenas Molina, owner of the restaurant Petit Bistro. With its Parisian touch, it brings a corner of the great French capital to Plaza Blanca, Sotogrande. For more information please visit www.sotogrande.com or contact: 609 67 12 13 Show cooking de Petit Bistro & CO Next 17th December at 5 pm you have a date with gastronomy and the owner of the Petit Bistro & CO restaurant at El Mercado de Levante. A unique opportunity to discover and enjoy a gastronomic experience consisting of a fusion of international and Mediterranean influences by Violeta Arenas Molina, owner of the restaurant Petit Bistro. With its Parisian touch, it brings a corner of the great French capital to Plaza Blanca, Sotogrande. For more information please visit www.sotogrande.com or contact: 609 67 12 13 
Supporting S. O. S. Perrera Jane Cameron’s van will be open in the car park next Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday to continue with our monthly collection and delivery of donations of dog food to the Los Barrios Dog Rescue Centre. 
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