The presentation from our Parents Information Meeting

1. Scandinavian School of Brussels
www.ssb.be
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Decided
Decided by
together with
national
students
demands and
SSB staff
Curriculum overall goals:
I. IV. Working methods (technology)
- understand the meaning of - Project work, oral presentations,
democracy creating a film, presentation for another
class followed by quiz, written
II. Content - course goals assessment
- Understand and be able to compare
the organization of the governing V. Assessment
bodies of different countries with - Assessment of oral presentation
different government forms - Self-assessment
- Written test
III. Clarification of the goals / ensuring - Weekly homework/progress checks
student influence
- Learn about Norway’s governmental
structure VI. Documentation - SS weekly
- Learn about China’s governmental assignments, written comments from
structure teacher, self-assessment from student,
test score
- Compare the two above
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

6. Learning Cycle
@ SSB
2012-2013
Period I II III IV
Plan Week Week Week Week
34-41 43-51 3-11 15-23
School-wide Respect and Nordic culture and Critical thinking, Environmental
themes responsibility, ethics, traditions,multilingual problem solving awareness
equality and empathy and multicultural
Learning Cycle Form1 Form 3
Form 2 Form 4b
Form 4a School-wide
evaluations
Transition Weeks Week 42 Week 2 Week 12 Week 24
-Comment -Comment -Comment -Grades
-Dev Talk -Grades -Dev Talk -Assessments
-Assessments -TRAS
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

7. 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

8. Focus on
European aspects
• Study trips, Class trips
• Cooperation with
BIS/BS
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

9. 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

10. 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

11. Staff, students, and
parents are
responsible . . .
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.
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

12. New traffic rules
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

13. 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

14. Class teachers
• Individual feedback
• Development talks
• Clear, efficient communications
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

15. 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

16. How we achieve this . . .
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

17. Extra-curricular activities
Sports Club Culture School
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

18. 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

19. 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

20. Managing expectations . . .
• Of students . . .
• Of parents . . .
• Of staff. . .
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21. Information
flow
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22. We prepare students for success back home and abroad

23. 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

24. 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

25. Green School certification
• Multiple awareness projects
• Students, staff & parents
• ”graduation” in May 2013
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26. Questions?
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

27. 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