One of the most significant traditional Korean holidays is coming up at the end of this week: Seollal, Korean New Year!

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1 NEWSLETTER Seollal 설날 (Lunar New Year) 29 JANUARY 2014 One of the most significant traditional Korean holidays is coming up at the end of this week: Seollal, Korean New Year! Seollal is the first day of the Korean Lunar Calendar. Korean New Year is typically a family holiday. Many Koreans dress up in colorful traditional Korean clothing called hanbok 한복. You will hear many people say the words saehae bok mani badeuseyo 새해복많이받으세요, which translates to Receive many New Year blessings. From Year 1 to Year 8, the students have been making Jegi 제기. Jegichagi is a Korean traditional outdoor game. Jegi looks like a badminton shuttlecock, which is made of a small coin (quarter size), paper, or cloth. In Korea, children usually play alone or with friends in winter seasons, especially on Lunar New Year! To celebrate Seollal, all of the ISK students were given Bok Jumoni 복주머니 which is a Fortune bag. Made with colorful Korean silk fabrics, this pouch will bring you happiness and good fortune! From ISK, we wish all of you a Happy Lunar New Year! 새해복많이받으세요! - By Ms Oona ISK 1

2 Tiger Chocolate Exit Point by Lily Cole During our IPC unit Chocolate we learned many new things! The Tiger class shared their learning with parents and other students last Thursday. We set up stations to display things we learned about. Our first station was Geography. In geography we learned about where cocoa beans are grown and about importers and exporters. Our second station was International Studies. In International Studies we learned about cocoa farmers and Fair Trade. Fair Trade means that the people who grow and work on cocoa farms get a fair amount of money for their cocoa beans. Our third station was about Science. In science we learned about tooth decay and Fair Tests. We learned that the sugar in chocolate can cause tooth decay. We also learned that in a Fair Test, one thing stays the same or constant and one thing about it is changed to compare. In History we learned about European explorers who first brought cocoa to Europe. Our final station was the Chocolate Shop! We made hot cocoa, truffles, chocolate covered raisins and plain milk chocolate. We designed our own chocolate wrappers and hand wrapped our chocolates. Instead of selling our chocolate products we took donations. We raised more than 100,000 WON for Aikwangaon Orphanage! ISK 2

3 On Thursday the Amazing Race Club (ARC) had their first race. Members drew ribbons to see which of the two teams they would be in (Blue or Green). Team Blue were led by their team leader, Shreyan (Tiger class) while Team Green were led by Leif (Lion class). For their first challenge, teams had to do a scavenger hunt to find 7 envelopes which would point them to their next location. Their second challenge tested both teams on their knowledge of the teachers in the lower school. In their third challenge, teams had to each do 5 rounds on the hula-hoop. Both teams breezed through the challenge and it was a race to the finish line after they had solved their final clue. It was a close race but the blue team managed to have all members arrive at the Pit Stop just before the Green team, making them the champions of the first race. Both teams showed great resilience, communication and cooperation as they completed each challenge and solved the various clues. Congratulations to all members of the ARC for successfully finishing their first race! Scanvenger hunting for Clues Cooperating to Unscramble the Puzzle Working Together to Match the Teachers to their Classes! Race # 1 Winners: Blue Team! Enjoying an After-Race Snack! ISK 3

4 JUST DANCE CLUB! ISK 4

5 JUNIOR GEOJE RUGBY CLUB The Junior Geoje Rugby Club always welcomes new players, boys and girls, from age 5 to 11. We train every Saturday from 11.15am to 12.30pm at the SongJeong Fulsal (323, SongJung-ri, YeonCho-Myeon, Geoje-si). Note that there won't be any training during Lunar New Year. Don't hesitate to come and just try! And check the photos on our Facebook page : For any information, please contact Marie: juniorgeojerugby@gmail.com Principal s Awards! Congratulations to all students who have been nominated for Principal s Awards this week! NAME: CLASS: NAME: CLASS: Noah Hall Ladybird Fredrik Bjorkerngren Eagle Clothilde Goujon Owl Sebastian Sanchez Falcon Lucas Pensabene Owl Kunjal Sethi Crocodile Berenice Goujon Owl Rachani Boulter Griffin Anagha Nair Panda Zafirah Roslin Griffin Roland Cavagna Panda Theo Maillard Kraken Declan Collins Dolphin Henry Lewis Dolphin Lennox Leang Penguin Cohen Hall Monkey Cherry Kyaw Kangaroo Principal s Awards are presented at Friday assemblies and are awarded to students who clearly demonstrate one or more of our 8 ISK Personal Goals! ISK 5

6 ISK CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY 20 PTA Coffee 8:30am in the LS Staff Room After School Activities begin! IMYC Parent Information 19:00-20:30 at the Upper School 24 Pizza Day 28 Informal Concert Lunar New Year (No School) FEBRUARY 4 Student Reports 5 Term 3 Starts 13 House Day 14 Valentine s Day th Day of School 21 Movie Night 28 Pizza Day ISK 6