Having welcomed and congratulated our new Head Students in the last edition of BISbuzz, this week we are privileged to publish a contribution from our Deputy Head Girl, Rosie Nguyen, about the influence of Facebook on teenagers. This is the latest in a series of articles focussing on digital citizenship and on-line safety. In the introduction to Rosie’s thoughtful article, Mr. Ben Turner, Learning Technologies Integrator, draws attention to some of the other work being done by our students in this area. He includes a link to our own student-led digital citizenship website, “Growing up Digital”. I include the link here also, as it provides important resources for all involved in bringing up teenagers to be responsible on-line:
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International Baccalaureate News
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King’s College London
King’s College London has reinforced its position on the IB Diploma at a recent meeting at the university. The College has reduced the overall points score requirement for admission, in recognition of the rigorous nature of the IB Diploma and the quality of students who follow the IB Diploma.
At the meeting, Professor Sir Rick Trainor, Principal of King’s said: ‘King’s welcomes the great sense of energy, determination and diversity that IB students bring to the College, and how well they adapt to an academically rigorous study environment and university life. We believe this is in part thanks to the broad nature of the IB, which complements King’s range of single honours and multidisciplinary degree programmes.
King’s decision was welcomed by many of the teachers at the event including Dr Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, who commented: ‘As one of many cutting-edge schools deeply committed to the International Baccalaureate, we warmly welcome King’s move as we have been concerned about the fairness and comparability of offers in recent years. International Baccalaureate students acquire intellectual breadth and depth, an ability to work and think independently, and analytical capacity which means they flourish on single as well as interdisciplinary degree programmes.’
King’s College states that, “King’s continues to value the structure of the IB and all of its integral elements, but wishes to ensure that there is an appropriate level of flexibility. Under the new offer scheme, the highest overall point score that will be required is 35 points (including the core).”
IB Asia Pacific
Congratulations to Miss Mary Morrison, Assistant Head Teacher, and Mr. Ben Turner, Learning Technologies Integrator, on their recent involvement in the IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference. Our two teachers travelled to Kuala Lumpur to present a workshop on how we at BIS are integrating the IB Learner Profile in our performance management and middle leadership development programmes for teachers.
The IBAP Conference is attended by IB educators from the whole Asia Pacific region, from the USA to India and some from the Middle East. Our school presence at the conference reinforced our position as a key innovator in the IB professional community.
Richard Dyer
Head TeacherSecondary
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