April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day Celebration Ceremony

Dear Parents,

The April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day celebration ceremony will start on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 10:00 am. As it is known, Ted College is celebrating the national holidays on time according to their meaning and importance.

We as the TED family and TED students and our parents are responsible for upholding our country and our national values in accordance with Atatürk's principles and revolutions.
Since this ceremony is organized by our school, kindergarten, elementary and high school students must participate. We would like to see the parents join us on this important day.  

NOTE:

1. Students will be picked up one hour after from their regular scheduled service hours on Monday, April 23. After the ceremony, school buses will depart school at 12:00 pm.
2. Due to the public holiday on Tuesday, April 24, there will be no school. Students will come to school on Wednesday, April 25.    

PROJECT FOR UNICEF
TED Bursa College students came together for the benefit of UNICEF in city hall with other participating school’s students on February 24th, 2012. Our students took professional seminars on the creation of news and interview techniques. This will ennable them to create a newspaper that they will publish. Thanks to these seminars, our students also have an oppurtunity to apply what they learned in a magazine that they will publish. This project will be formed with the support of formal institutions. The income generated will be given to the campaign called “UNICEF is Hand in Hand with Children.” With these donations, the resource will be created for the “Child Identification and Protection of Human Rights" organization.

HAND IN HAND WITH LÖSEV
TED Bursa College 6/B students arranged a charity bazaar for the benefit of LÖSEV. This was within the framework of social responsibility which was the theme of last week. They gave the money that was collected to the LÖSEV representative of Bursa, Füsun EMECAN ÖZCAN, in a ceremony on February 28th , 2012. Our students experienced many emotional moments during the ceremony. In addition, Füsun EMECAN ÖZKAN talked about the works of LÖSEV and the features of leukemia. At the end of the program the students promised to take part together in other social projects .

TIPS FOR SUCCESS FOR 6TH 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS BY ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION AND GUIDANCE UNITS
As the SBS exam date approaches, 8th graders got faster tempos. In this process, to remind the importance of test solving technique a presentation was held by Asuman Gacal and Elif Dönmez. As well as test solving techniques, they talked about the details of new exam system. They also talked about the importance of final achievement score of 6th,7th and 8th graders fort he SBS exam. The studnets were motivated about the exams in the second term.

IB STUDENTS CONTINUE WITH SOCIAL PROJECTS
TED Bursa College Ib students’ had a social Project the benefit of Spastic Disabled Rehabilitation Centre with the Rotary Club. There are 650 thousand spastic disabled citizens in our country and 14 -15 thousand of them live in Bursa. Existing institutions serve only 2-3 thousand of them and the institutions cannot meet their need. For this reason, Çekirge Rotary Club laid the foundation called as SERMER of facility which is established by Nilüfer Municipality. In order to finish this building, kinds of activities were held. One of the activity was to sell 2012 table calendar by IB students.

DIFFERENT IDEAS AND SAMPLE BEHAVIOURS IN THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADES DEBATES
There was a debate at last week in our school with 7th and 8th graders. It was held in multi purpose room and our students showed the most beautiful examples of respect for the democratic environment. In debates 8th graders discussed whether money is effective in the development of a country's education or not. 7th graders discussed whether nature is dominated by the human being or is human being dominated by nature? The debates were moderated by Turkish teacher Günay YÜCEL and Turkish literature teacher Nevin ÖNER KOÇ, Social sciences teacher Didem KOÇAK and Turkish teacher Gülşah KADI were the juror. At the end of the activities The head of Turkish Literature Department Serap IRKÖRÜCÜ TEKSOY had a speech and congratulated the students. Ted Bursa College will continue to hold these kinds of activities.

ORIENTEERING COMPETITION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
An orienteering competition between high school students was held on February 11, 2012 in the Botanic Park by the Orienteering City Representative. Our student, Orhun ULUCA, managed to enter the top three with the Airforce School’s students. We congratulate him and wish him luck.

GREAT SUCCESS IN TINY HANDS - EZGİ IS ON THE PEAK OF ERCİYES
The eight year old tennis winter cup on February 2012was hosted by theProvincial Directorate ofYouth Servicesand Sports. The competition was held in DSİ Nilüfer Sports Center with the participation of 80 athletes and 6 clubs. Our student from 2/C,İpeknaz ALPASLAN, placed second in Bursa.

Our student, Ezgi BİLGÜTAY, placed second in theInter-Schools Ski Turkey Bursa Championship Mix on the 13th and 14thof February, 2012. Ezgi’s ski poles had a trail in Uludağ, Palandöken and Kartalkaya. She also placed third in Turkey in the star girls’ slalom and big slalom competitions. We congratulate our student and wish her luck

SMALL JOURNALISTS
The third graders visited AS TV on the 14th of February to observe a lesson on “communication” in their Social Sciences lesson. The aim of the trip was observing how to make news on TV and how the shooting was done.

TED BURSA COLLEGE HOMEROOM TEACHERS AT A SEMINAR IN ANTALYA
Our homeroom teachers attended a training seminar in Antalya on the 2nd and 3rd of February. “The TED teachers professional development test” was held with 220 homeroom teachers in attendance. The opening speech of the program was made by the Turkish Education AssociationChairman, Mr.Selçuk Pehlivanoğlu. After the opening speech, Ted Ankara College’s PDR coordinatorBeyza ÖGETÜRK made a presentation about Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity. The Turkish instruction was conducted byAsst. Prof. Şerife Dilek BELET, the Maths seminars were conducted by Prof. Dr. Sinan OLKUN, theScience and Technology training was conducted by Dr. Nimet SAPMAZ, the Social Sciences training was conducted by Asst. Professor Mukaddes ERDEM, the Creative Education and Drama training was conducted by Dr. Ayşe OKVURAN and Dr. Tunay ONURSAL, the Alternative Methods of Assesment training was conducted by Özlem ARUN and Mastering Classroom management training was conducted by Zafer ERKOÇ. The participants had a chance to share their experiences with other schools.

NEWS FROM KINDERGARTEN
In the kindergarten chess activity, we had practices in order to reinforce what we have learned. In Physical Education lesson we had streching and warming up exercises. Our students really enjoyed learning flip flop and rolling activities.

A THANKS FROM THE PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR OF SPORTS
The Provincial director of youth service, Dr. Süleyman ŞAHİN visited our school. He congratulated our students and he specified that sport courses increase the success in other fields. That’s why students should continue doing sports in every stage of their lives. The board of directors Rafet Dalgıç thanked him for his visit and he also thanked successful athletes.

WINTER BREAK SKI CAMP
The winter break ski camp, which Ted Bursa College’s students attended, was held on January 23-27, 2012. During this camp there were enjoyable activities to help the beginner skiers like the skiing. The students,who had already started to ski, were supported with kinds of activities in order to improve themselves. Ted Bursa College whose aim was for the students to enjoy their holiday with entertainment and learning, completed their 2012 ski camp successfully.

CHAMPION SWIMMERS AWARDED
On January 17th, 2012 our champion swimmers were given awards by the provincial director of youth service, Dr. Süleyman ŞAHİN. Dr. Süleyman ŞAHİN and director Hamza ÇELİK gave their best wishes to the students who will attend the Europe Youth Swimming Championship in Belgium next month. We congratulate our trainers, swimmers and also wish them the best of luck.

OUR GUESTS CAME FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
The Bursa Municipality hosted guests from Bosnia and Herzegovina. These guests visited Ted Bursa College on January 18th, 2012. The goal of the visit was to get acquainted with our school and our students. The guests’s school is a sister school of Ted Bursa College. The IB students accompanied our guests around the campus. Our students gave information about the school and talked about social projects that the students were completing. During the program the students had lunch with the visitors. During lunch they talked about joint projects that they could complete in the future.

ABRSM THE BRITISH ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC
The British Royal School of Music ‘s exams were held at Ted Bursa College on January 11th & 12th, 2012. Instructor Mr. Alan CHILDS supervised the exams. Ted Bursa College students Deniz YAVUZ, Can Bora UĞUR and Yaren ERDOĞAN were examined on the piano ability. It was not only students that were involved in the exams though. Oral ÖZEKEN, a member of the general management of the school, had an examination with his cello. 30 people were tested during this the exam.

TOYS FROM THE PAST TO PRESENT
TED Bursa College’s third graders visited the toy museum January 12, 2012. They were studying the topic “From the past to present.” They learned information about old toys from the museum. They also had a chance to compare old toys with new ones.

NEWS FROM KINDERGARTEN
This week we prepared a presentation about the “bread project”. Under the title of “Different flavors made with bread”, our students chose a food which is made with bread. They prepared this dish with their families at home. We displayed the recipies and pictures of the food we made. Our students brought the food that they prepared at home with their families. Then they explained how to cook these dishes with their classmates. After that, we shared these foods with everyone. This week, in the chess lesson we started to learn how to defeat our rivals. We practiced different pieces' movements during this week. This week in ballet lesson we had a choreography activity about gymnastics and we had a ballet recital.

HAND IN HAND WITH THE DISABLED
On December 29th, 2011 Ted Bursa College students sold arts & crafts materials which were made by the Ipek Vocational School during the new year’s charity carnival. The income of the sales were given to this school for the needs of the disabled.

WE HAVE MADE A FOOD CHAIN
The Junior Tema Club’s students watched a movie about producers and consumers. They then shared what they learned and made a food pyramid. They were reminded of the importance of fresh, clear air and trees in the human life cycle.

ELECTRICITY AND WATER EFFICIENCY
The Junior Tema Club’s students both learned much and were amazed while they were learning about energy efficiency. In order to prevent wasting electricity and water they prepared warning signs with creative mottos. They hung these warning signs near the school’s cafeteria and the school’s sinks. Giving students information about energy efficiency really made the club’s students happy.

THE NEW YEAR’S CARNIVAL: EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
Ted Bursa College’s aim was to add a social dimension to the traditional New Year celebration. The new years sharing carnival was held for the fourth at Ted Bursa College. The best examples of social solidarity and assistance were displayed. These truly brought education and entertainment together. The fundamental basis of our education is to raise students to be self-reliant, develop a sense of responsibility , and who are creative and happy. This is why our students personal developments was the most important for this carnival, just as it was the same for previous ones. The Parent School Union worked together for the preparation. The whole Ted family felt the pleasure of giving and charity. The income received from the games and activities will be given to other schools that need funding. Ted Bursa College’s Primary School Headmaster Necati Çakır stated that he tried to instill the feeling of empathy within students.

1ST GRADERS TRAVELED TO THE TOFAŞ ANATOLIAN CARS TOY MUSEUM
Ted Bursa College’s first graders went to the Tofaş Anatolian Cars Toy Museum on Friday, December 23, 2011. The children compared their contemporary toys with the toys of the past. They were amazed at the uniforms, rucksacks, and wooden desks. They wre also surprised when they learned that the toys were hand made and not produced electronically. They saw wooden sledges, puppets, and rag dolls. At the end of the trip they played with the toys which were in the toy box. They saw the oxcards which were used in the independence war. They learned different facts about the coaches that they saw at the islands in the summer. On the way back, they slept side by side.

GAMES IN THE CORRIDOR
The students have been doing holiday themed activities in the corridors this week. Our students played games while New Year songs were playing in the corridors during the lunch break. Our students cut and drew their own Christmas ornaments. Then, they decorated them and glued them to the Christmas tree on the corridor board. Our students had a wonderful time.

THE WEEK OF INVESTING IN TURKEY AND TURKISH GOODS
Between December 12 and 18 the week of investment in Turkey is celebrated in all schools. The aim discusses the importance of being independent and celebrating our country’s self-reliance. This week poems are recited, articles are written and speeches are made about this special week. We performed an activity where we celebrated home made items. We all shared food, fruits, cakes etc.. which our students brought from their home. We displayed what we did on the display board in the hallway.

WHICH PROVERBS OR IDIOMS WILL COME OUT OF YOUR BAG?
TED Bursa College’s 6th, 7th and 8th graders are learning one of our cultural treasures with their activities in Turkish lesson. They found different proverbs and idioms in their standard forms, wrote them down, then they placed them bags in Turkish class. After this activity, nearly 1000 different words and phrases have come out. Our students are learning these idioms while having fun. This happens especially in Turkish lessons and in their spare time.

SUPPORTING THE FESTIVAL
TED Bursa College’s IB students attended voluntarily to the First International Bursa Children Rights Film Festival on December 21, 2011. It was done under the organization of Bursa Governorship and UNICEF. Sabahat TEMİZARABACI, who is the Unicef Region Supervisor, gave certificates of appreciation to our students for their support.

4TH GRADERS ARE IN ISTANBUL
TED Bursa College’s fourth graders believe in the importance of observation and investigation. That’s why they went to İstanbul which is the capital of civilization, with their counselor on December 14th, 2011. The first stop of the trip was Turkey’s first and modern Turkuazoo Aquarium.The students saw thousands of different underwater species like octopi, sharks, piranhas etc.. The second stop was to the world famous restaurant “Sultanahmet Köftecisi”. After eating the delicious meatballs, they visited Dolmabahçe Palace which was built by Sultan Abdulmejid between 1834-1855 with a European architectural style on the European side of the Bosphorus. The entrance of the Palace was for greeting guests and the assembly hall was used as a part of the Harem. Interior decoration, furniture, silk carpets and curtains and other goods were authentic to the originals. It was a clear sign of our commitment to our past. Atatürk’s room was the most visited room in the Palace.We remembered what he did for us once again. We were very emotional after the trip to Dolmabahçe. The classroom teachers Orhan ORAKÇI, Filiz BİLİRLİ, Hafize YALINCAKLI and Meltem BİRMEÇ were with us during this beautiful trip. The fourth and the last stop was to the Panorama 1453 museum. It’s the only panoramic museum which is dome shaped and has a 360 degree angle structure.

RESISTANT STRUCTURES
This week Science Club’s students tried to make resistant structures. Science Club student’s emphasized that high buildings, which attracts people and wide bridges should be constructed durable and also solid materials should be used during the construction. In order to understand which objects can make durable construction, they used play dough and pasta for making pyramids and cubes. In this activity, our students tried to understand the logic of durable and sturdy construction of structures.

JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM SHOWED EVERYONE HOW READY THEY WERE FOR THE NEW SEASON
We had a very controversial match with Tofaş Sport Club between November 28, 2011 and December 2, 2011 in our school’s sport center. Both of the preparatory matches were very successful and controversial. Our sport students made us happy with the results of the matches. We celebrate our team and the trainers.

SOCIAL SUPPORT FROM IB STUDENTS
TED Bursa College IB students voluntarily attended the organization in Altın Ceylan for the cancer patients on November 26 . Our students delivered a leaflet about the nursing home for cancer patients to the guests in the organization. This nursing home will be built by Koza Lions Club. In addition, Aşkın Nur Yengi was on stage in the organization and our students took up their duties in an active way. All the incomes will be used for the construction of this center. Our students were also rewarded by the chairman of Koza Lions Club with the certificate of appreciation for their support. TED Bursa College’s IB students attend many social responsibility projects and with these activities they both try to solve the problems and live the feeling of sharing.

IZMIR ECONOMY UNIVERSITY AT TED BURSA COLLEGE
Izmir Economy University presented itself and job opportunities to TED Bursa College students on Monday, November 21. The 9th and 12th graders attended this presentation. The location of the university, the academic positions, departments, and scholarships were presented. Izmir Economy University’s facilities and important considerations while choosing a university were also mentioned. The presentation ended with questions from our students about the departments of the university.

ISTANBUL: A LIVING HISTORY
The 5th graders attended a trip to Istanbul, a capital of many different cultures and civilizations. The 5th grade students had a chance to see historical monuments in İstanbul. Our students have been studying the unit named “step by step Turkey“ in a “Living History Istanbul”. First, they went to the Turkuazoo Aquarium. It was very exciting to see underwater creatures and habitats up close. Then, the trip continued with the Yerebatan Cistern. The students were excited to see the 1500 year old monument. The third step of the trip was to the Hagia Sophia Museum. It is accepted as the eighth wonder of the world. In 1935, Mustafa Kemal ATATURK transformed this building into a museum. It was so impressive to examine this monument, which is about 1400 year old. The next point of place was the Rahmi Koc museum. The exhibitions and the displays of the modern world instantly got the students’ attention. The museum displays the developments of transportation, industry and communication from past to present. The last stop was at Miniaturk which hosted grand architecture from all around Turkey. Our students were enthusiastic about going from east to west, and from the north to the south of Turkey.

BURSA CHILDREN’S RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
The “1st International Bursa Children’s Rights Film Festival” was carried out on Monday, November 21 with volunteer participation from TED Bursa College’s IB students. It was organized in collaboration between the local Government of Bursa and UNICEF. Şahabettin Harpu, the Governor of Bursa, representatives of the Children’s Right Court, institution headmasters, teachers and students attended the opening. At the beginning of the festival, there was a short film about the problems of children in the world. TED Bursa College’s students from the 1st graders to the 5th graders were presented a cartoon. They translated short films that were prepared about children’s rights from English to Turkish. TED Bursa College’s students from the 1st graders to 5th graders made contributions to this project by exhibiting a short film, having a responsibility at the UNICEF stand, and translating the short film. The festival which aims to tell children their rights will continue until November 23.

WE ARE CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS
The 3rd graders visited the Gecit Ozdilek Shopping Mall for a lesson called “The Conscious Consumer.” They did this in order to learn information about property, equipment, nutrition and on how to buy durable goods. Students learned about the importance of the production and expiration dates of products by observing them. They also learned about the importance of energy saving products, about the responsibilities of companies, warranty periods and TSE stamps on durable goods.

OAK SEEDLINGS FROM THE JUNIOR TEMA
The Junior Tema Club students learned that the oak forests in Turkey vanish day by day. That’s why they aimed to leave a very beautiful country for the future. They collected acorns and then planted them in the forest. They collected the oak seedlings and put them into flowerpots. Finally, they watered these oaks. The Junior Tema Eco Club students planted almost 150 acorns and shared this Project with their friends.

THE RESULTS OF CHESS TOURNAMENT BETWEEN TED BURSA COLLEGE STUDENTS
Chess teaches people the habit of observing a single subject and examining people. Our students who competed in the chess tournament accomplished all of these things and more. They struggled in this tournament fearlessly. Beyond winning or losing anything, they shared something and enjoyed it. We congratulate them and wish them continued success. The chess tournament, which was organized by TED Bursa College, gave students a chance to enjoy and apply what they have actually learned in class.
2nd GRADERS 1.Tunç AKKOYUNLU 2.Burak Mert YERTUT 3.Kemal KAYAPALI 4.Onur ÖZKAN 3rd GRADERS 1.Mert YAKAR 2.Berk KILIÇ 3.Tolga Göktürk CÖHÇE 4.Deniz YÜCEL 4th GRADERS 1.Melih ŞENGÜL 2.Boran DAL 3.Emircan DİNÇ 4.Eren Barkın TEZCAN 5th GRADERS 1.Atacan TUHAN 2.Arda BAHAR 3.Melsu AKGÜN 4.Berat ŞENGÜL 6th – 7th – 8th GRADERS 1.Deniz ONARAN 2.Akın ARUSOĞLU 3.Alara ÜGE 4.Uğur SAĞLAM HIGH SCHOOL 1.Mert YILDIZ 2.Ender Ersezer 3.Ali Emre TARAKÇIOĞLU 4.Buğrahan NAMDAR

TRIP TO THE MARKET PLACE
TED Bursa College’s 2nd graders learned the topic called “Balanced and Healthy Nutrition”within the theme of “My School Excitement”. They made a nutrition album as a class activity about the theme. In October 21, Friday they visited the market place where vegetables and fruits that defend us against diseases are sold. Our students behaved as customers while they were visiting the market place. They asked the names of the vegetables and fruits that they didn’t know and they also asked the prices of vegetables and fruits. They established a dialogue with the shopkeepers of the market place. White cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cereals took their attention most. Some of them thought leek looked like onions. The trip to the market place was both informational and entertaining for the students.

ACCESS PROJECT
The students who completed the Access Social Responsibility Project, which was signed between the Turkish Education Association and the American Embassy , successfully received their certificates on October 24, 2011. The aim of the project was to give an English education to the state school students, who didn’t have a chance to get an English language education, for 360 hours. The Project in our school was during the 2009‐2010, 2010‐2011 Academic Years it began with 24 participants from the state schools. The students completed the program which was 3 days a week, each class was twelve people and it was carried out in 2 classes. They joined a summer camp at Uludağ for two weeks in June with other Access students from other TED schools who got a same language education. Three students chosen from the Bursa group won the right to participated in a summer camp in the USA. These three students will go to Armenia in December for a week with the support of the consulate and organization. In January they will host students who will come from the USA and Armenia in their houses. 3rd stage of the Access Project was started again in March, 2011 with the participations of 10 TED schools and it will end on June, 2012.

THE HISTORY OF TED BURSA COLLEGE
3rd grade students had an interview with TED Bursa College’s founder Rafet DALGIÇ about the topic “The History of Our School” in Social Sciences. First, Rafet DALGIÇ gave information about the Turkish Education Association and then TED Bursa College’s history. After the conversation he answered student’s questions. It’s worth it to see junior’s excitement about the history of their school. We thank Rafet DALGIÇ for this interview..

SCIENTISTS AT WORK
The science club students started their training on October 12,2011 with counselor Zehra DEĞİRMENCİ and Esra LALE. In the first day of the training it was decided to have trainings about experiment, designing and investigation. This week, the experiments are about how sharks find their directions, follow their hunts and the construction of the body. ”This is my ball” and “ Burning “ experiments were also conducted.

WE HAVE RIGHTS, TOO!
Our performance homework for Social Sciences was make a chart about “ Children Rights”. We divided in groups and looked at the items in the “International Children’s Rights Manifesto”. As we were looking at the manifesto we saw our rights which were under guarantee we felt very precious. It’s time to proclaim our rights to everybody. We got our color pens and cardboards and we talked about ourselves.

WE ARE MAKING SANDWICHES
Our 5th graders made a relationship between the “Nutrition of content and nutrition groups”, which they learned in Science and Technology lesson, and they also had a performance called “We made our sandwiches”. The contents of the nutrition , is so important for their growth. That’s why they made performances about balanced and healthy nutrition which effects their physical growth.

THE PIONEER OF ABSTRACT PAINTING
When our teacher said that we were drawing Mondrian pictures none of us understood what was she talking about. But when our teachers said that Mondrian was a world famous artist and he used planer area in his pictures all of us guessed that something interesting would be happen. Mondrian drew interesting pictures. It’s so different from the pictures that we have seen up till now. We admire him when we saw some sample pictures. We understood that you can see Math in the Art. When they come together You can see a wonderful composition.

Pieter Christiaan Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872 in Amersfoort and died on February 1, 1944 in New York. He is a world famous Dutch artist. He is the pioneer of abstract painting. He deeply influences the 20th century art and architecture with his works. His pictures are the foundation the “geometric abstract” trend coming after him. He used the geometry like an art language. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso and George Braque who are the representative of cubism, when he was in Paris. He is seen as the pioneer of abstract painting.

TED BURSA COLLEGE’S LITTLE FARMERS ARE AT WORK
We went to our greenhouse, which is in a secret place in the garden, preparing for us with the Young Tema-Eco Club. First, we learned the usage of garden tools and then we became little farmers and started to work. We grubbed the soil by venting it for the healthy flourishing of the plants. Then, we planted the onion which is a vegetable in season. We watered the onion seeds. When we turned back to our club rooms we registered the things we did to the observation notebook that our teacher prepared for us. This week we worked hard and had a lot of fun as little farmers.

THE ELECTION AT THE CLASSROOM
60 first graders elected their class president by voting box. Ted Bursa College’s first graders were very excited because of the class president election. In the Social Sciences lesson they set up a box to choose their class president, to learn the right of elections and the behaviors that are needed for the democratic culture in the school and in the class. It is indicated to students that the voting papers which were colored papers represent only one person and one vote that they put in the box is a voting box. These steps are under control of the teachers. Different colored papers were put on the class president candidate’s. They talked about their aims if they would be elected. Students went to the box and used their votes secretly with the colored papers. After the voting ended, the voting papers were divided and teachers counted them with their students. The student who got the maximum vote was declared as a class president. Other candidates congratulate the new class president. The teachers said that they tried to give the responsibility of elections, to give them the experience in the culture of democracy and improve the tolerance and understanding of pluralism.

THE FIRST STOP OF A GROUP CALLED “GERMAN’S ON THE ROAD” IS TED BURSA COLLEGE
The group, called German on the road, their first stop on October 3 2011 was Ted Bursa College. This Project was prepared by the Goethe Institute and also world famous companies like Bosch, Haribo and Mercedes gave their support. The aim of the Project is to look around some eminent schools in Turkey and get student’s attention to German. In this sense, the group “German at the road” organized games, knowledge contest to all ages and gave them their presents. At the end of the Project, The questionnaire was prepared and 3 students who gave the correct answers won prizes.

TED BURSA COLLEGE’S ATHLETES HAVE BEEN NAMED THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD AND TURKEY
In 2010–2011 academic year, for students who won the championship of the World and Turkey between the schools , the prize giving ceremony has been organized by the local Government and Directorate of National Education on October 4,2011. The Governor Şehabettin HARPUT, Director of education Atilla Gülsar, Metropolitan mayor Recep ALTEPE, school headmasters, teachers and the athletic students having a grade were attend the ceremony. As a result of the competitions between schools ; Deniz Ali BAYRAKTAR was named the Champion Of Turkey and the World. The Turkish girls swimming champion is Merlin AŞKIN, the youth divisions Turkish champion is Berk YENİCİ, the ski division Turkey champion is Ezgi BİLGÜTAY and have been awarded with the plaquette. In 2010-2011 Academic year, Bursa was the most successful province in Turkey by the meaning of sports. In this sense, we proud of our club’s sportive students Deniz Ali BAYRAKTAR, Orhan KARAÇANAK and Mehmet Ali TUNA who are the champion of the world. We appreciate our trainers and students and wish them to keep up the good work.

EVERY LIVING THING NEEDS LOVE
On October 4,2011 Ted Bursa College’s first grade students share the information about benefits of animals and their protection with their classmates and teachers. They display the importance of the day by preparing a board. On October 4,2011 Ted Bursa College’s first graders get the information following about the animals in our life by using brain storming technique. Animals have benefits on the human being. We get from them eggs, milk, meat, oil, cheese and honey and sausage. We learned of animal’s importance. We benefit of their fur, leather, and fertilizer. “To listen the canary’s voice which is in the cage, to watch the fish which is in the aquarium sooth us.”

FIRE WEEK
Ted Bursa College’s fourth graders celebrated the fire week. They seek learned about why there is a fire exit. Fire damages and the precaution to take during a fire. They raise the awareness of their friends about the fire exit with the activities. They decorate the performance that they prepared through using their creativity, what they learned pictures and articles. They prepared a very beautiful board and displayed their performance.

TED BURSA COLLEGE’S NEWSPAPER
The second graders published a newspaper about their duty in the clubs about the “my enthusiasm for school” We put them in a group in the classroom. Each group brought documentation like poems, pictures, crossword, information to create their own page. Thanks to this we recognize the feelings of solidarity, helping one another and being part of a community. We give our support to one of our friends who thought that he couldn’t success. The performance makes us so proud.

THE FOURTH GRADERS STARTED THE ACTIVITY WITH “ IT MOVES”
“Let’s solve the puzzle of our body”. This is the fourth graders introductory unit with the lectures on science and technology. They lectured about the muscles, respiration, pulses, exercises, skeletons, and the bloodstream. In this sense it aim was to recognize their body and make a link between these concepts and the daily lives.

FIRST EDUCATION WEEK
Primary education is the most crucial education which starts with the age of 7 and ends with the age of 15. The week in which the school starts is celebrated as ‘primary education week’ . We are indeed aware of the fact that modern civilisation level which our Great Leader Atatürk gave path to can be attained only through education and knowledge. Also that literacy is of great importance and necessity to become lettered, informed and literate individuals for ourselves, our family, environment, nation and humanity. Therefore, we prepared and presented several educational ceremonies in TED Bursa College. In this significant week, to highlight the integration and union of TED Bursa College and education we presented our acrostic performance on the subject of ‘My school’ with puzzle.

TED BURSA COLLEGE’S ATTAINMENT EVALUATION APPLICATION
28th October, 2011 Wednesday Attainment Evaluation Application, which is prepared by the SEBİT Education and Information Technology Company was carried out for the 6th, 7th and 8th graders at TED Bursa College. The aim of this application, which has the same characteristics as International PISA and TIMMS exams, is to specify the students’ cognitive degree of knowledge and skills. At the end of the application, students’ success levels at learning domains and student profiles will be created. By this means, students’ level of competence and progress will be followed.

STUDY WITH THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE IN THE LAB
Our 7th graders studied lamb’s kidney in the lab for Science and Technology class. The first phase of the study included the categorization of the students into groups. Each TED Bursa College student examined the kidney first with bare eyes and with sterilized gloves in their hands and then with the help of a magnifying glass. Henceforth, they had the opportunity to have a closer look at the function of the Excretion System through live and do concept.

LET’S FIND OUT THE INGREDIENTS OF FOODS!
We had an experiment in TED Bursa College to learn about the ingredients of food. We categorized the materials we took with us first into food groups. . 1st food group is: bread, potato and sugar 2nd group is milk and egg 3rd group is nut, walnut and almond Instilling an iodine solution we realized that the substances that turn into blue-purple are the food embodying carbohydrate, Instilling nitric acid solution we realized that the substances that turn into yellow are the food embodying protein Applying on paper, we realized that the substances that make the paper transparent are included in the fat group.

PEACE ONE DAY
Peace One Day: It’s celebrated as the world wide peace day on September 21. With CISV Representation of Turkey and TED Bursa College activities, this day is celebrated in our college with parents and students as well. UN General Assembly declares the 21st September which is the general assembly’s opening day as the International Peace Day on the 57th session in 1981.Peace day aims to prevent the conflicts all around the world and save the peace. Every 21st September the peace gong in the UN Centre is rang. On 21st September World Peace Day let’s open our arms to happiness, peace, love, tolerance and universal peace in the world absent of terrorism.

TED BURSA COLLEGE SAT TEST CENTRE
TED Bursa College becomes the centre of the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) which is required to attend American and Canadian universities. So far, SAT exams have been done by three schools in Turkey. As of November the SAT exams will be done at TED Bursa College.

JUNIORS' SCHOOL EXCITEMENT
We are very excited.Our little sweeties started school. Some of them had a problems about the orientation some of them not. However, the most important factor which make this process easy is surely mothers and fathers. Here are the some hints fort he orientation. How can you help your child to overcome the orientation process? *You should insist on going back to school *You should be determined to school time *You should help your child about spending his/her time with friends

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
The International Baccalaurate Diploma program was held in Brüksel at 28-30 July 2011. For the English Department workshop English B 2013 exam program was presented and the Paper 2HL section A and section SL contents, Internal Assesment extent and evaluation criterias was explained.Our English teacher Sevinç Güngörer and Neslihan Yayoğlu participated in the workshop. The Science Department workshop diploma program,its mission, Ib hexagon were presented. The information and examples about CAS and TOK were also given.Our Physic teacher Ceyhun Yılmaz participated in the workshop.

CISV
CISV is a global organization which encourages learning international friendship and different cultures ,sharing the same environment who come from the same culture, around the world. The organisation was established by Dr.Dorris Ellen,psycholgist at Cincinatti University, in 1951. The main and first thing that Dr.Dorris Ellen noticed while he was establishing the program is to teach children ,from the diffent cultures,living together to contribute real and long time world peace. This summer some of our school's studernts were in the CISV camp in Costa Rica.

ENGLAND-TAUNTON SUMMER SCHOOL
At the end of the 2010-2011 academic year Ted Bursa College England summer school program was held by the school and organized by Elit travel agency .

2011-2012 THE OPENING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR
On 12th of September 2011 we had our school opening ceremony with the participation of our students and the parents, after the academic staff was introduced school principals Necati Çakır and Zeynep Karslıoğlu's give their speeches.

Academic Integrity
Having students develop their thoughts, feelings, and thinking skills are among the top objectives of all educational institutions. Students, from time to time, may feel the need to complete their assignments in the quickest way possible. Known to everyone as cheating, plagiarism is an undeserved advantage. The students claim work as their own and turn in these assignments as if they had completed it themselves. This is certainly unacceptable behavior. Students should be mindful of other people's work. They need to believe that they should not receive anything that they do not deserve. Based on this value system students should not claim work as their own, not use other people's results without citation, and not arrange data according to their needs. If they decide to cite another person's work they must use quotation marks or create footnotes, create bibliographies, or use other methods that show proper citation of sources. For the 2011-2012 academic year our school will be using the program "Turnitin" in order to check and make sure that students' Works are not plagiarized. This program is used in other IB schools and universities in order to ensure students write their own texts. This will make them beter writers and researchers, help the devlop original contexts, learn to use resource materials appropriately, and ensure that they learn to use proper citation methods. This information was given to you so you would be aware of our new academic policy.

Dear Parents,

The academic year has started! We are very happy and excited to meet with you. As you know, school plays a very important role in our lives; it prepares us for our social life and also shapes our academic life.

We become acquainted with many people during school and learn so many new subjects which we did not know before.

As in the all areas of social life and democratic establishments, there are certain rules both students and employees need to comply with in order to maintain a happy and successful school environment.

Rules should not be perceived as an enforcement tool. Each system can only exist within the framework of certain rules and abnormality causes distractions. Therefore, we must follow the school rules for a compatible and happy school life.

Teachers have already discussed the school rules with students on Monday, September 12, 2011. However; as we have seen today, some students' clothing and hair length still do not comply with the school rules.

The students' uniform rules and some basic information about student appearance are available on our website. Apart from these rules, male students should come to the school with an appropriate haircut and female students should tie their hair back.

If a student fails to follow these rules, the student will not be allowed in the class and parents will be called and asked to bring appropriate clothing.

We must be very sensitive with these rules in order to establish a strong educational environment. We are very sure that you will show the same sensitivity for our new rules which will be valid starting 13-09-2011. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. All of us wish your student a productive and successful year!

*The deputy will be informed about the school clothes which cannot be obtained from the school.

TED schools attach great importance to providing opportunities for teachers to improve their skills and performance. On December 18, 2010 Cathryn Hoard from TED Ankara College gave a training session on "Creating a context to aid memory and comprehension" and "wild nature of writing". Teachers of other private and public schools also attended the seminar, and there was great atmosphere. All the teachers got some tips and shared ideas.

Our Sport School is glad to introduce the effective and important sport called 'Aikido'. We are going to start the Aikido practices on the 18 December 2010 and it will be open to our students and their relatives. We are hoping to improve the body discipline as well as inner discipline and the self-confident by the help of this sport. We are going to practice this sport on Saturdays from 13.30 to 15.00 pm.

• Practices will be held from 13.30 to 15.00 pm on Saturdays.
• The ones who were born in 1998-1999-2000 or 2001 can participate.
• Fee : 118 TL – Plus Taxes
• Service Bus : 60 TL – Plus Taxes
• For further information please call our P. E teacher Ozan Isık on 549 21 00, the extension is 158

On 18th of December, there will be a seminar for English Teachers in our School. The speaker, Cathryn Hoard, who is a teacher in TED Ankara College, will do the sessions. There will also be other teachers from public schools and private schools.

Last week, our 6th, 7th and 8th grade students went to Ankara to visit Ataturk’s Mausoleum. It was a wonderful experience for them to be in the capital. For a few students, it was their first time visiting Anıtkabir, where the greatest leader of Turkey lies in eternal sleep. All the students enjoyed themselves a lot throughout the journey.

“Learning Styles” seminar was given to the parents by our headmaster Alp BOYDAK on December 8,2010. It was a very fruitful and quite interesting seminar. Our parents were very glad to attend the seminar.

We ate “LATIN” food in the dining hall. It was a perfect lunch for the whole school.

Our students and activity leaders Yasemin Sultan KILINÇ and Günay YÜCEL were in İstanbul for the International Youth Award Program on December 4,2010