REFLLECTIVE:
They are reflective as learners, developing their ability
to learn.
INNOVATIVE:
Cambridge learners are innovative and equipped for
new and future challenges.
ENGAGED:
Every Cambridge learner is engaged intellectually and
socially and ready to make a difference.
We are dedicated to educate our students within the
frame work of Cambridge Learner Attributes, which
will be extended with IBDP Learner Profiles when they
get to grade 11.
Most of the skills mentioned above are overlapping
with the objectives and goals of Cambridge IGCSE
subjects that are studied at BELS. IGCSE courses in our
school aims at supporting learners to think critically
on a range of issues in language and science areas
through self-research and peer-learning.
As part of a program that prepares our student for
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, IGCSE
guides our teachers to implement instructional
methodologies that enable students to be
independent learners, fluent writers, great thinkers,
and engaged individuals. Our students carry on
developing themselves under these notions as they
proceed to the IB Diploma Program.
CAMBRIDGE LEARNER
ATTRIBUTES
At BELS, our students are expected to develop certain
skills in order to receive high competency and success
in Cambridge IGCSE courses. These skills are not seen
as short-term goals but they should be regarded as
skills that are needed for a successful academic and
social life in future studies. Cambridge, in this regard,
defines five fundamental learner attributes for any
Cambridge learner.
A Cambridge Learner has the following attributes.
These are:
CONFIDENT:
A Cambridge learner is confident in working with
information and ideas-their own and those of others.
RESPONSIBLE:
Every Cambridge learner is responsible for himself/
herself. They are responsive to and respectful to
others.
THE CLAPPER 2014 - 2015
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COUNSELLING SESSION
WITH IGCSE STUDENTS
This academic year, we had IGCSE counselling sessions
with grade 10 students on different topics such as
study skills and exam anxiety. Ceyda Öztekin, specialist
psychologist, ran these sessions in small student
groups. The first session was on exam anxiety, which
focused on the reasons for anxiety and the ways of
eliminating excessive amounts of anxiety. Students
were guided that they had to identify their needs with
the help of the school counselor, which would decrease
the amount of anxiety in return. The second session
was on how students can study in a productive way.
Students shared their ways of studying for IGCSE exams
and got feedback from Ceyda Öztekin. Students were
especially guided on how they should arrange their
study program close to the IGCSE May exam series.