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The COBIS student engagement calendar for 2017-2018 includes opportunities for students to get involved in events, competitions and awards encompassing:

  • Art
  • Debate
  • Film
  • Global Social Action
  • Maths 
  • Model United Nations
  • Music 
  • Poetry 
  • Science
  • Sport 
  • Student Leadership

 

In 2017/18, COBIS student events will be held in Romania, Spain, UAE and UK. We are grateful to all of our host schools and the teachers who work so hard with their students to prepare them for these activities. We hope your students enjoy getting involved in COBIS student events, competitions and awards this academic year. 

COBIS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

CALENDAR 2017-2018

Spring Term 2018:

 

 

Summer Term 2018:

 

COBIS Poetry Competition

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With the closing date less than a month away, we are looking forward to seeing all the submissions for the COBIS Poetry Competition. The theme for this year is "Through a Looking Glass" and we've already received some fantastic entries from talented COBIS students!  

 

Schools can submit poems in three categories:

  • Category A: 10 years and under
  • Category B: 11-14 years
  • Category C: 15-19 years

 

The closing date for the competition is 9 February 2018 and entries should be submitted at cobis.org.uk/poetry. 

COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards

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The COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards is an exciting competition for budding scientists to show off their exciting experiments! Run in partnership with the National Physical Laboratory, all films submitted will be viewed and marked by professional scientists.  

 

Awards will be presented for "Best Film of an Experiment" in three age categories; KS1&2, KS3 and KS4&5. Schools can submit several entries - there is no cap on the number of films you can submit so feel free to try all your hypotheses!

 

The closing date is 28 March 2018

COBIS Student World Debate Competition 

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Best of luck to all the students attending the Student World Debate Competition, taking place 1-3 February at Jumeirah College, Dubai. 

 

COBIS Supporting Member Debate Mate delivered a webinar for all the schools involved with top tips for debating and the benefits of Debate for all students. To view the webinar, please click here

 

Follow the action on Twitter using #COBISDebate! 

COBIS Medical Review Conference

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The 2018 COBIS Medical Review Conference will be hosted by Doha College on Saturday 24 February 2018.

 

Students from Years 11, 12 and 13 from British schools across the world are invited to present on recent developments in medicine to industry experts.

 

The conference is a one-day event. In the morning session, teams will split into breakout rooms where teachers will judge each team's presentation. The four teams with the highest scores will go forward to the afternoon session where they will present to doctors and medical experts from across Qatar.

 

Prizes will be awarded for the teams that come first and second in the morning sessions. For those who proceed to the final, first place will be awarded QAR 2,000, second place QAR 1,000 and third place QAR 500.

COBIS Primary Creative Challenge 

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In 2018, COBIS and Oddizzi are challenging Key Stage 1 and 2 students to create a travel segment on where their school is based. We want to see and hear about your local area and what makes it special; landmarks, buildings, wildlife, food and more!

 

Students should work together as a class to create a 3-4 minute film celebrating where they live and giving us an insight beyond the guidebook.

 

There are two categories prizes will be given for, in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2:

  • Outstanding Travel Film
  • Best Production (most creative way to share information)
     

Thank you to Oddizzi for partnering with COBIS to run the competition and for providing the prizes of a free year-long subscription to Oddizzi.com. 

 

The closing date is 7 March 2018.  

COBIS Art Competition

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For 2018, the theme for the COBIS Art Competition is "Mother Nature and the Environment". 

 

Students can enter a creative piece of art to reflect the theme.

 

There are five categories students can enter:

  • Early Years and Foundation Stage
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Group Entries

 

The closing date for this competition is 28 March 2018

COBIS Model United Nations

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At the COBIS Model United Nations Conference 2018, students will debate topics such as; terrorism, nuclear testing, global health, human rights, technology, climate change and refugees.

 

COBIS students will come together in Bucharest this March to discuss and draft policies on how to tackle these real-world issues. 

COBIS Secondary Games 2018

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The 2018 COBIS Secondary Games will see 368 students from COBIS Member Schools take to the pool, pitch, track and field to compete over three days to be crowned the COBIS Games Champions. 

 

Taking place in Sheffield, UK, students will compete in world-class facilities, accruing points in swimming, athletics and football before attending the Closing Ceremony, an event for students and staff to mix and have fun as well as the awards presentation. 


Spectators may attend the sporting events and more information for them will be made available shortly. 

COBIS Senior School Music Festival

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Schools from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be sending students to Madrid in June 2018 to take part in the COBIS Senior School Music Festival.

 

The Senior School Music Festival is a fantastic weekend for students to share their talent, skill and hard work with their peers and make new friends from around the globe. In addition to the competition, students will take part in a BBQ dinner, Gala dinner and a trip to Park Warner theme park. 

 

The programme is open to students in Years 6-13 during this academic year from COBIS Member schools; registration is now open.

Global Social Leaders Competition 

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The Global Social Leaders competition encourages students, aged 11-16 years, to work in teams to develop their understanding of global citizenship and how to turn their ideas into reality.

 

Teams from 18 COBIS Member Schools are currently working on projects in their communities which address one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Following the completition of their projects in the spring, students will reflect on the effectiveness of their programme and submit a report. 

January 2018

COBIS Student Engagement Opportunities

2017-2018

Autumn Term

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COBIS Student Achievement Awards 


Click below for more information

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COBIS Student Leadership Weekend

Madrid
6-8 October 2017

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COBIS Maths Challenge

20 November - 3 December 2017 

Spring Term

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COBIS Student World Debate Competition
Dubai

1-3 February 2017

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COBIS Poetry Competition


Closes 9 February 2018

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COBIS Medical Review Conference
Doha

24 February 2017

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Primary Creative Challenge


Closes 7 March 2018

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COBIS Model United Nations

Bucharest

22-25 March 2017

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COBIS Art Competition


Closes 28 March 2018

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COBIS Young

Scientist Film Awards


Closing 28 March 2018

Summer Term

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Global Social Leaders Competition


Closes 27 April 2018

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COBIS Secondary Games
Sheffield
18-20 May 2018

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COBIS Senior School Music Festival
Madrid

8-10 June 2018

COBIS Student Achievement Awards 

COBIS Member Schools can nominate up to three students to receive a Student Achievement Award this academic year. 

 

Students in KS2, KS3, KS4 and above can be nominated for an award. 

 

The Award may be presented for:

  • Outstanding academic achievement
  • High level contributions to school life
  • Significant fundraising activity
  • An act of bravery
  • Another reason, at the discretion of the Head.

A written citation, detailing the reasons for the award, should be submitted along with the nomination.

 

The closing date is 18 April 2018

PAST EVENTS

COBIS Student Leadership Weekend

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More than 40 students from schools in Egypt, Romania, The Netherlands, Qatar, Spain and Portugal travelled to Madrid for the COBIS Student Leadership Weekend in early October.

 

The event kicked off with a lively interactive discussion on the nature and purpose of leadership. Students discussed whether it was better to be respected or liked and participated eagerly under the guidance of Simon Nixon, Programme Director and Head of Secondary at King's College Panama. They then went on to collaborate in a social media project before learning about presentation skills and body language.  


Further sessions on personal branding and social media profiles as well as coaching using the GROW method were delivered to the students who were enthusiastic and engaged throughout.  


The feedback from the weekend has been extremely positive, with students from The British School in Amsterdam delivering an assembly on everything they learned when they returned to school.  


COBIS is thankful to all at King's Group for all their hard work in making this event such a success. 

COBIS Maths Challenge 

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The COBIS / Mangahigh Maths Challenge took place 20 November – 3 December 2017, with 3,265 students from 63 COBIS schools taking part.

Well done to all who participated; especially the 914 students who achieved more than 150 points individually, this is a huge achievement as a result of great determination and commitment!

Congratulations to International School of Moscow for coming first in the challenge. They have won a US$500 Amazon voucher for the school and an engraved trophy! Brighton College Abu Dhabi came in second place, winning a US$400 Amazon voucher for the school, and Oxford International School of Bishkek, in third place, won a US$300 Amazon voucher for the school. The other seven schools in the top ten have won a US$250 Amazon voucher.

COBIS would like to thank COBIS Supporting Member Mangahigh for partnering with us on this competition.

COBIS Work Experience

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COBIS took on its first Work Experience student in December 2017. Harry, a Year 11 student, spent time at COBIS Head Office, the University of Bath and Monkton Prep School. To read Harry's diary about his first experience of the workplace, please click here.
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