With the help of volunteers and fundraising programs, we can help provide enrichment programs like art, dance, computers and music. We will also help provide new libraries and give the school a much needed facelift. The PTA association also offers opportunities for parents to get to know each other through the work they do together, as a community.

This working partnership creates a flow of information between the school and home that benefits both sides by participating in the lives of our children outside the home.
At I.S.Béarn, the Association encourages families to get to know the teachers and the administration. In fact, doors are left wide open and staff is available to answer any questions that might arise and to encourage parents to actively seek out ways that they can be of help to the school or to their child’s education.

Our programs include class bake sale held every month by volunteers, international food days where everyone can provide a taste of their countries cooking, a book sale to benefit the library and the children by encouraging them to read, and of course an annual social events which brings everyone together.

However the association should be more than that, and because we are a small school, it should be easy to achieve this. We need your participation and we need your ideas.

We want to benefit from the different cultures that exist in our school and to teach our children to understand, respect and appreciate these differences. With your help, we can achieve this aim. In today's world, we need to belong to a community that fosters respect and appreciation for one another.

By volunteering your time or expertise, no matter how small, you are actively participating in your child’s education. Just as importantly, you are giving the message to your children that school life matters. Your presence in the school is important.

Bring your experience to the PTA Association at the International School of Béarn. Help us make our community a place of international co-operation. We need your ideas, we need your inspiration, we need you to make this possible.
Without your participation we cannot make this community work as we would want it to.
Please consider how you can contribute to the Association.

Mary Freer
President

On the Tuesday 21st of October, everyone in the school was invited to Stade Blanchard for a Halloween party! It was a lot of fun. We played a lot of games. The first game was pass the parcel and Sam won! Well done! The second game was throwing a toy rat or mouse into a ghosts mouth: it was hard! When some more people arrived, we looked at the outfits some people were wearing.
Alexandre was a fierce devil, I was a Grim Reaper, Muir and Baptiste were blood sucking vampires, and Rosalie, Marianne, Karoline and Madeleine were dressed as sinister witches. Mr Hayman was a caretaker from beyond the grave, Bryce was a dreaded bat and Gabby came as a shining fairy.
As we played “Wrap up the teachers” the mums organised the next game “Dunking for apples”! Everyone cheered on Mr.Hayman as he dunked for apples for the first time! Inside we all danced to “We will rock you” and “I love rock'n roll”. At the end, everyone went home to bed with dreams of monsters!