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14/06/2010

This week we are celebrating Creative Arts Week and hope the students enjoy the events planned for the celebrations of all the Arts.

The Sixth Form begin their Bridging Course this week. On Friday we will be holding the Graduation Dinner for the Year 13 students with their families in the evening. We wish them all the very best on their next educational adventure and for the future.

Primary Parent Teacher Appointments: 22nd – 23rd June
Next Tuesday, 22nd June, from 2.45–4.30pm, we will be holding an informal Open Afternoon when you and your child will have a chance to meet your child’s Class Teacher, look at their books and chat informally about your child’s progress. At that time, you will also be able to sign up and make an appointment for an individual consultation for the following day, if you feel there are issues you would like to discuss in more detail about your child’s progress and / or their Annual Report, which will be issued on Monday 21st June. These appointments will be scheduled for Wednesday 23rd June. If you know that you will not be attending on the Open Afternoon but would like to meet the Class Teacher on Wednesday 23rd June, please contact the teacher directly before this day.

A message from our Primary Parent Eco Rep, Paul Wright:
Following the TBS eco-day on Friday 4th June, students have been giving their feedback on what went well, what needed improving, and ideas for sustaining our eco-activities so that they become everyday habits. What about you? If you are a Primary parent and have feedback on any of these, or other eco-issues that you would like the school to look into, please email paul_t_wright@yahoo.co.uk

Work Experience Week: 21-25 June
Thank you to those parents who contacted Ms Murphy re work experience. We are still looking for placement for students who are interested in tourism, design, engineering, architecture and any kind of business.
If any further parents could help us by taking one or more of our students for this week we would be very grateful. If you can help please contact Ms Murphy at julie@tbs.edu.np

This Thursday is the Board of Governors AGM in the school hall at 6pm.

Final reminder
Any used, clean children’s’ clothes any size ladies or gents clothes small sizes will be collected by Anandaban Leprosy Hospital tomorrow Tuesday 15th of June.

Rainbow Club
As promised all girls in Foundation class who would like a taste of Rainbows are warmly welcome to attend the club tomorrow, Tuesday 15th June, at 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

There will be NO Cross Country Club next week on 21st June 2010.

This Friday we will begin our Family assembly at 1.30pm and will be celebrating some of the events experienced throughout the Creative Arts week.

03/05/2010

Dear Parents, Thank you to all our Year 3 Parents who dressed the children for the Viking History day on Friday. They all looked terrific and had a fun day.
It is currently our intention to open tomorrow Tuesday 4th May. Should the situation change we will send email messages and update the answering machines and web site. Please check before starting your journey. All students who have an exam tomorrow must make every effort to come to school.
May we remind you that updates are put on the website tbskathmandu.org/emergency, and we will be sending e-mail messages if we have current addresses. Parents can also call the answer machine 5531010 to check updates. Please do not leave a message on the answering machine.
You may also call Mr Bruce, Crisis Management Officer, mobile 98510 22290, or myself mobile 98510 35147 and residence 5521798, Mr Costain mobile 98411 82608, Mr Leahy mobile 98036 10746 and Mr Priest mobile 98511 03423 should you have problems getting through on the school lines.
May we suggest if you have accessed your email regarding the situation about school you could then let friends or colleagues know as some parents have done this morning.
Many of you have experienced bandhs and political unrest here in the past and know the situation can change within an hour so it is difficult to predict what is best for TBS, our children families and staff.
The planned Parents Workshop on the theme of “Supporting your child’s learning” scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday 4th May at 6pm, in the School Hall has been postponed until Tuesday 11th May when we hope the situation here in the valley will be more predictable. This will be a great opportunity for us to explore how we can work together to support your child, and for you to ask us and other parents about how we can all ensure our children learn and grow as we would hope. The workshop is aimed at Parents of both Primary and Secondary age children. It would be very useful for us for organisational purposes to know if you would be attending. Please could you ring Reception or reply to this electronic letter. Thank you.
Please note the Early Years Key Stage 1 swimming programme will not begin until Wednesday of this week.
On Friday Year 4 will be enjoying a Tudor Day linked to their History topic. We hope you will support your children by dressing them up for the day.
Please note the following change of dates: Due to numbers of Year 5 children out at FOBISSEA Games, we have switched the Year 5 Class Assembly to Week 6 and brought forward the Foundation Class Assembly to Week 5.
A message from the Year Book Committee: For the last 11 years The British School, Kathmandu has published a yearbook. In order to fund the publication we ask for contributions from advertisers. The Yearbook has a distribution amongst our parent body and also to Foreign missions, INGO’s and businesses in Nepal. We also distribute to the other schools in FOBISSEA (Federation of British International Schools in South and East Asia). Copies we distribute locally are replaced on a regular basis and so they remain visible throughout the year. In addition, we present every prospective parent with a copy and so we try to put our Yearbook in front of as many people as possible including new arrivals to Nepal. We would like to request you to support our endeavour by placing an advertisement in our Yearbook and I attach the advertising rates below for your information. Please contact the Year Book Coordinator at yearbook@tbs.edu.np with your copy or for any further information. We ask that the money be paid to Miss Sthapit, the Bursar, at the school. Yearbook advertising rates are as follows:
Back cover Rs 20,000
Double page spread Rs 20,000
Inside covers Rs 15,000
Inside Magazine Rs 12,000
Half page Rs 7,000
Quarter page Rs 4,000
Full page is A4
Full colour
There is a PTA meeting scheduled for Thursday 6th May at 2.35pm in Year 5 classroom. We hope you can come along and join this active committee. There will be no Friday Family Assembly this week as the hall is in use for the Secondary examinations. Yours sincerely, Sandj Wilderspin Principal

15/03/2010

Dear Parents,

The FOBISSEA Under 13’s Squad arrive back this afternoon from their trip to Vietnam. They have done very well and as always are praised on their behaviour and sporting attitude.

Year 9 left this morning for their fieldtrip to Borderlands they return on Friday at approximately 5.30pm.

The Leprosy Mission will be collecting all clothing today. Thank you for your kind and generous donations.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we have Primary Open Afternoon and Parent Teacher appointments. We look forward to seeing you there.

On Thursday Year 1 will be camping overnight at school and visiting Hattiban during the day as part of their fieldtrip and geography focus.

AS and A Level Award Winners
Every year the British Council in conjunction with Cambridge International Examinations present awards to those students who achieved the best AS and A Level results in Nepal. As a small school in academic competition with schools in Nepal that have much larger AS and A Level groups, we are always happy to win a few of the awards, as we do every year. This year, however, our students have surpassed themselves and won no fewer than 6 out of the 24 awards available for the June 2009 examinations. This figure also puts us at the top of the 'medal' table as the school with the most award winners.
The individual winners are:
Lobsang Lama for Geography AS Level and for Economics AS Level
Abhishek Shakya for Psychology AS Level
Stephanie Vel En Tial for Art and Design A Level
Ahis Shrestha for Mathematics A Level
Gwyneth Hodgins for Psychology A Level
We are very proud of our student’s achievements. I am sure you will join us in congratulating them.

Wednesday’s KS2 Rehearsal 2.30-3.30pm. Please can we have all children in Act 1 Scenes 2, 3 and 4. Thank you. Tickets for the KS2 ‘Cinderella and Rockerfella’ Production go on sale this week priced at NRs 200 for adults and Nrs 50 for non TBS children and Secondary students.

On Wednesday we have Year 7 Parent Teacher meetings in the hall 3.45pm to 5.30pm.

The Primary Family Friday Assembly this week will be led by a selection of children from the classes with a St. Patrick’s Day theme and Irish Music and will be starting at 2pm. We will also be encouraging students to wear something green on Wednesday to recognize St. Patrick’s Day itself.

On Saturday 10am until 1pm we have the annual TBS Spring Fair. We will be selling tickets for admission this week. We urge if you, your staff and friends wish to gain entry on the day please pre buy the ticket to avoid disappointment. The cost is Adults 100Nrs and non TBS children 50Nrs. If you would like your own table please see Mr. Cannon to book before Friday 19th March. This is always a very successful fun day and we look forward to seeing you all there.

Mr. Norman won’t be able to run Cross Country Club for this term. Those students who have paid for Term 2 will be adjusted next term. Thank you.

08/02/2010

May we remind all Secondary parents that there will be a Year 9 Options Evening on Thursday 11th February at 5.30pm. This is a great opportunity to hear about the IGCSE options and Post 16 provision. Even if your children are not staying next year the information is transferable to other British Curriculum schools. This will take place in the Secondary Section.

Year 8 leave on Wednesday at 9:30am for their fieldtrip to Sipadol in Bhaktapur and return on Friday at 2:30pm.

The Primary and Secondary School Councils Valentine’s Disco is on Friday 12th February at TBS in the hall. Tickets are on sale at the gate and cost 200 Nrs. for Primary children and 300Nrs for Secondary students.
The theme for Primary is Casual and Elegant with something red. The timings are as follows:
KS1 and Early Years 4-5pm
KS2 5-6.30pm
Secondary students 7-10pm
There will be refreshments on sale
All profits will go to support the Haiti Disaster fund.

Mr Simpson and Mr Prajapati are offering a Pottery Club on Thursday 2.30-3.30pm to Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. This club will commence on 25th February and there will be a cost of 200Nrs to cover the cost of clay etc. Please let Miss Bajracharya know if your child is interested as there will be limited places.

On Sunday 14th February there is an opportunity to watch a concert of South American Music by an Australian group of musicians called ‘Tigramuna’. The concert is at 3:00pm at the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory (KJC) and admission is free.

We look forward to seeing you this week for the Primary Family Assembly led by the Foundation class and Miss Esplin.

14/12/2009

Thank you all for supporting the Christmas Fair which was great fun. We enjoyed seeing you all there. Year 5 had a splendid trip to Chitwan, in spite of the heavy traffic, making the return to school on Friday late. They came back full of their adventure. We would like to thank Mr Mehta for the use of his wonderful brand new bus. The Secondary School Council hosted a Christmas Disco on Friday. Well done to those students who organised this excellent event. We are again running the Whole School Holiday book lending system. If your children would like to borrow books through the Library please see Miss Lama. We ask for 1000Nrs deposit from each child. There are TBS cloth shopping bags on sale supporting our drive to be a green school. If you would like to purchase one you may do so from the Reception for 100NRs. If you have not yet bought the 2010 TBS Calendar, full of students art work, you may do so for 500Nrs from the Reception. Tomorrow, on Tuesday, we hold our Annual House Tug of Peace Competition, starting at 8.45am. Please can you ensure your child has appropriate and warm PE clothing for the event. Also, tomorrow afternoon the Primary children will be having their Christmas parties. Please send your child to school with some finger foods which they can share with their class. Thank you. Please come and join us for the whole school final assembly and Carol Concert on Wednesday 16th December at 11am. May we remind you that school closes for the Christmas holidays at 12pm. The new term starts on Wednesday 13th January 2010. May we thank you for your support throughout the year and wish you all Seasons Greetings and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

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