We look forward to seeing you this evening at the Board of Governors AGM at 6pm in the school hall.

We have sold over 150 seats for the ball this Saturday night at the Yak and Yeti so it should be a really great evening. It is not too late to join in the fun as tickets are still available at reception or from Hilary Knowles. All tickets must be collected and paid for by 9am Wednesday morning. Please can you ensure that you do not miss this deadline as we have to inform the hotel of our final numbers on that day. Can we also remind you to bring along your own wine to drink at the ball; there is no corkage charge for the wine but, as is usual in five star hotels, the cost of drinks at the cash bar will be rather expensive. The PTA would be very grateful if any further raffle prizes for this event could also be handed in to the reception or to Lorenzo Locatelli-Rossi by Wednesday morning. We look forward to celebrating with you on Saturday night.

Due to Creative Arts Week workshop activities there will be no music clubs (drums, guitar, band) this week, except for keyboards and violins which will run as normal. However, the music team will be able to rehearse performers for Friday’s Music Miscellany. Interested students should see Mr Cutting in order to make an appointment for after 3.30pm, Tuesday through Thursday.

The Annual Primary Reports will be issued on Monday 23rd June. End of year Parent Teacher Appointments will be scheduled as normal for next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. A letter will be sent out tomorrow explaining those arrangements.

May we remind you there will be a whole school Music Miscellany on Friday afternoon starting at 1:00 and finishing at 2:30 (please note there will be a short intermission).You are also welcome to join us for any of our Morning Concerts which take place in the hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10:45 – 11:30.

The Primary FOBISSEA squad arrived back on Friday from their sporting trip to Penang in Malaysia. The children were great ambassadors for the school and collected between them 101 medals which is an incredible score. Our sincere thanks to Mr Lord and Mr O Sullivan who trained and supported the children throughout the months before and during the event. It is much appreciated by us all.

Do not forget we will be holding our TBS Garage Sale this Friday 6th June at school. Remember any TBS family can take a table for a charge of Nrs 300 each. If you would like one, please give your name and money to Mandy Gaskin. There will also be ice-cream for sale at the event. Thanks to our Mrs Chand for organising this.

Make sure you get your tickets for the TBS Anniversary Ball to be held on Saturday 21st June. The event will be a night to remember with great food, and dancing to live music. If you would like to donate a prize for the PTA raffle please could you hand it in to reception or see Lorenzo Locatelli-Rossi Chairman of the PTA. I am attaching a poster with information about the Ball with this letter as we had an overrun on the printing!

We are currently finalising all arrangements for next year and would like to remind you that it is crucial that we are aware of any leavers. Pease ensure that Miss Stahpit is aware of your intentions as this could affect your deposit.

The Grand Debate inter house competition preliminaries have been held and these students are in the Grand Finale scheduled for 23rd June at the end of Creative Arts week. Congratulations to these three speakers for Makalu:

Sina Mathema

Suyash Raj Bhandari

Kirstie Potter and

to these speakers from Annapurna:

Daniela Castillo

Yeshe Rapten

Struan Hogg

Good luck to you all for the finals.
 

Students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 will all be receiving the annual report today. May we remind you about returning the reply slip enclosed with the report which also allows you to comment about the content.
 

May we remind you there will be no Family Assembly this Friday to enable everyone to get organised for the Garage Sale.

Yours sincerely,
Sandj Wilderspin

Thank you to those parents who managed to join us for the Primary Topic Talks. This Wednesday we have Year 7 Parent Teacher consultations from 3.45 to 5.30pm. Your son or daughter should be sharing with you an appointment sheet so that you can arrange a time to meet staff you wish to consult.

We have a small number of cases of Chicken Pox in the Primary Section. The symptoms are large red blister like spots which appear in small numbers then increase and become itchy. The infectious period lasts from about three days before the rash appears until all the blisters have formed scabs. The incubation period between being infected with chickenpox until the disease breaks out and symptoms appear is 10 to 20 days. Children should remain home until all spots have dried and scabbed.

An ex parent is looking for a small house or flat within easy walking distance. Should you know of such a place please could you contact me.

Parents have again been complaining about two issues:
• cars driving too fast on the way to school
• drivers again not following the traffic rules by approaching the school  from the wrong direction and stopping outside the  gate.
May we please urge you to consider the safety of ALL our children at ALL times. If families continue to break these traffic rules then we will have not alternative but to levy a “fine” of 500Nrs for each traffic offence to offending families. I urge you to follow the traffic rules.

On the note of safety may we remind you that Epic Mountain Bike Adventure (Rupesh Man Shrestha) will run a Cycling Proficiency course which is giving children safety awareness on the road. It runs on Fridays from 2.30-3.30pm, at the school, for interested children in KS2, age 8 upwards. The charge for the 4 x 1hr course will be just 500 Nrs for the four sessions. Please register your child’s name at reception if they are interested. The children will need to bring their own bikes and helmets to participate in the course. Starting date to follow.

Please may we remind you that children are not allowed to use the apparatus, the Flying Fox or play on the Mound Area by the pond before school, and only after school if they are supervised by their parents or responsible staff. Teachers and Teaching Assistants are not on playground duty after school, and there is minimal supervision before school in the mornings. Please ensure that any staff who collect and supervise your children are aware of their responsibilities. At all times we want to ensure that our children are safe and are being supervised while on the school premises. Thank you for your co-operation.

As you may know we at TBS have a very good relationship with the Welfare Society for Blind and Disabled here in Kathmandu who have a wonderful musical and cultural group that sometimes comes into school to play for us and give inspiration. The association is currently busy fundraising in order to purchase computer equipment that can be used by blind and partially sighted people and they are organizing a fund raising concert at the Russian Cultural Centre at Kamal Pokhari. This concert takes place on Saturday 24th May between 1-3pm. The programme will be very varied, including traditional Nepali folk music, fusion music and dance items performed by members of the association and star guests. Tickets are priced at Rs500 and Rs1000 and all proceeds will go to this worthwhile charity project. It promises to be a great afternoon and we do hope that many of us will be able to attend. Tickets are on sale at the Primary reception.

Miss Ishwari Rajak has left TBS and is hoping for new adventures. I am sure you will join with me in wishing her well for the future.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Family Assembly on Friday at 2 pm led by Miss Nisimo and the Foundation class. 

The Primary Topic Talks run this week. We look forward to welcoming you here at TBS to hear what is in store for your children this term.

Please note that all After School Clubs start this week for all students apart from Miss Fulton’s Wednesday KS2 Art Club, which starts next week.

This Saturday the Kathmandu Chorale will be performing their Spring Concert. There will be two performances one at 3.30pm and a second at 6pm

The PTA would like to announce some dates for your diary this term.
• There will be a Garage Sale for all those people needing to turn out their cupboards, on Friday 6th June. All tables will cost Nrs 300.
• The PTA will run a raffle at the TBS 40th Anniversary Ball on Saturday 21st June (location to be advised). If any parents would like to donate prizes for this event the PTA would be very grateful. Please could you leave your gifts at the reception. Thank you.
• Epic Mountain Bike Adventure (Rupesh Man Shrestha) will run a Cycling Proficiency course on Fridays from 2.30-3.30pm, at the school, for interested children in KS2, age 8 upwards. The charge for the 4 x 1hr course will be just 500 Nrs. Please register your child’s name at reception if they are interested. The children will need to bring their own bikes and helmets to participate in the course. Starting date to follow.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Family Assembly on Friday at 2 pm led by Miss Gilchrist and Year 3. 

The Secondary Youth Club begins this Friday. 5.30 to 7.30pm.

We hope that you all had an enjoyable spring holiday and extend a very warm welcome to our new families. We hope your children will be very happy here at TBS and you as a family enjoy living in this beautiful country.

The Primary Topic Talks are scheduled next week on the following dates:

Day/Date Year Time Year Time
Monday, 28th April Foundation 2.45 Year 5 3.15
Tuesday, 29th April Nursery 2.45 Year 6 3.15
Wednesday, 30th April Year 2 2.45 Year 4 3.15
Thursday, 1st May Year 3 2.45 Year 1 3.15

For our new families this is an opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and the Teaching Assistant and find out what is planned for the term.

Please note all Clubs Primary and Secondary start next week.

On Wednesday at 2.40pm there is a PTA meeting in Mrs Gaskin’s room. Everyone is welcome.

If you think you will be leaving TBS in June 2008 or the following term could I urge you to let us know as we are currently arranging our staffing for the next academic year and sorting timetables. Thank you.

A note from Mr Lord.
There is a special Boys’ football practice for Years 3 - 6 on Tuesday, 22nd April as we are playing against Lincoln AWAY on Friday 24th April 2008 and not Thursday as originally planned. Good luck to our Team.
 
We look forward to welcoming you to a General Family Assembly on Friday at 2pm when we will be celebrating birthdays and Mr Cutting will be making us all sing some of our favourite songs.