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.

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week we will be holding the Early Years and Key Stage 1 Christmas production at 1.30 to 2.30pm. Ticket money will go to Primary School Council orphanages project. Clearly if there is any civil unrest on December 9th then we would look to reschedule.

If you have not yet sorted a gift for the Primary School Council orphanages project please do try and support them by bringing to school any unwanted toys and clothes, in good condition, so we can disperse them. It would be appreciated if they could be gift wrapped and labelled who they may be suitable for, for example Girl aged 5-7 Boy aged 11 etc. We hope to be able to share some of what we all have with children less fortunate than us. Thank you to those of you who have already been so generous.

Thank you for supporting Kathmandu Children’s Ballet. Mrs Huntley raised Nrs18,135 on ticket sales and Nrs.5,020 on refreshments, totalling, Nrs.23,155 for our children’s charity. Thank you all for your support.

We have a great deal of lost property here at school. Please check to see if any belongs to your family. All items left will be donated to charity.

Tomorrow, Year 5 depart for their fieldtrip to Tiger Mountains’ Tharu Village Chitwan at 6.30am. They will be returning approx at 3pm on Friday 11th December.

You are all cordially invited to attend a talk entitled “Global Warming in the Mountains of Nepal’ by Mr Brian Penistonat 6pm at Lincoln School on Tuesday 8th December.

Please note this week due to Christmas production and Christmas bazaar, there won’t be KS1 / EY clubs on Wednesday / Thursday (i.e. KS 1 Art, Nepali club and also KS 2 Creative Writing) and Mrs Williams’s Yoga, Mr Leahy’s Chess, Mr Norman’s Cross Country and Music clubs on Friday. Mr. Sunny is also cancelling his Guitar club on Tuesday.

Next Tuesday December 15th we are holding the Primary Christmas parties. Could you please send in a plate of food which can easily be shared with the children and eaten with fingers. We will provide drinks for the children. We hope that Father Christmas will be in attendance and if you would like to bring in younger brothers and sisters to meet him in the Nursery at 2pm could you please let Miss Susan know to avoid disappointment for the children. Thank you.

We are delighted to announce Mrs Ujwala Karkee, Teaching Assistant in the Nursery, gave birth on Monday 30th November to a little girl.

The TBS band came fourth in the Battle of Bands competition on Saturday. Well done Kristina Allen, Sitara Webster, Avinash Gurung and Nikita Karki for an outstanding performance and all the parents and staff who supported them.

'Reduce, Re-use, Recycle! TBS is having a competition to see who can make the most useful or interesting new thing using junk materials. The winners will be announced when we return to school in January. Please send all your entries to Miss Lee (Year 1) by the end of this term.'

TBS Christmas Fair is scheduled for Friday starting at 2.30pm after the assembly. Stall holders may come in at 1.30pm to start setting up. If you have not booked your table for next week then please do so through Mr Cannon. Its 100Nrs for children, 300Nrs for TBS families and 500Nrs for commercial businesses. Mr Lee Simpson and the Art Department will also be hosting a stall where you can make a clay figurine to add to the TBS family displayed outside by the wooden classroom, S8.

The Secondary Section Sixth Form have organised a Christmas Disco on Friday 6-10pm.

This Friday our Family Assembly is at 2pm and will be led by Mr Norman and Year 6.

May we remind you that the term ends at 12pm Wednesday 16th December and you are all cordially invited to the TBS Carol Concert beginning at 11am on that day.

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we will be holding the Primary Parent Teacher appointments.

Next Tuesday December 8th, Year 5 depart for their fieldtrip to Chitwan at Tiger Mountains’ Tharu Village.
 
Have you bought your tickets for Animal Farm the Secondary production which will be showing this week on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December, starting at 6.30pm? They will be on sale at the front gate both before and after school each day.

On Thursday at 2.30pm Dr David Kraklau from CIWEC is giving a talk for staff and parents about H1N1 (Swine Flu).The talk will be held in the library, and all are welcome.

The Primary School Council are keen to support two orphanages, and ask all their friends here at TBS to support them by bringing to school unwanted toys and clothes, in good condition, so we can disperse them. It would be appreciated if they could be gift wrapped and labelled who they may be suitable for, for example Girl aged 5-7 Boy aged 11 etc. We hope to be able to share some of what we all have with children less fortunate than us.

After school on Friday there will be the Grand Year 5 Biscuit Sale. The children will be selling biscuits outside Miss Sthapit’s room at the front of the school at 2.30pm, to raise money for the children's shelter linked to Daya Ram's Primary School, where some disabled children need support. The biscuits will be sold in small bags and boxes - 50NRS for three biscuits, 100NRS for six biscuits, in little gift boxes the children will be making next week.

Please note this week will be the last class for German Club and Chess Club.

'Reduce, Re-use, Recycle! TBS is having a competition to see who can make the most useful or interesting new thing using junk materials. The winners will be announced when we return to school in January. Please send all your entries to Miss Lee (Year 1) by the end of this term.'

Next week on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th December at 1.30pm, Early years and Key Stage 1 will be performing their Christmas show. Tickets for the production will go on sale later this week, priced at Nrs 100. All proceeds from tickets sales will go towards providing necessary materials for the HURAC orphanage and Mary Ward School here in Kathmandu. Do come along and support our children.
 
A request from Miss Gilchrist
Please if you have white ballet tutu's / white gymnastic leotards,  may the KS1 children loan them for the production (for our angels). If you can help could we ask that they are named then handed to Reception. I will make sure they are returned to you. Thank you.

If you have not booked your table for next week’s TBS Christmas Fair scheduled for 11th December then please do so through Mr Cannon, the cost is 100Nrs for children, 300Nrs for TBS families, 300Nrs for local charity groups and 500Nrs for commercial businesses.

This Friday our Family Assembly at 2pm will be led by Year 4L and Year 4C.

Thank your for all your support with last week’s Health and Fitness focus. The staff and students certainly worked well on various activities together and we hope they will all keep thinking about ways to remain healthy and fit. Thank you to Mr Lord and Mr O’ Sullivan who planned the whole week.

Year 6 left today for their fieldtrip to Borderlands. They return on Friday at approximately 4.45pm.

May we remind you that the class/school photographs are now ready for collection. Please see Mrs Gunjana Tandukar at Primary reception.

Dates for your diary.
There will be a PTA meeting on Thursday at 2.30pm in Year 5 classroom. All are most welcome.
Kathmandu Children’s Ballet will be performing in the hall on Sunday 29th November at 2pm. All proceeds from the sale of the tickets will be donated to TBS children charities. Tickets will be on sale at the door. The Secondary production of Animal Farm will be showing next week on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December, starting at 6.30pm.This year the seating arrangements will be crucial to the play itself. There will be three categories of seating type - comfortable, uncomfortable and very uncomfortable.
These will all be strictly limited and consequently you may want to book early (the comfortable seats may be the first to go). Accordingly, the prices will range from RS 200 for the comfortable (chairs), RS 100 for the uncomfortable (benches) and RS 50 for the very uncomfortable (mats). Tickets will be on sale at the front gate from Thursday 25th November, both before and after school.

Secondary are presently reviewing the bandh folders issued to students in the Secondary Section. To assist with this, could we ask students in Secondary to please return all bandh folders to Miss Bajracharya at Secondary reception to enable us to update them. Thank you.
Due to Year 6 Residential Trip to Boderlands there will be no Cross country club this Friday.
Reduce, re-use, recycle! TBS is currently looking at how it can recycle more around school. We would like to manage our waste in an eco-friendly way and need your help! If you have contact details for any recycling/environmental groups or organisations (particularly those in the Patan area) please contact Becci Lee (Year 1 teacher) as soon as possible. Please join us on Friday for our Family Assembly which will have an environmental theme.