With your help, we made TBS a kinder place for our community
Thank you to all members of our TBS community (students, parents and staff) who have remained connected this year and worked together to support the health and wellbeing of our community partners, as well as one another. Together, we have helped support and grow our community partners through a variety of projects. Although lots of our regular events may have been affected by the pandemic, we still managed to support our local and wider community in various ways.
Food packages Distribution
During the lockdown we distributed food packages and support to:
- Our community partner school/organisation’s students and parents.
- Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward 3 daily wage workers.
- Underprivileged families of Kakani village in collaboration with Dharti foundation.
- Restaurant workers of Balaju area in collaboration with Lion’s Club.
- Animal centers.
Home Learning packages distributed
As a school, we believe education should be accessible to all! Thanks to your support we provided learning packages to 116 students in Sinamangal and 88 students from Shree Tika Vidyashram school who would otherwise not have access to alternative methods of education.
ICT Training to our partner school
The TBS ICT team provided training to 15 teachers from Mary Ward Lubhu school with basic ICT training on how to run online classes using powerpoint presentations, nepali typing, tracking attendance online, how to secure zoom sessions and challenges of offline teaching vs advantage of offline teaching.
Christmas Gift Bags
This year we distributed 1,068 Christmas gifts to students of Hope Rising School, Shree Tika School, Mary Ward Lubhu and Jhamsikhel Schools, Disabled Service Association, Shramik School and Guheswari School. Those gifts were designed to keep students safe from Covid-19.
First online version of our TBS Community Conference
TBS offered four online training slots to 50 students of the Early Childhood Education Centre. Our Primary and Secondary teachers have delivered ten different webinars to 155 teachers of our Community Partners. It was a pleasure to be able to share our skills and knowledge, this is one of the many things that makes working at TBS so rewarding!
Dance- A Thon Fundraising event
On the weekend of the 5th and 6th of June, the Global TBS Community Dance-a-thon was held! As a community, we dance for 28 hours across different countries and continents to raise money for those in desperate need. We raised nearly 3200 euro, this money will be used to support local initiatives to increase oxygen and food supplies as covid rates remain high in Nepal, and many people remain in need of these life-saving resources.
Here are all the Danceathon highlight videos published so far!
Supply of Medical Items to Lalitpur Metropolitan office.
This week TBS supplied a range of medical equipment to the Lalitpur Metropolitan office, which will be used in a Covid Isolation centre established by the Metropolitan offices in the Sunakothi and Bagdol area.
Primary Community Ambassadors
The Primary Community Ambassadors will update you on the Community work that has been completed this year during this week’s Primary assembly, where they will also be sharing an impression of the earlier mentioned Danceathon. Yaja, Larissa, Pema, Nabirah and Lilian still have lots of ideas for Community Events! Next year they hope to organise a big Climate Change Event amongst other happenings. Unfortunately Maulik, Yajur and Fahmi will have to give up their role as Primary Community Ambassador, because they will be joining Secondary after the summer break. We would like to thank them for all the energy they put towards our community!
Community Prefects for 2021
We are very excited to introduce our two new community prefects for 2021/2021. We hope they will have a positive impact on our school community in the coming year. They will also be joined by three new Key Stage 4 Community Ambassadors who will be announced in the coming weeks.
| Vibek Gurung
Year 13 (2021/22)
What does ‘community’ mean to you?
I think a community is a collection of people who generally share the same interests, that support each other, and work with each other for a better future. In simple words, I’d say a community is a place where you know you have people on whom you can rely in times of need and also a place where you should look to help others.
Why is it important to support your local and global communities?
It’s something like “What goes around comes around”. Supporting your community will probably help you later as a lot of other people will remember your deeds and will try to repay them. And it’s not just for yourself, thinking about the long-term situation, making a community with a good base (helping/contributing to the progress of the community) will benefit the future generations because a well-knit community is able to overcome times of difficulty (such as the ongoing pandemic).
What do you feel are the greatest strengths of our TBS community?
I think one of the major strengths of the TBS community is how both the teachers and students alike look to support each other and also how they accept new members to the community. Although I had just joined TBS in the last year, I was never alienated by neither my teachers nor my classmates, rather I was treated with kindness and welcomed with open arms.
How are you aiming to strengthen the sense of community at TBS?
I think the best way to approach this is by acting as a connection between teachers and students. By seeing and reviewing which factors the two sides are upset about and how we can work on it and improve the situation. The other would be actively checking up on students. To see how they are feeling about their studies, whether they are nervous about something, and also their well-being (if there’s anything bothering them in or outside school). |
Harira Lim
Year 13 (2021/22)
What does ‘community’ mean to you?
The ‘community’ I have in mind emphasises on relationships. The sense of belonging regardless of how active you are in school and to be able to improve yourself through the relationships built.
Why is it important to support your local and global communities?
A good community is what pushes people to move forward. The support and wide range of knowledge that you can obtain within a community can challenge you to take risks in areas that you would normally be reluctant to.
What do you feel are the greatest strengths of our TBS community?
Our TBS community creates several opportunities where students can interact with each other in a range of different interests. This involves Sports day, FOBISIA, MUN, Theatre productions, and more. This allows students with different interests and from different age groups to come together and build their individuality through the diverse opinions and strengths each student holds.
How are you aiming to strengthen the sense of community at TBS?
I want to help build a community where students can obtain a range of knowledge and skills. I want to open up diverse roads of opportunity for the students. I want more interaction between students with different interests and opinions. Most importantly, I want everyone in the community to feel welcome and comfortable enough to have a voice that is heard when decisions are being made within the school. |
