We have had another fantastic week in Early Years and Primary celebrating our whole school initiative, ‘Spirit Week’ aimed at supporting students’ wellbeing and mental health through a series of fun themed days which remind us all to be kind to ourselves as well as others!
Our Year 6 House Captains worked together with the Secondary Wellbeing Prefects to put together a fun and engaging week.
Our House Captains said: Spirit week was a great opportunity for students to try something new and experience different ideas that had been organised by the secondary prefects and house captains. The whole week was designed to boost everyone’s well being and excitement through lots of different activities and fun events, including pyjama day on Monday and dress to impress on Tuesday which was a nice opportunity to be creative. Intercultural Day on Wednesday was the chance for everyone to represent their cultures and experience other cultures as well, learning from them. The week ended with Palentines Day where everyone got the opportunity to bond with each other and express their feelings for one another. The whole week was a great success and we would love to develop Spirit Week even more for 2026!
On Wednesday we also had our Intercultural Day celebrations, which was a wonderful way for our TBS community to come together and learn more about each other and our cultures. We started the day all together on the astro with some beautiful dances from our Year 2 & 3 and Year 4, 5 & 6 dance clubs before holding our cultural fashion show. Our Community Ambassadors from years 4, 5 & 6 compared the Early Years and Primary section of the fashion show, all representing their own cultures in their clothing, showing how they express their own identities.
The Early Years and Primary students then went back to class to participate in cultural education activities.
The Early Years children had lots of fun celebrating Intercultural Day and particularly enjoyed participating in the fashion show! The children undertook a variety of engaging activities and one of the highlights was creating their own musical instruments in the form of zampoñas which are traditional South American panpipes.
Year 1 had a wonderful time celebrating Intercultural Day at school. The children proudly showcased their outfits representing different countries, sharing their unique cultures with everyone. They also took part in creating a beautiful handprint artwork, where each child painted their hands in the colours of their country’s flag, leaving a vibrant and meaningful mark on the class project. It was a day full of creativity, learning, and cultural appreciation!
Year 2 celebrated a wonderful Intercultural Day on Wednesday. The children proudly showcased their cultures by dressing up and walking down the catwalk in the whole school fashion show. They explored various cultural dances and performed them, with the Finnish Polka dance being particularly popular. Additionally, they decorated a class photo using Nepali paper and Dhaka prints from the host country. In small groups, they learned about different art forms worldwide, creating Rangoli patterns from Indian culture and making paper carnations from Spanish culture. They were so excited for a very special lunchtime, where they were able to try different foods from around the world at the Food Fest, and then gave a fabulous performance in the intercultural assembly!
Year 3 students enthusiastically shared insights into their cultures and identities, introducing us to landmarks from places we consider home, like Big Ben and Dharahara Tower. We also explored some of our favorite dishes, such as biryani. The day was filled with fun as we learned folk dances and songs from around the world and collaborated with classmates to share information about as many countries as we could think of.
Year 4 children had a wonderful time sharing their unique traditions and customs with their friends. They learned about the meaning of culture and how it shapes people’s identities. As part of their activities, they conducted interviews to explore different cultural backgrounds. An additional highlight was when children shared when they wore their culture dress or a special memory attached. They also created stop-motion videos to creatively showcase their heritage and traditions.
Year 5 enjoyed celebrating the intercultural day. They felt very proud and confident wearing their cultural attire. They shared something special about their cultures and got to know about each other’s culture a little more in depth. It gave them an opportunity to foster inclusivity, curiosity, and respect for diversity.
The Year 6 children shared facts, information and stories from their cultures with their peers and had a chance to ask questions too. This included learning about Eid, Diwali, Ramadan, Hinduism and Gufha. They also did quizzes after sharing the information, sang songs, and played games on vocabulary from their home countries.
We finished the day with our family cultural assembly led by our Community Ambassadors from years 4, 5 & 6. With performances from the languages departments, as well as individual students highlighting this was a great way for the students to share their understanding of different and diverse cultures with their families and finally finishing off with our staff performance, which was extremely popular with the students!
We also have the much awaited results from the field events, javelin, standing long jump, shot put and standing triple jump, from our Year 4, 5 & 6 sports day. Thank you to our House Captains and Year 11 students who supported our PE team in running these events. The overall winners of the Primary Sports Day were, in 4th place Dalughiri, third Katchenjunga, 2nd Annapurna and in 1st place was Makalu!
