It was a pleasure to welcome our Early Years and Primary students back to school after a restful winter break on Monday. We very much enjoyed hearing about their adventures and they settled back into school so well. We can really see the progress they have made since they returned to campus in September 2021. 

We were also incredibly proud of how our students managed the move back to online learning at such short notice, they demonstrated the learning behaviour of our school ‘Learning Animals’ including ‘resilient street dogs’! They have also been demonstrating the learning behaviour of our ‘respectful bee’ during our Zoom sessions; we have been so impressed! 

The quality of the work that students have uploaded to Seesaw and Tapestry has been incredible and Year 5 have even uploaded some times table music videos, which we will be sharing on the Seesaw blog for other students to watch.

Here is a selection of work from the start of Term 3, based on this we have no doubt whatsoever that Early Years and Primary will continue to make excellent progress on their learning journey and will continue to overcome challenges and persevere. Well done everyone!

Early Years have been writing their own versions of The Three Little Pigs; these are Three princesses and a Bad Army and Three Aliens and a Dragon.

Year 1 have been recognising and naming 3D shapes:

Year 2 have been multiplying and dividing

Year 3 have been using the 5Ws to plan and write the introduction of a recount

Year 4 have been learning about the Global Sustainability Goals through the medium of street art

Year 5 have been building boats for their entry point for their ‘Go with the flow’ IPC topic. We are looking forward to racing them when we are back on campus!

Year 6 have been extending number patterns and finding rules. They have also self assessed their work, helping them consolidate their understanding.

A big thanks to our Art students for their inspiring dedication during the past two days. We’ve been so impressed, witnessing their pieces as they have emerged and seeing the focus and concentration that the students are all showing. These multiple day projects add another dimension to our subject and we have been inspired to develop a plan for a two day psychology project that will culminate in poster presentations of student research.

In collaboration with the Lalitpur Ward Office, TBS served as a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre all day on Wednesday for students above 12 years of age as specified by the government. We were pleased to be able to support our students and the ward through this important vaccination programme.

All students studying MFL have been very active and engaged in their studies producing lots of work to a high standard across all subjects. Here is a small snapshot.

In Chinese, Year 7 students made booklets to introduce themselves and their family as part of their Term 2 assessment. Lots of creativity was shown in their work! Year 7 students are also working on their organisational skills and note taking techniques. Here is one of the great examples from Sanah!

In Nepali, Year 8 recently looked at Nepali folktales. They read a variety before creating their own stories. Here is a fantastic example from Manasvee who impressed with their enthusiasm and writing.

In year 9 French, students have been researching francophone cities to create their own online brochures. They then gave excellent whole class presentations and most importantly, good holiday tips.

At the start of Term 2, Year 10 made their own videos explaining key grammar points that we’ve studied in lessons. Sankar’s presentation made great use of visuals, whilst Taru did a great job of explaining concepts in her own words. This has helped to consolidate the knowledge, which they have gone on to demonstrate in their own writing and speaking.

In French, year 10 students have been looking at local environments and recently created well-crafted scripts for an imaginary estate agent selling unusual properties. Here are some amusing examples from Adhyayan, Harshit, Orry and Vidhi.

Last but not least, our Year 11 Chinese class has shown us very comprehensive skills in presenting and writing with their recent research project on Introducing a City in China. Excellent work from Swati and Daniel!