Please watch the end of term assembly below! 

This is to notify that Anjum Rajbhandari, our Finance Officer, is no longer associated with TBS. We wish him all the best for his future and the new job. For all finance-related queries, please email at finance@tbs.edu.np.

As the end of term draws to a close this week, what a term it has been!  It started with all of us in Continuous Learning and, very happily, ending with all of the secondary school students back on campus.  Indeed, as I write this now, it is the anniversary of Nepal’s first lockdown starting!  If anyone had told us then the impacts a virus would have on the world, I’m sure none of us would have believed it.  Thankfully, we now have some modicum of normal again,and it has been lovely having students back on campus.

For this week’s end of term assembly, I would like to thank Lakshana in Year 11 for helping share the KS4 highlights for this term.  Having spoken to the vast majority of KS4 students recently, without doubt, all of the students have said the highlight for this term has been coming back to school!  Who would have ever thought a group of teenagers would say that?!  For teachers, dais and didis too, it has also been our highlight.  A school is not a school without students and all the noise, chatter and laughter that they bring with them.  

As the term progressed, lunchtime clubs have been made available to students, and it has been great seeing them take up the offer of these clubs so fervently.  As term 4 approaches, we are looking to also start after school clubs, and students (and parents) should look out for more information about this after the holidays.  Miss Howell, our new Duke of Edinburgh coordinator, is also super excited for students to be continuing with, or indeed starting, their awards soon.  

It has been a very busy term for our Year 11 students:  starting with their mock examinations, and now ending with them preparing for their external exams.  On that note, while Pearson (Edexcel) exams have been cancelled, CAIE exams are going ahead, and so I would ask all year 11 parents to ensure revision is being done during the holidays.  It is also important that students take some time off to rest and relax and enjoy some hobbies. The CAIE exam timetable will be shared with students upon our return to school.  

Year 11 students have also been looking beyond this current academic year and have been choosing their A-Level options.  With blocks now decided, students have this week been making their choices.  The school always works very hard to try to ensure that all students get their option choices.  However, sometimes that is just not possible for logistical reasons.  

Our current Year 9 students have also been thinking ahead and are in the process of choosing their IGCSE options as they embark upon KS4 after the summer holidays.

Many of the Year 11 students have been finishing their coursework components for their (I)GCSEs.  Amongst others, subjects include History, Geography, English and DT.  In DT, Mr Hannay has been thrilled to have his GCSE students back in the workshop using tools again and completing the practical aspects of their DT projects.  

Here are photos of Devansh and Isaac making their models.  I can’t wait to see the finished results!

In Geography, the Year 11 students have now finished their coursework for a river they have never actually been to, using data that have not collected.  It’s certainly not been easy for them, and they have done an excellent job analysing and evaluating data that last year’s  students collected.

Sticking with the geographical theme, Year 10 students have been putting their Chinese skills to good use by labelling major cities in China (in Mandarin).

In English, Year 11 have been collecting quotations this week as they complete their study of Sheriff’s play ‘Journey’s End’. We think this great digital work shows they’ve learned lots about online tools this year!

In Music, Abayaa and Manawi have finished their coursework and are now focussing on Music for wellbeing, looking at musicals harmony singing.  Here they are singing “For Good” from the musical Wicked.

KS4 Students of the week

Since the last publication of KS4 news, there have been a number of students of the week.Congratulations to the following students:  Himanshu in Year 10, Ishan in Year 11, Serra in Year 10, Taha in Year 11 and Aadi in Year 10.  I am looking forward to nominations for next term’s student of the week.

Prefect Notices:

Hello TBS! It is the last week of Term 3, and I am sure we are all looking forward to the break. We just wanted to say how impressed we are of all of you to have adapted so smoothly to getting back to campus. We wish you all a wonderful break!

Here is a message from our fellow prefect member Seoyun: 

The MUN team will be organising a student-led MUN conference in TBS during the last week of Term 4! All KS4 & KS5 students are invited to take part. Not only will it be an amazing experience but it will also be a fantastic extracurricular to add to and discuss in your university application or interview. If you are interested, contact the prefect team or any member of the MUN team. More details are to be shared in the coming weeks 🙂

Teacher of the Week:

The Winner of this week’s teacher of the week goes to Ms. Wynn. Ms. Wynn is kind and caring towards her students. She also shows her passion about student learning by helping students achieve their very best and pushing the students to surpass their own expectations. We would like to thank Ms. Wynn for providing students with a diverse range of opportunities to succeed in school. 

Congratulations Ms. Wynn!

Weekly fun challenge:

Email your responses to: prefects@tbs.edu.np

The Year 1 students have been using their knowledge about insects and their art skills to make these amazing giant insects out of paper mache!

We are looking for someone to take the Owls Representative role. Here is a brief summary of what TBS Owls is and what they have done in the past. The TBS Owls is an informal parent’s association. Their main goal is to support TBS families and staff. In the past, and hopefully again in the near future, the Owls have run a coffee cart on the school grounds. The coffee cart acts as a spot for parents to gather at drop off and pick up. This is a very special place where friendships among parents are formed and questions about TBS and a variety of other things are answered. The proceeds from the coffee cart go to a staff appreciation event at the end of the school year. The Owls also hold welcome picnics and other events throughout the year to welcome new families and bring parents together in an informal setting. They also help support the school in a variety of programs such as International Day and the Christmas market and, on some occasions, raise funds for TBS community partners or other causes. Lastly, the Owls maintain the TBS community Facebook group where school events and reminders are posted. If you are interested in volunteering for the Owls or want more information please let us know.  Mrs. Spencer / Ms. Khetan.

Last week saw KS3 celebrating Pi Day by racing to complete a variety of mathematical challenges. Congratulations to Sivani Arunkumar (8K1) and Eunkyoul Seo (7M1) for coming first! Both were closely followed by Sushant and Adeeb in Year 8, who missed out because of a small arithmetic error! A huge thanks and well done to everyone that participated and attempted the questions – it was lovely to see the Year 8s spending lunchtimes trying to be the first to answer questions!

KS3 and KS4 mentor groups also competed to see which group could recite the most digits of Pi. In a very tight race 9A (199dp) edged out 8B (195 dp) by 4 digits in KS3. KS4 was similarly close with K4 getting the better of D4. With 199 decimal places, 9A are TBS Pi Champions! A special mention to 7B and D3 for a musical rendition in unison!

I am pleased to announce that Ravi (Year 2) and Rian (F2) Malla have won the TBS Community Pi Challenge with their fantastic representation of Pi with some special circles – tennis balls. Well done!

Look out for more Chandara Kala challenges to get your mathematical juices flowing or click here for the Pi Day challenges (including solutions)!

TBS Calendar 2021 is available from the school reception for purchase. As we had been away from the campus for such a prolonged period of time, we thought we would delve into the school’s past and reminisce by presenting some pictures of some familiar characters and visitors, along with an illustration of the evolution of our beautiful campus. If you would like a copy, they are available from the school reception for 500 NRS. We hope you enjoy looking through the calendar.