We have had another exciting week in the Primary & Early Years section! We finished last week with a fabulous assembly from Year 5.

We are so proud of the Year 5 students for performing in assembly last week. The students worked together to decide how they would like to showcase their learning about ancient civilizations following the ‘Great bold and the brave’ topic. They agreed upon making short skits about significant events, inventions or discoveries in the history of Ancient Greece or Rome. The students wrote their own scripts, made their own slide backgrounds and practised throughout the week, improving their drama, presentation and teamwork skills. I am sure all that attended the assembly learned something about Ancient Greece and enjoyed the show. Well done Year 5!

This week we celebrated book week in the Primary School! It has been a wonderful week full of book related activities and competitions. A highlight of the week was the students having the opportunity to meet two authors and engage in discussion about their stories and being an author. The students have also participated in other activities including buddy reading with other classes, door decorating and a book swap. It has been fantastic to see the children’s love and excitement for reading and writing develop over the week.

On Tuesday we had a virtual author visit from James Sellick. He led sessions with The Early Years and Key Stage one children based around his book, ‘There’s a rang-tang in my bedroom’ which touches on environmental themes such as the palm oil industry & deforestation and for the Key Stage 2 children with two of his ​​books from his picture book series, Dealing with Feeling. He started with ‘Storm Goliath’ which covers themes such as feelings of anger and emotions and he read and discussed his book, ‘Saving Pinku’ which covers topics such as fear and loneliness. Through fun and enchanting stories, there is subtle guidance on how to recognise and manage emotions in a positive way.  The children engaged well with the author and his stories and asked some very interesting questions, such as ‘what inspired you to be a writer?’ and who was your favourite childhood author?’. Unsurprisingly, he named Roald Dahl!

On Thursday morning we started our day with a chance to showcase all of the amazing costumes created by both our students and teachers. Every student was given the chance to walk the catwalk with the rest of their class. The level of creativity was astounding, and it is wonderful to see that our children read such a wide range of books. It was a wonderful way to start World Book Day celebrations at TBS!

Also on Thursday, the children had the chance to get creative and design their doors using recycled materials in the theme of a book chosen at random. All classes showed great creativity and unique thinking in bringing their ideas alive; House Captains and the English Leads had the very difficult task of choosing the best designs – this was not easy due to the high level of artistic skill displayed. Well done everyone for participating and bringing books to life! Here are some of the fabulous designs:

Very excitingly, we also welcomed our second author of the week to TBS on World Book Day! Mark Shulman, who has been visiting Nepal came into school and held 3 interactive sessions with the Primary & Early Years students. First, he met our Early Years & Key Stage 1 students, then Years 3 & 4 and finally Years 5 & 6. Mark spoke to them about what inspired him to write his books, which range from ‘Big Cat’ and ‘Foxy Fox’ aimed at the younger audience, ‘Gorilla Garage’, aimed at a slightly older audience followed by his book ‘Flashlight Monsters Invade Hollywood’. The children thoroughly enjoyed his sessions, where he explained that he feels children are much more fun and interesting than adults! He was very funny and engaging and all the students were buzzing about his visit afterwards. He left some signed copies of his books ‘A is for Zebra’ the first alphabet book about last letters and ‘AA is for AArdvark’ the first alphabet book about double letters!

Our Book Week concluded with an assembly celebrating the student’s amazing efforts this week. Please see the winners of the competitions below:

Best Door Design:

Most inventive ‘Get Caught Reading’ photo:

Most creative costume winner:

Overall costume winners:

After such an engaging week, we hope that the children are feeling inspired to write their own stories and read a range of books at home.

NISSA League Finals

Last Saturday saw our senior sports teams involved in their finals tournament. In the boys’ competition, TBS narrowly lost in a highly competitive match against KISC. Having led throughout the match, KISC won with a three-pointer in the final few seconds of the game to win by a single point. In the girls’ football, having won the league with a 100% record, TBS had a bye to the semi finals where KISC were again our opposition. This time the results were reversed  from the boys’ matchand the girls won by a single goal. In the final, TBS played a well drilled Rato Bangla side. Both the TBS and RBS sides played well and thanks to the effectiveness of both goalkeepers the match ended scoreless sending the game to penalties. In the best of four format, TBS confidently scored their first three shots, whilst TBS goalkeep Edie made two great saves to ensure that TBS confirmed their league victory with a finals day win. Congratulations to the TBS girls’ football team for a perfect season!

FOBISIA Chess Tournament

Also on Saturday, a TBS team competed at the online FOBISIA Chess competition organised by The British School, Jakarta. TBS was represented by three outstanding teams, comprising 16 students, (Team 1:- Sahas (Y8), Prashidha (Y11), Jeongyoon (Y8), Pierre (Y8) & Nijal (Y7), Team 2:- Yajur(Y9), Samraj (Y9), Tahsin (Y13), Avya (Y8) & Roman (Y7) Team 3:- Pukar (Y13), ShahZain (Y8), Yash (Y8), Tenzin (Y7), Yeabsira (Y7) & Neil (Y7)  who all displayed impressive skill, sportsmanship and dedication throughout the event. The competition was fierce. However, our students rose to the challenge, showcasing their strategic prowess on the chessboard, their resilience, and their teamwork. Thank you to the students, guardians and supportive parents for making this achievement possible.

Kathmandu Zoo Trip

As part of the ASDAN challenge the ALN students visited the zoo yesterday. The main objective was to enhance their understanding of animals, focusing on their diets and habitats. Here’s what our students thought about the trip: “I liked walking around the zoo with my friends, seeing lots of animals and writing about them. I would like to visit the zoo again” (Saishree Y8), “I enjoyed looking at the Royal Bengal tigers. I saw four of them. They looked scary.” (Arka Y9) “ I have been to the zoo before but this was a special one. I enjoyed boating and taking pictures of animals the most.” (Neeharika Y10)

Year 9 Options Evening

Thank you to all the parents and students who attended Year 9 options evening and PTC on Tuesday. We had a 100% attendance from parents at this event – the first PTC of the year to report this. Year 10 PTC is next Thursday – no pressure Year 10 parents but  I would love to report another full turn out in next week’s Yeti news! The options information slides for the evening can be found using the following link. 2024 IGCSE Options Evening .pdf

World Book Day

On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day with the highlight being the start of the day’s catwalk showcasing all those students and teachers who have dressed up for the day. There were some wonderfully creative entries including a humpty dumpty complete with wall and a Willy Wonker with chocolate! There was a staff Harry Potter ensemble complete with Hagrid, Harry, Lord Voldemort and other characters from the series, but the biggest cheer of the morning was earned by Gru and his minions (Ms Hall and her year 8 mentees!). Other events included the treasure hunt tracking down the teachers’ favourite books and the lunchtime book sale complete with Himalayan Java hot chocolate. Thank you to Mr Jameson and the English & Literacy faculty for organising this event.

English & Literacy Parent Information Session:

The English & Literacy faculty are hosting a Parent Information Session next Friday 15th March at 08:15am in the library. Please come and find out more about learning in the English faculty. This session will be led by Mr Jameson.

International Womens’ Day

Friday marked International womens’ day. The Zonta club followed up their recent high profile activities with an open mic event at lunch time. TBS alumna Ayesha Lissanevitch organised an International Women’s wellness event at La Terrace and we were delighted to send a small group of students to this event.

And finally good luck to our badminton teams who compete in an away fixture at Lincoln on Saturday.