TBSC BULLETIN Week 6 Friday 10th October, 2014 TBSC Contact Details Telephone: +58 (212) 266 2270/ 265 5870 Fax: +58 (212) 265 2141 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tbscaracas Facebook: TheBritishSchoolCaracas In this week’s bulletin ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Message from the Head TBSC Quick News Primary Section Secondary Section Charities PTA Upcoming Dates Message from the Head Language and the appropriate use of language is always an interesting and thought provoking subject. As we know, what is acceptable in one culture may not be acceptable in another. However, the use of professional, appropriate language around school is not a topic up for discussion. TBSC expects the highest standard of language and of a school-appropriate context. We have launched a whole school initiative to ensure the language our students use is appropriate. Staff will be closely monitoring students. TBSC has a zero tolerance policy on the use of inappropriate language around school. Parents will be immediately contacted and informed if a student breaks the rule. We will also be working with our students in order to ensure that they understand what is meant by ‘appropriate language’. This includes educating them about the difference between ‘street’ talk and ‘school/professional’ talk. We will also ensure that students understand what a zero tolerance policy actually means. Please help us in this whole school initiative by talking and discussing this with your child. Yasir Patel A Cup of Tea with the Head Dear Parents, We would like to invite you to the first 'A Cup of Tea with the Head' gathering. This will take place on Wednesday 15th October from 830am to 930am in our Staff Room. This is an opportunity to discuss what is happening at TBSC in an informal environment. We encourage you to bring your thoughts with you on what you feel is working, what can be improved and new initiatives that you feel can be introduced (for example, this gathering is an idea from parents!). And of course, there will be tea to drink! Please send an email to our Office Assistant, Carla Tacoa, [email protected] to confirm your attendance. We look forward to meeting you and chatting. Regards, Yasir Patel TBSC Quick News ● Head of Primary search: Mr Patel and Mrs Felts will be in England from Friday 17th October to Wednesday 22nd October interviewing candidates for the Head of Primary position. ● Secondary Teacher-Librarian search: Mr Patel and Mrs Felts will also be interviewing for a Secondary Teacher-Librarian whilst in London. ● Board Training: Dr. David Wells trained our Board on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October. ● INSET: Teachers spent Friday 3rd October discussing assessment at TBSC. Saturday 4th October saw two consultants come to school to train teachers on the use of technology inside classrooms. ● Sharing Good Practice: Teachers taught teachers on Wednesday 8th October during our first Sharing Good Practice session of the year. ● Assembly: Year 5 produced a great assembly about Greece on Wednesday. ● Wednesday football: Parents are invited to join us in a game of football on Wednesdays at 7pm. ● Prefects: Secondary Prefects were announced in a great Secondary assembly. Healthy Eating School Today’s Key Stage 2 (Mileposts 2 and 3) assembly looked at how we can continue to be a healthy eating school. We looked at healthy options for snack and lunch. Mr. Dawson gave some great ideas on how we can be energetic and healthy students. Next week classes will be visited to check that our students are eating healthily. Please discuss this topic at home with your children. Spanish Department ¡SE ACERCA EL MOMENTO! El próximo jueves 16 de octubre, el Departamento de Español de Primaria estará presentando el taller “Aprendiendo a leer”, dirigido a los padres y representantes de Y1. Hablaremos de los diferentes métodos de enseñanza de la lectura, les mostraremos los recursos que utilizaremos para llevar a cabo esta tarea, así como también, compartiremos algunos consejos para trabajar en casa. ¡Los esperamos! Lugar: Salón 74 Hora: 2:00 pm Facilitadoras: Mariana Hernández y Dana Paz “Amar la lectura es cambiar horas de aburrimiento por horas de agradable y deliciosa compañía” (John F. Kennedy) Early Years (Milepost Foundation) Kinder’s current topic is ´Families and Friends´. The children have been busy exploring ideas around families and friends. They have thought about, talked about and made books about their families. This week the children in KJ made family trees - each child’s own family as well as their class family. KS has been introduced to the Robinson Family - Mum, Dad, Kipper, Biff, Chip, and Floppy the dog. These are the main characters in the Oxford Reading Tree stories you will see coming home. Next week it will be the turn of KJ to meet the Robinsons, and KS to make family trees. Kipper, Biff and Chip are not the childrens real names. Ask your child why they are known by these names. Key Stage 1 (Milepost 1) Year 1 classes have been busy painting to get ready for our display boards. Class 1N has chosen India and 1S has chosen Kenya. We learned as much as we could about each country. The children were excited to see each country’s special characteristics such as culture, foods, and animals. You willl have to wait to see our finished display boards! Key Stage 2 (Milepost 2) Year 3 We have been learning about measures this week. We worked in small groups to measure the Cancha in metres. We had to be really careful to make sure our metre measurements were accurate! Key Stage 2 (Milepost 3) Year 5 Class Assembly Class assemblies started this year with an exciting production from Year 5. Statues located in a museum sprang to life and were interrogated by visitors who wanted to know more about the Greek gods. A rousing song listing the benefits of living in Greece rounded off the assembly. Key Stage 2 (Milepost 3) Year 5 Class Assembly Key Stage 2 (Milepost 3) Swimming with Year 5 Year 5 went to the pool on Tuesday for the first swimming lessons this year! Fun was had by all! Key Stage 2 (Mileposts 2 and 3) Year 6 teaching Year 3 Over the last couple of weeks Year 6 have been discussing strategies to use to calm themselves down when they become angry. They came up with a variety of ideas from taking a bubble bath, playing their favourite game, to breathing deeply and even meditating. They then made booklets using Publisher to print off and present to the Year 3’s, both year groups thoroughly enjoyed this session. Year 6 were great at teaching the younger children and explaining their strategies to them and Year 3 learnt a lot. Secondary House Responsibilities These are your new House Captains for 2014-15 Miranda Andres Bello Last Tuesday the voting started for House, Vice-House and Junior-House Captains. Bolivar On Tuesday´s assembly the winners were announced and awarded their badges. Well done to everyone. Sucre Prefects 2014-15 It has finally happened! After weeks of planning, we now have a Prefect System at TBSC, and these are the first ever Prefects. We are sure they will be great ambassadors for the School and strive for excellence in everything they do! We wish them well. Tapas Por Vidas Project It has been the first week that we have been an official collection centre and thousands of lids have been brought in. Thank you all for your support and help in making this project such a huge success. The bins look great (thanks to Miss Thais Rugeles, Y6G Teaching Assistant) and the children have done a great job at putting them into the correct ones. This weeks total are: Bolivar: 1500 lids = 3 chemotherapy sessions Miranda: 167 lids = 0.3 chemotherapy sessions Sucre: 534 lids =1 chemotherapy session Andres Bello: 800 lids = 1.6 chemotherapy sessions Great work everyone! A special congratulations to the first weeks winners; Miranda :) Keep bringing those lids in! Mathematical Puzzle of the Fortnight One more week Detailed answers to the Mathematics team: Ms Achtymichuk [email protected], Mrs Merrett [email protected] and Mr Patel at [email protected] PTA Book Club Change of date!!! We will now be meeting the second Tuesday of every month! Our October book is The gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Per Goodreads: "In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductive niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait." We will be discussing it Tuesday October 14th at 6:30 pm at the school primary library. Refreshments and wine will be served. Everyone is welcome PTA We will be hosting a Halloween decoration workshop after school on Friday October 17th. Come one, come all! Mums and children will meet at 2:45 pm in the school cafeteria! Please bring your own scissors to create skeletons, monsters and beautiful lanterns! AGM The PTA Annual general meeting (AGM) will take place October 14th at 8 am. Current PTA members will present a report on last year's activities and the new PTA will be elected for the next two years. Any TBSC mother or father can sign their name up in order to have a chance on being elected to take part in all the planning and organizing of fun activities that this entails! Any questions or doubts, please contact us at [email protected] Upcoming Dates Tuesday 14th October (8am) Annual General Meeting for PTA Thursday 16th October Spanish workshop for Y1 parents Friday 17th October Halloween Art Workshop Tuesday 21st October (4pm-8pm) Secondary Parents’ Evening Wednesday 22nd October (805am) Year 2 Assembly Thursday 23rd October Halloween Parties Saturday 25th October to Sunday 2nd November Half Term Vacation Our Halloween party will take place Thursday, October 23rd! Please remember costumes are homemade in order to be able to win a prize, so start planning! We will be hosting a decoration workshop after school on Friday October 17th. If anyone wants to help let us know!
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