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Volume No: 30
The EPC Primary Newsletter
www.taipeieuropeanschool.com
Telephone: +886 2 8145 9007
5th June 2009
• Fri 12th June British Infant reports sent home
• 17th June—18th June British Infant Parents Evenings
• Fri 19th June British Section Exchange Day
• Thurs 2nd July Last day of term
• 31st August 2009-2010 academic year begins
Dates for your diary:
It might not seem like long to the summer holidays, but the TES primary sections
are still incredibly busy places!
In the British Infant Section, Year 2 and the nursery classes are all practicing
for their shows. In Year 6, the children will all be breathing a sigh of relief at the
finishing the last of their Key Stage 2 SATs by the time this newsletter is
published.
In this weeks newsletter find out about the recent road
safety programme conducted by the French section and the
chess competition run by Mr Fagg, what Whizz Bang! means in
year 2, making mummies in Year 3 and swimming lessons in the
German section. You
will also find the
latest news from the
British PTA and an
appeal for help from
Saturday Soccer.
Les élèves de 5ème présentent Les élèves de 5ème présentent Les élèves de 5ème présentent Les élèves de 5ème présentent
L'éducation à la sécurité routière à l'école primaire et au collège c’est acquérir des sa-
voirs et des comportements réfléchis face aux dangers de la route.
C’est dans ce cadre que nous avons organisé une sortie sur le terrain qui a regroupé les
CM2 et les 5ème. Ces derniers, qui passeront l’examen de l’attestation de
sécurité routière premier niveau à la fin de l’année ont
pu chapeauter leurs plus jeunes camarades, qui ont ap-
pris à découvrir la signalisation routière et à savoir se
déplacer de manière autonome dans le milieu urbain.
Nous avons terminé la séance en salle infor-
matique où ont été projetées et commentées
les différentes photos prises pas les élèves sur
la signalisation et les infractions.
Home
Vous êtes un enfant ou bien un parent ennuyé qui ne sait pas quoi faire ? Ne cherchez plus la ré-ponse : les exposés des Cm1/Cm2 ! Vous les adorerez car ils vous apprendront plein de choses intéressantes. Les Cm1/Cm2 ont travaillé presque un an pour faire leurs exposés. Évidemment, un an, on se dit qu’ils sont vachement bien faits, vu le temps qu’ils y ont passé. Confirmation, ils sont super bien faits, jusque dans les moindres détails. La présentation, les textes – archi simples -, les anima-tions et tout le reste. Au départ, nous nous sommes posé une question : l’espace se réduit pour chaque habitant de la Terre, comment va-t-on faire ? Nous avons recherché les informations nous permettant de ré-pondre à nos interrogations. Grâce à ce travail, nous avons compris que notre environnement était en danger et que nous pouvions le sauver. Vous aussi vous le pouvez ! Un premier geste : connectez-vous sur le site de la section fran-çaise, rubrique « travaux des élèves », sous rubrique « exposés des Cm1/Cm2 ». Dans nos expo-sés, vous trouverez des renseignements indispensables, mais aussi des photos, parfois rigolotes, et surtout de merveilleuses animations.
Protéger notre environnement
Les élèves de CM1/CM2, ont présenté en format « power point » des exposés sur les
problémes d’ environnement ….et sont heureux de vous inviter à les consulter sur le
site web de la section française :
http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/eft/Evenements.php
Attention, chefs-d’œuvre !
(eingereicht von Kathrin Diestel)
Aktuell in der Grundschule: Impressionen aus dem Schwimmunterricht
„Schwimmen macht Spaß!“, findet Eilien. In fünf Niveaugruppen wird trainiert und
jedes Training bringt jeden ein Stück weiter. Am letzten Montag hat die Abnahme der
„Seepferdchen“ (u.a. 25m schwimmen) begonnen und bereits beim 1. Anlauf haben es
alle Wagemutigen geschafft. Einige nahmen sogar gleich den „Schwimmpass Bronze“
in Angriff (u.a. 200 m schwimmen - in höchstens 15 min). Nächste Woche geht es
weiter!
Fotokurs mit Dirk Diestel - Thema „Ganz nah“
Schülerarbeiten aus dem Schuljahr 2008-09 von Annette Chen, Momo Zumsteg,
Josephine Meyer, Katharina Spadin, Georg Brander & Johann Ory
5th June
Dear Parents
Next Friday, all the children will be bringing home their progress reports. They are in
the same format as the reports you received in February. You will have the opportunity
to talk to the class teachers and Specialist teachers about the reports the following
week. I hope you find them useful. I certainly enjoyed reading them all, although as you
can imagine, it takes quite a lot of time! Overall, I am delighted with the progress the
children have made academically as well as emotionally and socially. We are very fo-
cused on the whole child and every aspect of their development, and I always enjoy
watching them all grow and develop throughout the year.
Just a reminder that the children
can bring in their own balls from
home to play with. Please make sure
they are named and are not made of
leather! Also can I remind you that
the children must have a hat with
them every day. The sun is incredibly
powerful at the moment. Thank you.
Best wishes
Ruth Martin
Head of the British Infant Section
Dear Year 2 Parents
Our final topic is called WHIZZ BANG! It will continue until the summer holidays.
We are carrying out lots of exciting experiments and learning really interesting facts
about materials and electricity.
You can find out more about our fun topic on the school website by following:
http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/tbs/documents/MicrosoftWord-unit5-WhizBang.pdf
B2CB introduce our topic
WHIZZ BANG! All about ma-
terials and electricity.
B2JB are learning what a fair
test is and why it is vital to
make sure all experiments are
carried out as fair tests.
B2MS are busy carrying out lots
of fabulous fair test experiments.
One of the experiments looks at
how friction slows moving objects
down.
While another experiment
tests how different materials
react to being submerged in
water.
B2CL are making Australian Abo-
riginal collages using different
materials.
Reminder:
Our Year Two show is on Friday 19th June at 1pm in the Amphitheatre. Any parents
that would like to help making the class costumes or backdrop for the show please
contact your class parent. Any help would be most appreciated.
Hope to see you all there
The Year Two Team
Dear Parents,
There are only four more weeks of term left for this academic year —so much to do
and so little time in which to do it! Although the children’s academic reports have
been sent home and we have conducted our final parent/teacher consultations, we are
still very much focused on teaching and learning.
The children in Years 3-5 have had their formal assessments which help inform us of
their progress. We analyse the results and look for areas of strength and areas for
development to ensure we are meeting the needs of all children in our school. The
Year 6 SATs took place this week and although we are as yet uncertain of the results
of these for a few weeks, what is certain is the attitude of the children towards
their learning. We are so impressed with their desire to do their very best and we
cannot ask for more than that! Huge credit goes to all the staff too for leaving no
stone unturned to help the children be the best that they can be.
Next week our FOBISSEA team travels to Hong Kong to compete in swimming, football, T-
ball and athletics. This is an exciting opportunity for the children to not only compete in
the sports arena but to also meet children from other schools from across the region. We
need to say a big thank you to Keith Hoo and the team of teachers and parents who have
coached and supported the children all year. They have encouraged the children to develop
their sporting ability, positive attitudes and team work. If you would like to see how the
team are doing during the competition visit: www.juniortrips.blogspot.com .
Best of luck to you all for next week!
I hope to see many of you at the Summer Fair tomorrow. I will be working at the
entrance and on the soft drink stall so do come and say hello.
Kind regards
Chess Competiton Some of the children from the British and French
Junior Sections have been taking part in a chess com
petition. Over 70 children played in the tournament,
and I am very pleased to say that all of the games were played fairly and in a sporting manner.
Every game had to be won by checkmate, which meant that some of the games took a long time
to play.
Each year group ended up with a champion. Here are the 4 winners:
Year 3 Shanker
Year 4 Jun Xiang
Year 5 Mitchell
Year 6 Andrew
The 4 champions played each other to find the school champion, and
the winner of that competition was Shanker from Year 3. I would like
to take this opportunity to congratulate the 4 winners and also thank
all of the children who took part. There will be another chess compe-
tition next year, and I hope it will be as much fun as this year’s compe-
tition turned out to be.
If any children would like to improve their chess, then chess club meets every Tuesday after-
noon and is open to anyone who has a basic understanding of how the pieces move. If you’re not
sure whether you should learn how to play, here are 10 reasons that might persuade you to start.
1. It’s fun
2. It improves concentration
3. It develops critical reasoning.
4. It improves logical thinking.
5. It improves memory.
6. It encourages good sportsmanship.
7. It promotes imagination and creativity.
8. It helps you to plan ahead and foresee conse-
quences.
9. It’s cheap.
10. People who play chess are statistically less likely to go to prison than non-chess players!
Salts and special drying solutions played an important part in
preserving ancient Egyptian mummies, but they also did an-
other job. Before refrigerators and freezers, people had to preserve
food by
B3AY scientists and historians investigate.B3AY scientists and historians investigate.B3AY scientists and historians investigate.B3AY scientists and historians investigate.
Have you ever wondered why every time you eat salty foods, you get
thirsty? Or why fresh vegetables tend to shrivel up when you sprinkle
salt on them? The answer is simple. Salt is a desiccant - it
helps remove water from things, including human
bodies. This is why the Ancient Egyptians used
salts when they were mummifying bodies.
In this experiment, B3AY tested different salts
to find out which makes the best mummified
apple!
This apple slice was
covered in baking soda
only. It is very soft
and showing a lot of
signs of rotting.
A mixture of salt and
baking soda this time
and another rotten
apple slice. This slice
is a bit drier than the
last one though.
Yuck! We didn’t cover
this apple with anything.
We call this a control
experiment. As you can
see it’s pretty rotten.
This apple slice was
covered with salt only.
It looks fresh and is
starting to feel dry.
The perfect mummy!
We placed 4 equal slices of apple in a cup in a warm dry place for 7
days. To make it a fair test, we only changed 1 factor: what we put
into each cup to cover the apple slices.
For Your Calendar: ♦ June 6, 2009 — Summer Fair at Wen Lin Road; The Fair helps BS PTA and
PSC (Parents Support Council) raise funds for numerous valuable projects. It
also gives us all one more chance to socialize before the school adjourns for
the summer .
♦ September 16, 2009 at 9am — PSC (Parents Support Council) and PA/
PTAs (Parent Associations/Parent Teacher Associations) for all 4 sections
(German, French, British and High School) welcome you to coffee morning
on the TES campus on Wen Lin Road. Become a part of PTA and meet other
parents. Come with ideas and share your visions for the 2009/2010 school
year. There is so much to do. Many current BS PTA officers are leaving. We
need to step in their shoes but some of these shoes are very big, and thus we
need your help.
Thank You For Your Great Work As we are readying this Newsletter for publication, BS PTA is holding a Thank
You Luncheon on Thursday to celebrate all parents who helped with PTA
work this year. Thank you all and hope that you will be with us next year.
There is one person, however, who will be leaving us this summer but whose hard
work and luminous personality truly enhanced BS PTA this year. Nelleke Jongebreur, the
BS PTA Chair, does not shy away from any task. Whether we strategize for a fundraiser
or move tables to serve refreshments, she is always in the midst of all the action. She has
this calm patience and perseverance about her that make her a spectacular leader. We
will miss you, Nelleke.
CLASS (PARENTS) REPS
Both terms — class parents and class reps — describe a distinct group of
parents who serve as liaisons between PTA and parents and between
teachers and parents. While you surely observed them in action this year,
we would like to encourage you to ask your Class Rep about their experi-
ences. During our last meeting of Class Reps for this year (on June 4), we
identified many possible improvements of this institution. Ultimately, how-
ever, it is parents’ willingness to assume the role of a Class Rep that will de-
termine how well we will do next year. Talking with your Class Rep may
help you decide whether this is a volunteering task that you would like to
tackle next year. As the call for volunteers reaches you at the beginning of
the coming school year, remember how important it has been for parents
in your child’s class to meet for coffees, to cooperate in preparing events
or to volunteer at school functions. These and many other activities de-
pend on Class Reps to facilitate and coordinate among parents and teach-
ers. Please consider whether you would like to become a Class Rep for
the coming school year.
MONEY MATTERS — INTERIM UPDATE
We would like to let you know that at a recent meeting of BSPTA, the committee
decided to earmark NT$80,000 for British Junior Section and NT$70,000 for the British
Infant Section. These funds will be distributed to support specific projects suggested by
department heads. Furthermore, we transferred NT$ 50,000 to HSS Parent s Association
(KS3).
TES Saturday Soccer is a non-profit, parent/volunteer organisation dedicated
to fostering the skills development of both boys and girls of all abilities up to
and including, 12 years of age. Our objective is to create a safe, inclusive and
fun environment for children so that they can develop and express themselves
freely.
The strengths of TES Saturday Soccer depend on its inclusivity and community
feel. In order to continue providing a comprehensive programme we depend
on a network of enthusiastic parent-coaches. We are eager to hear from any
parents who are interested in helping out during the 2009-2010 season. You
do not need to be a master footballer! At the beginning of the season, training
is provided to all coaches. If you are able to help out either weekly or biweekly
please contact us at: