EUROPEAN SECONDARY CAMPUS NEWSLETTER...1 台北歐洲學校 From the Head of British Secondary and High School Section Music Night. Congratulations to all our wonderfully talented

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From the Head of British Secondary and High School Section Music Night. Congratulations to all our wonderfully talented musicians and choralists who performed so brilliantly at least week’s Music Concert. The level of performance just gets better and better each year. Full credit must go to Mr Papps and Ms McNeill for the job they do in guiding and mentoring this extremely talented group. I was delighted such a large audience was in attendance to support the performers.

ESCPA Welcome Coffee. All parents are invited to join the ESC Parents Association at a ‘Welcome Coffee’ on February 20 at 9.00am. In particular it would be wonderful to see parents of students who have recently commenced at TES in attendance. The ESC PA do an enormous amount of great work for our school and this is a great opportunity for new and existing parents to find out about some of the activities they assist with. I certainly will be in attendance and look forward to saying hello to as many parents as possible.

Our Talented Mathematicians. Congratulations to Jensen Yang for his incredible performance in last year’s IGCSE Mathematics examination. Jensen has just been informed by CIE that he achieved ‘Top in the World’ for this course; a truly remarkable performance. This is the second year in a row that a TES student has achieved this distinguished honour!

Career’s Evening.

This week TES conducted a Career’s Evening in which students were able to find out about potential careers. Mr Bean did a wonderful job organizing 23 professionals to attend the event. Many of the presenters were parents in the TES community. I know many of the students got a great deal out of the night and I thank presenters for their efforts. Professions represented included law, medicine, business and architect and many others.

Xin Nian Quai Le. Congratulations to the CLC department for a very successful Chinese New Year assembly this morning. The CLC do a wonderful job in promoting Chinese Culture to our school and today’s assembly was both entertaining and educational. After the assembly KS3 students were involved in cultural activities and a House Quiz. Congratulations to all concerned. Warm regards, Stuart Glascott

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NEWSLETTER Edition 10.0 Friday 8th February 2013

TAIPEI EUROPEAN SCHOOL 台北歐洲學校

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From the Deputy Head Dear Parents, Warm wishes for the approaching Chinese New Year holiday! After a typically challenging start to Term 2, our students and staff are no doubt ready for a relaxing break. We are entering the ‘final stretch’ for our H2 and H4 students as they approach their examinations and you will now be in receipt of the latest High School reports. The booking system is now open for you to make appointments to see your child’s teachers on Parents’ Evening on 21st February. Please take this opportunity to meet with teachers to discuss your child’s progress and explore their targets for improvement. Our High School students are still finding the time, however, to demonstrate the TES values – particularly evident in the Tabitha ‘tin shakes’ that are going on each weekend throughout February and March. Funds raised so far through the generous donations by members of the public will buy two Cambodian houses. Please look out for our TES students in their Tabitha t-shirts if you are shopping at Carrefour at the weekend. An impressive number of students and parents attending Careers Evening this week with over twenty two different professions represented. A record number of people attended and we trust that you and our students founds this a useful way to explore future career avenues. This will be followed by Options Evening for IB and IGCSE students on Tuesday 5th March. More information to follow on this important evening in subsequent newsletters. Enjoy the Holiday. Year 7’s discover Taipei Some of our Year 7’s have been in Taipei for many years and some have only recently moved here, but how well do they really know the city in which they live? Well, hopefully a little better after their Geography field trip on Wednesday. Since January, Year 7 Geographers have been studying “Settlement” in which they look at the cities and towns of the world, why they exist where they are, what makes them grow or decline, how they are organized and understand some of the issues faced by keeping large cities like Taipei running. To cement their learning in this unit, what better than a trip to the heart of Taipei? In the morning the students visited the Taipei Discovery Center, who looked after us well with friendly and knowledgeable staff guiding our groups The students explored two floors of information on the city and history of its growth, frantically filling in worksheets as they went. The morning also included a brief but very unique film in a rotating 360 degree cinema. The short walk to Taipei 101 was filled with students completing an environmental quality survey of the CBD area, data is awaiting analysis but initial indications suggest that this part of Taipei scores very highly. There was just enough time to practice another skill by completing a field sketch before a well earned lunch break. One final task awaited the students after lunch where they carried out a goods and shops survey. Again the results appear very conclusive, that Taipei 101 has mainly “High Order Goods” suggesting it is well placed in the heart of a large city where people will travel a long way to buy more expensive items. The survey marked the end of the day and our large group of nearly 70 students and staff hopped on to the two buses back to school to complete a busy day of Geography in the field.

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News from the Mathematics Department Children around the world will unite for World Maths Day on March 6th. Our KS3 students will be taking part in this exciting event next half term. The World Education Games is an annual global online challenge to get all students excited about learning, and to give the top students in all schools an opportunity to see how they measure up against the best in the world. Last year, over 5 million students were a part of what is now the world’s largest online education event.

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This year, the Mathematics department is working with the H3 students involved in Tabitha and linking World Maths Day with a sponsorship fundraising event. KS3 students will be able to be sponsored for how many questions they answer correctly during the World Maths Day challenge. Help make a difference to the lives of children in Cambodia by pledging an amount to our Tabitha Cambodia project.

All students who raise at least NT$500 will be entered into a prize draw to win a TI-84 Graphing Calculator

There will also be a prize of a TI-84 Graphing Calculator for the student who raises the highest

amount of sponsorship for Tabitha Cambodia.

For more info, go to: http://www.worldeducationgames.com

And the Tabitha Blog here: http://testabitha.blogspot.tw

Also this week, students in Y9 to H2 are finishing off the half term taking part in the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge; we have high expectations of them and look forward to hearing about all their successes. 'PE Wall of Fame' The Physical Education Department has begun a new record keeping process called ‘The Wall of Champions’. The top students’ records in Athletics events and in the BEEP test will now be proudly on display outside the gym for everyone to see. Each of these events are ranked as the top 3 results, and the names will remain there until another person manages to break the record. We would like to extend a huge congratulations to the following Champions!

BEEP Test Champions

800m Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) John Park (2:59) 2012 1) Mason Lee (2:43) 2012 1) Nathan Alzon (3:00) 2012

2) Tom Wikstrom (3:14) 2012 2) Shawn Lam (2:53) 2012 2) Howard Lin (3:10) 2012

3) Keisuke Marino (3:16) 2012 3) Curtis Chen (3:09) 2012 3) Luke Yeh (3:12) 2012

Girls

1) Janne Kuhner (3:26) 2012 1) Maya Golan (3:25) 2012 1) Chloe Oani & Nancy Zuniga (3:20) 2012

2) Hannah Kwuo (3:31) 2012 2) Yu-Ting Chen (3:36) 2012 2) Sylvia Tuomaranta (3:28) 2012

3) Hani Sparks (3:33) 2012 3) Wilma Lilljequist & Loyse Qeau (3:43) 2012 3) Alida Lilljequist (3:29) 2012

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 H1 H2

Boys

1) John Park 12.1 1) Mason Lee 12.1 1) Howard Lin 12.2 1) Jonas Huber 13.3 1) Modou Jarjou 13.8

2) Cavin Fang 11.3 2) Alan Kuo 11.10 2) Howard Hsu 11.10 2) Gustaf Moberg 12.12 2) King Munn Cheah 13.1

3) Tom Wikstrom 10.3 3) Shawn Lam 11.5 3) Yohann Perocheau 11.3 3) Martin Munoz-Ledo 12.7 3) Brian Shih 12.12

Girls

1) Janne Kuhner 10.7 1) Maya Golan 9.9 1) Chloe Oani 11.1 1) Anja Giele 10.7 1) Celine Meylemans 9.7

2) Hani Sparks 9.8 2) Loyse Qeau & Claire Chen 9.3 2) Alida Lilljequist 10.9 2) Christine Hsu 9.9 2) Janice Liu 9.4

3) Hannah Kwuo 9.6 3) Wilma Lilljequist &

Eilien Treetz 9.1 3) Nancy Zuniga 9.9 3) Johanna Euren 9.4 3) Eri Yoshida &

Melody Cho 8.6

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Discus Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) John Park (16.01m) 2012 1) Shawn Lam (18.35m) 2012 1) Berkay Onaz (21.05m) 2012

2) Brian Wu (15.0m) 2012 2) Liann Pelhate (15.5m) 2012 2) Howard Lin (18.2m) 2012

3) Brian Lu (13.35m) 2012 3) Randy Su (14.8m) 2012 3) Marek Beloch (15.89m) 2012

Girls

1) Alicia Lau (14.33m) 2012

2) Molly Di Rienzo (14.12m) 2012

3) Janne Kuhner (12.26m) 2012

1) Maya Golan (12.5m) 2012

2) Camille Divisia & Yu-Ting Chen (11.9m) 2012

3) Jessica Lee (11.8m) 2012

1) Chloe Oani (15.7m) 2012

2) Angelina Chen (15.07m) 2012

3) Ivory Lee (14.94m) 2012

High Jump Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) John Park (1.3m) 2012 1) Shawn Lam (1.4m) 2012 1) Luke Yeh & Lukas Cha (1.35m) 2012

2) Belor Stockhecke (1.25m) 2012 2) Mason Lee (1.35m) 2012

3) Lauren Lam (1.2m) 2012 3) Curtis Chen, Morris Chen & Declan Tapsall (1.3m) 2012

Girls

1) Janne Kuhner & Aileen Towner (1.1m) 2012 1) Jessica Lee (1.3m) 2012 1) Chloe Oani (1.3m) 2012

2) Lydia Chim & Melody Chang (1.05m) 2012 2) Yu-Ting Chen & Claire Chen (1.25m) 2012 2) Nancy Zuniga & Beth Chen (1.25m) 2012

3) Albane Simon (1.2m) 2012 3) Romy Arsenault (1.2m) 2012

Long Jump Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) John Park (3.9m) 2012 1) Shawn Lam (4.1m) 2012 1) Nathan Alzon (3.7m) 2012

2) Belor Stockhecke & Justin Regef (3.4m) 2012 2) Philipp Macher (3.85m) 2012 2) Jong Hyeon Kwak (3.6m) 2012

3) Brian Wu (3.3m) 2012 3) Curtis Chen (3.8m) 2012 3) Ray Hsiao (3.5m) 2012

Girls

1) Aileen Towner (3.15m) 2012 1) Yu-Ting Chen (3.5m) 2012 1) Sylvia Tuomaranta (3.8m) 2012

2) Anna-Bella Sula & Hani Sparks (3.00m) 2012 2) Amy Cheng (3.3m) 2012 2) Mae Taylor, Chloe Oani and Kim Chuang (3.6m) 2012

3) Hannah Kwuo (2.95m) 2012 3) Claire Chen (3.2m) 2012 3) Ellie Stokes (3.45m) 2012

Shot Put Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) Brian Wu (7.5m) 2012 1) Shawn Lam (6.97m) 2012 1) Howard Lin (8.78m) 2012

2) John Park (7.35m) 2012 2) Philipp Macher (6.28m) 2012 2) Nathan Alzon (8.49m) 2012

3) Timmy Picasso & Belor Stockhecke (5.15m) 2012 3) Mason Lee (6.17m) 2012 3) Yohann Perocheau (8.26m) 2012

Girls

1) Camille Divisia (5.48m) 2012 1) Ivory Lee (7.7m) 2012

2) Antonia Nuttall & Janina Strohbecke (5.2m) 2012 2) Angelina Chen (7.3m) 2012

3) Lute Durham (5.1m) 2012 3) Chloe Oani (6.1m) 2012

Triple Jump Champions

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9

Boys

1) John Park (9.8m) 2012 1) Shawn Lam (8.7m) 2012 1) Nathan Alzon (9.9m) 2012

2) Belor Stockhecke (8.8m) 2012 2) Robert Yang (8.5m) 2012 2) Howard Lin (8.7m) 2012

3) Cavin Fang (7.6m) 2012 3) Curtis Chen (8.4m) 2012 3) Jong Hyeon Kwak (8.2m) 2012

Girls

1) Hani Sparks (7.05m) 2012 1) Jessica Lee (7.1m) 2012 1) Nancy Zuniga (8.95m) 2012

2) Anna-Bella Sula (7.0m) 2012 2) Maya Golan (6.9m) 2012 2) Chloe Oani (8.65m) 2012

3) Hannah Kwuo (6.7m) 2012 3) Yu-Ting Chen (6.65m) 2012 3) Mae Taylor (8.2m) 2012

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From the Assistant Head (High School)

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that it is time to say good-bye to the Year of the Dragon. Time flies, and at TES with our busy school calendar this old adage is especially true. Since returning from the Christmas Break students and staff have been very busy both in the classroom and out. It has been especially pleasing to see our High School students take on leadership roles in a number of high-profile events including: the Pattaya Senior Games, the TES Music Concert, TABITHA Carrefour Collections, Student Council fundraising and a host of student-devised and led CAS initiatives. Participation is one of our Secondary Values, and it is good to know so many are living this every day! I wish all of our High School families a happy and prosperous Year of the Snake; Xin Nian Quai Le! I look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming Parent-Teacher Meetings.

H2/H4 Reports and Upcoming High School Parent-Teacher Meetings Today H2 and H4 students received their full academic reports. These reports have been redesigned to give a clearer overview of each student’s progress. More subjects appear on each page with colour to enhance readability. It is now easier to compare progress and target areas across subjects. This new-look report is also much better for our environment as we have drastically reduced the amount of paper used – saving thousands of sheets of paper! Students are encouraged to carefully read their teachers’ feedback and pay particular attention to their targets in the lead up to the IGCSE and IB final examinations. Parents will have the opportunity to discuss their child’s results and targets at the upcoming High School Parent-Teacher Meetings on Thursday 21st, February. Meetings can be booked via TESmile as per the letter that was sent home last week. Sonya Papps Assistant Head – High School

Examinations IGCSE Entries: Following the mock examinations, provisional entries for CIE and Edexcel (I)GCSEs have been made and letters have been sent home. Will parents please, if you have not done so already, sign and return one copy of the provisional statement of entry to confirm the name, date of birth and other details are correct for your child. This must be received by Monday February 18 at the latest. After the entries are then submitted to the exam board you will receive a final statement of entry to keep for your records. Further information about exams can be found here: https://sites.google.com/a/tes.tp.edu.tw/examinations/. If you have any questions please get in touch by phone or email.

Chris Sparks Operations Co-ordinator

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News from UCC

From the Assistant Head (Key Stage 3) It is hard to believe that Chinese New Year is upon us already. This half term has flown by so quickly, this may be because we are such a busy school and at times it feels like things never slow down. The school was full of Chinese culture and excitement today as the Key Stage 3 students took part in New Year celebrations organised by Ms Sung and the Chinese department. The combination of Chinese activities and House events provided a fun and culturally enriching experience for our Key Stage 3 students.

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Key Stage 3 Musical Talent One of the highlights of the term for me was the Music Concert last Friday evening. It was fantastic to see so many Key Stage 3 students on stage and I was in awe of the talent on display. So many of our students are involved in such a variety of activities and yet still find the time to practice and master musical instruments in their own time. I would like to congratulate all the Key Stage 3 participants as it was truly and memorable evening.

UNIFORM – Warm Jackets I would like to clarify the situation regarding students wearing warm jackets to school during the colder winter months. Students are more than welcome to wear their own winter jackets both to and from school. While on the school bus etc they can wear any warm jacket. However, once at school students must take that jacket off as it is not school uniform, which means they should have a school jumper to wear in class and around school during the school day. Students are not required to buy a TES winter jacket but are most definitely encouraged to have a TES jumper. Problems arise when students come to school in their own winter jackets but only have a school shirt underneath. When asked to remove the jacket they can get cold. All students should have a TES school sweater to help them keep warm over the last few months of winter.

Dates for the Diary Thursday March 14th is the date for the next Key Stage 3 Parent-Teacher conferences. This may seem like a long way away however I know with how busy things get and it will be upon us before we know it. More details about the booking system opening dates etc will be sent after Chinese New Year I just wanted to make you aware of the date so you can put it into your diaries.

Service Projects For 5 years now we have been running Service Projects at TES with every Year Group. The aim is to challenge our students to take responsibility, support a cause and develop leadership and organizational skills that will help them in the future. There has been so much success with projects such as San Min Junior High, Animals Taiwan and the ongoing work with Harmony Home. The success of these projects was acknowledged by the Taipei Times last weekend as they wrote an article about the Menu Translation project that ran in conjunction with the Taipei Floral Expo. The article can be seen at the link below.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/02/03/2003554122 James Woodall Assistant Head KS3

Year 7 As mentioned in the last TES newsletter, the Year 7s have been focusing on the PSHCE topics of ‘bullying’, ‘friendships’ and ‘relationships.’ We have discussed and worked on proven strategies that help students effectively deal with bullying as well why classmates should be treated with respect. ‘Respect’ is one of the Secondary Values at TES and we want students to be able to demonstrate respect throughout their lives at school and beyond. In PSHCE, students also discussed the meaning of ‘cliques’ and the outcome that isolation and exclusion can have on everyone in school. As a whole class and in small groups, we worked on techniques to prevent exclusion such as being open to new ideas, joining new ECAs and being willing to keep an open mind to meet different types of people. These ideas will provide students with different approaches when dealing with new classmates and new classmates.

Raymond Imbleau Head of Year 7

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Year 9 IGCSE Survival Skills and Taster Sessions The Year 9 cohort continued with sessions geared toward preparing them for the rigors of IGCSE in their PSHCE lessons this week and last. Three sessions were run by Ms Garnett, Mr Woodall and Mr Sing Key on important skills and knowledge such as thinking strategies, academic honesty and time management. The three sessions flew by, but the Year 9s found them to be useful and thought provoking. This week the students had an opportunity to listen to some of our successful High School students share their pearls of wisdom and strategies for surviving high school. This is yet another facet of TES that makes is such a fantastic place to learn and grow, and that is that we are a family and that we can all learn from each other! After listening to their peers, the Year 9s then enjoyed two taster lessons prepared for them by our highly qualified IGCSE teachers. The students chose three subjects of which they got to try two on the day. Many students chose Business and Economics in order to test the waters and satisfy some of their curiosity as the subjects are not presented in KS3. Other IGCSE options subjects that students experienced were Geography, History, ICT, Drama, Chinese and Art. Again, these sessions have proven to be exceptionally valuable to our Year 9s and it is exciting to see them excited about next year and the IGCSE career ahead of them!

Mr Sing Key Head of Year 8 & 9

It’s Better to Talk

In Term 2, I aim to meet with H4 students individually to explore their journey in TES, what they have become and their future goals. It is a chance to emphasize the importance of self-reflection and knowing one's self, and the joy of the final year together before they leave school. Also, “Life is a journey” programme has started with a small group of Year 7 students at lunch time until the end of term 2. It helps students manage difficult times better, get to know themselves more and feel good about themselves, become more positive and confident. The students will develop a back pack of different skills to live well. Jenny Hsu Counsellor

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From the Head of Sport

Senior International Tournament, Pattaya

33 students from H2-4 travelled to Pattaya, Thailand for the Annual Senior Basketball and Football Tournament. In past years we have only fielded Basketball teams and last year the boys came home with a Bronze medal. This year we took all four teams and had the most fabulous time.

The coaches (Mr Cornes, Mr Warnants, Mr Lin) and I are extremely proud of the students for the way they represented the school and their parents. Their behavior was exemplary and I do not think I have enjoyed a trip more.

Basketball Boys

The boys won every game in their pool, beating the International School of Bangkok who beat them to the gold medal last year. In the semi-final we played a team from Taipei and so cruised into the final. The final game was against the reigning champions, American School of Bangkok who has a scholarship programme for their basketball squad. We fought with heart but narrowly lost out. When we collected our medals the winning team gave us a standing ovation due to the enjoyment and sportsmanship of the game. Well done boys, you made your supporters, myself and your long standing coach, Da Wei very proud!

Basketball Girls The girl’s team did not have any expectations for the tournament as we had no knowledge of the other teams; however, we knew we were a strong side on the Island. We were to play American School Bangkok in our pool, who the boys had lost to the day before so we were predicting to place 2nd in the pool. However, the girls played brilliantly all day and qualified first so going into the semi-finals. The semi-final against the British International School of Phuket was nail biting to say the least. The girls certainly know how to entertain the crowd!! With 6 seconds to go we were 1 point ahead but a mishap ended in BISP gaining 2 free throws with 1 second on the clock. The BISP number 7 scored the first to draw but missed the second!!! The supporters had their hair in their hands ready for 2 minutes of overtime. The girls composed themselves and managed to

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force 3 fouls with some excellent play. Rebeca Ellis brought the team home with a fast break layup to send us into the final.

We met the International School of Bangkok in the final who were a class above and went onto win the tournament, again. The girls were extremely proud to bring the silver back to Taipei.

Football Boys

The day after the hard fought basketball final the boys took their tired bodies to the football pitches. The team are the TISSA champions and so we were excited for some good results. The day started positively with 2 wins under our belts. Unfortunately we then met the very strong home side so we qualified second in our group, moving through to the semi finals to play the winner of the other pool, the British School of Phuket. We played brilliantly and took the first goal of the game but Phuket were strong and came back with vengeance to win the game. They moved into the final and we played for the bronze medal against the side who had beaten us earlier that day, Regents, Pattaya. We played much better than the first time taking half time to a 0-0 draw. Some strong play from their forwards saw the ball go into the back of net in the second half and we finished the tournament in 4th place.

Girls Football

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The girls team is a new, young side having lost a lot of the Varsity players last year so at the beginning of the day they were quite nervous. Unfortunately the first game of the day was against the notorious Phuket side but the girls played well and only conceded 1 goal which we considered to be a great result. We lost the next, but drew and then won the final pool games. We moved into the 7th/8th play off. Riding on the success of the last game the girls came together as a team and played fantastic in defense – we won, ending the tournament on a high.

Sunday night we celebrated in the Hard Rock Café and the coaches announced their most valuable and improved players throughout the 2 days. Congratulations to (left to right):

MIP – football: Jacky Chen, basketball: William Wang, basketball: Ayumi Kikuchi, football: Risa Moriguchi. MVP – basketball: Rebeca Ellis, football: Jodie Ho, football: Jensen Yang, basketball: Brandon Hsiao.

Taiwan Honors

Brandon Hsiao is not only well liked by peers and staff, he is an excellent student, a senior member of the student council, in the choir, in drama productions, on the varsity basketball, football AND volleyball teams but he also has a passion away from school.

Brandon is representing Taiwan in the upcoming U18 Men’s World Ice Hockey Championships being held right here in Taipei. He is also hoping to Captain the side as he had this honor last year.

Taiwan has drawn New Zealand, Bulgaria, China and Mexico in the group stages. Come and help the staff and students support Brandon play Bulgaria on Tuesday 12 March at the Taipei Arena, 7pm. Entry is free.

Football coming up The Middle School students are currently in their football season and training hard for the TEAMS tournament on March 2. Year 7 girls – TES Year 7 boys and Year 8 girls – TAS Year 8 boys and the Year 9 teams – MAC

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HOUSES To celebrate Chinese New Year we will be having a host of events based around Chinese Culture on Friday 8 February. As the Houses move to the different experiences they will be marked on their participation and team work. The points will be combined with the results of the Chinese New Year Quiz to create a Chinese New Year House Winner.

Lorna Wright Head of Sport

From Roots and Shoots Vegetarian lunches Last Tuesday we served up our first vegetarian lunch in the phase 2 cafeteria. With a lot of help from Mrs Hui and Mrs Goh, Roots and Shoots students were able to use this delicious sample of tasty, healthy vegetarian food to promote the idea that cutting down on our meat consumption is one of the ways we can reduce our impact on climate change. The dish was based on the Thai dish; nam prik ong, and included onions, tomatoes, chillies and a soya based meat substitute, all served with noodles and salad from the Year 7 garden. Look out for more to come as this becomes a monthly event, and if you can, why not try a meat free day once a week?

My Taiwan – A Green Future

Towards the end of last year, the University of Melbourne ran a competition in Taiwan with the above theme, and we are pleased to announce that two of our Roots and Shoots students gained Certificates of Participation with the comment that the entry was “highly imaginative and certainly captured the imagination of our judges.” Stephen Lien and Konrad Wang were presented with their certificates last week:

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In the garden

Coming up…… Some important events are coming up in the environmental calendar and Roots & Shoots will of course be getting involved: • World Water Day, (http://www.unwater.org/watercooperation2013/), is on March 22 and we will be taking on the challenge of trying to get by using 5 litres only for all our water needs in a 24 hour period. This will highlight the issue of freshwater availability and the need to use our resources carefully and thoughtfully, as well as providing students with an opportunity to reflect on the challenges faced by people in the world who do not have easy access to clean water. • Earth Hour is at 8:30pm on Saturday March 23rd and we will be promoting this event along with the event’s “I will if you will” challenge. For more information watch the video here: http://www.earthhour.org/ .

Chris Sparks, Roots & Shoots

We took delivery of more soil this week and have added more beds to the garden and planted lettuce, celery and spring onions.

Everyone was rewarded for their efforts with a prize cabbage!

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From the Parent Support Council

PSC Parents Page

=PSC Fund=

On behalf of the TES PSC, we visited the Garden of Mercy to present our donation of NT$55,000 from the TES Christmas Bazaar.

The Garden of Mercy Foundation, in Taipei City, provides care for babies of HIV positive mothers. From newborn up to 6 months of age, babies receive special initial medication from 6 weeks after birth. Because of this special care, they remain in good health and have a dramatically lower risk of being HIV positive. The Garden of Mercy also runs a “Weekend Foster Family System”.

=Upcoming Events=

Annual TES Gala Evening, on Saturday 27th April at Grand Hyatt Taipei

Please mark this date in your calendar! The PSC and Gala Committee are planning to make this evening special and additional information will be announced soon. Tickets will be available for sale after Chinese New Year.

The Gala Committee comprises: Eri Ho, Mike Humphrey, Linda Kuys, Tracy Koong, Sharon Whitfield, Cecilia Checchina and Patricia Tzeng.

ESCPA Welcome Coffee: 9:00 am on 20th February at Yangmingshan Secondary Campus. The ESCPA will host a “get together” for existing and new secondary campus parents. Year 6 parents are specially invited to join. This is a great opportunity for you to learn about the ESC PA.

=Parent's Activities=

Knitting Club: 9:30am ~12:30 on 21st February & 7th March at Eri's house.

Have a chat while Knitting and crocheting. If you are interested please contact Eri Ho [email protected]

< PSC Parent Page is designed for all TES community>

If you would like to publish a notice in the next edition, simply send it to Eri [email protected]. Your contribution should be sent by the Tuesday of the week the Newsletters are published. For example:

*Tuesday 5th February is the contribution date for 8th February ESC edition.

*Tuesday 5th March is the contribution date for 8th March EPC & ESC edition.

Information should include: 1. Activity name 2. Time and place 3. Short description 4. Name and e-mail of contact person, which is indicated on the parents’ page.

Please add the name and year group of your child. This information is not shown in the newsletter, Please note – the Notices can only be posted in the Newsletter if you are a Parent at TES.

Sincerely yours,

Eri Ho PSC Chair

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From the ESC PA

Carnival at ESC: On Tuesday during the 9.30 break time all the students and staff at the ESC were invited to have a very yummy „Crêpe” – either with chocolate cream, jam or sugar. Thanks to the numerous helping hands of ESC parents (ESC PA) the food was all ready to grab when the kids showed up – so luckily there were no long line ups… A big “Thank you” goes to the PSC with their chair Eri Ho, who agreed to cover the costs for the special treat out of their budget and to the French Section who included the secondary campus into the crêpe-order of the primary campus. We think that everyone enjoyed this special treat, and when three KS3 girls showed up later on and thanked us again for doing all this – that really made our day! It is good to know that the effort and time we put into this are being appreciated by the students.

Parents having fun while handing out the Crêpes to the kids…

Good team-spirit is the key to success

A snack and a chat…

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The ESC PA is inviting you for a

Welcome Coffee

Date: 20th February 2013 (Wednesday)

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: TES Secondary Campus,

Phase 2 Cafeteria

Hope to see you there!

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