TES British Secondary & High School Section - NewsLetter
ESC Newsletter
Issue 2
Coming up this
month:
1-3 October:
Six Arts Festival
2, 16, 23 October:
Parent Evenings
24 October:
Tabitha Pop Idol
30 October:
Drama Evening
31 October:
Halloween Disco
Inside this issue:
IB
4
Teambuilding
University
Counsellor
6
Science News 8
ECA Fair
11
HS
22
Teambuilding
Sports News
24
Sports Day
30
And much
more!
September 2014
Welcome from the BSHS Head
Chrysta Garnett, Head of British Secondary and High School Section
Dear Parents
My thanks to the many parents
who showed their support for
two very well attended BSHS
events this month: the Parents
Information Evening and the
H4 UCC Evening. It always
gives me great pleasure to
meet you at these events and
see how engaged and supportive our parents are of our
students’ academic pursuits.
For parents of the new Year
7s, please note that Parents
Evening is coming up on October 2nd. We look forward to
seeing you there.
This month the BSHS put TES
firmly on the global map with
our contributions to the
Teaching Moment in Time
project, coordinated by the
UK’s biggest educational publication The Times Educational
Supplement. The only school in
Taiwan to take part, we were
delighted to be commended
participants in this initiative.
See how we contributed to
this global event here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/
article.aspx?
storyCode=6436633#.VB6lpfmSx
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The arrival of our new
Chromebook laptops this
week has caused some excitement in the BSHS. They are
now available for teacher and
student use in lessons, along
with more new Samsung Galaxy tablets. With 8+ hours of
battery life, their lightweight
components and use of Google
Apps, they are an excellent
learning tool for the classroom.
It signifies another first for TES,
as we are the first school in
Taiwan to take delivery of this
new kit and I look forward to
seeing what our students can
do with them in the coming
months.
Finally, members of the Student Council will be leading a
celebration of World Teacher’s Day on Friday, 3rd October
next week to show their appreciation of the wonderful
work that teachers do every
day. It’s a privilege to have the
opportunity to teach young
people and shape their growing
minds, interests and characters
and it is a role that requires a
certain amount of stamina and
dedication. I would also like to
take this opportunity to join
the Student Council in thanking
all of the teachers at the ESC
who do such a great job.