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TBSC BULLETIN
Week 11: Friday 13th November, 2015
TBSC Contact Details
Telephone: +58 (212) 266 2270/ 265 5870
Fax: +58 (212) 265 2141
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @tbscaracas
Facebook: TheBritishSchoolCaracas
Instagram: @TheBritishSchoolCaracas
Message from the Head
Every Monday, our teachers arrive ready to deliver creative, well-thought out, planned in detail and fun lessons.
Students arrive hoping to learn, but learn by enjoying themselves. It is pleasing to see so many creative lessons taking
place at TBSC, engaged students who are well on their way to being lifelong learners. Below are just a few examples.
Ms. Achtymichuk helped her Year 13 students differentiate y=xln√x using both the product and chain rule. Mrs Barjolin
and Mr Booth took students in Year 2 to learn about insects, creatures and animals. Year 4 delivered a great assembly
about the human body - did you know that you cannot tickle yourself?
Mr Hazlewood’s class have been looking at World War One and Pre-School students remembered the soldiers who
died in the war by colouring poppies. Mr Muñoz’ Year 12 class looked at the power of language through literature, Ms
Rodrigues’ Year 8 learned about the past tense in French and Mr Zeshan’s Year 9 Science students looked at glucose
in leaves - did you know that many people think that if you lie under a tree, you would die from a lack of oxygen? Is that
true or an urban legend?
Ms Brito was helping Pre-School with singing and understanding beats, Ms. Shelley’s class counted numbers by using
a website and Mrs Rodriguez’ Year 4 students looked at sentence structure in Spanish. Ms. Curry’s Year 7 French
class looked at countries and capitals.
Yasir Patel ([email protected])
NOTICES
●
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Tuesday 7th November at
430pm.
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The TBSC Carol Service will take place on Sunday 13th December, beginning at
6pm (not Saturday 12th December as originally planned)
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Parents are asked to inform Eulalia (Primary Assistant) or Patricia (Secondary
Assistant) if travelling. An emergency contact and/or number should be provided
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Security: We will trial the school emergency closure.
ELECTIONS: School Closure
Dear Parents,
Please note that due to the upcoming elections (Sunday 6th December), the school will be closed on
Friday 4th December and Monday 7th December. If there is a need to close for more days, we will
inform you through email, social media, telephone, cascade etc.
Virtual Learning will take place during these days. More information about this will be passed on via
the Heads of Sections.
Regards,
Yasir Patel
Head of School
The British School Caracas
Remembrance Day
‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years
condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.’
Laurence Binyon
Books and Shoes!
Spanish Books and Shoes: The school is collecting shoes and Spanish books to donate to Centro
Cultural Chacao. They will pass them on to children that need them in local schools. The boxes are
located at the main entrance. Please ask your students to donate.
Early Years Foundation Stage
Learning with our older schoolmates - building a school community.
This week Preschool children had an opportunity to share their learning with children in Year 3 and Year 6.
PSP children met
Y3C children in the
library to enjoy
stories together.
Early Years Foundation Stage
Aprendiendo con nuestros compañeros mayores - construyendo una comunidad escolar.
On Wednesday both
Year 6 classes came
with their Spanish
teachers Ms Briceño
and Ms Rodríguez to
teach Preschool
children how to make
origami houses.
Trabajando con nuestros `profesores` de Year 6 nos enseñaron a hacer casas de papel - `Origami`
es una palabra japonesa que significa `doblar
papel`.
Milepost 1 - Year 1
Milepost 1 have been having
another amazing week!
Year 1 have ventured into the
very depths of secondary,
explored the library and had an
excellent opportunity to spend
some time together as a whole
year group.
Meanwhile, Year 2 have been
trekking up and down The Avila,
as part of their fantastic IPC
project.
Milepost 1 - Year 2
Year 2 Avila trip
We had lots of fun walking up to
the waterfall. We observed
many plants and insects, and
had a great paddle. Many
thanks to Year 2 parents for
their support.
Milepost 2 - Year 4
Congratulations to Year 4 for their outstanding effort with our year group assembly.
We were inspired by our IPC topic, “How humans work” and with a little help from
Mr Oscar and Mr Camino we presented facts, songs, dances all with an amazing
human body theme. We even created the perfect TBSC student!
Spanish Department
Isabella Durán - Pabellón criollo
Mariana Zúñiga - Ávila
Eva Benchimol - Petare
“Caracas” fue el tema escogido en Year 6, como enlace
para trabajar en Español. Los alumnos investigaron
diferentes zonas de la ciudad, su historia, sus costumbres
y tradiciones, la gastronomía, los lugares de interés para
visitar, y presentaron sus trabajos de forma llamativa
usando diferentes medios. Discutieron ideas sobre cόmo
mejorar la ciudad y llegaron a excelentes conclusiones.
іFelicitaciones Year 6 por tan lindo proyecto!
Empowerment
It It has been a fun, exciting and engaging week for Years 3 and 6 with their
Empowerment project.
Year 3 have decided that their issue will be recycling. They are going to
improve our community by;
● Recycling old toys
● Using recyclable materials to make wonderful folder boxes
● Planning, preparing and delivering a workshop about recycling
Year 6 have decided that their issues will be supporting communities outside
our school by;
● Collecting toys to give as christmas presents
● Promoting healthy eating in our school
Empowerment
The children wanted to use different sources to find out what recycling meant.
They used the media, survey, observation and interview.
They had the opportunity to interview Mr Patel, Ms Grewal and Mr Dawson.
Please visit our Instagram page to see video clips of the interviews.
https://www.instagram.com/empowermenttbsc/
Empowerment
Below are some pictures of us planning our projects. We hope you enjoy!
Join the movement to make a change!
Empowerment
More photos from our Empowerment projects.
Empowerment
Look at these wonderful folder boxes we have made out of recyclable materials!
We will be selling these wonderful boxes and much more soon- watch this space!
Empowerment quote of the week, “The role of a leader is not to get people to follow them
but to empower others to lead” - Bill George
Lions Clubs VANAS Volleyball GIRLS
Team left to right: Manuela, Sofia D., Mia, MarieClare, Michelle, Macarena, Naomi & Sofia C.
Lions Clubs VANAS Volleyball BOYS
Team left to right: Juan, Guillermo, Michele,
Ricardo T., Mr. Dawson, Philip, Ricardo F.,
David
Primary Library Recommends ...
KS1
Early Years
Pig Gets Lost
By Heather Amery
Living in a farm is not boring at all. Poppy and Sam
have lots of fun taking care of dog Rusty, Curly the pig, and
Wooly the sheep. This time Curly is not found in the pen, in
the hen run not even in the barn. Where would Curly be?
The Monster Diner
By Mairi Mackinnon
Have you ever tried blue chicken, cheese full of bugs
or a can of worms? If you have, maybe a monster chef has
cooked for you.
Primary Library Recommends ...
KS2
Español
Masks
By Ruth Thomson
This is the ideal book to learn how to make masks from
around the world. You will find out what kind of materials,
techniques and decorations are used to create these amazing
masks.
Monstruos que nadan
De Mercedes Franco
Descubre en este maravilloso libro nueve cuentos que
hablan de monstruos, de los lugares que habitan y muchas
cosas más.
Primary Library News
Primary Library and the Spanish Department
working together
We are happy to present some writers from Year 4:
Los pingüinos by Eric Benatar
Mi amiga by Alessandra Termini
Un niño llamado Nethanel by Nethanel Mishali
Castillo pastelero by Alexia Weininger
El niño Cucu by Filippo Saglimbeni
La niña que hacía ropa by Leonor Lizardo
Daniel by Nicolás Volmer
Stay tuned because next week we will post some stories from
Year 5 writers.
Primary Library News
Extreme reading …
Year 6 recommends …
Come to the library and take a look at the
awesome pictures of kids reading upside
down or in a pilot’s cabin, teachers reading
while the climb mountains?… Don’t miss it!
Thanks to Year 6 because they wrote great reviews about
Michael Morpurgo books. Well done, guys!
IB Year 12 Art trip
The Year 12 Art
students went on a trip
to the Avila and the
waterfall to get some
inspiration for their art
projects. They came
away from this
experience refreshed
and enthused to create
new pieces of art.
Key Stage 3 - Year 7
Mathematics
Bernardo in Year 7 did
some excellent work
modelling word
problems with thinking
blocks this week.
Secondary Library Quiz
Dear All,
Please find this month’s Secondary Library Quiz HERE
Good luck and have fun!
Andrew Cathcart.
Secondary Librarian.
TECHO - Community Centre Project
On the 25th November there will be a
meeting for parents and secondary students
who are interested in taking part and
helping with this amazing project that TBSC
are working on with TECHO. Ana
Hernandez will be coming in to talk about
the project and answer any questions you
may have and E.Fravigar will be giving a bit
of information about what CAS is as part of
the IB Diploma and what is required.
The meeting will take place in the Hall at
4pm. If you are interested please come
along.
Tapas por vidas
We have had a great week collecting the lids, thank
you everyone for your support. The totals are as
follows (500 lids = 1 chemotherapy session).
Andres Bello: 632 lids = 1.25 chemotherapy sessions
Bolivar: lids 3467 = 6.9 chemotherapy sessions
Miranda: 454 lids = 0.9 chemotherapy sessions
Sucre: 358 lids = 0.7 chemotherapy sessions
Great work guys, keep
bringing those lids in :)
Book Club
For TBSC's December book club we will be reading "The
unbearable lightness of being" by Milan Kundera. We will
meet on Tuesday December 8th at 6:30 pm in the school's
Secondary library. Refreshments (and wine!) will be served
and everyone is welcome.
According to Bookrags:
"First published in 1984 in both Paris and New York, Milan
Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a rich and
complicated novel that is at once a love story, a
metaphysical treatise, a political commentary, a
psychological study, a lesson on kitsch, a musical
composition in words, an aesthetic exploration, and a
meditation on human existence..."
If you have any questions, please write to
[email protected]
Tiramisú Designer Charity Dress For Sale
If you would like to purchase this exclusive designer dress please purchase it through the
following ways:
Instagram@tiramisumoda or www.tiramisumoda.com or [email protected]
The dress is also being sold in a shop called Rosa Azul in Paseo Las Mercedes
The proceeds will go
towards repairing the
playground at La
Escuela Manuel
Aguirre in Petare
Thank you for your
support
Other Notices
Looking for a fish tank to buy if anyone has one that is
collecting dust. Please call Dilek Barjolin on
04122535578 or email [email protected]
Other Notices
MITSUBISHI 750
TIPO :FURGON
PLACA: A40AF3M
COLOR: BLANCO
AÑO :2008
COMO NUEVO, UNICO DUEÑO
PRECIO :USD 35000
Telf. contacto: 0412-2965410; 0414-1196272
Correo:[email protected];[email protected]
Upcoming Dates
Saturday 14th November
TBSC Winter Deli Lunch (11am - 6pm)
Wednesday 18th November
Year 5 Assembly
Friday 20th November
Staff INSET (training)
no students
Tuesday 24th November
Secondary PSHE visit
Wednesday 25th November
Year 3 Assembly
Sunday 13th December
TBSC Carol Service
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday 15th December
EYFS and Milepost 1 Xmas Show
Secondary PSHE visit
Wednesday 16th December
Mileposts 2 and 3 Xmas Show
Thursday 17th December
Primary Section class parties
Friday 18th December
Last day of Term
Reports Handed out
Saturday 19th December to Sunday 10th January
Xmas Holidays