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Issue 14

The Bulletin BPS Newsletter

1 December 2017

‘NEVER GET TIRED OF DOING LITTLE THINGS, SOMETIMES THOSE LITT LITTLE THINGS OCCYPY THE BIGGEST PARTS OF THEIR HEARS’ HEARS

Marvelous Musicians Welcome lcome in the Festive Season

Our two choirs have been busy with Christmas engagements during the run up to the festive season. In addition to performing beautifully at the Christmas Bazaar and Tree Lighting Ceremony, our super songsters have also been sharing their lovely singing at two special events. Last week our Lower School Choir took part in their now regular appointment to sing at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at The Regent Hotel. In front of crowds and cameras our youngest choir were wonderful and were justly rewarded with a visit from Santa.

by Mr Peter Sloan

Today it was the turn of our Upper School Choir who turned in a perfect performance at the European Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lunch. The Choir was ably accompanied by our fantastic Jazz Band. I must also mention our awesome orchestra who gave a marvellous performance at the Christmas Bazaar. Thank you to all our young musicians, to parents for your support and to all our staff who help behind the scenes. I must give a special thank you to our two outstanding music teachers, Ms. Kao and Ms. Lin and to our Jazz Band conductor, Mr Chong Mr. Stapleton.

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Out of This World!

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by Jennifer Laird

Year 5 has been exploring the universe this term as part of their Blast Off topic. They have become experts on rocky planets, asteroids, solar eclipses, phases of the moon and black holes.

an Earth-like like planet. The play included Eco-warriors, Eco corrupt politicians, musical planets, space sick astronauts, blabbering aliens and rhyming rhym robots. There was even a special appearance by Willy Wonka!

This expert knowledge wass showcased in their Blast Off play during which they took their audience on a tour of the galaxy in the search of The kids and audience had a blast!

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Super Swimmers Make ake us Proud! Last weekend a group of TES students took part in the National Swimming Gala.The la.The team were orgainised and managed by a group of dedicated TES parents. At the end of the competition, the children were very tired and very proud of their achievements. It is fantastic to have so many of our students taking part in such a prestigious event. Most of the team broke their personal best times and their results were:

Chelsea breaststroke 00:56.46 Chelsea freestyle 50m 00:38.69 Jocelyn elyn breaststroke 00:48.14 (8/48) Jocelyn freestyle 50m 00:37.52 Mia backstroke 00:54.98 Mia freestyle 50m 00:41.68 Sasa backstroke 00:59.01 Sasa freestyle 00:44.03 Luke backstroke 01:37.73 Luke 50m freestyle 01:09.75 Douglas 200m IM 03:33.77 Douglas 50m 38:6

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Feliz Navidad!

by Mr Peter Sloan

We were delighted to welcome carol singers from BSHS to our school library on Thursday. Children from several BPS classes were serenaded with a range of carols from Key Stage 3 students who are taking Spanish as one of their courses. It was great to welcome back former BPS students and they, and their singing, were fantástico.

by Mr Peter Sloan

Jocelyn ocelyn Chan (Y5) achieved 8th place overall in breaststroke! We certainly have some very brave and some very hard working children. Congratulations ratulations to each of them. Congratulations Co and thank you to our wonderful parent team who made it possible.

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TES Chinese Panda Club & Pinling Elementary School Beetle Club Chinese Panda Club: Children in the Chinese Panda Club do a variety of activities related to Chinese language and culture, including learning Chinese characters, idioms, calligraphy, history, food and nature around us. During this term, the children were very lucky to get "beetle "beetl babies" from the Beetle Study Club of Pinglin Elementary School at New Taipei City, which is surrounded by beautiful natural environment and tea farms. The beetle babies were found on their campus, and passed to our students for them to learn to take caree of the beetle babies. When our children got the beetle babies for the first time, some of them loved the insects at the first sight, and some were screaming at them. After several weeks, the beetle babies grew w well and have become much bigger under the children’s care. Children brought ought the beetle babies home and to the Panda Club for discussion, and many of them have become confident taking care of the beetle babies.

by Ms Julia Kao

On November 23, the children of the Pinglin Beetle Study Club were cordially invited to join our Panda Club at TES. All the children brought their own beetle babies to discuss with each other. The children introduced themselves to each other, and were divided into groups for our children to show and guide them around the campus. Most of the t children were impressed with our library and the classrooms. Mr. Sloan and Mr. Duncan Millward, our Head and Deputy Head, also joined us to welcome our guests and interacted with the children. Their teacher, Mr. Huang Hungchi, also shared with our child children the knowledge about beetles. Mr. Millward showed some girls who did not dare to touch the beetle babies how to put them on the hands and interacted with them. At the end of the day, the girl who always screamed when she saw a beetle baby asked to take a giant beetle baby home to take care of it. Another girl also learned to touch and put the beetle babies on her hand as if it is something very “usual”. All the children had a great time interacting with each other and learned about the beetle knowledge with ith the support from the Heads, Deputy Head, and teachers and parents of both schools.

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(Thu) 07 Dec

- Parent Teacher Interview (all)

(Fri) 08 Dec

- Reverse Christmas Tree -Workshop Workshop for CFL Parents, 1:30pm, EPC Library

11-15 Dec

- No ECAs

(Tue) 12 Dec

- Parent Teacher Interview (only Specialists & CLC) - Year 5 Christmas Party to Laser Treks

(Wed) 13 Dec

- Year 6 Christmas Party to Xin Chiao Fu Bowling Alley

(Thu) 14 Dec

- Foundation dation Stage Christmas Show, 10:10am , EPC Amphitheatre

18 Dec – 3 Jan - Christmas Break (Thu) 4 Jan z

- School Resumes

calendar, please click the link below: For more details of the school online calendar https://taipeieuropeanschool.com/index.php?id=36&L=2%27A%2525252525253D0

The following the links for the printable calendars: Academic Calendar 2017-2018: http://gg.gg/AcademicCalendar2017-18 http://gg.gg/Acade TES Event Calendar 2017-2018: http://gg.gg/TESEventCalendar2017-18 http://gg.gg/TESEventCalendar2017

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Orchestra performed in last week assembly