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Updates

Farewell Mrs Glascott

As you know it is Mr Glascott's (Head of Secondary and High School) last day at TES today. He leaves to take up a new position in Australia. This also means the lovely Mrs Glascott will no longer be teaching part-time in Year One and Year Five.
We had a special farewell assembly for her yesterday and also said good bye to our students Min Seo (Y3), Rui Feng (Y4) and Jae Won (Y5). 

Mrs Sharon Whitfield will be replacing Mrs Glascott in Y5 next term.

Christmas Assembly 

This morning children from British Infants, the German Section and the French Section joined us for a special assembly. Each section sang a song or two from our respective shows and we all joined in to sing a few favourites.










Anti-Cyber Bullying Widget Competion

Congratulations to Summer (Y3), Alex (Y4), Alice (Y5) and Daniel (Y6). Further information about the competition is available on class blogs. Thank you to Mrs hall and Mr Stebbing for organising the competition and to Ms Diana for all her work in getting the winning mouse mats made. They are now available to buy in the uniform shop for NT$150/each.

School Uniform
Please ensure that your child returns to school next term in the correct school uniform. Some children have been wearing trainers to school. Children are not allowed to wear non-school uniform cardigans or sweatshirts. If you need reminding about the requirements for school uniform then please contact the office for the list of correct items.

Academic Reports
Your child will bring home their first semester report today. There will be an opportunity to discuss the report with your child's class teacher on Thursday 16th January. If you have not yet made an appointment please contact the office.

School Photos
In the week beginning Monday 20th January, class and individual photos will be taken. We also help arrange photos of brothers and sisters together. Further information will be available next term when the class schedules have been arranged.

Non-uniform day Wednesday 29th January

We will be celebrating Chinese New Year at school with a special assembly. The children are asked to wear either a Chinese costume or something red (or both of course),

Happy Christmas

Dear parents and students,
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone the very best for the holiday season. 
I am spending Christmas in Australia with my son, who lives on the Gold Coast. I am looking forward to some sunshine, especially after the chilly weather we have had recently.

I would like to thank you for your support over the last term. The students have worked extremely hard and I am very proud of their efforts. I would also like to thank the staff for their dedication to the school and I am sure everyone, parents, students and staff, would like me to pass on their appreciation to Ms Jessie and Ms Diana, who do such a fantastic job in the BJ office.

My CHIRPS tab has been updated with all the key dates for next term and my next post will have information about some of the activities we have planned.

Warmest regards
Adele Corry

Internet Safety Presentation

Please click on the link below to view the recent presentation by Mrs Hall. our Head of ICT, on internet safety.
Internet Safety Presentation

Dear Parents and Students,

Christmas Bazaar 

 The PSC would like to thank all parents who helped out in running the Year group stalls at the Bazaar on Saturday.Just in case we have missed you off the list of volunteers please see the message from Linda Kuys...

 The PSC would like to invite you and your partners to a special Thank You Party on Thursday evening (5 December), at 7pm, on the 2nd floor balcony of the Junior building at the EPC.

 Please would you let me know if you are able to join us on Linda.kuys@gmail.com by close of business on Tuesday evening.

Blogs  We would like to know if our blogs are an effective way of communicating with you so we have sent out a survey to all parents. Thank you to all those who have replied. If you haven't had a chance to fill in the survey then please see the reminder in your child's Home link diary on how to respond.
Lost Property This week we will display all the lost property in the atrium. Any items that are not named will be disposed of on Friday afternoon. Each class will have an opportunity to look through the items so if you have any items missing then please remind your child to have a look.

Reports Academic reports for the first term will be sent out on the last day of term, Friday 20th December. Please note that if you choose to leave school earlier than this date the report will be issued at the beginning of Term 2 on Monday 6th January.
Library Newsletter Please click on this link to see the latest news from our school library.http://libguides.tes.tp.edu.tw/newsletter

Parent/Teacher meetings If you have not been able to make an appointment to see any of the Specialist or CLC teachers for this Wednesday then please contact the teacher directly or contact the office. Please remember you can make an appointment at any time during the year to see any of the teachers.

Please see my CHIRPs page to get the latest schedule of important events.

Christmas is Coming

As I type this from my office, the atrium is in darkness except for the glow of the beautiful Christmas tree.
Thank you to the PSC who worked hard this week to prepare for the tree lighting ceremony, which was held this morning.

Dr Weston convincing Santa that we have all been very good this year

Chirps

From next week all class blogs will have a tab with the title 'Chirp' added to their home page.

The Chirp will have the latest information about upcoming events so visitors will no longer need to scroll through the main body of the latest blog post to see what is happening. 

I will be adding my Chirp tab on Monday 18th November.

Hedgehogs?

You may be thinking that the title of this fortnight's posting on my blog is a rather prickly subject! However it is inspired by a keynote speech I attended at the FOBISSEA Headteacher's conference last week. I was introduced to the 'Hedgehog Concept', which is so described because the hedgehog does only one key thing when attacked by a predator - it rolls up into a ball.  In relation to education the idea is that educators should ensure that the hedgehog concept in their school is only about learning and that everything we do should be because we want students to learn. So I have decided that apart from using my blog to inform you about events in school, I will add links to some of the latest ideas about learning, especially in the 21st century. The following link will take you to an 11 minute animation which explains why there is a need for change from the old style of education. Ken Robinson's ideas about education for the future

  'Madeline and Miss Clavel'

Book Week All the teachers would like to send there heartfelt thanks to the parent volunteers who helped organise all the events around book week. There were competitions, a book fair and a Halloween themed cake sale. We have an amazing group of parents in our PTA who work really hard to support the school. If you would like to find out more about what the PTA does please come to the next meeting, which will be next Thursday at 8:45am in the conference room (Junior wing of the EPC).
Year Five and Six winners of the bookmark and reading record competitions. 





Library Newsletter Please click on the link to find out what has been happening in our library.Library Newsletter

Parent Information Evening on Chinese Language and Culture Curriculum Wednesday 6th November Thank you to all of you who have sent back replies to let us know if you are able to attend our information evening. We will start at 6:30pm in the amphitheatre in the Junior Wing of the EPC.

Forthcoming Events
Friday 8th November:         Students wear their class' chosen Friendship Colour (see class blogs)
Thursday 14th November:   No Choir ECA as Ms Kao will be away for the FOBISSEA Music festival
Thursday 14th November:   6:30pm British Primary Section Council Meeting
Friday 22nd November:       Tribe Assembly - children wear tribe colours to school today
Friday 22nd November:      1:45 pm  BJ Parent workshop -Cyber Safety in the amphitheatre

Incy Wincy Spider

I do apologise to any of you suffering from arachnophobia out there but I wanted to share with you the story of 'The Ballet Students and the Spider'.

On Friday 4th October, we celebrated the  achievements of the students who entered the Royal Academy of Dance examinations  in the summer. The amphitheater was full with an audience of BJ students, all of Year 2 and parents. The ballet students were nervously waiting for their turn to show us their exam pieces when, suddenly, there was a ripple of excitement as some of the children noticed a huge spider (slightly larger than my outstretched hand) clinging to the top of the curtains at the back of the stage. 
The dancing started and that is when the spider become a little more interested in her surroundings. Slowly but surely and very gracefully, she began to descend the curtain, getting closer and closer to the floor. Six little girls danced on, oblivious to what was happening behind them. But not so the audience who seemed transfixed - some with delight, others with horror. With visions of a stampede (led by one of the Year Six teachers who shall remain nameless) I did the only thing I could. By this time the spider was about two feet from the floor. Grabbing a small rubbish bin, I made my way between the dancers, advanced upon the spider and with shaking hands managed to encourage her to perform an elegant pirouette into the bin. With my heart hammering and my legs turning to jelly I passed the bin over to our Chair of Governors (another brave woman - thank you Sahar) and she gave it to one of the teachers. What happened after that I don't know, however from now on I  shall always look carefully around when in the amphitheater. 

Giant spider just out of shot

Year 6 students

Dancing with pizazz

The Library Newsletter

The latest news from the library can be accessed through the new library guide. To find out more about Roald Dahl month in our library please click this link September 17th Library Newsletter

Entering the Blogosphere

“The mission of the Taipei European School is to provide educational excellence and European culture and values within the context of Taiwanese society”

Welcome to my first posting on my very first blog! 

Each class in the British Primary Section (Infant and Junior) will be launching their blogs today to provide parents with a window into their child's learning. Mrs Martin (British Infant Head) and I decided that it was time to also become part of the 'blogosphere' and use our blogs to communicate to parents and students. I will be writing a post every two weeks instead of using the fortnightly newsletter (the Wen Lin Journal). I will use my blog to inform you of what has been happening in school and also to let you know about future events. Sometimes there will be links to interesting sites about educational matters and useful tips for parents. 

If you would like to receive an email notification each fortnight then please sign up to my blog on this page.

PTA: All parents are automatically members of the British Primary Section Parent/Teacher Association. If you would like to come along to the next meeting please join us in the Conference Room (opposite Junior section office) on Thursday 17th October at 8:45am. If you are new to the school then please note that this is a great way to make new friends. If you would like an opportunity to meet up with any members of the PTA Committee before the meeting then please let me know. We are always looking for people to help support the PTA's fantastic fund raising activities.

Future Events: 

17th September 8:50am  Class 6.2 Assembly for parents

19th & 20th  September  No school

24th September 8:15am  Class 4.2 Assembly for parents

26th - 27th September    Camp Taiwan for Year 4

27th September              Social Event for the TES community 'Autumn Festiva'l 6:00 - 9:00pm

Thank you for attending our first Parent/Teacher meetings last night. The meetings help us establish a partnership with you and this is key to your child's success at school. If you weren't able to make it and would like to see any of the teachers please make an appointment, either through the office or through the home/link diary.

Have an enjoyable weekend.

Kind regards

Adele Corry

Head of British Junior Section

'Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire' 

William Butler Yeats