News letter 12 th Nov 10

12th November 2010
The EPC Primary Newsletter
www.taipeieuropeanschool.com
Telephone: +886 2 8145 9007
Volume No: 52
Welcome to the 52nd edition of the Wen Lin Journal - the almost fortnightly newsletter for
the European Primary Campus.
Inside this newsletter you will find all the latest goings on for the French Section, German
Section, British Infants Section and British Junior Section. We also frequently have articles
from other parts of the school community such as the library and Tribe Council.
Inside this week’s rather huge journal…
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Year 1 start their new topic ‘Mountains and Motorways’
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We find out about a ‘Mysterious Thief’ in Year 6
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Read about the picturesque trip to Wulai
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Find out who the newly elected Tribe Council members are
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We learn about colours and textures with the French Section
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The German Section show their creativity through art, drama and PE
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Check out the new books in the Infant Section of the Library
We also have…
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Our regular contributions from Mrs Martin and Ms Corry with all the important news you
need to know for the British Infant and Junior Sections.
Useful School Links
For all those dates you need to know for your little ones!
British Infants
Calendar & Events http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/tbs/events_infants.php
British Infants
Curriculum
Information on Maths and Literacy/Topic Units for 2010/11
http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/tbs/KS1.php
All those dates you need to know for your slightly bigger ones!
British Juniors
http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/tbs/events_juniors.php
Calendar & Events
British Juniors
Curriculum
Information on Literacy, Maths and Topic Units for 2010/11
http://www.taipeieuropeanschool.com/tbs/key_stage_two_curriculum_units.php
Dear Parents
Firstly, may I take this opportunity of welcoming Jeni Wong to our team. Jeni has moved
to Taiwan with her son Matthew to take up a teaching position within our Nursery due to
us expanding our provision. Jeni has worked at TES before, she left just over 3 years
ago, so welcome back Jeni! She will be leading the Sea Horse Class.
Thank you for responding to my mini questionnaire about the most preferred starting
time of our parent workshops. The result of this was that the preferred starting time
for parent workshops is 1pm with 47% of the votes. 44% of you said you preferred 8:15,
nobody voted for the 3:30 starting time, and 8% stated that they would prefer evening
workshops. With these statistics in mind, Miss Rumjaun and I are now planning 2 Maths
workshops. They will take place at 1pm on Friday 14th January and Friday 21st January—
more details will follow.
A couple of reminders:
Foundation Stage Sports Morning—Wednesday 17th November (Nursery and
Reception)
Key Stage 1 Sports Morning—Thursday 18th November (Year 1 and 2)
Reverse Christmas Tree—Thursday 2nd December (details to follow soon)
Foundation Stage Christmas Show—Friday 3rd December at 11am (Nursery and
Reception)
Key Stage 1 Christmas Show—Monday 6th December at 1pm (Year 1 and 2)
Christmas Parties—Friday 17th December (all year groups)
Best wishes
Ruth Martin, Head of the British Infant Section.
Year 1 returned from our half-term break and
soared into our new topic “Mountains and Motorways”. This topic is a celebration of Taiwan
rich in fun geography and history
objectives.
The children eagerly worked to complete a paper Mache
representation of Taiwan. They labelled the surrounding
oceans, and North, East, South, and West. They marked key
cities around the island such as Hualien and Kenting. These
will be featured along with many other great works of art at
the end of our topic when we transform our classrooms into
real museums!
Ivan and Jonathan work with
Miss Lee to make an island.
Did you know the children have Plan, Do, Review every Thursday? Your child has the opportunity to independently select activities to do during this special time. After PDR, the children
can discuss the activities they did and explain why they liked it
or what they enjoyed the most. We have a post box that the children use to write letters to teachers and friends. We have a lot of
fun delivering the mail at the end of our PDR sessions.
Nicole and Russell deliver
mail to BICW.
Helpful Homework Hints for Parents
The early years of your child’s education are important for establishing
sound life long study routines. Here are a few hints that may help you
during homework time each day. Set aside a regular study time.
Be sure to allow time for after-school fun. Students need a break from
academics before jumping right into homework. Create a quiet well-lit
environment. Call it the Homework Corner or Study Center. Prepare supplies
and resources keeping them in the same place. Create a Homework bin.
Nate proudly displays his
Scarecrow. It was hard work!
Allocate a time for homework. Decide on goals together that must be
accomplished. Children thrive within a framework of consistency.
Following homework routines will help reduce pressure and make
homework time an enjoyable experience.
Dear Parents, Students and Friends of the school,
I hope you all had an enjoyable half-term break although, if like me you stayed in Taipei, the weather left a lot to be
desired. I think most of the children were glad to be back in school.
Pirate Day The sound of clashing swords and rousing singing rang out on
Wednesday as Year 5 held a ‘Pirate
Day’. Bearded, scarred and bejeweled pirates in Mrs Turner’s class entertained us with their version of the classic novel Treasure Island - a story of skullduggery and treasure. A big thank you must go to parents for the wonderful costumes.
Tribe Merit System Congratulations to the members of Rukai Tribe who have collected the most merit points
since the beginning of the school year - 1116 merits so far. We had a very exciting assembly last Friday during
which the Tribe Golden Cup was unveiled. Each half-term merit totals will be calculated and the winning tribe’s
colours will be tied to the cup, which will be displayed in the atrium. Do come and look at the display (in the area
next to the elevator in the atrium) all about our student council and tribe system. In the next fortnight classes will
be looking at the issue of bullying and children have been invited to enter a competition to promote anti-bullying
details of which have been emailed to parents.
Reminders:
Tuesday 16th November 8:10am - 9:00am: B6MF Class Assembly
Thursday 18th November 4:40pm - 8:30pm : Choir, Orchestra & Rock band attend Flora Expo opening
Friday 19th November: Children wear blue to school to show support for anti-bullying
Friday 3rd December; Choir to attend ECCT Christmas luncheon
Have a good weekend
Kind regards
Adele Corry
Head of British Junior Section
[email protected]
Tel: (02) 8145 9007 Ext 1500
The Mysterious Thief
One sunny day, Mr. Bossy Bo was sitting on his bright
green chair thinking
of a new formula for his Choo-Choo bars. Around the factory there were bright
and colourful walls with glimmering windows. Even though there were many loud
noisy machines, every worker in the factory worked quietly and busily. There
were two workers working with the Gobster (the candy making machine). One
was young Tom and the other was young David. They both had similar personalities as they were both intelligent
and hard working. At the opposite side of the Gobster machine was the cashier. The strange looking cashier was
named Figgymiggyshoein, but every one just called him Mr. Bill. He was indeed very unique to every other worker
in the factory because of his appearance. He wore a black and light turquoise mask like the WWE champion Rey
Mysterio. He was strange!! At the side of the cashier was some more computers and equipment which was used to
make candy for the rest of the workers in the factory. Back at Mr. Bill’s office, he was still thinking of the formula until all of his workers gathered around him to tell of an old, bald man and what had just happened at the gigantic Gobster.
MADNESS!!
“Mr. Bossy Bo, the Gobster has bee making strange shapes.” “We all reckon that the Goster shape making
machine has broke.” Said young Tom and Young David together as all the other workers came in the office to
check out what’s bee happening at the office. “This must not continue, we should down the main power and check
the Gobster,” demanded Mr. Bossy Bo as he sat down on his chair, continuing thinking of the new formula. “This is
driving me mad,” whispering to himself. The main power went off. The poor workers had to carry flashlights.
After two hours the Gobster was finally fixed and the workers started to
work again. “Mr. Bossy Bo, some of the cash is missing,” whispered Mr. Bill.
“How much?” asked Mr. Bossy Bo.
“About fifteen million,” whispered Mr. Bill.
“How much?” asked Mr. Bossy Bo rubbing his ears in disbelief. “This is madness!” he shouted, almost shattering
the windows and the workers almost flew out of their own muddy boots! Mr. Bill was stunned by the voice he
heard. That afternoon, every worker worked very quietly and patiently. That day the workers did not fuss if they
did not do everything correctly our finish reports they needed to hand in to Mr. Bossy Bo. After that day, no one
got paid. The next day, all of the workers came in the front gate of the factory with a very angry face. They
opened the front door and there was a catastrophe!!
All the sweets had fallen to the ground, spreading on the floors waiting for the cleaners to
clean the mess. All of the factory walls had been painted black by an amateur painter with all different types of graffiti which said “Mr. Loser Lo” and “Gobster?” There were also some other very
negative words. The Gobster was originally multi-coloured, painted by the world class painter Mona
Lisa, but now some no-mannered person painted it black and white. But the colour was not the worst
of it, it was how it had been used. The magnificent machine had turned to some kind of junkyard
metal that had been squashed by the transformer Optimus Prime. The machine clinged and clanged.
Everyone was shocked by the mob scene. Mr. Bossy Bo climbed up on top of the Gobster and told
everyone “Don’t worry.” He then scratched his head and told everyone to find this evil thief!
The police came in a few minutes after the workers had cleaned up. “Check the security camera,” demanded the police chief. Young David and Young Tom went to the security room which had an
AUTHORIZED PEOPLE ONLY sign on the door. The brothers looked at the screen carefully and told
the boss to come and check it out. After a few seconds in the security room, all three of them came
out and Mr. Bossy Bo said the workers could have a twenty minutes break. Most of the workers went
to the 7-11 next to the factory to have their lunch.
At the 7-11, they
met a very strange person wearing a Rey
Mysterio mask. All the workers suspected that this guy must have ruined the factory. The workers
quickly kidnapped him by putting a sack over his head. After a struggle they bought him back to the
boss, who immediately called the police and he was arrested!
After the police took the troublemaker away, the boss went into his office, shut the door and
pulled the blinds, which he had never done before. May workers were very curious. They heard a loud
“BANG BANG” and all of the sudden, the workers froze wondering who did it??
MASON LEE
B6MS
Year 6 Trip To Wulai
On Thursday, 4th November, Year 6 went on a field trip to Wulai. We stopped at Feitsui
reservoir on the way, where we had a chance to see the amazing dam there. We have
been learning about the impact of humans on rivers, so it was interesting to see a real-life
example of this.
After lunch, we visited the spectacular Wulai waterfall. As it has been raining a lot recently, we were lucky to see the waterfall in its full glory. We enjoyed watching the water cascading down the waterfall into the river below. We’d like to take this opportunity
to thank all of the parents who come along with us and made it such an enjoyable day. We
The amazing trip to Feitsui
Reservoir
On November fifth, we went on a trip to Feitsui Reservoir. Three classes took two coach buses. Mr. Sullivan’s
class took the first one and Mr. Fagg’s took the second.
more things about dams, and got to see one in person. I
hope there is another field trip soon.
Written by Randy SU B6CB
A trip to the Feitsui Reservoir
and Dam
Then where were my classmates? Poor class! We got split
into half. The first group and the second group in my class
Seeing the Feitsui Reservoir and Dam was a pleasurable
went on the first bus. I was in the first group with Felipe,
experience. After traveling on the bus for about 45 min-
Kristian, Jody and Claire. For the two other groups went
utes, we got to the Learning Centre, our first destination.
on Mr. Fagg’s bus. It took us one and a half hours to go
There we watched an introduction video about the Taipei
from TES primary school to Feitsui Reservoir (dam).
Flora Expo and the Feitsui Reservoir and Dam, then we
went immediately to the site of the dam. We were aston-
When we arrived at the Education Centre, we were shown
ished by the majestic sight. A 120-metre tall dam stood
a short film about the reservoir. The film informed us the
right in front of us. The guide then explained that the dam
functions of the dam, and how there are eight big gates
could release about 9800 cubic metres of water if all of
and three small ones in the reservoir. I was interested in
the gates were open. Wow!
them and wanted to know what their functions were. After the film, I could not hold back my excitement as we
The Feitsui Dam is a curved concrete arch dam, which im-
were headed to see the dam! We hopped back on the
pounds the Xindian River and it creates the Feitsui Reser-
coaches and went to the dam.
voir. The dam is mainly just for water supply, although it
also creates 70 M watts of electricity. It is a huge 122.5
The guide told us that the dam was 122.5 metres high and
metres tall and 510 metres long, while the water level can
of 510 meters in length. Then, the guide told us what the
rise to a maximum of 170 metres. Its hydraulic head is
gates were for. The eight gates function as containers
113.5m, and the forebay is 33 metres high. The majestic
reserving water. When we are in shortage of water, they
dam is equipped with eight radial gates, three sets of
can provide us with a lot of water contained inside. The
sluice gates, and a tunnel spillway. If they open altogether
three small ones serve as the exits for dirty water to go
at once, they can release some 9820 m3 of water per sec-
out.
ond. On average, the water level is 165m.
The reservoir is the place that where water is collected
Next up, lunch time. We got to a Chinese style restaurant
and gets out. The area is three hundred and three kilome-
space where we ate our lunches. It seemed that everyone
tres squared and the maximum of the water that it could
had a starter and main dish, and I also found the space
hold is one hundred and thirty metres. I saw the water on
quite suitable for banquets. Soon after we got back to the
one hundred and seventy metres and I was worried that it
Learning Center, and we saw the exhibition that the centre
would flood out of the reservoir. Suddenly it started to
was displaying. Unfortunately we ran out of time, and we
rain. It was 11o’clock so we hopped back on the bus and
had to cut the exhibition short.
went to the dining place to eat our lunch.
Our last stop was Wulai Waterfall. It was quite a basic
After our lunch it was one thirty and we went to the ex-
waterfall, but it was very beautiful. After some photos, we
hibition within the Education Centre. We learned the his-
said farewell to the Atayal Tribe town, and we ended our
tory of the reservoir and how it was built. One of the
trip.
exhibit was an interactive game where the floor was like
a pond wish some fish in it. If you tried to step on it, the
water would ripple and make the fish swim away. Our next
stop was the Wu-Lai Waterfall. We went in our small
groups again and looked at the waterfall. There was a
small street where there were cafes and many souvenir
Written by Jun Xiang SOO (B6CB)
Recently, class elections were held to determine Tribe Council representatives. There was a lot of
interest in the positions and many children decided that they would like to take part. Unfortunately
only one representative from each class could be chosen. We would like to thank all of the children
who volunteered for the positions and bravely gave speeches and presentations.
Each class completed a secret vote and the new Tribe Councilors were introduced to the Junior
School in our assembly this week. We would like to congratulate the following students on their new
roles and look forward to seeing the improvements they are planning on, to make our TES community an even better place.
Tyler York
Gil Golan
Shubh Lashkery
Filipe
Manson Lee
Krisha
Lawrence
Scott Maxwell
Janina,
Kokoro
Jasmine
Youji
Les CP font des couleurs
euxeux-mêmes.
Cet après-midi, on pouvait voir les CP courir
dans la cour tenant dans leurs mains des
branches de bois, des fleurs, des feuilles, des
cailloux.
Ils étaient en pleine recherche
de matériaux pour faire de la
couleur.
Arrivés en classe, ils ont tenté de véritables expériences (quasi-alchimiques)
pour obtenir du rouge, du violet, ou du marron:
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„Bewegte Kunst – art in motion“
Impressionen von der
von Kathrin Diestel, Liz Ganz, Svende Klein und Julia May
Und sie bewegen
Figurenplastiken mit Liz Ganz
Eine Bewegung festzuhalten könnte auch Alberto Giacomettis Idee gewesen sein, als er 1948/49
„La Piazza“ schuf. Diese Bronzeskulptur stellt Figuren mit langen dünnen Armen und Beinen dar,
die über einen Platz gehen.
Bewegte Bilder – Kandinskys Farbkreise mit Kathrin Diestel & Liz Ganz
Der Russe Wassily Kandinsky (1866 bis 1944) ist einer der bedeutendsten expressionistischen
Maler. Er war fasziniert von einfachen geometrische Formen. Den Punkt (oder Kreis)
bezeichnete er als das wichtigste Element in der Malerei. Wir haben sein Bild zuerst betrachtet,
dann gemalt und daraus eine Performance entwickelt. Die war bei unserer Projektpräsentation
„Carmina Burana“
Angeregt von Carl Orff und Klaus Blütner probierten die Kinder verschiedene Instrumente und
spielten das Stück „O Fortuna“. Ein Ohrwurm! Mutige sangen den Liedtext in lateinischer Sprache,
Bewegte Bilder – Collagearbeit mit Kathrin Diestel
Die Ausstellung im
1. Stock nicht
Kreuzfahrt-Schiffe auf dem
Sonne-Mond-See? Warum
nicht!
Kalenderblätter eignen sich
prima zum fantasievollen
Aus- und Umgestalten:
Auf Amelies Bild regnen
Uhren und Stiefel vom
Himmel, Marco lässt Autos
kreuz und quer rasen und
bei Clarice fliegen die
Hindernislauf – von dreidimensional nach zweidimensional mit Liz Ganz
Nachdem eine Truppe gehorsamer Ameisen das Feld in Schlangenlinien durchforstet und dabei
vorsichtig alle Hindernisse umgangen hatte, wurden sie mit dem Auftrag versehen, einen Plan
ihrer Expedition zu zeichnen, mit bunten Fäden aufzukleben oder mit Klebeband auf bunter
Mobiles – nie
unbewegt mit
Greta Ahlers
Das war ganz
schön knifflig!
Aber Fische
lassen sich
eben kaum
fassen, selbst
wenn sie aus
Pappe und
Goldpapier
sind. Und
nachdem sie
nun endlich
hängen, halten
Diesen bunten Schwarm solltet ihr unbedingt besuchen! Und zwar im
Zimmer von Frau Ahlers.
Akrobatik
Pyramiden: Kunstwerke „die manchmal stehen bleiben und manchmal umfallen“.
Bewegte Körper mit Jill Lin
Seile, Reifen oder Bänder – was Teacher Jill mit den Kindern nach nur zwei Übungsstunden auf die Bühne
stellte, konnte sich sehen lassen! Hier Impressionen von der Projektpräsentation - Gelbe Gruppe mit Reifen:
Einführung in die Filmanimation mit Philippe Ory
Ein echter Experte zeigte, wie Filme entstehen. Und nicht nur das! Jede Arbeitsgruppe produzierte
selbst mit Knetgummi, Autos und Lego-Figuren Szenen, aus denen Herr Ory einen
Experimentieren mit
dem Computer mit
Kathrin Diestel
Sich selbst
fotografieren oder in
Szene setzen, mit
Effekten spielen und
experimentieren –
das garantiert Spaß
Lichtgestalten
Dirk Diestel fing sie in der „Dunkelkammer“ mit der Kamera ein:
Mehrköpfige Riesen mit Svende
Klein & Julia May
Eigenartige Dinge ereigneten sich
während der Projektwoche in der
Grundschule: War man ganz still,
hörte man ein geheimnisvolles
Knistern und Rascheln auf den
Fluren der 4. Etage. Wer den
sonderbaren Geräuschen folgte,
Auf die Frage, was sie denn da machten,
erzählten die Helferlein die Geschichte vom
vielköpfigen Riesenwesen ohne Kleider. Die
großen Folien warteten darauf von den Kindern zum Leben erweckt zu werden.
Die Kinder bastelten ganz viele tolle Köpfe, gruselige Hände, Füße und wunderschönen
Perlenschmuck. Zum Schluss wurde mit fleißiger Unterstützung einiger Eltern alles
zusammengefügt und die Kleidung der Riesen dekoriert.
Als alles fertig war,
waren nicht nur Frau
Klein und Frau May
ganz erschöpft. Auch
die
Riesenwesen
hielten ein kleines
Nickerchen, bevor sie
im
Schulgebäude
aufgehängt wurden.
Hier wachen sie auch
heute noch über die
Schülerinnen
und
Schüler der TES . . ..
Projektpräsentation
„Bewegte Kunst“
präsentiert am
letzten Mittwoch:
Große Projekte
brauchen großartige
Unterstützung:
Janne, Joris,
Isabella, alle Kinder,
Lehrerinnen und
Lehrer sagen euch:
„Die alle wollen uns zuschauen?“, fragte Amelie aufgeregt. Ob der vielen Zuschauer ging manch
einer mit Lampenfiber auf die Bühne – später jedoch ganz stolz durchs Schulhaus.
Exkursion zum Waldkindergarten in Hsindian
von Larissa Kendzia
Letzten Freitag sind wir mit beiden Gruppen vom deutschen Kindergarten mit dem Bus nach Hsindian
gefahren und besuchten den einzigartigen Waldkindergarten.
Angekommen im Waldkindergarten wurden wir sehr herzlich von den Kindern und Erziehern empfangen und
bildeten mit ihnen einen großen Kreis. Zuerst sangen wir deutsche Lieder und im Anschluss hörten wir dann
einige chinesische Lieder. Zum Schluß sangen wir dann zusammen zwei englische Lieder.
Am Tag zuvor hatten wir mit den Kindern Muffins gebacken und sie ihnen als kleine Überraschung
mitgebracht. Die Kinder vom Waldkindergarten hatten auch eine Kleinigkeit vorbereitet, Karten mit
selbstgemalten Bildern, die sie mit bunten Blättern bedruckt hatten.
Nach dem Frühstück fuhren wir zum nahegelegenen Wenshan Park. Alle Kinder wurden erstmal aufgefordert
Stecken zu sammeln, um an den verschiedenen Feuerstellen Feuer zu machen.
Die Erzieher vom Waldkindergarten grillten Fisch und Süßkartoffeln, die an alle Kinder verteilt wurden. Nach
dem gemeinsamen Picknick wanderten wir gemeinsam zu einem Abenteuerspiel-platz. Der Spielplatz wurde
sofort von allen Kindern begeistert gestürmt.
Unsere Kinder waren regelrecht fasziniert von den Kletterattraktionen und Schwingspielen und konnten gar
nicht genug bekommen . Leider ging die Zeit wie im Flug vorbei, und wir mussten uns schon wieder von den
Waldkindergartenkindern verabschieden. Nach der kleinen Wanderung bis zum Bus waren alle erschöpft,
und viele Kinder schliefen im Bus gleich ein. Dieser Ausflug hat uns allen sehr gut gefallen. Wir freuen uns
auch sehr darauf, die Kinder vom Waldkindergarten am 3.Dezember in unserem deutschen Kindergarten begrüßen zu dürfen.
Dear Parents,
New books are here at the Infant Library! A big thank you goes to the
British Infant Section—Ms. Ruth Martin! Check them out at the Island
Area where the colourful cushions are. Fictions like Rainbow Fairies, animal stories and the “bad man” Mr. Gum; non-fictions like Starting Football, Sharks and Mega Machines are suitable for year 1 and 2. As for the
younger readers, there are lots of picture books and little board books to
choose from. And lots more are waiting in the kinder boxes next to the
magazine display. Be the first ones to read them!
Do you hear the jingle bells? Starting 15 Nov., Christmas books will be
on display for your preview in the library only.
They will be ready to go
for the holiday season
starting 1st Dec.