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TBSC BULLETIN
Week 12: Thursday 19th November, 2015
TBSC Contact Details
Telephone: +58 (212) 266 2270/ 265 5870
Fax: +58 (212) 265 2141
Email: info@tbscaracas.com
Twitter: @tbscaracas
Facebook: TheBritishSchoolCaracas
Instagram: @TheBritishSchoolCaracas
Message from the Head
As school ended last Friday, terrible news broke in France, but sadly, it was not dissimilar to incidents that are happening every day in other parts of the world,
including here in our Venezuela. The attacks, we know, were horrific and extremely saddening - all the more so because they seem closer to home. We all
know Paris, or know of it through friends. It was a reminder that we live at a time of discord and hatred, much of which seemed far away though now much
closer. A complex range of emotions were no doubt felt by the community as is normal following such devastating acts of violence.
What do we do as an international school? How do we explain this to our children? How do we react?
It is time for moral courage in our response. All international schools must be aware of the social impact attacks like this can have and their effect on
others. This begins in our immediate surroundings and around our school. It can, should and does go way beyond in creating a positive impact in our
world. How deep that impact is, depends on our intentions. At times like these, we must go beyond academia, beyond bickering, beyond first world
complaints, and seek to create a positive impact in our world as deeply and with the best intentions we can.
Part of TBSC’s Vision statement says:
Our students will be inspired to become lifelong learners who contribute actively and positively to the global community
We want students (and our community) leaving our school as young adults to influence the world by making decisions with moral direction. This is a
necessary long-term strategy. However, we must acknowledge the here and now too. What are we doing to make the world a better place now? We should
consider everything at our disposal, from facilities to technology to purchasing power. How can we use all these various aspects of our lives in order to enable
a situation of reconstruction and reconciliation for “the other”?
Part of TBSC’s Mission statement states that:
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The school community fosters attitudes that promote intercultural understanding
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TBSC students will help nurture the physical, social and emotional well-being of those around them
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TBSC students will be mindful of the impact they and others have on the environment and its inhabitants
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Message from the Head (continued)
We must encourage civil, harmonious and peaceful attitudes towards each other. A critical mind is required in times like these; ask the Why? What?
Maybe? questions, which may be tough and initially not seem harmonious and peaceful. But honesty in asking them, with love for each other, seems a
positive and genuine way forward.
TBSC, in order to achieve its vision and mission will:
promote an open and positive climate for debate and discussion of local and international issues
Friday was and still is scary, discomforting and we enter an unknown, both physically and emotionally wary. However, the unknown brings excitement,
discovery and possible solutions to the discomfort both now and in the long term. We need to be bold in our aim for equity, justice, peace and a better
world for our children and their children.
The International Baccalaureate's Mission states that the organisation aims to create young people:
who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
The time is now. Our impact needs to be felt now.
I am sure you will join me in expressing our sorrow at the events in Paris last Friday, as well as similar suffering here in Venezuela, and around the world.
Yasir Patel
head@tbscaracas.com
ADMISSIONS - OPEN!
We are now accepting applications (form downloadable on
our website) for the new school year.
Please pass on the word to any interested families.
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
TBSC Parents’ Afternoon Survey
Dear Parents,
On Thursday 12th November we held our first TBSC Parents'
Afternoon.
TBSC is always looking to improve and would appreciate your
feedback in order for us to improve for the next afternoon in Term 2 by
completing this quick survey HERE.
Thanks.
A cup of tea with the Head
Dear Parents,
I would like to invite you to the second 'A Cup of Tea with the Head' gathering for this academic year.
This will take place this Tuesday 8th December from 8am to 9am in the Staff Room. This will be a general session
in an informal environment so please bring along your thoughts, questions, issues, ideas and positive comments,
Please send an email to my Assistant, Pamella Carrasquel (pcarrasquel@tbscaracas.com) to confirm your
attendance.
I look forward to meeting you and chatting.
Regards,
Yasir Patel
Head of School
The British School Caracas
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
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The children were excited to see it and had lots of questions. They asked many good questions so the
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Milepost 1 - Year 1
Year one have been composing
questions about the world around us
and using our observation techniques
to help answer them. This helps us
to build skills for our upcoming
genius hour projects : )
Milepost 2 - Year 3
Year 3 had so much fun reading to Pre-School on Tuesday.
We love reading!
Milepost 2 - Year 4
Vi
Visit to the Hindu
Temple!
Milepost 3 - Year 5 Assembly
Vi
Milepost 3 - Year 5 Assembly
“Not only was it interesting and educational, yet fun, contemporary and
romantic; it had drama, comedy and great music.”
“Mil felicitaciones por el trabajo y los resultados de esa Assambly que fue
estupenda. Los niños todos estuvieron maravillosos. Felicitaciones a todo el
equipo.”
Just superb! Congratulations to all involved. Slick, educational and hilarious.
'Love politics, romance, I think we had it all'
“That was amazing, I loved it!!!”
“Wow..I am lost for words... CONGRATULATIONS”
“It was the most amazing Assembly I’ve seen”
Milepost 3 - Year 5 Assembly
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Well done Year 5
for all your hard
work and passion
on the day!
A spectacular
performance,
totally enjoyed by
everyone who
attended the
assembly.
Milepost 3 - Year 6
Year 6 were doing a Science experiment this
week about how exercise affects the heart rate.
They had to take their resting heart rate then
exercise and take it again. Once they had done
that they needed to record their results and say
what happened as well as giving a scientific
explanation as to why.
Exhausted after exercising and being the
scientist and recording the results.
Giving each
other a helping
hand finding
heart beats
after skipping.
Exercising and
taking her heart
rate afterwards.
Spanish Department
Haz click aquí para ver
el video.
Durante dos semanas, los niños de Y5 y Y6 estuvieron trabajando ortografía, haciendo especial énfasis en la acentuación.
Como cierre de la actividad, hicimos un concurso de deletreo en el cual los niños participaron de forma activa y prestando
atención a lo aprendido en clase. ¡Felicitaciones a todos por su esfuerzo y excelentes resultados!
Mrs. Briceño y Mrs. Rodríguez
recordando las reglas de la competencia.
¿Cómo se escribe “extranjero”?
¿La palabra oxígeno lleva acento?
Empowerment
This week Year 3 and Year 6 introduced the Empowerment programme to the whole of primary. The
Empowerment team are extremely excited to hear all your fantastic ideas on how we can improve our
community.
Year 1 showcasing their wonderful ideas!
If you have an ideas please email Miss Santos (osantos@tbscaracas.com)
Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/empowermenttbsc/
Year 6 presenting their fantastic
Empowerment ideas to the whole of
primary.
Empowerment
Year 6 are working extremely hard on their Empowerment projects. They are using ICT
to plan their PowerPoint presentation.
We love Cross-Curricular activities at TBSC!
Empowerment
Empowerment quote of the week:
“ Don’t be afraid to start over. It is a new chance to rebuild what you want” These students are
unknown author.
reflecting on our recycling
projects
“what could we do to make
it even better?”
Look at our colourful Empowerment display!
Lions Clubs - Basketball
Playing basketball helps children learn basic
coordination and team-building skills with an
added bonus of having fun with their friends.
Learning basic basketball skills not only
encourages exercise, but serves as a
foundation for a staying active later in life.
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.
Year 8 - 3D Letter Sculptures
The Year 8 students
have been studying
perspective and
lettering this term. The
current project in class
which they have just
finished is 3D letters.
They have created their
own designs and
created a letter made
from cardboard, toilet
paper rolls and modroc.
Year 9 Art - Figure Sculptures
The Year 9 pupils have
been studying Alberto
Giacometti for the last few
weeks and they have
been doing figure
drawings and from these
they have created wire
sculptures.
Secondary Library Quiz
Dear All,
Please find this month’s Secondary Library Quiz HERE
Good luck and have fun!
Andrew Cathcart.
Secondary Librarian.
Secondary Library Quiz Answers from last two months.
October HERE
November HERE
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. We now have 2 charts up by the
bins; one so you can see how many lids each house has
brought in on a weekly basis and the second one to count the
number of chemotherapy sessions each house has provided.
The second chart is an ongoing one throughout the whole
term and the house that has provided the most chemotherapy
sessions (by bringing in the most lids) at the end will be able
to come to school in their house colours on one day in the last
week of term. Even more reason to bring those lids in!
The totals are as follows (500 lids = 1 chemotherapy
session).
Andres Bello: 548 lids = 1.1 chemotherapy sessions
Bolivar: lids 1897 = 3.8 chemotherapy sessions
Miranda: 564 lids = 1.1 chemotherapy sessions
Sucre: 236 lids = 0.5 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
eugeniavvb@gmail.com
Visit From ONTV
Secondary students were
lucky to be given a talk
from ONTV (organizacion
de transplantes de
Venezuela) at our last
assembly. Kindly
organised by Ms. Lucila
Velutini, students learned
about the medical and
moral issues concerning
organ transplantation
here in Venezuela. We
would like to thank them
for sharing this important
topic with our students.
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 vsuels.tiramisu@gmail.com
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
Missing a shoe?
A student in Year 3 went home on Monday 16th
November with two right foot shoes, one of which was
one size too big.
If you happen to have the other shoe (a size 34 black
GEOX - photo on the right) please contact Ricardo
(rllerena@tbscaracas.com) or Eulalia
(eolivier@tbscaracas.com) at the PMT office and we
will get you in touch with his mom.
Littlelife Baby Carrier for sale
Littlelife All Terrain Baby Carrier, en buenas
condiciones,
compatible
con
sistema
de
hidratación, asiento ajustable, cuenta con gazas
para juguetes y bastones de alpinismo además de
todos sus accesorios: capucha para el sol y para la
lluvia, estribos. Para bebés/niños desde los 6
meses hasta los 3 años, hasta 20Kg. El mejor
modelo de la línea de carriers de Littlelife.
Escríbeme para más
información!
$190
kallesuomi@hotmail.com
(0414) 370.69.90
Other Notices
Upcoming Dates
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
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