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Community Conference Art Workshop

Alongside football and PAWs, Ģ����Ƶ hosted a range of student-led art workshops for our visiting community partner schools. Activities included pebble painting, dreamcatcher weaving, bracelet making and leaf printing, which all focused on sustainability and eco awareness. The Ģ����Ƶ children led the activities with confidence and the participating students had a wonderfully creative morning!

Community Conference PAWS

During the Community Conference day, students from our Community Partner Schools, Mary Ward and DNC joined an enthusiastic group of Year 6 students for an engaging Community PAWS session. The morning was filled with energy as the children explored scarf dances, created rhythms using Boomwhackers, and took part in lively songs and games like “I Let Her Go Go” and “Ram Sam Sam”. A highlight of the day was singing the Nepali song “Gauthali Gauthali” and experimenting with a variety of musical instruments.

Eco Fair

We wrapped up last week with the buzzing, colourful, and truly inspiring Eco Fair. It was a joyful �� �� celebration of sustainability, creativity and community. The event was packed with eco-friendly products and imaginative games, all thoughtfully designed and developed by our talented Primary students. From a lively toy swap and delicious “Bakery Bits” by the Eco Club to the crowd-favourite “Sponge the Teacher” stall, there was something for everyone to enjoy. We were also delighted to welcome external vendors showcasing beautiful (and delicious!) eco-friendly products that added to the vibrant atmosphere. The fair was set to the backdrop of sweeping folk music coming from the astro field, where parents, teachers and Secondary students joined in folk dances that the Primary students had been enthusiastically practising during their Music lessons.��

We’re proud to share that we raised 49,800 Nrs for the Eco Water Fountain Fund and 41,560 Nrs for the Community Fund. A heartfelt thank you to everyone for your generous support towards these important causes!

Thank you to those parents who have confirmed that their child/children will be leaving Ģ����Ƶ at the end of the term, i.e. Friday 27th of June 2025. Adequate notice is a requirement and avoids financial penalties for parents.�� It also allows us to refund your security deposits on time and helps us to plan for the new term.

The deadline for providing the formal notice of the withdrawal of your child/children is Saturday, 31st May 2025. The notice of withdrawal can be provided either by email or written letter to Ms. Manisha Bajracharya at the admissions office.

After submitting the notice of withdrawal, parents will receive a clearance form to complete the withdrawal procedure nearer the end of Term 4. Please let Ms. Bajracharya in the admissions office know whether you require any school documents/references to provide to the new school.

Late notice of withdrawal (or providing no notice) and failure to submit the form or return the school’s resources may fully or partially affect refunding the security deposit.

Success in the UKMT Maths Challenge

We are pleased to celebrate the achievements of a group of our students who recently took part in the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Maths Challenge. This UK recognised competition is designed to stretch and inspire young mathematicians, promoting logical reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Several of our students performed exceptionally well and were awarded certificates in recognition of their efforts. These certificates are given to students who demonstrate strong mathematical thinking and achieve high scores in what is a very challenging competition; Isadora 6E, Manya 6E, Rayansh 6W and Fatima 6W were awarded participation certificates while Gold was awarded to Mayuk 6E, and Silver to Siyoon 6W and Avigya 6E.

We are incredibly proud of all the pupils who took part and commend them for their enthusiasm, determination and commitment to their learning. Congratulations to all our participants on their well-deserved success!

Alongside this, children across Primary participated in the Bebras Coding Competition. The Bebras challenge is designed to help students explore their talents and passion for informatics and computational thinking with engaging challenges. Students work through a set of tasks that focus on different topics and skills within informatics and computational thinking.

Laksh and Mayuk from 6E achieved an award for Best in School for their exceptional understanding of coding. Well done!

KS1 and KS2 Talent Shows

Over the past few weeks, we have had the pleasure of witnessing some truly incredible talents from our students. The KS1 Talent Show, held on Friday 2nd May, and the KS2 Talent Show, which took place on Thursday 22nd May, showcased a wide array of impressive performances.

From singing and dancing to piano, drums, and even robotics demonstrations, each act was a wonderful display of creativity, dedication and courage. It was inspiring to see our students embody the spirit of the Risk-Taking Rhino, confidently sharing their skills and passions with their peers.

The level of talent was so high that it made the task of judging extremely challenging. However, after much deliberation, our judges selected the top three acts from each key stage. We are proud to announce the winners:

KS1

3rd Place – Yusra/Oto/Kaede/Suzi Y3

Dancing

2nd Place – Yugveer Y3

Playing Piano

1st Place – Aanvi Y3��

Playing ukulele

KS2

3rd Place – Ira Y4

Singing and playing ukulele

2nd Place – Zhou Juan Y4��

Playing Piano

1st Place – Amaya Y5��

Singing

Student Led PTCS

This week students from Year 1 to Year 6 invited their parents into their classrooms after school on Wednesday for the student-led PTC’s where they shared their wonderful learning and taught their grown ups all about their year so far. Children were able to talk through what they have worked on, specific topics they have enjoyed, share creative pieces in their IPC learning and talk through goals for next year. It was wonderful to see so many families and students excited to see the fantastic learning happening in school and be proud of all they have achieved this year!

Goodbye to the Class of 2025

If you are a Year 13 parent, today is a momentous day – the last formal school day for our Year 13 children. I suspect, like me, you cannot believe how quickly time has passed from when they started Foundation Year back in 2010.

Year 13 will still be in school for their exams and we will formally say goodbye to them at graduation next month. If you have not yet bought tickets for graduation, please ensure you do so soon from the school community shop.��

As if to remind us that as one class leaves another one joins, we were delighted to welcome our new Year 7 (Class of 2032) to join us for this morning’s inspiration assembly by British Gurkha Hari Budha Magar, further details of which can be found above.

Geography Field Trip

In probably the most enjoyable end of year assessment of Year 10, the Geography class have been carrying out a practical assessment collecting river data and camping at Himalaika camp. They have had a great time and will bring plenty of data and observation back to school so they can write their formal report.

Academic Enrichment Week 2025 – see the 2025 website

This year’s Academic Enrichment Week is better than ever and is built on a Project Based Learning Approach. We are delighted to offer 11 great enrichment week projects each of which has:��

• Clear curriculum connections
• Real world relevance��
• Professional outcomes
• Opportunities for critique and development

Our focus is very much supporting high quality curriculum enrichment. It will be an outstanding week of learning and we hope to have high student attendance for one of the highlights of the Ģ����Ƶ academic year

Students have been told which of their three preferences they have been allocated to earlier this week, and project leaders will be writing to parents with further details.

The projects for 2025 are:

• Street Photography – work with professional photographers and put together a real exhibition.��
• ELLEvate – Girls’ leadership conference – work in teams with students from across Kathmandu and present your business ideas to our team of “dragons” at the The British Embassy
• Mamma Mia! – Sing, dance and act in what promises to be yet another not-to-be-missed CPA production
• Geology Rocks – Become a rock detective in our ancient Kathmandu Valley
• Conservation in Action – Learn more about the nature around us whilst helping improve the natural environment for others
• Community Hydroponic Farming – Create Ģ����Ƶ’s very own mini hydroponic farm
• Physics of Fairgrounds – Work with real experts to design and prototype your own ride
• Pottery Throwdown – Explore your artistic side alongside Newar artisans, creating wheel-formed and hand-built ceramics
• Create a Robot Servant –�� Build your own robot and compete with other teams in a series of robot challenges
• The Great Ģ����Ƶ Psychology Experiment – work in teams to uncover (some of) the mysteries of the mind

Community Partner Library Project – Redesign, refurnish and create a safe and inviting environment�� in the library for the students of Guheshwori school.