Next Wednesday, the 19th of February, will mark our careers day in the Secondary section. Any Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ parents are also welcome to visit the university fair outside the library from 3.30pm.
Spirit Week has been a fantastic celebration of school pride, unity and fun! Throughout the week, students, teachers, and families have come together to participate in themed days and exciting activities. The energy and enthusiasm have been contagious and it was inspiring to see our school community come together in such a positive way. Through these shared experiences, friendships were strengthened and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ spirit soared.Ìý
Intercultural Day this year highlighted the voices of our students, giving them the platform to share their journeys, insights and perspectives. Through these engagements, we aim to continue to build bridges of understanding that go far beyond a single day of celebration. Intercultural Day 2025 invited us to explore culture in order to celebrate not just where we come from, but how our diverse backgrounds shape our identities, values and relationships. Culture is a lived experience. It’s complex, layered and deeply personal. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students are not just representatives of singular cultures; they embody a beautiful blend of identities. Many Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students might identify as global citizens who navigate multiple cultural contexts every day, including through different aspects of family heritage and friendships. We hope that Intercultural Day 2025 gave all of our students the opportunity to learn as well as to share.
As part of Spirit Week, we have also given each child a copy of Shared Wisdom, the outcome of the whole school student project earlier in the year. I have enjoyed reading the inspiring advice from members of our school community and I hope that you will appreciate the uplifting and thoughtful words in this book.
A total of 2,59,055NPR was raised from our Foodfest stalls in addition to 8,980NPR raised by the Eco Club and 10,790NPR by CP Nepal. Students will be part of determining how these funds will support our community partnerships.Ìý
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making Spirit Week such a memorable and impactful event. The support from the whole community made this week even more special, reminding us that a connected community truly enhances student wellbeing and growth.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend,
Caro Drumm
Pricipal
Upcoming Events
(NB these may be subject to change)
Primary
Secondary
Week 7
(17-21 Feb)
•FOBISIA Friendly Games PIS in the primary library - •Wednesday 19th Feb at 8:45
•Thursday: Year 3 and 4 Show
•Year 1 exit point
•Year 5 exit point
•Year 6 family assembly
•U13 FOBISIA Sports trip (Thailand) (all week)
•IGCSE English Language Speaking Exams
•Tuesday A level Drama Exam (devised piece)
•Wednesday: IGCSE Options PIS (Year 9) + careers carousel and universities fair
•Thursday PIS Faculty World Languages (0815)
•Saturday 1st March (end of half term) Flowing Forward Festival (Zonta) at Lincoln School
Week 8
(3-7 March)
•Monday: BGN Band Performance
•Book Week
•Monday: BGN Band Performance
•Tuesday: Year 9 Progress PTC
Book Week
•Friday: Faculty English & Literature (World Book Week) PIS
Week 9
(10-14 March)
•Science Week
•Monday/Wednesday: PTC
•Wednesday: PIS - Camp Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ KS1 only
•Thursday: School closed for Holi
•Science Week
•Wednesday: Year 10 Progress Report Parent Teacher Consultation
•Thursday: School closed for Holi
•Friday: Faculty Science (Science Week) PIS
Week 10
(17-21 March)
•Neurodiversity week
•Monday/Tuesday: School Photos
•Thursday/Friday: Camp Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ
​After the half-term we will be celebrating Book Week!
On Thursday 6th March, students should come to school dressed as a character from a book (fictional or real). We will also have a book sale, so please ensure students arrive at school ​with some money if they wish to purchase books.
Students should also ensure that they have a book, which they can bring from home or borrow from the library, throughout the week as we will have DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time.
We will be running a ‘Get Caught Reading’ competition. Students should send a photo of themselves reading in an unusual place to Mr Johnston at ljohnston@tbs.edu.np by Wednesday 5th March. There will be prizes for the most unusual reading location.
Our sneaky school yeti got caught reading in the ball cage!
We will also be hosting a book swap throughout the week. We are asking every child in Primary to donate a book they no longer read/want to. If you child/ren would like to donate more than one book, they are more than welcome! The books must be in good condition and age appropriate from Primary so that another child can take it home to enjoy. Please send in any books by Monday 3rd March.Ìý Thank you in advance for your donations.
Withdrawal Notice
Thank you to those parents who have confirmed that their child/children will be leaving Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ at the end of the term, i.e. Friday 11th of April 2025. Adequate notice is a requirement and avoids financial penalties for parents.Ìý 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 Tuesday, 11th March 2025. The notice of withdrawal can be provided either by email or written letter to Ms. Manisha Bajracharya at the admission office.
After submitting the notice of withdrawal, parents will receive a clearance form to complete the withdrawal procedure nearer the end of Term 3. Please let Ms. Bajracharya in the admissions office know should 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.
Primary News
​We have had another fantastic week in Early Years and Primary celebrating our whole school initiative, ‘Spirit Week’ aimed at supporting students’ wellbeing and mental health through a series of fun themed days which remind us all to be kind to ourselves as well as others!
Our Year 6 House Captains worked together with the Secondary Wellbeing Prefects to put together a fun and engaging week.
Our House Captains said: Spirit week was a great opportunity for students to try something new and experience different ideas that had been organised by the secondary prefects and house captains. The whole week was designed to boost everyone’s well being and excitement through lots of different activities and fun events, including pyjama day on Monday and dress to impress on Tuesday which was a nice opportunity to be creative. Intercultural Day on Wednesday was the chance for everyone to represent their cultures and experience other cultures as well, learning from them. The week ended with Palentines Day where everyone got the opportunity to bond with each other and express their feelings for one another. The whole week was a great success and we would love to develop Spirit Week even more for 2026!
On Wednesday we also had our Intercultural Day celebrations, which was a wonderful way for our Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ community to come together and learn more about each other and our cultures. We started the day all together on the astro with some beautiful dances from our Year 2 & 3 and Year 4, 5 & 6 dance clubs before holding our cultural fashion show. Our Community Ambassadors from years 4, 5 & 6 compared the Early Years and Primary section of the fashion show, all representing their own cultures in their clothing, showing how they express their own identities.
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The Early Years and Primary students then went back to class to participate in cultural education activities.
The Early Years children had lots of fun celebrating Intercultural Day and particularly enjoyed participating in the fashion show! The children undertook a variety of engaging activities and one of the highlights was creating their own musical instruments in the form of zampoñas which are traditional South American panpipes.
Year 1 had a wonderful time celebrating Intercultural Day at school. The children proudly showcased their outfits representing different countries, sharing their unique cultures with everyone. They also took part in creating a beautiful handprint artwork, where each child painted their hands in the colours of their country’s flag, leaving a vibrant and meaningful mark on the class project. It was a day full of creativity, learning, and cultural appreciation!
Year 2 celebrated a wonderful Intercultural Day on Wednesday. The children proudly showcased their cultures by dressing up and walking down the catwalk in the whole school fashion show. They explored various cultural dances and performed them, with the Finnish Polka dance being particularly popular. Additionally, they decorated a class photo using Nepali paper and Dhaka prints from the host country. In small groups, they learned about different art forms worldwide, creating Rangoli patterns from Indian culture and making paper carnations from Spanish culture. They were so excited for a very special lunchtime, where they were able to try different foods from around the world at the Food Fest, and then gave a fabulous performance in the intercultural assembly!
Year 3 students enthusiastically shared insights into their cultures and identities, introducing us to landmarks from places we consider home, like Big Ben and Dharahara Tower. We also explored some of our favorite dishes, such as biryani. The day was filled with fun as we learned folk dances and songs from around the world and collaborated with classmates to share information about as many countries as we could think of.
Year 4 children had a wonderful time sharing their unique traditions and customs with their friends. They learned about the meaning of culture and how it shapes people’s identities. As part of their activities, they conducted interviews to explore different cultural backgrounds. An additional highlight was when children shared when they wore their culture dress or a special memory attached. They also created stop-motion videos to creatively showcase their heritage and traditions.
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Year 5 enjoyed celebrating the intercultural day. They felt very proud and confident wearing their cultural attire. They shared something special about their cultures and got to know about each other’s culture a little more in depth. It gave them an opportunity to foster inclusivity, curiosity, and respect for diversity.
The Year 6 children shared facts, information and stories from their cultures with their peers and had a chance to ask questions too. This included learning about Eid, Diwali, Ramadan, Hinduism and Gufha. They also did quizzes after sharing the information, sang songs, and played games on vocabulary from their home countries.
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We finished the day with our family cultural assembly led by our Community Ambassadors from years 4, 5 & 6.Ìý With performances from the languages departments, as well as individual students highlighting this was a great way for the students to share their understanding of different and diverse cultures with their families and finally finishing off with our staff performance, which was extremely popular with the students!
We also have the much awaited results from the field events, javelin, standing long jump, shot put and standing triple jump, from our Year 4, 5 & 6 sports day. Thank you to our House Captains and Year 11 students who supported our PE team in running these events. The overall winners of the Primary Sports Day were, in 4th place Dalughiri, third Katchenjunga, 2nd Annapurna and in 1st place was Makalu!
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Secondary News
Careers Day
Next Wednesday, the 19th of February, will mark our careers day in the secondary section. Students will participate in a range of activities in PSHE sessions and Year 9-13 will have the opportunity to take part in a careers carousel, panel discussions with experts from a variety of fields, and visit our university fair.
Any Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ parent is also welcome to visit the university fair outside the library from 3.30pm. We are excited to welcome visitors from The University of Edinburgh, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Montana State University, and other universities from a range of countries around the world.Ìý This fair is also open to external students and their families from 3.45pm, as long as they sign up using this ; there is no need for existing students to sign up in order to attend.
Year 9 Parents are also invited to the IGCSE Option Parents Information Session which will take place at 4pm in the library as part of our Careers day 2025.
Spirit Week
A big thank you to Wellbeing prefects, Suravi and August, and the whole student leadership team in primary and secondary for their organisation of Spirit Week.Ìý The week culminated with the traditional distribution of roses to friends to mark Palentine’s Day. As you can see the library was turned into a production line of flowers and cakes before school on Friday as the student leaders processed all the orders and prepared them for distribution.
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House Talent Show
Another massive thank you to Briana and Jayantee who introduced a new initiative this week on behalf of the House Prefects. The House talent show was a great success with 10 amazing actsÌý – from student bands, soloists and dancers. The standard was so high that it was a difficult decision for the the judging panel – Mr Sands, Mr Kinchington and Ms Mountjoy but the top three were:
1st Anvi (and supporting vocalists)
2nd Airis
3rd Neeharika
Intercultural Day
Secondary enjoyed a full day of intercultural celebrations on Wednesday. This time thanks goes to the DEI prefects, Melanie and Soniva for their role in coordinating and announcing at the intercultural fashion show at the start of the day. Thank you also to the secondary dance group for their performance.
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Year 11 Options talk & A level Foundation Studies
We were delighted to welcome current Year 11 parents and prospective new families to our Sixth Form Parents’ Information Session on Tuesday afternoon. The slides for current parents are linked , whilst the slides for prospective new families, including information about our planned A level Foundation Studies in Term 4Ìý for students transferring from the Nepali curriculum are linked
Year 12 & 13 Mock Results and PTC
Year 12 and 13 students received their mock exam results at lunchtime today and have their PTC on Monday. There were some great resultsÌý reported but also plenty of opportunities for improvement before the final exams take place in May and June later this year.
Chinese Cultural New Year Celebrations
A number of secondary students were able to join in the Chinese embassy cultural celebrations to mark the Lunar New Year. They were treated to a top quality performance of acrobatics and opera.
Sports Update
There have been three NISSA fixtures this week. On Monday, the girls drew against KISC at football whilst the boys were defeated in the basketball, although they staged a spirited last quarter comeback to significantly narrow the final margin. On Thursday, the girls kept another clear sheet with a 2-0 win against RBS.
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