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FS1

Our youngest learners have settled happily back into school this week. They have had lots of fun exploring musical instruments and developing their ability to distinguish, identify and talk about different musical sounds.

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They are very excited about their forthcoming trip to Ekta bookshop and dressing up as their favourite characters for World Book Day next Friday!

FS2

It was lovely to see the children’s excitement to be back in school. Foundation 2 children have had a wonderful week exploring various festivals celebrated around the world this week. They decorated pancakes with funny toppings and enjoyed tossing the pancake for a pancake race. The children also designed a mask for the parade and organised their own musical parade as they do during Carnivale in Italy. Our young learners were excited to learn about the Losar celebration and the special food they eat during the festival.

They are very excited to dress up as their favourite character for World Book day next Friday.

Year 1

It has been delightful to see enthusiastic young Yr1 learners after the half-term break. They have been exploring the DT skills in their IPC topic “The Magic Toymaker’. They found ways of constructing parts of a design and produced a final design. 1M visited the Secondary DT Workshop and with the help of Ms Saez created their own wooden toy robot. They have been creative and shown great resilience in using different tools for instance hacksaws, hand drills and sanding the wood.

1B have been using their sewing skills to design and make a felt hand puppet. They will have a chance to make the wooden robots next week and 1M will make their felt puppets.

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Year 2

The legend of King Arthur came alive during the Forest School session this week. Year 2 has been reading this legend as part of their new IPC topic ‘The stories people tell.’ The students can’t wait to explore more legends, myths and traditional tales from all over the world.

Year 3 and 4

What an exciting week we have had after returning from Half Term holiday! Putting together the weeks of studying theatre, designing original costumes and props, we have been rehearsing in combined year groups to deliver the ultimate performance. It has been a delight to see children stepping out of their comfort zones to take risks in new and animated ways. The actors have really taken on their characters and built strengths in expression and body language. The creativity and imagination has truly been inspiring. We are thrilled for you to enjoy the show next week!

Year 5

It has been wonderful to welcome Year 5 back to school after the half term break. They have come back ready to learn and excited to share their holiday news with each other.

This week they have been working hard on a number of projects ready to present to parents and carers as part of their Exit Point next week. We have seen evidence of budding architects, artists and even pro computer coders! We look forward to sharing more of this with you next week.

Year 6

Year 6 have been very productive their first week back, creating their projects for the exit point to Earth as an Island. They have been working together to develop their own islands that showcase important Sustainable Development Goals and ways to make island living as safe and sustainable as possible.They are very excited to share their learning with their families this Friday! In Maths, they have been applying their knowledge from the previous term to solve reasoning problems, again working with their peers to learn and develop their mathematical skills together.

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This term has been a busy one in the Drama department, both in terms of extra-curricular and examined GCSE and A Level work.

GCSE Devised: In Year 11, our 7 GCSE students had their Devised Exam and (after 2 other practical examinations last term) have now completed 60% of their GCSE. They wrote, directed, designed and acted the performances themselves, so it was great to see so many other staff and students supporting the hard work and time that had gone into these pieces. Well done to Tarushree Panday, Amber King, Niccolo Frigerio, Zainab Faisal, Gethin Clifford-Jones, Arshiya Shah and Suravi Acharya.

Our second co-curricular day saw a fantastic performance of ‘Aladdin’ with students involved across KS3 and 4 to put together (most!) of the show in 7 hours as a ‘Play in A Day’.

Meanwhile, across the curriculum:

Year 7 are studying ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles and exploring unison and choral movement in relation to the Greek Chorus.

Year 8 has been looking at the ideas of the practitioner Bertoldt Brecht and modernising fairy tales to question different socio-political issues (watch out for questions of consent around Snow White waking up to find a Prince kissing her!).

Year 9 students have been creating work in the style of the physical theatre company ‘Frantic Assembly’ and will soon be learning how to work together to lift people on stage.

Year 10 have been studying an extract of Liz Lochhead’s Dracula and we have seen some fantastic performances in class over the last few weeks of scenes between Dracula, Jonathan and the three Vampire Brides. The Year 10s are now putting together a short performance of the whole extract as a revision tool for our Year 11s (who are also studying the extract for their GCSE written exam in May).

The Senior Boys’ Basketball Team had a fantastic start to their season, going undefeated at the 2023 Lincoln Invitational Tournament. The team played with confidence and creativity but also showed humility in victory; it was an excellent example of the ethos we try to instil at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.

NISSA LEAGUE

They followed this up with a comprehensive victory in the first game of the NISSA league season against GEMS. Scoring 64 points in a 32 minute game is no mean feat and it was good to see every member of the squad having a significant impact on the game. A tight-fought win against RBS in the next game is testament to the squad’s hard work and team spirit but also serves as motivation to continue to improve.

These matches were played on our brand new Basketball Court and it was great to see so many parents, staff and students supporting the team. A huge thanks must go to the admin and operations team for all of their hard work in getting our new courts ready. Our sports teams are much more than just the players and coaches and that a lot of hard work goes on behind the scenes to make these events happen.

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ scholars did so well in the World Scholar’s Cup Kathmandu Round! Apart from the trophies they won, each one of them also received individual medals for their excellent performances in different events. This week, we had a whole secondary assembly to give out the medals and celebrate their achievement with their friends and teachers.

Some of the highlights are:

– Jeongyoon, Shah Zain and Sahas (Y7) beat more than 100 teams, including some Y9 students from other schools, to be the Overall Champion in the Junior Division!

– Sahas (Y7) was awarded 4 gold and 4 silver medals, securing the 5th place of Champion Scholar!

– Lilian (Y7) received 4 gold and 1 silver medals, securing the 3rd place of Champion Scholar!

– Shridha (Y12) won 1st place in Senior Debate!

– Sivani (Y10) was awarded 1st place in Senior Writing and was our Top Scholar in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ with 6 gold medals!

All Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ scholars:

Y7 – Jeongyoon, Shah Zain, Sahas, Meera, Lilian, Marion, Aarav, Yash

Y8 – Shayaan, Victoria, Sanah, Siying

Y10 – Sivani, Dia, Raghavi, Nele, Aarush, Saim

Y11 – Kalki, Adhyayan

Y12 – Jeebika, Yang, Himanshu, Shridha, Bianca, Anushansa, Anuricca, Krishangi

Y13 – Dinah, Shivanshi

All our teams have qualified for the Global Round so we are looking forward to seeing more exciting opportunities for our Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ scholars in the World Scholar’s Cup!

Thank you to those parents who have timely confirmed that your child/children will be leaving at the end of the term. On-time notice is a must and compulsory requirement as per the school’s policy and avoids future consequences.Ìý It also allows us to refund your security deposits on time and helps us to plan ahead for the new term.

The last day of providing the formal notice of withdrawal of your child/children Friday, 3rd March 2023. 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 shall receive a clearance form to complete the withdrawal procedure nearer the end of Term 3. Please let Ms. Manisha Bajracharya in the admissions office know should you require any school documents/references to provide to the new school.

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