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Summer 2012 A piece of Europe in Taiwan
Index
Europe Day Comes to TES P4 – P5
Junior School Student Council P6 – P7
All of our six year old students learned how to read in English and French
The Beginning of a New Journey P8 – P9
last year and they will again this year.
Governance of the Taipei European School P10 – P11
None of them could speak both languages three years ago.
2012 FOBISSEA Short Story Competition P12 – P13
TES Mission, Vision and Core Values P14 – P15
Les Fables de La Fontaine, une réécriture infinie ? P16 – P18
Race against Hunger P19
Year One - Learning from Field Trips P20 – P21
TES Root and Shoot Yang Ming Shan Campus P22 – P23
Saturday Football at TES P24 – P25
727, WenLin Road, ShihLin District, Taipei 11159
Contact email : admissions@tes.tp.edu.tw
Tel : +886-2-8145-9007 Fax : +886-2-2832-6603
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Europe Day Comes to TES
On May 9th, the Taipei European School celebrated in her own way paid tribute to the work done across the
“Europe Day” which is an important event in the European school to demonstrate the solidarity which exists between
and World calendar. The origins of Europe Day go back the generations. A light hearted skit performed by the
60 years when, after the conflict of mid 20th century members of the student council gave a very humorous but
Europe, a small group of European states joined together respectful reminder to us all about the way that we view
to share iron and coal resources. From here the seeds of technology as we get older. Of course our orchestra and
unity through diversity allowed what we now know as the choir were in excellent form and provided highly polished
European Union (EU) to develop. performances of Ode to Joy, the Radetzky March and Dr CV Chen (left), Chair of TES Board of Directors, receiving a thank you Christine Shih, Chair of the Student Council, speaking about this year’s
excerpts from Phantom of the Opera. In all, a wonderful gift from Dr Allan Weston (right), TES CEO Europe Day theme
Each year the EU designates a theme for its celebration student-led tribute to our place as the European School of
and the theme of this year ’s Europe Day is “The Taiwan on Europe’s most important day.
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between
Generations”. A perfect theme if you like for a school like In closing, I would like to thank you, the TES community, for
TES where people from all parts of the world and indeed the wonderful efforts you have made to help us as a school
different generations come together under one European be so representative of the EU’s mission of unity through
roof and work in such close harmony together. diversity. Walking the hallways of TES and seeing young
people and staff from so many cultures and backgrounds
Europe Day at TES is a significant day on our calendar. working harmoniously, under the one common European
Assemblies for students occurred at both the primary and roof, is a credit to all involved and in many ways, a model
secondary campuses. The assembly at the secondary of what is possible for our future world.
school was attended by many of the official Institute / Trade
and Culture Representatives of the EU states. In particular, TES Orchestra performing the Radetzky March Dr Michael Zickerick (middle), Director General of the German Institute,
listening attentively to the speech
Dr Michael Zickerick, Director General of the German
Institute; Mr David Campbell, Director of the British Trade
and Cultural Office; and Mr Olivier Richard, Director of
the French Office in Taipei, made special appearances
representing each of our three national sections. We were
also treated to entertaining speeches by Dr CV Chen,
Chairman of our Board of Directors; and Mr. Frederic
Laplanche, Head of Office of the European Economic and
Trade Office.
Dr Allan Weston
A special feature of this year’s ceremony was the speech Chief Executive Officer
made by Christine Shih, Chair of the Student Council, who Taipei European School
A light hearted skit performed by the members of the Student Council TES students attending the Europe Day
Mr David Campbell (left), Director of the British Trade and Cultural Office; Mr Olivier Mr Frederic Laplanche (left), Head of Office of the European Economic
Richard (second from left), Director of the French Office in Taipei; and Mr Tamás and Trade Office, receiving a thank you gift from TES student Grace Tsai
Maczák (second from right), Deputy Head of Office of the European Economic and (middle)
Members of the EU commmunity
Trade Office, making special appearances at the Europe Day
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JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL By Nikitha Kad
unganatil
cillor Year 4
By Leanne Glascott Student Coun
Coordinator of the Junior School Council and Primary PSHE
The Junior School Student Council provides a wonderful opportunity for Multiples Day
students to develop their leadership skills, communication skills and overall self- Multiples Day was held as a fun dress up day, but it was We raised a total of 8,929 for Animals Taiwan. This was
confidence. I am very proud of their achievements and have thoroughly enjoyed also for raising money. Students came to school dressed very good considering each student only paid NT$50 to
working with them. in the same way as another student. Some also came in dress up.
groups of 3 or more who were wearing the same outfit.
h, Brian Lu
By Faris Wienric
cillors Year 4
Student Coun k
c K elvie, Lizzy Elric
and Year 6 By Te a g h a n M
cillors Year 3
Student Coun
Anti-bullying Week Junior School. The
Winners
In November we had Anti-bullying week. play was about three Poste of the Anti-bullying
r competitio
n
We had a poster competition where the students had to students getting bullied
incorporate the slogan “Don’t be a Bystander” into their and showed different ways to deal with the problem. At the
poster. The winners of each year group were announced
in our Anti-bullying Assembly. During the assembly the
end of the assembly we all learned not to be a bystander.
This means that you should not just stand by and witness Cake and Bake Stall
student councillors also performed a play in front of the someone being bullied. You need to tell an adult. We had the Cake and Bake stall in May. Can you guess
how much money we raised? We raised NT$10,000,
which was awesome. The money went to very poor
people in Africa. I wonder what they will do with the
By Vina Lee
cillor Year 5 money? Did you like it? How many cakes did you buy?
Student Coun
Crazy Christmas Dress Up Day
On Friday 10th February, 2012, Dr Chris Merkelbach, nk you
udly display the tha
Brian and Saloni pro s. Stall
who is an Associate Professor at the National ed from Harmony Ho
me Cake and Bake
certificate we receiv
University, came to TES on behalf of the Orphanage- also wore some Christmas ornaments to go with their
Harmony Homes. We had held a fund-raiser called fantastic outfits. All participants had to donate NT$50.
“Crazy Christmas Dress up Day” with all the proceeds We raised NT$ 9,807. Dr Chris Merkelbach was very
rom
going towards the orphanage. We had to dress up as By Alice Wikst
grateful for our donation and bought a washing machine cillor Year 3
something Christmassy like wearing red, yellow or for the orphans. That made such a difference to people Student Coun
green. Some people also dressed up as Santa! They who are not as fortunate as us.
Our Class Goal !
By Jeni Liu
cillor Year 4 Each teacher in every class set a class goal for the students to work on. The teachers also did something to help
Student Coun the children improve or ACHIEVE their class goal!! After a few weeks the student councillors stood up in Assembly
and reported to the whole junior section about how they were going. Some classes still needed more practise and
some had nearly ACHIEVED their goal.
Easter Egg Hunt
The Easter egg hunt was held to celebrate Easter.
Tribe Counc
The tribe councillors hid many small chocolates il Assembly
around the playground and the children had to
find them. The great thing was we even got candy Junior School to have about five candies!!!!! Isn’t that an
ourselves, but we did not need to find them. There enormous number?
were 1000 chocolates, enough for each person in our So anyway, our chocolate hunt was a great success.!!!!
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The Beginning of a New Journey
TES Ninth High School Graduation Ceremony
This year we celebrated our ninth High School cohort I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ESC PA,
graduating from Taipei European School. I warmly who supported the event by assisting with the serving
congratulate the 52 H4 students who successfully of light refreshments and beverages. Thanks also to Ms
graduated after two years of rigorous studies. The Hazel Hsieh for assisting with the organisation of the event.
ceremony on May 26 was a memorable occasion and a Sadly, this was Mr Redden’s final High School Graduation
fitting finale to their time at TES. The students all looked but this did not stop him from working as diligently as
stunning and did themselves and their school proud. ever to organise a truly wonderful occasion. On behalf of
the Class of 2012 I would like to thank Mr Redden for his
Haydn Hsin and Christine Yeh spoke on behalf of the organisation of the ceremony and for all that he has done
Class of 2012, and did so with great insight and humour. I in his capacity as IB Co-ordinator for this group of students
am always impressed at how articulate and confident our over the past two years.
students are when speaking in such a forum. Haydn and
Christine eloquently expressed their fondness for TES and TES warmly congratulates the Class of 2012. They are
the contribution the school has made to assist students ready to go off to the far corners of the world and have
to achieve their individual goals. They are both to be prepared themselves well for the challenges that lie ahead.
congratulated on a wonderful job. They have worked so positively and determinedly over the
past two years and have been rewarded with results that
A significant part of the ceremony was when each student will open many doors. I am extremely confident that these
received their TES High School Diploma and special students will continue to work hard and take full benefit
engraved memento from Mr Steffan Huber (Chair of TES from the opportunities that will undoubtedly come their
Board of Governors) and Mr Blacker Sia (TES Board of way. I wish every single one of them all the best for the
Directors). I would like to express my thanks to Mr Huber future.
and Mr Sia for making such a positive contribution to
the evening. The TES Select Choir performed for the Stuart Glascott
students and guests and, as always, did so in a thoroughly Head of British Secondary and High School
entertaining manner. Section
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GOVERNANCE OF THE
TAIPEI EUROPEAN SCHOOL
By Mike Humphrey, TES Board of Governors
When you read about the TES “BOG”, what picture comes of Directors is one of the requirements of the Taiwanese
to mind? A swamp? Some sort of group of people with law requiring oversight of the school and the Board of
magical abilities? Probably a combination? One image Governors performs much of these tasks of governance.
that parents and staff may have in the beginning is - why
the myriad of abbreviations we use at TES! Part of the The TES Board of Governors is comprised of eight motivations, and that its representative of the parents that the school serves. There is an ideal blend of how all these
reasoning is that TES is truly unique! members elected from the parent body across all four things should combine on a governing body, but there is not an ideal person. We recently conducted a training session
sections. We meet monthly and deal with issues that that introduced a guest speaker/narrator and we refined our Strategy 2018 during a busy one day session. These long
There are no other schools that come under one roof that concern TES as a whole, focusing on the mission and rang strategic goals are as follows:
represent this many different and certified schools! One vision of TES, matters of policy, quality assurance, financial - To be a centre of linguistic excellence;
important abbreviation that binds all of these schools and and strategic planning. - To achieve accreditation for all Sections, i.e. British, German, French and High School and TES as a whole;
parents associations together is the BOG – the Board of - To maintain a stable and well balanced enrolment;
Governors. Many parents do not understand that TES, In addition, the TESBOG undertakes the appointment, - To secure a stable and high quality workforce;
by Constitution, is actually owned by TESA (another support and direct supervision of the Chief Executive - To further enhance and develop facilities;
abbreviation if you please!) – The Taipei European School Officer (CEO). While the governing body is responsible - To achieve full engagement of the TES community within the TES organisation and in the outside community;
Association. for the school's strategic vision, policy and overall - To ensure constant financial stability.
management, the day-to-day operational management of
The TES Association Constitution actually grants the the school rests firmly with the CEO, Executive Leadership A key facet in our training is also how to apply ‘governance’ that is transparent to the TESA and community at large. One
powers to manage the school through its four Section's Team (Heads and Directors), and the school staff. way to demonstrate the transparency is through publishing of Board Minutes as well as developing Board Policies and
Councils to support the respective Sub-Associations, bringing information from BOG meetings back to Section Councils and to Parents Associations.
namely the British Section Council, the French Section Interested in becoming a Governor? Of the eight Governors
Council, the German Section Council and the British – four are the Section Chairs from each of the respective What is important to remember is that the Members of the Board of Governors and the Section Councils are all parent
Secondary and High School Section Council. And last but Councils so each Section has a representative and four are volunteers who donate their time and love back into the school to make it a better place. Although there is no such thing
not least, the TES Association is governed by the TES independent. The remaining four are all elected during the as a typical governor, there are tasks that need time and expertise and we readily volunteer to work on those tasks or
Board of Governors. AGM on a rotating schedule (2 per year). Committees. The average Board Member usually gives eight to ten+ hours a month, mostly spent in meetings.
A good description of the Board would be as trustees Think of a school governor and what image comes to We normally meet as the main governing body no more than once a month, and there are sub-committees looking into
for the performance of the school and critical friends to mind? Someone who has children, or who has experience key areas such as finance, health and safety and facilities. Most governors join one sub-committee, depending on their
the school's executive leadership team. The Board of working with them? Someone a bit older, probably middle skills, and again these meet no more than once a month although there may be ‘writing assignments’.
Governors devolves its authority, practical governance class, with lots of time on their hands? Surprise - in reality, So, who is your Board of Governors?
and leadership of the school from the Board of Directors we are a unique slice of the talent pool that exists at TES.
(TESBOD). We have CEO’s, managers, lawyers, even a retired Military Steffan Huber (Chair)
senior officer.
Sound confusing? Actually it is not too difficult. The Board Tamás Maczák (Vice Chair)
What is important is that a school's board of governors
Dr. Michael Topham (Treasurer)
has a good mix of experiences, backgrounds, skills and
Mike Humphrey
Sahar Shaikh
John Good
Valérie Delouvrier
Nathan Kaiser
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2012 FOBISSEA
SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Taipei European School students from both the British Section thirty entries were first sorted into year groups place, a 711 store, with memories of a dear family member recipient of numerous Australian and international literature
Primary and Secondary Sections entered the 2012 with a winner being chosen from each. From these four and the grief experienced with the closing down of the awards and is the author of the widely acclaimed Tomorrow
FOBISSEA Short Story Writing Competition. Highlighting representatives, an overall winner was chosen. store. Series, with Tomorrow, When the War Began made into a
the school’s ongoing commitment to providing high successful film. He has written or edited over 40 books and
level opportunities for our gifted and talented students Year Group Winners In the Secondary Section, Thomas Humphrey was chosen has sold over five million books worldwide.
to showcase their work, nearly forty exceptional entries Year Three: Alisha Huang with Lost Paradise by a panel of judges for his cleverly written story The Green
from Years 3 to H4 gave judges an extremely hard task to Year Four: Anzo Lu with A Lost Place! Woman, which explores a passage through consciousness Winners will have their stories published on the FOBISSEA
decide upon a winner from each section to represent TES Year Five: Kelsey Wang with Mozart’s Lost Serenade and the boundary between life and the afterlife. website and receive a trophy.
at the FOBISSEA competition. Year Six: Elizabeth Lin with Lost Mind
Taipei European School’s participation in the competition We extend our congratulations to all of our entrants and
Taipei European School’s entries into the competition Judges Mr. Fagg, Miss Winfieldale and Mr. Deaves agreed has been seamlessly coordinated by Secondary Head of winners and wish our representatives the very best of luck
represented one of the thirty-six schools spanning South that the winners stood out for their fluent and sophisticated English, Darren Latchford, and this year, Mr. Latchford in the overall competition.
East Asia in the FOBISSEA group. Alongside international language, alongside a willingness to take a risk with has secured Taipei European School the honour of
sports, maths and music competitions and events, The not only word choice, but also the topic of their stories. judging the winning shortlist for the Primary section from Mike Smith
FOBISSEA Short Story Writing Competition is a further Alisha tackled human impact on the environment, Kelsey all participating FOBISSEA Schools. With the process Primary Literacy Coordinator
example of how belonging to the Federation presents incorporated a love of classical music in a piece rich in already underway, TES will suggest a shortlist of six stories Taipei European School
exciting opportunities for our students to operate and historical detail, whereas Elizabeth tackled the challenging to the organising committee at Shrewsbury International
interact with others on a truly global scale. idea of losing one’s mind. School. Secondary entries are also currently being judged
at Shrewsbury International School.
The 2012 theme was ‘Lost’. Students were encouraged to Overall, Anzo was chosen as the Primary representative.
interpret the title in any way they chose, prompting ideas Her writing was exceptional for its fluent style and her The two shortlists will then be sent to be judged by
ranging from the literal to metaphorical. In the Primary very subtle choice of topic, associating a simple, everyday Australian author John Marsden. Mr. Marsden has been the
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Pas un sexué pétrographique morio
Les Fables de La De moufette ou de verrat.
Elle alla crocher frange
Fontaine, Chez la fraction sa volcanique
La processionnant de lui primer
une réécriture infinie ? Quelque gramen pour succomber
Jusqu’à la salanque nucléaire.
« Je vous peinerai, lui discorda-t-elle,
Avant l’apanage, folâtrerie d’Annamite !
Interlocutoire et priodonte. »
La fraction n’est pas prévisible :
C’est là son moléculaire défi.
« Que ferriez-vous au tendon cher ?
Tout le monde connait l’auteur classique, Jean de La Fontaine, et surtout les premiers vers de ses célèbres Fables : « La
Discorda-t-elle à cette énarthrose.
Cigale et la Fourmi » ainsi que du « Corbeau et le Renard ». Cependant, rares sont ceux qui peuvent citer les modèles
- Nuncupation et joyau à tout vendeur,
littéraires qui ont été les directes sources de ses Fables et encore plus rares sont ceux, qui peuvent citer un auteur qui a
Je chaponnais, ne vous déploie.
réécrit plus tard les Fables de La Fontaine en continuant le processus quasi éternel de la réécriture.
- Vous chaponniez ? J’en suis fort alarmante.
Eh bien ! débagoulez maintenant. »
Cette question nous plonge dans une nouvelle mise en perspective des textes de La Fontaine souvent qualifiés de
scolaires, et redonne du sel à ce que nous croyions déjà connaître.
Raymond Queneau
C’est ce qu’il s’est passé à la section française, lorsqu’une élève du lycée, Léa Buatois a étudié Je vous vois venir, vous allez me dire que cela ne rime rien, et d’un côté ce n’est pas faux, car Raymond Queneau, poète
le processus de réécriture dans les Fables de La Fontaine. Ce travail s’inscrit dans le cadre de sa et cofondateur du Groupe Oulipo, aimait beaucoup les vers libres. Cependant, je vous réponds tout de suite que ce texte
préparation à l’épreuve anticipée du baccalauréat littéraire. Cette élève, pensant passer par les a une logique bien réelle, qui s’appelle S + 7. Les auditeurs de France Culture connaissent bien sûr, car ce principe a été
mêmes sentiers battus de la littérature scolaire, s’est retrouvée agréablement étonnée, devant des repris par les animateurs de l’émission Des Papous dans la tête. Le principe est de changer chaque substantif, chaque
textes très surprenants et surtout dotés d’un humour renversant ! Elle a exposé son travail aux élèves verbe et chaque adjectif d’un texte existant par le septième qui apparaît dans le dictionnaire. Ainsi, La Cigale devient la
de la classe de sixième qui travaillaient au même moment sur les Fables de La Fontaine. Cimaise et la Fourmi la Fraction.
Concernant les réécritures, un autre auteur français, moins connu, Pierre Ferran, a aussi joué avec le texte initial, « La
Cigale et la Fourmi », en transposant la scène dans un cabinet de dentiste comme vous pouvez l’observer ci-contre:
La cigale et la fourmi
La cigale peu rancunière,
Reçut la fourmi sa voisine
En son cabinet dentaire :
- Qu’est-ce qui vous amène, ma chère ?
- Des caries jusqu’à la racine
A chacune de mes molaires !
- Je vous opérerai, lui dit-elle
Avant tout, sans aucun mal ;
C’est votre intérêt principal !
Voici, pour vous en convaincre, les textes qu’elle a trouvés et qui ont tous comme hypotexte, c’est-à-dire pour texte de
La cigale n’est pas curieuse ;
départ, « La Cigale et la Fourmi » de La Fontaine :
C’est là son moindre défaut.
- Que faisiez-vous de ces chicots ?
La cimaise et la fraction Dit-elle à sa solliciteuse.
- Nuit et jour à tout venant,
La cimaise ayant chaponné Je chuintais, ne vous déplaise...
Tout l’éternueur - Vous chuintiez ? J’en suis prothèse :
Se tuba fort dépurative En bien dentier maintenant !
Quand la bixacée fut verdie : Pierre Ferran, seconde moitié du XXème siècle
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Race against Hunger
Maintenant si nous regardons de l’autre côté, c’est-à-dire avant l’époque de La Fontaine, on rencontre des textes qui ont
vraisemblablement inspiré notre auteur du XVIIème siècle, pour écrire « La Cigale et la Fourmi ». Ces textes sont souvent
courts et d’un sens assez large afin d’avoir une portée instructrice à la manière de notre fabuliste classique, qui souhaitait
instruire en distrayant ses lecteurs.
La Fontaine avait clamé haut et fort, le nom d’un des auteurs qui serait à l’origine de ses textes : Esope.
7th May 2012
Fund Raised: NT$681,934
Je chante les héros dont Esope est le père,
Troupe de qui l’histoire, encor que mensongère,
Contient des vérités qui servent de leçons.
Julien Laneyrie
Tout parle en mon ouvrage, et même les poissons : French Section Teacher
Ce qu’ils disent s’adresse à tous tant que nous sommes.
Je me sers d’animaux pour instruire les hommes.
Jean de La Fontaine, À Monseigneur le Dauphin, Tome 1 des Fables. All TES Junior students took part in the 15th RACE AGAINST
HUNGER organised by the humanitarian charity Action against Hunger on Monday
Concernant l’hypotexte grec, le voici en traduction française modernisée : May 7th, from 8:00am until 12:00 noon.
Thanks to all of you, the Race against Hunger on Monday the 7th of May was a great success. Everybody could enjoy this
La cigale et les fourmis
moment, students, parents, teachers, all together to raise funds for those in need. We ran, with music, together, over our
On était en hiver et les fourmis faisaient sécher leur grain que la pluie
limits to help kids over the world. Thanks a lot again to help make this happen !
avait mouillé. Une cigale affamée leur demanda de quoi manger. Mais les
fourmis lui dirent : "Pourquoi n'as-tu pas, toi aussi, amassé des provisions
During two weeks we collected the money promised by sponsors. Money was brought to the bank to send it to the 'Action
durant l'été ? - Je n'en ai pas eu le temps, répondit la cigale, cet été je
Contre la Faim' organisation. I can tell you now, thanks to everybody's effort, we raised NT$681,934 for those in need !
musiquais. - Eh bien, après la flûte de l'été, la danse de l'hiver", conclurent That's a lot ! This year, this money will be used mainly to help the association in Central African Republic.
les fourmis. Et elles éclatèrent de rire.
Esope (VIIe-Ve siècle avant J.-C.), Fables You can get more information on the following websites :
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/
L’hypotexte, en plus d’avoir donné l’idée d’une rencontre entre cigale et fourmi, semble porter la même morale ; celle de http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/take-action/student-center/race-against-hunger
la critique acerbe des travailleurs, de ceux qui anticipent et prévoient contre les artistes, les dilettantes, les intermittents,
tels qu’on les nomme aujourd’hui. Thank you for your support.
Mais dans la société grecque antique, un écrivain était-il considéré comme de nos jours, comme un artiste ? La critique
d’Esope est-elle vraiment à prendre au pied de la lettre ? La Fontaine, faisant lui-même partie des célèbres écrivains de
l’époque classique, partageait-il cette critique ? Ce serait bien étrange pour un artiste, que de se blâmer lui-même. Le
sens serait donc ailleurs ? Peut-être le sens est-il dans le regard que l’on peut porter sur ceux qui, fiers de leur labeur, n’en
partageront pas les fruits avec un plus faible qu’eux ?
Finalement ces deux auteurs ont réussi leur pari: plusieurs siècles plus tard nous lisons, relisons, cherchons,
réfléchissons, faisons des liens entre notre lecture, notre époque, nos valeurs, et peut-être notre morale actuelle.
Un grand merci à Léa Buatois, qui par son travail, travail qu’elle a partagé avec les élèves de sixième durant une
rencontre sur la fable de « La Cigale et la Fourmi », a donné le goût de cette lecture multiple à ces jeunes élèves, et a
levé le voile sur une littérature qui, aujourd’hui semble malheureusement un peu endormie.
Sabrina Barré
Professeur de français
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Puppetry Art Center of Taipei
2F, No. 99, Section 5, Shi-Min Boulevard, Taipei City
http://www.pact.org.tw
Year One Topic: Chinese Language Culture
Learning Objectives- To celebrate local Taiwanese language and culture.
Thursday 8th March 2012
Year One-
Activities: tour of the centre, make a puppet, watch a live puppet show, see a variety
of puppets, opportunities to play with different types of puppets
Learning from Field Trips
Looking at the puppet
exhibition Field trip group photo
By Jeni Wong, Year One Teacher
Every school child loves field trips. Children come to school *Field trips offer ‘hands-on’ learning for students in an
excited about their trip even if they have visited the place interactive manner. Students get to spend the day in a
before. There are also other highlights for the children too, different environment and have the opportunity to complete
such as the opportunity to travel with their friends and the their lesson on a topic through assorted ways which
excitement of the break from their regular school routines. can appeal to varied learning styles, helping children
In Year One, we recognise the importance of field trips and to succeed whether they are visual, auditory or kinetic Writing about our
how they provide a variety of benefits to our children by learners. field trip
adding value to their learning.
*Field trips can expose children to new ways of learning Playing with shadow
Overview of Field Trips and ideas that can spark new interests and passions. puppets
*A field trip is any trip that learners take to support their Look at our puppets
*Field trips can provide children with a better understanding
learning away from their regular school environment. of their learning by seeing real-life application of their
lessons and, in this way, children are likely to understand
*Popular field trip sites include places which relate to
popular curriculum learning topics or areas such as zoos,
and appreciate the importance and relevance of what they
are learning.
Field Trip 3:
Field Trip group
local gardens and environmental centres, and community
agencies such as fire stations and supermarkets.
Wen Lin Road North Plant Center photo
In Taipei, we are lucky to have a wide range of places that 164 Wen Lin North Road, Shihlin, Taipei City
can support our learning topics. Over the three terms,
*Field trips offer great opportunities to invite parent Year One Topic: Green Fingers, learning about plants.
Year One have been lucky to participate in three field trips
volunteers to come and share in the learning. Children get Learning Objects- to map a route, to look at a variety of plants and buy
which have supported different aspects of learning. These
more excited when they see their parents join in with their one to take care of.
have included the following:
learning and fun. Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Activities: walk in the local area around school, observe man-made-
natural features of the environment, look at a variety of plants growing,
Field Trip 1: pick and buy a plant.
Sung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines.
282, Section 2, ZhiShan Road, ShiLin District, Taipei City Looking at the
plants
http://www.museum.org.tw/symm_en/index.htm
Year One Topic: Taiwan
Learning Objective- to gain an understanding of Taiwan’s history through its indigenous people.
Wednesday 4th January 2012
Activities: tour of museum, see and touch artifacts, watch a video about aborigines, make an aboriginal mask
Wearing our aborigine
head pieces
Buying plants
Preparing
for the trip
Choosing plants
Off we go!
Writing about our
field trip Remember that young children learn from their experiences. They use their senses to gather information about the
world around them so it is vital that we encourage learning beyond the classroom. So, open the doors and let’s explore!
Bus ride to the field trip Field trip group photo
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Yang Ming Shan Campus
Background:
In 1991, a new youth environmental activist group called the Roots and Shoots was founded by Dr. Jane Goodall and 12
local teenagers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Over two decades, Roots and Shoots groups appeared in schools all over
the world in over 120 countries. In the 2010 school year, Taipei European School joined this league of environmental
pioneers with our very own Roots and Shoots club.
What does TES Roots and Shoots do?
Roots & Shoots meet most weeks as one of the ECAs (Extra Curricula Activities) and our meeting agenda varies from
week to week, and can be anything from making recycled paper, creating posters, brainstorming ideas, and planting
seeds, plants, and trees at school.
Current Projects (updates since January):
Sponsoring an Orangutan called Sen who lives at Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. It’s great to see
orangutans being released into protected rainforest and Sen will join them some time soon(http://www.orangutan-appeal.
org.uk).
Organic vegetable garden continues to grow well and yield produce:
Banning of plastic bags in school has been quite well
received by senior students and the amount of unnecessary
waste brought into school has decreased. Reusable bags
sold out in a short time and hopefully students will continue
to make proactive use of them long into the future.
Fish ponds are being set up soon using containers
donated to the school. Students have scraped off old paint
and are in the process or re-painting them ready for fish
and water plants (to promote biodiversity on campus):
Creating awareness of the many environmental issues is ongoing. Frequently, morning tutor time is used to communicate
relevant information. Powerpoint presentations, videos and web pages are some of the media used to get the messages
across as well as posters around the school.
Further publicity is hoped for by keeping an up to date website (and Facebook page):
https://sites.google.com/site/tesrootsandshoots/
For the first time, TES celebrated Arbor Day ( 植樹節 ) on the 12th March. A total of 30 fruit trees (papaya, orange, lime, By Dylan Graves
guava, and peach) were planted by volunteer students from each form class; Teacher of ICT
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By Youji Suzuki, B6MS
It is an honour to write about Saturday football. These pages
are about its history, players, teams, matches, coaches,
costs, fun and many other facts. Saturday football is a really
fun soccer club and it is recommended to try out for the By Axel Natt Och Dag, B6MS
club. Please enjoy. On May 19 Saturday Football’s season-end event was were some of the roles needed. There were some
By Billy Skjonnemand, B6MS held. There were a lot of football and other activities strong results to defend from last year when the U12s
In order to join Saturday football, you just need to be 5-11 years old, and have lots that day. Nominations for the Most Valuable Player won the tournament, for instance.
of energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to playing regularly on Saturday mornings! and Most Improved Player for the season for every
(You also need approximately NT$2,000 for the whole school year to cover the cost team also took place, along with a barbeque and fun We are also starting to plan for the 2012-2013 school
of a football shirt and pitch hire, which works out at less than NT$100 per session).
football events. year. We need parents to volunteer to be coaches
We have big tournaments every year against Japanese, Korean and Chinese
but there is also need of volunteers for many other
children. These are great fun, exciting and competitive!
Saturday Football also hosted the yearly Spring roles. If we do not get enough coaches to sign up we
Saturday football started just over 10 years with a couple from New Zealand Invitational Tournament on May 26. There has always will have to limit the number of players that can play.
who worked as teachers. It is now run by a combination of parent volunteers and been a need of many volunteers that day: referees, To sign up players and volunteers, please go to www.
coaches. Approximately 200 children are members, having fun from September until match hosts, timekeepers and equipment managers saturdayfootball.org . There are many other ways of
May every year. Girls and boys play and it does not matter how good your football supporting Saturday Football, for example, arranging
skills are. Children who come to each practice session are given equal chances to
tournaments, taking care of equipment, administration
get lots of playing time.
and registration, looking after the website, and other
ways. We hope to see many children and parents
You can find out more information at www.saturdayfootball.org
joining Saturday Football next season. This is a great
opportunity to meet other parents and children under
pleasant conditions.
www.taipeieuropeanschool.com
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