A piece of Europe in Taiwan - Taipei European School

Summer 2012
A piece of Europe in Taiwan

All of our six year old students learned how to read in English and French
last year and they will again this year.
None of them could speak both languages three years ago.
727, WenLin Road, ShihLin District, Taipei 11159
Contact email : admissions@tes.tp.edu.tw
Tel : +886-2-8145-9007 Fax : +886-2-2832-6603
Europe Day Comes to TES
Junior School Student Council
The Beginning of a New Journey
Index
Governance of the Taipei European School
2012 FOBISSEA Short Story Competition
TES Mission, Vision and Core Values
Les Fables de La Fontaine, une réécriture infinie ?
Race against Hunger
Year One - Learning from Field Trips
TES Root and Shoot Yang Ming Shan Campus
Saturday Football at TES
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P4 – P5
P6 – P7
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P10 – P11
P12 – P13
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P16 – P18
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P22 – P23
P24 – P25

Europe Day Comes to TES
On May 9th, the Taipei European School celebrated
“Europe Day” which is an important event in the European
and World calendar. The origins of Europe Day go back
60 years when, after the conflict of mid 20th century
Europe, a small group of European states joined together
to share iron and coal resources. From here the seeds of
unity through diversity allowed what we now know as the
European Union (EU) to develop.
Each year the EU designates a theme for its celebration
and the theme of this year ’s Europe Day is “The
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between
Generations”. A perfect theme if you like for a school like
TES where people from all parts of the world and indeed
different generations come together under one European
roof and work in such close harmony together.
Europe Day at TES is a significant day on our calendar.
Assemblies for students occurred at both the primary and
secondary campuses. The assembly at the secondary
school was attended by many of the official Institute / Trade
and Culture Representatives of the EU states. In particular,
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.
A special feature of this year’s ceremony was the speech
made by Christine Shih, Chair of the Student Council, who
in her own way paid tribute to the work done across the
school to demonstrate the solidarity which exists between
the generations. A light hearted skit performed by the
members of the student council gave a very humorous but
respectful reminder to us all about the way that we view
technology as we get older. Of course our orchestra and
choir were in excellent form and provided highly polished
performances of Ode to Joy, the Radetzky March and
excerpts from Phantom of the Opera. In all, a wonderful
student-led tribute to our place as the European School of
Taiwan on Europe’s most important day.
In closing, I would like to thank you, the TES community, for
the wonderful efforts you have made to help us as a school
be so representative of the EU’s mission of unity through
diversity. Walking the hallways of TES and seeing young
people and staff from so many cultures and backgrounds
working harmoniously, under the one common European
roof, is a credit to all involved and in many ways, a model
of what is possible for our future world.
Dr Allan Weston
Chief Executive Officer
Taipei European School
Dr CV Chen (left), Chair of TES Board of Directors, receiving a thank you
gift from Dr Allan Weston (right), TES CEO
TES Orchestra performing the Radetzky March
A light hearted skit performed by the members of the Student Council
Christine Shih, Chair of the Student Council, speaking about this year’s
Europe Day theme
Dr Michael Zickerick (middle), Director General of the German Institute,
listening attentively to the speech
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
Members of the EU commmunity
Maczák (second from right), Deputy Head of Office of the European Economic and (middle)
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Trade Office, making special appearances at the Europe Day
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JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL
The Junior School Student Council provides a wonderful opportunity for
students to develop their leadership skills, communication skills and overall selfconfidence.
I am very proud of their achievements and have thoroughly enjoyed
working with them.
By Faris Wienrich, Brian Lu
Student Councillors Year 4
and Year 6
Anti-bullying Week
In November we had Anti-bullying week.
We had a poster competition where the students had to
incorporate the slogan “Don’t be a Bystander” into their
poster. The winners of each year group were announced
in our Anti-bullying Assembly. During the assembly the
student councillors also performed a play in front of the
By Vina Lee
Student Councillor Year 5
Crazy Christmas Dress Up Day
On Friday 10th February, 2012, Dr Chris Merkelbach,
who is an Associate Professor at the National
University, came to TES on behalf of the Orphanage-
Harmony Homes. We had held a fund-raiser called
“Crazy Christmas Dress up Day” with all the proceeds
going towards the orphanage. We had to dress up as
something Christmassy like wearing red, yellow or
green. Some people also dressed up as Santa! They
By Jeni Liu
Student Councillor Year 4
Easter Egg Hunt
By Leanne Glascott
Coordinator of the Junior School Council and Primary PSHE
The Easter egg hunt was held to celebrate Easter.
The tribe councillors hid many small chocolates
around the playground and the children had to
find them. The great thing was we even got candy
ourselves, but we did not need to find them. There
were 1000 chocolates, enough for each person in our
Junior School. The
play was about three
students getting bullied
and showed different ways to deal with the problem. At the
end of the assembly we all learned not to be a bystander.
This means that you should not just stand by and witness
someone being bullied. You need to tell an adult.
Winners of the Anti-bullying
Poster competition
Brian and Saloni proudly display the thank you
certificate we received from Harmony Homes.
also wore some Christmas ornaments to go with their
fantastic outfits. All participants had to donate NT$50.
We raised NT$ 9,807. Dr Chris Merkelbach was very
grateful for our donation and bought a washing machine
for the orphans. That made such a difference to people
who are not as fortunate as us.
Tribe Council Assembly
Junior School to have about five candies!!!!! Isn’t that an
enormous number?
So anyway, our chocolate hunt was a great success.!!!!
By Nikitha Kadunganatil
Student Councillor Year 4
Multiples Day
Multiples Day was held as a fun dress up day, but it was
also for raising money. Students came to school dressed
in the same way as another student. Some also came in
groups of 3 or more who were wearing the same outfit.
By Teaghan McKelvie, Lizzy Elrick
Student Councillors Year 3
Cake and Bake Stall
By Alice Wikstrom
Student Councillor Year 3
Our Class Goal !
We raised a total of 8,929 for Animals Taiwan. This was
very good considering each student only paid NT$50 to
dress up.
Cake and Bake Stall
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
money? Did you like it? How many cakes did you buy?
Each teacher in every class set a class goal for the students to work on. The teachers also did something to help
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.
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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
graduating from Taipei European School. I warmly
congratulate the 52 H4 students who successfully
graduated after two years of rigorous studies. The
ceremony on May 26 was a memorable occasion and a
fitting finale to their time at TES. The students all looked
stunning and did themselves and their school proud.
Haydn Hsin and Christine Yeh spoke on behalf of the
Class of 2012, and did so with great insight and humour. I
am always impressed at how articulate and confident our
students are when speaking in such a forum. Haydn and
Christine eloquently expressed their fondness for TES and
the contribution the school has made to assist students
to achieve their individual goals. They are both to be
congratulated on a wonderful job.
A significant part of the ceremony was when each student
received their TES High School Diploma and special
engraved memento from Mr Steffan Huber (Chair of TES
Board of Governors) and Mr Blacker Sia (TES Board of
Directors). I would like to express my thanks to Mr Huber
and Mr Sia for making such a positive contribution to
the evening. The TES Select Choir performed for the
students and guests and, as always, did so in a thoroughly
entertaining manner.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ESC PA,
who supported the event by assisting with the serving
of light refreshments and beverages. Thanks also to Ms
Hazel Hsieh for assisting with the organisation of the event.
Sadly, this was Mr Redden’s final High School Graduation
but this did not stop him from working as diligently as
ever to organise a truly wonderful occasion. On behalf of
the Class of 2012 I would like to thank Mr Redden for his
organisation of the ceremony and for all that he has done
in his capacity as IB Co-ordinator for this group of students
over the past two years.
TES warmly congratulates the Class of 2012. They are
ready to go off to the far corners of the world and have
prepared themselves well for the challenges that lie ahead.
They have worked so positively and determinedly over the
past two years and have been rewarded with results that
will open many doors. I am extremely confident that these
students will continue to work hard and take full benefit
from the opportunities that will undoubtedly come their
way. I wish every single one of them all the best for the
future.
Stuart Glascott
Head of British Secondary and High School
Section
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GOVERNANCE OF THE
TAIPEI EUROPEAN SCHOOL
When you read about the TES “BOG”, what picture comes
to mind? A swamp? Some sort of group of people with
magical abilities? Probably a combination? One image
that parents and staff may have in the beginning is - why
the myriad of abbreviations we use at TES! Part of the
reasoning is that TES is truly unique!
There are no other schools that come under one roof that
represent this many different and certified schools! One
important abbreviation that binds all of these schools and
parents associations together is the BOG – the Board of
Governors. Many parents do not understand that TES,
by Constitution, is actually owned by TESA (another
abbreviation if you please!) – The Taipei European School
Association.
The TES Association Constitution actually grants the
powers to manage the school through its four Section's
Councils to support the respective Sub-Associations,
namely the British Section Council, the French Section
Council, the German Section Council and the British
Secondary and High School Section Council. And last but
not least, the TES Association is governed by the TES
Board of Governors.
A good description of the Board would be as trustees
for the performance of the school and critical friends to
the school's executive leadership team. The Board of
Governors devolves its authority, practical governance
and leadership of the school from the Board of Directors
(TESBOD).
Sound confusing? Actually it is not too difficult. The Board
By Mike Humphrey, TES Board of Governors
of Directors is one of the requirements of the Taiwanese
law requiring oversight of the school and the Board of
Governors performs much of these tasks of governance.
The TES Board of Governors is comprised of eight
members elected from the parent body across all four
sections. We meet monthly and deal with issues that
concern TES as a whole, focusing on the mission and
vision of TES, matters of policy, quality assurance, financial
and strategic planning.
In addition, the TESBOG undertakes the appointment,
support and direct supervision of the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO). While the governing body is responsible
for the school's strategic vision, policy and overall
management, the day-to-day operational management of
the school rests firmly with the CEO, Executive Leadership
Team (Heads and Directors), and the school staff.
Interested in becoming a Governor? Of the eight Governors
– four are the Section Chairs from each of the respective
Councils so each Section has a representative and four are
independent. The remaining four are all elected during the
AGM on a rotating schedule (2 per year).
Think of a school governor and what image comes to
mind? Someone who has children, or who has experience
working with them? Someone a bit older, probably middle
class, with lots of time on their hands? Surprise - in reality,
we are a unique slice of the talent pool that exists at TES.
We have CEO’s, managers, lawyers, even a retired Military
senior officer.
What is important is that a school's board of governors
has a good mix of experiences, backgrounds, skills and
motivations, and that its representative of the parents that the school serves. There is an ideal blend of how all these
things should combine on a governing body, but there is not an ideal person. We recently conducted a training session
that introduced a guest speaker/narrator and we refined our Strategy 2018 during a busy one day session. These long
rang strategic goals are as follows:
- To be a centre of linguistic excellence;
- To achieve accreditation for all Sections, i.e. British, German, French and High School and TES as a whole;
- To maintain a stable and well balanced enrolment;
- To secure a stable and high quality workforce;
- To further enhance and develop facilities;
- To achieve full engagement of the TES community within the TES organisation and in the outside community;
- To ensure constant financial stability.
A key facet in our training is also how to apply ‘governance’ that is transparent to the TESA and community at large. One
way to demonstrate the transparency is through publishing of Board Minutes as well as developing Board Policies and
bringing information from BOG meetings back to Section Councils and to Parents Associations.
What is important to remember is that the Members of the Board of Governors and the Section Councils are all parent
volunteers who donate their time and love back into the school to make it a better place. Although there is no such thing
as a typical governor, there are tasks that need time and expertise and we readily volunteer to work on those tasks or
Committees. The average Board Member usually gives eight to ten+ hours a month, mostly spent in meetings.
We normally meet as the main governing body no more than once a month, and there are sub-committees looking into
key areas such as finance, health and safety and facilities. Most governors join one sub-committee, depending on their
skills, and again these meet no more than once a month although there may be ‘writing assignments’.
So, who is your Board of Governors?
Steffan Huber (Chair)
Tamás Maczák (Vice Chair)
Dr. Michael Topham (Treasurer)
Mike Humphrey
Sahar Shaikh
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John Good
Valérie Delouvrier
Nathan Kaiser

2012 FOBISSEA
SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Taipei European School students from both the British
Primary and Secondary Sections entered the 2012
FOBISSEA Short Story Writing Competition. Highlighting
the school’s ongoing commitment to providing high
level opportunities for our gifted and talented students
to showcase their work, nearly forty exceptional entries
from Years 3 to H4 gave judges an extremely hard task to
decide upon a winner from each section to represent TES
at the FOBISSEA competition.
Taipei European School’s entries into the competition
represented one of the thirty-six schools spanning South
East Asia in the FOBISSEA group. Alongside international
sports, maths and music competitions and events, The
FOBISSEA Short Story Writing Competition is a further
example of how belonging to the Federation presents
exciting opportunities for our students to operate and
interact with others on a truly global scale.
The 2012 theme was ‘Lost’. Students were encouraged to
interpret the title in any way they chose, prompting ideas
ranging from the literal to metaphorical. In the Primary
Section thirty entries were first sorted into year groups
with a winner being chosen from each. From these four
representatives, an overall winner was chosen.
Year Group Winners
Year Three: Alisha Huang with Lost Paradise
Year Four: Anzo Lu with A Lost Place!
Year Five: Kelsey Wang with Mozart’s Lost Serenade
Year Six: Elizabeth Lin with Lost Mind
Judges Mr. Fagg, Miss Winfieldale and Mr. Deaves agreed
that the winners stood out for their fluent and sophisticated
language, alongside a willingness to take a risk with
not only word choice, but also the topic of their stories.
Alisha tackled human impact on the environment, Kelsey
incorporated a love of classical music in a piece rich in
historical detail, whereas Elizabeth tackled the challenging
idea of losing one’s mind.
Overall, Anzo was chosen as the Primary representative.
Her writing was exceptional for its fluent style and her
very subtle choice of topic, associating a simple, everyday
place, a 711 store, with memories of a dear family member
and the grief experienced with the closing down of the
store.
In the Secondary Section, Thomas Humphrey was chosen
by a panel of judges for his cleverly written story The Green
Woman, which explores a passage through consciousness
and the boundary between life and the afterlife.
Taipei European School’s participation in the competition
has been seamlessly coordinated by Secondary Head of
English, Darren Latchford, and this year, Mr. Latchford
has secured Taipei European School the honour of
judging the winning shortlist for the Primary section from
all participating FOBISSEA Schools. With the process
already underway, TES will suggest a shortlist of six stories
to the organising committee at Shrewsbury International
School. Secondary entries are also currently being judged
at Shrewsbury International School.
The two shortlists will then be sent to be judged by
Australian author John Marsden. Mr. Marsden has been the
recipient of numerous Australian and international literature
awards and is the author of the widely acclaimed Tomorrow
Series, with Tomorrow, When the War Began made into a
successful film. He has written or edited over 40 books and
has sold over five million books worldwide.
Winners will have their stories published on the FOBISSEA
website and receive a trophy.
We extend our congratulations to all of our entrants and
winners and wish our representatives the very best of luck
in the overall competition.
Mike Smith
Primary Literacy Coordinator
Taipei European School
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Les Fables de La
Fontaine,
une réécriture infinie ?
Tout le monde connait l’auteur classique, Jean de La Fontaine, et surtout les premiers vers de ses célèbres Fables : « La
Cigale et la Fourmi » ainsi que du « Corbeau et le Renard ». Cependant, rares sont ceux qui peuvent citer les modèles
littéraires qui ont été les directes sources de ses Fables et encore plus rares sont ceux, qui peuvent citer un auteur qui a
réécrit plus tard les Fables de La Fontaine en continuant le processus quasi éternel de la réécriture.
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.
C’est ce qu’il s’est passé à la section française, lorsqu’une élève du lycée, Léa Buatois a étudié
le processus de réécriture dans les Fables de La Fontaine. Ce travail s’inscrit dans le cadre de sa
préparation à l’épreuve anticipée du baccalauréat littéraire. Cette élève, pensant passer par les
mêmes sentiers battus de la littérature scolaire, s’est retrouvée agréablement étonnée, devant des
textes très surprenants et surtout dotés d’un humour renversant ! Elle a exposé son travail aux élèves
de la classe de sixième qui travaillaient au même moment sur les Fables de La Fontaine.
Voici, pour vous en convaincre, les textes qu’elle a trouvés et qui ont tous comme hypotexte, c’est-à-dire pour texte de
départ, « La Cigale et la Fourmi » de La Fontaine :
La cimaise et la fraction
Pas un sexué pétrographique morio
De moufette ou de verrat.
Elle alla crocher frange
Chez la fraction sa volcanique
La processionnant de lui primer
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 ?
Discorda-t-elle à cette énarthrose.
- Nuncupation et joyau à tout vendeur,
Je chaponnais, ne vous déploie.
- Vous chaponniez ? J’en suis fort alarmante.
Eh bien ! débagoulez maintenant. »
Raymond Queneau
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
et cofondateur du Groupe Oulipo, aimait beaucoup les vers libres. Cependant, je vous réponds tout de suite que ce texte
a une logique bien réelle, qui s’appelle S + 7. Les auditeurs de France Culture connaissent bien sûr, car ce principe a été
repris par les animateurs de l’émission Des Papous dans la tête. Le principe est de changer chaque substantif, chaque
verbe et chaque adjectif d’un texte existant par le septième qui apparaît dans le dictionnaire. Ainsi, La Cigale devient la
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 !
La cigale n’est pas curieuse ;
C’est là son moindre défaut.
- Que faisiez-vous de ces chicots ?
Dit-elle à sa solliciteuse.
La cimaise ayant chaponné
- Nuit et jour à tout venant,
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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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.
Je chante les héros dont Esope est le père,
Troupe de qui l’histoire, encor que mensongère,
Contient des vérités qui servent de leçons.
Tout parle en mon ouvrage, et même les poissons :
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.
Concernant l’hypotexte grec, le voici en traduction française modernisée :
La cigale et les fourmis
On était en hiver et les fourmis faisaient sécher leur grain que la pluie
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
durant l'été ? - Je n'en ai pas eu le temps, répondit la cigale, cet été je
musiquais. - Eh bien, après la flûte de l'été, la danse de l'hiver", conclurent
les fourmis. Et elles éclatèrent de rire.
Esope (VIIe-Ve siècle avant J.-C.), Fables
L’hypotexte, en plus d’avoir donné l’idée d’une rencontre entre cigale et fourmi, semble porter la même morale ; celle de
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.
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
Race against Hunger
7th May 2012
Fund Raised: NT$681,934
All TES Junior students took part in the 15th RACE AGAINST
HUNGER organised by the humanitarian charity Action against Hunger on Monday
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
moment, students, parents, teachers, all together to raise funds for those in need. We ran, with music, together, over our
limits to help kids over the world. Thanks a lot again to help make this happen !
During two weeks we collected the money promised by sponsors. Money was brought to the bank to send it to the 'Action
Contre la Faim' organisation. I can tell you now, thanks to everybody's effort, we raised NT$681,934 for those in need !
That's a lot ! This year, this money will be used mainly to help the association in Central African Republic.
You can get more information on the following websites :
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/take-action/student-center/race-against-hunger
Thank you for your support.
Julien Laneyrie
French Section Teacher
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Year One-
Learning from Field Trips
By Jeni Wong, Year One Teacher
Every school child loves field trips. Children come to school
excited about their trip even if they have visited the place
before. There are also other highlights for the children too,
such as the opportunity to travel with their friends and the
excitement of the break from their regular school routines.
In Year One, we recognise the importance of field trips and
how they provide a variety of benefits to our children by
adding value to their learning.
Overview of Field Trips
*A field trip is any trip that learners take to support their
learning away from their regular school environment.
*Popular field trip sites include places which relate to
popular curriculum learning topics or areas such as zoos,
local gardens and environmental centres, and community
agencies such as fire stations and supermarkets.
*Field trips offer great opportunities to invite parent
volunteers to come and share in the learning. Children get
more excited when they see their parents join in with their
learning and fun.
*Field trips offer ‘hands-on’ learning for students in an
interactive manner. Students get to spend the day in a
different environment and have the opportunity to complete
their lesson on a topic through assorted ways which
can appeal to varied learning styles, helping children
to succeed whether they are visual, auditory or kinetic
learners.
*Field trips can expose children to new ways of learning
and ideas that can spark new interests and passions.
*Field trips can provide children with a better understanding
of their learning by seeing real-life application of their
lessons and, in this way, children are likely to understand
and appreciate the importance and relevance of what they
are learning.
In Taipei, we are lucky to have a wide range of places that
can support our learning topics. Over the three terms,
Year One have been lucky to participate in three field trips
which have supported different aspects of learning. These
have included the following:
Field Trip 1:
Sung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines.
282, Section 2, ZhiShan Road, ShiLin District, Taipei City
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
Bus ride to the field trip
Field trip group photo
Writing about our
field trip
Field Trip 2:
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
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
Playing with shadow
puppets
Looking at the puppet
exhibition Field trip group photo
Look at our puppets
Field Trip 3:
Wen Lin Road North Plant Center
164 Wen Lin North Road, Shihlin, Taipei City
Year One Topic: Green Fingers, learning about plants.
Learning Objects- to map a route, to look at a variety of plants and buy
one to take care of.
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,
pick and buy a plant.
Writing about our
field trip
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P r e p a r i n g
for the trip
Off we go!
Looking at the
plants
Field Trip group
photo
Buying plants
Choosing plants
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!

Background:
TES Roots and Shoots
Yang Ming Shan Campus
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:
For the first time, TES celebrated Arbor Day ( 植樹節 ) on the 12th March. A total of 30 fruit trees (papaya, orange, lime,
guava, and peach) were planted by volunteer students from each form class;
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/
By Dylan Graves
Teacher of ICT
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SATURDAY FOOTBALL AT TES
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
club. Please enjoy.
By Billy Skjonnemand, B6MS
In order to join Saturday football, you just need to be 5-11 years old, and have lots
of energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to playing regularly on Saturday mornings!
(You also need approximately NT$2,000 for the whole school year to cover the cost
of a football shirt and pitch hire, which works out at less than NT$100 per session).
We have big tournaments every year against Japanese, Korean and Chinese
children. These are great fun, exciting and competitive!
Saturday football started just over 10 years with a couple from New Zealand
who worked as teachers. It is now run by a combination of parent volunteers and
coaches. Approximately 200 children are members, having fun from September until
May every year. Girls and boys play and it does not matter how good your football
skills are. Children who come to each practice session are given equal chances to
get lots of playing time.
You can find out more information at www.saturdayfootball.org
On May 19 Saturday Football’s season-end event was
held. There were a lot of football and other activities
that day. Nominations for the Most Valuable Player
and Most Improved Player for the season for every
team also took place, along with a barbeque and fun
football events.
Saturday Football also hosted the yearly Spring
Invitational Tournament on May 26. There has always
been a need of many volunteers that day: referees,
match hosts, timekeepers and equipment managers
By Axel Natt Och Dag, B6MS
were some of the roles needed. There were some
strong results to defend from last year when the U12s
won the tournament, for instance.
We are also starting to plan for the 2012-2013 school
year. We need parents to volunteer to be coaches
but there is also need of volunteers for many other
roles. If we do not get enough coaches to sign up we
will have to limit the number of players that can play.
To sign up players and volunteers, please go to www.
saturdayfootball.org . There are many other ways of
supporting Saturday Football, for example, arranging
tournaments, taking care of equipment, administration
and registration, looking after the website, and other
ways. We hope to see many children and parents
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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