Science and PE pages are updated...

The Science page has been updated with some pictures of the Individual Scientific Inquiry's that were set up on Level 1 outside of the Activity Centre.
Well done Ms Kim for all of your hard work and to the Grade 8 students for fantastic projects!

The PE page has also been updated with pictures from the latest unit of Creative Movement.

Click on the PE tab for more information...

Student Of The Month for March

Congratulations to Min Jung Koo who is the March Student of the Month:
This is what her teachers wrote about Min Jung.

She has made up her mind to try her best in PE regardless of the task and her experience level. She is not satisfied with mediocrity and has worked really hard to improve her grammar and comprehension in her Health work.

She is knowledgeable and humble, and she helps her classmates quietly.

She is diligent and focused. She shows care for the quality of her work, and she works well with others. 

She is a risk-taker. Her Individual Scientific Inquiry report demonstrated how much she tried to push the envelope and get herself out of her comfort zone. She rose to the challenging task beautifully and made it her own. This was evident in the level of smooth communication in science she was able to show throughout the inquiry-based process and through the report itself. 

She has shown herself to be a Thinker in Bible class as demonstrated by her recent Bible project.  She thoroughly researched her Bible passage and made a thoughtful and relevant application of the verses she studied.

In class she is always ready with her homework completed and her mind engaged.  She takes her studies seriously and is always willing to contribute to class discussions and activities.  She always has a good attitude and tries to encourage others.

Students of the Month for February...

Congratulations to our 2 "students of the month" for February:

Jessica Jin

She is a new English learner and yet despite this she also gives her time to help others who struggle to understand tasks and assignments.

She is principled in her work ethic and in her daily behaviour. She is open-minded in Bible class and sets high goals for herself and for others.

In PE class she is a role model to many others; listening carefully to tactics and instructions and then having the self-discipline and risk-taking attitude to put those things into practice in a game.

In Humanities, She has really impressed with her work ethic and creativity in her assignments. She really goes the extra mile to make sure that everything she does is her best work.

She takes her learning seriously, but she is balanced, knowing the right time for serious work and then a light-hearted moment.

She is well respected by her peers because of her dedication and commitment.

She is a risk-taker and not afraid to push her boundaries beyond her comfort zone. She is known for her dedication and responsibility. In Science, she has demonstrated an excellent understanding and capability to make connections between what she has learned and what is happening in real life. Also her caring heart should not go unnoticed, as she has been witnessed taking care of her classmates' needs inside and outside the classroom.  

Her writing in Mandarin is creative. She shows different ways of thinking in her essay. Also showing some deeper thoughts during class discussion.

Jin Hyuk Jung

Since joining our school this Winter, we have been really impressed with his work ethic and his positive attitude in class.

He comes to class prepared, organized, and willing to learn.

He is a knowledgeable student and his passion for learning is contagious to those he shares class with.

In Humanities, he has done exemplary work. I appreciate his enthusiasm and positive attitude in class. I appreciate his principled behaviour as well.

In Bible he asks clarifying questions and proceeds with thoughtful and detailed responses in both his written work and contributions to class discussions.

In PE he is a positive risk taker. He has been confronted with many new activities since arriving at TCIS, but has taken this all in his stride. He asks questions and does extra “work” to make sure he understands rules, tactics and other team expectations. What is really great is his positive attitude and encouragement of a wide range of students every lesson.

In Science, his depth of comprehension is astonishing and worthy of taking time to appreciate. He not only gets tasks done but ensures he does them well. He is a critical thinker and a truly open-minded learner. But what equally shines is his personality; his positive and warm-hearted spirit that is contagious to his peers is welcomed in the classroom. 

Technology and Science Pages updated

The Technology page has been updated by Rakia Segev on the work they are doing in designing and creating C02 Dragsters.
The science page has been updated with some pictures and video of the Water Systems Presentations.

Visiting Author...

Today we were so privileged to have author Nic Bishop visit with us for the day.
Mr Bishop has lived such an interesting life, beginning as a TCK like so many of our students at TCIS, travelling around the world with his parents as they worked in different countries.
During his time in Papua New Guinea as a teen, Mr Bishop develop a love of and skills in photography. His first book was panorama pictures of his photographs taking while trekking and hiking in different parts of the world.
His true passion however lies with photographing and capturing animals. Originally he wanted to be an adult non-fiction author. His first books were aimed at this audience. However he soon found children were far mosre interested in his pictures and adventures and so developed into a children's author.
Mr Bishop has photographed the rarest and most dangerous animals all over the planet. His stories were intriguing, interesting and amusing.
I hope he inspired some writers and photographers today through his adventures.

His next ventures will focus on Big Cats and also Penguins. It will take him about a year to travel and photograph the subjects of his next book.

Volleyball Jamboree at SFS

On Saturday students and teachers were up bright and very early to travel to SFS to play Volleyball and Table Tennis.

Students enjoyed playing different teams for SFS, KIS, YISS in Volleyball. We won some sets and we lost some sets.
Here is a link to some pictures I took with my iPhone while coaching
https://plus.google.com/photos/111213436158254329273/albums/5851105498314357185?authkey=CK7n7YK4j6LqqQE

Science Olympiad

Update from Ms Susan Kim.

"Our trip to and back from GSIS was safe and sound, and the students had fun.
 5 schools, including TCIS, competed in this year's Science Olympics. 
There were 4 different activities.
One activity was called "super paper". The aim was to support textbooks using structures made by 3 A4 papers only.
TCIS came in second place. 
We were able to stack 58 thick science textbooks; we were running the first place until YISS stacked 72 books in the afternoon!
 We also won a medal for the egg-drop device activity, scoring 93 out of 100- highest of all 20 teams. "