Friday 4 May 2018

31: Friday 4th May 2018

From the Director


We had a very welcome visit from Mr. Bernhard Garside the Ambassador to the United Kingdom on Wednesday morning to promote a campaign sponsored by the Embassy to reduce plastic waste. Sometimes in our personal lives we think of recycling as a nice thing to do if we have time but not a high priority. Mr. Garside pointed out that our world is in serious danger of plastic poisoning with plastic entering our food chain through the exposure of fish to plastic on our seas. The situation is urgent but as he pointed out each and everyone of us can make a big difference. Indeed each and every one of us needs to. It is essential that we recycle plastic and prevent it getting into our oceans as waste. It is essential we use non plastic alternatives whenever we can, not using straws,not using unnecessary plastic bags when we go shopping. We are going to help our students lead this campaign and inspire all of us to take the idea of “reduce reuse and recycle”seriously. I would like to thank Mr. Garside for bringing this campaign back to school and challenging us to make a difference in our corner of the world.

The Class of 2018 and 2020 are now involved in their final IB and IGCSE examinations respectively. These are important external examinations where are children are judged against international standards and students all over the world. We are confident they will do well and we are proud of their achievements so far. The Class of 2018 will soon be in their graduation period and there will be many events when younger children will also be attending. I want to take this opportunity to remind all of us that we have a responsibility, backed by the Ley Lepina to ensure that younger children are protected during these events. In particular it is important they are not exposed to alcohol or left unsupervised at these events. I know all of us are working to ensure these events are safe but we must not take anything for granted. 

I would like to wish all families a Happy Mothers Day and hope you have a time to reflect on families and the importance of spending time with each other. 

Primary News

Dear Parents and Carers,

A short week this week but still plenty to tell you!

Fridays Latin Music Night went with a swing. The children performed beautifully and the guest band were very exciting. Thank you to all those students who performed, staff who decorated and organised, and family members who came to watch and dance. It was a most enjoyable evening as always. Here you can see some people sitting round the dance floor watching the performances at the start.


Last week as part of the Funzel Fundraising 3rd Mena also had their bake sale. THe children had made lots of delicious things for everyone to eat and the stall was very popular. Well done 3rd Mena! The whole school total is rising very nicely and currently stands at $1,444.55. I would also like to mention one of our second graders Lourdes Zeledon from 2nd Tutty, who decided to do some of her own fundraising over the weekend. She raised an additional $18 entirely on her own. Well done for showing such initiative. She is just one example of the fantastic effort made by all the students in the primary school.

We also like to support the community whenever possible and recently there have been two retreats in school. There were 75 children in the 3rd to 5th grade Retiro, which took place in the UP area. PK to 2nd grade were in the Auditorium-PAC- basketball-Cafeteria area. 133 children attended this one, the PK and K children were with their parents.

Very soon we will be sending out information on two projects the school is undertaking. One is to collect backpacks and lunch boxes that the children have finished with and our CAS students will distribute them to underprivileged children. Many of our students get new lunchboxes and backpacks as a matter of routine each year so the CAS students will be collecting the old ones until the end of August but please bring them in as soon as you can. The other project is making sleeping mats from woven plastic bags. This beautiful country is ruined by the rubbish we see everywhere, and of course the planet as a whole is suffering from single use plastic pollution. We are going to ask you to bring in all of your plastic bags so they can be reused to make the sleeping mats. Please remember though the best thing is not to use a plastic bag at all.

On Monday 14th May it is the IPC unit ‘The World Cup’ entry point. This involves all of the clases from Prepa to 5th directly and EYFS are joining in with anything they think is appropriate for their age group. We are planning to livestream the event. The classes will be allocated their teams for the football tournament at the end of the unit and they will be researching their country’s history and geography in the build up. 

Next week the school will be closed for Mother’s day. We wish all of our mothers out there a lovely day.

Best wishes,

Sharon Short
Head of Primary 
Lead Safeguarding Officer.

Dates for your diary

Lower Primary
May
Thursday 10th: Mother’s Day School Closed
Tuesday 15th: Pre-Kinder Siri and Pre-Kinder Carbajal trip to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas
Wednesday 16th: Pre-Kinder Rampone and Pre-Kinder González trip to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas
Thursday 31st May - school closed INSET for teachers 

Upper Primary
Friday 4th - UK Trip 2018 Study Group (2pm - 3pm)
Monday 7th - 4th Guzmán visit to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Tuesday 8th - 4th Rumsey visit to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Wednesday 9th - 4th Quijano visit to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Thursday 10th - Mother's Day school closed
Friday 11th - 2nd grade bake sale
Friday 11th - 4th Molina visit to Pizza Hut Las Cascadas - 8:30am - 12:00pm

Please note Ana Gloria Mena and Edda Padilla are Designated Primary Safeguarding Officers

Secondary News

Noticias de Secundaria

Dear parents and carers,

A short but busy week in Secondary! 

We were very happy to receive the British Ambassador who came to talk to our Secondary students about the “ETNYA Earth Ambassadors” campaign which the UK Embassy is promoting. He invited our students to think about how much plastic they use on a daily basis and encouraged us to reduce our use of single use plastics which end up in the seas, causing havoc! We encourage our community to use less, if at all, supermarket bags, plastic straws, plastic water bottles for a start! These are simple things we can do as a community which can have a huge impact in the long run. 

We encourage everyone to collaborate to this global campaign. Remember you can bring in your plastic waste to the School to our Recycling centre located on near the cafeteria. Don’t forget to share your efforts via social media on #YouAreTheChange

The LRC and a group of Grade 11 IB students have launched a CAS campaign to work on this very thing. Please support! 


Our Grade 10 and Grade 12 students continue in their examination process and we wish them all the very best of luck! Grade 9 and Grade 11 are now heading to their Cal 3 Exam time and are working hard in preparation for these. Mr Adrian Hall will be contacting parents with more information on these soon.

I sign off quoting the Ambassador when he reminded us that “we do not inherit the world to our children, we borrow it from them.” It is all of our responsibility to do all we can to protect it and do our bit in Reducing, Reusing and Recycling!

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Kind regards,

Natalia Cáceres Escalón

Dates for your diary
May
Monday 21st - CAL exams start for Grade 9 & 11 students
Friday 25th - Class 2018 Senior entrance and last day in School
Thursday 31st May - school closed INSET for teachers 

Team Sports

Bulldogs Cup– Football – U10 (m) –


The other Bulldog team also had a match against Escuela Panamericana, during which the opposing team managed to give the Bulldogs a hard time. But an excellent set of football skills enabled our boys to score the 3 points needed to go through to the next round.

ABC 4 – 0 Escuela Panamericana

Bulldogs Cup – Football – U10 (m)


The ABC and the Liceo Francés played an exciting game which was won by the Bulldogs. This win enables the ABC team to go through to the next round.

Go Bulldogs!!!

TSP Handball
Trojan League - Handball-


The Trojan League began activities with a game between the American School and the Bulldogs which was won by our team won as visiting team.

U14
Escuela Americana 10 - 43 ABC

TSP Football
Bilingual League – Football - U14 (m) -


After a long weekend, the sports activity began with football. The ABC and the American School played in the Bilingual League.

ABC 2 - 4 Escuela Americana

TSP Archery
I1st National Tournament for Beginners 2018 - Archery -


The ABC competed in the tournament with a team of 11 archers. This event was organized by the Natonal Federation of Archery. The Bulldogs performance was outstanding in the 10, 20, and 30 metres. Some of the results are shown below:

Andrés Hernández Gold in the qualifying round and National Record in the 10 metres, and a Bronze medal.

José Miguel Jimenez, Gold in the qualifying round, and Silver medal

TSP Football
College Cup - Football - U18 (m) -


With a score of 4 to 0, the Bulldogs had a new victory. The boys played very simple, but yet, very effective football.

ABC 4 - 0 Colegio Maya

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