Dili International School Newsletter - Timor Leste

DIS Newsletter, Term 2, Week 9, 1 June 2010 - Page 1

Principal: Alison [email protected]

Ph: 742 8402Manager: Carmel [email protected]

website: www.distimor.comDili International School1 June 2010

Term 2, Week 9Issue Nine, 2010

Welcome new students

Welcome to DIS to new students Melisa Bevington (second from right with her Mum Pamela) from Uganda who started last week and Milena Faries Ramirez from Cuba, second from left, who started earlier this term. Both are in Ms Sam’s class. They are with Ginger, left, and Caterina.Welcome also to Prajita Niraula, right, from Nepal in Ms Jenn’s 5/6 class.

Holiday ProgramDIS will again be conducting a school Holiday

Program combining playgroup, Junior Preschool and Preschool children.

Please remember that this program operates as a child-care option for the holiday period and does not function with the same level of activity

as our usual in term Playgroup program. Dates are from June 14 to July 9, alternating

weeks with Ms Yen, Ms Glaucia and Ms Arey and teachers assistants.

Please contact Donia in the offi ce for bookings, or on 7316065. Cost is $10.00 per session.


From the Principal . . .Assessment and Reporting

Teachers are currently assessing students, and writing reports. Reports will be issued in week ten.

Students are assessed across the following learning areas; English, Mathematics,

Science, Humanities, Health and Physical Education, The Arts (Visual and Performing), Technology & Design, and Languages.

Achievement Code: Your child’s overall achievement in each learning area studied over the reporting period is reported by ratings ranging from A to E.

A (12 months or more ahead of year level.)

B (6 months ahead of year level.)

C (At year level.)

D (6 months behind year level.)

E (12 months or more behind year level.)

Effort and Behaviour Code:

Your child’s work effort and behaviour are reported by ratings ranging from A to E.

A Excellent

B Very good

C Satisfactory

D Needs attention

E Unacceptable

End of Term AssemblyPlease join staff and students for our end of term assembly. All students from Preschool-Secondary will be attending, there will be a number of items performed, and we will be farewelling a number of our much loved staff members.

The assembly will take place on Tuesday the 8th of June at 9:30am at the Upper Campus.

Term Dates, Public Holidays and Pupil Free DayTerm 2: Wednesday 7th April- Friday 11th June

Term 3: Tuesday 20th July- Friday 24th September

Term 4: Tuesday 5th October- Friday 10th December

Thanks for your support in these matters.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or message, or call me after 1 pm weekdays.

Alison Bailey, Principal

(742 8402 / [email protected])

DIS UPCOMING EVENTSFood stall supports students in remote areas of Timor - see page 5

Parent Teacher Association Meeting – Friday June 4th 9am Upper Campus under cover area

Year 12 Graduation Ceremony – 7pm Thursday June 3rd Beach Café. PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE

End of Term Assembly – Wednesday June 8th Upper campus under cover area.

Music Recital Sunday June 6th at 4pm Upper Campus Library – Mr Joaquin’s students will be performing. All families and teachers welcome.

Parent Advisory Committee Meeting – 5.30 pm Upper Campus Library Monday June 8th.


PE is fun! You even get to have a swim, writes Natalia Reali.Every week PE is fun. We learn a lot of different sports. We have done Frisbee, Soccer and Touch Footy and now we are learning a new sport called Gaelic Football, which is an Irish game. Gaelic Football is a combination of Soccer, Basketball, Rugby and a little bit of Volleyball. Soccer, because you use a Soccer ball, you can kick it while running with it and the scoring place is the normal Soccer goals. Basketball, because you can bounce the ball on the ground. Rugby because you have to tackle the person to get the ball off the opponent. And Volleyball because you can only throw the ball with Volleyball serves.On week 6, Friday, everyone was playing Touch Footy with great caution on the soccer fi eld because of all the mud and water ponds. It had just rained the day before. So there I was all ready and with nice clothes, just waiting on our goal line to see if the other team comes. All I had to do is run touch them so that it wouldn’t be a goal. But what I didn’t know is that there was a huge mud puddle near by, and as you know me, I’m not very lucky, in other words I’m a klutz. So there I was, and all of a sudden my team yells out my name and said “Get Heath!” as I heard that I ran as fast as I could to try to catch him, but while he was running he was zigzagging on a huge and deep mud puddle, of course I didn’t even notice it so as I lengthened my arm out to touch him, I fell on my back on the huge mud puddle. But luckily I was able to touch him and it wasn’t a goal. Then I got up, smiled and tried to clean myself a little. Of course I was the joke of the term, but I’m ok with that. I literally looked like the 101 Dalmatians! Half of me was clean, and the other half was brown, full of mud! All I have to say is my team is lucky to have me; I even had a swim in the mud for my team!

Natalia gets Real

Your Parent Teacher Association needs youThere are many ways a good PTA can help support school life. This group of parents works in partnership with teachers and school administration to assist and support classroom as well as whole school activities in various ways.

Please come to a meeting this Friday morning at drop-off time 9 am at the upper campus


This term grade 3-4 have been learning about probability and graphs. They are fi nding outcomes of probability using spinners and dice. The results of their fi ndings are then recorded and expressed using bar graphs and pictographs. The students have been working hard and enjoying the topic.

Probability and graphs


Extra Curricular Portuguese Thursday 3rd June 3:20-4:20pm

Thursday 10th June 3:20-4:20pm

$5 per lesson. These classes will be taught by Ms. Sandra

at the Lower Campus in Ms. Julia’s room.

Please see Ms. Donia in the offi ce for a form if you are interested in your child attending.

Food stall supports students in remote areas of TimorDear Parents/Guardians, As part of the community service program at DIS, students from Ms Sam’s 1/T class and Student Council Representatives (SRC) will be holding a food stall to raise funds to buy much needed supplies for students in the remote village of Atsabe, Ermera district.

Parents, staff and DIS will be donating food items to be sold. The sale will be held during week 9 of this term everyday at the Upper Campus during recess and lunch and on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Lower Campus at recess and lunch.

If you wish to support the stall you can;

1/ Send your child to school with some small change each day (items will range in price between 50c-$1.50). If you are concerned about the security of your child’s money, please pass it on to Ms Jen or Ms Sam in a sealed and marked envelope to be kept in the money box. Mark the envelope with your child’s name and the amount.

2/ Donate a food item to be sold

If you would like any further information about this program please don’t hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Ms Sam Ph: 743 4171 Email: [email protected]

Class picture of Mr Gus’ grade 3-4 class last week.


DIS Calendar 2010The school year calendar is a hybrid that caters for Australian and Northern Hemisphere families as well as those from Timor Leste.

There are four x ten week terms. Students have a fi ve week holiday at Christmas and fi ve weeks in the middle of the year, as well as a one week holiday in March also in September.

DIS has fi ve Pupil Free Days each year, set aside for the fi rst day back at the end of each holiday period. DIS closes for national public holidays as outlined in below. DIS provides 189 contact days for students and 194 contact days for staff.


PLAYGROUP Coordinator: Tess Burrows, Leaders: Yen Serrano,

Glaucia Miqueletti , Assistants: Ms Tina, Ms Fatima

JUNIOR PRESCHOOL Teacher: Tess Burrows [email protected]: 7751547 Assistants: Ms A-Rey, Ms Rosa

PRESCHOOL Principal/Teacher: Alison Bailey alisonlesleybailey@gmail.

com 7428402 Assts: Ms Sonia, Ms Dete, Mr Cipriano

JUNIOR PRIMARY Y (TRANSITION)Teacher: Yulia Prikhodko Ph: 7397815 [email protected] Assts: Ms Evie, Ms Jess, Ms Ruksana

JUNIOR PRIMARY S (GRADE 1) Teacher: Samantha Brumpton Ph: 743 7141

[email protected] Assistants: Ms Zelia, Ms Ruksana

JUNIOR PRIMARY Y (GRADE 2) Teacher: Yvonne Abey [email protected] 763 3544 Assistants: Ms Jess, Ms Ruksana

GRADE 3 AND 4 Teacher: Robert (Gus) Zieran [email protected]

Ph: 7767529 Assistants: Ms Liz, Ms Rosa

GRADE 5 AND 6 Teacher: Jen Lobb Ph: 744 6670 [email protected] Assistants: Ms Liz, Ms Rosa

JUNIOR SECONDARY HOMEROOM TEACHER Teacher: Chris Hyde Ph: 741 5922

[email protected]

Secondary Coordinator, Middle Secondary Homeroom Teacher.Teacher: Kirsty Hilson Ph: 7457049 [email protected]

SECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATIONCoordinator: Linda Glasson Ph: 763 3453

[email protected] Assistants: Ms A-Rey

Specialist Health and Physical Education Teacher, Extra Curricular Program CoordinatorTeacher: Lucy Clapham Ph: 7451708 [email protected] Assistant: Mr Adam

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