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DIS Newsletter, Term 2, Week 6 , 12 May 2010 - Page 1

Principal: Alison [email protected]

Ph: 742 8402Manager: Carmel [email protected]

website: www.distimor.comDili International School12 May 2010

Term 2, Week 6Issue Eight, 2010

Welcome new students

Welcome to DIS to new students Rikito (left) and Yuji Hayakawa from Yokohama Japan, with their Mum Yae.

Also ‘Semi’ - Semi Aloesis Elrad Duarte Augusto Tukana (right) with Timorese and Fijian parents, who started earlier in Term 2.

Public Holiday and pupil-free day

Please note, DIS has a public holiday on Thursday 20th May to celebrate Independence Day. The next day, Friday 21st will be a pupil-free day.


From the Principal . . .

There will be new teachers at DIS in Term Three with four current teacher’s leaving.Firstly, regrettably, Tess Burrows the Junior Preschool teacher has tendered her resignation due to a serious family medical situation. We thank Tess for the short but wonderful contribution she has made to DIS and wish her family well. Four teachers who have been with DIS for some time have decided to move on. Samantha Brumpton, Chris Hyde and Lucy Clapham are heading off to pursue travel and career advancement. Jennifer Lobb, who has been with DIS for 1 ½ years is reducing to part time to study. Yulia Prikhodko returns home for family responsibilities.Jennifer Lobb will continue with her grade 5/6 class and share responsibilities with another teacher. Over the previous months we have been conducting a search to procure good teachers for these positions and appointments will be announced in coming weeks.

School TimesPlease ensure that your child is at school on time every day. Playgroup/Junior Preschool/Preschool: 9am-12pmPrimary Classes: 8:45am-3:15pmSecondary Classes: 8:30am-3:00pmA number of teachers have noticed students coming late to school. It is vital that students are on time to school, so that they can make the most of all learning opportunities.Please also ensure that your child is picked up from school on time. ParkingPlease do not park in front of the main gate at either campus. Students may be dropped off in front of the main gates, but please do not block traffi c by parking directly in front of them. This is especially important at the Lower Campus, when it becomes very busy at drop off and pick up times. (For more information, please see ‘Car Parking’ in the DIS Family Information Book.)Term Dates, Public Holidays and Pupil Free Day. Term 2: Wednesday 7th April- Friday 11th JuneTerm 3: Tuesday 20th July- Friday 24th SeptemberTerm 4: Tuesday 5th October- Friday 10th Dec

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 BaileyPrincipal(742 8402 / [email protected])

New teachers for Term Three

Congratulations to Teacher’s Assistant Mary Gonsalves Sufa and her husband Deo on the birth of their daughter Dea.


Transition - Highlights of Term II

In Literacy we have been practicing the alphabet and learning how to write each letter correctly... Above: Manuel is working on his handwriting.

Every week we have guided reading, when we read interesting stories focusing on the letters that we have already learnt.

We read, discuss and learn

We have also been talking about our feelings and wrote about the way we feel in different situations.

In Numeracy we have been learning how to count to 50 using games and

concrete materials. It’s a lot of fun.

In Science we have been talking about minibeasts. We have looked for them in the playground. One of our favourite minibeasts is the butterfl y. They are fascinating!

They have four stages in their metamorphosis. They start as eggs, hatch into larvae making pupa, and fi nally transform into butterfl ies. This is called a lifecycle!

Left: Great work, Brandan!

Right: Go, James, go!

Above: We used lots of colours to decorate

our butterfl ies.


Every Wednesday students from the Lower Campus are invited to join in games and fun with MsYvonne. This term we have been learning two outside games Robin and Her Nest and Crocodile,Crocodile. Once we finish our outside games we go inside to play. We all enjoy playing our gameswith our friends. Below are the instructions on how to play one of our outdoor games

Robin and Her Nest

We divide ourselves into groups of 4. Thenwe wait in our hoop nests for the teacher tosay go.

When the teacher says go, we run to the basket ofeggs in the centre and collect one egg for our nest.

We can also steal eggs from other nests. Once we have an egg we place it into our nest.

When the teacher says “Stop!” we return to our nest.The winner is the team with the most eggs in theirnest.

Then we return all the balls to the baskets in the middleand return to our nests. We are ready to start again!

After school games ... with Ms Yvonne


XANANA: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Lesteby Sara Niner

XANANA GUSMAO READING ROOMRua Belarmino Lobo, 6.00pm, Friday 14 MayDIS mother Sara Niner (with daughter Ginger right) launches her biography of Prime Minister Gusmao this Friday, and all parents and students are welcome.Dr. Sara Niner is an Endeavour Fellow and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University where she has recently fi nished a Post-Doctoral Fellowship focussing on women, handcrafts and development in Timor-Leste. She is the editor of 'To Resist is to Win: the Autobiography of Xanana Gusmão with selected letters and speeches' (2000). See http://saraniner.blogspot.com/ for more.

Extra Curricular Portuguese will commence next week as follows;

For Intermediate-Advanced Portuguese: Wednesday 19th May 3:20-4:20pmWednesday 26th May 3:20-4:20pm Wednesday 2nd June 3:20-4:20pmWednesday 9th June 3:20-4:20pm$5 per lesson, with a total cost of $20.For Beginner-Intermediate Portuguese: Thursday 27th May 3:20-4:20pm

Thursday 3rd June 3:20-4:20pm Thursday 10th June 3:20-4:20pm$5 per lesson, with a total cost of $15.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.

Andris Kakuk doing violin lessons with Music Teacher Mr Joaquin this

week.

If you would like lessons in Piano, Guitar, Violin, Flute, Singing, or Chior

Mr Joaquin can be contacted on 7708041

or please speak to Donia in the offi ce or

email Carmel


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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