December 2016

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NETWORK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SECONDARY NEWSLETTER

Upcoming Events

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Monday 12 December 18:00 Christmas Concert.

Friday 16 December Last day of term. Please ensure your child is collected at 15:00.

Monday 9 January Start of Term 3.

Thursday 26 January Year 9 Parents Evening.

Thursday 9 February Year 8 Parents Evening.

Thursday 2 March & Friday 3 March Public Holiday. School Closed.

Week beginning Monday 6 March Camp Week.

Friday 24 March Water Festival & last day of term.

NETWORK SCHOOL WISHES YOU ALL A VERY MERRY

CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Dear Parents

As we come to the end of the first semester of this academic year we would like to take this

opportunity to thank you for all the support you have given your child and Network teachers to

enable your child to make good progress.

Our triangular partnership of teamwork between parent, students and Network International

School is the corner stone of every student’s future and success.

I wish to congratulate all the students who achieved our attendance target of 95+% in term 1.

72% achieved the target and 39% of students achieved 100% attendance.

We have had a very busy second term in the secondary school which started off with the U15

Girls Basketball Team winning the MISAC Championship for the second successive season and

the boys team finishing as runners up in the boys event held at MISY.

I was very impressed with our Year 11 Global Perspectives students on their visit to

Chaung Tha. They made a great impression on the local community and did a wonderful job on

cleaning up the beach and raising people’s awareness of the effects of rubbish on marine

habitats.

All secondary students have also completed their Key Stage 4 Exams or Key Stage 3

Assessments and their results will be recorded on the end of semester reports which will be

issued to parents in the first week of term 3.

In January we will produce a short Newsletter to reflect on our recent Christmas Concerts and

the Secondary Talent Show.

At the end of the newsletter I have included information about our new school App and hope

that you will download this to keep up to date with everything that is happening at Network

International School. In addition all our letters to parents are now emailed out so please help us

by ensuring your email address is up to date.

We look forward to working with you in the second semester and we wish all students, parents

and Network International staff a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with best wishes

for 2017.

Carl Dent Principal

Carole Kyaing Founder

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Year 11 IGCSE Global Perspectives Trip to Chaung Tha Beach

On Friday 25 November the Year 11 IGCSE Global Perspective group of students went on a trip to Chaung Tha as part of their examination coursework. The trip lasted three days and was part of a project the group are carrying out on researching biodiversity and ecosystem loss and have considered this in the context of their own country. The students have researched the effects of rubbish on marine

habitats and were intrigued by the biodiversity and ecosystem loss at Chaung Tha Beach in Pathein. They successfully cleaned a stretch of one mile and collected over 45 bags of rubbish. They were also approached by the local police and were thanked for the work they were doing. In addition, many local

people joined in to help and discuss the situation.

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EXTREME READING COMPETITION During term two Network International School launched its second 'Extreme Reading Competition'. In keeping with our drive to promote reading and raise standards of literacy across the school, students were encouraged to think about a weird and whacky location where they could be photographed reading. Entries were submitted to the English Department and then shared with each tutor group for voting. The winning entries will be awarded a certificate and book voucher for Bookworm Books. Tr. Jon, Head of English

The winners are as follows:

In 1st Place was Kate, Year 7 In 2nd Place was May, Year 9

Jade – Yr.11

In 3rd Place was Jade, Year 11 The teacher’s pick for the most artistic

picture went to Kate, Year 7

Group Photograph of the Winners

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For achieving greatly improved effort and Homework grades in Term 1(2016-2017)

For outstanding effort and Homework in Term 1 (2016-2017)

Achievement Awards Certificate Assembly

The following students received special certificates at an awards assembly to recognize their effort and homework in term 1.The certificates are awarded to the top 10% in each year group so my congratulations goes to all these students. Principal Carl

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MISAC U-15 GIRLS BASKETBALL EVENT HELD AT Network

On Saturday 29 October the Network Girls Basketball Team won the “MISAC U-15 GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP” . There were 6 Yangon schools who participated in the event MIS, ISM, PISM, ILBC, Network and YA. Network girls defeated ILBC 28 -15 in the final to retain the championship for the second year running.

GIRLS U-16 BASKETBALL EVENT HELD AT HORIZON

On the day of the match, we saw many schools that participated in the event such as MIS, ISY, ISM, Horizon and our school, Network. The name of the event is Horizon Streetball and it took place in Horizon School on the 19th and 20th of November. We’ve never participated in this event and this was our first year. Unexpectedly, we got second place and sadly, lost to ISY in the final, therefore they took the prize. The players for our team were Angeline, Yati, May and myself, Jade. We are very proud of ourselves for winning against all the other schools who have experienced this event and are beyond grateful for the teachers that trained us all these years. Written By Jade Burton From Year 11

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MISAC U-15 BOYS BASKETBALL HELD AT MISY

The Network boys basketball team entered the MISAC U15 boys' basketball tournament. The event was held at MISY and Network students got to the final and finished runners up to MISY. Great game Network!!!

YEAR 10 FIELD TRIP TO SAM PAR OO

Year 10 Field Trip to Sam Par Oo As part of our Mathematics Curriculum, Year 10 students went on a field trip to Sampar Oo

Group of Companies (in Shwe Pyi Thar Township) on Friday 4 November 2016. The focus of

the trip was to understand production methods as well as many other subject issues we

have covered in class. We were warmly welcomed by the Managing Director on our arrival.

His secretary took us around the factory. The students enjoyed their informative trip to the

soft drinks factory. All staff members at the factory were kind, helpful and friendly.

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BOYS & GIRLS U13 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FOR SMALL SCHOOLS

On 26 November 2016 BSY hosted the U-13 Girls and Boys Football Tournament. The teams who competed were BYS, Network, MIS and Dulwich College . The Girls team managed to win the championship and the Network Boys team also put on a great performance but unfortunately lost 1 game and came second in the Tournament. Well Done Network!!!!

Network Goes Sailing!!!

During the first semester students had the opportunity to experience sailing and paddle boarding at Yangon Sailing

Club. Following introductory courses George (Year 11) and

Steven (Year 10) followed this up and have completed the

beginner and intermediate sailing courses throughout the past couple of months. They will be competing in the first ever inter-school sailing competition at Inya Lake Sailing Club over the next two weekends. Congratulations to them both on their achievements and thank you to the staff who

organised these opportunities for Network students.

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MIS, Network and MISY competed in the U-19 MISAC Girls football tournament which was organised by MIS on Saturday 3 December 2016. Network girls performed to an excellent

standard and were unbeaten. They won all the games and won the final against MISY to become U-19 MISAC Girls Football champions.

U-19 MISAC GIRLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

U-19 MISAC BOYS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

The tournament was held at MISY on Saturday 3 December 2016. The following teams took part: MIS, ISM, MISY, AIS, ISY and Network. The competition started with schools competing in 2 pools of 3 teams. Network lost both group games, but defeated ISM in their final game to finish in fifth place overall.

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The Last Day of Term 1

To celebrate International Day and a brilliant first term here at Network Secondary we had a day of activities to send the students off on their well deserved break. To start the day, the teachers challenged the students to a range of sporting competitions with the teachers taking the crown (but only just!). Activities included a treasure hunt, dodge ball and handball. After the students enjoyed a hearty shared snack in their tutor groups, we all came back together for an international quiz run by our house captains Jade, Min Nyi, Kaung Khant Min and Apple. However this was no ordinary quiz. It’s not every day you see students feeding blindfolded teachers and staff making wedding dresses out of toilet roll! The day was a great success and we look forward to more celebrations at the end of term 2.

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Network International School App

Further to a recent letter sent out to Parents about our new school App this is a reminder to parents that they are now able to access the most up to date information about the school from the latest school news to sporting fixtures, student and parent events, key dates on the school's calendar and much, much more! Please see further information regarding the new App which can be found on our website.