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Mayangone November 2015

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NETWORK UPPER PRIMARY & SECONDARY

NEWSLETTER

Principal’s Notes …………………………………

•Primary reports will be

sent home to parents on

the last week of term.

•Secondary reports, due

to the exams, will be sent

home to parents when

we return to school in

January 2016.

•30 November – 04 December Year 7-11 end of semester 1

exams.

•03 December Year 7 Parents Evening

•12 December Network Basketball Tournament

•14 December (08:00) Secondary Christmas talent show

and party

– parents invited

•17 December (18:00) Year 5 & 6 Christmas concert

– parents invited

•18 December end of term school finishes at

12:00

Upcoming Events ………………………………….

Dear Parents,

This has been an extremely busy first half of term two. In the last week I have had the

pleasure of seeing two outstanding assemblies from Year 5 & 6 where the students

show cased their learning, singing and presentation skills. I also had the privilege of

presenting a range of certificates from ‘being a supportive friend’ to ‘developing

independent learning skills’, all of which demonstrates how well our upper primary

students are developing. I would like to thank parents for their support at these

assemblies and look forward to seeing you at the Christmas shows.

Primary and Secondary students have been on visits to the Commonwealth War Graves

at Htaukkyant cemetery and also had the opportunity to participate in a creative

writing competition where the entries were of an outstanding caliber.

Secondary students have their end of semester exams this week and I would like to

thank parents for their attendance at the recent subject parents’ evenings as part of our

triangular partnership.

I hope everyone enjoyed the long week-end.

Yours sincerely

Carl Dent (Principal)

At the secondary parent workshop held at the end of term 1 a request was made by a number of

parents for information on the text books that are used as part of our Teaching and Learning

Strategy for each subject area.

I have put together a list of text books and other resources and websites which are currently being

used in lessons.

This information can be found on our website under Curriculum/ Secondary at the bottom of the

list on the right hand side named KS 3 and KS 4 Subject Resource guide. I hope parents find this

very helpful.

Text Books

At the same meetings parents also asked for guidance and clarification on homework. There is

now a Network School Homework Policy on our website which parents can read and download

from the Information/ School policy tab.

Homework Policy

We have updated the curriculum for all phases on our website to help and support students and

parents. The website now has a curriculum overview for the whole school followed by more

detailed information for each phase, which includes the long term curriculum plans, and for

secondary all the IGCSE syllabuses.

Curriculum


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On Wednesday 11th November at the Bahan Campus (Lower Primary) Year 4 students attending a ceremony

where Buddhist Monks visited the school site to bless the land. It is an important ceremony for Myanmar people

and is in keeping with Buddhist beliefs and traditions.

Following the ceremony the Year 3 students offered food to the Monks when they come to the existing school site

after the blessing.

New Build

Achievement Awards Certificate Assembly

For outstanding effort and homework in term 1

For outstanding effort and homework in term 1

Year 7 A1 Kenneth

Lorine

Lynn Myat

Year 7 A2 Ivan

Shwe Yee

Myat Noe Thu

Year 8 A1 Min Nyi

Suu Rupar

Choi Jeong Hun

Year 8 A2 Addison

Susan

Sophie

Year 9 A1 Lucy

Christina

Lwin Min

Year 9 A2 Apple

Isabella

Toe Naing

Year 10 A1 Sophie

Colleen

Kryss

Year 11 A1 Rita

Theing Mwe Oo

Nhat Minh

For achieving greatly

improved effort and homework grades in term 1

Year 8 A1 Atom

Khaint Naing

Year 8 A2 Harrison

Year 9 A1 Angeline

Seung Min

Year 9 A2 Penny

Year 10 A1 Kaung Khant Min

Year 11 A1 James

Margot For achieving greatly improved effort and homework grades in term 1


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iGCSE PE Shirt

The Year 10 students were very excited when the school arranged for them to have their very own

iGCSE Network PE shirt which also had their individual student names printed on the back.

On the last day of term the Secondary students ended their day with a Student vs Staff basketball

match. The students who didn’t participate were spectators and a great time was had by all, especially

the teachers who won all matches apart from a tie with Years 10 & 11:

The Last day of Term

Year Group Students Teachers

7 4 9

8 5 7

9 1 4

10/11 4 4


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Creative Writing Competition


First Place

Year 5 Iguanas Dora

Albert

Year 8 A2 Addison

Year 11 A1 May Thet Naing

High quality entries to the

Network International School


(Year 5 & 6)

Thitsar

Ting Ting

Yarzar Noe

Julian

Eain Lin Thu

Khant Ti Kyi Soe

Phyu Phyu




(Year 7 & 8)

Tasmia

Shoon Lei

Ivan

Hein Zaw Htet

Tharaphy

Kate

Henry Liin

Suu Rupar

Océane




(Year 9 to 11)

Pinky

Lucy

Sophie

In our effort to promote literacy at Network International School we have launched a series of writing and reading related

competitions: namely a Creative Writing Competition. This competition was open to years 5-11 and consisted of two

options: 'Describe a journey to a special place' and 'If I was president of Myanmar I would...' Entries had to be fewer than 500

words in length with careful attention paid to purpose, audience and technical accuracy. The quality of writing was very

encouraging and picking the results proved to be a tricky task for the three judges! Well done to everyone who participated

and made this is a great competition. Be sure to look out for your pictures in The Global New Light of Myanmar Newspaper

this week!'


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Network International Day

BOOM!! And just like that, international day

started. The day had finally come. Everyone was

excited, about the entertaining, international talent

show!

Everyone wore traditional clothing; most of the

children had entered the talent show, where the

“celebrity judges” were absolutely crazy, wild and

totally INSANE!!!! They wore extreme make up and

had cut their hair to look like punks! We hardly

recognised them!

Some of the acts were: the startling footballers and

juggling acts, the hip hoppers, Korean singers,

wonderful dancers, the hilarious clowns, a robot

dance and skits. There was also a mystical magic

show, two energetic hula-hoop acts, a harmonizing

choir with their fantastic leader. There was also an

expert puzzle solver, who could solve a rubix cube

in a couple of minutes; his fingers were like mini

acrobats. However, the most popular act by far was

the dance to ‘Grease Lightning’, by the teachers (the

judges).

Following the talent show, we went outside (on to

the football pitch) to take photos with our classes.

After that, everybody went upstairs to share their

traditional snacks, yet instead of a snack, there was

a feast fit for a king! Although the children and

teachers did their best, they just couldn’t get

through all the food, so we were able to share with

other members of the school too.

All in all this was a awesome way to end term 1.

By Alice, Alex, Sarah and Oakga


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Network International Day


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Primary Cross Country Event

Young Champs! Having trained so hard, finally the day arrived when the cross

country race would begin.

Arriving early motivated us to run our very fastest! As we enrolled

for the race, our opponents looked at us – they were terrifyingly

competitive! Taking the challenge, we dared to approach the start

line.

Once we were at the start, the commentator knocked our

confidence by saying ‘If you fall you lose!’ However, we did not

give up, in fact we all crossed the finish line like Olympic runners!

The race was long, hard and tiring, but we persevered and our

teachers were extremely proud of us all.

Luckily for us, we were able to see the U15, U19 & teachers races and cheer Team Network on.

Overall, we were amazingly proud to represent Network School at the inter schools cross country and

thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

U11 Team

Cross Country Competition

On Friday 6th of November a selection of Network students participated in a cross country competition,

competing against other international schools from Yangon. All the students showed great enthusiasm and

determination throughout the event, It was fantastic to see the students enjoying themselves and representing

Network at such a prestigious occasion. Two students performed particularly well and were placed in the top

three places for their age category. Calvin in year 11 came third in the boys under 19 event and Lwin Min in year

9 came second in the boys under 15 event. At the end of the student races there was a teacher/coaches race. In this

competition, teacher Sally came 1st out of the women who were participating and teacher Henry came second in

the men's section of the race. Overall, the contest was really well run by the officials, organisers and coaches/

teachers. It was also brilliant to see so many parents watching and cheering on all the students who were taking

part. Everyone clearly enjoyed the experience and Network will be looking forward to participating in this cham-

pionship again next year!


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Rememberance Day Trip

What were your experiences and why do we

remember?

Remembrance Day is the anniversary of

the end of World War 1, on the 11th day of the

11th month each year. Every year on this day,

people around the world do different things

to honor and remember all the soldiers who

sacrificed their lives fighting in the war for

their friends, their families, and their

countries. It is also a day when the relatives of

the deceased come to visit the graves of their

ancestors, and appreciate all that they did for

the country and the world.

Most people can be found wearing

poppies on the day, as a symbol that

represents all the blood that was shed by the

soldiers, and as a sign of bravery. The poppies

also bring back memories of the moment after

the battle, when poppy flowers began to grow

on the barren wasteland. This day is also a

day where we can reflect and learn from our

mistakes, as we look at the sacrifices made by

these brave men and hope that a war like this

would be forbidden to happen again.

Many students showed that they

enjoyed the scenery and the experiences the

cemetery had to offer. Even though the day

was long and hot, we were not hesitant to

walk around and explore the grounds, taking

in the details of the graves of the respected

soldiers that fought to bring peace and unity

to the world. We were able to feel the love the

families of the dead had for the men, and

were able to relate to their grief and pain of

losing a loved one. We each were given a

chance to express our respect and gratitude

through written epitaphs and we can only

hope these heroes can feel our love and grief

from a better place.

As we live on day by day, we are bound to

remember the memories that make us happy, the

memories that make us sad, and the memories that

coloured our days. We remember to keep those

memories alive, as they are a part of us that we can

never live without. Through this short trip we

remember the sacrifices these heroes made, and the

blood they shed to fight for the world we are living

in now. It is a reminder in life never to forget about

what so many people have done for us, and to

continue the heroic deeds in our generation in

honour of the soldiers of World War 1.

Y9 and 10 students

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