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From Dr Tasker: Principal From the Principal Dear Parents, Students and Friends of GIS, Congratulations to Mr Steve Armstrong on his appointment as the new Principal of REPS. Mr Armstrong has been teaching History at GIS and has also taken on the role of Assistant Head of Secondary. He has a wealth of senior management experience and I am sure that I speak on behalf of the whole GIS community in wishing him well in this new role. Fortunately for us Ms Emily March has just arrived to join her fiancé Mr Doyle who has just joined us teaching English. Ms March is a highly capable and experienced teacher of IB History and was initially to teach part-time and then take over the History position from Mr Armstrong for the new academic year. Mr Armstrong will be working with Ms March to ease the transition over the coming weeks. The construction of the additional swimming pool, grandstand, changing rooms and PE office are well on track to be finished on time. This is wonderful news as we can get the students swimming again on-site. The FOBISIA swimming teams have been using Eastern Star for training, but it will be nice to have swimming back in the curriculum as soon as possible of course. Construction is about to begin on the new Primary Music room and Primary ELS classrooms, this will be a 2-storey addition which will be on the end of the Primary Hall on what was the Year 1 and 2 playground. We hope for this to be completed in early May. This year we are expanding on our recognition of Chinese New Year by hosting an evening event on Thursday February 12 from 7pm in the Main Hall. Students will be performing a variety of items and also explaining the importance of the coming Year of the Goat (or Sheep or Ram). It promises to be a wonderful night – make sure you get your tickets from the Front Office. Year 11 and IB2 students have just completed their Mock Examinations; it is not long now until the IGCSE and IB examinations get underway in Term 3. We will be hosting a Parents’ Evening for the parents of these students on Tuesday February 10. Included with this Newsletter are 3 more posters of the GIS Core Values – Knowledgeable, Inquirers and Caring and also the posters we have had on display recognising more of the countries represented in the school - Switzerland, USA, Belgium and Australia. Kind Regards, Dr Stuart Tasker PhD (Ed), PGDipEd (Math Ed), PGCertEd (Ed Admin), PGDipTchg, BSc Principal Garden International School
Many thanks to our generous GIS sponsors: Platinum Indorama Encounter Church Universal Plus Gold Aditya Birla Thunder Cranes Silver Blue Sky Developer Company Limited Upcoming events Whole School Feb 2: Friends of Garden PTA coffee morning, 8am at the canteen Feb 4: House T-shirt Day Feb 6: Mufti Day Feb 12: Pancake Day Feb 12: Chinese New Year celebration, 7pm in the Main Hall Feb 14: Valentine’s Day Feb 14-22: Mid Term Break - school closed Feb 26: Friends of Garden PTA meeting, Primary Hall, 7pm Feb 26: Tell a Fairy Tale Day Primary Feb 12: Year 1 Trio Houses and Homes Feb 13: Tear 2 Trip Horse Riding Feb 25: Reception to Year 2 Sports Morning Feb 26: Years 1 to 6 Games Afternoon Secondary Feb 2: Year 7 to Alangkarn Feb 3-6: FOBISIA Drama Festival, Manila, Philippines Feb 7-8 Senior Games at ISR (football and basketball) Feb 5: Science Fair, St Andrew’s Feb 9: Reports issued for Year 11 and IB2 Feb 10: IB Taster Day for all Year 11 Feb 10: Parents’ Evening for Year 11 and IB2, 6pm in the Main Hall Feb 13: Grade Cards for Years 7-10 and IB1 issued Feb 13: Talent Show (Period 8) Feb 23: Year 11 Science Trip to Maptaphut Feb 27: Secondary Sports Day
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