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From Mrs Hawtree: Principal Dear GIS Community, In last month’s newsletter I shared with you some of the key developments planned for this and subsequent years, and I explained that we are in the process of putting together a detailed 3-year development plan. I hope you had chance to look through these and are as excited as we are about the changes ahead which will make GIS an even better holistic educational environment for our students. As I also mentioned, we place very high importance on maintaining low staff turnover and recruiting high quality teachers. Since last month’s newsletter, I have spent some time in freezing cold London, and have now completed our overseas teacher recruitment for next year. I am delighted to tell you how pleased I am with the calibre of the new staff who will be joining us. We had very strong fields for all of the posts advertised, and it was hugely gratifying that, in every single instance, our first choice candidate accepted my offer of a post. Contracts are now being finalised and signed, and I hope that, by April, I will be able to share with you details of all our new teachers for August. A word on PE kit – we are currently in the process of a PE kit redesign ready for August <strong>2017</strong>, and as such supplies of the old kit are running a little low in some sizes. If your child needs a new PE kit, and none is available in their size, we will allow them to wear their House kit for the remainder of this year. We are intending to involve students in the redesign, as it is they who will be wearing the new kit, so we feel it will be good if they have some say in the choice. Next month looks like another busy one, leading up to Songkran, with a huge number of sporting events (including our hosting of the U13 FOBISIA Games), a variety of educational trips, the issuing of Reports/Grade Cards, as well as the much-anticipated Primary Production and MAD Night, to name but a few of the exciting and diverse activities available to GIS students. And of course, for an international community such as ours, one of the highlights of the year is our International Week, which runs from Mon 6 March – Sat 11 March. This week is an extravaganza of international culture, food, costumes and learning, and culminates in our fantastic International Day on Saturday 11 March – we hope to see many of you joining us for this wonderful event, celebrating our school’s internationalism. Mrs Dinah Hawtree Principal Many thanks to our generous GIS sponsors: Platinum Aditya Birla Encounter Church Indorama 2
Upcoming Events Whole School March 3: World Wildlife Day March 8: International Women’s Day (whole school assembly, period 7) Saturday March 11: International Day (9am-1pm) March 20: House T-Shirt Day March 21: Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day March 31: Songkran celebrations, end of Term 2 April 1-17: holidays. Term 3 starts on Tuesday April 18 (Day 6) Primary March 14: Year 1 to 6 Reports issues March 15: Parent Conferences for Year 1 to 6 March 17: Primary Has Talent, heat 2 March 22: Songkran Assembly, 2.20pm March 24: Reception trip to see trains March 27: Foundation Term 2 Reports issued March 28-29: Foundation Parent Conferences March 28-30 : Primary Production (Years 3 to 6) Secondary March 3: IB2 Group 2 deadline for Written Assignments and Orals March 3: IB1 Extended Essay workshop March 4: Model United Nations’ trip to Regents Pattaya March 4: Eco Challenge (period 8) March 9: IB2 Group 1 deadline for Written Tasks March 10: IB2 Chemistry and Business Management IA deadlines March 10: IB Taster Day for all Year 11 students March 14: IGCSE and IB Information Evenings, from 6pm in the Main Hall March 21: Assembly, period 7 March 16-19: FOBISIA U13 Games, hosted by GIS March 20: Year 9 students return their IGCSE subject choices March 20: IGCSE ESL oral assessments March 22: MAD (Music, Arts, Drama) Night March 25: Model United Nations’ trip to ISE March 27-31: IB1, 1st meeting with Extended Essay Supervisor March 27-29: PSHE collapsed mornings for Years 7, 8 and 9 respectively March 29: IB2 — final deadline for all Internal Assessment March 31: Grade Cards issued March 31: Assembly, period 2 3
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