EUROPEAN SECONDARY CAMPUS

NEWSLETTER Edition 11.0 Friday 7th March 2008

TAIPEI EUROPEAN SCHOOL 台北歐洲學校

M e ssag e f r o m the As s i s ta n t H e a d o f Sec on da r y

Dear Parents, Students and Friends of TES, Inside this edition you will find a few memorable images of the superb 8th Annual TES Music concert held recently at the European Secondary Campus which showcased some of our tremendously talented musicians and singers. The Maths department are keeping students on their toes with the most recent challenge being World Maths Day this week where students competed online in a worldwide head to head contest. You will also be able to read about TES book week events in newsletter 12. As the weather improves our lost property bins continue to overflow with discarded shoes, jackets and sweatshirts – please ask your son/daughter to check through these carefully as most items are not labelled. Jeff Evans. Assistanthead-sec@tes.tp.edu.tw

FORTHCOMING DATES F O R Y O U R DI A R Y . . .

TO REMEMBER Thursday 13th – Student

council disco from 6pm to 9pm.

Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st March – TES Drama

production.

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.taipeieuropeanschool.com

CONTACT: Taipei European School, Swire European Secondary Campus, 31 Jian Ye Road, Shihlin, Taipei 11193, Taiwan. Telephone: +886 2 2862 2920 Ext

March 13 Student council disco (6pm to 9pm) March 19 – 21 Guys ’n’ Dolls Drama production (starts at 7pm)

March 21 H1 and H3 progress reports issued March 22 Easter break (school closed) April 7 Term 3 begins April 10 IB Art show (7pm)

April 15 H1 and H3 parent teacher interviews

H4 Students Raise Money for a Local Charity.

On Wednesday 20th the H4 Visual Arts Students handed over a cheque For 30,000 NTD$ to the Taipei Guide Dog charity. Accompanied by the two Labradors Angus and Ellen, Tim and Erin from HuiGuang Guide Dog Centre showed the students how each of the guide dogs in Taipei undergo rigorous training before they become the invaluable guide for their blind owner, allowing them to find their way safely around Taipei’s busy streets. After 10 years acting as the eyes and ears for their blind owner, the dogs are given a well deserved retirement as a household pet. Very well done and thanks to TES artists: Christine Vranze, Karien van Langelaar, Catherine Leigh, Amanda Lo, Ray Yeh, Justen Waterhouse, Sharen Chen and Haruna Akashi for donating their fantastic works of Art, and to all those people who supported this year’s Art auction at the Christmas Bazaar.

3 TES Teams bei der Boys Trophy auf den vorderen Plätzen (eingereicht von Hans Peter Schulz)

Das Wetter konnte schrecklicher eigentlich nicht mehr sein: Dauerregen, Wind und Kälte, … man kam sich vor wie an der Nordseeküste an einem durchschnittlichen Dezembertag. Doch wer lässt sich davon schon abhalten, Fußball zu spielen? Unsere Jungs jedenfalls nicht! Die „Kleinen“ aus der Klasse 5/6 schlugen sich im Year 7 Team wacker, besiegten Grace Academy und wurden auch erst beim Spiel um Platz 5 im 11m-Schießen von der wesentlich älteren Dominican School besiegt. Mit im Team: Jonathan Haudenschild, David Volz, Eric Klein, Matthew Maloney und Felix Klemm. Das Team unserer Siebtklässler (Year 8) hätte es um ein Haar sogar bis ins Finale geschafft. Nach relativ lockeren Siegen gegen die taiwanesischen „Tornados“ und Dominican School wurden sie nur äußerst knapp vom späteren Turniersieger, dem International Team, mit 2-3 geschlagen. Von der DST dabei: Stefan Bever, Snuk Pathumrangsri, Max Klemm, Helfried Stoelzel, Philipp Bischoff und Robert Klausnitzer. Die Year 9 Boys mit unserem überragenden David Yuan schafften das Kunststück, die Titelverteidiger, die Japanische Schule, aus dem Rennen zu werfen. Denn dem 1-1 im direkten Vergleich folgte ein wahres Schützenfest gegen die Grace Academy. Es ging ums Torverhältnis und die Japaner hatten ordentlich vorgelegt. Unser Team musste 8 Tore in 20 Minuten schießen, um das Finale zu erreichen. Und tatsächlich war das Endergebnis 8-0! Erst im Int´l Team, das obendrein auch noch einen der besten TES Spieler in ihren Reihen hatte, fanden unsere Jungs ihren Meister. Trotzdem Herzlich Glückwunsch! Ergebnisse: Gruppe A Gruppe B 1) Int´l Team 1) TES A 2) TES B 2) Japanische Schule 3) Dominican 3) TES C 4) Tornados 4) Grace Play Offs Um Platz 7: Tornados – Grace = 4-3 n.E. Um Platz 5: Dominican – TES C = 2-1 n.E. Um Platz 3: Japaner – TES B = 4-0 Endspiel: Int´l Team – TES A = 2-1

Der Dominican Schlussmann pariert den entscheidenden Elfer gegen unser Y7

Gegen die starken Japaner geraten unsere Jungs unter Druck. Hier Robert und Snuk im Zweikampf.

Max versucht sich im strömenden Regen gegen die Japaner durchzusetzen.

David schickt einen langen Pass im Finale gegen die Int´l Spieler über den linken Flügel.

Der Trophy GEWINNER 2008: International Soccer Club Taipei

Hervorragender ZWEITER: Taipei European School,

Team A

Ein lachender DRITTER: Taipei Japanese School

TES at The South and East Asia Mathematics Competition (SEAMC)

On the 28th February 2008, at the unearthly hour of 4:40am, six students accompanied by Mr Lee and Ms Chang gathered at Wen Lin Road, to embark on a trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to do battle with the most gifted and enthusiastic Mathematics students from some of the most prestigious international schools in the region. A new frontier for TES, this was our first ever participation in the annual SEAMC Mathematics competition. The students from TES who made it through the selection trials to attend this prestigious event were Chae Yoon Lim (H1), Kimberly Lin (B9), Michelle Rao (B9), Allan Chang (B9), Nelson Lee (H1) and Altman Tai (B8). There was a sense of nervous excitement as the stimulation of the early start began to wear off and the reality of the journey ahead started to set in. The four days required the students to spend 3 nights in a Kuala Lumpur hotel with other students from 30 schools, and to compete in a variety of Mathematics events, jointly hosted by the Alice Smith School and the Garden International School. The students also had many opportunities over the four days to get in some serious ‘retail therapy’, as there was a huge shopping mall connected to the hotel! The proceedings were capped off with an extravagant gala dinner. As well as being served with a sumptuous feast, the students listened to some guest speakers as they waited for the results to be announced. To our delight and everybody else’s amazement, one of the TES teams (Chae Yoon Lim, Kimberly Lin and Michelle Rao) was announced as the winner in one of the key events of the competition. They had beaten no less than 59 other teams in the Carousel competition! This was indeed an achievement very few schools manage in their very first attempt in such a challenging international competition. It is a testimony to the hard work and preparation, as well as to the raw ability of our students who took part. All of our students enjoyed the interaction with their peers from across the region, and have expressed a strong desire to take part again in next year’s competition (subject to age restrictions). Congratulations to the inaugural TES SEAMC teams on their significant achievements in Mathematics and for being such good ambassadors for our school. Paul Lee, Kathie Chang, Alan Daykin. Mathematics Department

Parents’ Maths Challenge Thanks to all parents who rose to the challenge of answering two questions from the UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) in the last Newsletter, and below are the answers and winner. This week’s challenge is taken from the SEAMC competition in Kuala Lumpur and a TES gift goes to the first correct entry emailed in. 1) A 5-digit number containing no zeros has no identical digits. It contains 2 digits that are prime numbers, 2 digits that are square numbers, and one digit that is neither prime nor square. The third digit is twice the 5th digit. The 4th digit is 6 more than the 2nd digit. The 5th digit is 3 less than the 1st digit. What is the number?

2) The operation a☺b is defined by a2 − b2 . Find the value of (2007☺2006)☺(2006☺2005). Answers to last edition’s questions: 1) In a certain year, there were exactly four Tuesdays and exactly four Fridays in October. On what day of the week did Halloween, October 31st fall that year? A Monday B Wednesday C Thursday D Saturday E Sunday Answer A: Monday 2) Beatrix has a 24-hour digital clock on a glass table-top next to her desk. When she looked at the clock at 13:08 she noticed that the reflected display also read 13:08. How many times in a 24-hour period do the display and its reflection give the same time? A 12 B 36 C 48 D 72 E 96 Answer E: 96 Congratulations to Susanne Khan, mother of Hannah and Sana, for sending in the first correct answers. A TES gift is on its way to you. Alan Daykin, Head of Mathematics adaykin@tes.tp.edu.tw

University Update Our H4 students have been very busy during the first semester with applications to universities in the UK, USA, Canada and Europe. We are now at that time of the academic calendar when offers of courses are being received. I am pleased to report that TES students have been offered places at some excellent universities and colleges – here just a few examples from the UCAS applications in the UK: Exeter, Bristol, Durham, Imperial College London, Warwick, Portsmouth, Essex, Kent, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Brunel, Liverpool, York, Loughborough, University College London, Sussex. Some students have already received offers of places at North American universities such as Rutgers, St. Olaf, Butler, Michigan State, Arizona State, Washington State and Penn State. Over the next few weeks more decisions will be received from the US and Canada. Our H4 students have some very difficult decisions to make in the upcoming weeks – which university to accept and which to reject? We wish them well with those decisions. Mr. Greg Cassidy, University and Careers Counsellor. gcassidy@tes.tp.edu.tw

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