Year 6 Forces in Action

May 4, 2010 8:24 am

Year 6 investigated how strong different shapes can be. Using two different types of cardboard, glue, tape and nets of open-ended cubes and triangular prisms, the students made, and sometimes decorated, the shapes. They then tested them to see how strong they were by piling books, which they had previously weighed, on pairs of the shapes until they collapsed. The triangular prisms when placed with one edge up, as in tent shapes, were extremely weak. When turned so that the open-end was up, they were much stronger. The open-ended cubes, when placed with the cardboard on the top were also weak, sometimes collapsing immediately when a book was placed on top of the pair. When turned so that the open-end was up, they were extremely strong. One pair of open-ended cubes held over 31 kilos of books. The students had to stop piling them on because after a while the stack was very unstable. Year 6 then had fun standing on a board held up by an assortment of cubes and triangular prisms, with a maximum of three students on the board. The class is now analyzing the results of their experiments. For more photos click here.
Class at work

Earth Day

May 3, 2010 3:19 pm

CompostingEarth Day was founded 40 years ago to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. It is now celebrated around the world. TIPS celebrated Earth Day 2010 by recalling that we are the guardians of the Earth. Houses formed clean-up teams to pick up trash around the school and a compost heap was inaugurated as an ongoing Year 1 project. Students were very excited about starting this project.   Compost is a combination of decomposed plants and animal materials and other organic materials that are decomposed largely through aerobic decomposition  into a rich black soil, which will be used in our beautiful gardens.

Spirit Week

12:08 pm

Spirit Week will start on Monday, May 10th. Be ready to show your school and house spirit by participating in our fun activities. Students will be awarded points for their houses if they dress according to the theme. Each day we will have a short parade to show off our costumes for the day. There will be a school barbecue and more exciting house activities on Friday to celebrate the end of Spirit Week. You will receive a circular informing you what to bring. As a service project, we are asking each student to bring a 1000 peso contribution for our sheet and blanket campaign for the Babies Home.

The themes are as follows:

Monday:  Pyjama Day (wear your pyjamas all day!)
Tuesday: Animal  Day (dress like or wear masks of your favourite animal)
Wednesday: Hat Day (wear your favourite or craziest hat)
Thursday: Celebrity Day (dress like your favourite celebrity)
Friday: House Colours and Backward Day (wear your house colours with shirts backwards)

Join in and have fun. Make Spirit Week a success.

Extracurricular Activities

April 1, 2010 6:53 am

Extracurricular activities are about to begin. For more information about them please click on extracurricular activites. If your would like to enroll your children, please click on the enrollment form.

Calendar for 2010

January 6, 2010 10:14 am

We can’t wait to welcome you to the new school year which starts on Thursday, March 4th. To download a copy of the 2010 calendar, please click. We look forward to seeing you in March!