Monday 11 March 2013

China Meeting reminder

Just a reminder that there will be a meeting for all parents/guardians this Thursday at 6:30pm in the school library.
The meeting should last approximately one hour. I would ask that all students arrive early at 6pm.
There will also be a lunchtime meeting for students as normal on Tuesday 12th at 1:15pm in W20.

Agenda for Thursday 14th March

1. Time to sing in Mandarin
2.Time to learn Mandarin
3. Introduction to the staff who will accompany the group to China
4. PowerPoint Presentation
-Travel arrangements
-Trip Itinerary
-Insurance
-Medical info/vaccines etc
-Kit list
-Code of Conduct
5. Questions & Answers

I hope that you can all attend as this meeting is very important, please contact me at school if you are unable to attend this Thursday!

Mr. Irvine

Tuesday 5 March 2013

China Meeting update ( today at 1:15pm)

Today the China group met at the usual time and we had an interesting discussion about the Great Wall of China. Last week I asked those who attended the meeting to do some research and try to find out some interesting facts about the Great Wall, ideally things that most of the group may not already know!
Once again I was disappointed with the turnout, although much better than last week, there were still 11 pupils missing. I issued the EE2 forms today and asked pupils to return them completed by Friday, along with their passport (or photocopy of their passport!). I have allocated pupils to family groups for the trip and I asked all pupils to return the aforementioned documents to their designated family leader.
If you did not attend the meeting today you will not:
A. Have a copy of the EE2 form
B. Know who your family leader is
Please can you see me immediately if you did not attend, so that I can give you the form and tell you the name of your family leader.
Parents/Guardians, can I please ask for your assistance here, your child should have an EE2 form to bring home this evening.
For next week I asked the group to do some research on the Changling (Ming Tombs), which is on our itinerary to visit.

The family group leaders are:
Mr. Irvine
Mr. Warden
Ms. Halliday
Ms. Lyall
Mr. Stewart

Best Wishes

Mr. Irvine