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Issue No. 1, Term 2014/2015
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WELCOME BY THE CHAIRMAN
FOBISIA EVENTS
Dear Colleagues and All Friends of the FederaƟon,
The Įrst ediƟon of this academic year’s FOBISIAN comes to you as we move
toward the end of what has been an extremely busy period of Ɵme in all of
your schools and for the federaƟon as a whole. I do hope that you might Įnd a
gentle reading of the news and informaƟon that follows an informaƟve but
welcome break from your normal hecƟc schedules. Relax, read on, and I hope you will all enjoy
the wonderful news from our contributors that rightly reŇects how very much there is to celebrate in all of our schools.
Welcome by the
Chairman
1- 2
Update by FOBISIA
Executive Officer
3
FOBISIA Heads’ &
Senior Managers’
Conference 2014
4
elc Int. School at the
FOBISIA Music Festival
5
New members are like new life and it is always a joy to embrace both. This year see’s us welcome
into membership The BriƟsh School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, The BriƟsh Vietnamese
InternaƟonal School, HCMC, Vietnam, and the North London Collegiate School, Jeju, Korea. As a
result of the normal applicaƟon procedure, the due diligence of those exisƟng member Heads
who then conducted visits and the resultant posiƟve voƟng amongst the whole membership, we
were able to welcome Janet Brock, Paul Hoylome, and Paul Friend to introduce their schools to
us at the recent Business MeeƟng that followed our annual conference. I would also, and in a
similar spirit, like to welcome our new Aĸliate Members: Titus Learning, the BriƟsh Council Singapore, Boardworks Ltd, Eteach InternaƟonal and OpƟmus EducaƟon. I look forward to the federaƟon beneĮƫng from all that you have to share with us but also to the federaƟon being able
to return this compliment by way of it collegial support for all of you.
Tanglin hosts the
Inaugural Student
Leadership Conference
6
FOB Language Perfect
Competition
7
The ABC Int. School, Winners of the
Language Perfect
Competition
8
FOB Gymnastics
Invitational
Competition
9
FOB Group C U15
Games—Traill Int.
School
10
My Įnal welcomes which most deĮnitely fall in to the category of “last but not least” are to the
new Heads to our region and to a lady who has already impressed her presence upon all of our
electronic Inboxes. Daphne Wong joined Tania in the Bangkok oĸce in August 2014 and has
quickly made herself part of the organisaƟonal furniture. Welcome on board Daphne and thank
you for all the sterling work that you have already done in your role as CPD coordinator.
My FOBISIA
Experience
11
Everest Base Camp—
More than a track up
12
FOB Schools support to Typhoon
Yolanda recovery
13
—
14
A year ago and at this Ɵme everyone was talking of the 2013 conference being “the best ever,”
and everyone was leŌ wondering just how MaƩ and his team at Patana could hope to follow the
John Jones double act (Sir and standard Welsh version) in Penang. It is also perhaps indicaƟve of
the inspiraƟon that MaƩ Mills so quietly insƟls in all that he works with, that whilst we may have
wondered I don’t think any of us ever worried……….. Of course, our most recent conference so
successfully hosted in wonderful style by Bangkok Patana was to see us all charismaƟcally taken
under control by the students.
ConƟnued next page/=
Alice Smith
Welcomes New
HOS and Head of
Secondary
15
Thank you to
Aĸliate Members
16
17
ConƟnued from “Chairman’s Welcome”/=
This was both novel and inspiraƟonal in concept and, married with a fantasƟc programme of outstanding speakers
supported by our loyal exhibitors and sponsors, gave a result that was a WIN! WIN! WIN! experience for all. MaƩ;
please accept and share with your team, our warm graƟtude, appreciaƟon and applause for once again “raising the
professional bar.” So what next? …………Good Luck for 2015 Peter. You have never been averse to accepƟng a challenge
and we are all now expectantly looking forward to joining you at Tanglin to “ Be Inspired…………”
As is oŌen the case in any introducƟon that which is most important lends itself well to menƟon in the concluding
paragraph: The last two years have given me the privilege of working alongside and for two quite outstanding leaders
and ambassadors for our FederaƟon. Shaun Williams has been unfailing in his determinaƟon as our most recent
Chairman, former Vice-Chairman and Secretary to ensure that our healthy growth in membership has been equally
matched by solid operaƟonal structures that have protected the services we conƟnue oīer to all members. As is the
case in any growing organisaƟon this has not always been easy or comfortable and has required enormous dedicaƟon
and hard work on his part, much of which has been done invisibly and without public acknowledgement. In Peter Derby
-Crook who is standing down as Second Vice-Chair, Shaun has enjoyed the support of a wise and ever calm colleague
who unfailingly exudes good common-sense values and has always found it possible to bring humour into all situaƟons.
Individually they are both power-houses of leadership. CollecƟvely, they will be sorely missed as members of the Exec.
Com. Thankfully for us all; I am conĮdent that their voices and wise counsel will sƟll be available to us from their new
seats on “the back benches.” THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.. You are going to be a very diĸcult
act that I shall not aƩempt to emulate but will do my best to follow……
The season of goodwill to all human kind will soon be upon us and so I want to end this introducƟon with an open
invite to any and all of you to write to me directly with any input that you care to share, by sending my sincere and
hearƞelt best wishes to you all, and, with a hearty Ho! Ho! Ho! to hopefully embrace the tremendous spirit that is so
much at the heart of our federaƟon.
I am as ever,
Gary D. BenĮeld. (November 2014).
Headmaster of The ABC InternaƟonal School, HCMC, Vietnam
& current Chairman of FOBISIA.
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UPDATE FROM THE FOBISIA EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Dear Member,
It has been another fabulously busy term. We had a new staī member join our team.
Daphne Wong began working full Ɵme as FOBISIA’s CPD Coordinator. A big thank you to
Julia Cope for her Ɵme with FOBISIA and the great work she did before her move to South
Korea. Daphne was able to meet with many of our CPD colleagues at the CPD Leader Conference hosted at Tanglin Trust School in September. A huge thanks to Lisa Cannell and
her team for the great programme. The feedback from the parƟcipants regarding the
JAWS CPD sessions was incredibly posiƟve.
The term also started with FOBISIA launching its new website on the 16th September. All
events whether they be student based or for our teaching staī are now listed on the site
under the calendar.
With the launch of the website, FOBISIA also included social media markeƟng. If you prefer keeping up with events
and news with short, sharp pieces of informaƟon, please follow FOBISIA on TwiƩer. #FOBISIA or message @FOBISIA1
FOBISIA now has Facebook page. This medium has already proven to be popular amongst students. In the future we
hope to see our students interacƟng and sharing their own experiences when part of FOBISIA student acƟviƟes.
Fobisia - Click Like.
November is always a busy month for FOBISIA acƟviƟes. There were 24 student and teacher events conducted in
November alone. You’ll see inside an arƟcle on the Heads’ and Senior Leaders’ Conference recently hosted by
Bangkok Patana School. An amazing conference that was diīerent to many past ones and certainly Įt the theme of
“thinking outside the box”. Thank you to all host schools of U15 Games. All teams have once again shown an
excellent level of sportsmanship and compeƟƟveness. GymnasƟcs, MUN, DT CompeƟƟon & Languages CompeƟƟon
are more events that have taken place this month – thank you to all for making the eīort to give our students these
wonderful opportuniƟes. For the teachers, there were 8 Job Alike Workshops conducted throughout the membership
and JAWS remain to be the best forum of sharing best pracƟce within our region.
We hope that you have an enjoyable few weeks before the term breaks and that you have Ɵme to relax and spend
Ɵme with family and friends over the Christmas and New Year holiday.
Happy Holidays & take care.
Tania
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FOBISIA HEADS’ AND SENIOR MANAGER’ CONFERENCE 2014
- hosted by Bangkok Patana School
Bangkok Patana Schoolwas pleased to host the
2014
FOBISIA Heads’
and
Senior
Leaders’
Conference from 7th to
November. The
10th
Conference was aƩended
by about 220 delegates,
which included the heads
the FOBISIA member
schools along with senior
leaders, exhibitors and
presenters.
The theme, “Thinking Outside the Box”, was echoed
through more than 30
professional development
workshops and keynote
speeches. Khun Mechai Viravaidya, the Įrst keynote speaker, capƟvated his audience by talking about how he and his
teams have had to come up with innovaƟve ideas to deal with social challenges such as promoƟng birth control,
prevenƟng the spread of AIDS, improving rural schooling and reducing poverty. Other speakers at the conference
included Bambi BeƩs, the CEO for the Academy for InternaƟonal School Heads and a revered pracƟƟoner who has
worked with over 100 internaƟonal schools; Andy Hinds who is renowned for supported heads and senior teachers in
improving the quality of learning for students; professional coach Clive Leach and Fran Paīard, who is a senior lecturer
in Early Years at the University of Cumbria, UK.
Bangkok Patana students also played a big part in the conference, introducing keynote speakers and sessions as well as
touring delegates around the campus. “The conference showcased ten very conĮdent students across a number of age
groups. They took complete leadership presenƟng in front of a very senior audience and being arƟculate and conĮdent,” said Head of School MaƩ Mills.
Feedback from the conference has been good.
“It was an amazing conference; you sounded all
the right inspiraƟonal sirens, the moƟvaƟonal
lights were ablaze, the calm organisaƟon was
impeccable, the engagement of the young people you serve was awesome…” said Gary BenĮeld, FOBISIA’s newly elected Chairman.
Tania Donoghue, FOBISIA ExecuƟve Oĸcer said,
“The highlight of the conference was the supply
of high quality professional development for
senior management combined with equally
passionate educaƟonally based organisaƟons,
which a common thread amongst all was empowering and giving the best to our students in Asia.”
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elc AT THE FOBISIA MUSIC FESTIVAL, 2014 IN BEIJING
In November, 12 students and 2 teachers represented elc InternaƟonal School Malaysia for the FOBISIA Music FesƟval
2014. Hosted by Harrow Beijing, the fesƟval was 6 days of rehearsals, workshops, and performances. Cultural
experiences and fun-Įlled acƟviƟes included a visit to the Forbidden City, an acrobaƟcs show at the Chaoyang Theatre,
mask painƟng, playing with Chinese yoyos and a Chinese tea
ceremony, all run by Harrow’s Mandarin department.
Music rehearsals helped improve the main repertoire while
workshops were run with varied opƟons such as steel pans,
composing, conducƟng and Dalcroze. During the school’s
performance night, elc presented a medley named “Stars”,
which was enthusiasƟcally received by the crowd.
An elc student, Daniel Liew, had solo oboe parts in several
songs while Mimi Vorosmarthy and Tan Lok Yien had
signiĮcant soprano solos in Under Pressure. elc lead teacher,
Mr. Enoch, took the baton to conduct the junior strings
performance of Toreadors and the FesƟval Orchestra for the
Jesus Christ Superstar medley.
Our team was also able to visit the Great Wall of China. It was a wonderful experience and the students were excited
about having the opportunity to cross oī what would be a major item on anyone’s bucket list.
Contributed by Mr Enoch Ho, Senior Music Teacher, elc InternaƟonal School, Malaysia
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TANGLIN HOSTS INAUGURAL FOBISIA STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
On Friday, 12 – Saturday, 13 September, Tanglin Trust School hosted the
inaugural FOBISIA Student Leadership Conference.
Forty Head Boys and Girls from Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Bangkok, Kuala
Lumpur, Kinabalu and Vietnam Ňew in and joined Tanglin for a series of
interacƟve workshops to explore the nature of leadership and to discuss the
similariƟes and diīerences of what student leadership looks like in the region.
Students commented that they had expected the issues and leadership
structures to be the same and were surprised by the variety of diīerent issues
facing young leaders and the diīerent way that they were elected or
represented their student body. Students were then set the task of deĮning
and presenƟng their vision for their Ɵme in oĸce.
The passion and maturity our future leaders brought to discussions was very
impressive and the atmosphere during the 2-day conference was extremely
posiƟve.
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THE INAUGURAL
FOBISIA LANGUAGE PERFECT
COMPETITION
Language Perfect Flash mob at the Atrium
The inaugural Language Perfect FOBISIA CompeƟƟon was a huge success with 17 schools spread across 9 countries taking part. 7,400 FOBISIA students answered a staggering 8.5 million quesƟons over the 10 days, which represented
42,000 hours of independent language learning. Many congratulaƟons to ABC InternaƟonal School in Vietnam who led
their students to victory! We hope that next year’s compeƟƟon will be equally successful. The Įnal scoreboard can be
accessed here: hƩps://www.languageperfect.com/c/#LPNC2014;type=5;partner=150;rows=10000
Contributed by Lee Falconer, Head of Languages Faculty, Senior School
KelleƩ School – The BriƟsh InternaƟonal School in Hong Kong
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THE ABC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
- WINNERS IN THE LANGUAGE PERFECT NORTHERN
From leŌ to right:
Duy (Year 8) – 5th place overall, Ms. Sabine Sadjian, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Caroline (Year 11) – 82nd place
overall, Mr. Warren Haines, Primary French teacher , Syo (Year 11) – 93rd place overall, Ruby (Year 9) – 52nd place overall, Ms. Julia Tang, Secondary Chinese teacher, Angela (Year 11) – 49th place overall, Ms. Hong Gao, Primary Chinese
teacher, Akiko (Year 7) – 8th place overall
Students from Year 5 to Year 13 at the ABC InternaƟonal School recently took part in the Language Perfect Northern
Championships 2014, an online languages compeƟƟon organised by the EducaƟon Perfect team. CompeƟtors from
more than 100 schools around the world answered over 23 million quesƟons in just 10 days, creaƟng a huge buzz
around language learning. Students were tested on their language skills, including reading, wriƟng, listening and dictaƟon. They gained points by answering quesƟons, and as they reached certain thresholds they earned cerƟĮcates and
went into the draw to win great prizes, including a MacBook Air, iPods and iTunes vouchers.
I am delighted to announce that The ABC InternaƟonal School ranked as the top school in Asia, as well as the top
FOBISIA School.
I am very proud of our students’ performance and determinaƟon; they demonstrated a fantasƟc team eīort. They
competed in the languages which they study at the ABC InternaƟonal School, but also showed interest in other
languages available on Language Perfect. Overall, this has been a wonderful learning experience and a great celebraƟon of languages.
Well done to all parƟcipaƟng schools!
Ms. Sabine Sadjian, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, The ABC InternaƟonal SchooL, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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FOBISIA GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014
Over the summer break Bangkok Patana’s gymnasium had a
welcome faceliŌ and the gymnasts returned to a brand new foam pit
which runs the width of the gym. The pit structure provides a soŌ
dismount area for the uneven bars, high bar, vault and beams, as
well as the trampoline track which now sits at Ňoor level. At the end
of September, we also received delivery of our much anƟcipated FIG
performance sprung Ňoor which completes our state of the art
facility.
Since September, Bangkok Patana has returned to a regular training
programme but which now extends to freestyle gymnasƟcs (the
gymnasƟc elements of free-running). We have also seen huge
progress in our tumbling, vaults and acrobaƟc elements which really
beneĮt from the new set up.
Along with seƩling into the upgraded facility, the GymnasƟcs team
had been busily preparing to host the second FOBISIA GymnasƟcs
InvitaƟonal Championships, which took place last weekend, Saturday
15th - Sunday 16th
November.
And
what
a
compeƟƟon! With
over 460 gymnasts
represenƟng Įve
diīerent countries and 12 diīerent schools and clubs, this was the
biggest gymnasƟcs meet that Bangkok Patana has ever hosted. Girls’
Levels 1 -6 and Boys’ Levels 0 -6 performed in Įve diīerent sessions
spanning over 23 hours of acƟon packed compeƟƟon.
For the Bangkok Patana team, notable performances came from
Grace Sintavanarong in Level 2, Jessica BasƟn, Amelia Golden, Kaitlyn
Dibbayawan, Plume Plume Kashemsri Na Ayudhaya in Level 3, Amy
Teigen in Level 5 and Password Thepkanjana in Level 6 who all took
medals for the Girls. Gabriel Hustrulid in Level 1, Tee Janvatanavit in Level 2, and both the Level 3 and 4 teams all took
a number of medals for the Boys.
The level of gymnasƟcs on display across the two days was signiĮcant proving a very tough compeƟƟon. It really
demonstrates how the sport is progressing in the region where
we are seeing an increasingly large number of gymnasts
compeƟng at the higher levels. The skills on display get more and
more complex each Ɵme and the standard of execuƟon is just
phenomenal.
A huge congratulaƟons to all that took part and we look forward
to seeing what next year holds.
By Nicola McRae, Head GymnasƟcs Coach, Bangkok Patana
School, Thailand
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FOBISIA GROUP C U15 GAMES – HOSTED BY TRAILL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Traill InternaƟonal School hosted its Įrst ever FOBISIA games on 14th – 16th November 2014, at the Rajamangala NaƟonal Stadium, Bangkok. Seven schools competed: Bromsgrove InternaƟonal School, Garden InternaƟonal School (Ban
Chang) Kinabalu InternaƟonal School St Stephens InternaƟonal School (Bangkok), The BriƟsh School Kathmandu, The
Regent’s School (Bangkok) and Traill InternaƟonal School.
The opening ceremony took place on the Friday morning in the Rajamangala NaƟonal Stadium, where the athleƟcs
took place. This spectacular venue seemed to raise the standard for all the athletes and there were many hard-fought
and exciƟng races. Finally, Garden InternaƟonal School won the boys’ tournament and St Stephen’s InternaƟonal
School came out winners for the girls.
AŌer lunch all the compeƟtors made their way to the swimming pool opposite the stadium for a full aŌernoon of races.
It was an amazing spectacle, with many swimming earning personal best Ɵmes. The compeƟƟon was very Įerce and the overall
team winners were not decided unƟl the last few races. Finally
though, Garden InternaƟonal School came out champions for
both the boys’ and the girls’ team trophies.
The following morning started early with the girls’ basketball compeƟƟon and the boys’ football compeƟƟon. All of the
games were played with true sportsmanship which is characterisƟc of FOBISIA events and Traill InternaƟonal School
came out champions for both events. The last day promised to be even hoƩer than the previous ones, but this did not
put oī the players who conƟnued to play with total commitment. The girls’ football tournament was won by St Stephen’s InternaƟonal School. The boys’ basketball tournament was another hard-fought aīair, with the well-trained
Traill team coming out on top.
The Farewell Dinner gave all the compeƟtors the chance to Įnally relax and cement the newly-made friendships. The
Įnal awards were made, followed by the tradiƟonal disco. The event was enjoyed by all and we very much look forward to hosƟng another FOBISIA games in the near future.
Contributed by Gordon Espley-Jones, Principal, Traill InternaƟonal School
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MY FOBISIA EXPERIENCE
I have been parƟcipaƟng in the FOBISIA Games for 6 years now, and it has been a tremendous experience for me
socially, physically and mentally. But the recent Games held at St. Andrews InternaƟonal School, Bangkok, would sadly
be the last one that I aƩend, and one I am never going to forget.
As I was Captain for the girls in our team, I learned as much about leadership and responsibility as I did about my
abiliƟes to handle situaƟons. I am glad I had my school coaches there to guide me and teach me how I to set an
example. I had to keep my team moƟvated, and when we were losing, we had to do our best and smile, remembering
how far we had got. At the same Ɵme, when we were winning, to make sure that we worked harder to showcase our
talents and win gracefully.
We were there for each other, we worked as a team. But it wasn’t just our team who kept us moƟvated, it was the
students of all schools cheered us on, I guess that makes us all a team at the friendly Games. I think this was my
favourite part of this year’s FOBISIA. Of course, having to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to stagger down for a 6 am
breakfast was deĮnitely not the best!
It was great, meeƟng such generous and friendly people, all of whom I hope to see in the near future.
It’s amazing how FOBISIA has helped shape who I am today, and I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of it. Thank
you for all these wonderful opportuniƟes to grow!
Natasha Rampling
Year 10 student
elc InternaƟonal School
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EVEREST BASE CAMP—MORE THAN A TRACK UP
I was one of 23 students accompanied by three staī who spent 15 days on a trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal as part
of our Gold level InternaƟonal Award.
The
sixteen-day
Gold
Award
expediƟon to Everest Base Camp that
began before half term proved to be a
memorable experience that I will
never forget. From the dusty, stone
scaƩered and donkey-train beginning
to the snow-kissed Base Camp and
back, I learnt more about myself and
about others around me, including the
selŇess and well-respected sherpas
and porters. In my opinion, they are
some of the best people I have ever
met; they warm our coldest days with
their tender care and smiles and their
hearty laughs and jokes never failed to
liŌ our spirits. Furthermore, the VLM
staī was just as compassionate – they
were always willing to listen to
whatever we had to say and take any
necessary acƟon. (VLM was the
company that helped organise the
trip.) EssenƟally, we were one whole
unit by the end: everyone was in harmony and we understood how each other worked.
As we ascended higher and higher in alƟtude, our days seemed to get more exhausƟng as we were geƫng less oxygen
in our system. This called for the nightly pulse oximeter readings to help monitor everyone’s oxygen levels, their heart
beat and how we felt on a parƟcular day. This was especially helpful once we reached high alƟtudes in order for the
staī to be able to treat us with the right medicaƟon. It also encouraged each of us to work together to take care of
each other, strengthening the bonds between us.
Moreover, one cannot go sixteen days in Nepal without experiencing and learning about Nepalese culture. We all
managed to learn basic Nepali – we would say ‘Namaste’ to the children and adults that watched from the stairs of
their houses while we trekked, a ‘Dhanyabad’ when the sherpas poured steaming tea into our cups, or a ‘Swagatam’ in
the crisp mornings when the sun started melƟng some of the frost on the windows. Along the trek, we were lucky
enough to witness monks chanƟng in a monastery we were passing. It was so mesmerising: you could hear the low
notes of their rhythmic voices interweaving with the incense smoke that veiled the room.
Upon reaching Base Camp, I felt a feeling of pride so raw and powerful it almost stole some tears from my eyes. We
met Base Camp at 5,364m with cries of rejoice and relief. We were also instantaneously given hot tea and biscuits by
the sherpas, and I was just so full of joy I just held my warm cup against my hands Ɵght, watching the buzzing around
me. Pictures alongside Ňashes and smiles radiated, blinding compared to the crystalline snow that blanketed the
mountains. When our Ɵme was up, we descended back down to Gorak Shep; the following days back down to Lukla,
and eventually back to Kathmandu where we started. It was there that I Įnally realised how much each and every one
of us had achieved; how far we had all come since leaving Bangkok. And even if some of us did not make it to Base
Camp, well, as one Įne Sherpa would have said: “Don’t worry, chicken curry.”
By Thanyamai (Mai Mai) Chansavangwonk, Bangkok Patana School
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FOBISIA SCHOOLS SUPPORT TO TYPHOON YOLANDA RECOVERY
When Typhoon Yolanda hit the central Philippines in November 2013, with its record-breaking winds and a huge storm
surge, it killed 6000 people, wrecked infrastructure such as schools, and leŌ an esƟmated 2 million people temporarily
homeless. In Manila we immediately started a fundraising campaign that rapidly raised $130,000 from both the BSM
community and many of our fellow FOBISIA schools who wanted to be a part of helping the recovery process.
We worked with our established community service partners to achieve the following:
x
100 houses repaired or rebuilt and painted in Daanbantayan, northern Cebu
x
15 Įshing boats and nets provided to families who lost their boats in northern Cebu and Eastern Samar
x
17 classrooms in 4 diīerent schools repaired and re-equipped on Panay Island
x
1100 solar lights distributed to typhoon-aīected households on Malapascua Island
x
Emergency relief in the week aŌer the storm hit we sent van loads of food, tarpaulins and blankets to the area
aīected, and supported the families of BSM staī who had houses damaged by the storm.
We have spent up the funds that were raised and visited regularly to track progress. We have developed partnerships
with schools that our students and staī helped rebuild, and these we will maintain through our ongoing service
learning programme.
Thanks to the FOBISIA network for all your support.
Simon Wooldridge, Service Learning Coordinator, BriƟsh School Manila. Email: swooldridge@briƟshschoolmanila.org
Repairing a classroom roof in Maayan municipality, Panay Island
Repaired classroom roof in
Batad municipality, Panay Island
A resident of Malapascua Island with her solar
light distributed in the wake of the Typhoon
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Residents of Malapascua island with their solar lights.
1,100 were distributed on the island, which was hit
hard by Typhoon Yolanda. BSM students and parents
travelled to Malapascua Island to distribute solar lights.
BriƟsh School Manila students and staī spent a day packing relief goods.
Teacher and Student compleƟng a house. We have been
able to fund the construcƟon of 100 houses like this in
northern Cebu.
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ALICE SMITH WELCOMES NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL AND SECONDARY PRINCIPAL
FOR SEPTEMBER 2014
The Alice Smith School is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Roger
Schultz as the new Head of School for September 2014.
Roger joined the Alice Smith School as Secondary Principal in September 2010.
Prior to joining the Alice Smith School, Roger was Head of Secondary at the
Taipei European School for 11 years,
Deputy Principal at the InternaƟonal
School Brunei and Deputy Principal
at Gin Gin State High School in
Queensland, Australia. He started in
educaƟon
as
a
secondary
mathemaƟcs and science teacher in
Queensland in 1980.
The school also welcomed on board
Mrs Sarah Howling as the new
Secondary
Campus
Principal
for
September 2014.
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followed senior teaching posts in Dubai, Bermuda and the UK.
We are conĮdent that our new Head of School together with the Primary and Secondary Campus Principals will
conƟnue to nurture all-round high standards and build a high level of conĮdence in the quality of educaƟonal provision
at the Alice Smith School.
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TEACHER CONFERENCE – RAISING AWARENESS
One of the most exciƟng prospects before us in the year ahead is the staging of the inaugural Teachers’ Conference in
Phuket on October 17th and 18th 2015. This may seem some Ɵme away yet BUT it can never be too early to start raising
our colleagues awareness. Mick Farley (Harrow, Bangkok - M_Farley@harrowschool.ac.th) and Neil Richards (BIS
Phuket nrichards@bisphuket.ac.th) are very much the driving forces behind this iniƟaƟve and our thanks are due to
them for the Ɵme and eīort being invested into this venture. I know that more informaƟon and “glossy adverƟsing”
will follow shortly but in the meanƟme, please make these dates and the event a part of any and all brieĮng notes that
you share with the members of your teaching faculƟes. Please contact Mick or Neil for further informaƟon.
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WE WISH TO RECOGNISE AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OUR
AFFILIATE MEMBERS WHO ARE STATED BELOW
1.
Anthony Millard ConsulƟng
www.anthonymillard.co.uk
2.
APD Malaysia
www.apdsing.com
3.
Aspen Holidays Sdn. Bhd.
www.aspenholidays.com.my
4.
Autex Industries Ltd.
www.autex.co.nz
5.
Baker Books
www.bakerbooks.co.uk
6.
Bridgewater Worldwide
www.chriswickscfp.co.uk
7.
Cambridge Assessment Singapore
www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/singapore
8.
Camps InternaƟonal Asia Sdn. Bhd.
www.campsinternaƟonal.com
9.
Capita SIMS InternaƟonal
www.capita-independent.co.uk
10.
CES Holdings Ltd
www.cesholdings.com
11.
CfBT EducaƟon Trust
www.cĩt.com
12.
Collins (Harper Collins)
www.harpercollins.com
13.
Compass EducaƟon
www.compassteaching.com
14.
Dawsons Music Ltd.
www.dawsons.co.uk
15.
Double First Ltd
www.doubleĮrst.sg
16.
EquipMySchool
www.equipmyschool.com
17.
Fieldwork EducaƟon
www.Įndel-internaƟonal.com
18.
GL Assessment
www.gl-assessment.co.uk
19.
Global Investors Group Ltd.
www.globalinvestors.biz
20.
Harris Hill
www.harrishill.co.uk
21.
Independent Coach EducaƟon
www.independentcoacheducaƟon.co.uk
22.
InĮnity SoluƟons
www.inĮnityĮnancialsoluƟons.com
23.
Integrated EducaƟon SoŌware (IES)
www.ies.co.nz
24.
iSAMS
www.isams.co.uk
25.
ISC Research Ltd
www.iscresearch.com
26.
Lantern Camps
www.LanternCamps.com
27.
Mint CommunicaƟons Sdn. Bhd.
www.privateinternaƟonalschoolfair.com
28.
MSH China
www.mshchina.com
(ConƟnued next page)
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WE WISH TO RECOGNISE AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OUR
AFFILIATE MEMBERS WHO ARE STATED BELOW
29.
North Star Tourism
www.north-start.com
30.
Penta InternaƟonal
www.penta.co.uk
31.
Pret-a-Portrait
www.pret-a-portrait.net
32.
Renaissance Learning
www.renlearn.co.uk
33.
SCI Group Ltd
www.scigroup.org
34.
Search Associates
www.searchassociates.com
35.
Smoothwall Limited
www.smoothwall.net
36.
Teachers’ Wealth
www.teacherswealth.com
37.
TFL EducaƟon Ltd
www.ƞleducaƟon.com
38.
The University of Manchester
www.manchester.ac.uk
39.
TIC Recruitment Ltd
www.Ɵcrecruitment.com
40.
Touchline Connect/Reach Boardingware
www.reachboarding.com
41.
Trinity Holdings InternaƟonal Ltd.
www.trinityhi.com
42.
True Teaching Pty Co. Ltd
www.trueteaching.com
43.
TTS Group Ltd
www.Ʃs-group.co.uk
44.
Twig World
www.twig-world.com
45.
University Book Store Malaysia (UBSM)
www.ubsm.com.my/schools.htm
46.
Warwick Mann InternaƟonal Ltd
www.warwickmann.com
47.
WCBS
www.wcbs.co.uk
48.
Titus Learning Limited
www.Ɵtuslearning.com
49.
BriƟsh Council (S’pore) Ltd.
www.briƟshcouncil.org.sg
50.
Boardworks Limited
www.boardworks.co.uk & www.doddlelearn.co.uk
51.
Eteach InternaƟonal
www.EteachinternaƟonal.com
52.
OpƟmus EducaƟon
www.opƟmus-educaƟon.com
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MISSION AND GOALS
To promote excellence, high achievement and good pracƟce through a BriƟsh-style educaƟon
for the members of FOBISIA.
To promote consistent BriƟsh-style educaƟon through shared programmes,
cooperaƟve iniƟaƟves and inter-school enrichment acƟviƟes.
FOBISIA OFFICES
Head Oĸce:
Kuala Lumpur Oĸce:
39/4 Todsamon Clubhouse Building, M.FI,
Soi LaSalle 39/1,
Sukhumvit 105,
Bangna
Bangkok 10260
No 5 Jalan Negeri Sembilan Selatan,
Oī Lorong Travers,
Federal Hills,
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tania Donoghue,
ExecuƟve Oĸcer, FOBISIA
Email: Tania.donoghue@fobisia.org
Skype: tania.donoghue
Gurmeet Kaur,
Administrator, FOBISIA
Contact: +6016-3984119
Email: Gurmeet.kaur@fobisia.org
Daphne Wong,
CPD Coordinator, FOBISIA
Email: daphne.wong@fobisia.org
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOBISIAN PLEASE CONTACT :
Tania Donoghue, Executive Officer: Tania.donoghue@fobisia.org
Gurmeet Kaur, Administrator: Gurmeet.kaur@fobisia.org
& FOR CPD CONTRIBUTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
Daphne Wong, CPD Facilitator: daphne.wong@fobisia.org
Visit our website
www.fobisia.org for more informaƟon about us
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