News @Ascend
Empowering our students to communicate with confidence
February 2013
A monthly newsletter to help you stay in touch with activities at Ascend
Words we value at Ascend!
Which is the
most important
word for us?
Which five words
What are the
do we really
key ‘action
value?
words?
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2 Our school is
a close group
sharing ideas,
thoughts and
interests
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1 Ascend has
students from all
over the world.
4 We care
about our
standards in
all that we do.
3 We keep our
promises, admit
our errors and
respond to
feedback in a
positive way
8 We want our
students to
believe in
their ability to
speak English
5 We provide the
ability to
communicate in
English to our
students.
9 Our teachers
exert a
positive and
stimulating
influence on
the students.
6 We always look
at new ways of
doing things.
10 We try and
continually
enhance and
progress the
quality of our
courses and
services.
7 We respect our
school
community and
show
consideration for
their needs in
the school.
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………..to
all the Student Reps
TEACHER FACT FILE
We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the
student representatives for giving your time and
becoming a part of this important activity.
Name: Zee Ryan
Nationality: Singaporean
Born: 27th May
My family: My husband John, daughters -Dewi (4 yrs)
& Dina (9 mths) and my cats Tiger & Chaplin.
I speak: English, Malay & and
Mandarin (a little!)
Favorite sports: I love
wakeboarding, playing tennis
& yoga.
The ‘first’ student rep
meeting…………an instant
success!
Travel & holidays: I love the
food in Asia, beaches in
Thailand, the historical city
of Istanbul, shopping in the
US…….the list goes on!
I’m afraid of: heights &
speed …….. I don’t like being
in tall buildings, planes, fast
cars and DEFINITELY NO
Student Reps – Term 1
roller coasters!!
Starter – William & Zobi
I enjoy: playing with my
Elementary – Delfa & Mary
children, meeting friends and
cooking for my family on
Pre-Int – Yuzo & Vincy
Int 1 – Kseniya, Pueng & Bew
Int 2 – Sarita, Ling & Shalom
Sundays.
Sharing
thoughts
If I wasn’t teaching……..
and ideas!
I would be a vet!
Upp Int – Elson & Christine
Advanced – Patricia & Mariya
IELTS – Mr U, Norah &Lauren
We look forward to lots of new
ideas, activities and events
organized by our student
Reps………..Thank you for helping
us make Ascend even better!
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-----Zee
-----Zee Ryan
Chinatown Tour – A feast for the senses!
On 1st February, a group of 24 students and 3 teachers went
on a tour of Chinatown to experience the atmosphere leading
up to Chinese New Year.
Red and golden decorations
everywhere and big colourful
lanterns!
Walking
around, and
enjoying the
sights
It’s time for
lunch……..after
all the activity
A truly enjoyable trip where students from
different levels interacted and spent time with
each other!
Bringing the ‘Ascend’ community together…
Teamie is Ascend’s social learning management system. As a student at Ascend you can access
Teamie from any computer that has the Internet. This will allow you to interact with your
classmates, students and teachers at Ascend.
Teamie is a closed network. Only students who attend Ascend
have access to Teamie. So, get your username and password
from Lisa, our lab manager (level 5)………..and check Teamie
regularly.
You can access Teamie from your smart phone too. Download
the ‘app’ and start posting interesting things for your friends
to read. Remember Teamie is here to help us keep in touch and
learn more English together
-Lisa Van der Berg(Lab Manager)
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7th Feb – Candy (Pre-Int)
11th Feb – Alisa (Elem)
27th Feb – Mr U (IELTS)
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4th Feb – Module 2 begins
7th Feb – Take 5 film evening
Exams!
11&12th Feb – Public holidays(CNY)
14th Feb – Valentine’s Day
28th Feb – Module 2 exams
EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM INCLUDE:
Handing in someone else's work as your own
Copying words or ideas from someone else
without giving credit
Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
Giving incorrect information about the
source of a quotation
Plagiarism is copying another
Changing words but copying the sentence
person's work or borrowing
structure of a source without giving credit
someone else's original ideas.
copying so many words or ideas from a
Plagiarism is an act of fraud. It
source that it makes up the majority of your
involves both stealing someone
work, whether you give credit or not
else's work and lying about it
afterwards.
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