This infographic shows what librarians have long known–that good readers make great students!
Another recent study suggests that reading for pleasure improves achievement in not only vocabulary and spelling, but also maths. Here’s to reading!
19 March, 2014
Published by Library Team in Uncategorized
This infographic shows what librarians have long known–that good readers make great students!
Another recent study suggests that reading for pleasure improves achievement in not only vocabulary and spelling, but also maths. Here’s to reading!
18 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
45 Swimmers attended the short course (25m swimming pool) on Saturday and 13 swimmers attended the long course (50m swimming pool) ISB Splash Championships over the weekend.
On Saturday 144 individual swims were completed with 100 personal bests achieved (69.4%) and 2 new swim times were recorded.
On Sunday 34 individual swims were completed – a staggering 28 of which were new swims (these swimmers had never previously competed over this distance and went into the meet with NO entry time (NT) of the 6 individual swims with an entry time , 5 swims achieved a personal best!
Special mention goes out to:
Loogcliun 3rd placed overall Under 8 year old.
Under 8 Girls 3rd Place Medley Relay
Boys 9 -10 years 3rd Place Medley Relay
Under 8 Girls 1st Place Freestyle Relay
Boys 9 -10 years 2nd Place Freestyle Relay
Shrewsbury 1,2,3 Girls U8 100m Breaststroke LONG COURSE
Loogcliun:1st Place 25m Breaststroke, 2nd Place 25m Backstroke,3rd Place U8 25m Freestyle, 3rd Place 25m Fly,
Chi Cha: 3rdPlace U8 100 Individual Medley, 1st Place 25m Fly
Purse: 3rd Place U8 25 Breaststroke
Vic: 3rd Place 9-10 Breaststroke
Rena: 2nd Place 11-12yr 200m freestyle LONG COURSE, 3rd Place 11-12yrs 100m Fly LONG COURSE
Pind: 1st Place 9-10 years 100m Fly LONG COURSE
Matthew W: 3rd place 11-12 years 200 Backstroke LONG COURSE
Kate P 1st Place U8 100m breaststroke LONG COURSE
Naomi: 2nd Place U8 100m breaststroke LONG COURSE, 3rd Place U8 100m Backstroke LONG COURSE
Proud L: 3rd Place U8 100m breaststroke LONG COURSE
Matthew P: 1st Place 9-10 100m breaststroke LONG COURSE, 2nd Place 9-10yrs 200m Freestyle LONG COURSE
Congratulations to all swimmers, who behaved and swam exceptionally well throughout both days.
Please follow the links below to see the full results
SHB Swimmers ONLY Saturday Results
SHB swimmers ONLY Sunday Results
FULL ISB Splash Saturday Results
FULL ISB Splash Sunday Results
14 March, 2014
Published by Library Team in Special Events, Uncategorized
Enjoy this gallery of photos from Fully Booked 2014!
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Fully Booked 2014 has just come to a close. It was an action-packed week, featuring events for students from EY1 through to Y13.
The week started off with a Senior School costume day and Fully Booked Assembly. Molly and Valentine served as MCs, introducing a poetry performance from 7HA, videos from 8PD, and a lovely essay by Oliver Estridge (Y10). Mr Kirk, Ms Conger, and Ms Dakin served as judges for the hotly contested costume competition. Seniors were dismissed from the assembly to Share a Book You Love, where they had a chance to read some of their favourite stories to an appreciative audience of Junior School students.
Monday also saw the first day of events in the Storytelling Tent. At break, Junior Students were treated to stories by some of their teachers, while at lunch, they were invited to listen to readings and original stories from Senior School students as part of the House Storytelling Competition.
Each morning during registration, forms in the Senior School were treated to poetry readings by Senior School faculty. Mr Holroyd also participated, reading a Seamus Heaney poem to 10DC.
Each day in the library, Junior School students participated in a variety of reading-themed activities. They were invited to illustrate poems, draw their favourite book characters, complete a library scavenger hunt, guess how many books were in the library, and complete origami designs. They could also make short videos about their favourite books in a special library photo booth.
Students all across the school were invited to participate in the annual bookmark design competition. In the end, Mono (2SD), Namwoon (4LM), and Mod (9SM) were chosen as the winners. Their beautiful artwork is in the process of being turned into bookmarks for the whole school to enjoy.
Y4, led by Ms Dusting, enjoyed bedtime stories on Thursday afternoon, complete with milk and cookies and a visit from Ms Weston and Ms Beeman.
The week came to a close with the famous Junior School Character Parade and Fully Booked Assembly. Junior School teachers and students really outdid themselves this year, coming dressed in a variety of spectacular costumes. At the end of the day, Mr Holroyd shared a story in the library with some luck Pre-Prep students. It was a busy, lovely, book-filled week. The library staff are already looking forward to Fully Booked 2015!
13 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Dear Swimmers and Parents
Below you find the results from the BISAC swim trials held on Saturday March 8th and the BISAC team selections. Congratulations to all swimmers who have worked exceptionally hard to get to this point.
400m Time Trials Girls Results
Please note the times used for your entry times will be the fastest short course (25m pool) time you have recorded, this may be different to the time you recorded on Saturday.
If you believe there to be any difference between your event selections and those published in the teams above, please inform me before Sunday 16th March. No further changes will be permitted after Monday 17th March.
Congratulations everyone.
Mrs Gill
13 March, 2014
Published by English Department in English Department Events, Uncategorized
Link to FUSION 2014 Photographs: Copy the link into your browser https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-rM6NJVWAmUanpmT3RCWjhzdVE&usp=sharing
12 March, 2014
Published by Library Team in Author of the Month
Neil Gaiman is our Author of the Month for March. Here is some information about him
Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008) In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Quick Fact
Born: Neil Richard Gaiman,10 November 1960 (age 53) Portchester, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Novelist, graphic novelist and screenwriter
Nationality: British
Period:1980-present
Genres:Fantasy, horror, science, fiction, dark fantasy
Notable works: Coraline, The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Official Website: http://www.neilgaiman.com/
Selected Books
Caroline
There is something strange about Coraline’s new home. It’s not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It’s the other house – the one behind the old door in the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that ifshe ventures through that door, she may never come back.
The Graveyard Book
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him – after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod’s life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
Neil’s books will be on display in the Junior Library for the whole month. Please check them out and tell us what you think of them in the comments.
12 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Dear Swimmers and Parents
Please follow the links below for the psych sheets, meet program and swimmers entry lists for ISB Splash this weekend.
Shrewsbury have been allocated the first warm up session, all swimmers should arrive at ISB sports complex no later than 6.50am. Shrewsbury will be seated inside the gym, in our allocated area.
For swimmers taking the school bus, the bus will leave at 6.10am prompt. If you have not booked a seat on the bus and wish to do so please contact me in the Sports and Activities Office before Thursday.
It is expected the meet will conclude by 4.30pm on Saturday and 1pm on Sunday. Please may I make a polite request for all Shrewsbury swimmers to remain at ISB until the medal presentation is complete, in the past two swim meets, Shrewsbury swimmers have won awards and there have not been present to collect these awards.
All swimmers must wear the Shrewsbury green and gold swim suit, with white Shrewsbury swimming hat, there are to be no exceptions to this.
Swimmers will each receive a program, t shirt and lunch voucher for the Saturday, these will be available to collect from your swim coach on Saturday morning after the coaches meeting. Results will be published in the gym and on the Meet Mobile App, please search for ISB Splash Saturday and ISB Splash Sunday these are separate meets. The results published on the score board and on meet mobile are not confirmed until the official paper results are published in the gym, however should you spot an error with any of the results please inform your coach within 30 mins. All results must be contested within 30 minutes of publication.
If you have any questions about the swim meet this weekend please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best Wishes
Vicki
11 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Dear Parents and Swimmers
The deepest swimming pool is today experiencing a technical problem, while we resolve the issue this swimming pool will not be in use this afternoon.
Swimming will therefore finish at 3.30pm today for Killer Whales, Blue, Green, Yellow and Red swim squads.
Swimming will continue as normal until 5pm for FOBISIA and the selected BISAC swim team who received their confirmation emails yesterday.
If you would like to double check if this affects your child, please do not hesitate to contact me at victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th
Thank you for your understanding.
Kindest Regards
Vicki
10 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Dear Swimmers and Parents
All swimmers who came top 3 in their event at the weekend have now been emailed with their BISAC event selections.
Please do not be disheartened if you have not yet received an email, many swimmers qualified for more than their permitted number of events (four juniors or six seniors) and have to decide which events they would like to compete in. Swimmers who placed fourth – sixth will be contacted on Wednesday when all entry confirmations have been received.
Full team lists, including relay teams will be available on Thursday from 5pm onwards.
If you have any questions regarding the BISAC event selections please contact me at Victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th or in the Sports and Activities Office.
Best Wishes
Vicki
10 March, 2014
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Dear Swimmers and Parents
Please follow the links below to the ISB Splash Psych Sheets. Please check through your events carefully. Should you spot any errors please contact me via victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th before Wednesday March 12th.
If you have not already reserved a seat on the bus for either day and wish to do so, please contact the Sports and Activities Office before Thursday March 13th.
Best Wishes
Mrs Gill