THe Green School Newsletter
for the green school community & friends
september 200
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by Katharine Lane
Congratulations to the new Student Council!
Daniel, Paloma,
Ananda, Gede,
Lucy, Tya, Leeland,
Vanessa, Jessye, Erinn, Lisa,
Rahul (president) Carina (vice-president),
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by Katharine Lane
Wow! What a start to the year in Grade 4-5! We’ve been busy already; learning about biographies and autobiographies and enjoying our exciting story, ‘Toby Alone’. We’ve been finding out about the world by... {readmore} |
by Rachel Sparks
The Creative Arts programme is a combination of Music, Visual Arts and Performing Arts. In Music, an introduction and... {readmore} |
by Jerry Lloyd
Grades 1 and 2 are off to a great start in the new school year!
This photograph was taken during a Green Studies lesson, where Ibu Dawn,... {readmore} |
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by Glenn Chickering
We’re a little football-crazy right now at Green School and as a result we’ve been concentrating pretty heavy on football skills and conditioning for the upper grades. For grades 1 and 2 we have been concentrating on social skills games, agilities and tag games. The rest of the semester will see introductions to volleyball with work on hitting, striking for the upper grades and catching and throwing for the younger students... {readmore} |
by Joel Mowdy
In the third week of school, between periods, a seventh grade student tied me up with a string of questions. He wanted me to explain the purpose of English class. Why is there a lot of time devoted to studying the English language when most of his classes are taught in English?Is the purpose of English class to learn grammar? Write a good essay? Learn to read better? What’s the big picture? He held the pointed tip of his pencil to a fresh page in his notebook and waited for my response... {readmore} |
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Photo of the Month |
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| Bali's Governor signs the official plaque for the opening of Heart of School, the Worlds largest Bamboo Building in the presence of Pak Ronald Stones, Green School Director |
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by Andrew Dalton |
| The first three weeks of the new academic year have been extremely smooth, busy and exciting. On the opening day we welcomed many new families to Green School and we wished them all a happy and successful year ahead. In addition, we welcomed a number of new and returning teachers. |
We are so fortunate to have such a highly skilled and qualified teaching staff that has the expertise to bring the very best out of every student. It was wonderful to see so many parents at the Information Sessions in week two,...
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by Susan Allen
Grade 3 has been very busy these first few weeks of school with lots of new and exciting learning taking place. Students have been experimenting and learning about the different states of matter in Science... {readmore} |
by Veronika Kusumaningrum
The Pre-Kindergarten have had a wonderful start to the school year. The children are enjoying sounding out the first letter in their names, and attempting to make that letter out of clay.
We sing the age-old nursery rhyme as we work: ... {readmore} |
by Andrew Dalton
On Wednesday this week, the parents had an opportunity to “Meet the New Principal” over coffee. The meeting generated some healthy discussion and helped to create new friendships... {readmore} |
by Glenn Chickering
We are thrilled to be playing our first official BSSA soccer game!!! Our 10-11 year-old team will play on Wednesday, August 26th at 3:00 pm at Dyatmika, a little north of Sanur. We would love to see you all out there to cheern... {readmore} |
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by Glenn Chickering
Join Heinz and Peggy Alberti, owners of Bali Healing Natural Care Center, for a discussion on the symptoms, causes, and natural treatments for ADH and ADHS in the Mepantigan Wednesday, September 16th 8:30-9:30 am... {readmore} |
by Glenn Chickering
We are excited to get started with our after-school extra-curricular program. Being that we are now apart of the BSSA (Bali School Sports Association), our sports teams will be practicing extra hard... {readmore} |
by Glenn Chickering
Rebecca Penrose, Green School parent and accomplished yoga instructor is pleased to be offering yoga classes for parents three days per week at the beautiful Heart of School on Green School's campus... {readmore} |
by Glenn Chickering
Be sure to check our extra curricular calendar for an up-to-date schedule of activities, sports matches, and Green School events... {readmore} |
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by Green School
Green Studies is one of our three main curriculum drivers at Green School. The aims of the program include (but are not limited to):
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To nurture respect for and understanding of the natural world; to heighten students’...
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by Green School
Friday, 11 September, directly after school, the area around Green Warung was transformed into a Farmer’s Market, featuring organic fruit, vegetables, rice and...
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by Green School
Green School sees hundreds of concert goers dancing to the rythym.
On the afternoon and evening of Sunday, 6 September, Heart of School was the site of a musical extravaganza the likes of which hasn’t...
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