Our delegates from Year 8 to 11 went to Qatar to represent the interests of Liberia during the Model United Nations from January 26 – 29. This conference represented the culmination of many hours of preparation by the students in the lead up to the event.
Our Christmas Show this year included a wonderful mix of singing, dancing, acting, acrobatics, and magic. The theme was ‘Christmas around the world’ and our performances from primary included a play about Antarctica, salsa dancing from Latin America and Scottish Highland dancing. Secondary and primary students performed plays, sang and danced. We also had hip-hop dancing and Christmas carols sung in French!
We had celebration of cultures and countries from around the world by sharing different foods kindly supplied by the parents and families, speaking different languages and children wore clothes / costumes from their countries of heritage. Students also did a project on recycled materials.
Health and Well-being is one of the 17 Global Goals which world leaders have signed up to and so SES had a morning aerobics session on the football field lead by Mrs Petra Schurr. For more information about Globval Goals see: http://www.globalgoals.org/
We also had a presentation from Mr Roni from the green local organisation ‘Tunas Hijau’ concerning environmental issues such as recycling and making compost. Students asked questions following the video and slideshow and we discussed various environmental matters.
Our sports day was held at UNISA Stadium on a very warm and sunny day. The level of competition from all houses was high and a close-fought thing. Our sincere thanks to parents who came to support the children and for very kindly donating food and drinks. Also, we would like to thank parents who assisted with some of the events. It was an enjoyable and warm day! We would also like to thanks Mrs Cecile, teaching assistants, office staff, teachers and other members of the SES community who made everything run smoothly.
Results
1st Baya 423
2nd Garuda 414
3rd Sura 394
4th Komodo 382
The Student Council organised an exciting event for both primary and secondary students. Firstly, primary students played a variety of Halloween games, ate and enjoyed some music. Following this our secondary students enjoyed festive food, dancing and music supplied by DJ Tripleks. Students from other schools in Surabaya attended our party. The teachers, teaching assistants, office staff, support staff, Student Council and prefects and parents all worked very hard to make this a fun and outstanding event! Below is the link to the SES halloween party video made by the DJ Tripleks’ crew.
Montessori, Primary and Secondary students dressed up in their spooky costumes to celebrate this day. Prizes were awarded to the best-dressed child in each year group. Our kind parents donated some wonderful treats that the students enjoyed during break and lunch times. Montessori children had a Halloween parade and collected some treats in their pumpkin-shaped bags.
In this House Competition Secondary students played ultimate frisbee in which points are scored by passing the disc to a teammate in the opposing end zone. They really enjoyed the games. Primary students played a variety of traditional games on the soccer field.
Garuda won in the primary traditional games and Baya were successful in the ultimate frisbee tournament.
Results
| Sura | Baya | Garuda | Komodo | |
| Trad Games (Primary) | 10 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| Ultimate Frisbee (Sec) | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
Mr Sherring, Miss Lexi and the Teaching Assistants organized an excellent Maths Week which included daily quizzes, making a model city using scale and geometric shapes and culminated in a special assembly where awards were presented and we had a Maths House Quiz. It was a very enjoyable week showcasing mathematics and its application in the real world.
On the first Friday of the academic year new and existing staff had a chance to meet with parents and enjoy some drinks and snacks in the Gazebo. This was a very enjoyable evening. Earlier in the day we had our first assembly of the year where students and parents were introduced to the new teachers, considered their goals for the year and our new Principal did a magic show!
Our Secondary students spent five days with Outward Bound developing leadership and teamwork skills. In addition to the daily challenges, which included hiking, orienteering and camping, students camped and were responsible for preparing their own food.