Well done to TISC who recently won the House Basketball competition. TISC had previously won the House Basketball competition in 2002. Dr Newton, Headmaster of Taunton School, presented TISC with a trophy in assembly this week.
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Water treatment is a very necessary process in today's world. TISC Science students are seen here visiting a waste water treatment plant as part of their GCSE course. The waste water at this treatment plant comes from an area with a population of approxim... read more..
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The Spring Vacation Course began with two residential trips; a trip for the Science students to visit sustainable and alternative energy developments in North Wales, and a fun-packed activity weekend for other students in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire... read more..
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To celebrate St Patrick's Day, and the departure of some PG students for the Easter break, TISC held a green themed disco. Everybody dressed up in something green and some people went to the extreme of painting their faces green, as you can see in some o... read more..
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The Chinese New Year of the Rat fell on the 7th February 2008. Together with Taunton School students, around thirty TISC students of mixed nationalities went to the Mandarin House Restaurant to celebrate the New Year. The students received the traditional l... read more..
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January 25th is Burns' Night; a celebration of the life and works of the great Scottish poet. Haggis is a Scottish delicacy and is always eaten at Burns' Night Suppers. Mr Morley brought a genuine Haggis into TISC and let some student volunteers try it. O... read more..
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Taunton School's annual House Drama Competition arrived in January. This year's theme was 'DIY Shakespeare'. TISC's pre-GCSE students chose to base their performance on the Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet and produced an outstanding performance of '... read more..
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Taunton School holds several Informal Concerts throughout the year, each featuring different types of instruments. In the previous Wind and Percussion Concert, a TISC student Jacky Zhu wowed the audience with his performance on the drums. In January, the schoo... read more..
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At the end of term, the teachers treated us to a fantastic performance of Cinderella. We laughed all the way through!
It was great to see the teachers dress up and act. Mrs Nixon was the very pink and sparkly Fairy Godmother to Cin... read more..
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Halloween (31st October) is a traditional celebration in England and also in other countries. In TISC we had a great party on the 3rd of November. A DJ came to TISC and also many main school friends came and joined us.
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The annual House Singing Competition took place in the Taunton School’s Theatre on 16th October. It was really great!!!! I think that everybody had a lot of fun. Each of the boarding houses in Taunton School had to perform two songs.&n... read more..
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Last Friday, 2nd November some of the TISC students went to the Debating Society which was in Taunton School. In this debate there were two international girls, one from Kenya and one from Germany. This was their first year in Taunton School and they both spok... read more..
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In November, many TISC students took part in the annual Christmas charity event. We support a charity that sends Christmas presents to the world's poorest children by making up shoeboxes filled with gifts. Students who chose to be involved collected ... read more..
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On Sunday 4th November TISC had a football match against one of the most difficult teams in Taunton School called Wills West. Unfortunately we started the match with two substitutes and lot of injuries. In the first half we played well but Bolat&... read more..
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There was a big drawing day organised by Taunton School’s Art department in the Centenary Hall on 28th October. This was the first school day after half term, so it was a nice welcome back to all the students. The theme of The Big Draw was &ls... read more..
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TISC students took part in Taunton School’s Chess Competition at the end of October. Three players from each boarding house in Taunton School (including TISC) competed to be the best Chess Player in Taunton School. From TISC there was Abu, Gleb, and me. ... read more..
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TISC has an inter-house Olympics competition every year at the end of the half term. During this competition, three boarding houses compete with each other in different kinds of sports. In TISC, the three boarding houses are Avalon, Excalibur and Guinevere.... read more..
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With their suitcases packed full of warm clothes, spare socks, sleeping bags and for some… hairdryers, the TISC students were now ready for their PGL trip to Beam House in Devon. We arrived on Friday and were introduced to our instructors and had a t... read more..
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We are delighted with our GCSE examination results this year. 91.8% of our students got GCSE passes grades A* - C. These re... read more..
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Click here for 2008 Summer Vacation Courses dates. ...
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In the end of year feedback questionnaire 97% of students said they felt their English had improved during their time at TISC. Most students said they appreciated the care and support of their teachers.
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On Thursday 21st June was our last event of the year which again was held in the Old Library in Taunton School. It was prizegiving where all the students were presented with their certificates and prizes. The teachers had a problem choosing only ... read more..
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On the Tuesday of the students’ final week at TISC, we held our annual Sports Day event.
The students were split into six teams, with a mixture of boys and girls in each team. The day kicked off with a football competition and with no ... read more..
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On Monday 18th June we held our annual summer ball in the Old Library in Taunton School. All the students and staff attended and everyone looked wonderful. The boys wore dinner suits and the girls wore ball dresses. It was a special evening and ever... read more..
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Click here to see the latest progress on our new buildings.
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TISC held its annual Balloon Debate in the Taunton School Arts Centre which created the right atmosphere. Nine students took part and they chose their characters and then argued why they should be saved and not thrown out of the balloon. The characters were a ... read more..
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Comic Relief encourages people to run events that are both fun and amusing to raise money for charity. The BBC show special TV programmes, and schools and organisations all over the country organise fund raising events. Each class at TISC have put on a special... read more..
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On 22nd January building work started on four new classrooms with interactive white boards, a new ICT room and a new student recreation room at Taunton International Study Centre (TISC). Caroline Nixon, the Principal had the privilege of laying the ... read more..
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We are delighted to announce that we have now heard from the British Council that we have been accredited by them as an International Study Centre (ISC). Taunton is, therefore, the first International Study Centre in the world to receive this new accreditation... read more..
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