TENBY SCHOOLS IPOH. Newsletter #131 - January Highlights in this newsletter: New Parents Coffee Morning. PT3 Results. PA Committee Nominations

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1 TENBY SCHOOLS IPOH Newsletter #131 - January 2017 Highlights in this newsletter: New Parents Coffee Morning PT3 Results PA Committee Nominations Engage Parent Portal Commencement of CCA Chinese New Year Assembly & Dress Up Welcome Back Message from Acting Head of Sekolah Tenby Canteen Weekly Menu

2 From the Campus Principal Jane Kuok Dear Parents and Tenby Community, Happy New Year! It was great to welcome the students, parents and staff back on Campus this week the School is just not the same without the familiar sounds of children s voices. Welcome This term, we welcomed over 50 new families to the Tenby family as well as the following new members of staff: Nantheni Nair Narandran English Teacher, Sekolah Tenby Siti Norathirah Binti Zanaia Bidin Teacher Assistant, TIS Primary Amirah Binti Jalaluddin Mathematics Teacher, TIS Secondary Eugene Azor French Teacher, TIS Secondary Vatsala Sekahar Teacher Librarian We are very pleased that they have joined us and hope that they will ease into the School well. New Parents Coffee Morning All existing and new parents are invited to attend the Coffee Morning led by the Parents Association Committee on Tuesday 17th January at 08:30hrs in the Library at Meru Campus and Thursday 19th January at 09:00hrs in the School Hall. This will be a chance for new parents to meet existing parents to introduce them to the school community. PT3 Results We are pleased to report that the results of the PT3 examinations have shown continuous improvement since the introduction of the new examination format. Seven subjects achieved a 100% pass rate - English Language, Geography, History, Life Skills, Malay Language, Pendidikan Islam and Science. Well done to the students and teachers involved. More details can be found under the Sekolah Tenby section of the Newsletter. Congratulations to the following students in particular: Brendan Lee Yee Hao Muhamad Aryan Khuzairi Celiane Lee Jia Wen Izzati Taqiah binti Shahril Affendi Reshma Nachiappan Kelvin Cheong Rabiatul Adawiyah binti Ahmad 7A 6A 5A 5A 4A 4A 4A

3 Parent Association (PA) Committee Nominations Every parent of pupils attending the School are automatically deemed to be Members of the PA. However, the PA Committee consists of elected members of the PA of which there should be ideally two representatives from each section of the School (Early Years, TIS Primary, ST Primary, TIS Secondary, ST Secondary). It is time to elect the PA Committee for this year and we welcome any nominations. Please note that those nominated must abide by the aims of the PA, which are: 1. To support the school in furthering its Mission and Vision of A United World At Peace Through Education. 2. To provide support for school events, activities, trips and inter-school competitions. 3. To provide support to parents of new students joining Tenby Schools. 4. To support school activities and fund raising for charities. 5. To encourage participation in parents meetings and activities organised by the schools. 6. To facilitate contact between parents and staff as a means of strengthening the school community and enhancing communication. 7. To provide a means whereby the school leadership may be kept abreast of the views of parents and feedback to the parent body. 8. To encourage liaison between Sekolah Tenby and Tenby International School. In addition, PA Committee members must be available to attend 2-3 meetings a term and have time to work behind the scenes with any preparation or organisation required for supporting school activities/events. This may include several additional meetings with the team to plan initiatives. If you are interested in being a nominee, please fill in the PA Nomination Form (attached) and return it via to ipoh@tenby.edu.my by Friday 13th January, 12:00hrs (noon). Please include a passport photograph of yourself. Parents may also collect a copy of the PA Nomination Form from Reception. We will publish the nominees in the Newsletter on Friday 20th January and if there are no objections received by Tuesday 24th January, we will put the nominees names to a vote if there are more than the number of representatives required. Details of any voting will be provided later. The PA Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 4th February at 10:00hrs in the Auditorium. All parents are welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there. ENGAGE Parent Portal Please remember that the ENGAGE Parent Portal is the main form of communication from the School. We will be using this platform to book CCAs, book meeting slots, send home notices, reminders, letters, homework details and Newsletters. Please ensure that you have access to this and check frequently. Parents should receive an alert when a notice from the School has been received via the Portal. No , Username & Password? There are several parents who have not given us their address to enable us to set up a username and password. Others have asked if we can set up the account with their child s to which we have declined as the portal is for parents, not students. There are many free accounts that can be opened through Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo to name a few. Therefore, please let us know your address so that access to the portal can be set up immediately. Alternatively, we can set up an account for you so that you can access the portal. Please contact Reception or the IT Department for more information. Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) CCAs begin on Friday 13th January. If you have not already booked your child(ren) s CCAs via the ENGAGE Parent Portal by Saturday 7th January you will need to contact Mr. Foo (Head of Student Affairs) via doug.foo@tenby.edu.my. If you have selected CCAs that require payment, you should have received a confirmation notice via the ENGAGE Parent Portal. Payment can then be made via the Accounts Department from Monday 9th January. Payment should be made by Friday 13th January.

4 Updated Parent/Student Handbook This updated version has been published on the Parent Portal earlier this week. Please take a few minutes to peruse this document to keep abreast of School expectations and operational matters. It would be useful to keep a copy for reference in future. Community Code of Conduct The Community Code of Conduct will be distributed to Sekolah Tenby students next week. We would be grateful if parents could find the time to go through this with their child(ren) and sign to acknowledge that they have read the expectations. SAFE STEPS Road Safety Awareness Final Drive We will be conducting two more road safety drives at Dr. Seenivasagam Park where our student leaders will conduct sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety. The first session will take place on Saturday 21st January where Tenby secondary students will be invited to attend. The second session will be extended to local secondary schools on Saturday 25th February. Chinese New Year Assembly & Dress Up The Chinese New Year Assemblies will take place at the following times: TEYCI Tuesday 24th January at 08:30hrs in the School Hall. Meru Raya (Main Campus) Thursday 26th January at 08:00hrs in the MPH. Parents are welcome to attend and we encourage everyone in the community to celebrate and embrace another wonderful community festival by dressing up in traditional Chinese Dress on the respective assembly days. School - Early Closure on Friday 10th February Please note that the School and offices will close at 15:00hrs on Friday 10th February to facilitate the Tenby Schools Annual Dinner. We would be grateful if you could ensure that your child(ren) are collected by then on this day. Have a good weekend.

5 PA Nomination Form for Academic Year 2017 Please fill in the following information if you would like to nominate yourself for the Parents Association. Name of Nominee:.. Insert Passport Size Photograph What relevant skills and experience do you possess? What can you contribute to the Parents Association and the school? What classes are your child(ren) in? Can you commit to attending regular committee/follow up meetings in school and events arranged by the Parents Association? Signed: Date: Please submit your nomination via to by Friday

6 Dear Parents of Sekolah Tenby, Welcome back to the new academic year in A new year represents a fresh start. We hope you have all had a lovely end of term holiday in December. I am looking forward to getting to know your children and you over in this new term especially during Parents Forums and Parents Evenings. We welcome your constructive feedback to develop Sekolah Tenby to be a better educational institution, so if you have any thoughts or ideas, please let us know. PT Results On 17 th November 2016, we celebrated the UPSR results that we are ranked No.2 in the Northern Kinta district (out of 112 schools) with GPA of Here I would like to take this opportunity to share Sekolah Tenby s PT3 results that was released on 19 th December was the third year that students in Form 3 sat for PT3 examination. There were a total of 24 students from Form 3 who sat for PT3. Seven subjects obtained 100% pass rate - English Language, Geography, History, Life Skills, Malay Language, Pendidikan Islam and Science. Results show that there is an improvement in the GPA of 2.33 compared to 2.48 in 2015 and 2.81 in Year GPA (Note: The GPA operates on a decreasing scale where a lower index value indicates better candidate achievement) Congratulations to the following students: Brendan Lee Yee Hao Muhamad Aryan Khuzairi Celiane Lee Jia Wen Izzati Taqiah binti Shahril Affendi Reshma Nachiappan Kelvin Cheong Rabiatul Adawiyah binti Ahmad 7A 6A 5A 5A 4A 4A 4A Focus for this year Our focus this year will be in line with the School s Mission Point 1 To enable students to achieve their full potential for academic excellence and achievements in sports and arts as well as promote better integration amongst the school community. The Leadership Team will be reviewing assessment and putting into place a revised, more rigorous system for tracking (half-termly tracking) to aid with raising student achievement. With this, the reporting and tracking system will be revised and we will keep you informed of these updates. Teachers teach their students to learn all they can so they have options in life. One's potential is not set in stone at birth but it has to develop and change with increased knowledge and understanding. The role of teachers in Sekolah Tenby is to help students in the process of this discovery, and we do expect teachers to set an

7 example. We have shared the story of Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson with all Sekolah Tenby teachers during the staff meeting on the 30 th December When the situation changes, this story explains how these characters react to the situation differently. That s the same principles we should adopt in our life to deal with change. How does this story fit into the world of education particularly in Sekolah Tenby? Change happens with technology leading the way in the 21st century, teachers must realise that their teaching methods must keep up as well. Gone are the days of looking information up in a hardbound encyclopaedia. Teachers must keep up with new ways to present information, make assignments meaningful, evaluate for real learning, and use data in their decision making. Teachers should look at change as an opportunity for growth and learning. Revised KSSR and KSSM curriculum The Malaysian Education Blueprint maps out the roadmap to build and efficient education system that features universal access all the way through to secondary education. All primary and secondary schools nationwide in 2017 will come under the newly revised curricula Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR) and Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Menengah (KSSM). Teachers in Sekolah Tenby were undergoing training courses on KSSR and KSSM by the Ministry of Education in Parents who attended the Standard 6 Transition Day on the 23 rd November 2016 were given a briefing regarding the revised curriculum. The curriculum will stress on student-centered and differentiated teaching, but it will have a greater emphasis on problem-based and project-based work. Students in Standard 1 and Form 1 are to learn an additional language starting with Chinese and students will have to participate in community service under Islamic Education and Moral Education. In Sekolah Tenby Ipoh, all students in Standard 2 to Standard 6 will have the opportunity to learn Chinese language according to their levels advanced or beginner level. Recommended textbooks for Chinese Language for advanced students will be specified by the subject teachers during the first week of school and this information will be pasted onto the students planners. Dual Language Programme (DLP) Sekolah Tenby has been given the approval to teach Mathematics and Science in English under the Dual Language Programme (DLP) at three entry points (Standard 1, Standard 4 and Form 1) from 2016 onwards. We are the only private school in Perak to be given this approval. Only 300 schools across Malaysia have been selected to participate in the programme. The DLP at Sekolah Tenby will be rolled out in 2017 according to the schedule below:

8 Besides strengthening the English Language, we want to emphasise that Sekolah Tenby plays the role of upholding and developing the Malay language. The importance of Malay Language as the country s official language is indisputable and the strongest unifying factor irrespective of race or religion, therefore all students need to learn and master the use of the Malay language properly. Examination Dates These are the examinations dates for 2017: Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Sejarah) Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Geografi) Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Bertutur) Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Mendengar) Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Bertulis) Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Ujian Bertulis) Evaluation Test 1 Mid Year Examination Form 4 & 5 Mid Year Examination Std 1 Form 3 UPSR Trial PT3 Trial SPM Trial End of Year Examination Form 4 End of Year Examination Std 1 Form and 18 September 2-26 May 9-31 July 2-30 April August 9-12 October 6 November 4 December 6-10 March May May July 4-7 September 4-15 September 23 October-2 November 30 October 2 November We hope that we will have a great year ahead, working collaboratively to ensure that students are happy and making forward strides with their attainment. If you or your children have any concerns whatsoever, please contact your child s form tutor in the first instance. Wong Kin Tung Acting Head of Sekolah Tenby, Ipoh

9 Happy Chinese New Year! From: Jorja, Joey, Yileng & Chris

10 Welcome back to school! Class Activity Form 3T Moral Studies Group Work & Presentation

11 News from Tenby Early Years Centre Ipoh Happy New Year! A very warm welcome indeed to all our parents and children for this new and exciting academic term. The first day in school at TEYCI started off with happy faces of children coming back to school. We have opened another Toddler class (Toddler M). Most of the new children have adapted well to their new environment and their teachers very quickly. Upon settling the children in, the parents were ushered to the hall for an orientation session which gave them a good understanding of the child s learning journey at Tenby. The children will now embark on the new theme in IPC for this term. Level Term 2 (first half) Term 2 (second half) Toddler Transport Animals Nursery Animals Bears Reception Treasure Changes Year 1 A Day In The Life History - Time Travellers After School Enrichment (CCA) will begin next week with: Day Lesson Time Monday Mandarin Tuesday Music Wednesday Art & Craft 13:45hrs 14:45hrs Thursday Taekwondo With the start of this new term, we hope children will come on time, ready for the day s learning experience. Looking forward to a great term. Have a wonderful week.

12 News from Primary Dear Parents and Guardians, Please be informed that from Term 2 onwards, the children s Home Learning pages, Spelling Lists and IPC Learning Tasks will be uploaded onto the Parent Portal. Do ensure that you check your Parent Portal page regularly. You can access the Parent Portal via Parent Portal log in details were sent out via to parents in March, Thank you Miss Lam Mathematics is a subject where you learn best by tackling problems/challenges. Every week, a new challenge will be posted here for you to pit your wits against. We invite you to have a go at solving it. If you get stuck, keep trying, and do go away and come back later- often, you will find that you have a better idea on your second, third or even fourth attempt. Solution for Maths Challenge #009 Sharing and Division

13 Maths Challenge #010 Number and Place Value Dear Parents/Guardians, Book Exchange Corner The Primary Student Council would like to set up a Book Exchange Corner to encourage the love for reading. Children will be able to take out a book to read during break times or bring it home. All we ask is that books taken out to be returned to the shelves when they have finished reading so that other children can have the opportunity to enjoy the book as well. This is how you can help us. We are looking for pre-loved books or comics that are age-appropriate for Primary children. If you have any books or comics suitable for us, please drop them at the Primary Office. Thank you very much for your help. The Primary Student Council

14 Year 6 Mock Checkpoint Do take note that the Year 6 Mock Checkpoint will be held in the week of 16 th January, Please ensure that your child does not miss school during the week. Normal lessons will carry on throughout the week. Year 6 Checkpoint Parent Information Meeting (PIM) Date: 25 th January, 2017 Day: Wednesday Time: 1700 to 1800 hours Venue: Library Spelling for Lower Primary Date: 20 th January, 2017 Day: Friday Time: 0830 to 0930 hours Venue: Library

15 Sixth Formers Bring X Mas Cheer to Orang Asli Village Kampung Pawong is one of a cluster of Orang Asli villages along the Simpang Pulai- Tanah Rata Road which leads to the Cameron Highlands. This is where our Christmas Charity convoy of six 6 th Formers and three Tenby teachers arrived on the morning of 4 th December (L-R) Manpreet,Stephanie, Emi, Marcus, Chan Hon and Ridzuan

16 Our team reached this village in a procession of three cars carrying the provisions donated by our entire Tenby schools community. It was the culmination of our three-month-long charity drive within the school to show our care and concern for the aboriginal villagers. Manpreet speaks to the Orang Asli villagers. Led by Sixth Form Council president-designate, Manpreet Kaur our team comprised Muhammad Ridzuan Mat Som (Vice President SFC), Stephanie Cheah (Secretary), Marcus Yap,Emi Yamamoto and Chan Hon. Together with them were Mr Louis, Mr Harry and Mr Alex Chuah. Marcus and Ridzuan impress the village girls!

17 The villagers were all gathered in a small pre-school centre where we were welcomed by the village headman, Encik Ismail (popularly known as Pak Mail) who briefed us on the social and economic status of the Orang Asli in the villages on the Cameron Highlands route. Pak Ismail on the greatest challenge facing the Orang Asli Our greatest challenge, he declared is to chart a clear course for the future. Our young people are at the crossroads. Should they go forward into full scale modernization or should we be more concerned about preserving our traditional way of life? We were there that day to think about how we at Tenby Schools Ipoh could help the Orang Asli make that important decision for themselves. Our target group were the young ones, right from the preschoolers to those in secondary school.

18 We are in the throes of a our fact-finding mission. We hope to help the young orang asli through educational support, counseling and peer interaction with them commented Muhammad Ridzuan.

19 That morning, our sixth formers had a fun time with the children playing games with them on the village road. Despite being surrounded by the Malayan jungle, it is an irony that the young villagers had no space for open play such as on a field remarked Chan Hon. There were several learning outcomes which we drew from this fellowship visit. There are more than 700 people in this village.they are all of the Semai tribe. They have adequate basic facilities such as concrete homes, piped water supply and electricity. The JOA (Orang Asli Department) arranges for visits by medical teams from time to time but the nearest medical centre is 18 kilometres away in Simpang Pulai. The nearest primary school lies about 18 kilometres away while the nearest secondary school lies another 18 kilometres away on the opposite direction. The school where hostel facilities are available lies some 50 kilometres away in Hulu Kinta. Many young people face a dilemma after completing their SPM. Should they go further away from the village or should they remain within the Orang Asli tribal areas? Our Sixth Formers plan to strengthen our bonds with the Orang Asli children in these kampungs in order to help them along in the journey of life. We hope to do this in the following ways: Organising motivational sessions for the Orang Asli youth Donating educational materials for their preschool centres Engaging with OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA to promote further/higher education for qualified Orang Asli children. Sponsoring educational support for selected Orang Asli children Submitted by: Manpreet Kaur & Stephanie Cheah (Year 12S)

20 Farewell Speech at Graduation Night of Cohort 12 by Anna Varghese, President of the Sixth Form Council 2015/2016 Date: 24 th November 2016 Venue: The Legendary Club, Ipoh A very good evening I bid to Ms. Kuok, the Campus Principal, Mr. Davidson, Head of Secondary School, Mr. Choong, Head of National School, Mr. Centeno, Deputy Head of Secondary School, Mr. Louis, Head of Sixth Form and my dear teachers and friends. These past 18 months have been long and hard, grueling and exhausting but absolutely extraordinary. Our time in Tenby Sixth Form has changed all of us so much for the better. From scrambling to prepare for debates to calming our jittery nerves before performing our Shakespearean play on a huge stage to even something as simple as singing with the residents of a senior citizens home, every single one of these experiences has truly enriched us.

21 And obviously not forgetting the main reason we are here, which is to benefit from a world class education to prepare us for life at university. And I know without a shadow of doubt that we wouldn t be here and have achieved what we have without our teachers. Thank you so much to our teachers. To Ms. Chong YC, Mrs. Jeya, Mrs. Pakianathan, Mdm. Lau and Mr. Alex, thank you for being so dedicated and for always going above and beyond what was required just to ensure we understood everything completely. I don t take any Arts subjects but my friends in the Arts classes have nothing but praise for their hardworking teachers. To Mr. Mano, Mr. Harry, Mr. Des, Mr. Louis, Mr. Francis and Dr. Judy (who both were unfortunately unable to attend), there are no words to adequately express our gratitude for all that you do each and every day just for us. A special thank you to Mr. Louis and Ms. Mangales (who unfortunately couldn t make it) who work tirelessly to organise our charity events, Global Perspectives debates, Shakespearean plays, Cameron Highlands trips and basically making sure nothing falls apart and everything runs smoothly. The Sixth Form wouldn t function as well as it does without you. A big thank you to our Campus Principal,Ms. Jane Kuok for recognising the Sixth Form as a unique facet to our school and for always treating us with the dignity appropriate to our age and as the young adults we are. And thank you for making a mark in the history of the Sixth Form by providing us with a Learning Centre. We hope that this learning centre will be the nucleus of a wider infrastructure for our Sixth Form.

22 I would like to thank Mr. Richard Davidson for providing us with leadership opportunities and for teaching us to responsible for ourselves. Thank you for encouraging us to always think bigger no matter how simple a project is. Thank you for supporting all the Sixth Form s long standing traditions like the GP Debates and our Shakespearean plays. Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank my class for always being supportive of all our projects. Every one of our projects has been a huge success and it wouldn t have been that way without all your time and contribution. Thank you to my official vice presidents, Ee Shih Liz and Tang Chi Hoe, for giving me wise counsel and for always shadowing me. And thank you to my two unofficial vice presidents, Phoebe Jane Soogan and Lydia Abraham. Whether it was finding a tiara in some godforsaken part of town or scouting the jungle, they were always there for me. I would like to wish good luck to Emily Wong, president of Cohort 13, who has been such a joy to work with and to Manpreet Kaur, president of Cohort 14 who unfortunately I haven t had the pleasure of working with very much. I wish you both of you all the best as my successor presidents, running everything and to help our Sixth Form to achieve greater heights. And of course a note of gratitude to Cohort 13 for organising such a fabulous event. I wish all of you the best in all your future endeavours and remember to savour every moment as time really does fly by. Thank you.

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