Newsletter No. 35 - November 2013

Deepavali Celebration

Tenby Schools Ipoh celebrated the Festival of Lights this year in the last week of October with a

variety of Deepavali themed activities and events for staff and students. One of the highlights of

the week-long programme was the Deepavali assembly held at the Multipurpose Hall.

It was the biggest assembly thus far at the new campus with the gathering of more than 900 stu-

dents and staff from the Malaysian and International schools. The assembly started off with the

lighting of lamps by Mr Gilman, Mr Harvey and Mrs Puvanes. It was followed with performances

by students from Sekolah Tenby and Tenby International School (Primary and Secondary). The

staff and students from Tenby Sixth Form also did a short and hilarious sketch entitled ‘The Raja

Sutra’ guest starring Tenby’s very own Mr MGR!

The assembly ended at around 9.30am with a fashion parade by the students and staff all

adorned in their traditional and colourful Indian attires. (More picture on the next page!)

Deepavali Assembly 31 Nov 13

RANGOLI COMPETITION

Winners Sangeeta Jeyaratnam Aaliyah Nelson Sara Loke Suman Meet Kaur

1st runners-up Simranpreet Kaur Randhawa A'isyah Roslan Shabana Sanggeth Tay Pei Wen

2nd runners-up Monissha Thiagu Riseeba Saravanan Keshika Karunagaran Bianca Veshalini

SAREE SPEED-DRESSING

Winners Maryam Mohd. Razali, Maiko Yamane Celeste Tan Ashley Choo Li Xhing

1st runners-up Vikneshwaran Balasundaram, Ronald Tan Yi Jie, Margaret Lim Jo Ee, Lisa Elizabeth Finney

2nd runners-up Lee Syuen Jing, Sathis S Ravi, ManohjThiagu, Monissha Thiagu.

RANGOLI COLOURING COMPETITION

Level Winners

1st Runners-up

2nd Runners-up

KG Cheryl Chong

Wing Yuet Randal Teo

Jia Han Leon Marius

Maerutiu

Recep-tion

Sarara Shimi-zu

Satsuki Naka-no

Ivan Lim Jia Wen

Year 1 Muhd

Zaqwan Ha-kim

Miyui Shimizu Ong Zi Xin

Year 2 Erina

Maruyama Benjamin Ng Gan Cheng

Tan Euri

Year 3 Low Pei En Shivashini

Sivam

Suwetha Bal-asubramania

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Year 4 Jane Lim Qiao Qi

Zuwena Wong Zi Wei

Lee You Ning

Year 5 Heng Zhi Hen Adreena

Ellyza Zulher-ick

Faith Aimee Choong Jia Yi

Year 6 Lee Hui Ning Sarwin Na-

than Sunthara Lingam

Yow Yong En

KSSR 1 Yuvan

Thananbalan Kuhen Mani-

maran Gurrleen Kaur

KSSR 2 Lokavishnu Prasyaad

Alvina Chen Yik Xin

Ang Yong Xuan

KBSR 3 Goh Siew

Jun Clarence Li

Wei Yi Mok Zhi Xuan

KBSR 4 Duraiganesa Mahalingam

Kok Ming En Jolie

Irna Ridzwin Ishak

KBSR 5 Fong Chooi

Teng Wang Wei

San Valerie Pang

KBSR 5 Nig Ni Co Khoo Wan

Zun Shahmin

Yeap Kar Sze

WEEK 2

Pink was for October ‘The Stache’ is for Movember!

The Movember campaign is an independent

global charity where men and women join

together to raise November to raise aware-

ness for a charitable cause.

This year, the (male) staff from Tenby Inter-

national School have agreed to take up the

challenge to grow different styles of mus-

taches for the month of November. Money

raised from this campaign at Tenby will be

donated to a local charity cause, the Soropti-

mist International (SI) Ipoh’s Edufun Centre.

It is a centre in Ipoh which provides shelter and assistance for underprivileged children from problematic

environments and broken homes.

Starting from Monday, 18 November 2013 a collection box will be passed round at the school assembly

for this cause. Parents and guardians who wish to contribute to this cause are requested to write their

cheques to Ipoh International School Sdn Bhd or place your cash donations in a box in the main office.

We will be featuring our Mo Bros’ ‘moustache growing progress’ in our newsletters and here are the pictures for the first and second week.

Week 1

L-R: Mr Peh Eng Chuang, Mr Ricky Singh, Mr Andrew Lowery & Mr Fergus Tighe

National Chemistry Quiz

On 18 July 2013, nine

students from KBSM 5

took part in the annual

Malaysian National

Chemistry Quiz and five

students scored distinc-

tion and merit awards this

year. We would like to

congratulate all the stu-

dents who participated in

the quiz!

Distinction

Kimberly Chen

Lee Khai Hoe

Merit

Lim Su Jane

Muhsin bin Omran

Lee Syuen Teck

L-R: Kimberly Chen, Su Jane, Muhsin & Syuen Teck

Tenby Schools Parents Survey

We are publishing the annual Tenby Schools Parents Survey, and the link for it

will be kept open until Sunday, 24th November 2013.

A survey is a crucial part of school development and improvement. It gives us an

opportunity to celebrate what we are doing well, while at the same time provides

useful data to inform future plans, which will enable Tenby Schools to provide a

more effective teaching and learning environment for all of our students in the

years to come.

Please take a few minutes to complete the Parents Survey for 2013. We thank

you for taking the time to help us move forward.

To commence with the survey, please visit:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Tenby-Parents-Survey-2013

Leadership course

On 25 October 2013, eight student leaders from Tenby Schools Ipoh attended the

Leadership Training Workshop conducted by Eric Liddell and Aiden Harper of TFL

Education. Emily Ho, Caelan Parlanti, Alycia Wong, Warunya Lawpattanagoon,

Chantelle Wyllie, Choo Wei Yang, Jordan Loke and Chew Tzu Hong were accom-

panied by Ms Nikki Sullivan for the one-day workshop held at Tenby Schools Setia

Eco Park.

“This was the first time where students from all branches of Tenby (Tenby Schools

Ipoh, Tenby Schools Penang, Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park, Tenby International

School Miri and Tenby International School Setia Eco Garden) were able to meet

together in this sort of an event. It is always a good experience to meet students

from other schools, as it encourages unity of all the Tenby braches and also

grants us the opportunity to gain insight on the difference between life in Tenby

Ipoh and life in other Tenby schools,” Emily Ho, Year 10 Blue.

The workshop was divided into four sessions, Leadership Pathway, Team Lead-

ing, Communication and ‘We are all Leaders’ and for every session, students were

asked to reflect on the topic and what they have learnt from the activities conduct-

ed.

“The activities set up by the speakers were very meaningful as at the end of every

activity, there will always be a lesson to us all. The activities allowed us to imagine

and experience what might happen in real life if no one steps up and takes the

lead; what might happen if we have no proper communication among the group

and what might happen, if we do not co-operate with one another” Chew Tzu

Hong, KBSM 4.

Everyone found the workshop truly inspiring and they have even requested for the

school to organize similar inter-school events in the near future. The 6-hour work-

shop ended at around 3.30pm before the student leaders depart for Ipoh with the

school van.

“We went home feeling weary but definitely wiser as we have learned so much

from the course. It was an excellent experience and we all enjoyed it. I strongly

recommend Tenby to set this up again in the years to come” Jordan Loke, Year 10

Green.

Student Leaders (L-R): Choo Wei Yang, Chew Tzu Hong, Jordan Loke, Caelan Parlanti, Chantelle Wyllie, Emily Ho, Alycia Wong & Warunya Lawpattanagoon

CCA

Students have all been

assigned their CCA and

for fee paying CCA, stu-

dents need to have these

fees settled for the year.

Students with outstanding

CCA fees will be exclud-

ed from their CCA if fees

are not paid by 18 No-

vember 2013.

IPC Handouts

Please be informed that the

IPC handouts for early years at

Tenby International School and

IISEYC have been uploaded

on our website

(www.tenby.edu.my/ipoh/

downloads) and the hardcopy

of the handouts were also

handed to parents/guardians

from Early Years.

CCA-Dance

Ms Nikki Sullivan has released

a circular concerning the addi-

tional extended dance lessons

that will be held on every Mon-

day, 4.30pm - 6.00pm due to

the extremely high uptake of

Dance CCA. The session is

open to students who were

chosen during the audition held

on Monday, 11 November

2013. The regular Dance CCA

session on Tuesdays will be

conducted as usual. If you

would like to find out more

about the letter, please contact

us at ipoh@tenby.edu.my or

call us at 05 - 525 2628.

Holiday Enrichment This Autumn-term break, Ipoh International School Early Years Centre will be con-

ducting the Holiday Enrichment Programme from 9 December 2013 to 20 Decem-

ber 2013. A circular regarding the programme has been given to all parents at the

Early Years. Please contact the IISEYC at 05-253 2500 or 05-525 2628 (Bandar

Meru Raya campus) if you would like to know more about the Holiday Enrichment

classes.

Contact Us

Tenby Schools Ipoh

16 Persiaran Meru Raya

Bandar Meru Raya

30020 Ipoh, Perak

T: 05 - 525 2628

F: 05 - 525 2881

ipoh@tenby.edu.my

Visit us on the web at

www.tenby.edu.my/ipoh

Upcoming Events

Tenby Schools Penang Boys and Girls U15 Basketball Tour-

nament Date: Friday, 22 November 2013 to Sunday, 24 November 2013

Sixth Form @ Tenby International School

OPEN DAY

Date: Saturday, 30 November 2013

Time: 9.00am

Christmas Assembly

Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Venue: Auditorium