Message from the Principal

Dear Parents, Thank you for reading this newsletter.

Baby Adam

As reported to the School community on Monday, the body of Baby Adam is now in the UK and his parents are making funeral arrangements. Gary Bradley and Albina are unlikely to be back to School until next Term. Our thoughts and prayers are ex-tended to them and their respective families at this sad time. The cost of flying the body of Adam home has been very expensive, in addition to Gary’s and Albina’s flights, funeral costs are also high. If mem-bers of the School community would like to contrib-ute and support the Bradleys at this time, please leave any donation (cash or cheques made payable to Gary Edward Bradley) in a sealed envelope titled Baby Adam in the Admissions’ Office.

School Fees : Please make payment ‘on time’

Thank you to the majority of parents who make pay-ment of School Fees on time i.e. before the begin-ning of each term. The April Term 2016 Fees are due to be issued on Monday 14th March 2016. Alas, there have situations this Term of chil-dren being suspended from School because of a lack of payment, and no explanation about any diffi-culties. This causes great anxiety and distress for the child, family and the School. Please can all par-ents make payment ‘on time’.

Primary Health

The School met with Health Officials earlier this week. At this time of year, particularly in the Petal-ing Jaya district several Schools have reported cas-es of influenza. Their visit to SEP (KL) was ‘routine’, and Ross Armitage, Head of Primary, records that they found classrooms and toilets clean and hand sanitizer’s in all classrooms.

Busy weekends

Last weekend members of staff from both SST and TIS represented the School at the Association of International Malaysian Schools (AIMS).

Two full days of sport saw Tenby pupils strike gold in KLISS Secondary Athletics on Saturday, and on Sunday in a Tournament hosed by Tenby, 250 Bad-minton matches were played between 08:00hrs and 15:00hrs with Tenby Under 18 Boys winning Divi-sion 1 Championship, and the Tenby Under 18 girls in Bronze position, also in Division 1. Please see the sporting section for more details. Congratulations to the pupils, and thank you staff for ‘going the extra mile’.

Collection after sporting fixtures

Congratulations to the pupils who represent the School.

Thank you to the PE Staff who give up so much time coaching, and taking teams to matches and events.

Please can parents try and be as punctual as possi-ble for collection of children from School on return from away fixtures.

Charity Carnival and Open Day :

Saturday 12th March

Well done to the student organisers of the Carnival, and thank you Tom Robinson for facilitating. A large attendance is expected. Please be ready to use the exterior car park, and parking down the back exit road.

Farewell to Mike and Gill Carding

The Tenby SEP (KL) community (and Tenby Schools in Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Miri, Penang) has been enriched by Mr. Mike’s visits over these last 6 weeks. Next Monday the SEP (KL) Mathematics Department embark on a Maths in the Mall adven-ture with Year 7 pupils. On Tuesday Mr. Mike and his wife, Gill, return to England. Thank you Mr. Mike – please come back again.

Kind regards, Andrew Auster

Campus Principal

Carmina Burana : all five Tenby Schools rehearse on Saturday 19th March 2016 - 14:00hrs until

17:00hrs

Over 200 voices will come together next weekend for the first combined rehearsal in preparation for the Sun-day 8th May 2016 Concert in the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur City Centre. Even if your child is not participating please do support what promises to be another special Tenby occasion.

Masquerade Ball : Saturday 19th March

There are only a few tickets left. Please do come and enjoy a special Tenby even-ing. Watch our teaser video here.

Earth Hour :

Friday 18th March from 08:30 to 09:30hrs

Earth Hour is being recognised world-wide. Tenby SEP (KL) will participate in this global event, explaining to pupils the importance of conserving energy and en-ergy renewal, and switch off electricity for one hour next Friday.

Who can join?

EVERYONE who is at school at this time is encour-

aged to join us. Just get a reading material and start reading!

A sneak peek of the previous reading sessions….. Looking forward in seeing you there!

Sekola Sri Tenby Record – breaking SPM 2015 Results SST ranked No.1 in producing the best SPM results in Petaling Perdana District when these results were announced on Thursday 3rd March. The average School Grade (GPS) in 2014 was 2.88 but for 2015 it is 2.28, the lowest achieved so far. The smaller the value for GPS the better is the overall performance of the school. The detailed results are given below:- The graph shows the percentages of passes and Grade As for 16 subjects. The following 8 students from a batch of 48 students achieved straight A’s: Yap Min Suen (11A’s) Hoo Shin Euu (10A’s) Alice Voong Shew Yin (10A’s) Hoe Huey Teng (9A’s) Hua Yi Yen (9A’s) Leow Zhi Hoe (9A’s) Natalie Liew Suet May (9A’s) Chuah Sin Min (9A’s) Some achieving features of these results are as below:-

15 out of 17 subjects are 100% passes 8 subjects with % of Grade As more than 60% are as follows :

English 1119 ( 83.3% ) English 1119C (64.5%),Mathematics ( 89.6% ),Science(71.4% ), Pendidikan Moral ( 78.3% ), Sejarah ( 70.8% ),Physics ( 64.7% ) and Chinese Language (80%)

The no.& % of students with no. of Grade As are shown as follows:-

No of Grades A No of students % of students

1--3 11 22.91

4-6 15 31.36

7 6 12.50

8 5 10.42

9 8 16.67

10 2 4.17

11 1 2.08

Congratulations to all students for their excellent achievements. The school is very proud of all of you!

Parents Association’s 4th AGM 2016

On Thursday 3rd March 2016 morning, 37 parents attended the above AGM in the Auditorium. It

was indeed the best attended AGM so far! Thanks to all parents who had attended and those who

had nominated to be in the Committee 2016.Great thanks to the members of Committee 2015 for

job well done and also to welcome new members to come on board to serve in the new Committee

of 2016 !

All the nine nominated members were appointed to serve in the new committee for 2016.The first

meeting of the committee was held immediately after the AGM to form the main and sub-

committees. Other interested parents were also coopted into subcommittees like Security, Traffic

& Transport, CCAs, Sports & Library, Cafeteria, Events & PR and Health & Safety.

The names of parents in the various committees are given below:-

Main Committee Ms. Tay Chooi Moon Pn Lee Mei Leng

Co-Chair Co-Chair

Ms. Cindy Tan Ghim Hui Treasurer

Mr. Lew Kwong Ann Secretary

Mr. Tiong Boon Keong Member (Security, Traffic & Transport) Mr. Tony Yeoh Chiew Mun Member (Security, Traffic & Transport) Dr. Veronica Ng Foong Peng Member (Events & PR) Ms. Carrie Chong Swee Koon Member (Health & Safety) Ms. Janette Er Siew Bee Member (Cafeteria) Mr. Yee Kum Fei Member (CCA, Sports & Library)

a) Sub-Committee for Year Group Mr. Tony Yeoh Chiew Mun Lower Primary Dr. Veronica Ng Foong Peng Lower Primary Ms. Cindy Tan Ghim Hui Upper Primary Mr. Lew Kwong Ann Upper Primary

Mr. Tiong Boon Keong Lower Secondary Ms. Carrie Chong Swee Koon Lower Secondary Ms. Tay Chooi Moon Upper Secondary

Upcoming School Activities / Events for Term 1

Date/Time School Event/Activity Remark

Every Wednesday afternoon from 14:40-15:40hrs

Close to nature days Planting and caring of plants are some of the activities to inculcate the love for nature among growing children. Parents, staff and teachers are invited to join in. This is a great bonding time for Tenby Community! All participants must be appropriately dressed for doing gardening in the afternoon. Please remember to bring your water bottle and cap along.

Saturday 19th March Ex 8, Jalan SS13/4, Subang Jaya

Masquerade Ball This is organised by Tenby Schools PA and every extra ringgit raised above Ball costs will go to the Penan project

Monday 21st – Thursday 24th March DEAR Reading time:- Monday 21st March from 08:00-08:30hrs in Homerooms Reminder: Please remember to bring in your own reading materials

Book Week 2016 Activities are as follows for the following classes:- Std1/Yr1: Elmer’s Colouring by the Numbers Std2/Yr2: Elmer’s Photo Patchwork Std3/Yr3: Book Mark Making Std4/Yr4: LEGO Story Making Std5/Yr5: E Book QR Code Poster Std6/Yr6: Book Face Off

Tuesday 22nd March Primary Experiential Learning trips for Std. 1,2,3,5 & 6 (Day trips)

All Primary students will be on this learning trips with their teachers. No school provision if child does not participate Participants are to be in school by the usual school time

Wednesday 23rd March Primary Experiential learning trips for Std. 4 (Day trip)

Thursday 24th March 08:00- 16:00hrs

Tenby Leadership Series Workshop for Form 1-3 in school

The attire is complete school uniform and PE attire is to be brought along to change before activity times Friday 25th March

08:00-16:00hrs Tenby Leadership Series Workshop for Form 4 & 5 in school

Primary Prefects and Year Leaders Installation (Reported by Ms. Reeka)

During the primary assembly on Monday 22nd February 2016, a total of 13 Year Leaders and

eleven Prefects were appointed. Teachers and students celebrated the official induction of our

new student leadership team for year 2016. The prefects’ roles were revealed following a recital

of the Prefects Pledge.

The Head Prefect is Adam Harith (Std. 6S) and the Deputy Head Prefect is Kirthina (Std. 6S).

Prefects are given responsibility over a class and they have to carry out their duties during part of

the break and lunch times. They too carry out their respective duties during school events and

activities Congratulations to all these Year Leaders and Prefects of 2016!

SST’s “Close to Nature” Day Reported by Cikgu Azrul Hisham

Wednesday is often referred to “Close to

Nature” Day and outdoor activities are carried

out in the Edible Garden within Tenby

Science Garden. On Wednesday 2nd March

2016 afternoon, a group of Primary students

joined in the activity together with Cikgu Azrul

to harvest sweet potatoes and tapioca. These

plants were planted into the ground for 3-4

months before harvesting. The children were

so excited to see the tubers deep in the

ground.

The following were some information about sweet potatoes shared with the children: Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas Good nutritional value of sweet potato as it has high contents of Vitamin B6, D and C, minerals like iron, magnesium, potassium and also carotenoids. The children were also briefed about how to improve the yield for the next harvest. Various varieties of potatoes as shown below:-

Term 1 Examination Dates

Level Date

Std 1-3 Monday 14th-17th March (4days)

Std 4-5 Monday 14th –Friday 18th March (5days) Std 6

Form 1-2 Thursday10thMarch ----Tuesday15th March (4days)

Form 3 Thursday 10th- Wednesday 16thMarch (5 days)

Form 4 Monday 7th March-Monday 14th March ( 6 days)

Form 5 Monday 7th March –Monday 21st March (11 Days)

Parents of children who are attending other external examination/s during this duration are to inform their Homeroom Teachers via a letter for arrangement to be made for another time on the same day to sit for these papers on their return. If the child is sick on examination day, a doctor’s medical chit is to be submitted to the Homeroom Teacher and the child will be sitting for the missed paper on his/her return to school. The paper will be marked but it will be noted as “ABSENT” for the subject mark in the Termly Performance Report.

SST Secondary Prefect Installation 2016 Reported by Nicole Anne (F5M)

Henry Kissinger once said, “The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been."

A frequently asked question is, “What is the role of a prefect?”

Prefects are students who has special duties and helps to control younger students. The role of a prefect is not limited to only one thing, it includes assisting teaching staff, organising ac-tivities, supervising the behaviour of students, maintaining the school’s order and many more.

On Tuesday 1st March 2016, Sekolah Sri Tenby held their Prefect Installation for the year 2016, during the weekly secondary assembly in the MPH (Multi-Purpose Hall).

The installation was led by the Deputy Head of Student Affairs, Puan Saw. She managed to get the students hyped up in guessing who their head and deputy head prefect was for the year.

The moment of truth finally arrived, Puan Saw announced the Head Prefect as Nicole Anne and the Deputy Head Prefect as Lim Cheryl. However those weren’t the only two important roles as three other prefects were also chosen to be leaders of the Prefectorial board in order to form a whole full committee.

Asthajothi was elected as Event Coordinator, Jazzi Koe was elected as Treasurer while Zi Hui was elect-ed as the Secretary.

The newly elected Head Prefect, Nicole Anne then invited all the prefects up on stage to read the prefect pledge.

The pledge read by the prefects is giving the whole school an assurance that they will do their duties earnestly and to the best of their ability. On top of that, they were also promising to set a good example by their good behaviour, honesty and effort which will influence younger children to become helpful school citizens.

Together as a whole prefect board, as a family, we strive to change things around and fix our mistakes in order to become a firm and strong team so that others may look up to us as role models.

weesim.lam@tenby.edu.my

TIS Primary Please follow all our achievements on twitter @ TenbySEP_TISpri You can find this link on the front page of the school website. Carnival Primary pupils, parents and staff have organised lots of exciting stalls and activates please support them this Saturday 10:00 – 14:00hrs. Sibling Photographs The school photographer will be in school on 22nd April 2016 to take photos of new Primary children and sibling photos. Should you wish to register your children for a sibling photo, please email Ms. Chong at chongsiewfong@tenby.edu.my and provide children’s names and classes by Friday 15th April 2016. Please take note that the photographer has a limit of 40 places. Requests will be based on a first come first served basis. Meal Plan Just a reminder, Term 3 will start on 6th April 2016. KS1 parents need to put in their notice now if they want to opt out of the meal plan. This is so that sufficient notice is given to Diners Steps taken by school when several medical cases arise Just to remind parents that when your child is sick to keep them off school for 24hours from the last point of sickness. When there are a number of children who are ill, then school takes the following steps.

1. Deep clean – disinfectant of all furniture by cleaners 2. Information letters sent to parents of year groups 3. Teachers to re-visit hand washing with classes 4. Every class has hand sanitizer 5. For your information the school nurse is organising a hand washing workshop next week

with local health care provider Key dates

Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th Year Five Rivers trip to Kuala Selangor

Tuesday 15th EY trip to the chocolate museum (Nursery) and the organic farm (Reception).

Thursday 17th Year Four trip to FRIM

Friday 18th Challenge Maths and WWF Earth hour – turn of lights and electric appliances for one hour 09:00-10:00hrs can you support us at home?

Thursday 24th March 2016 end of term school closes at 12:00hrs

Year 10 Business Studies Royal Selangor Pewter School Trip

Library Activities for March

Thursday, Dress-up Day

Tenby teachers, staff and students of primary schools are encourage to dress-up as a BOOK CHARACTER on this day. Parents may check with the form/tutor/class teacher if the class is having a theme.

Scholastic Book Collection

The Scholastic Book Collection Day is on Friday, 18 March 2016. Scholastic Representatives will take charge of the collection. Orders can be collected at the Secondary Cafeteria just below the library from 10:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs. Parents may collect after school hours. Teachers and students are advised to collect on the said time.

21st Monday 22nd Tuesday 23rd Wednesday 24th Thursday / Half day

Drop Everything And Read

Storytelling by Teach-ers – animal story book

Battle of the Books Dress-Up Day - Book Character Parade

Steve Swinburne – Visiting Author

Steve Swinburne – Vis-iting Author

Jian ‘Once Upon a Mi-ao’ – Visiting Author & Illustrator

Book Blind Date Book Blind Date Book Blind Date

Book Exchange Book Exchange Book Exchange Re-deem Day

Book Exchange Redeem Day

Guess the Mystery Reader

Guess the Mystery Reader

Guess the Mystery Reader

Book Sale Book Sale Book Sale Book Sale

U13 Girls Basketball KLISS League

On Thursday Tenby hosted the KLISS U13 Girls Basketball Competition. Our girls got off to

a great start by winning their opening game against Help. Next up was BSKL. In the first half

the girls' confidence grew and they were able to score three baskets without conceding - giving

them a 6-0 lead. Unfortunately for the last five minutes of the second period the rules change

to full court press. This allowed BSKL to use a more aggressive approach in our defending

half and we quickly squandered our lead. Some inexperienced passes lead to our lead being

overturned and BSKL quickly taking the lead. The ball rarely left our defensive half and the

girls ended up losing 10/6. Lessons to be learned in the use of full court press.

Our final game was against Taylor's who had matched our results. They took an early lead but

then our girls dug deep and kicked into action. Some excellent positive drives to the basket

and some well taken lay ups meant that we comfortably won the game finishing second

overall.

Some brilliant performances by individuals. Some lovely team play and all round progress

being made. We will work on the full court press and who knows.... Next time we may bring

the trophy away with us.

U13 Final Boys Basketball KLISS League

Hard luck to our U13 Boys team who lost

their semi-final against a very strong KTJ

team last Thursday. The U13 Boys suffered

two early disappointing defeats but finished

the second half of their season strongly by

getting three wins and also playing

impressive basketball against HELP in their

final game. Up until the final two minutes they

were leading but sadly lost 17-19, giving

them fourth place overall.

Secondary KLISS Athletic Day

KLISS 2016 was held on the 5th of March at NEXUS International School from 08:00 - 13:00hrs. The event was organized by NEXUS

Congratulations to all the students in the Tenby Track and Field Team who competed in the KLISS Athletics Competition on Saturday 5th March 2016, against a field of ten other International Schools. Many of our students won gold, silver, and bronze on the day, a wonderful result achieved!

A special thank you to all PE Staff for their support in preparing the school teams and to all parents for their support on that day.

U18 Boys and Girls Badminton ISAC League Division 1

Our teams enjoyed a hugely successful day at the ISAC Finals Badminton Competition on Sunday 6th March 2016. In the morning, the boys and girls teams reigned supreme on the badminton courts to win the gold and bronze. The girls team won two games and lost two of the four games of five sets played on their way to winning bronze - a fantastic effort considering two of those lost were in the final set 2-3 each! The boys team won five out of five of their games to claim the gold and U18 Division 1 ISAC Champions. Coach Gan said 'From start to finish the whole team gave everything. It was a great team performance, and the quality of play was excellent'. The medals were presented by Mr. Auster. Well done to all of the pupils that attended - it was clear to see the practice they have had in school had paid off. Thank you Mr. Kenny for successful organizing and Coach Gan for preparing the team. Huge work has been done to make it happen. Next Fixtures: Saturday 12th March, U15 Boys Basketball KLISS @ IGB Saturday 19th March, KLISS Primary Athletics’ Day @ IGB Wednesday 23rd March, U15 Boys Basketball KLISS Final @ Tenby Wednesday 23rd March, U15 Girls Basketball KLISS Final @ IGB

Wednesday, 16th March 2016 at 12:15hrs (during lunch time) there will be tennis trials for MSSD tennis tournament. Attire – PE kit, sports shoes and tennis racquet.

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