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Newsletter Number: 4 Term 1 Year 2014

From the Principal

D ear Parents & Guardians, Welcome to the final newsletter for Term 1, 2014. You will note some changes to the look of our newsletter this edition. Thanks to Mr. Sam Papapu for his new ideas as our newsletter publisher.

Grade 1 Assembly Week 7 In the Grade 1 assembly at the end of Week 7 we heard about their work on recounting stories as they told us about their weekend activities and about how they took part in the Tabloid Sports They also showed us examples of their individual timelines showing photo-graphs over the years since they were born. Well done Grade 1!

Prep Assembly Week 8 In the Prep assembly at the end of Week 8 we were entertained with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Well done Prep!

New Science Lab The building of the new Science Lab and class-rooms is progressing well having now reached the stage of internal fittings. We look forward to be-ing able to use the new building early in Term 2. Habit of Mind Week 9 — Striving for accuracy. Week 10 — Questioning and Problem Posing

Grade 2/3

Grade 9

Story of Joseph and his Multicoloured Coat.

Term 3, Week 6

Auditions end this week.

Watch out for more updates.

What? Dance

When? Sat. 5th April

Where? San Remo Club.

Why? Gr 12 Lihir/ Ra-baul excursion,

Pre sold Tkts: K20

At gate: K25

Tkts sold at school

In this Issue:

Muruk 670

Tarangau 670

Akanai 660

Kokomo 462

Clash of the House results

Important Dates

Term 1 ends: 4th April

Term 2 begins: 22nd

2014 Musical Production

Grade 12 Fundraising

Senior School

Parent Assembly—Week

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From the Principal ~ continued Preparations for ANZAC Dusk Service Once again our students will be joining with the students of NBIS to form a joint choir for the ANZAC Service on Friday evening, 25th April, at the San Remo Club. The choir has already started practising and there will be a joint practice with NBIS next week. Grade 4/5/6 Trip to Numundo On Wednesday of Week 9, the Grade 4/5/6 class visited the Numundo Cattle Ranch as a part of their study of Industries in PNG. The enjoyment derived from this visit was clearly evident on the faces of the students when they returned to school. Many thanks to the Numundo manage-ment for allowing the trip and for being so welcoming.

Term 1 Reports As is our normal procedure, the Term 1 Interim Reports will be given out at the beginning of Term 2. There will be an opportunity to discuss student progress at the Three Way Conferences in Week 5 of Term 2. The reports are not given out until Term 2 as some senior school assessments take place in Week 10 of Term 1. Grade 12 Fundraising for trip to Lihir and Rabaul The Grade 12s are organising another dance at the San Remo Club to raise funds for their upcoming edu-cational excursion. The dance is aimed at adults rather than school students and there will be a larger number of security personnel in attendance this year. Musical Presentation Our school will be performing a musical based on the biblical story of Joseph and his multi-coloured coat in Term 3 this year and auditions are being held this week for the main characters. Fortnightly BBQ Our teaching staff are holding a BBQ on Friday afternoon from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm, every pay fortnight. Should any parents or friends of the school be around at that time you are all very welcome to join us. The BBQs are aimed at raising funds for staff to go on another overseas educational trip. The trip to schools in Brisbane in 2011 had a lasting influence on our teachers, particularly those who had never been out of PNG previously. Week 10 Assembly Our Week 10 Parent Assembly will be hosted by the Senior School. If you are able, please join us on Friday, April 4th at 1.00 pm to see what the Senior School is doing. End of Term Holiday Term 1 ends on Friday, April 4th. Because Easter weekend falls at the start of Term 2, students will not return to classes until the day after Easter Monday - Tuesday, April 22nd. This gives a holiday of two weeks and a day. The Wednesday and Thursday before Good Friday will be Teacher Only Days. Please ensure that students return to school on the 22nd of April.

Ifor Jones Principal

Welcome To The Grade 9’s Corner Welcome to our corner!!!This term the grade 9’s have been busy with a lot of tests and assign-ments. Grade nine is definitely challenging for us but we’re ready to face the obstacles. Here’s what some students have to say about our subjects this term.

Mathematics During the past weeks we have been learning how to solve problems involving inverse proportion and direct proportion. This week we started a topic—indices. The topic has been challeng-ing but exciting. We are also happy to have our new Math teacher, Mr. Ghate, who re-cently transferred here from Goroka International School. By: Gerea Banagea

Science This term in science we have covered two topics so far; Ecology and Working Scientifically. In Ecology, we have looked at the biotic and abiotic environment, Communities and Nutrient Cycles. This week we designed our own experiments, un-der the topic working scientifically. We learnt a lot of things in these two topics, and are looking for-ward to do our own experiments with the help of our class teacher Mr. Chamilou. By: Trudy Wulai

Personal Development In PD this term we have learnt about self esteem, others, and influ-ences. We are currently learning about what makes up a good relation-ship and what makes up a bad relationship. E.g: Good Relationship = Honesty, trust, loyalty, respect, etc... Bad Relationship = dishonesty, unfaithfulness, distrust, etc. By: Delda Aro

ICT Our focus this term on ICT has been on computer basics. So far we have covered the basic computer terms and are now learning how to manage files, and have done four assessments to cover the topic this term. It’s been fun and easy learning throughout this term and we know next term will be the same. By: Hazel Meredith

English In English this term we’re studying different types of text. We’ve also learnt that text can be written, visual or spoken. Basically we have been looking at literary text. Literary texts are made up of five elements. They are character(s), set-ting, style, plot and themes. Films, novels, short stories, plays are examples of literary texts. By: Leighlanie Bubner

Agriculture In agriculture we have been focusing on the different farming systems in P.N.G. Below are examples of farming systems: *Mixed Farming *Pastoral Farming *Ranching *Nomadic Farming By: Jordan Tumba

Social Science Mr. Korerua has been teaching us a lot about the history of PNG and its neighbours, the other Pa-cific Islands, and colonization. Here are some interesting facts we learnt: *The Pacific was the last place to be colonized because the countries were scattered far and wide. *The word, Colonization, is derived from the Greek language which means “settlement”. *PNG was colonized by four different countries before it became independent in 1975.



Warren Akis,

Delda Aro,

Gerea Banagea,

Agatha Betitis,

Awa Tomda,

Gladysha Isaac,

Jairah Jimmy,

Maylyne Kolonga,

Apolosa Lisio

Dante Mangil, Hazel Meredith, Nathalie

Paloa, Daniella Patterson, Carmela Piniau,

Brenda Robert, Wayne Thompson,

Leighlanie Bubner

Tieng Tomda,

Jordan Tumba,

Annas Uramete,

Ezron Ulach,

Trudy Wulai

We would like to welcome a new member of the grade 9 family

who left KIS in 2012 but is now back with us—Apolosa Lisio.

Also our class patron who will be with us until Grade 12,

Mr. Chamilou.



Dear Readers, Welcome to the Grade 2/ 3 section of the school newsletter. In this edition we feature shots showing some activities we have been doing in class. We also show to you our curriculum web indicating what we covered this term. And also it is our privilege to introduce to you our SRC reps and Class captains for this

year, 2014.

Wesley Pidik

Nigel Matthew

GRADE 2/3 SRC REPRESENTATIVES

Ryan Simbiken Randelyn Gosao

GRADE 2/3 CLASS CAPTAINS



THE web below features AN OUTLINE OF some of OUR

CURRICULUM STRANDS & ACTIVITIES covered THIS TERM.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Areas covered -Reading including interactive, Shared, Guided & Individualised reading -Writing includes Shared/Model/Guided & individual writing based on Recount, Narrative, Riddle and Procedural texts & Weekly reflec-tions -Letter/ Sound relationship using ‘Sound Waves’ -Buzz/ News Groups - Thematic discussions -Grammar includes basic punctua-tion, Nouns and adjectives.

VISUAL ARTS The following areas were covered;

Primary & secondary colours

Observational drawings

Self Portraits

Drawing & painting using ICT

Smudge painting

Free drawing and colouring

Shape pictures

Health/PE/SPORTS/PD

Personal Hygiene Healthy Behaviour Interpersonal skills Setting goals Large ball skills include chest

pass, overhead throw & catch, side pass, bouncing& dribbling

Minor ball games include cap-tain ball, tunnel ball, netball, dribble and pass. Bounce and catch.

SCIENCE

Living Things Features of common

animals, habitats and consequences of the depletion of natural habitats

Earth & Beyond Weather- What is it?

Kinds of weather

Its impact on daily hu-man activities

BASIC TECHNOLOGY/ICT Hand puppets of animal

characters Diorama featuring scenery

of animal habitats Models of Animal characters ICT WORD ART Kids Encarta Paint program Microsoft Word

MATHEMATICS Topics covered include; -Graphs/ tables - Capacity using informal units and the litre -Mass using informal units on beam balances - Properties of 2 & 3D shapes/Symmetrical patterns &Line of Symmetry -Fraction halves, quarters, hun-dredths & equivalent fractions - Rounding to nearest 5/100 - Trading games/ Place Value Ex-panded notation - Number operations ( addition, subtraction, multiplication - Facts to 10

Brief coverage

of the

Curriculum

for this term



Mrs Symond, Ms Oraka, Mr Wangu & the Grade 2/3 students.

In the GRADE 2/3 Classroom

Thank you for reading our section.

Have an enjoyable and safe week

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Answer: Hat turned, smaller worm, birds tail moved, cubby house window missing, tree has more roots, one less plank in cubby house.



Profile

Personal details Name: Namo Ghate DOB: Was born on 17th July 1975 Home District: Asaro, Daulo District Home Province: Eastern Highlands Province, Goroka. Married with four children. Education & Work experience. After completed Pre Service Course at the University of Goroka from 2000 to 2003, majoring Mathematics and minor in General science, joined Goroka Grammar School from 2004 to 2007. Taught mostly grade 10, 11 and 12 Math and Physics. Joined Goroka International School (GIS) in 2008 to teach the First Grade 11 intake Mathematics and Physics. Stayed with GIS for six years before joining KIS.

Welcome Mr. Ghate

Kimbe International School welcomes Mr. Namo Ghate to our school. General Science and Mathe-matics and Physics in the Senior School.

Habit of Mind … Are you able to see how the HOM is ‘shown’ in the comic? This week: Striving for Accuracy.

Next week: Questioning and Problem Posing

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