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Tenby Schools Penang

Dear Parents Another successful week at Tenby culminated in our biggest ever Open Day turn out for our schools. We were lucky to have 43 families attend our event on Saturday 5

th November with families signing up on the day. Thank you for

your ever growing support and your “word of mouth” culture helped us to achieve beyond are target of 40 families. Over the past two weeks we have appointed a new Head Boy and Head Girl, redesigned our student council team, won our first ever Girl Guides Queens Award, beaten local international schools in Netball and Football competitions, hosted Deepavali celebrations and United Nations Day, won awards from Cambridge for best students in Malaysia and World and organised a 50 student scout weekend. Wow! As usual this would not be possible without the help of parents, teachers and of course the students. Thank you all for being part of our community and supporting the school. This week I was contacted for an interview by a magazine group, I was asked to state one word to describe us as a school and I replied there is no singular word. There are too many words to describe the wonderful world of Tenby however success, achievement and well-rounded individuals would be near the top. Canteen Review We have been reviewing the canteen for both staff and students. Over 300 students and 61 staff completed the questionnaire. We are currently working with Fabulosity Management Services to improve the experience for both staff and students. An action plan has been created and we are in the process of sharing this with all stakeholders. New Brochures We have added to our new International Prospectus by adding a new Sixth Form prospectus and National School prospectus. All will be available on our website. New Student Leadership Council After much review and debate the students have developed a new United Nations template to further develop the student voice, so they can make an impact on school life. Led by the new Head Boy and Head Girl and assisted by a Secretary, Treasurer and section heads, the new system will make students accountable for aspects of school development. Heads of sections include Community, Charity, Sports and House, Student Feedback, Activities and Eco teams

Day / Date: Friday, 11th November 2016 e-Newsletter Issue: 26

Message from the Principal

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Learning Live Tours People have asked, “what date is your next Open Day?” My first response is “its every day”. The best time to see the school is when learning is going on. If you have friends or family who would like to see live lessons then tell them to phone and attend our tour. Tours start at 8am in the Foyer. Please email Ms Stephanie for a place on stephanie.teoh@tenby.edu.my or phone 04 892 7777. TSPA Update

The TSPA Excom meeting took place this week and the group are currently reviewing finances and 2016 and setting

new budgets for 2017. This will be presented at the next TSPA monthly meeting in November. The TSPA have been

working hard as usual to support the school and have supported with Deepavali celebrations, United Nations Day,

Halloween and sporting fixtures. If you do want to get involved then please contact the TSPA through our website.

Iain Sallis (Campus Principal)

(From Left) Lee Wen Lynn (Deputy Head Girl), Gem Chew (Head Girl), Mr Iain,

Kenji Asakura (head Boy) and Gavin Chan (Deputy Head Boy)

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Sri Tenby Primary School (STPS)

Scout Camp

The school scout camp was held from the 21st -22

nd October 2016. A total of 56 scouts from the primary and the

secondary school attended the two days camp.

The camp was a success. The scouts were involved in many

activities such as pitching their tents, designing their team flag,

survival training, first aid sessions, fire fighting and cooking

competition.

It was a thumbs up from everyone who participated.

We would like to thank teachers who organised and ran the

camp.

SRI TENBY SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS

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You know

how to cook?

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Swimming Certificates

Other than its safety benefit, swimming is a beneficial activity as it trains the cardiovascular system. It is a low impact

exercise and provides a whole body workout as you have to move all parts of your body. Furthermore, a swim

session in the pool relaxes the mind and is often an occasion for social contacts

A group of our students received their swimming competency certificate after undergoing a swimming course. Well

done to those who have completed their training.

Best Class of the Month of October 2016

The Best Class Of the Month of October 2016 goes to Tahun 4.

Congratulations to everyone in the class for making this

possible.

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Queen’s Girl Guide

Congratulations to Tazneem for being awarded Queen’s Girl

Guide. This is the first time our Girl Guiders have obtained this

award. We would like to thank all the teachers and her parents for

helping to make this possible.

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Zumba Club

In conjunction with Halloween the Zumba Club held a Zumba Halloween party. Students were dressed up for

Halloween and they had their Zumba session in the costumes. After that they were treated to sweets and chocolates.

UN DAY

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Sri Tenby Secondary School (STSS)

REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE – Form2 (English Language)

Students had fun learning about the environmental benefits of recycling and how reusing,

reducing and recycling (3R’S) can save resources and reduce pollution.

Students worked in groups to create a birthday gift using recycled paper, tins, bottles and boxes. They presented

their finished products proudly and tokens were awarded for effort and work well done!

The project helped students to understand the importance and benefits of 3R’s and how it helps to save resources.

Besides that, students also had the opportunity to work in groups which helped them to enhance their social skills.

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Presentation time……….. Let’s talk about 3R !

NIKE GOES GREEN! LIMITED

EDITION! DRAWSTRING BAG

Made from plastic bags

PRETTY DOLL!

Made of tin cans and newspapers

IT’S NO MORE PIGGY BANK! WE HAVE SHEEPY BANK

IN TOWN NOW !

Made from boxes, tin cans and plastic containers

IT’S NO MORE PIGGY BANK! WE HAVE

SHEEPY BANK IN TOWN NOW !

Made from box, tins and plastic container

NIKE GOES GREEN! LIMITED

EDITION! DRAWSTRING BAG

Made from plastic bags

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Post PT3 Programme

The school is running exciting activities after the PT3 examination. Some of the activities include batik painting (Art),

building a pyramid from recycled plywood (History).

There will also be field trips, one of which will be to the Batu Maung Aquarium. Introduction to the Form 4 syllabus

for core subjects will be conducted by the subject teachers.

Building a pyramid from recycled plywood. (History)

Hurray! It’s done and I am so proud of my work!

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Batik painting (Art)

Students learnt batik painting. The craft requires a steady hand and

much concentration. Basically, the process included sketching the

required picture on cloth and then applying wax. Lastly colours are

applied.

Students produced pieces of batik with a flora and fauna theme.

Now, this is

how it’s done…

Wow! That

is a fantastic

piece of art!

I think my

owl is the

best!

Don’t you

think its

cute?

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Tenby International Primary School (TIPS)

Dear Parents,

It has been a very exciting and busy couple of weeks in the Primary

school. Diwali celebrations were held last week, efficiently co- ordinated,

by Ms Rino and Ms Simi. Through Bahasa lessons the children learned

all about the history behind the celebration. All classes also cooperated

to create a TIPS Rangoli column.

In the assembly we were treated to some fantastic dancing and singing

from siblings, Kabir Year3 & Avneet Year 4. They really got the crowd

involved with their excellent performances.

Regards

Ms Marian

(Head of TIPS)

TENBY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

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Well done, Nikhil, from year 4, who has been

working hard this term to ear his pen license.

He was very proud in assembly last week when

he finally received it.

Our First Bronze Certificates of the year

I was very pleased to award the first Bronze merit certificates in our Celebration

Assembly today.

Akshayaa and Huey, both in year 4, have managed to earn 20 merits since the

start of the year. They will now be continuing their fantastic effort and will be

aiming for Silver.

CONGRATULATIONS!

UN Day

For UN Day, last week, Year 6 worked with children from Year 7 to create

rooms to celebrate different UN member countries. They all dressed up, made

food and shared information with students from the rest of the campus. All the

classes visited the different rooms experience the many delights of the different

countries.

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For their Entry point for the IPC

unit on Transport, our Early

Years classes went on holiday

to Australia, via the TIPS airport!

They all packed their bags,

checked in went through

security, before being flown

away by Captain Pilot Ian. They

all had a fantastic time and

returned safely!

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Finalists again!

Last Saturday we took part in the annual, U11 invitational Football

tournament at Uplands. This competition had 14 teams from across

Penang and KL. As always the boys played with great commitment

and skill. For the second consecutive year, our A team managed to

get the final. They came runners up over all, only losing by one goal.

The boys proudly wore their medals home. Thank you to Coach Zaff

and Ms Jackson for training the teams so well.

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Stars of the Week

Year 6

Year 3 Year 2

Year 1 Reception

Year 4 Year 5

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Stars of the Week

Year 6

Year 3 Year 2

Year 1 Reception

Year 4 Year 5

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Tenby International Secondary School (TISS)

It was a well-deserved and well-timed half term break for all our students and staff. Everyone is back looking vibrant

and full of energy and enthusiasm for their learning goals again!

As you can see from the Tenby Penang social media sites TISS continues where we finished back in October, UN

Day displayed a whole array of food, drink and displays of information from the research they had been doing in their

tutor times. It was great to see the team work amongst the students and the competition (and tactics!) to tempt you

into their country!

This weekend we host the Late Late Halloween event and look forward to welcoming the ghosts and ghouls to Tenby

Penang for more food, activities and a disco. For further information please speak to one of the Student Leadership

team or see one of the many posters around the school.

The year 11 students are beginning to realise that they are almost at the point of making one of the most difficult

decisions of their lives so far; what to do after their IGCSE’s and we are providing careers support and information

via different means to ensure our students make the right decision of where and what to study next.

So much to pack into the next three weeks for our students and I hope that we see you at the upcoming Parents

Events.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards,

Miss Liz

Head of Tenby International Secondary

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Hot Off the Press! Our Sixth Form Prospectus

We are proud to present our new 6F Prospectus.

The prospectus provides key information to help our year 11 students

and parents decide on the next step in their education.

What is included? Course information, subject breakdown and

prerequisites, interview with current year 13 student Kenji, what to

expect at sixth form, careers and pastoral support and guidance and

how to apply.

If you would like a copy please contact penang@tenby.edu.my and we

would be happy to send you one.

Thank you to Kiisha and Kenji for modelling!

Year 11 Get to Quiz our Sixth Form Students! – Part of Year 11 Transition

Our year 12 students (pictured) will be welcoming the current year 11 students into the library on Tuesday to speak

to them about their “next step” once their IGCSE exams are complete. Obviously decisions will need to be made

before then about where and what qualification they will go on to study. For year 11 students it is a great opportunity

to ask questions to find out why they chose Tenby, why they chose to study the A level programme and any careers

or university questions that may be useful.

Ms Paula and Mr Nick will be meeting with our year 11 students that are unsure of their next step to provide relevant

careers advice and support to help them with their decision making.

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Sport Fixtures:

Netball Tuesday 1 November - It was a fantastic away match as our tigress marched into the Lion’s den. However having the home advantage, Uplands overpowered Tenby in both on this occasion. Tenby A v Uplands A Lost 6-12 Tenby B v Uplands B Lost 13-25 Well, it was definitely a good exposure for Tenby to play against Uplands who staged much stronger and experienced players. We will come back stronger next time! Monday 7 November - It was survival of the fittest, having home advantage, Uplands clearly walked out with disappointment as Tenby flexed their way for a double combo win this time. Well done!! Tenby A won 24-18 Tenby B won 10-2 Thank you Coach Fumi and Ms.Aini for piloting the team. #comebackstronger Thank you very much to all the players, staff and supporters! Mr Yorain PE DEPARTMENT

U14 Netball Match : Tenby vs Straits Reported by: Christine Lim U14 Vice-Captain

Tenby A vs Straits A: 29-1 Win Tenby A: Miho (Captain), Christine (Vice), Carmen, Gurudevi, Ee Lin, Ping Er, Kyla and Peng Hsin. Straits had a really great start of the game with some good accurate passes, but passes were intercepted by Wing Defence player Carmen then with a quick goal from Miho. Pressure was put into Straits’ girls with the score 5-0 by quarter time. After a good and inspirational team talk from both coaches, the two teams came out fighting and a far more exciting quarter brought the score to 11-0. After half time, Straits team knew that they were still in with a fighting chance. The players improved their passing skills to keep the ball in the team’s hand and finally scored a goal by the shooter. Minutes and minutes passed by, with the sharp Centre player Gurudevi and Wing Attack player Ee Lin, Tenby was able to shoot in 28 goals. With just two minutes left on the clock, the goal shooter popped in another goal Tenby secured the win! Tenby B vs Straits A : 11–5 Win Tenby B: Jean (Captain), Yun Whey, Yu Qi, Joelle, Jovie, Keshika, Rian, Ping Er and Eshnaa. The girls worked exceptionally hard during the match and it was the first time for the girls to play against Straits’ A team. The first quarter was slow moving and the final score was 3-2. With Yu Qi’s great defending skills, Straits was unable to score more goals. The girls created solid chains down the court and used the space efficiently, but still need to be improved. Jovie and Rian worked well together as a pair, they kept the game moving with their strong and right targeted passes. Jean and Yun Whey communicated well with each other and supported each other during the shooting. Jean scored their first goal in the third quarter with her accurate shooting skills. The girls worked so hard in the final quarter and finally ended up with 11-5 as a result. What a good and exciting game with Straits!

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Date / Day Schools Description Venue

03/11/16 – 29/11/16 (Thurs – Tues)

STSS

SPM Examination

Room 323 & 324

11/11/16 (Fri)

Whole School Halloween Event Tenby School

11/11/16 – 13/11/16 (Fri – Sun)

Basketball Tournament @3pm Sports Hall / Basketball Court

14/11/16 (Mon)

STPS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Junior 1 – Junior 6)

Boardroom

TIPS

Y6 Transition Lesson (Science) @ 1pm – 2pm

15/11/16 (Tues) STSS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Form 1 – Form 5)

School Library

FRI Aquarium Batu Maung (Post PT3) @9am

FRI Aquarium Batu Maung

16/11/16 (Wed) TIPS – Early Years

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 12.30pm (Only for Earlier Parents)

School Library

17/11/16 (Thurs) TIPS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 1 – Year 6)

School Library

18/11/16 (Fri)

TISS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 7 – Year 8)

School Library

TIPS

CCA Assembly @ 8.15am

Sports Hall

U9’s –U11’s Football tournament

Dalat School

21/11/16 (Mon) TISS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 9)

School Library

STPS

2016 STPS Concert starts @ 7pm

Penang Pac – Straits Quay

22/11/16 (Tue)

TISS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 10)

School Library

TIPS

Y6 Transition Lesson (Design & Technology) @ 10am – 11am

23/11/16 (Wed)

TISS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 11)

School Library

TIPS

IPC Exit Point – Trip to Spice Garden @ 8.30am

Tropical Spice Garden

IPC Exit Point – Trip to Tech Dome @9.30am

Tech Dome

Primary Swimming Gala @ 4pm – 5.30pm

Tenby Penang

24/11/16 (Thurs) TISS

Parents Forum with Campus Principal @ 8.15am (Year 12 – Year 13)

School Library

Year 8,Year 10, Year 12 & Year 13 Parent Teachers Meeting @ 4pm

School Library

25/11/16 (Fri)

Whole School

TSPA Monthly Meeting @8am

School Library

26/11/16 & 27/11/16 (Sat & Sun)

TISS 1A Bronze Expedition @ 9am Taman Rimba Telok Bahang

29/11/16 & 30/11/16 (Tues & Wed)

STPS

Educational Field Trip to Taiping / Ipoh Taiping / Ipoh

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Useful Contacts

Tenby International School – 04 – 892 7703

Sri Tenby Primary School – 04 – 892 7707

Secondary Office – 04 – 892 7717

School Email: penang@tenby.edu.my

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