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TENBY SCHOOLS IPOH Newsletter #123 - September 2016 Highlights in this newsletter: Message from Campus Principal Proposed New Canteen Flow School Activities Global Perspective Debates 11/2016 PE Policy

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TENBY SCHOOLS IPOHNewsletter #123 - September 2016

Highlights in this newsletter:

Message from Campus Principal

Proposed New Canteen Flow

School Activities

Global Perspective Debates 11/2016

PE Policy

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From the Campus Principal Jane Kuok

Dear Parents and Tenby Community,

Global Perspectives Debates II/2016The Sixth Form successfully conducted Tenby’s Biannual Global Perspectives Debates (GP Debates) over two days last week with teams from local community schools in Kinta Valley such as Poi Lam, SMJK Sam Tet, Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, and SMJK Ave Maria Convent. This was a fantastic event with students demonstrating critical thinking, effective communication, independent research and team work. It was great to see them growing into responsible global citizens. Congratulations to the winners; SMJK Ave Maria Convent# 1 won first place, second place went to SMJK Sam Tet, and third place went to SMJK Ave Maria Convent# 2 while Tenby Schools Ipoh came fourth.

World Heart Day AssemblyDr. Chan Chong Guan Consultant Cardiologist & Physician from Pantai Hospital gave a talk to Secondary students on the importance of keeping healthy.In support of World Heart Day the Tenby teachers and staff also received free health screening from Pantai Hospital.

Change in Canteen Flow and FeedbackWe have reviewed the flow of the Canteen and will be introducing a new flow from next week (please see diagram at the end of my message). We have also canvassed students via their class/form/homeroom teachers on their suggestions for improving the Canteen. These sugges-tions have been collated and shared with the Canteen. A meeting with the Canteen operators will be arranged to garner their feedback on what changes they can accommodate.

Reminder: Payment of FeesFinal Reminder Letters for late payment of School Fees have been sent home through children in the international section. From Thursday 13th October, students whose families have not paid their school fees will be sent home until payment has been received. Students will not be allowed to attend classes. We urge parents to make swift payment to avoid this disruption.

SAFE STEPS ROAD SAFETY – Motorbikes. For October 2016, the SAFE STEPS campaign will be centred on Motorbikes. We will have

Week 1 (Week Beginning 03.10.16)Primary & Secondary - SAFE STEPS video on Motorbike Safety shown to students by class/-form/homeroom teachers.

Week 2 (Week Beginning 10.10.16)Primary & Secondary: Traffic police personnel will give a talk on Motorbike Safety during the school assembly

Week 3 (Week Beginning 17.10.16)Primary – videos on Motorbike Safety will be shown to students by class/form/homeroom teach-ersSecondary – video presentation during assembly by student leaders on Motorbike Safety.

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Update of Student Contact Information 2016/2017Next week, we will be sending out the Update Forms via your child (if you have more than one child in our school, the form will be sent via your youngest child). Please fill in the details that need information as well as amend anything that requires updating.Please return the Update Form to your class teacher by Friday 7th October. This update process allows the school to have your current contact information so we may be able to contact you especially during emergencies.

Form 5 Transition Day The Form 5 students attended a transition session conducted by the Head of Secondary Mr. Richard Davidson together with Mr. Louis Rozario Head of Sixth Form today. Students got a taster of some Sixth Form subjects and were given an introduction to the subjects available for them to apply for their chosen career path. They were each given an Options Booklet at the end of the session.

Form 5 Parents’ EveningThe Form 5 Parents’ Evening will be held on Thursday 6th October from 15:30hrs to 17:00hrs in Block C class-room C-2-1. Tenby Open DayThe next Open Day will take place on Saturday 15th October from 09:00hrs – 14:00hrs.

Sports Update (Contributed by Kirsty Meech)

Our Football team will be playing on Saturday 22nd October at the ISAKL U15’s Soccer Tournament (11 a side) at the

Japanese School KL.

We have attached the PE Policy in this newsletter so parents are aware of the “No Note” policy and PE expecta-tions.

Please remember that next Monday is Awal Muharram and is a public holiday. School will resume on Tuesday 4th October. Enjoy your long weekend and have a good rest.

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Canteen Operation at Break and Lunch

From Tuesday 4th October the following foot traffic flow will be operational in the canteen:

Service Pay

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STANDARDS 1 AND 2’S LEARNING ADVENTURE TRIP TO TAIPING On Thursday, 22nd September 2016, students of Standards 1 and 2 had the opportunity to visit the Spritzer Factory and Ecopark in Taiping, Perak. The objective of this trip was two-fold: (1) to apply moral values such as cooperation and courtesy, learnt in Moral Studies, and (2) to observe the operations and functions of different machines in producing clean water (Science).

At the entrance of

Cactus Rock after the long

journey.

Creating our own coin boxes – an amazing

experience!

Being briefed before entry, on how a water source is extracted from an aquifer located deep underground in the tropical rainforest.

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Yaaay! Getting to play this exciting game after a satisfying meal.

At Spritzer, the most integrated and the largest bottled water producer in

Malaysia – our final stop before heading back to

school.

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The KSSR 3 students are applying Science skills in Bahasa Malaysia…..

They are very excited to build the periscopes.

Future SCIENTISTS have succesfully completed their task…WELL DONE

Jin Xuan & Syameer

testing their

periscopes…

Students working

together to complete

their task….

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MAZE CHALLENGE The standard 6 students had an interesting activity after the UPSR examination. The students were divided into four groups. Each group was required to solve four sets of maze within 20 minutes. After that, each group designed a maze and exchanged it with the other groups. Each group was given 10 minutes to solve the maze. Marks were awarded for creativity and teamwork for each group. Students enjoyed this activity because it was interesting and challenging. The winner for this Maze Challenge is “The Galaxy Coconut”.

Prepared by: Eric Standard 6

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News from Tenby Early Years Centre Ipoh

We are already into week five of the term and are pleased to see children

enjoying their learning. However, we are concerned about punctuality and

attendance of some of our children. We would like to have all children to be in

school on time and also not to plan holidays during term time. Regular

attendance and good punctuality are important for maximising achievement and

obtaining the greatest benefit from education. Further to this, any absence or

late arrival to school can affect the child’s ability to fully participate and benefit

from the day’s activities.Students who arrive at school early have an advantage

over classmates who stumble through the door after class has begun.

Please take note that children who arrive 10 minutes after the school time will

be marked as ‘late’ in their attendance.

School Hours

Day Toddler Nursery & Reception

Year 1

Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 12.30pm 8.00am - 1.00pm 7.45am - 1.30pm

Friday 8.30am - 12.00noon 8.00am - 12.30pm 7.45am - 12.30pm

No Hat No Play

A gentle reminder about “No Hat No Play”. All children are encouraged to bring their

school caps for outdoor activities. As for Toddlers, they may use their own caps until a

smaller size school cap is available.

Enjoy your long weekend.

If you have any queries or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

PH replacement

Awal Muharram

3rd October 2016

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Look! How much fun we are having in class learning through play

Good hand and eye co-ordination activities

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Reception children having fun with shapes

A triangle has three

sides and three corners

A square has four

equal sides and

our four corners

A rectangle has four sides and four corners

This is what we

discovered

A circle is round in shape

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News from Primary

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: Weekly Maths Challenge #001 – Cows and Sheep

In field no.1 there must be 3 cows and 4 sheep because cows can't see themselves. In field no.2 there must be 2 cows and 3 sheep. In field no.3 there must be 4 cows and 6 sheep. In field no. 4 there must be 5 cows and 8 sheep. In field no. 5 there must be 4 cows and 9 sheep.

Weekly Maths Challenge #002 – A Square Triangle???

No Hat No Play Do remember to bring

your school cap for

outdoor activities/learning.

Student Council We are inviting Years 3 to 6 children to become a member of

the Student Council which will be led by Mr. Morgan.

For those interested you need to prepare a two minute

speech and present it to your peers next Wednesday. The

content of your speech should be about what qualities you

have that will make you a good candidate and how you can

contribute to the school community if you were elected. This

will then be followed by a voting session.

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Supporting Reading at Home (http://www.bbc.co.uk)

Tip #2: Helping your child to enjoy books

Encourage your child to pretend to 'read' a book before he or she can read words.

Visit the library as often as possible - take out CDs (audio books) as well as books.

Schedule a regular time for reading - perhaps when you get home from school or just before bed.

Buy dual-language books if English isn’t your family’s first language - you can talk about books

and stories, and develop a love for them, in any language.

Look for books on topics that you know your child is interested in - maybe dragons, insects,

cookery or a certain sport.

Make sure that children’s books are easily accessible in different rooms around your house.

Year 5 Prefects Over the past 2 weeks, Miss Lam and Miss Leuty have been kept busy with interviewing children for

the Year 5 prefect posts. It is very pleasing to listen to children share their ideas on how to make the

school a fun and safe place for children to learn and play and, how they are ready to take on such an

important responsibility.

We are pleased to announce that the following children have been selected:

Rithick Kumar 5N

Raajeshri 5E

Ethan Lee 5E

Takumi Endo 5E

Christopher 5E

Darren Lim 5N

Nehemiah 5T

Jaiydaan 5T Congratulations to you all! The children will get the prefect ties in the next Primary Assembly.

Miss Lam and Miss Leuty would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who sent in their

applications.

What have we been up to in Class 1E? Year 1E have been learning about ourselves in Science. They learned that humans are similar but

have differences and these differences make us unique.

Students acted as scientists to predict and investigate if bigger children have bigger sized hands.

They measured their hands using non-standard measurements.

Scientists at work…..

First we drew the outline of our hands.

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And this is what we discovered in our investigation…..

Our investigation shows that we all have different sized hands.

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A Day in Year 4T

Hello readers! Let us introduce ourselves. We are Year 4T and there are 22 of us in the class and our

class teacher is Miss Natasha. We would love to share with you a glimpse of one day in our class. In

the morning before registration time, we would all play with our friends from different classes in the

field or at the covered area in Block B. There are many games that we would play in the morning,

some of it would be badminton, hide and seek, play tag, playing with our erasers, a short dash and

some of us choose to sit and read a book or chat in the morning. At quarter to 8 in the morning, our

teacher would whistle to signal that we have to line up and get ready to enter the class.

As our attendance are being recorded using the Engage system, we engaged ourselves with some

morning activities. Sometimes our teacher would get us to say our favourite colour or cartoon

character as she calls out our names, or sometimes we would participate in the early morning

activities which would be on the SMART Board. And then, our official lessons begin from 8.00 am to

2.30 pm.

So far in Literacy, we have recently learnt about biography and

we specifically read about Neil Armstrong. Do you know that

Mr. Armstrong learned how to fly a plane before he even

learned how to drive? We also learnt about fronted adverbials

and how to use them especially in planning and writing our

biography. Excitedly and anxiously, we used fronted adverbials

in our writing. Can you identify the fronted adverbials that

we have used in the previous sentence? We also have

started our Guided Reading sessions. We have authors’ name as our group – Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl,

Brother Grimm, Julia Donaldson and David Williams. We enjoyed Julia Donaldson’s work – The

Gruffalo when we were in Year 2!

In Numeracy, we have looked at 4 digit numbers and how to place them in number lines. We also

learnt the multiple of 10s strategy to perform multiplication of 2 digits with 1 digit

numbers. These strategies really helped us a lot in working smart in numeracy.

At the moment, we are revising how to tell time from an analogue clock, digital

clock and to write time in a sentence. Our teacher said, this week we are going

to count time intervals and we are quite excited to do so. We hope that our

parents will also ask us on time intervals and help us in counting intervals for a

movie or the journey to school. We are forming our human

number line.

Xin Yi’s timeline based on Neil Armstrong’s biography.

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In IPC, we have been looking at the unit - Brainwave and we just had our Exit

Point. During our Brainwave unit, we looked at

especially on Growth Mindset and how having Growth

Mindset can encourage our learning. We learnt that

we must always have a mindset to try and not give up

and also think that there’s a Plan B. Besides that, we

looked at other strategies that we can work on our

learning with our teacher in class. One of our task

in the unit was to create our own superhero that

represents the Growth Mindset. We had so much fun creating our own

superhero and some of us adapted characters from Pokemon.

During our Exit Point, we went to Block A’s field to observe on how can we improve learning through

relaxation. We concluded that, a Zen Garden at Block A would help us relax and calm down. These

are some of our suggestion to have in the Zen Garden – benches, hammock, mini water fountain,

mini water pool for us to just soak our feet and a small library where we can get books or comics to

read and relax. We believe that with a calm mind, we can improve our learning too!

Another trivia to share – Do

you know what is the

scientific name for our skull?

It is the cranium. We learnt

this in Science where we are

looking at the Skeleton and

Muscle. We learnt that our

skeleton system is to support us and also to protect our organs. The ribcage protects our lungs and

heart, and the skull protects our brain. Also, we looked at the different skeletal system of animals.

Aleena as a learning detective

during our Entry Point.

From left to right: We were at Block A field to look at a relaxation area to improve our learning, we then pen our ideas down on a mind map on the Zen

Garden, some of us sat on the side to observe the field to plan on a Zen Garden.

Bhavisya’s Growth Mindset

superhero – Super Dora.

On the left – Garbriel successfully

labelled the major bones.

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We found out that we have similar bones with the animals such as the skull, spine and rib cage.

Some animals like birds have different set of skeletons because they have wings. Later this week, we

will be carrying out an investigation on the growth of our bones. Miss Natasha have told us, there will

be a lot of measuring! And we can’t wait!

We are not missing out on our break and lunch time.

During our break time, we will have our meals and then

proceed to play. Again, we get to play on the field but

we need to have our caps on. It is to protect ourselves

from the sun. Some of us will play in the covered area

in Block B. And as for our lunch time, we have

staggered lunch. Staggered lunch means we have

separate lunch and play time with our schoolmates

from Year 1 to Year 3. We will get to play from quarter

past twelve to twenty to twelve o’clock. At 12.40 pm, we will make our way to the canteen to have our

meals. At break and lunch time, we get to play with the play time equipment. We love playing with the

skipping ropes and the sand bags.

To end our day, we head for dismissal at 2.30 pm to wait for our parents to

fetch us from school. As for some of us, we have CCA at 2.45 pm and we will

be dismissed and sent to the main foyer to be picked up by our parents at

3.45 pm.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading what we usually do in our class

daily. We certainly enjoyed sharing this part our daily activities in school with all of you.

Since it will be a long weekend this week, we wish you safe travel for those who are travelling for a

short getaway and for those who are not, we wish you a happy long rested weekend, and see you on

Tuesday!

Irfan and Shaswin in the midst of an eraser match.

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The Global Perspectives Debates II/2016

Tenby’s Fiesta of Words and Wit

Members of the Tenby Sixth Form shuffled about busily after school on the afternoon of

Friday, 23rd September 2016 to ensure that the five debate venues were in order and all

the participants were present and ready. The long-awaited biannual Global

Perspectives Debates officially began after teams of skilled debaters from schools in

Kinta Valley arrived and all the debaters settled into their respective debate rooms.

Debaters from Ipoh’s famous schools - Poi Lam, Sam Tet, Sekolah Tuanku Abdul

Rahman, and Ave Maria Convent came to represent their schools and seize their

chance of winning first place in Tenby Schools Ipoh’s highly anticipated two-day debate

event against Tenby’s very

own debate teams.

Members of the floor

consisted of many students

who had come to support

their fellow debating

classmates or simply

experience the exciting

debates and learn more

about the art of debating .

These spectators had the

pleasure of witnessing

informative and thought-

provoking arguments

which featured several

relevant and controversial

topics such as whether the

Olympic Games are still

Finalists of Global Perspectives

Debates 11/2016

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true to their ideals, whether social media is doing more harm than good, whether the

death penalty on terrorists should be abolished and several more.

The first and second rounds of the debates were held on Friday afternoon, 23rd

September and resumed on Saturday 24th September with the third and fourth rounds,

followed by the semifinals and the final. The final session what was probably one of the

most interesting and controversial motions - “This House resolves that Donald Trump

should be the next president of the USA.” It was a heated and exciting debate with

members of the floor being highly responsive. Alumnus of Tenby, among them Mr.

Alfred Poh Soon Way and Mr. Dhipan Raj, also made an appearance as adjudicators

and were very impressed with the level of skills displayed by the debaters. Although the

decision-making was difficult, the external adjudicators in the debate final came to a

unanimous decision.

Champions – SMJK Ave Maria

Convent 1 Runners Up- SMK Sam Tet,Ipoh

3rd Placing – SMJK Ave Maria

Convent 2

Fourth Placing – Tenby’s Dhanya

Laxmi & Ling Khee Yaw

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In first place was SMJK Ave Maria Convent, in second place, SMJK Sam Tet;, in third place,

another team from SMJK Ave Maria Convent; and last but not least, in fourth place, our very

own team from Tenby Schools Ipoh.

The debates ended on Saturday afternoon with an awards ceremony graced by the presence of

Tenby’s Head of Secondary, Mr. Richard Davidson himself. Mr. Davidson also expressed how

he was highly impressed with the standard of debating shown during the event. The awards

ceremony was followed by a photography session of the winners, debaters and adjudicators

and officially marked the end of the Global Perspectives Debates II/2016.

As the debates are all about perspectives, we looked to Tenby’s finalist team for their

perspective on the debates and how they benefitted from it. The first speaker of the group,

Dhanya Laxmi , reported :“It was a very good experience. It made me think of the different

issues in the world and how different people have different opinions about it.” The second

speaker, Ling Khee Yaw, shared : “It was an eye-opening experience but it was challenging as

well because we had a very short time to prepare. We didn’t expect to be in the semifinals so

even though we didn’t get first place in the finals we’re still satisfied with our results. I learned

that preparation is the key to debates. Without preparation, our opponents could have easily

knocked us out of the competition.” When asked to share their thoughts on the debate topics

given, Khee Yaw replied shyly, “The topics were rather political for my taste. Nevertheless, I

have benefitted from focusing my mind on the issues.”

Mr Richard Davidson (Head of Tenby International Secondary School,Ipoh)

addressing the debaters during the Closing Ceremony.

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As seen from the debaters’ comments, it was an enlightening and educational experience for

many and showcased many of the important skills that the students of Tenby are encouraged to

continuously develop. We look forward to the next Global Perspectives Debates event which will

be held in March 2017 and hope that more students will continue to take part in this Tenby

tradition.

-Written by Nur Kaiyisah (Cohort 14)

-Pictures by Kuan Kiat

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Our Impressions of the GP Debates

by the people who were in the throes of the verbal crossfire

“Overall, it was great having GPD. We

get to increase our public speaking

skills and discuss current topics. Glad

to see so many people gather around

under one roof to exchange their

points of view . It was fun having GPD.

I had fun being a student adjudicator

this time. It was a pleasure to see so

many people so passionate about

debating getl together to share

experiences and knowledge.”- Leow

Kuan Kiat

and Bryan Simm

“GPD was so fun. We had fun attending the

debates. It was an eye opener for us, we got to

see a clash of opinions and different ideologies

throughout all six debate rounds. We

broadened our perspectives on ongoing issues

around the world.”- Kerry Lee, Tan Ee Wei &

James Peng

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“GPD was great. It was good to see

schools band together to debate

current world issues. It helps strengthen

our bonds between schools. Now I

know that being a chairperson isn’t just

about reading out rules and watching

people debating. It’s about maintaining

order and fairplay in the debate hall.

Everyone in the room is under the

control of the chairperson”- Ng Qian Yi

“I found GPD a very creative experience. It

really helps to stretch my mind and think out

of the box to make creative points for the

motions. I really enjoyed testing myself

against skilled debaters from other schools.”-

Mah Zi Sheng

“It felt good to debate again after a long rest

of one and a half year and it was also good to

see some young debaters rising in action.”-

Paul Simon

Compiled by Kuan Kiat (Cohort 13)

A Special Note of Thanks to:

Ms Jane Kuok, our Campus Principal, for Tenby Schools Ipoh’s sponsorship of the

Global Perspectives Debates & for her faith in empowering the Sixth Form to manage

this major landmark event

Mr Richard Davidson, Head of Tenby International Secondary School Ipoh for his zeal,

personal presence and inspiring guidance to the Sixth Form in the implementation of this

school event.

Mr Daniel Centeno for his encouragement and moral support in our endeavor.

The panel of external judges: Dr Lee Mun Wai, Mrs Nalini Nair & Mr Alfred Poh

Mr Louis & Ms Manglespary for their dedication & commitment to the success of this

enterprise.

All the Tenby Sixth Formers who have shown their tremendous school spirit in making

the GP debates a truly memorable experience for debaters in the Kinta Valley!

From The President & Exco of the Sixth Form Council, Tenby Schools Ipoh

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Tenby International School: Ipoh Policy on Participation in Physical Education

Our mission is to enable students to: achieve their full potential for academic excellence

and achievements in sports and the arts. Develop the values of compassion,

responsibility and integrity. Become effective communicators, creative thinkers and

independent learners. To encourage the values of cultural diversity and acceptance of

others different from oneself.’

Introduction

Tenby International School: Ipoh is committed to promoting the health and wellbeing of its students through physical activity. A programme of Physical Education is provided for all years and a comprehensive extracurricular programme is also made available, subject to the timetabling restrictions and the constraints of the facilities available. Rationale for a Participation Policy The aims of this policy are to provide clear guidelines to all students and parents on participation in P.E. classes in Tenby International Ipoh, to maximise numbers participating in P.E. classes and to maximise the teaching and learning time available to students within their weekly P.E. classes. Students are required to participate in P.E. as they would in any other class. It is the intention of this policy to reduce the amount of time spent by the teacher at commencement of class processing notes which may be unnecessary. The clarity provided by this policy will increase the level of learning and participation time for the majority of students who are prepared and willing to be actively involved in class.

Forgotten Kit If students forget kit or bring the wrong kit they may be given kit to wear from the PE Office. Parents and students should be re-assured that this will be washed and clean. If students persistently forget kit they will follow the PE detention system. Parents may also be contacted by PE staff.

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Changing All students must get changing in the PE changing rooms, by the pool area to ensure their supervision. Any valuables students have must be handed to a member of staff, which will be held safely in a locker for the duration of the lesson. If valuables are not handed into to a member of staff that is at the students own risk. Illness or Injury

The school operates a ‘no parental note’ policy by which we mean a parent may not withdraw their child from PE or Swimming unless a doctor has given specific advice that a child should not participate at all in PE or Swimming. Students must therefore bring PE kit or Swimming kit and expect to get changed as normal. Students who are ill or injured will be given a suitable role to carry out in the lesson such as refereeing, scoring, coaching, timing, equipment management etc. This means they still have an understanding of the activities that are taking place, but will not be physically involved thus ensuring they do not worsen injuries or illness. If a child has a doctor’s note and cannot participate at all we will find alternative work for the student to do until they are fit enough to come back to PE and Swimming. If students are asthmatic it is unlikely they will need to be excused from lessons, as they should always have an inhaler with them, and be able to use it correctly at the beginning and if necessary during the lesson. Where this is the case, please ensure that the school have been made aware of this in advance (by completion of an appropriate health plan with our staff). Jewelry No jewelry is to be worn during lessons this includes earrings. Students must remove all piercings during PE and Swimming. If earrings cannot be removed they must be covered with tape. Religious jewelry should be covered where possible. Why physical activity is important At Tenby International School: Ipoh we want to provide high quality teaching that supports high quality learning. We want our students to enjoy coming to school and to develop the skills to play a full and active part. We also want to promote and maintain a dynamic and challenging environment where everyone is valued and has the opportunity to maximise their potential. Physical activity is an important part of this aim as it is a significant method of preserving general health. At Tenby International School: Ipoh, the aim is to educate students so that they lead healthy active lifestyles. Physical activity has the following benefits:

Helping release stress, tension, anxiety and aggression Helping us to live longer. Acquiring new skills, knowledge and understanding about a variety of activities.

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Being challenged either on an individual level or through competition against others. Developing social and interpersonal skills. Taking on leadership responsibilities and becoming independent in the physical

activity environment. Experiencing fun, enjoyment and excitement Learning or developing sports that can be continued long after school

Representing the School through sport We offer all students the opportunity to represent the school through a wide variety of individual and team sports. It is our aim that a high percentage of our students represent the school and to do this, many sports will field more than one team. A CCA team and one or more school teams. All teams will represent Tenby in competitions against other schools. As a school we want to be achieving the best we possibly can on the local and national sporting stage. We will hold trials every year to ensure that every student as an opportunity to show their talent.