Newsletter # Issue 1

Contact us: General Line: +604892 777

Primary Office: (TIPS)+604 892 7703 (STPS): +604 892 7707

Secondary Office: +604 892 7717

Fax: +604 899 8826

Date: 21st September 2015

Tenby Schools Penang

From the Campus Principal

Dear Parents,

Tenby Schools, Penang is very sad to announce the passing on Friday 11th September of

our long-serving STPS teacher, Mr Zulkiflee Bin Ahmad. Since 2008, Mr Zul has been

teacher, mentor and friend to many students in STPS, and many who have gone on to

enter STSS and TISS.

He was a proficient and highly respected member of the teaching faculty and his

school-wide contributions both inside and outside the classrooms will be sorely missed.

Mr Zul will always be remembered for his enthusiasm; his commitment to his school and

the students; and for his willingness to become involved in all aspects of school life. He will

forever be a part of the history of the development of Tenby Penang.

On behalf of the Tenby Schools, Penang community, we extend our most heartfelt

condolences to Mr Zul’s family.

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Penang Haze Levels

In recent days the levels of haze experienced in Penang has been quite pronounced and there appears little sign

of it abating in the near future.

The School monitors the haze level on a daily basis and uses the Malaysian Department of Environment’s “Air

Pollution Index” (API) as a guide to the necessity to restrict student outdoor activity. Current and regular updates

can be found at;

http://apims.doe.gov.my/apims/hourly3.php

The School also uses common sense when making a decision about outdoor activity and we will always err on the

cautious side where there is uncertainty.

The following is a guide adopted by most schools;

The school adopts the approach that API reading higher than 90 provide cause to reduce outdoor activity. If a child

is susceptible to respiratory issues, parents are advised to keep them at home if the haze levels are excessive.

Gregory C Mowday

Campus Principal

API Rating Action

0—25 Good Normal Activity

26—50 Moderate Normal Activity

51—100 High Normal Activity and monitor those at risk

101—200 Unhealthy Reduce outdoor activity and monitor those at risk

201—300 Very Unhealthy Remain indoors, avoid exertion, wear a mask

Weekly Information

This Week - 21st

September 2015- 25th

September 2015 (Monday – Friday)

All CIS Membership visit to Tenby Penang this week.

Monday, 21st September

ALL CIS Membership Team Visit to Tenby Penang.

SEC TISS & STSS 8.00-8.40am - Assembly in Basketball court.

STSS F4 & 5 SPM Workshop in Room 504 (9.00am-11.00am History, 12.30pm-2.30pm English Language).

Tuesday, 22nd September

ALL CIS Membership Team Visit to Tenby Penang.

SEC STSS F4 & 5 SPM Workshop in room 504 (8.30am-10.30am Bahasa Malaysia, 1.00pm-2.30pm Physics).

Wednesday, 23rd September

SEC STSS F4 & 5, SPM Workshop in room 504 (8.30am-10.00am Biology, 1.00pm-3.00pm General Science).

Thursday, 24th September

ALL Hari Raya Haji—School closed.

Friday, 25th September

SEC STSS 8.00am-8.20am Assembly in Basketball court.

Upcoming Events

SEC STSS 28th Sep—2nd October—Science Week

STSS 12th—15th Oct ober—PT3 Examination (Form 3)

From The Head of STPS

Dear Parents,

We have been back in school since the 10th August 2015. Since then there have been a lot of activities happening

in our school.

We have had our Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Open House which was held on the 13th August 2015. The event was a

huge success as the students, parents and teachers had a wonderful time. We would like to thank all concern

especially the parents for supporting the event and making it a success.

Students in Tahun 6 were put through their paces to face the UPSR assessment. The assessment which started

on the 8th September 2015 and ended on the 10th September 2015, was supervised by external invigilators

appointed by the State Education Department of Penang. The assessment was conducted successfully. We have

planned post UPSR programs for the Tahun 6 students. Watch out for the programs which will be educational as

well as fun for the students.

The next event is ―Tanglung Nite‖ which will be held on the 25th September 2015 from 6.30pm to 9.30 pm. We

have lined up interesting activities for the event. This event will be a good time for all to come together to have an

enjoyable time. Tickets will be on sale from 21st September 2016 and can be obtained from the class teachers. We

hope to get the support of parents to make the event a successful one.

Regards

Cheah Sin Hock

Head of STPS

Key Dates for

September

Thursday, 24th

- Public Holiday

(Hari Raya Haji)

Friday, 25th

- School day

- Tanglung Night.

Mandarin language is one language all

students in Sri Tenby Primary have to learn.

Students are encouraged to learn Mandarin

as this language is now widely recognised

as an important language and its

prominence is increasing as time goes by.

Not all students like to learn new or foreign

languages so in order to engage the

students the instructional strategies

employed is always interesting and relevant

to the students. As such mandarin lessons

are hands-on and minds-on. Employing

activities and audio visual aids are some of

the strategies employed. Further to make

learning of mandarin interesting and

engaging other strategies such as group work, peer support and project work are

utilised. Pictures show the varied teaching strategies employed in our mandarin

classes.

The Chinese Department of Sri Tenby Primary Schools has formed a small mandarin

library stocked with reading materials for the benefit of all the pupils of Sri Tenby

Primary. The library will be opened twice a week and is located in room 311.

Students are encouraged to visit and utilise the library.

Mandarin Section

欢迎來到小学中文部图书馆

老师正在教我们正确的洗手方式

请大家看看， 我们的手是否干净？

大家一起学书法

Learning about shadow is really fun and interesting. In the lessons on Light and

Shadows students in had lots of fun playing with “wayang Kulit” and at the same time

learn about the properties of shadows. This type of experiential approach has been

shown to increase learning and understanding for our students which ultimately is

translated into better achievement.

Pendidikan Jasmani / Physical Education Lesson

Swimming is part of the Physical Education curriculum for Malaysian

schools. Pictures show some students showing their ability to float and

swimming skills. Most students like this component of the physical

education curriculum.

Students are encouraged to learn to swim as it is a useful skills to have.

Science Session

Raya Open House Celebration 2015 - STPS and STSS

From The Head of STSS

Dear Parents,

It has been a great week for Sri Tenby Secondary School

There was much excitement as students and teachers made preparations for the Malaysia Day Celebrations held

on 17 September.

Students and teachers sang the national anthem, patriotic songs and watched a video clip highlighting events

leading up to the formation of Malaysia.

Form 4 students showcased their acting talents in a skit on the formation of Malaysia.

The event reminded all that Malaysia, is multiracial, multicultural but there is unity in its diversity and

understanding and sensitivity to cultural diversity.

Tenby schools is a microcosm of society The Tenby community is from diverse backgrounds but the values of

respect and acceptance of others different from oneself are all evident. The Malaysia Day celebrations is an

appropriate reinforcement of all those values.

In Sri Tenby Secondary School, it is also a time of focused preparation for upcoming public exams, especially the

PT3 examinations which will take place from 12 to 15 October. Students receive advice and support sessions in

class. In addition, individual students meet subject teachers, the counsellor and head of school to discuss

academic and even emotional issues of concern.

The SPM exams are round the corner too and various programmes are in place to help our students achieve

success. A series of SPM Workshops are scheduled for 21 to 23 September

It is hoped that parents will spend time in assisting and supporting your child with the planning and revision of

work. Any assistance would go a long way in helping your child to be prepared and confident for the public

examinations

Thum Lin Chee

Head of STSS

Key Dates for

September & October

Monday—Wednesday,

21-23 September

- SPM Workshops

Monday—Friday

28 Sept– 2 October

- Science Week

Friday, 2 October

- Presentation of awards

for winners of science

Competition

Monday—Thursday,

12—15 October

- PT3 Examinations

The fifth formers are looking forward to their graduation

dinner on the 9thOctober and the fourth formers are busy

helping to make the dinner a success. They are raising

funds for the dinner by selling a variety of delicious food

from 3rd

September to 7th

October during lunch time.

Needless to say, everyone from Tenby School is invited

to buy the food and contribute to a good cause. Some of

the items on sale are cheese sausages, carbonated

drinks with nata de coco, marshmallows with chocolate

sauce, ice blended coffee and nuggets.

One of the aims of this activity

is to instill cooperation among

students involved in the

activity. It also promotes

international-mindedness as

everyone from Tenby School

(international primary, national

primary, international secondary and national secondary)

are invited to join in the fun and to try the food. It also takes

a lot of responsibility and creativity to organize and

implement the sales. Lastly, students learn to work

collaboratively and accept different opinions to make the

activity a success.

Fund Raising Activity for STSS Graduation Dinner 2015

Sri Tenby Primary and Secondary Schools celebrated Malaysia Day on 17 September.

Mr. Gregory Mowday, our campus Principal graced the

celebration. He said Malaysians are indeed very lucky to live in

a beautiful and multiracial country. He even flies the Malaysian

flag in his garden!

There was an air of festivity. Patriotic songs filled the air, the

primary school students rendered songs and poems. Likewise

the secondary school students sang in praise of Malaysia.

Everyone felt really patriotic watching the video clip that traced

the developments leading up to independence in 1957 and the

formation of Malaysia in 1963.

Then the

fourth formers put up a skit. The message that came through

clearly was Malaysians may be of various races and cultures

but by and large Malaysians live in harmony.

The Malaysia Day celebration helped to remind us that

Malaysia is a great country and that we are all proud to be

Malaysians. - Kimberley Chee (Form 4)

Malaysia Day Celebration 2015 - STPS & STSS

From the Head of TISS

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all secondary parents who attended the coffee morning last Friday and to the TSPA for creating a

welcoming atmosphere and sharing the work they do for our school. It was a great opportunity for me to attend for

the first time and meet new parents who would like to get involved with the secondary school through the TSPA

and I`m sure those that have volunteered to play a part will find it a very rewarding experience over this year.

I am especially delighted with the range of CCAs, events and student-led projects that are currently being planned

for this term. Following this, I look forward to more people subscribing to our student YouTube Channel. The

launch of the channel, with a completely student-led video, has been a huge success and another example of our

wonderful students here at Tenby International Secondary School.

Warm regards,

Mr Paul Walton

Head of TISS

paul.walton@tenby.edu.my

Parents follow our secure Twitter @tisspenang

D uring our first session together as staff, I asked ‘why’ they have

chosen to be a teacher and to work in our school?

Teachers wrote down a variety of sentences that showed how much they

care about students, how passionate they are about their roles and how

important it is to them to make a real difference to the students here at

school.

Here are some of the thoughts from our teachers:

―Love educating students, teaching is my passion.‖

―To enable children to have more options in life.‖

―To make a difference.‖

―To make a change, inspire the next generation.‖

―Allows me to keep growing with the students.‖

I`m sure you agree, we have very passionate, experienced and caring

staff.

All week I have heard staff speak very highly about the students and after popping in to see a variety of lessons it is

clear how much of a privilege it is to work in this school.

After my first assembly on Tuesday it has been fantastic to work with students who really enjoy being at school. The

relationships between the staff and students have really stood out for me and it was a pleasure to pop into

lessons and witness great learning taking place.

Key Dates for

September

Thursday, 24th

- Public Holiday

(Hari Raya Haji)

Friday, 25th

- School day

(I)GCSE & A LEVEL RESULT

Congratulations!

to our Year 11 and Year 13 students on their fantastic exam results!

Thank you,

to everybody involved for their hard work last year.

Our headline figures are:

(I)GCSE

Increase in A*-C average from 84.8% to 87.5%

Increase in 5 A*-A grades from 31% to 38%

A Level

47% of all grades were A or B

75% were A-C

D uring my first month I have been asked what

my first impression of the school has been. I

can only say that after walking around and speaking to

the students and staff it is clear that there is a strong

sense of care in our school and string relationships and

respect between the staff and students. This combined

with the excellent academic results make this a very

positive environment and most importantly helps the

students thrive at school. From the assemblies, lessons

and meeting people, it is obvious how much the students

feel that they can attempt anything in this school.

Our sixth form students have started strongly and with very high expectations as we are extremely proud of our

results in the summer and are looking forward to how our current students progress this year. I have spoken to a few

sixth form students individually and have reiterated that supporting, challenging and enthusing our sixth form

students is a very high priority this year. Career guidance and academic mentoring are areas that we are going to

continue to build on for our year 12 and 13 students.

I`m sure you agree, we have very passionate, experienced and caring staff.

All week I have heard staff speak very highly about the students

and after popping in to see a variety of lessons it is clear how much

of a privilege it is to work in this school.

A fter my first assembly on Tuesday it has been fantastic to

work with students who really enjoy being at school. The

relationships between the staff and students have really stood out

for me and it was a pleasure to pop into lessons and witness great

learning Museum day was a big success and it was fantastic to see students present their work and also have a

chance with staff to walk around and discuss other projects. The projects included games, quizzes, videos and

interactions that were used to explain key concepts of the coursework. As you can see it was very busy and a lot of

high quality work created by our students.

I have visited a number of lessons so far and have asked students how their start

of term has been so far. Its been a great start with students having the confidence

to get involved and are therefore already having a great learning experience at

school. I look forward to the CCAs and other events next week.

Please feel free to contact me about anything and you are welcome to come in

anytime.

D uring these first weeks back we have celebrated our excellent exam results. We have also looked at

other skills and attributes we encourage our students to develop, to enable them to be better equipped

now at school and also for life in the future, preparing them for university courses, as well as the workplace.

These attributes include:

Confident

Responsible

Reflective

Innovative

Engaged

Collectively, these are referred to as:

‘The Cambridge Learner Attributes’.

As a school providing Cambridge exams, we believe that excellent academic success and developing these extra

attributes encourage students to develop into effective lifelong learners.

We therefore encourage students to try new opportunities and take risks with their learning; to be responsible for

their learning and to take ownership over their progress; to critically think about their work and development; to be

creative and innovative and to be engaged and active in their learning.

Opportunities throughout the courses are provided to develop these attributes further and enrich our learners

throughout their time at school.

T he student-led YouTube channel was launched in the last

week and quickly had over 200 views!

The channel was set up to give an insight into our school community

and it also serves as a way to educate people when using social

media. All likes, dislikes and comments are blocked for our channel.

Students will learn about E-Safety when creating videos for this channel and

will be able to see how a YouTube channel is developed.

We are looking forward to see our students create videos about what they

have contributed to at school, their interests inside and outside of the

classroom.

This is a great way to showcase the wonderful, caring environment of our community and also develop a global

minded approach in our students.

You can go on YouTube and look for our Channel, Tenbyschoolspenang,

for fun video content!

Social MediaSocial MediaSocial Media

FOLLOW OUR TWEETS @Tisspenang

Parents can request to join our secure Twitter area. Simply search for us and click follow to see our regular tweets!

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK//www.facebook.com/tenbypenang

Log in and Like our page, Tenby Schools Penang, to receive regular news and updates!

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

You can go on YouTube and look for our Channel, Tenbyschoolspenang, for fun video content!

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @tenby_school_penang

Join Instagram to take part in our hashtag photo competitions throughout the year and see our expanding collection

of photos!

From The Head of TIPS

Welcome back

Dear Parents,

It is so good to see all of the children back in school this week, ready and eager to learn. We send out a warm

welcome to all our new students and their families and we look forward to seeing you all at our future community

events.

From this term we have a new sticker for your car that will allow you access to the school site as a parent of a TIPS

child. If you have yet to receive your new sticker please see Ms Sharon in the TIPS office for the form and sticker.

I would like to remind all parents that we need update d medical information on all children and this is completed in

the Health Book. If you have not yet returned your child’s Health Book to school please do so as soon as possible.

Each week from now on every class teacher will choose a Star of the week– this child will be someone who has

stood out in the week for their attitude to learning, effort or achievement. To celebrate this we give the child a

certificate in assembly and we invite the parents of the chosen child to attend this assembly. Each Friday at 8.10am

upstairs in the Primary building Ms Sharon will contact the parents of Stars of the week by email and SMS on

Thursday afternoons. We look forward to seeing you over the coming year.

TIPS Teachers

Ms Joanne McCann

Year 1 Teacher

Ms Darshan Kaur

Nursery Teacher

On Maternity leave

Ms Ransher

Reception Teacher

Ms Henrietta

Year 6 Teacher

Ms Olivia Vinobaa

Year 4 Teacher

Ms Tanya Jackson

Year 5 Teacher

Mr James Shackleton

Year 3 Teacher

Mr Donovan Ng

Year 2 Teacher

Ms Simerit

Nursery

Cover Teacher

Regards

Ms Marian

Head of International Primary School

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Key Dates for

September

Thursday, 24th

- Public Holiday

(Hari Raya Haji)

Friday, 25th

- School day

October

Monday - Friday

12th - 16th

Half Term Holiday

November

Monday - Wednesday

9th - 11th

Public Holiday

December

Friday, 4th Dec

Term 1 Ends

The representatives are :

Year 2 Suzy & Dharrshen Year 3 Akshayaa & Peter

Year 4 Patricia & Tobey Year 5 Jacelyn & Ethan

Year 6 Jorja & LikSen

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Student Council

It was wonderful to see so many parents this morning at our first Celebration Assembly

of the new school year. All children this week have shown a very positive attitude to

their learning, and have been very resilient through many very wet days which meant

they weren’t able to play out. Despite the weather we have seen all classes start their

new IPC units and carry out their exciting entry points.

Over the past two weeks we have been focusing on our Personal Learning Goals. As

shown above, our Reception children really do know how to help each other!

Co-operation

Stars Of the Week

7th to 11th 7th to 11th 7th to 11th

Sept 2015Sept 2015Sept 2015

Well Done!Well Done!Well Done!

Year 5 Year 6

Year 3 Year 2

Year 1 Reception

Year 4

Stars Of the Week

14th to 18th 14th to 18th 14th to 18th

Sept 2015Sept 2015Sept 2015

Well Done!Well Done!Well Done!

Year 6

Year 3 Year 2

Year 1 Reception

Year 4 Year 5

New Librarians

Read

to

Succeed

Expand your

mind– read

a book.

All classes from year 2 upwards, have over the past two weeks,

been choosing the children in the class best suited to take on

extra responsibilities. Pictured below are the new Librarians

chosen by year 4 and year 5. The skills these children will need to

show are organization, reliability and good communication. Each

day they will be working as a team to ensure that all reading

material is stored and displayed appropriately and that the Primary

section of the School Library is keep tidy. In the future, we hope that these Librarians will be able to be involved in

the selection of new books for all classes. They will also be involved in the planning of our annual book week.

Brainwaves Year 6

As part of their IPC unit called Brainwaves, year 6 started the new school

year by really investigating how they learn. They looked at how to explain

things clearly, how to model things to new learners and they also found

out more about how the brain works. As a way of showing their

understanding they all had to teach a partner a new skill . After detailed

planning we saw friends learning new languages, Wushu moves, how to

use a wave board and origami. The children showed great resilience,

patience and awareness of their impact on the new learners. I am sure

that this insight will help them all in their final year in Primary School as

they really make the most of all learning opportunities.

How we learn.