TENBY SCHOOLS IPOHNewsletter #158 - October 2017

Highlights in this newsletter:

Message from Campus Principal

Parents Forums

School Survey for Parents

CCA Updates

Arts and Language Week

From the Campus Principal Jane Kuok

Dear Parents This week we held a Higher Education Fair on Wednesday, where 20 overseas and local universities and colleges attended the Fair. Parents and students were given an opportunity to find out more about further education pathways and subjects required for their career interests. Due to the demand from parents and students, we will look into holding another education fair in March next year.

More about this fair in the secondary section of this newsletter.

Parents ForumsParents Forums started this week, thank you to the parents who attended and gave us feedback. For those who are unable to come and have queries, please send your questions to ipoh@tenby.edu.my filling in the relevant forum as the subject of the e-mail and we will address them during the forum. Please note that individual concerns regarding students or individual staff members should be directed to the school via the usual communication channels. At the end of each Forum, we will summarise the key points raised and share these with all parents of the same year group. This will be done via the Parent Portal.

Please take note of the remaining forums:

Meru Campus

Date Time Year Group Venue

Monday 30.10.17 08:15hrs Year 1 – 3 Parents Forum Auditorium

Tuesday 31.10.17 08:15hrs Year 4 – 6 Parents Forum Auditorium

Wednesday 01.11.17 08:15hrs Year 7 – 9 Parents Forum Library

Thursday 02.11.17 08:15hrs Year 10 – 13 Parents Forum Library

TEYCI

Date Time Venue

Monday 06.11.17 08:30hrs School Hall

School Survey for ParentsIn last week’s Newsletter, we mentioned that this year’s community surveys would be sent round to garner feedback from stakeholders. We are pleased to inform parents that this year, the survey is available in three languages, English, Malay and Chinese. We hope that this will mean that we will receive a better response to previous years. The survey for parents was sent via the ENGAGE Parent Portal today. We hope that you will be able to find a few minutes to fill in the survey as any feedback is vital when planning ahead for school improvement.

Next week we look forward to Arts Week in TISSI. Read on for more information for the activities that are going on.

Please note that next Friday 3rd November is the Sultan of Perak’s birthday and a public holiday. Therefore, the next Newsletter will be published on Friday 10th November.

School Trips in November Primary Day Date Year Group

Thursday 2nd November Standard 6

Monday 6th November Year 4

Wednesday 15th November Year 5 and Standard 5

Thursday 16th November Year 3

Secondary Day Date Year Group

Wednesday 15th November Year 11 and above

Friday 24th November MUN Club

Tuesday 28th November Y10 D&T Y11 ICT

Interclub Swimming Competition – Final Leg 2016/2017 at Tenby Date : 5th November Time : 07:00hrs – 12:00hrs Swimming pool will be open at 07:00hrs for registration and warm up. Event starts at 08:00hrs sharp.

Parent-Teacher-Student Meetings Meetings with subject teachers will take place on the following days and times

Year 10 & 11 Date : Monday 13th November

Session 1 : 15:15hrs to 16:30hrs (46 families)

Session 2 : 16:45hrs to 18:00hrs (46 families)

Venue : Library and Sixth Form Learning Centre

Date : Monday 20th November

Session 1 : 15:15hrs to 16:30hrs (55 families)

Venue : Library and Sixth Form Learning Centre

Year 12S & 13J Date : Monday 13th November

Session 1 : 15:15hrs to 16:30hrs (9 families)

Session 2 : 16:45hrs to 18:00hrs (9 families)

Venue : Library and Sixth Form Learning Centre

The PTS meetings are an opportunity to have a brief conversation with your child’s

subject teacher and are arranged as a carousel, with parents rotating through each

subject on a first come first served basis. Time with each teacher is limited, however,

should you require longer you are free to arrange a separate meeting with the subject

teacher concerned. We ask that all parents be respectful of the time limit as this will

allow each family an opportunity to discuss progress.

Places for each session are limited and access will be restricted to those that have

signed up. Students are expected to attend with their parents and must be wearing

School Uniform.

We have arranged for AUG Study to be present during the Monday, 13th November session in order to offer guidance to students and parents on university pathways in Malaysia and beyond. Please use the ENGAGE Parent Portal to book your place by Friday 10th November. Parents may do this by accessing the activities tab on the main ribbon in ENGAGE. For security reasons attendees are reminded to wear their Parents ID tag, “sign in” at

the School’s Reception and “sign out” when they leave the school. You will be issued

with a PTS Meeting sticker to wear once you have signed in. Prefects will be on hand

to escort you to the meeting locations and refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you at the PTS meeting.

HIGHER EDUCATION FAIR OCTOBER 2017

More than twenty institutions of higher learning from

Malaysia and beyond were represented at the Higher

Education Fair held at Tenby Schools Ipoh on Wednesday

25th October.

The event drew an interesting rainbow of universities from

the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore

and Malaysia.

“We are here for the

first time,” remarked

UTAR

representative Ms Ng Jean Li. “Tenby students are showing

growing interest in UTAR’s rising fame as one of Malaysia’s

most popular local universities.”

Also here for the first time were Quest International University

Perak, Manipal International University, Universiti Teknologi

Petronas, Brickfields Asia College and UNI KL – College of

Medicine.

“We are greatly impressed by the campus and facilities at

Tenby Schools Ipoh,” commented Mr Pretam Singh, student

recruitment executive from Quest International University.

“We have heard about Tenby’s strong tradition of music and drama and we look forward to fruitful

partnerships with Tenby Ipoh.”

For most Tenby secondary and Sixth Form students,

the Fair was another occasion to ponder about what

lies ahead after the A-levels and IGCSE/SPM

examinations.

“The range of options open to us is sometimes

baffling. But events like this are a wonderful stimulus

that enables us to narrow down our choices to what

we really care about,” remarked Emi Yamamoto, a

Sixth Former who hopes to study plant genetics.

The Fair was more than just a marketing event for the

universities. It was also an opportunity for students to

learn more about university entrance requirements

and the changing job market.

“I viewed a video at a university booth which argued that

robots will not be able to take over many jobs,” shared Ong

Yuan Yuan (Sixth Former, Y12J). “Only the repetitive,

meaningless jobs will go. There will always be a demand

for creative, imaginative jobs.”

The number of parents who visited the Fair was small but

significantly growing. One parent who came along

immediately registered her daughter into Tenby Sixth Form

as she was impressed with the personalized academic care

and holistic opportunities Tenby Sixth Form had to offer as

well as the guidance for UCAS when applying for

universities.”

The list of universities/organisations which participated in the Fair was as follows:

AUG (UK, Australia,NZ, Singapore,Canada, USA)

IDP (UK,Australia,NZ, Singapre,Canada,USA)

Navitas UK

University of Adelaide

Brickfields Asia College ( University of London)

Le Cordon Bleu

Curtin University (Singapore)

James Cook University (Singapore)

Herriot-Watt University (Malaysia)

INTI International University

Kaplan International (Singapore)

Liverpool John Moore University

Manipal International University

Nottingham University (Malaysia)

University of Surrey

Northumbria University

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Quest International University Perak

UNI KL (College of Medicine)

The next Higher Education Fair is scheduled for Saturday 10th March.

INTERNATIONAL-MINDEDNESS IN ACTION - THE DEEPAVALI ASSEMBLY

The Deepavali spirit: the triumph of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and hope over

despair. With crashing waves of colour and joyful spirits festooning the halls, Tenby students

displayed the high regard in which they held this esteemed festival. Continuous

encouragement from our Campus Principal Ms. Kuok has borne even more fruit year upon

year as the mounting tide of beautifully adorned saris, sherwanis and kurtas filled the

school’s passages.

The lighting of the lamps, steeped in historical significance, declared the opening of this

year’s Deepavali assembly. With performances ranging from the enthusiastic efforts of our

primary members to the experienced twirling and swirling of the KS 4 ‘veterans’ and even

invited professionals such as the renowned group “Black Bhag Bhangra”, this special

assembly showcased the successful cultivation of international mindedness in Tenby’s

students that is at the core of Tenby’s Vision; “A United World at Peace - Through

Education”. As people of differing race, gender, and belief came together to celebrate this

momentous occasion, the significance and reverence in which people hold Deepavali cannot

be doubted.

By: Kit Han (Year 10E)

Arts and Language Week (Monday 30.10.17 to Thursday 02.11.17)

We would like to inform you of our forthcoming Arts and Language week, commencing

Monday 30th October 2017. Students from across both the International and National sections

have been invited to participate in several events and are eagerly practising/creating work.

The programme for the week contains the following:

Monday at 13:00hrs: Multi-Language Spelling Bee. Auditorium.

Tuesday – Wednesday 13:10hrs: Lunch time Music. Foyer area of Auditorium. Seating on

grass immediately in front.

Monday – Wednesday. During language lessons Y7-Y9 Tenby World Languages Carousel.

(Students teach each other other’s languages). Auditorium.

Wednesday at 13:00hrs: Melodrama – Year 8 performances. Drama Studio

HOUSE COMPETITIONS are also taking place:

Inter-House ‘Hero’ Art Competition – with the theme My Hero. Students can collect the

rules for Art work submission from Ms Stephanie (noticeboard) or direct from Ms Michelle.

Please note entries must be in by Friday 27th October. Judging will take place on 30th

October. Winning entries will be displayed in the foyer and awarded House Points.

All students are invited to take part in the Inter-House ‘So You Think You Can Sing’ competition. Qualifying rounds/auditions will take place during the Arts Week itself at lunch times. Sign-up sheets are posted up outside C-1-8. The Grand Finale of this event will be held on the evening of Wednesday 6th December. Thursday at 12:50hrs: Inter-House Dance Competition in the MPH. Each House performs 1 or 2 dances to compete for the title of Inter-House Dance Champions.

INVITED EVENTS

Parents are also invited to attend the following events:

Tea Time Concerts. Monday and Tuesday 15:10hrs onwards in the Music

Room/auditorium for about 15 minutes to enable parents to attend without having to make a

special trip to school (i.e. when students are normally collected)..

Tenby Inter-House Drama. Tuesday, starting at 18:30hrs prompt. Each House presents

a 30 minute drama from a selection of different genre: Comedy (Aladdin), thriller

(Frankenstein), romance (Grease) and a mystery (Whodunnit). This is a free but ticketed

event with limited seating available from Ms Stephanie. It is recommended for secondary age

students and above only.

We hope that students will enjoy what should be a full and exciting week and will find a way

to participate and enjoy the creativity of others too.

SPELLING BEE 2017

The Spelling Bee competition was held on Tuesday 26th September. It was one of the

English activities for the Standard 6 students after the UPSR examination.

This Spelling Bee competition served as a platform for students to demonstrate the

power of their vocabulary not only in their ability to spell and pronounce words but also

to generate other words. It was an exciting and challenging competition to the students,

requiring them to apply both language skills and thinking skills in order to score points

for their groups.

The following table shows the results.

Winner Group 2 Julia, Syafiqah, Justin, Sanjay, Li Syuen & Haziq

1st Runner-up Group 3 Jay Young, Adeena, Vincent, Kuan Jing, Edlynn & Eng Joe

2nd Runner-up Group 5 Lee Jing, Hail Harraz, Yong Xuan, Lorraine & Halim

The Winner – Group 2

1st Runner-up - Group 3 2nd Runner-up – Group 5

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you had a restful half-term break. We

trust that you had a fruitful session with your child’s

class teacher this week during the Parent Teacher

Conferences. Home and school partnership is such an

important element of the child’s growth and learning

journey. Children learn best when parents and teachers

work together to encourage and support them. Schools

alone cannot address all of a child’s developmental

needs. The positive involvement of parents is

essential and for this we thank you for your continued

support.

We have begun preparations for the upcoming

Christmas Assembly and will continue to share updates

with you. The Christmas Assembly will be held on

Thursday 30th November.

Thank you.

Miss Lam

Please check your Parent

Portal daily.

Please check your child’s

Student Planner daily.

Do follow us on Twitter:

@tenbyipoh

Remember to display your

Transport ID Sign on the left

hand corner of your car

dashboard to help ease the

during pick-up time.

Home Learning and Spelling

List will be made available

on the Parent Portal on

Friday evenings.

Please download the IPC

Challenge Sheets from your

Parent Portal.

Our October PIM session, led by Mr. Hamilton, focussed on the International Primary Curriculum (IPC). The IPC is a thematic, creative curriculum with a clear process of learning and with specific learning goals for international mindedness and for personal learning based on the IPC personal goals of cooperation, communication, thoughtfulness, respect, resilience, enquiry, adaptability and morality. The IPC has been designed to ensure rigorous learning but also to help teachers make all learning exciting, active and meaningful for children. Learning with the IPC takes a global approach; helping children to connect their learning to where they are living now as well as looking at the learning from the perspective of other people in other countries. This session had a focus on how the IPC cultivates international mindedness in our students and the need for students to be aware of global issues in Malaysia and other countries. We also considered how we are making greater daily connections with other countries and how there are increasingly diverse cultures around the world. This makes it important for children to expand their international perspective to help them become global citizens.

Year 5 children have been learning about different types of materials in their Science lessons.

They used their knowledge of material and their properties to conduct investigations. The children

had to plan and conduct an investigation to find the best materials for a pet harness. Let’s find out

more about their investigation!

In groups, the children

discussed and made a

plan for their investigation.

The children used a force meter to measure the mass of each material.

Then they recorded

their findings in a

simple table. Finally

they made their

conclusions based

on the findings.

News from Tenby Early Years Centre Ipoh

The Parent Teacher Conferences (PTCs) were held over two days on Tuesday 24th October and

Wednesday 25th October. We had a good turnout from parents on both days and the feedback by was

encouraging. Thank you for making the time to come for the PTCs.

Dental Care Visit (Nursery to Year 1): Monday 30th October

Please remember to send in these items with your child on the day.

1. Toothpaste

2. Toothbrush

3. Plastic cup

4. A small towel

TEYCI Parents Forum in the School Hall: Monday 6th November @ 08:30hrs

Toddlers in action…

Collage is part of an activity the children carry out in a Toddler class. Here the children from Toddler B

enjoyed pasting coloured papers on a printout of a snail.

This week children from Toddler Y learnt to identify members of their family in “This is my family”. They

are also learnt the names of their friends in class.

“That’s my mummy”. “That’s me Zion”.