Dear Parents,

The months are moving along quickly and we continue to announce further updates concerning the school building development. The lower classrooms are being fitted out and the final roof construction is nearly complete. Once completed, there will be a concerted effort to outfit the major specialist areas such as Auditorium, Multi-Purpose Hall and indoor Play Area to ensure that they are finished and ready for our students to occupy. All furniture and other learning resources have been ordered and are now awaiting installation. We are very confident of meeting the deadline of December 2017.

I am happy to inform you that the hiring of teachers continues and we have on board experienced and talented staff from Australia and the UK, that will support the delivery of the Victorian Curriculum.

Clive P RogersFounding Principal

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The Peninsula Post From Australia and Beyond

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The partnership between Peninsula Grammar and Peninsula International School Australia was further strengthened on Monday, 28th August when we were visited by Stuart Johnston and Gary van den Elsen from the Grammar school. They were here to look at the school’s progress and facilitate ways in which to support and contribute to the ongoing start-up of the partnership.

Some of the focus centred on staffing, curriculum development and student exchanges with the long term aim of ensuring quality assurances and the establishing of wider community links.

The wider community links were further extended with a meeting with Brett Stevens, Commissioner to South East Asia, Government of Victoria, Celia Yeo, Educational Services Director South East Asia, Victorian Government Business Office and Melissa Tan, Education Manager, Australian Trade and Investment Commission on Thursday, 14th September to discuss ways in which the school and community could benefit from the development of social events and other communal events that focus on community celebrations at the school.

Brett StevensCommissioner to South East Asia, Government of Victoria

Clive Rogers, Principal of Peninsula International School Australia & Stuart Johnston, Principal of Peninsula Grammar

“The Victorian Government is delighted to see the progress of Peninsula International School Australia - Setia Alam campus and look forward to meeting with students and parents who will form the founding communityfor the Malaysia story soon!”

Celia YeoEducational Services Director South East Asia,Victorian Government Business Office

Melissa TanEducation Manager,Australian Trade and Investment Commission

Principal’s Message

The central principle of the school’s pastoral system is that young people are most likely to be successful academically if they feel secure in their school environment.

Peninsula International School Australia gives great weight to the importance of effective orientation and on-going guidance for each student in order to try to ensure that each young person is both happy and successful.

We believe the pastoral organisation of the school is very effective in what it sets out to achieve: a secure environment in which all students are valued, and in which they can be successful and reach their potential. That is why all teachers will have a role to play in the delivery of the pastoral well-being programmes.

The school pastoral system is divided into three sections:- Junior School- Middle School- Senior School

Key referral points for parents are students’ Homeroom Teachers in the Junior School and Form Tutors in the Senior School. Students at the Junior School level spend a majority of learning time with their respective Homeroom Teachers whilst the Senior School students meet with their Form Tutor daily and the Form Tutor will play a central role in guiding and supporting each student to achieve their maximum potential.

The transition between each phase is managed with great care as students move from one phase to another.

The pastoral programmes will enable students to take on responsibility, develop leadership skills, develop communication skills and give them a sense of well-being.

INTERNATIONAL FOCUSPeninsula Grammar in Victoria, Australia is a premier private day and boarding school catering to students from Kindergarten to Years 12. Today, Peninsula Grammar has a sizeable international enrolment from as far as China, Japan, South East Asia, Germany, France and other parts of Europe, the United States and South America.

There are also hundreds of students studying in four Peninsula affiliates in China, where their excellent Victorian Certificate of Education results help them enrol in a university of their choice normally in the English speaking world.

Peninsula Grammar in India is located in the state of Uttaranchal, near the city of Dehradun. The students are among the less privileged in India and Peninsula Grammar provides substantial financial and assistance and other resources to support the school. The students study in English, Hindi and Sanskrit.

Peninsula International School Australia in Malaysia, is the latest addition to the Peninsula Grammar family.

Pastoral CareStudent Wellbeing

StaffingOur Teachers

At Peninsula, we see learning not just as a pathway to university and a career, but also as a doorway to holistic personal development.

The books students read, the knowledge they absorb, the languages learnt, the artistic, sporting and musical skills acquired are the tools that enable them to realise their full potential.

Whether your child joins us at the beginning of the school journey or midway, he or she will be equally welcomed and invited to maximise the benefits that flow from being valued and enriched in a caring and personalised learning environment.

We are proud to have a professional and dedicated teaching team of different nationalities. Our teachers are highly qualified with many years of experience and understand the needs and interests of both adults and children. They encourage students to be actively involved in the learning process and help them to develop their full potential.

To maintain the delivery of high quality lessons delivered through the English language, our teachers will focus on professional training INSET’s.

This ensures that our students learn from experts who make lessons engaging, enjoyable and effective, whilst creating a positive and motivating learning environment.

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The Senior Leadership Team

All Rounded Students

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Our school uniform is designed to provide choice for students while at the same time promoting safety, ease of identification, equality, school pride, positive behaviour and the development of a school community.

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UniformsFormal and PE uniforms

CREATING A COMMUNITY SPIRIT

At Peninsula International School Australia, we place a strong emphasis on community and many of our events will involve students and parents in a wide range of both cultural and educational celebrations that may be in the form of assemblies, cultural days or prize giving awards, all built around our positive psychology philosophy.

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBERWe are hosting a Coffee Morning “The Peninsula Experience” on the 30th of September. OCTOBEROur Team will be present at the 6th Private and International School Fair in Johor and Penang on the 7th and 15th of October respectively.

The Senior Leadership Team will be travelling to Melbourne in October for a week’s consultation at Peninsula Grammar. NOVEMBERCome and meet us at the 10th Private and International School Fair at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre on the 4th and 5th of November.

DECEMBER Staff will come on board from the month of December onwards.

The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is the certificate that the majority of students in Victoria receive on satisfactory completion of their secondary education. The VCE provides diverse pathways to further study or training at universities worldwide.

The Australian VCE has a modular curriculum. Most subjects comprise of 4 modules or units. Students are free to choose their own course structure through a combination of units from the subjects offered at their school. VCE programmes usually take 2 years to complete, with Units 1 and 2 providing an introductory phase in Year 11 and the more advanced Units 3 and 4 taking place in Year 12.

A typical overseas VCE programme will consist of 5 to 6 subjects totaling a possible maximum of 24 units. To receive their VCE certificate, students must successfully complete a minimum of 16 units.

Students must complete at least 3 units of an English Language study. VCE studies are assessed both internally (in school) and externally (through VCAA).

During Units 1 and 2, all assessments are conducted internally, while in Units 3 and 4, assessments are conducted both internally and externally.

ATAR, the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate entry university programmes in Australia. The VCE results issued by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) will be used to calculate the ATAR.

The ATAR is developed from an aggregate produced by adding:- VTAC scaled study score in one of the

English, English Language and Literature or English as an Additional Language subject.

- The next best three VTAC scaled study scores permissible; and

- 10% of the fifth and sixth permissible scores that are available.

* The average ATAR is around 70.00

VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATIONStructure of the VCE

Peninsula International School Australia held its first Founding Families Community Day on Saturday, 16th September. Our Founding Parents and Children came along to meet the Senior Leadership Team and were given updates concerning the progress of the school. Everyone had a very enjoyable time interacting with the staff and later were engaged in a hand printing activity that will be used as a display celebrating our Founding Parents and their children.

Contact Information: Peninsula International School AustraliaJalan Setia Murni U13/51,Seksyen U13, Setia Alam40170 Shah AlamSelangor, Malaysia

Tel:+60 3 7499 3390+60 11 3783 2390/ +60 11 3975 0890

Fax: +60 3 7954 2152

Email:admissions@peninsula.edu.my

Website:www.peninsula.my

Founding ParentsMeeting our Senior Leadership Team

Top : The Peninsula Team at EdusentralTop Left : Mr Rogers addressing the Parents Left : Handprints by Founding Parents and students