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Dear Parents, Thank you for reading this Newsletter. School Fees It is with great regret that the School again reminds parents who have not paid this Terms School Fees, and who have not made any contact with the School, that they should NOT bring their children to School on Monday 26th January, or thereafter until all financial matters are resolved. Cambridge Programmes in Science, Academic English, English Literature at Churchill College, Cambridge University 2nd to 15th August, 2015 As previously detailed, representatives from the Cambridge Programme will be at School on Thursday 5th February at 08:00hrs in the Auditorium to meet interested pupils and parents. Singularly beautiful and historic, Cambridge is the perfect location for an inspirational summer programme. Pupils can choose Science, for which Cambridge is world famous, or Academic English, or English Literature for advanced study. Churchill College, where the programme is based, is one of the 31 Colleges which make up Cambridge University. The College has a strong focus on science, engineering and technology. 28 of its members have won Nobel Prizes. The School would provide Staff Escorts to safely take pupils to and from Cambridge, and help supervise during the Course, as required. For more details: www.cambridgeprogrammes.com Interested TIS & SST Secondary parents and pupils MUST book to attend the 5th February meeting by Friday 30th January via email to the respective School Secretaries: SST : Ms. Suzanne ([email protected]) TIS : Ms. Darshini ([email protected])

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Feedback from the Council of International School {CIS} Endicott Survey Thank you to those who responded to the survey circulated last October 2014. 1,261 respondents took part in the survey. Out of this, 916 comprised of students {from Year 5/Std 4 upwards}, 87 academic staff, 255 parents, and 3 Board Members. Please look at the attachment for findings tabulated by the CIS Steering Committee. Congratulations to Tenbys Malaysian National Sportsman and Sportswomen

Allycia {Year 8} has been selected for the National Reserve Team by the Malaysian Golf Association.

Feirish {Year 7} has been selected for the National Junior Team; Feirish is the youngest golfer in the Squad.

Rachel {Year 11} is a Figure Skater and represents Malaysia in Korea later this month in the pre-Winter Olympics Festival. Rachel will therefore be in contention to represent Malaysia in 2 years time at the Olympics, whilst studying in Tenby Sixth Form!

Feirish & Rachel Charity Carnival: Saturday 21st March @ 09:00hrs The students are organizing this years Charity Bazaar which will take place at school on the above date. Following the huge success of last year it is a daunting challenge to make it bigger and better. The day is a fun event for all the family and will include food stalls, games, music, Bouncy Castles and more. Please put the date in your diary. Charity Carnival Gala Concert: Sunday 22nd March @ 16:00hrs in the Auditorium As part of the weekends fund-raising, on the Sunday afternoon will be a Gala Concert featuring some vocal and instrumental solos, and also a performance from all Year 6 children and the newly formed Adult Community Choir, of Songs and Cries of London Town by the living English composer Bob Chilcott. {Parents and friends of the School are warmly invited to sing strictly for fun on Friday nights from 19:00hrs until 20:30hrs}.

CCA Enquiries [email protected] *** Parents Bulletin http://www.tenby.edu.my/setia-eco-park/parents-bulletin *** Parents Newsletter http://www.tenby.edu.my/setia-eco-park/newsletters *** PA Blog tenbysep-pa.blogspot.com. *** Follow us on Twitter SST - @TenbySEP_SST TIS Secondary School - @TenbySEPTISsec TIS Primary School - @TenbySEP_TISpri Tenby CCA & Tenby Eagles: @TenbyCCAEAGLES

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Charity Ball: 28th March at The Saujana Hotel from 19:00hrs Tickets and tables are still selling fast for this event. An evening of entertainment, dinner and dancing for the parents and staff of the Tenby Community. Tickets cost RM200.00 per person or RM2000.00 for a table of ten. We are still looking for donations/sponsorship for this event. For tickets and sponsorship please email Tom Robinson ([email protected]). Let us try to raise more than the students can manage at the Bazaar; they are ready for the challenge. Tenby Music Festival in Ipoh: Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February The Music Department has been very busy making the necessary arrangements to take 35 pupils to Ipoh for a Music Festival and Competition. Good luck to all participating pupils. Flood Donations We are continuing to receive donations for the victims of the floods. Boxes are available in the Foyer, Primary Servery, SST Arena of Knowledge and, now, the Bookshop. The following items have been requested:-

Basic stationary for school children

School bags

Rain coats for children

Markers/Chalks

Blank writing books

School Uniform of different sizes

School shoes of different sizes

Educational play items

Reading books

Exercise Books For one more week only, Senior students will be at these stations between 07:00hrs and 07:40hrs and between 14:40hrs and 15:00hrs. The School recently presented one of our chosen charities Furry Friends Farm with a donation of RM14,000.00 from last years charity events. Some students will soon be visiting the Farm to see how the money is being put to use. Honesty The School is most fortunate to have such a hard-working team of Auxiliary Support Staff. Earlier this week one of the Cleaning Team found not one, but THREE mobile telephones in TIS Secondary, and handed them into the Office for reclamation. Any TIS Secondary student who has lost their mobile phone should contact Miss Darshini. A sincere thank you here is expressed to Mr. Sovan for his honesty and diligence. Thank you, as always, for your great support of the School. Kind regards, Andrew Auster

Useful Links http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx? storycode=340908 A nice article about education being a family affair - that students should be involved in conversations about their learning *** http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx? storycode =2651278 BLP & getting students to challenge things more *** http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx? storycode=6167534 Flexing your learning muscles *** http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news- impact/2012/01/are-you-down-with-or-done-with-homework/ Homework & the Cold War *** http://www.buildinglearningpower. co.uk/blp/What_is_BLP.html Building Learning Power *** Downloads TIS Parents Handbook http://www.tenby.edu.my/photo/pdf/Information_for_TIS_Parents_2013_.pdf *** TIS Curriculum Handbooks http://www.tenby.edu.my/setia-eco-park/downloads#

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Upcoming Events/Reminders 21.03.15 Charity Carnival @ 09:00hrs, in School 22.03.15 Charity Gala Concert @ 19:00hrs, Auditorium 28.03.15 1st Annual Charity Dinner & Dance, The Saujana Hotel 30.01.15 01.02.15 Tenby Music Festival in Ipoh 21.04.15 23.04.15 Cambridge Primary & Secondary Checkpoint CCAs Karate CCA There will be no Karate CCA next week on Wednesday 28th January, it will resume on Wednesday 4th February. Bowling CCA There will be no Bowling CCA next week on Wednesday 28th January as the bowling alley has been booked for MSSS. A replacement lesson will be scheduled for FRIDAY 30th JANUARY instead. Please can Bowling students see Ms. Nathalie on Monday next week for further details. When CCAs are cancelled students have the option of attending homework club instead. Homework club takes place every day throughout the week. Please see the document duty and venues on our website for homework club locations throughout the week. From Tenby With Love The TIS PA has set up a Working Committee to meet weekly on Monday Mornings at 08:00hrs to work on the upcoming Charity Ball scheduled for 28th March. If you would like to join the team, please come and see us at the Cafeteria on Monday, 26th January. Weekly Ball Snippet.. Read all about it! Read all about it! Our sources who shall remain anonymous - have let this tasty morsel of information slip: TIS Principal Andrew Auster and TIS Deputy Head Pastoral Tom Robinson will be up for auction at the Charity Ball. Shocking but true..! They are asking to be bid on, in order to do your biddingThey will be your personal butlers for one evening. People, get your wallets out

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Coffee Morning: Understanding GST from Consumer's Perspective Date : 4th February, 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 08:30hrs 10:00hrs Venue : EPC RSVP : All parents of Tenby KL (SEP) are welcome to attend. Please e-mail Elizabeth Wong ([email protected]) by Saturday 31st January, 2015 to reserve/confirm a place. Do specify your child's class. Sypnosis of the talk: With less than 3 months away, how will we be facing the most crucial time and what will be the challenges that we meet when GST goes online on 1st April. We as consumer, are we ready to face it? The talk will let us have more understanding of how GST works. Talk by: YYC Advisors is a group of professional chartered accountants, tax specialists and business consultants dedicated to advise and assist Malaysian businesses grow. The company is a firm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which has been established for more than 39 years since 1974 and helped thousands of businesses grow. The scope and requirement of Malaysia GST is the most complex compared to other countries around us. YYC's GST Consultants with their motto of KEEP GST SIMPLE AND SHORT have an enviable reputation for their ability to break things down into simple language.

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Fixtures subject to changes 24.01.15 : U13 Boys Football @ NIS 27.01.15 : U15 Boys and Girls Basketball v ISKL @ Tenby 29.01.15 : U15 Girls KLISS Basketball Tournament @ Tenby 29.01.15 : U15 Basketball Finals Boys @ GIS 29.01.15 : U15 Girls Basketball Tournament @ TIS 04.02.15 : U11 Boys KLISS Football @ Nexus, Girls KLISS Football @ ISP 05.02.15 : U13 Boys KLISS Basketball Tournament @ Tenby 05.02.15 : U15 Boys ISAC Basketball Finals @ GIS 05.02.15 : U15 Girls ISAC Basketball Finals @ KLASS

The PE Department are recruiting! Do you have a passion for sport? Do you have some spare time to commit to one of our sports teams? Sport is growing fast in terms of the number of students taking part and the number of sports and teams the PE Department are running. Standards of competition are getting tougher across KL. If you have a coaching qualification in a sport and you are interested in assisting with training for any of our sports teams please express your interest to Miss Cloke, Head of Physical Education via email: [email protected] Athletics Season The athletics season is now under way. Students travelled to Setia Badminton Academy for the first time on Tuesday in preparation for the ISAC and KLISS athletics championships coming up later this term. Students opted for their specialist running event and had the opportunity to develop and improve their techniques and fitness levels. Primary students have had the opportunity to participate in a trial in their PE lesson, experiencing the running, jumping and throwing events for their age groups. They were also invited to improve their performances at lunchtimes. The high jump and 60 metre sprint turned out to be popular events. Primary students will be selected for the team dependent on their times and/or distances and will be informed by a letter at the start of next week. Students in secondary are expected to attend athletics club on Tuesdays if they would like to be selected for the Tenby Athletics Team. If students would like to be selected for team but are committed to another CCA or external club please see Miss Cloke to show your interest. Basketball News Its a busy few weeks in terms of basketball! U15 boys - won against MKIS last week. A physical match with high levels of energy from both teams. Tenby held off their opponents throughout, although it was close in the first three quarters their fitness and determination showed and helped them finish their chances.

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U15 girls narrowly held onto their lead in tonights match against Nexus. After gaining an 11 point lead the girls were put under pressure by Nexus in the last quarter. Tenby held their nerve and won by 2 points. O15 boys the boys were dominant in their match against ISKL a well drilled team who at times put the Tenby boys under pressure physically and tactically. Tenby held off ISKL by 3 points and won in a high scoring game 35-32. They travel back to ISKL to play in the finals this week. O15 girls the girls had a tougher time on court against ISKL. As a relatively new team with players from year 9 and 10 stepping up, they played as a strong network and learned a lot from each other. They lost 22-13 but they head back to ISKL to play them again in the finals so we hope they can give them a scare this time! CALLING ALL YEAR 7 & 8 boys and girls! Tenby will be hosting the U13 Basketball Tournaments for KLISS in February. Miss Cloke would like to see you training on a Thursday lunchtime on the large court from 12:30hrs 13:00hrs. Remember your kit and see you on court! Football News The U13 boys and girls teams travelled to Nexus last week to play the tournament postponed from since before the festivities! Both teams travel back to Nexus this weekend to play in the tournament with a variety local international schools. The standard will be tough, good luck to both teams! Twitter @Tenby_Sport Tenby PE Department now have a twitter account. The department will tweet about fixtures, our successes both in lessons and teams or clubs, events in and out of school that the PE department will be involved in and even the weather! This will be an information providing service ONLY. If you would like to discuss anything regarding PE please contact Miss Cloke directly. Duathlon Have you got your team organized yet?! The inter house duathlon for secondary takes place 27th, 28th and 29th January and for year 4, 5 and 6 students on 4th and 5th February during lunchtime. The event consists of a team of 2, 3 or 4 students from the same house competing in the swim and the run events. See one of the posters around school for details of the distances for your age-group. Collect a sign-up form from the PE department and return it back to Miss Laura by the end of the week. Swimmers It was unfortunate that two swimmers were forgotten off the honours list last weeks newsletter regarding the ISAC Swim Meet before the Christmas holiday. The PE department have apologised for this error and would like to make sure that Amy (4B) and Adam (3S) are mentioned this week so that everyone reading this knows that they were most definitely part of the Tenby Swim Team. Great performances from them both, well done!

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The Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

During the last week of school, I had the opportunity to join the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestras December programme which was filled with exciting repertoire such as Elgars Enigma Variations and music from Home Alone the movie alongside the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). The programme which lasted for 3 tiring weeks included the long hour

rehearsals with maestro Fabian Russell. Throughout the entire programme, I had the opportunity to experience the lifestyle of a musician: waking up early to attend rehearsals and working until late at night. Although rehearsals were exhausting, the music was interesting enough to give me the motivation to continue. I felt that the side-by-side Home Alone concert with the MPO was the most interesting part of the programme as I was given the chance to work with professional musicians. By working with them, I learned new music knowledge such as bowing techniques and interpretations which will be beneficial to me in the future. The programme was an overall success as not only did we manage to produce a fantastic concert, the experience gained from the programme was priceless too. By Chris Chan 12T

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Upcoming Events

Event Date Venue

Whole Secondary Year Camps

Wednesday 28th- Friday 30th January

Taiping(Form1 & 2)

Lumut 1 (Form 3)

Lumut 2 (Form 4 & 5)

Term 1 Information Morning for parents on a) Discover how you can unlock your childs potential TODAY b) Supporting your childs holistic development

Wednesday 28th January 08:30 10:00hrs

Auditorium

Pre-AGM PA Committee Meeting

Thursday 29th January 14:00hrs

Meeting Room(2nd Floor)

Visiting Doctor Talk on Childhood Diseases such as HFMD,Chicken pox and flu

Friday 30th January 13:30hrs

Auditorium

INSET for Teachers (Not a school day for students)

Monday 2nd February Auditorium

Zak Zebras African Safari (Musical Production Trip for Std 2)

Thursday 5th February 11:00hrs show

Pentas 2, KLPac

Primary Experiential Days (Std2-6)

Tuesday 10th February Various destinations to be announced soon

Primary Experiential Day (Std 1)

TBC TBC

Sciencematic Week Monday 2nd March- Friday 6th March

At school

1st Parents Teachers Day Thursday 2nd April Homerooms

2015 Term 1 Assessments & Examinations Dates Assessment /Examination

Date Remark

Mastery Modular Assessment 1 (MMA1)

4th -6th February For all classes and is carried out in Homeroom during the subjects period as according to timetable

Term 1 Examination

9th-13th March (Std1-6) 9th-17th March (F1-3) 9th-20th March (F4-5)

For all classes and is carried out following a structured time table distributed in February

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Primary Prefects and Year Leaders Installation, by Ms. Joanne During the primary assembly on Monday 19th January, a total of 21 Year Leaders and Prefects were appointed. The candidates had to write in an application letter and attend an interview before they were appointed. There are 8 new Year Leaders in Std 3, namely Trishadeep (Std3M), Qi En (Std3M), Zoe (Std3M), Wern Xin (Std3M), Sarah (Std3S), Adam Faris (Std3S), Andrea (Std3S) and Adam Daniel (Std3S). The 3 existing Year Leaders in Std 4 are Jonas (Std4S), Jeremiah (Std4S) and Zoe (Std4S). Together with 4 Prefects from Std 5, Shah Eskander (Std5S), Adam Harith (Std5S), Johansen (Std5S) and Kirthina (Std5S) and 6 Prefects from Std 6, Zachary (Std6M), Ye Xiang (Std6S), Caitlyn Anisha (Std6S), Aina Shebica (Std6S), Zhen Ru (Std6S) and Allysa Amani (Std6S), they complete the Prefectorial Board. The Head Prefect is Caitlyn Anisha (Std 6S) and the Deputy Head Prefect is Adam Harith (Std 5S). These Year Leaders and Prefects were given their badges and maroon neckties. They are given responsibility over a class and have to carry out their duties during break and lunch times. They too carry out their respective duties during school events and activities Congratulations to all these Year Leaders and Prefects of 2015!

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Secondary Prefects and Year Leaders Installation, by Mr. Kwa During the secondary assembly on Tuesday 20th January, a total of 12 Year Leaders and 16 Prefects were appointed. Teachers and students celebrated the official induction of our new student leadership team for 2015. The prefects roles were revealed following a recital of the Prefects Pledge and a formal presentation of the Prefects maroon ties and Year Leaders badges by our special guest Mr. Andrew Auster, Tenby Schools Principal, accompanied by Pn. Lee Mei Leng, Head of Sekolah Sri Tenby.

Congratulations to our Year Leaders namely Abigail (F2M), Yook Ming (F2M), Nurul Nadiah (F2M) , Asthajothi (F3M) , Jazzi (F3M) , Aqmarul (F3M) ,Zhi Hui (F3M), Lok Yee (F3M),Jek Kee (F3M), Muhammad Daniel (F3M), Nur Dalila (F3M), & Yugendran (F3A) and Prefects namely Nicole Anne (F4S), Wei Lin (F4S), Wei Chern (F4S), Nigel (F4S), Gerrard (F4S) , Aaron (F5M), Kai Xiang (F5M), Alice (F5M) , Sharmillya (F5S) , Shu Yi (F5M), Illyana (F5M) , Bryan (F5M), Tibamalar (Deputy Head Prefect) (F5S), Alyssa Yeo & Namita Soni (Head Prefects) (F5S). Car Pooling Request Transport/Car pool from KOTA KEMUNING to Tenby Schools in the morning only. Please contact Joseph 0162253048 or Vicky 0162777031 if interested.

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Upcoming Events Students 26.01.15 Y6 Entry Point 'Fascinating Forces' 30.01.15 01.02.15 - Inaugural Tenby Schools' Music Festival hosted by Tenby Schools, Ipoh 06.02.15 08.02.15 IGCSE Art Trip 13.02.15 22.02.15 Ski Trip Upcoming Events Parents 27.01.15 Sixth Form & Y11 PTC @ 16:00hrs 18:00hrs, Sixth Form Centre 11.02.15 Student Led Conference (SLC) whole day, Primary, EYD & Secondary 23.02.15 Y9 Options Evening @ 17:00hrs 19:00hrs, EPC & 6F Centre The English Department Presents.

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Before the December break Year 5 were busy making computer games using a program called Scratch. The great thing about Scratch is that it gives children the opportunity to create, personalise, test and review projects created by themselves and their classmates. Scratch involves a lot of logical thinking and problem solving. After the games were completed the

children were set the task of designing a cover for their games. The game covers add an extra dimension to their work and really make the games come to life. Using persuasive language they built excitement and when combined with real reviews by their classmates they managed to produce some fantastic products, some of which are being displayed outside the KS2 ICT lab.

Parent Information Meeting TIS Primary KS2 parents (Y3-6) are invited to a Parent Information Meeting (PIM) on Thursday 5th February, 2015 at 08:00hrs in the EPC. The meeting will be led by Ms. Sandra Parish, Head of Modern Foreign Languages and will describe how children in Years 3-6 are assessed in BM, Chinese and French.

. Friendship Week TIS and SST Primary children will be participating in Friendship Week from 26th- 30th January. SST and TIS teachers have been collaborating on providing lots of meaningful activities to promote friendship. The children will explore the qualities of a good friend, ways of dealing with conflict and ways of working and playing with friends through stories, drama and role-play.

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Visiting Doctor Talk to EY and KS1 Parents We are delighted to invite you to a talk by Dr. Intan Syafinaz Bt Saimy from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Kementerian Kesihatan Daerah Petaling) on Friday 30th January at 13:30hrs in the Auditorium. The talk will last approximately one hour. Dr. Intan is an expert in childhood illnesses such as HFMD, Chicken Pox and flu. We have invited him to deliver a presentation to parents so he can advise on what to look out for and how to treat these common childhood illnesses. We look forward to seeing you there. Lunchtime Clubs Lunchtime clubs have hit the ground running this term with some fantastic activities for the children to broaden and deepen their skills through. The children are enjoying a range of clubs from mandala drawing to sports to science clubs. The children are really making the most of the opportunities that are available to them and more and more children are joining our clubs.

Thank you to our dedicated teachers and parents who spend time planning and running these clubs. Year 1 Exit Point For their We Are What We Eat Exit Point, Year 1 had an international restaurant fair where parents were invited to come and patronise their childs restaurant. Parents were seated, served, and billed for the international cuisine. Students made great hosts, waiters, waitresses, chefs, tidy-up crews and cashiers. Fun was had by all.

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