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Message from the Principal

Dear Parents, Friday 2nd October 2015

Thank you for reading this Newsletter.

Haze

These photographs were released on Monday 28th September, 2015 showing forest fires still raging in Indo-nesia. It continues to be very challenging for the whole School community. The health and safety of the chil-dren is of paramount importance at all times. Children may bring in packed lunches and eat them in class-rooms.

From next Monday the Primary TIS Canteen will provide packed food for all children to be eaten in class-rooms. All children must report straight to class in the morning (no lining up).

Thank you for your understanding and support as this unwelcome situation continues. Should the Ministry instruct the School to be closed in future, it is the intention of TIS Secondary to run clas-ses as usual for Years 10,11,12,13. SST would continue to run classes for Form 3, 4, 5 and next week’s Term 3 Examinations will go ahead as planned. Please see photographs taken in Cheltenham, England in the early hours of Tuesday morning showing images of the Full Moon before and after the solar eclipse. The next Super Moon solar eclipse will take place in 2032; it is hoped that Indonesia will no longer be burn-ing forests by this time!

NASA Space Centre, Houston, Texas

Congratulations to the 18 Tenby students now enrolled to visit the NASA Space Centre, in Houston, Texas from 6

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st December 2015. The trip will also include a visit to Los Angeles, Texas.

A’ level Options and University Applications

This is an important time for senior students in the School as they plan for extended studies in the Sixth Form, and at University.

Please note the University Talk on Tuesday 6th October, 2015 from 07:50hrs to 09:10hrs in the EPC. The talk will include guidance for Oxford, Cambridge and other top UK Universities and The Ivy League. The A ’level Options’ Evening for Year 11 is now from 16:30hrs to 18:30hrs in The Auditorium on Thursday 22nd Octo-ber, 2015.

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Classical Music Asia: Sunday 4th October, 2015 at 14:00hrs in The Auditorium

Young Tenby pupils will be joined by pupils from other Schools for a Concert this Sunday. The pro-gramme will include music by J.S. Bach, Chopin, Saint Saens, and a Fantasy for Euphonium by Philip Sparke and Legends by Eric Ewazen to be performed by a Trombone Quartet. Admission is free, and all are warmly invited to enjoy an afternoon of high class music-making from such talented young per-formers.

Tenby Celebration Concert on Sunday 29th November, 2015 at 16:00hrs

Letters have been sent home to children in SST Std.5 ,and TIS Year 5 and Year 6 about this Celebration Concert. More details to follow. Tickets will be available from the beginning of November.

Secondary Trips next week

Thank you to the huge amount of time spent and paperwork completed by staff to arrange trips for c. over 700 pupils. Thank you to the majority of families who have embraced this wonderful opportunity for their children. It is hoped the sun will shine, and be visible…

Thank you Parents serving on the joint PA Committee

The new TIS representatives met with the SST members in a Joint SEP(KL) PA Meeting on Thursday. The School is incredi-bly fortunate to have such great support from the Parent body. Many events and various initiatives were discussed including the confirmation of Saturday 19th March 2016 for a ‘Masked Ball’ for parents, staff, and friends of the School to be held at Ex8 Subang Jaya.

Congratulations to TIS Secondary Staff: Albina Kudabayeva and Gary Bradley

Baby Adam arrived last weekend. Mother and child are well, and father delighted.

Half Term Holiday: Friday 9th October, 2015 from 16:00hrs until Monday 19th October, 2015 at

07:30hrs

The whole School community looks forward to this break.

Kind regards,

Andrew Auster

Campus Principal

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Attention MALAYSIAN students born in year 2000 who registered for Anti Tetanus boost-er vaccination and those born in year 2008 who registered for DPT (Double Antigen, Oral Polio, and Measles i.e. 2 injections and 1 Oral Polio drops)! Vaccination will happen as details below. Please bring along your old immunization card/booklet, otherwise please purchase “Buku Kesihatan” from the School’s bookshop for RM 2/each.

Date: 5th October 2015

Time: 10:00hrs—13:00hrs

Venue: Main Medical Room

Gentle Reminders

TIS Parents’ Forum Schedule

Day Date Forum Venue Time

Monday 19/Oct/2015 EY Auditorium 08:15-09:15hrs

Tuesday 20/Oct/2015 Y1 MPH 08:15-09:15hrs

Wednesday 21/Oct/2015 Y2 DG-01 08:15-09:15hrs

Thursday 22/Oct/2015 Y3 MPH 08:00-09:00hrs

Friday 23/Oct/2015 Y4 MPH 08:00-09:00hrs

Monday 26/Oct/2015 Y5 Auditorium 08:00-09:00hrs

Tuesday 27/Oct/2015 Y6 MPH 08:00-09:00hrs

Wednesday 28/Oct/2015 Y7 DG-01 08:00-09:00hrs

Thursday 29/Oct/2015 Y8 Auditorium 08:00-09:00hrs

Friday 30/Oct/2015 Y9 MPH 08:00-09:00hrs

Monday 02/Nov/2015 Y10 EPC 08:00-09:00hrs

Tuesday 03/Nov/2015 Y11 MPH 08:00-09:00hrs

Wednesday 04/Nov/2015 Y12 & Y13 DG-01 08:00-09:00hrs

2 weeks ago we found an iPhone from the Primary cafeteria after School hour. Please see Ms. Jespal, our Re-source Assistant in Primary to claim it back.

To all Year 11, Year 12, Year 13 and Form 5 parents and students,

On Tuesday 6th October, 2015 there will be a University Talk on Oxbridge (includes Cambridge and top UK universities) and The Ivy League. This talk will be given by ARCH Education founders (Ms Jennifer Ma and Ms Tamara Lim) and will be held in the EPC from 07:50hrs to 09:10hrs. After the talk, parents are welcomed to stay behind to ask questions.

ARCH Education is a premier education institute headquartered in Hong Kong, with part-ner and representative branch offices in London (UK), Connecticut (US), Singapore and KL Malaysia. Their mission is to bridge the education gaps in Skills, Preparation, Academics, Curriculum Systems, Careers and Opportunities. They offer admissions preparation coun-selling to students intent to apply for UK and US undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

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The CIS accreditation visit has now been set, the School will go through the accreditation visit and pro-cess in January 2016. This is a very exciting time for the School and the School welcomes the visitors and their recommendations they have to offer us.

The School is going through this process as One School - TIS and SST, are united in their approach to CIS and we are all committed to improving the School. Both TIS and SST have completed the review of the curriculums separately but have come together to review the rest of the School together.

The School has reviewed the following areas that CIS requires:

SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS

A. School Guiding Statements

B. Teaching and Learning

C. Governance and Leadership

D. Faculty and Support Staff

E. Access to Teaching and Learning

F. School Culture and Partnerships for Learning

G. Operational Systems

CIS have high standards and expectations of accredited schools:

SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA

CIS Membership is conferred on a school that:

Clearly demonstrates International Mindedness and actively promotes international awareness in its students.

Applies the CIS Code of Ethics for Schools.

Is willing to undertake an external school improvement process.

As ever Tenby, SEP (KL) is committed to developing and improving and we are hopeful this process will support us to do just that.

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Week 5 Last Sunday we had the pleasure of attending the Tenby music concert at the Saujana Hotel. Arthur (3N) TIS Primary talented pianist demonstrating his excellent talent, during the concert! Last week Primary elect-ed new prefects who are now sporting a new burgundy tie. Primary prefects will be supervising at lunch times and playtimes. Helping staff by setting up assemblies and concerts. This week children who want to represent TIS Primary student council will be making short speeches before Primary pupils vote. This year student council will be key in designing and choosing a new Primary play area.

This week our International Primary Curriculum (IPC) coordinators led a parent information workshop to help parents understand our curriculum better. Parents found out about entry and exit points plus the IPC learning goals. Each child in TIS Primary has chosen an IPC learning goal for this term.

Next week we have our first Parent Teacher Conference on the 7th & 8th October, 2015. Please ensure you sign up. This is a great opportunity to check on your child’s progress and how they have settled. Can I po-litely ask parents to keep to their set times.

Mr. Ross Armitage

Another brilliant end to another great week in TIS Primary.

Last week we were lucky enough to have a selection of our Sixth form students perform to the KS2 chil-dren. This week we had the pleasure of listening to several genres of music and it was truly inspiring to hear and watch the music being created by students from our school.

Each week we have a KS2 music concert but this week it had more impact as the children could see this

was a realistic achievement with hard work and dedication.

TIS Primary

Sekolah Sri Tenby

2015 Young Inventors Challenge Finals in Sunway University

(Reported by Ms Lau)

The Young Inventors Challenge Finals was held on Saturday 19th September, 2015 in Sunway University.

14 students from Sekolah Sri Tenby represented the School with their ideas and inventions based on the

theme of this year’s competition – ‘Inventions to Help a Million: To Make the World a Better Place’.

To qualify for the finals, students had to submit a proposal of their invention. This year, 63 out of 145 pro-

posals were selected for the finals. Selected teams attended a workshop session where they were

briefed on how to prepare for the finals.

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The following are reports from participating students on their experience throughout the competition:

Form 2:

We came up with the invention ‘Survival Orb’. The device was designed to help victims of a shipwreck es-

cape and survive for a period of time. It is equipped with tools for basic survival needs such as a survival

kit, food and drink supplies. We got this idea when we were having fun playing the water roller during the

annual Tenby Charity Bazaar this year. At first we faced problems with the design of the ‘Survival Orb’. We

managed to solve these problems through some research. About three weeks before the finals, we submit-

ted a report of our project. For the final stage of the competition, we designed a big poster with all the infor-

mation that we have compiled in the report. At the finals, we presented the idea of our invention using the

poster, power point presentation and diagrams of our invention. There was also a public viewing session

where the public came and asked us about our inventions. Students from other schools visited our booths

and wanted to know more about our invention. We were able to make new friends. We also joined the pro-

ject paper writing competition, which is a detailed write-up of our invention, the steps of getting the idea of

this invention, the objectives of our invention and so on. We are happy and fortunate to be able to partici-

pate in this year’s YIC. We were given an opportunity to develop and showcase our invention to the public.

Although we did not win, we gave it our best shot and in return, we gained invaluable experiences. This is

just the beginning of a new chapter for us.

Form 5:

On the day of the finals, all of us arrived at the venue by 07:30hrs. After some light breakfast, all teams

were given an hour to set up their booth. We decorated our booth with posters and diagrams and displayed

our invention, ‘Locki’ and sketches of the design and working of our model. We were satisfied with the out-

come even though we did not have large printed banners like students from other schools. After the prepa-

ration of the booth, all participants and mentors sat down for the opening ceremony and a short briefing of

the judging criteria. We were told that each booth will be visited at least two times by teams of judges. The

judges will award marks based on several criteria such as invention, presentation and safety. Three teams

of judges visited our booth. We introduced our invention, explained the benefits of our invention and provid-

ed details as desired by the judges. They then bombard us with questions which we answered enthusiasti-

cally and confidently. After the judging session, it was time to impress anyone and everyone who stopped

by our booth during the public viewing session. We were happy when the judges and people of the public

praised our efforts and some were even impressed by our presentation. At about 15:00hrs, the VIPs and

VVIPs arrived and that was the moment everyone was waiting for – the announcement of the winners. The

five of us were confident that we could bring home one of the prizes. However, we waited and waited for

our team’s name to be called out and with each announcement, our hopes sank a little. In the end, we did

not win. All of us felt physically and mentally drained by the fact that we lost despite putting in our best ef-

fort. After some reflection, we realised that we gained a lot from this experience. Although we did not win,

we were on fire during the presentation. We enjoyed working together to put together a presentation that

we are proud of. We managed to apply what we learned in the classroom very well. We lost, but we are not

defeated. The next time an opportunity like that arises, we will be even more prepared.

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AYAMAS COLOURING COMPETITION for Primary

(Reported by Puan Nurhanani)

On Friday September 18th, 2015 the School organised the above coloring contest for all Primary students in

the MPH from 11:00hrs -12:00hrs .The competition was held in conjunction with Malaysia Day. The objec-tives of the competition are as follows:-

To:

encourage unity and cooperation among students

experience a whole school competition for an hour

select students who are creative, artistic and good in colouring

The competition categories were Lower Primary for Std 1-3 and Upper Primary for Std 4-6.At the end of the competition, five winners were selected for each category. They were given trophies, vouchers and prizes.

Congratulations to the following winners who had produced colourful, impressive and neat pieces of work using colour pencils or crayons.

Winners

Lower Primary Upper Primary

First Place : Qi En (Std 3M) First Place: Ye Jing (Std 6M)

Second Place : Wern Xin(Std3M) Second Place: Surekha (Std 6S)

Third Place : Trisha (Std 3M) Third Place :Joel Ding ( Std 4S)

Fourth Place :Odelia(Std 2S) Fourth Place: Jaz Sim (Std 6S)

Fifth Place : Gabriel (Std 1S) Fifth Place : Nicholas (Std 5S)

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Event Date Venue

4th PA Committee Meeting Thursday 1

st October

08:00hrs followed by a combined PA Meeting at 08:30hrs

Training Room

Conference Room

Nurturing Talents Competition Preliminary Rounds:

a) Thursday

22nd

October ( F3)

Final Round:

Wednesday 2nd

December during Su-perstar Awards Ceremony

MPH

Official Opening of SST’s Second Art Exhibition

Friday 23rd

October

17:30hrs

Exhibition continues from Monday 26th

– Friday 29th October

09:00 – 16:00hrs daily

EPC

PSEC Ceremony for Std 6 & Form 5 students and parents are invited

Thursday 29th October

14:40 – 16:30hrs

MPH

Primary Multitalent Day Tuesday 3rd

November

13:00 – 14:20hrs

TBC

Secondary Multitalent Day Thursday 5th November

13:00 -14:30hrs

TBC

Primary Challenges Day Tuesday 17th November

08:00 – 14:30hrs

Field & Home-rooms

Secondary Challenges Day Thursday 19th November

08:00 – 14:30hrs

Field & Home-rooms

Superstar Awards Ceremony Wednesday 2nd

December

09:00 – 12:00hrs

MPH

Haze Work During school closure, haze work is uploaded on our website starting from 08:00hrs following the day’s time-table. Students are expected to download these materials to answer the questions following the time of the day’s timetable. These pieces of work are to be pasted into the students’ topic book for the subject. We hope parents will assist to monitor them doing these work at home. We do have a number of children not completing these work to submit on the next day when they return to school.

Term 3 Examinations These examinations will start in the week beginning Monday 5th October for Std 1-5 and Form 1,2 & 4. To avoid any postponement of examinations held during this week, students are to come to school to sit for the day’s papers and then to leave after the papers. If there is a need to stay after morning break or lunch break, students are expected to bring their packed food and water bottle from home to eat in the homerooms. Homeroom Teachers will inform parents the time to pick up their children for each day.

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SPORTS

U15 Girls Football ISAC League

The U15 Girls team took part in their first tournament of the season against strong opposition. This was the first tourna-ment of the term and practice had been difficult due to the haze. Although we suffered heavy defeats in our first two

games, the girls responded brilliantly, staying motivated and working hard to compete. The third game was much closer and

there are signs of a good team in the making.

Wednesday 23rd September, 2015 Volleyball Team won Silver Medal Our run of success has continued, with our U18 Girls Volleyball team becoming the second team to claim a

silver medal this season, competing in the ISAC U18 Division 1 Volleyball League at ISKL. It was another fantastic result from our team, with the girls winning 4 matches before unfortunately losing the final 2-0 against ISKL. As always, the girls played with a determination and skill level that they can be

proud of. Their sportsmanship was also exemplary and a credit to each one of them. Congratulations to all the players and staff.

Under 18 Girls away to MKIS This was a steep learning curve for our girls. They

came up against an opposition who were more fluid in their possession and passing and created a lot of

chances. Very well done to Alice in goal for keeping the score line respectable with some excellent saves and Marissa in defence for her throwing herself into many

tackles. Both girls played well defensively.

Our girls have an abundance of enthusiasm and com-

mitment and now we have to develop their technical

skills and ability to work as a team. The final score was

0:4 but this should not discourage our girls.

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Under 18 Boys away to MKIS

The U18 Boys Football team played against MKIS last Friday. A tough game started with

MKIS scoring twice but our boys rallied back to 2-2 before the opposition scored three quick

goals at the end. The scoreline did not match the game as it was very even. Our team

played extremely well against much older opposition. Well done.

Future Fixtures: Monday 05.10.2015 – U18 Boys and Girls Volleyball Vs MKIS @ Tenby Tuesday 06.10.2015 – U15 Boys Football ISAC League @ GIS Wednesday 07.10.2015 – U11 Boys and Girls Basketball @ IGB Thursday 08.10.2015 – U13 Boys Football ISAC League @ ISKL

Twitter: Remember to follow the PE Department @Tenby_Sport for daily updates and news from the curriculum, clubs and teams #TenbyEagles

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A-level Music performers in the Friday Concert Series

This academic year has seen exciting expansion of the Music Department with a large class of students study-ing A-level Music, and another class studying A-level Music Technology specialising in composing music in a studio setting along with Audio Engineering and Creative Studio Practice.

Last Friday afternoon on 25th September, 2015 the 2 classes combined as the A-level Music students per-formed pieces as part of their coursework areas, and the Music Technology students set the sound and mixed the concert. The concert for KS2 students, was bursting with energy and some high impact guitar picking – awsome!

Emcees Ryan Tan and Keen Chong

Eun Ah’s solo repertoire for A’level Music - Howl’s Moving Castle (Waltz)

Haydn’s Rondo and Jay Chou’s Mando-pop by Khai Pin - Specialised in solo piano and piano duets for his A-level coursework sub-mission.

Pu Yen and Joshua performed a Boccherini cello duet as part of their A-level ensemble performance coursework.

Bryan and Dominic presented a rock ballad on the guitar - Spe-cialised in rock guitar, bass gui-tar, and rock band studies as part of their A-level Music coursework submissions.

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The Senior International Operation Executive of ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music), James Wel-burn visited the Music Department this week. Tenby School is an examination and teacher training centre for all graded ex-ams. He met up with the music staff to discuss future collabora-tions with the school and to follow up with the previous ABRSM examinations that were held here in August. Tenby will be ex-panding to 2 venues in future exam periods with 2 examiners on site.

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Rohnie Tan Peripatetic Teacher

As a dedicated and accomplished musician, Rohnie Tan, a

versatile violinist and cellist has had a solid academic back-

ground in music. He completed his degree in Bachelor of Music

(Hons) in Professional Music, with emphases in music Arranging

and Audio Engineering, and is also classically trained in both violin and

cello. Rohnie has been performing throughout the country and represented Malaysia

for many International Music Festivals including Beijing (2006), Hong Kong (2008) and Singapore

(2010), Shanghai (2012), England (2013).

As a regular performer in the music scene, he has performed with various artists (local & international)

such as Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (刘德华), Sheila Majid, Zainal Abidin, Najwa Mahiaddin, Adira,

Jaclyn Victor, Elvira Arul, Zee Avi, Siti Nurhaliza, Mila, Ana Raffali, Bunkface, Estranged, Yuna,

Heymun, Rynn Lin (林宇中), Bell Foo (宇田), Athena Beh (马嘉轩)，Pink Tan (陈珂冰), Amy Wang (王明

丽), Kit Teoh (张启振), Danny Wan and an Elvis Presley impersonator from United States. His versatility

of being able to play classical, pop, jazz and even rock music has made him one of the most sought af-

ter violinist in Malaysia music scene.

Besides performing, he does music arrangement and recording for album production, film scores and

various commercial advertisements too. He has recorded many solo violin and string arrangements for

current pop music, film music in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MUSIC DEPARTMENT:

KS3/4 Curriculum Night will be held on Thursday 22nd October, 2015 at 19:00hrs.

Instrumental lessons; sign-up forms will be out after midterm holiday for any new students wishing to

study an instrument in School.

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Objectives and Role of SEP (KL) Joint Parents’ Association

The Role of Parents’ Association includes:

The Objective of Tenby Parents’ Association are as follows:

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1. Are PA Committee meetings open to all parents?

Base on PA’s feedback, the School now provides termly Year Group Parents’ Forum in providing the platform for the School leadership and parents to promote and foster open communication.

If the matter is specifically regarding your child, according to the Parents’ Handbook, your first approach should be to your child’s class teacher. Depending on the out-come of that first meeting, a further discussion may be required which may include the Head of Department, i.e. Head of Subject, Year Leader, or a Deputy, where you will be advised accordingly.

PA Committee meets twice a term or more frequent as required. These meetings are for Committee members only. New batch of Committee is elected at the begin-ning of every academic year where any parents of the School can nominate him/herself to be elected by the parent community of the School.

What is NOT the role of the Parents’ Association?

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The first TIS Committee meeting took place on Thursday 1st October, 2015 where key roles

were elected.

Chair: Julie Thomas

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Useful Contacts

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