Volume No: 2002-03/25 

Date: 25 April 2003

Dear Parents

Arrangements for the Arrival of Children

The school playground has been a much pleasanter place since cars were kept out. Without running car engines the air is cleaner and the lack of moving vehicles means that the playground is much safer. Consequently, from Monday April 28, cars will NOT be allowed into the playground when dropping off children in the morning. The arrangements for the morning will be the same as we use currently in the afternoons. We believe that the small inconvenience the new arrangement will cause is far outweighed by the benefits.

May Day Holiday

The school will be closed for the Labour Day holiday next Thursday, May 1.

PTA Coffee Morning

In order to introduce the new PTA committee and to welcome parents new to the school, a coffee morning will be held at the home of Park Ling-Ling on Thursday, May 8. The coffee morning will start at 8:30 and will be a “pot luck” affair. New parents do not need to bring anything to the coffee morning. This promises to be a very enjoyable morning so all parents are urged to attend. It will be a great chance to support our PTA.

Indian Food Fair

This Sunday, April 27, the Sabah Indian Association is holding a “Food Fair’ between 7:30am and 1:30pm at the KK Community Centre. There will be biriyani, tandoori, fish pickles, murruku, sweets and many more delights to taste. Coupons are available at the door.

Year 10 and 11 Visit

This morning, the Year 10 and 11 students will be visiting Moyog Water Treatment Plant and Babagon Dam as part of their GCSE Biology and Chemistry courses. The students will learn first hand about water treatment and testing for bacteria, two topics that are included in their programmes of study. Our thanks go to Ms Stansfield for organising the trip.

Examinations

As in previous years, the final term is the exam season. Some of our Year 11 students have already started their IGCSE’s and these will continue until June 20. The National Curriculum Tests will start for some of our Year 9 students on Tuesday, May 6, and for the Year 6 students on Monday, May 12.  We wish all those taking exams the best of luck.

KIS Football

The KIS football team will be playing against the Nexus Resort staff team on Sunday at 4:00. The game will be played at ILP which is situated on the road out to Karambunai.

Art Competition in aid of WWF Malaysia

At the end of last term we announced that we are holding an Art Competition. Just to remind everyone, the competition is open to all KIS students and the closing date is Friday, May 29. There is still plenty of time to enter the competition so why not try your hand at producing some art on the theme of “Nature”. The entries can be drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs or computer-generated pictures. There are prizes to be won so do your best.

After School Clubs

Next week a letter will be sent home to all parents giving the activities on offer this term. The after school clubs will start on Monday, May 5. Every effort will be made to ensure that the children get the chance to participate in their first choice clubs.

Mufti Day

On final day of last term students were allowed to come to school dressed in “mufti” for a RM5 donation to WWF Malaysia. The day was a great success and raised RM345. Well done everyone.

AM Finance Promotion

The Am Finance Bank is currently holding a promotion as described on the attached flier. If you do decide to open a new account with them please inform the school office. The bank is offering to sponsor school events to the tune of up to RM1,000 if we have enough new account holders.