Volume No: 2002-03/16 

Date: 7 February 2003

Dear Parents

Congratulations - GCSE Results

On January 30, the exam results for our Year 11 who have just left the school were published by Cambridge University. Congratulations are in order. The students took their exams in June and November of last year. 37% of the grades were A or A*, with 71% of the passes at grade C or above. These are results to be proud of! Many congratulations to our former students and Marc Hughes who is still with us.

Hari Raya Haji Holiday

Next Wednesday, 12^th February, the school will be closed for the Hari Raya Haji holiday.

Visitors From Sweden

For the next month or so, two trainee teachers from Vatternskolan College in Sweden will be at the school. Emma Cronemark and Ida Lonn are here on teaching practice, looking at education in an international school. They have a special interest in Primary education and will be spending most of their time in the ELC to Year 3 area of the school.  In addition, they are very keen sportswomen and have volunteered to help with P.E. and swimming lessons. I am sure all of us at KIS, pupils, parents and teachers, will find their visit both useful and enjoyable. It will add a truly international flavour as we all learn more about Sweden. Their visit follows that of Fredrick and Michael last year who hailed from the same college. Hopefully such visits will become an annual event.

Danum Valley Field Trip

The Danum Valley field trip takes place next Thursday, February 13. The party will return on Monday, February 17. All the students who are going are eagerly looking forward to the trip and buying their leech socks (RM10 available from Ms Stansfield) in preparation. This field trip promises to provide an excellent environmental education opportunity. We would ask that parents make payment for the trip to the school office if they have not already done so. 

The party will meet at the airport at 8:30 a.m., February 13 and depart on MH2086 at 9:40. They will arrive back in KK at 2:30 p.m., February 17, on MH2089. Please pick your children up promptly.

If any parent urgently needs to contact their children whilst they are at Danum Valley, please ring 013 867 1799 (KIS handphone) or 019 811 5553 (Mrs Hamilton’s Handphone).

It is vital that these numbers are used only for genuine emergencies. It will be school as usual for the students who are not going on the trip.

Thank You

The Karaoke Club would like to thank Jimmijo Ng for all of his technical help in setting up the sound system.

Valuables

Recently an expensive camera disappeared from school. This is a reminder to us all that we need to be more careful with our belongings. We would remind all students that they should not bring valuable items to school.  If this is unavoidable then the valuables should be locked away securely or given to a teacher for safe-keeping.

Likas Zone Sports

A number of our Primary children will get the chance to compete against children from other schools in the Likas zone athletics meeting. This will be held over two days, February 18/19, at the Lok Yuk School. More details will be available closer to the event.

The Expat Magazine

The Expat Magazine is a monthly general interest publication that is written and produced for expatriates in Malaysia.  The magazine features the arts, politics and holiday destinations in Malaysia. Best of all it is free! To receive this magazine simply fill out the attached form and fax it to the number given. Malaysians with children at KIS are also eligible for this free subscription offer.

Year 11 Reports and Parent Teacher Conferences

Today reports for our Year 11 students go home. These are their last reports of the year from the school. The next set of “reports” they receive will be from Cambridge and London Universities – their GCSE results!

To give parents a chance to discuss these reports and the forthcoming GCSE’s, there will be a parent teacher evening on Monday, February 10, from 4:00 to 6:00. This evening is only for parents whose children will be sitting their GCSE’s this May/June. For parents with students in Years 6 to 10 the parent teacher conferences will be held at the end of term as usual.