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Volume No: 2002-03/15 |
Date: 24 January 2003 |
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Dear
Parents Chinese
New Year
Last Friday, we celebrated Chinese New Year early thanks to the PTA. As a
gesture of thanks to all of our parents and children who donated Christmas
presents to the Seri Mangasih Centre, the PTA arranged a lion dance
performance and lunch for the whole school. Many parents and all of our
children witnessed an exciting lion dance that was followed by a delicious
Next
Friday, 31st January, the school will be closed for the Chinese
New Year holiday. However Thursday will be a full school day and
activities will be held as usual after school. The school will reopen on
Wednesday, 5th February. We wish all of our Chinese families
“Gong Xi Fa Cai”. The
Friendly Dugongs of Mantanani Island
Primary
Assessment Next
week our Year 2 pupils will start their National Curriculum tasks. Their
progress in reading, writing and mathematics will be assessed in-house.
These tasks are designed for the children to take in their normal
classroom setting. It is important that our pupils view these tasks as
just ordinary school activities so that they do not feel pressurized.
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Grade
Cards Next
week the Secondary school grade cards will be sent home on Thursday The
Primary Production
Our primary department is currently organizing a production, “Hansel and
Gretel”. The pupils who have major parts have quite a few lines to learn. We
would be grateful if the parents of these budding actors could help them learn
their lines at home.
The
first meeting of the recently created KIS Karaoke Club was a great success. It
was hugely popular and all those who took part are to be congratulated. There
is still some space at the back of the room for any secondary students who may
wish to be part of the audience, to offer some encouragement or even sing
along. If you are coming next Wednesday at 2:30 please bring any Karaoke VCDs
that you wish to play. The
maximum number of students is 20. ESL students would benefit greatly form
Karaoke as their reading skills should improve at the same time as their
singing. Sign up now! Mr
Shale has kindly donated two cordless microphones to the school. They will be
very useful for oral examinations as well as for the Karaoke Club. Many
thanks, Mr Shale.
A
number of pupils have been reprimanded for climbing trees recently. Whilst we
realize that this activity is good fun, it is potentially very dangerous. We
would ask for help from every body in order to stop this before there is a
serious accident. Visitors
from Sweden Two
Swedish trainee teachers will be visiting the school in the near future. While
at the school they will be observing and helping out with lessons. Last year
we had a similar visit from two Swedes, Brian and Michael, that proved to be
very successful. The young ladies are 18 and 19. If anyone is able to provide
accommodation for them please see Mr Davies for more details. |
lunch. The children were treated to a visit by “Choi Sin”, the God of
Prosperity, who gave out gold coins (made of chocolate). Our thanks go to
Mrs Alice Chung and the PTA ladies for organizing such an enjoyable event.
Holiday
After
school on Friday, the Sabah Nature Club organized a talk and slide
presentation about the dugongs of Mantanani Island. Ms Gillian Elliott who
has spent a great deal of time studying these rare marine mammals gave the
presentation. As well as giving us her time, Ms Elliott generously donated
a framed picture of a dugong to the school.
Karaoke
Club
Climbing
Trees