- Dear Parents
- The
last six weeks have flown by and we seem to have raced up to half term
of the longest term of the year. It has been an eventful and
productive period and I would like to thank the many parents who have
supported the work of the school in so many different ways, giving
generously of their time and energy. We all benefit.
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- Visit
to the Japanese International School
- On
Wednesday, Mrs Hamilton and Ms Hardie accompanied a group of children
from Years 4 to 8 on a visit to the Japanese International School as
part of the exchange/friendship programme that has been running for
the last two years. Mr John and other teachers from JIS organized a
very enjoyable series of activities that included language games,
interviews, group painting, music and origami. Thank you, JIS, for
such an enjoyable day. We look forward to having you visit KIS in the
future.
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- FOBISSEA
Games
- Parents
of children in Years 3 to 6 will already have received advanced notice
of the primary games, which are to be held in Penang in May/June of
next year. The host school, St Christopher’s, is busily trying to
juggle dates to encourage as many schools as possible to attend and we
hope to be one of them. If all goes well, there could be as many as
700 children at this year’s event.
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- PTA
- I
would like to thank the PTA for its support with a number of
initiatives this term. The latest is to provide an area of rubber
matting underneath the swings so that they are safer and more usable
in wet weather. Hopefully, this will be carried out over half term.
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- Red
House Book Club
- Catalogues
and order forms for Red House accompany this newsletter. This is an
excellent opportunity to buy good books at reduced prices and it is
not too soon to think of those early Christmas presents. However, we
need your orders by 31st October, please. There will be no further
order this term and a reminder that we shall need to reach a total
order of £250 in order to qualify for the discounted freight charge.
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- Stone
Age Art
- Please
feel free to visit the Art Room to visit the Stone Age! Mrs
Hamilton’s Year 5/6 Art class has created a beautiful display of
pre-historic art.
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- House
Football
- We
will be re-launching the House system after half term and the first
major sporting event will be House Football on Friday, 31 October.
Kick-off will be at 8.30 am, with primary teams playing from 8.30 to
9.30 and secondary teams playing from 10.00 to 11.30. Normal lessons
will then resume. We are looking forward to an enjoyable competition
and any parents who are free at that time are welcome to join us.
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- Last
Week’s Competition
- For
those of you who have spent the week wracking your brains for answers to
last week’s teaser, here are the answers:
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1)
11 players on a football team
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2) 100 years in a century
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3) 20 teams in the rugby world cup
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4) 7 deadly sins
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5) 10 events in the decathalon
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6) 5 circles on the olympic
flag
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7) 14 states in Malaysia
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8) 12 days of Christmas
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9) 22 balls on a snooker table
- 10)
62 squares on a chess board
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- Congratulations
to Bing Shian, who posted a perfect score.
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- This
Week’s Competition
- When
you have the answer to each question below, take the first letter from
each answer and rearrange the letters to get the name of a team in the
rugby world cup
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- 1)
What is the capital city of Bukina Fas?
- 2)
What is the capital city of Ethiopia?
- 3)
Perth is a city in which Australian state?
- 4)
What is the capital city of Mauritania?
- 5)
Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
- 6)
What is the old name for Zimbabwe?
- 7)
Which is the driest continent(lowest precipitation)?
- 8)
Xhosa is a language in which African country?
- 9)
What is the unit of currency in Uzbekistan?
- 10)
Baghdad is on which river?
- 11)
Which Pacific island is famous for stone statues of heads?
- 12)
What is the old name of Tuvalu?
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- FOBISSEA
Conference
- Finally,
I shall be away at the FOBISSEA Conference in Thailand from Wednesday 29
October until Saturday 1 November.
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I
would like to wish all families an enjoyable and relaxing half term
holiday and look forward to seeing you all after the break.
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- Best
wishes,
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