- Dear Parents
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- The change
in holiday dates and the postponement of Sports Day have already had
an impact on our schedules for the term so please bear with me while I
run through some alterations to our original dates. These were events
beyond our control so … what else to do?
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Primary Parents Evenings
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mentioned in last week’s newsletter, these will take place next
week, starting at 2.30, on the following days:
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- Wednesday
5 May Reception
and Year 1/2
- Thursday
6 May Year
3/4 and Year 5/6
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- More
details are attached in a separate letter.
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 Topic
Talks
- I would
like to thank all parents who attended the primary topic talks this
week. They are an excellent way of learning about your child’s
curriculum and how you can best assist in your children’s learning.
If you missed this term’s talk, please determine to attend the next
one.
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- ELC/Reception
Meeting
- My thanks
also to the many parents who attended this meeting last Tuesday. It
was a good opportunity for the Head of Primary to explain the
Foundation Stage curriculum and to stress that in the English system
there is a definite and well-documented structure underlying classroom
practice.
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Communication with Parents
- Topic
talks, parents’ evenings, curriculum meetings … I hope that all of
the above confirm that we are serious as a school in wanting to
improve the flow of information to parents and to make you feel more
involved in the teaching and learning that is going on at KIS. We are
always ready to listen and to explain and the school has long had an
“open door” policy. That is not the same as saying that we can, or
should, always do everything we are asked to do but we do take notice
of the feedback we receive. To adapt a well-worn saying, “It
may not be possible to please all of the people all of the time - but
we would like to please most of the people most of the time!”
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- Trustees
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The Chair of the Board of Management, Mark Heywood, Board member
Andrew Walker and I met this week with two of the school’s Trustees,
Tan Sri Thomas Jayasuriya and Datuk Stanley Yee. It
was an informal meeting and provided an excellent opportunity for us
to re-establish contact and inform them of developments at the school.
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- Mangrove
Planting
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You will all have received a letter concerning the mangrove planting
on Friday of next week. We are hoping for a good turnout as this is an
excellent and practical way of contributing to our students’
environmental awareness.
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- Puppet
Workshop
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Students in Years 5, 6, 7
& 8 very much enjoyed the puppet workshop run by Mrs Alice New. We
thank her for her time and for generously sharing her skills and
enthusiasm with us.
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 GCSEs
and IGCSEs
- Year 11’s
exams have now started and we wish them all the best over the next few
weeks. Details of arrangements for the examination period have been sent
home in a separate letter.
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- SATs
- SAT
examinations for Year 9 start next week. Because of the public holidays we
have had to do some re-scheduling. The students concerned have been
informed of the details and we wish them well in their tests.
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 Sports
Events
- This is going
to be a busy term for sports. Sports Day, inter-House badminton,
inter-House cross-country, a primary football tournament and a secondary
football tournament are all planned. I would like to thank Mr Leak for his
indefatigable efforts to raise the standard and the profile of sports in
the school.
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- Sports Day
& Examination Dates
- I am very
pleased to inform you that Sports Day will now take place on Thursday, 24
June at Likas stadium. Because of this change of date, we have had to
adjust our internal end-of-year examinations. These will now start on
Friday, 18 June and finish on Wednesday, 23 June. There may also be
additional papers for Year 10 students on Friday, 25 June. Let’s keep
our fingers crossed that this date holds firm!
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 Badminton
- We are
offering our secondary students five sessions of badminton this term in
their Friday morning sports lessons from 7 May to 4 June. These will take
place at the Foo Chow hall from 9.00 – 10.00. Students will be taken to
the venue by bus and as many as possible should have their own badminton
rackets and shuttlecocks.
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- To accommodate
these times, lessons 1 and 3 have been swopped over for these weeks.
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- Staff &
Parents vs Pupils Football Match
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A Staff & Parents vs Pupils
football match will take place at 5pm on May 14 at the Sukma Archery
Field. Any parents who would like to take part should notify the
staff/parents supremo, Mr Leak. We need you!
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 The
Little Mermaid
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ELC and Reception will be going
to see Seri Insan’s production of The
Little Mermaid on Friday, 21 May at 9.30 am.
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- We also have
tickets for the performance on Saturday, 22 May at 1.00 at Putera
Ballroom. Tickets are available from the KIS school office priced RM15.
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- Carpet and
Pillow Cover Donations
- We would like
to thank Mrs May Park Su Mi for donating a new carpet and pillow covers to
the ELC classroom.
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- Chicken Pox
- It has been
confirmed that a student in the school has chicken pox. Please notify the
school if there are any further cases.
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- Enjoy the
extended weekend, and I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday of
next week.
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- Best
wishes,
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