- Dear Parents
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- After last
week’s Wet Wet Wet newsletter,
I was quite keen on another themed communication. Sadly, nothing has
come to mind and this week, busy though it has been, has had little of
last week’s drama. We have had no power cuts, no floods, no tense
build-ups to exams or football matches. In short, it’s been a good,
solid, hardworking week!
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- SAT
exams
- Our SAT
examinations have now finished with the exception of Key Stage 3 Maths,
for which the papers have not yet arrived. This is by no means a
unique phenomenon, as the correspondence from other FOBISSEA Heads
makes clear. Somehow, despite the use of internationally recognized
couriers, papers still get sent to the wrong countries and, in some
memorable cases, even the wrong continents. When the Maths papers
arrive, the students will take them – but it is not the best of
arrangements!
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- Holidays
- Can I
remind all parents that school will be closed on Monday 31 May and
Tuesday 1 June for the Harvest Festival holiday.
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 Little
Mermaid
- We sent
ELC and Reception off to watch the performance of The Little Mermaid this morning. They looked very cute with their
identity badges and colour coding. Seri Insan were expecting a very
big turnout for the show, so every precaution was taken to ensure that
our children felt safe and secure with an adult : child ratio of 1 :
3.
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- Open
Chess Tournament
- We are
hoping to organize a school open chess tournament. Any students who
see themselves as budding Kasparovs, fond of the Rui Lopez Viennese
gambit, please put your names forward.
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- Badminton
- The
secondary school badminton tournaments are approaching completion with
Bing-Shian Tseu playing Tong-You Tang in the lower school final and
the whole of the upper school trying to de-rail pre-tournament
favourite, Eric Doi. Mr Leak has commented how proud he was of the
behaviour of the KIS upper school who, without exception, behaved
impeccably.
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Staff &
Parents vs Students Soccer Match
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eagerly anticipated game was played under difficult conditions last
Friday. Although I was there, I shall hand over to our special
correspondent for a wholly unbiased account of the match:
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- “Friday saw the long awaited match up between the parents and the
students. The
archery fields were the setting for a titanic battle that produced so much
more than the wet conditions suggested. After a tense opening, the
parents, disregarding coach Davies’ advice, decided to change the
formation from 4-4-2 to a more
continental 1-4-5 .The
tactical change proved costly with the young students quickly registering
two fine goals through Marsh and Lawrie .
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- Realising their error, the parents
reverted to the original line up.. This paid dividends as they peppered
the students’ goal with a series of near misses. Leak was close with a
dramatic diving header, but Ling cleared off the line. Eventually the dam
broke and Danish veteran John “the Viking” Gronbech netted to narrow
the gap.
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- What followed was the parents’ strongest
phase of the game with Wickham Senior, terrier-like in midfield, running
rings around the students. Just prior to half time, Johnson Hew, the
effervescent student keeper, leapt salmon-like across the goal face to
deny Gronbech, the Danish marksman. However, in the second half, the
students scored again through Wong, completely against the run of play
.The parents refused to capitulate, and with Peter Hughes marshalling the
defence, attack became a priority, a policy which soon resulted in a fine
goal for Ian Hamilton. At one stage it looked as though the parents’
superior fitness was going to win out, with Cikgu Mutang looking much
younger than his 60 years. Players who impressed were Wickham, Ling,
Hughes and Tsubouchi, although Lawrie deservedly took the man of the match
award.
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Mention
must also be made of young
Jayant Rajah, who played by far his best game for K.I.S.
The Year 10 cheer squad brought some much needed glamour to the
game although this correspondent could not decide which team they were
supporting. All in all a super game, deservedly won by the students. But
remember, revenge is a dish best served cold, and a challenge has already
been issued for a re-match post exams. A big thank you from Mr Leak to
guest players Mitter Big Chris
and perennial gallic crowd favorite, ‘Julian’.”
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- After that,
the English FA Cup Final this
weekend is going to
seem a very tame affair!
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- Best wishes,
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