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Dear Parents
- A warm welcome back to KIS at the
beginning of the 2004/5 school year. It has been a real pleasure to see all
of our students again and to welcome new ones into the school community.
Term has started smoothly but, as always, it is good to get to the end of
the first week and know that everything is functioning correctly. I am
pleased to report that it is!
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- Ms
Fox
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addition to our new students, I am delighted to welcome Ms Fox to the school
as the teacher of the Foundation 2 class. Ms Fox has been teaching in
England and the Seychelles and we hope that her stay here will be an
enjoyable one.
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- Primary
Topic Talks
- Topic
talks will, as usual, take place next week, the second week of term. Years
1/2 and 3/4 will take place on Tuesday 14 September and Year 5/6 will
take place on Wednesday 15 September. These are invaluable
opportunities for you to find out what your child will be studying this term
and ways in which you may be able to help them. Please try to attend –
particularly if you have never been to a topic talk before. There is always
a first time!
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- Swimming
- The
first primary swimming session of this academic year will take place for
Foundation 2 and Year 1/2 on Wednesday 15 September. Further details have
already been circulated to parents on the letter that went out at the
beginning of the week.
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- Foundation
Open Day
- We
will be holding an Open Day for the Foundation years (approx 3 – 5 year
olds) on Saturday 18 September at 9.00 am. This is being advertised in the
press and we hope to have a good response. Please encourage any friends and
relations with children of this age to come along and learn about the
excellent programme we have to offer.
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- Clubs
– and a correction to Football Club!
- All
clubs will start next week - and apologies for a mistake that appeared on
the Clubs letter. The Friday soccer session from 2.00 – 3.00 is for Years
7 – 11 and NOT for Years 4 – 11. Primary soccer players have their own
club on Wednesdays.
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- Pupil
Absence
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I please remind all parents that we like to be kept fully informed of the
reasons for pupil absence. If your child is away from school, please phone
the school office and leave a message for the class or form teacher. When
the child returns to school, please send a note for our records.
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- Food
Stall!
- Year
11 Business Studies students will be running a food stall from September 17
– 24, to give them hands-on experience of how to run a small business.
They will be selling a variety of food at a stall situated near the entrance
to the secondary building. Please ensure that your children have a little
spending money so that our entrepreneurs can monitor a real cash flow!
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- School
closure
- School
will be closed next week on Thursday, 16 September for the Birthday of TYT
Yang Di-Pertua Negeri.
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 Collection
of Students After School
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I ask all parents, please, to collect their children promptly at the end of
the school day. Teachers and classroom assistants have meetings and a lot of
work to do after the children’s day finishes and it is simply not possible
for us to operate a full programme of supervision. Please do your very best
to arrive promptly at 2.00 or, if your child has a club, at 3.00. Thank you.
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- From
the PTA:
- The PTA would like to welcome
everyone back to school. Our warmest greetings go to all the new families
who have joined us this new school year. Selamat
datang ke KIS & KK.
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- PTA Meeting & Newcomer's Coffee
Morning
- Our first PTA meeting will be
combined with the Newcomer's Coffee Morning. This will be held on Monday,
13th September 2004 at 8:30 am at the Sutera Marina Club's Coffee Shop. We
look forward to meeting you all, especially our new members.
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- Class
Representatives
- We would like to encourage each class
group to organise a coffee morning/meeting as soon as possible to choose
their class representatives.
- A
Class Representative is a volunteer Mum or Dad who liaises between the class
teacher and parents. Different teachers will request different levels of
support.
Generally
the Class Representative:
- Is the first point of contact when
the class teacher requires assistance for reading, school trips, class
parties, school productions, etc.
- Creates
a class directory/contact information sheet which is distributed to all
parents of the class group
- Co-ordinates
parent volunteers for any event
- Recruits
parent help for other school and PTA events
- Greets
any new parents whose children join the class during the academic year
- Organises informal social
opportunities for parents each term.
- Best
wishes,
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