Volume No: 2004-05/25

Date: 13 May 2005

This week has, somewhat inevitably, been dominated by exams. IGCSE papers have been flowing steadily and the library, which is also our examinations room, has been pretty much in full use for one thing or another. It has also been the week of Key Stage 2 tests. Our truly international flavour was again brought home to me on Thursday when we had no less than three translators working on the KS2 mental maths paper, helping fairly recently arrived students with the language aspect of the questions … My thanks to our Danish, Indonesian and Japanese helpers!

FOBISSEA

Preparations for the primary FOBISSEA Games continue apace, with training taking place four times a week. One week from today the team will be taking off for Thailand where they will meet equally excited teams from other schools for what I am sure will be a memorable and rewarding gathering.

FOBISSEA Raffle

Although we have some nice bottles of red wine and some children’s books, we could still do with a few more prizes for the FOBISSEA Raffle. Would you have a look this weekend to see if you have any spare “goodies” that would make nice raffle prizes? Mrs Wickham will gratefully receive them. The draw will take place shortly, so please buy lots of tickets to support the team!

“Stitchery” Display

Mrs Hamilton would like to invite all parents to see the amazing “stitchery” display in the Art Room . The exhibits are too precious to hang outside and it would be a pity if the fine work of the Year 5/6 “stitchers” was missed. So, please make a point of dropping in when you have a moment.

School Photos

School photographs will be taken on two days:

        Tuesday 17 May (Year 11, Year 5/6 and the Foundation classes)

       Thursday 19 May (Year 1/2 , Year 3/4, Year 7/8, Year 9, Year 10)

Parents will receive 3 passport photographs and a class photograph, without further charge, and a 12” x 20” whole school photograph can be ordered from the office for RM90.

Cricket Club

Unfortunately, rain stopped play for the Cricket Club last Monday. But in the future, unless there is a threat of lightning, we shall be playing through any downpours. So participants, please make sure that you bring a towel and a change of clothes to Cricket Club every week. You might need them!

Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia & French Returns

If you have not returned your slip to the office indicating a preference for Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia or French, please do so. If you have lost the return slip the office will happily provide you with another one. Please be clear that returning the form does not commit you to anything – it is simply to give us an idea of people’s preferences and to enable us to see if any curriculum change is both possible and worthwhile.

Learning English

From time to time we do get asked for information by parents who wish to improve their English. Mrs Kamal has recently given me information about the Cambridge English for Life programme, which is now running in KK. We have a leaflet in the office and their phone number is 389290 if anyone is interested.

Mother’s Day Assembly

The primary section’s Mother’s Day Assembly was well-attended last week and we were very pleased to see a few fathers there as well! The children’s tributes to their mothers were touching and there was barely a dry eye in the house by the end.

Enjoy the weekend.

Best wishes,