TENBY SCHOOLS IPOHNewsletter #131 - January 2017

Highlights in this newsletter:

New Parents’ Coffee Morning

PT3 Results

PA Committee Nominations

Engage Parent Portal

Commencement of CCA

Chinese New Year Assembly & Dress Up

Welcome Back Message from Acting Head of Sekolah Tenby

Canteen Weekly Menu

From the Campus Principal Jane Kuok

Dear Parents and Tenby Community,

Happy New Year! It was great to welcome the students, parents and staff back on Campus this week – the School is just not the same without the familiar sounds of children’s voices.

Welcome This term, we welcomed over 50 new families to the Tenby family as well as the following new members of staff: • Nantheni Nair Narandran – English Teacher, Sekolah Tenby• Siti Norathirah Binti Zanaia Bidin – Teacher Assistant, TIS Primary• Amirah Binti Jalaluddin – Mathematics Teacher, TIS Secondary• Eugene Azor – French Teacher, TIS Secondary• Vatsala Sekahar – Teacher Librarian

We are very pleased that they have joined us and hope that they will ease into the School well.

New Parents’ Coffee MorningAll existing and new parents are invited to attend the Coffee Morning led by the Parents Associa-tion Committee on Tuesday 17th January at 08:30hrs in the Library at Meru Campus and Thurs-day 19th January at 09:00hrs in the School Hall. This will be a chance for new parents to meet existing parents to introduce them to the school community.

PT3 ResultsWe are pleased to report that the results of the PT3 examinations have shown continuous improvement since the introduction of the new examination format. Seven subjects achieved a 100% pass rate - English Language, Geography, History, Life Skills, Malay Language, Pendidi-kan Islam and Science. Well done to the students and teachers involved. More details can be found under the Sekolah Tenby section of the Newsletter.

Congratulations to the following students in particular:

Brendan Lee Yee Hao 7AMuhamad Aryan Khuzairi 6ACeliane Lee Jia Wen 5AIzzati Taqiah binti Shahril Affendi 5AReshma Nachiappan 4AKelvin Cheong 4ARabiatul Adawiyah binti Ahmad 4A

Parent Association (PA) Committee NominationsEvery parent of pupils attending the School are automatically deemed to be Members of the PA. However, the PA Committee consists of elected members of the PA of which there should be ideally two representatives from each section of the School (Early Years, TIS Primary, ST Primary, TIS Secondary, ST Secondary). It is time to elect the PA Committee for this year and we welcome any nominations.

Please note that those nominated must abide by the aims of the PA, which are:

1. To support the school in furthering its Mission and Vision of ‘A United World At Peace – Through Education’.2. To provide support for school events, activities, trips and inter-school competitions.3. To provide support to parents of new students joining Tenby Schools.4. To support school activities and fund raising for charities.5. To encourage participation in parents’ meetings and activities organised by the schools.6. To facilitate contact between parents and staff as a means of strengthening the school community and enhancing communication.7. To provide a means whereby the school leadership may be kept abreast of the views of parents and feedback to the parent body.8. To encourage liaison between Sekolah Tenby and Tenby International School.

In addition, PA Committee members must be available to attend 2 - 3 meetings a term and have time to work behind the scenes with any preparation or organisation required for supporting school activities/events. This may include several additional meetings with the team to plan initiatives.

If you are interested in being a nominee, please fill in the PA Nomination Form (attached) and return it via e-mail to ipoh@tenby.edu.my by Friday 13th January, 12:00hrs (noon). Please include a passport photograph of yourself. Parents may also collect a copy of the PA Nomination Form from Reception.

We will publish the nominees in the Newsletter on Friday 20th January and if there are no objections received by Tuesday 24th January, we will put the nominees names to a vote if there are more than the number of representa-tives required. Details of any voting will be provided later.

The PA Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 4th February at 10:00hrs in the Auditorium. All parents are welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

ENGAGE Parent PortalPlease remember that the ENGAGE Parent Portal is the main form of communication from the School. We will be using this platform to book CCAs, book meeting slots, send home notices, reminders, letters, homework details and Newsletters. Please ensure that you have access to this and check frequently. Parents should receive an e-mail alert when a notice from the School has been received via the Portal.

No E-Mail, Username & Password?There are several parents who have not given us their e-mail address to enable us to set up a username and password. Others have asked if we can set up the account with their child’s e-mail to which we have declined as the portal is for parents, not students. There are many free e-mail accounts that can be opened through Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo to name a few. Therefore, please let us know your e-mail address so that access to the portal can be set up immediately. Alternatively, we can set up an e-mail account for you so that you can access the portal. Please contact Reception or the IT Department for more information.

Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs)CCAs begin on Friday 13th January. If you have not already booked your child(ren)’s CCAs via the ENGAGE Parent Portal by Saturday 7th January you will need to contact Mr. Foo (Head of Student Affairs) via e-mail: doug.foo@tenby.edu.my.

If you have selected CCAs that require payment, you should have received a confirmation notice via the ENGAGE Parent Portal. Payment can then be made via the Accounts Department from Monday 9th January. Payment should be made by Friday 13th January.

Updated Parent/Student HandbookThis updated version has been published on the Parent Portal earlier this week. Please take a few minutes to peruse this document to keep abreast of School expectations and operational matters. It would be useful to keep a copy for reference in future.

Community Code of ConductThe Community Code of Conduct will be distributed to Sekolah Tenby students next week. We would be grateful if parents could find the time to go through this with their child(ren) and sign to acknowledge that they have read the expectations.

SAFE STEPS Road Safety Awareness – Final DriveWe will be conducting two more road safety drives at Dr. Seenivasagam Park where our student leaders will conduct sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety. The first session will take place on Saturday 21st January where Tenby secondary students will be invited to attend. The second session will be extended to local secondary schools on Saturday 25th February.

Chinese New Year Assembly & Dress UpThe Chinese New Year Assemblies will take place at the following times:

• TEYCI – Tuesday 24th January at 08:30hrs in the School Hall.• Meru Raya (Main Campus) – Thursday 26th January at 08:00hrs in the MPH.

Parents are welcome to attend and we encourage everyone in the community to celebrate and embrace another wonderful community festival by dressing up in traditional Chinese Dress on the respective assembly days.

School - Early Closure on Friday 10th February Please note that the School and offices will close at 15:00hrs on Friday 10th February to facilitate the Tenby Schools Annual Dinner. We would be grateful if you could ensure that your child(ren) are collected by then on this day.

Have a good weekend.

PA Nomination Form for Academic Year 2017 Please fill in the following information if you would like to nominate yourself for the Parents’ Association. Name of Nominee: ……………………………………………………..

What relevant skills and experience do you possess?

What can you contribute to the Parents’ Association and the school?

What classes are your child(ren) in?

Can you commit to attending regular committee/follow up meetings in school and events arranged by the Parents’ Association?

Signed: ……………………………………………… Date: ……………………

Please submit your nomination via e-mail to ipoh@tenby.edu.my by Friday 13.01.17.

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Dear Parents of Sekolah Tenby, Welcome back to the new academic year in 2017. A new year represents a fresh start. We hope you have all had a lovely end of term holiday in December. I am looking forward to getting to know your children and you over in this new term especially during Parents’ Forums and Parents’ Evenings. We welcome your constructive feedback to develop Sekolah Tenby to be a better educational institution, so if you have any thoughts or ideas, please let us know. PT3 2016 Results On 17th November 2016, we celebrated the UPSR results that we are ranked No.2 in the Northern Kinta district (out of 112 schools) with GPA of 1.89. Here I would like to take this opportunity to share Sekolah Tenby’s PT3 results that was released on 19th December 2016. 2016 was the third year that students in Form 3 sat for PT3 examination. There were a total of 24 students from Form 3 who sat for PT3. Seven subjects obtained 100% pass rate - English Language, Geography, History, Life Skills, Malay Language, Pendidikan Islam and Science. Results show that there is an improvement in the GPA of 2.33 compared to 2.48 in 2015 and 2.81 in 2014.

Year 2014 2015 2016

GPA 2.81 2.48 2.33

(Note: The GPA operates on a decreasing scale where a lower index value indicates better candidate achievement)

Congratulations to the following students:

Brendan Lee Yee Hao 7A

Muhamad Aryan Khuzairi 6A

Celiane Lee Jia Wen 5A

Izzati Taqiah binti Shahril Affendi 5A

Reshma Nachiappan 4A

Kelvin Cheong 4A

Rabiatul Adawiyah binti Ahmad 4A

Focus for this year

Our focus this year will be in line with the School’s Mission Point 1 ‘To enable students to achieve their full potential for academic excellence and achievements in sports and arts as well as promote better integration amongst the school community. The Leadership Team will be reviewing assessment and putting into place a revised, more rigorous system for tracking (half-termly tracking) to aid with raising student achievement. With this, the reporting and tracking system will be revised and we will keep you informed of these updates. Teachers teach their students to learn all they can so they have options in life. One's potential is not set in stone at birth but it has to develop and change with increased knowledge and understanding. The role of teachers in Sekolah Tenby is to help students in the process of this discovery, and we do expect teachers to set an

example. We have shared the story of Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson with all Sekolah Tenby teachers during the staff meeting on the 30th December 2016. When the situation changes, this story explains how these characters react to the situation differently. That’s the same principles we should adopt in our life to deal with change. How does this story fit into the world of education particularly in Sekolah Tenby? Change happens with technology leading the way in the 21st century, teachers must realise that their teaching methods must keep up as well. Gone are the days of looking information up in a hardbound encyclopaedia. Teachers must keep up with new ways to present information, make assignments meaningful, evaluate for real learning, and use data in their decision making. Teachers should look at change as an opportunity for growth and learning. Revised KSSR and KSSM curriculum The Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025 maps out the roadmap to build and efficient education system that features universal access all the way through to secondary education. All primary and secondary schools nationwide in 2017 will come under the newly revised curricula – Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR) and Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Menengah (KSSM). Teachers in Sekolah Tenby were undergoing training courses on KSSR and KSSM by the Ministry of Education in 2016. Parents who attended the Standard 6 Transition Day on the 23rd November 2016 were given a briefing regarding the revised curriculum. The curriculum will stress on student-centered and differentiated teaching, but it will have a greater emphasis on problem-based and project-based work. Students in Standard 1 and Form 1 are to learn an additional language starting with Chinese and students will have to participate in community service under Islamic Education and Moral Education. In Sekolah Tenby Ipoh, all students in Standard 2 to Standard 6 will have the opportunity to learn Chinese language according to their levels – advanced or beginner level. Recommended textbooks for Chinese Language for advanced students will be specified by the subject teachers during the first week of school and this information will be pasted onto the students’ planners. Dual Language Programme (DLP) Sekolah Tenby has been given the approval to teach Mathematics and Science in English under the Dual Language Programme (DLP) at three entry points (Standard 1, Standard 4 and Form 1) from 2016 onwards. We are the only private school in Perak to be given this approval. Only 300 schools across Malaysia have been selected to participate in the programme. The DLP at Sekolah Tenby will be rolled out in 2017 according to the schedule below:

Besides strengthening the English Language, we want to emphasise that Sekolah Tenby plays the role of upholding and developing the Malay language. The importance of Malay Language as the country’s official language is indisputable and the strongest unifying factor irrespective of race or religion, therefore all students need to learn and master the use of the Malay language properly. Examination Dates These are the examinations dates for 2017:

Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah 11-14 and 18 September

Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Sejarah) 2-26 May

Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Geografi) 9-31 July

Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Bertutur) 2-30 April

Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Mendengar) 22-23 August

Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (Ujian Bertulis) 9-12 October

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Ujian Bertulis) 6 November – 4 December

Evaluation Test 1 6-10 March

Mid Year Examination – Form 4 & 5 15-26 May

Mid Year Examination – Std 1 – Form 3 22-26 May

UPSR Trial 11-13 July

PT3 Trial 4-7 September

SPM Trial 4-15 September

End of Year Examination – Form 4 23 October-2 November

End of Year Examination – Std 1 – Form 2 30 October – 2 November

We hope that we will have a great year ahead, working collaboratively to ensure that students are happy and making forward strides with their attainment. If you or your children have any concerns whatsoever, please contact your child’s form tutor in the first instance. Wong Kin Tung Acting Head of Sekolah Tenby, Ipoh

Happy Chinese New Year !

From: Jorja, Joey, Yileng &

Chris

Welcome back to school! Class Activity Form 3T

Moral StudiesGroup Work & Presentation

News from Tenby Early Years Centre Ipoh

Happy New Year! A very warm welcome indeed to all our parents and children for this new and exciting

academic term.

The first day in school at TEYCI started off with happy faces of children coming back to school. We have

opened another Toddler class (Toddler M). Most of the new children have adapted well to their new

environment and their teachers very quickly. Upon settling the children in, the parents were ushered to the

hall for an orientation session which gave them a good understanding of the child’s learning journey at

Tenby.

The children will now embark on the new theme in IPC for this term.

Level Term 2 (first half) Term 2 (second half)

Toddler Transport Animals

Nursery Animals Bears

Reception Treasure Changes

Year 1 A Day In The Life History - Time Travellers

After School Enrichment (CCA) will begin next week with:

Day Lesson Time

Monday Mandarin

13:45hrs – 14:45hrs Tuesday Music

Wednesday Art & Craft

Thursday Taekwondo

With the start of this new term, we hope children will come on time, ready for the day’s learning experience.

Looking forward to a great term. Have a wonderful week.

News from Primary

Mathematics is a subject where you learn best by tackling problems/challenges. Every week, a

new challenge will be posted here for you to pit your wits against.

We invite you to have a go at solving it. If you get stuck, keep trying, and do go away and come

back later- often, you will find that you have a better idea on your second, third or even fourth

attempt.

Solution for Maths Challenge #009 – Sharing and Division

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Please be informed that from Term 2 onwards, the children’s Home Learning pages, Spelling Lists and

IPC Learning Tasks will be uploaded onto the Parent Portal. Do ensure that you check your Parent

Portal page regularly. You can access the Parent Portal via http://ipohportal.tenby.edu.my.

Parent Portal log in details were sent out via email to parents in March, 2016.

Thank you

Miss Lam

Book Exchange Corner

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The Primary Student Council would like to set up a Book Exchange

Corner to encourage the love for reading.

Children will be able to take out a book to read during break times or

bring it home. All we ask is that books taken out to be returned to the

shelves when they have finished reading so that other children can

have the opportunity to enjoy the book as well.

This is how you can help us. We are looking for pre-loved books or

comics that are age-appropriate for Primary children.

If you have any books or comics suitable for us, please drop them at

the Primary Office. Thank you very much for your help.

The Primary Student Council

Maths Challenge #010 – Number and Place Value

Year 6 Mock Checkpoint

Do take note that the Year 6 Mock Checkpoint will be held in the week of 16th

January, 2017. Please ensure that your child does not miss school during the

week. Normal lessons will carry on throughout the week.

Spelling for Lower Primary

Date: 20th January, 2017

Day: Friday

Time: 0830 to 0930 hours

Venue: Library

Year 6 Checkpoint Parent Information Meeting (PIM)

Date: 25th January, 2017

Day: Wednesday

Time: 1700 to 1800 hours

Venue: Library

Sixth Formers Bring X’Mas Cheer to Orang Asli Village

Kampung Pawong is one of a cluster of Orang Asli villages along the Simpang Pulai- Tanah Rata

Road which leads to the Cameron Highlands. This is where our Christmas Charity convoy of six 6th

Formers and three Tenby teachers arrived on the morning of 4th December 2016.

(L-R) Manpreet,Stephanie, Emi, Marcus, Chan Hon and Ridzuan

Our team reached this village in a procession of three cars carrying the provisions donated by our

entire Tenby schools community. It was the culmination of our three-month-long charity drive within

the school to show our care and concern for the aboriginal villagers.

Led by Sixth Form Council president-designate, Manpreet Kaur our team comprised Muhammad

Ridzuan Mat Som (Vice President SFC), Stephanie Cheah (Secretary), Marcus Yap,Emi Yamamoto

and Chan Hon. Together with them were Mr Louis, Mr Harry and Mr Alex Chuah.

Manpreet speaks to the

Orang Asli villagers.

Marcus and Ridzuan impress the village girls!

The villagers were all gathered in a small pre-school centre where we were welcomed by the village

headman,

Encik Ismail (popularly known as Pak Mail) who briefed us on the social and economic status of the

Orang Asli in the villages on the Cameron Highlands route.

“Our greatest challenge,” he declared “is to chart a clear course for the future. Our young people are

at the crossroads. Should they go forward into full scale modernization or should we be more

concerned about preserving our traditional way of life?”

We were there that day to think about how we at Tenby Schools Ipoh could help the Orang Asli make

that important decision for themselves. Our target group were the young ones, right from the

preschoolers to those in secondary school.

Pak Ismail on the greatest challenge

facing the Orang Asli

“We are in the throes of a our fact-finding mission. We hope to help the young orang asli through

educational support, counseling and peer interaction with them” commented Muhammad Ridzuan.

That morning, our sixth formers had a fun time with the children playing games with them on the

village road. “Despite being surrounded by the Malayan jungle, it is an irony that the young villagers

had no space for open play such as on a field” remarked Chan Hon.

There were several learning outcomes which we drew from this fellowship visit.

There are more than 700 people in this village.They are all of the Semai tribe.

They have adequate basic facilities such as concrete homes, piped water supply and

electricity.

The JOA (Orang Asli Department) arranges for visits by medical teams from time to time but

the nearest medical centre is 18 kilometres away in Simpang Pulai.

The nearest primary school lies about 18 kilometres away while the nearest secondary school

lies another 18 kilometres away on the opposite direction.

The school where hostel facilities are available lies some 50 kilometres away in Hulu Kinta.

Many young people face a dilemma after completing their SPM. Should they go further away

from the village or should they remain within the Orang Asli tribal areas?

Our Sixth Formers plan to strengthen our bonds with the Orang Asli children in these “kampungs”

in order to help them along in the journey of life. We hope to do this in the following ways:

Organising motivational sessions for the Orang Asli youth

Donating educational materials for their preschool centres

Engaging with OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA to promote further/higher education for

qualified Orang Asli children.

Sponsoring educational support for selected Orang Asli children

Submitted by:

Manpreet Kaur & Stephanie Cheah (Year 12S)

Farewell Speech at Graduation Night of Cohort

12 by Anna Varghese, President of the Sixth

Form Council 2015/2016

Date: 24th November 2016

Venue: The Legendary Club, Ipoh

A very good evening I bid to Ms. Kuok, the Campus Principal, Mr. Davidson, Head of

Secondary School, Mr. Choong, Head of National School, Mr. Centeno, Deputy Head of

Secondary School, Mr. Louis, Head of Sixth Form and my dear teachers and friends.

These past 18 months have been long and hard, grueling and exhausting but absolutely

extraordinary. Our time in Tenby Sixth Form has changed all of us so much for the

better. From scrambling to prepare for debates to calming our jittery nerves before

performing our Shakespearean play on a huge stage to even something as simple as

singing with the residents of a senior citizens’ home, every single one of these

experiences has truly enriched us.

And obviously not forgetting the main

reason we are here, which is to

benefit from a world class education

to prepare us for life at university. And

I know without a shadow of doubt that

we wouldn’t be here and have

achieved what we have without our

teachers.

Thank you so much to our teachers.

To Ms. Chong YC, Mrs. Jeya, Mrs.

Pakianathan, Mdm. Lau and Mr. Alex,

thank you for being so dedicated and

for always going above and beyond

what was required just to ensure we

understood everything completely. I

don’t take any Arts subjects but my friends in the Arts classes have nothing but praise

for their hardworking teachers. To Mr. Mano, Mr. Harry, Mr. Des, Mr. Louis, Mr. Francis

and Dr. Judy (who both were unfortunately unable to attend), there are no words to

adequately express our gratitude for all that you do each and every day just for us.

A special thank you to Mr. Louis and Ms.

Mangales (who unfortunately couldn’t make

it) who work tirelessly to organise our charity

events, Global Perspectives debates,

Shakespearean plays, Cameron Highlands

trips and basically making sure nothing falls

apart and everything runs smoothly. The

Sixth Form wouldn’t function as well as it

does without you. A big thank you to our

Campus Principal ,Ms. Jane Kuok for

recognising the Sixth Form as a unique facet

to our school and for always treating us with

the dignity appropriate to our age and as the

young adults we are. And thank you for

making a mark in the history of the Sixth

Form by providing us with a Learning Centre.

We hope that this learning centre will be the nucleus of a wider infrastructure for our

Sixth Form.

I would like to thank Mr. Richard Davidson for

providing us with leadership opportunities and

for teaching us to responsible for ourselves.

Thank you for encouraging us to always think

bigger no matter how simple a project is.

Thank you for supporting all the Sixth Form’s

long standing traditions like the GP Debates

and our Shakespearean plays.

Last but certainly not least, I would like to

thank my class for always being supportive of

all our projects. Every one of our projects has

been a huge success and it wouldn’t have

been that way without all your time and

contribution. Thank you to my official vice

presidents, Ee Shih Liz and Tang Chi Hoe, for

giving me wise counsel and for always

shadowing me. And thank you to my two

“unofficial” vice presidents, Phoebe Jane

Soogan and Lydia Abraham. Whether it was finding a tiara in some godforsaken part of

town or scouting the jungle, they were always there for me.

I would like to wish good luck to Emily Wong, president of Cohort 13, who has been

such a joy to work with and to Manpreet Kaur, president of Cohort 14 who unfortunately

I haven’t had the pleasure of working with very much. I wish you both of you all the best

as my successor presidents, running everything and to help our Sixth Form to achieve

greater heights.

And of course a note of gratitude to Cohort 13 for organising such a fabulous event.

I wish all of you the best in all your future endeavours and remember to savour every

moment as time really does fly by.

Thank you.

Monday Special:

9th to 13th JAN 2017

Chicken Mushroom Sauce

Rice Noodles RM4

Pineapple Sauce Waffle

Fish Porridge

Scramble Egg on Toast

Sambal Stir Fry Short Noodles

RM4

RM4

Origini

Thai Chicken Curry Rice

RM5

RM5

American Breakfast

Minced Chicken Ramen

RM4

RM4

Chicken Bolognese

Broccoli Chicken Rice

RM5

RM5

Teriyaki Roasted Chicken Rice

Italian Baked Chicken & Macaroni

RM5

RM5

Fish & Chips

Chicken Meatballs with Mashed Potato

RM5

RM5

RM4

RM4

Roasted Chicken Burger

Pineapple Fried Rice

RM4

RM4

Roasted Chicken Wantan Mee

Japanese Curry Chicken Katsu Rice

RM4

RM5

CAN.TEEN reserves the rights to make adjustments as needed to weekly menu and price.

Chicken Fried Rice RM 4