newsletter no. 76 - april 2015

Newsletter No. 76– April 2015

In this week’s issue of the newsletter,

we share with you:

Tenby Schools was awarded Best Brand in International Education at the prestigious BrandLaureate

Awards in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 31 March 2015. This award recognises Tenby Schools’ reputa-

tion for providing world class international education across Malaysia.

Accepting the award on behalf of Tenby Schools CEO Alister Bartholomew said: “I am delighted that

Tenby Schools has been recognised by the leading brand awarding body in this very competitive mar-

ket. This award is dedicated to our committed staff across all five Tenby Schools, who continuously

strive to build a better world through international and private education. We believe academic success

alone does not guarantee success in life. Our programmes focus not only on the curricular but learning

beyond the classrooms to develop leadership and organisational skills, as well as self-confident and

creative people.”

The BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards is organised by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF), a

non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and improvement of branding standards in Malaysia

and the Asia Pacific. Currently in its eighth edition, The BrandLaureate SMEs’ BestBrands Awards 2014

honours the best of brands from the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The winners are selected

based on a 300-point selection criteria consisting of brand strategy, brand culture, integrated brand

communications, brand equity and brand performance, with one winner selected from each category.

Tenby Schools Wins Best Brand in International Education

Welcome back to all students, staff and parents for a busy term. Our

thoughts are with all of those students who are about to take their IGCSE,

AS or A2 examinations during May and June. This really is the final furlong

and some sustained study during the next few weeks will make all the differ-

ence as they sit these crucial papers. My advice to all students as they take

public examinations is to ensure that they will be able to say ‘I did my very

best’, whatever the final outcome.

A warm welcome to all families who have joined the school for the first time

this week. We hope that you will have a happy and successful time with us. A special welcome

also goes to Mr. David Key who takes over as Head of International Primary. He has made an

excellent start here and is rapidly getting to know staff and students.

Tomorrow sees our secondary sports day which was postponed due to problems with the play-

ing field. I am sure that it will be a very enjoyable morning of athletics and wish Mr. Ricky and

his team every success with this key event. Next Saturday (25th April) will be the day of our

school swimming gala which again promises to be an excellent event.

Please note the changes made to the calendar for the term. On Wednesday May 6th the school

will be closed in respect of the coronation of the Sultan of Perak.

We are always keen to listen to the student voice here at Tenby Schools, Ipoh and on Monday

the candidates for the presidency of the Student Council will use our secondary assembly time

to set out their manifesto for the forthcoming elections. I am very much looking forward to hear-

ing what they have to say.

With best wishes for a pleasant and relaxing weekend.

Howard Bullock

From the Campus Principal

Dear TISSI Community,

I hope that many of you managed to take some

time out to rest and recharge the batteries after

another demanding term. It seems incredible to

me to note that I am now into my 4th term at

Tenby having arrived in Ipoh, Malaysia around

about this time last year. One of the pleasures

of being a teacher, is seeing that sense of pur-

pose, pride and fulfilment on the faces of our

great leaners who have been recognised and

applauded for their excellent efforts and appli-

cation towards their students in one or indeed

many areas of the curriculum. As we closed

last term, it was a sheer delight to distribute

certificates to students who had anything from

one to 6 ‘Diamond’ awards for excellence in

their approach to learning. Mr. Hayes and Mr.

Ricky as Key Stage 3 and 4 Coordinators re-

spectively will share some of the significant

triumphs with you in separate newsletter arti-

cles in this week’s issue.

The coming few weeks are amongst the most

stressful time for a number of our learners.

Looming large on the horizon are IGCSE, A-

Level and Checkpoint examinations. Whilst so

many of our students fanatically strive for per-

fection (as do the parents), I have included an

article that I recently plucked from the Daily

Telegraph, a UK broadsheet newspaper, in

which it warns of the perils and pitfalls of plac-

ing too many unrealistically high expectations

and demands on the shoulders of our young

leaners. I would encourage parents to take time

and read this. It is important to be aspirational,

but equally it is vital to keep expectations within

credible boundaries, and using appropriate

benchmarks.

I am pleased to report that we have had not

departing teachers from Team TISSI at the end

of last term, and that as things stand all current

vacancies for the next academic year have

been filled. I am equally aware that whilst we

had managed to absorb all students who were

on the waiting list into the

school over the last 4-5

months, from the start of the

new academic year there are

already waiting lists in 2 out of

the 4 KS3 and KS4 year

groups. We will also have

Cohort 12 start just after the conclusion of the

IGCSE programme to get them introduced into

the A-Level experience and given them a valua-

ble rapid start before enjoying a 3 week vaca-

tion between July and August. If you have

friends and acquaintances who might be inter-

ested in joining TISSI, then encourage them to

come and register rather than running the risk of

being placed on a waiting list.

The next two Saturdays 18th

and 25th April, there

will be the TISSI/KBSM Sports Day and Swim-

ming Gala respectively. When it comes to

students of primary school age, parents turn up

in droves to cheer on their little princes and prin-

cesses. I hope that parents of students in the

Senior schools can be similarly cheered on by

enthusiastic parents at both of these events!

Just because they are bigger than the primary

students, it does not make them any less

deserving of support and encouragement!

At the very end of last term I sent a letter out to

students across Years 10 to A-levels indicating

that they could get ‘form-class’ WiFi access

codes to use the school internet to help with

revision and research. Any and all equipment

brought into school is done entirely at the risk of

the student, and TISSI will not held be liable for

any loss, damage or theft of such items. This is

a privilege and should not be abused. Student

below Year 10 who try and bring in tablets or

laptops will have them confiscated for the entire

term. Equally, please note that ‘smart-phones’

are still banned from use on campus. Students

caught with such phones will see them confiscat-

ed for the duration of the term.

Have a great weekend one and all!

Neil David Page

From the Head of International Secondary

Parents need to encourage a generation of

children who have become obsessed with per-

fection to recognise when what they have done

is 'good enough'

Parents need to encourage a generation of

children who have become obsessed with per-

fection to recognise when what they have done

is 'good enough', a leading headmistress says.

Heather Hanbury of the Lady Eleanor Holles

School in Hampton said the obsession with top

marks is harming the self-esteem and future

prospects of children.

Writing in Attain, the magazine of the

Independent Association of Prep Schools, Ms

Hanbury said: "'The search for perfection is the

enemy of achievement' is a quote I use regular-

ly. In most areas of life (although not all), five

things done adequately are more valuable than

one thing done perfectly.

"I might even add to the aphorism: the search

for perfection is the enemy of achievement and

of self-esteem. Inevitably, searching for perfec-

tion ends in frequent disappointment.

Spending less time perfecting homework

means pupils can develop creative, sporting or

other activities outside the classroom, she said.

Ms Hanbury said: "The wider the variety of ac-

tivities children try, the greater chance they

have of finding something which truly rewards

their efforts and helps to raise their self-

esteem."

She also said spending double the amount of

time required on homework, trying to perfect it,

may not even be worth a pupils' time. "Think of

the opportunity costs involved: what wasn’t

done because of the time spent on one essay?

"Taken to its extreme, I have known students

who wouldn’t hand work in at all because they

said it wasn’t good enough – when pushed they

admitted they wanted to hand in something

which was perfect. So instead of gaining 60

per cent or 70 per cent for an ‘imperfect’ home-

work, they gained 0 per cent for no homework.

And recounting a tale that many parents would

today find shocking, she admitted she did only

enough work to get a B in her O Level French as

that grade was sufficient and she directed her

efforts elsewhere.

She said pupils and parents "fixation with perfec-

tion" has come about as a result of "our inflation

of words and grades".

She said: "Pupils in high-achieving schools, and

their parents, often assume that anything below

A or 1 is simply not good enough.

"Teachers feel the pressure to ensure that the

majority of their pupils achieve high marks – so

they may make tests or homework easier, or

mark them more gently. They don’t want their

pupils to be dejected and upset when they don’t

get an A grade."

But she said this culture needed to see a shift in

the opposite direction. So rather than making it

easier for pupils to get higher grades, getting a B

-or a C grade- should be seen as "normal".

She added: "For those who struggle with a sub-

ject it might be a real improvement and a step in

the right direction; for those who find it easier,

this may be a blip in their otherwise speedy pro-

gress, to be expected from time to time if they

are challenging themselves to achieve more."

Her comments on perfection may be surprising

as girls at her school achieve 98 per cent A’s

and A*’s at GCSE. Her institution also ranks four

in the list of private schools likely to be accepted

by universities belonging to the Russell Group,

which includes Oxford and Cambridge.

Others have also tried to fight the quest of per-

fectionism in the classroom, including Oxford

High School, who introduced a programme enti-

tled ‘The Death of Little Miss Perfect’- an online

test in which the questions became increasingly

harder, making it impossible to get all correct

answers.

Food for thought? – NDP.

Striving for perfection 'hurts pupils' from the Daily Telegraph on April 5th

, 2015.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11000257/Schools-tackle-perfectionism-in-pupils.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11000257/Schools-tackle-perfectionism-in-pupils.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11016817/The-truth-behind-the-death-of-Little-Miss-Perfect.html

It has been a very nice introductory week for me to the school. I am very pleased to

be working with the students, staff, management and parents at Tenby Ipoh and

sincerely hope that the term progresses well with our group of dedicated teachers

and assistants to enhance the development of your terrific children.

Please remember to look for and read all teacher messages and communications

from school and also let us know if you have any questions or worries about your

child. We really want to help and to ensure that we can give you our best service

and support. Communication is very important in education but to be truly effective, it has to be two-ways.

If we do not know that you have a problem then we will not be able to help you sort it out. The teachers

and I are willing to meet with you to share your worries and questions so please, if you need to meet up

then call or email us so that we can work out a mutually suitable time.

Helping channel your child’s creativity.

Sometimes our children's creativity delights us, sometimes it makes us crazy. If we help them channel

their creativity we will have more fun with them and they will lead more productive lives.

The first thing you can do is to help your children discover their specific talents. Children show their crea-

tivity through telling jokes, some through building with blocks, and some through thinking up new possibili-

ties. If we notice the things that delight our children, we will have a good clue about their talents. When

we comment positively on their creativity, we encourage its development e.g. ‘I love the way you sing. ’I

enjoy the riddles you create.’ ‘I love to see the things you create.’

The second challenge for you is to help your children channel their creative energy. When one child

shows creativity in the way he or she teases their sibling, it may be hard to appreciate their gifts. A wise

parent will find ways to celebrate their creativity whilst encouraging kindness e.g. "You have a quick mind!

I hope you will use your gift to appreciate your sibling’s goodness (or sensitivity, creativity, determination,

etc.)."

You can support your children by providing materials and books to help them learn - whether a joke book

or a model rocket kit or a sewing machine. One child may be a voracious reader. Another child may have

a gift for kindness to animals. It might help you to make an occasional inventory of the gifts you see in

your children and to make sure you regularly acknowledge them.

The third opportunity for you is helping your children explore and further develop their creativity. You can

discuss your children's interests with them. Maybe make use of the library or museums that are nearby.

You can connect them with sports or arts mentors or simply provide places for talent activities in your

home.

One caution for you is that it is easy to stereotype children's gifts. A child who loves experimenting may

be labeled a scientist. It is possible that he or she loves learning or the experimenting rather than the sci-

ence?

Parents help their children when they allow them to explore many different expressions of their talent and

creativity. In fact, parents' enthusiasm for learning is contagious. When parents show a passion for learn-

ing about many subjects, it helps their children see learning and creativity as a lifelong adventure.

David Key

From the Head of International Primary

Warmest greetings to all.

On the 24th March 2015, a field trip to Kuala Lumpur was organized for our

SM5 students. A total of 25 students, accompanied by Mdm. Pang and

Mdm. Thiba visited the National Science Centre, the National Planetarium

and the National Museum.

Another field trip was organized on the 26th March 2015 by Pn. Anisah,

Ms. Lee Lai Lai and Mr. Teoh Wah Kin for 29 SR4 students. The students

were taken to a batik factory in Chemor.

From the teachers’ feedback, both the trips were very enjoyable and educational. I would like

to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to all the teachers

involved in organizing and accompanying the students on these two field trips.

Students get to benefit a lot from field trips. Field trips will give students educational experienc-

es away from their regular classrooms and school environment. Students visiting places like

the Science Centre and batik factory will learn in a more hands-on and interactive manner

than they do in school. Field trips will also give students a welcome break in their usual rou-

tine.

I hope teachers will organize more field trips for the students in future. Such trips will provide

opportunities for students to see real-life applications of what they learned in school. Students

will be more likely to understand and appreciate the importance and relevance of what they

are learning and this will help improve their grades in all subjects.

Choong Chee Kong

From the Head of Sekolah Tenby

SR 4 students at Fauzi Batik Factory in Chemor.

A warm welcome back to school after the Easter holidays. I hope you have all

enjoyed a happy Easter. Before the term ended we had our Easter Celebration

with songs and competition. We would like to congratulate the winners for the

Easter Bonnet Competition,

whose names are displayed

below the pictures:

Our thanks go to the parents for their whole heart-

ed support and creative ideas for their children’s

participation in the competition.

We have started embarking on new themes for the

children’s learning this term. Our Toddlers will

begin with the theme “Transport”, the Nursery fo-

cusing on “Going Places (Transport)” learning

about all kinds of ways of travelling. The Reception

children have turned their classroom into treasure

spots with collection of jewellery, treasure charts

etc…for the theme on “Treasure”. Some children

are so excited about learning their new themes that

they have even come up with their own ideas about

the theme. Enclosed is a treasure map drawn by

Jerrick Voon of Reception 3B. As for the Year 1s

their focus is on “Water World”. Full details of the

activities involved will be coming your way next

week.

Have a great week!

Puvanes Mahendran

From the Head of Tenby Early Years Centre, Ipoh

Toddler: Syn Yong Xin, Hirad, Leong Cyn Yan, Erryna Looi

Nursery: Zach, Avanesh, Harshanaa, Benjamin Yeong

Reception: Cheng Shi Yin, Koh Chen Yue, Keira Mischa, Jerrick Voon

Year 1: Yap Jowen, Jonathan Tan, Diviyean, Phang Jia Qi

Treasure Map drawn by Jerrick Voon

Puvanes Mahendran

News from Tenby Early Years Centre, Meru

Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a lovely break and are

refreshed and ready for the summer term.

Our topics have changed for the next six

weeks,

Nursery are learning all about “Going Places”, which centers on different types of trans-portation. The Reception classes are learning about “Treasure”, which we are sure will lead us to pirates! To further support your child in these topics, and with their reading, it would be very beneficial for you to share stories and non-fiction books on these subjects, and to talk about any related ex-periences you may have. Please let us know if you were once a pirate or a pilot – we’d love you to do a show and tell for the chil-dren!

Spring Bonnet Competition:

The Spring Bonnet Competition held at the end of last term was a great success in Early

Years and Key Stage 1. We had lots of gor-

geous bonnets, each deserving a prize but unfortunately we could only give 3 prizes per

class. Well done to our bonnet winners:

Little Fish: Muhammad Idris, Isaac, Gabriel

Busy Bees: Yuni, Toshi, Sofia

Dragonflies: Sunil, Luca, Cheryl

Samantha Leuty

Upcoming Dates for your Diary: Sports Day:

Friday 24th April 2015, 8.30-9.30

Pirates Day:

For the Dragonflies and Busy Bees (to be confirmed)

Reminders: It is hot, hot, hot! Even though we have shade in the playground, please remember to apply sun protection cream to your child before school. Similarly, please re-member to refill your child’s water bottle every day.

Year 1 & Year 2 Assemblies

Before the end of Term 2, the Year 1 and 2 students have had their year group assemblies in the Auditorium. The teachers and students of Year 2 put up a special assembly on the 31st March 2015, which was centred around the famous fairy tale, “Jack and the Beanstalk”. On the other hand, the Year 1 had theirs on the 1st April 2015, which was mainly focussed on their current IPC topic “Circus Is Coming To

Town”. Well done to all teachers and students for the successful sketch and dance performances. Here the pic-tures tell their stories…

Year 2 Assembly

Year 1 Assembly

Global Prospectives Debates 1/2015

More than one hundred and twenty young debating

enthusiasts from eight schools in Perak gathered at

Tenby Schools Ipoh to participate in the Global Per-

spectives Debates 1/2015.

The competition organized and sponsored by Tenby

Schools Ipoh provides a biannual platform for debat-

ing in English on topics of global interest. Global

Perspectives Debates 1/2015 drew a record level

participation from schools in the Kinta Valley and

beyond.

“Our bonus this year was the response to our

debates from beyond the Kinta Valley,” commented

Maiko Yamane, the Tenby Sixth Former who served

as Convenor of the debates. “Malay College, Kuala

Kangsar, one of the premier schools in Malaysia

sent two teams to the competition and they helped

place GP 1/2015 on the national map of debating

competitions.”

At present, Kuala Lumpur still leads as the epicentre

of national debate competitions with debate events

organized by HELP University College and Lim-

kokweng University College.

“Ipoh should not simply surrender to the pull of our

capital city, Kuala Lumpur,” remarked Celeste Tan,

co-convenor of the GP debates at Tenby Ipoh. “Ipoh

is one of the cities that has produced great orators

who have sustained the parliamentary and judicial

tradition in Malaysia. Remember the Seenivasagam

brothers, UN ambassador Radhakrishna Ramani,

Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang Abdul Wahab, Justice

Chang Min Tat and Justice Chan Nyarn Hoi.”

These sentiments were supported by teacher Mr Raj

Kumar, advisor of the two outstanding debating

teams from SMK Sam Tet Ipoh, another premier

school in Perak. “It is important to encourage our

students to express themselves in English as it is a

world language. Everywhere in the world, there is a

need to help young people transcend extremism and

parochialism. Debates are a wonderful way to get

people to listen to a different point of view.”

Pn Fadzlin, teacher-advisor, from Sekolah Tuanku

Abdul Rahman Ipoh echoed similar sentiments.

“The GP debates organized by Tenby Schools are

wonderful social gatherings for the young intellectuals

in Ipoh to think and define themselves in the face of

the future,” commented the teacher-advisor who

commended Tenby Schools Ipoh for sponsoring this

opportunity for like-minded students and teachers to

make Ipoh and Malaysia a stronger force for a better

world.

In all a total of 22 teams from eight schools in Perak

participated.

The champion team was the Tenby Sixth Form team

comprising Jasdeep Singh and Vaishnevy Athithan

while second and third place went to Malay College,

Kuala Kangsar with fourth placing going to Sekolah

Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Ipoh.

The adjudicators in the final debate were three promi-

nent Ipoh lawyers: Mr Shan Thevin (Chief Adjudica-

tor), Mr Edwin Siebel and Mr Premjit Singh.

The list of participating schools included Tenby Schools Ipoh, Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Malay

College, Kuala Kangsar, SMK Anderson, SMK Sam Tet, SMK Ave Maria Convent and Poi Lam Private School, Ipoh.

The champion team: Vaishnevy, Jasdeep

& Saras (Cohort 11)

The organizing team of the event: Bryan,

Celeste, Maiko & Hui Xue.

On March 27th

- 30th the Humani-

ties department took a group of 18

Key Stage 3 students to Pulau

Tioman for an environmental camp

with the Reef Check Malaysia

organisation. Here they learned

about the importance of coral reefs

and how to help protect them from

harmful impacts such as pollution

and fishing. Tan Sean-Ferng wrote

the following article to tell you

more about the trip.

“It was a very eventful school trip

with many different activities. We

stayed in chalets near the beach in

Kampung Tekek with our teachers

Mr Hayes and Miss Bethany, and the instructors. We visited places like a beautiful turtle sanctuary

where we learned how they locate and protect the different species of turtles from illegal poachers,

and a marine park centre which showed detail about the living organisms in the sea such as sharks

and shell-fish.

We also had many informative presentations about what the coral reef is and how it affects us all.

We had many games and worksheets to recap our knowledge. To finish off we created different

role-plays about what we

learned over the past few days.

We also went snorkelling to

have a hands-on experience of

the coral reefs which were only

a brief swim from shore. On the

last day we had prize-giving

ceremony and sadly left the is-

land after saying goodbye to our

guides from the island.”

Overall the students got a lot

out of the trip and hopefully feel

proud that Malaysia has some

of the most beautiful coral reefs

in the world, and can help pro-

tect them in the future.”

Mr. Ian Hayes

A Trip To The Batik Factory

On 26th March 2015, a total of 29 students from KSSR 4A

and 4B went for a trip to Fauzi Batik Factory in Chemor. The

teachers who accompanied the students on this trip were

Puan Anisah, Miss Lee Lai Lai and Mr Teoh Wah Kin. We

departed from the school at 9.00 am and reached the factory

at 9.20am.

Upon arriving at the factory, we were welcomed warmly by

the supervisor of the factory, En. Helmi, who was our tour

guide. He took us to visit the showroom where the batik

products were displayed. It was an eye opener for the stu-

dents as batik is a versatile material that can be used to

make clothing, handbags, photo frames and notebook covers.

Next we were taken to the workshop where En. Helmi’s

staff demonstrated how batik is made. The process involves

designing the patterns on the cloth, tracing the outline of the

patterns with liquid wax and finally, colouring the design

with permanent dyes. The students were excited because

they were given the hands-on experience to make their own

batik. It was a good opportunity for them to show their crea-

tivity and to discover their hidden talent in batik making.

Before we bid farewell, the students were given their hand-

made batiks to take home as souvenirs. This trip was

indeed enjoyable and educational for the students and

teachers.

Reported by, Miss Lee Lai Lai

Term 2 Rewards Assembly

The last Wednesday of the term saw the much-

anticipated rewards assembly for the Secondary Inter-

national School. Class teachers nominated 2 students

from each of their classes who had shown great

progress or had an excellent attitude to learning

throughout the term. Students were rewarded with a

‘diamond’ for each nomination they received, and this

term saw our first ‘6 diamond’ award handed out. The

awarding of the certificates was accompanied by musi-

cal performances by Chew Xu Yin, Emily Tan, Lam Yik

Mun and Marco George who played a wonderful rendi-

tion of ‘Stand by Me’, and Emily Ho, Justin Loke, Linn

Htet Soe, and Phoebe Jane who played a moving piece

called ‘I See Fire’.

A total of 193 different students were nominated by their

teachers across the school. The 10 students in Key

Stage 3 who achieved the ‘4 diamond award’ were

Choe Jomin, Cordelia Loh Pui Ha, SM Ashraf, Queenie

Chong Hor Yi, Jolin Wee Tzer Ling, Dhanya Lakxmi,

Thang Kitt Fay, Nicole Yap Shen Hwei, Julia Elisa

Haalsperger, and Loke Peirson.

2 students in Key Stage 4 achieved the ‘4 diamond

award’ – Desmond Yeoh Kah Sin for nominations in

History, English, Mandarin, and Maths, and Emily Ho

Mei Li for nominations in Biology, Physics, ICT, and

Economics.

Congratulations to Erica Yung Ting Lee in 7 Blue who

achieved the ‘5 diamond award’, with nominations in

Dance, Science, ICT, Malay, and Music.

And a very special congratulations to Ching Li Ann in

7 Yellow who achieved the first ever ‘6 diamond

award’ with nominations in English, Mandarin, ICT,

D&T, Art, and Music. This is a remarkable achieve-

ment and she should be very proud of her efforts this

term.

A big ‘well done’ to all the students who received a

diamond award, and for those who didn’t get nominat-

ed this term you still have one more term this year to

show your teachers a great attitude to learning and

receive a diamond award at the end of term 3.

Mr. Ian Hayes KS3 Coordinator & Mr. Ricky Singh KS4 Coordinator.

ELECTION SEASON BEGINS……NOT ONLY IN THE UK BUT AT TENBY IPOH!

“The election campaign for the Students’ Council is still on low gear,” commented

Ms Lau Yoke Khum, the teacher-advisor of the Tenby Schools Student Council.

“but the tempo seems to be gradually increasing.”

On 2nd

April 2015, Nomination Day, there were four nominations for President and

five for Vice President.

The candidates are as follows:

For President:

Goh Jing Soong (Y10G)

Marco George (Y10B)

Tan Si Yee (Bernice) (Y10G)

Vikneshwaren Balasundaram(Y10B)

The Presidential Candidates:

L - R: Tan Si Yee (Y10 G), Marco George (Y10 B),

Goh Jing Soong (Y10G) & Vikneshwaren (Y10B).

The Vice Presidential Candidates (TISSI):

L - R: Chaiw Ern Ni (Y10G),

Cheong Jing Shan (Y10G), Yap Mun Wai (Y10B) &

Kahil Isaac Dhaliwal (Y9Y).

For Vice President (International School):

Cheong Jing Shan (Justin) (Y10G)

Chaiw Ern Ni (Y10G)

Kahil Isaac Dhaliwal (Y9Y)

Nicole Tan Yi Wern (Y9G)

Yap Mun Wai (Marcus) (Y10B)

For Vice President (National School):

Adlina Kamilia binti Mohammad Zahir (SM 4)

Jason Tan Jae Zen (SM 4)

Matthew Goh Sek Foong (SM 4)

Muhammad Iqbal bin Hamdi (SM 4)

The Vice Presidential Candidates (Sek. Tenby):

L - R: Adlina Kamilia, Jason Tan, Matthew Goh &

Muhammad Iqbal, all from KBSM 4.

After the Easter break, we have two weeks of campaigning. Candidates are

allowed the use of the auditorium during morning break and lunch break to meet

their supporters and to conduct their campaigns.

On Tuesday 14th April 2015, the candidates introduced themselves to the National

School assembly. Their speeches focused on “Introducing Myself” and “What I

Have Done for Tenby Schools so far.” The same opportunity was given to all can-

didates at the International School assembly on Wednesday 15th April 2015.

The school has also given permission for candidates to put up posters in the can-

teen area subject to the usual rules on decorum, respect for the law and respect

for school property.

“The candidates are also allowed to use the social networking media for their cam-

paigns,” said Nur Qistina, the outgoing president of the Students’ Council. “It is an

opportunity for student leaders to engage in constructive, respectful debate using

the latest strategies.”

Students are looking forward to the Plenary Assembly on Monday 20th April 2015

when the candidates will be given the opportunity to address the whole secondary

school.

“The question that will be put to each candidate is: If elected, what do you propose

to do for your school?”

Election Day is scheduled for Friday 25th April 2015 from 7.45 am to 8.00 am un-

der the supervision of class teachers. The students will also elect their class repre-

sentatives concurrently. All the ballots cast will be sealed in envelopes and kept by

the Student Elections Commission. The counting of votes will take place from

12.45 pm to 3.00

pm on the same

day. The results

will be announced

on Monday 28th

April 2015.

Candidates addressing the assembly

in the Auditorium.

Article: Mr Louis Rozariio

Pictures: Mr Harry Seggu

More News on Sports

TENNIS

MSSD TENNIS TUESDAY 28TH MARCH – THURSDAY 30TH

MARCH 2015

Last week Tenby Schools Ipoh sent students to represent the

school as well as to stake a claim to represent the state in Ten-

nis at the MSSD Kinta Utara Tennis Competition 2015. We had

some high level performances from all of our students who tried

their hardest and demonstrated a great amount of tenacity and

determination throughout this competition.

Tenby Schools Ipoh is proud to announce

that we have a Boys U12 Runner Up,

Pavel Liam Thadani from Year 6 Green. A

huge congratulations to Pavel for his

achievement and his strong performances

throughout the competition.

In the U15 category we had three students

make the quarter finals; Adrian Koh Xian

Wei, Praenaay Bhardwaj and Tan Sean-

Ferng but unfortunately they were unable

to progress further this year. We did how-

ever have two students make it through

and finish the competition in 6th and 7th positions, Leong Yun

Hao taking 6th and Tan Yao Zong taking 7th this year. There

was more success in the Boys U18 competition with Ethan

Wong Chao Yi producing some very strong performances in

a difficult competition, finishing overall in 5th position.

A huge congratulations to all those who participated in the com-

petition and we look forward to more success for the multi-

talented students of Tenby Schools Ipoh.

Pavel of 6 Green.

Ethan Wong receiving his certificate and

medal.

MSSM CRICKET MONDAY 16TH MARCH – FRIDAY 20TH

MARCH 2015

Earlier last month, Sandesh Supparamaniam of Tenby Inter-

national Secondary School Ipoh (Year 8 Yellow) was picked

to represent the state of Perak at the annual MSSM U15

Cricket Competition. Sandesh produced a string of match

winning performances and was awarded with a trophy for

being the best bowler of the competition, picking up 11

wickets in 4 matches. The state of Perak finished the U15

category as runners up and we look forward to hearing

about more match winning performances from Sandesh in

future competitions. A fantastic achievement, well done.

Secondary School Sports Day on Saturday 18th April 2015

Participant Guidelines:

You must arrive at school by 0730hrs - you must arrange to be picked up by 1400hrs.

Participants must register with their house teachers on arrival, sat in their houses over at the

“grandstand” area.

All participants must be aware of the events in which they are participating and at what approximate

time they will take place (the day schedule will be on a whiteboard over at the “grandstand” area).

You are allowed to participate in a maximum of 5 events (2 track, 3 field or 3 track, 2 field) along with

the 4x50m relay race. If you have been entered for more than this, please inform Mr. Ricky or your

house captain immediately.

Participants must make their way to the REGISTRATION TENT (NOT THE EVENT AREA) 15

minutes before the scheduled time of their event or when otherwise called.

If a participant has a track event at the same time as a field event, he/she must register for both then

do the track event first, after which he/she will return to the event registration tent and then will be tak-

en to do the field event.

Participants must not go to their event area unsupervised.

Participants are not allowed to leave the grandstand to enter the track - the only entrance will be

through the “gate” at the registration tent.

After your event you will be escorted back to the “grandstand area” where you will find your seats. If

you come 1st

, 2nd

or 3rd

you will be escorted to the podium where you will receive your medals

straight away.

You are strictly prohibited to go on the track at any point unless supervised.

You must take responsibility to warm-up and remain hydrated throughout the day - there will be water

for you to fill your bottles up and food on sale.

Please refrain from bringing valuables just in case they get damaged or go missing - the school is not

liable.

Bring hats, sun screen, refillable water bottles, food and good sportsmanship.

Wear your PE kit - HOUSE COLOUR T-shirts only, NO Tenby Titans tops and wear appropriate

footwear (trainers).

You may wear spikes during any event apart from shot put.

PLEASE ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY AND CHEER EVERYONE ON - TEAM MATES

OR NOT!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Announcements:

Presentation on Climate Change by Lawrence Mignogna

Year 10 and Sixth Form students will be listening to a presentation on

climate change on Friday 24th April. This will be delivered by Lawrence

Mignogna who has been working with the Climate Reality Project. This is

the link to the website www.climaterealityproject.org. Hopefully the stu-

dents will develop a better understanding of the current debate on climate

change and have some ideas as to how they can help.

Mr. Des Wilson.

Secondary Choir Recruitment

Do you have a child who enjoys singing? Do you have a child who has a

good voice? If so, the Secondary Choir would like to hear from you. We

are always happy to audition interested students and, in the first instance,

students are welcome to attend a rehearsal or two before deciding if they

wish to audition. The audition itself is very informal and is conducted in

private by the Choir Director. The main requirements for admission are

enthusiasm and commitment: Secondary Choir is a CCA and requires

regular attendance as a condition of continued membership.

This term the choir will be performing in the Music Concert as part of

Arts Week on Tuesday, May 12th and will also be taking part in the 13th

Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod in Kuala Lumpur in June. Looking to the

future, we have plans to participate in overseas choral competitions within

the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. If you would like your child to be a

part of this exciting venture please contact Dr. Jeffrey Rowlands, Director

of Music of Tenby Schools Ipoh, at the school campus.

Dr, Jeffrey Rowlands.

School Fees for the academic year 2015-2016

A copy of the circular (IIS.412.2015) is attached in this newsletter.

School Calendar (Updated 8 April 2015)

The latest calendar is on the school website at http://www.tenby.edu.my/

ipoh/downloads.

IGCSE Mandarin and Malay Orals

The IGCSE Mandarin and 2nd Language Mandarin orals are scheduled to

be on Monday, 27th April and Thursday, 30th April from 8.30am onwards.

On the other hand, the IGCSE Malay orals will take place from Tuesday,

28th April till Wednesday, 29th April 2015.

http://www.climaterealityproject.org

Year 9 Guided Choices

The deadline for the submission of the Year 9 student’s preliminary

Guided Choices survey was this Friday 17th April. Please ensure that all

outstanding forms are handed in to Miss Nikki on Monday 20th April in

order that a timetable blocks can be drawn up. The official Guided Choic-

es Evening for students and their parents / guardians is on Thursday 30th

April from 4pm – 5.30pm. A letter will be sent out with further details

nearer the time. We look forward to seeing the parents / guardians of our

Year 9 students then.

Arts Week

As you will know from our school calendar, the week commencing Monday

11th May is Arts Week. Some preliminary information has been provided

below:

Tuesday 12th May: An Evening of Music

Wednesday 13th May: An Evening of Drama

Thursday 14th May: An Evening of Dance

All shows will start at 7.30pm and finish no later than 9.30pm. On the

Tuesday, students who are participating in the Music event will need to be

in school from 6pm. On the Wednesday and Thursday, students who are

participating in the Drama and Dance events will need to be in school from

5.30pm. All students who are involved should have had a letter home by

the end of this week (Friday 17th April).

As with last year, tickets are free of charge. We will be adopting a ‘free

seating’ system this year so you will want to ensure that you arrive nice

and early in order to get a good seat! Our lovely PA have kindly offered

their assistance and will be providing refreshments on each of the eve-

nings from 7pm – 7.30pm.

More information regarding how to get your tickets will follow over the

coming weeks.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Year 11 Study Leave

A reminder, following the letter sent out last term, that Year 11 students’

final day of lessons is Thursday 30th April. School is closed on Friday 1st

May and Monday 4th May – giving students a long weekend in which to

conduct their final examination preparations. IGCSE examinations

commence on Tuesday 5th May. Please note that although Wednesday

6th May is a public holiday, school will be open to Year 11 students who

have examinations on this day, and students will obviously need to

attend. Examination timetables will be issued to students presently. The

library will be available as a private study area over the examination

period. We wish all of our Year 11 students the best of luck in their up-

coming examinations.

Contact Us

Tenby Schools Ipoh

16 Persiaran Meru Utama

Bandar Meru Raya

30020 Ipoh, Perak

T: 05 - 525 2628

F: 05 - 525 2881

[email protected]

Visit us on the web at

www.tenby.edu.my/ipoh

Upcoming Events:

18 April 2015

Secondary Sports Day (postponed from 7th March to 18th April)

25 April 2015

Swimming Gala (For Secondary Schools Only)

9 May 2015

Primary Sports Day

23 - 31 May 2015

Mid Term Break (TIS, Sek Tenby & Cohort 11)

Tenby International

21 April - 23 April 2015

Year 6 and Year 9 Checkpoints

A copy of the Checkpoint exam timetable is attached in this newsletter.

24 April 2015

Early Years Sports Day, 8.30am-9.30am at Meru Campus

27 April 2015

TIS Secondary Literacy Week

29 April 2015

Cohort 9 & 10 Parents Evening

5 May - 11 June 2015

IGCSE Examinations

A copy of the IGCSE exam timetable is attached in this newsletter.

12 - 14 May 2015

TIS Secondary Arts Week

22 May 2015

Year 3 Assembly

YEAR 6 / KBSR 6 YEAR 9 / KBSM 3

TUESDAY, 21st APRIL 2015

ENGLISH (0844/01) – Paper 1

8.05am – 9.05am (1 hour)


9.15am – 10.25am (1 hour 10 mins)


10.50am – 11.50am (1 hour)


2.00pm – 3.10pm (1 hour 10 mins)

WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL 2015

MATHEMATICS (0845/01)

Paper 1 8.15am – 9.00am

(45 minutes)


Paper 1 9.30am – 10.30am

(1 hour)

MATHEMATICS (0845/02) Paper 2

11.00am – 11.45am (45 minutes)


Paper 2 12 noon – 1.00pm

(1 hour)

THURSDAY, 23rd APRIL 2015

SCIENCE (0846/01) – Paper 1

8.15am – 9.00am (45 minutes)


9.30am – 10.15am (45 minutes)


11.00am – 11.45am (45 minutes)


12.00 noon – 12.45pm (45 minutes)

TENBY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CENTRE No: MY058

CAMBRIDGE CHECKPOINT EXAMINATION - 2015

EXAMINATION TIMETABLE

CAMBRIDGE IGCSE EXAMINATION – MAY/JUNE 2015

CENTRE No: MY058

TIME-TABLE

DATE DAY TIME/DURATION/SYLLABUS COMPONENT/SYLLABUS CODE

05-5-2015 TUESDAY

9.00am – 10.45am 1.00am – 3.00pm 1 hour 45 minutes 2 hours

Geography – Paper 1 (0460/BZ)

1st Lang English – Paper 2 (0500/CU)

11.00am – 12.30pm 1.00am – 3.00pm 1 hour 30 minutes 2 hours

Malay – Paper 2 (0546/BZ) (0546/AZ)

2nd Lang English – Paper 2 (0510/EY)

06-5-2015 WEDNESDAY

9.00am – 11.00am 1.00pm – 2.00pm 2 hours 1 hour

History – Paper 1 (0470/BZ)

Physics – Paper 6 (0625/CY)

07-5-2015 THURSDAY

9.00am – 10.00am 1.00pm – 2.00pm 1 hour 1 hour

Mathematics (Core) Paper 1

(0580/AZ)

Biology – Paper 6 (0610/BY)

9.00am – 10.30am 1 hour 30 minutes Mathematics (Ext)

Paper 2 (0580/BZ)

08-5-2015 FRIDAY

9.00am – 10.30am 1.00am – 3.00pm 1 hour 30 minutes 2 hours


1st Lang English – Paper 3 (0500/CU)

1.30pm – 2.15pm 45 minutes

2nd Lang English – Paper 4 (0510/EY)

IGCSE-May/June 2015 Exam Timetable – Prepared by Francis Roberts Page 1 of 5


CENTRE No: MY058

TIME-TABLE


11-5-2015 MONDAY

9.00am – 11.00am 2 hours

Mathematics (Core) Paper 3

(0580/AZ) No exams in the afternoon

9.00am – 11.30am 2 hours 30 minutes Mathematics (Ext)

Paper 4 (0580/BZ)

No exams in the afternoon

12-5-2015 TUESDAY

9.00am – 10.15am 1.00pm – 2.00pm 1 hour 15 minutes 1 hour Malay – Paper 4

(0546/BZ) Chemistry – Paper 6

(0620/CY)

13-5-2015 WEDNESDAY

9.00am – 10.00am 1.00pm – 2.30pm 1 hour 1 hour 30 minutes


Business Studies – Paper 1 (0450/AY)

9.00am – 11.00am 2 hours

ICT – Paper 1 (0417/AZ)

14-5-2015 THURSDAY

1.00pm – 1.45pm 45 minutes

No exams in the morning Biology – Paper 1 (0610/BY)

2.00pm – 3.15pm 1 hour 15 minutes

Biology – Paper 3 (0610/BY)



CENTRE No: MY058

TIME-TABLE


15-5-2015 FRIDAY

9.00am – 10.45am 1 hour 45 minutes

Physical Education (PE) Paper 1

(0580/AZ) No exams in the afternoon

18-5-2015

MONDAY

9.00am – 10.30am 1.00pm – 1.45pm 1 hour 30 minutes 45 minutes Literature (English)

Paper 1 (Poetry & Prose) (0486/BZ)

Chemistry – Paper 1 (0620/CY)

10.45am – 12.00 noon 2.00pm – 3.15pm 1 hour 15 minutes 1 hour 15 minutes Literature (English) Paper 4 (Unseen)

(0486/BZ)

Chemistry – Paper 3 (0620/CY)

19-5-2015 TUESDAY

9.00am -10.30am 1.00pm – 2.15pm 1 hour 30 minutes 1 hour 15 minutes


Mandarin – Paper 4 (0547/Y)

10.45am – 12.15pm 2.30pm – 3.05pm 2 hours 30 minutes 35 minutes

Drama – Paper 1 (0411/AZ)


20-5-2015 WEDNESDAY

9.00am – 11.00am 1.00pm – 1.45pm 2 hours 45 minutes

1st Lang Chinese – Paper 1 (0509/AZ)


9.00am – 11.00am 2.00pm – 3.15pm 2 hours 1 hour 15 minutes

2nd Lang Chinese – Paper 1 (0523/A)




CENTRE No: MY058

TIME-TABLE


20-5-2015

WEDNESDAY

3.30pm – 5.45pm 2 hours 15 minutes

1st Lang Japanese – Paper 2 (0507/02)

3.30pm – 5.30pm 2 hours

1st Lang Korean – Paper 1 (0521/01)

5.45pm – 8.00pm 2 hours 15 minutes

1st Lang Thai – Paper 02 (0518/02)

21-5-2015 THURSDAY

9.00am – 10.15am 1.00pm – 2.15pm 1 hour 15 minutes 1hour 15 minutes

1st Lang Chinese – Paper 2 (0509/AZ)

1st Lang Japanese – Paper 3 (0507/03)

1.00pm – 3.00pm 2 hours

1st Lang Korean – Paper 2 (0521/02)


1st Lang Thai – Paper 03 (0518/03)



CENTRE No: MY058

TIME-TABLE


22-5-2015

FRIDAY

9.00am – 9.45am 1.00pm – 2.15pm 45 minutes 1 hour 15 minutes

Literature (English) Paper 3 (Drama-Open Text)

(0486/BZ)


REMARK : NO IGCSE EXAMINATION FROM 25-5-2015 (MON) TILL 29-5-2015 (FRI)

01-6-2015 MONDAY

9.00am – 11.00am 1.00am – 3.15pm 2 hours 2 hours 15 minutes


Economics – Paper 2 (0455/Y)

02-6-2015 TUESDAY


No exams in the morning Business Studies – Paper 2 (0450/AY)

04-6-2015 THURSDAY

1.00am – 1.45pm 45 minutes

No exams in the morning Economics – Paper 1 (0455/Y)

09-6-2015 (Tuesday) 11-6-2015 (Thursday) 1.00pm – 3.00pm (2 hours) 1.00pm – 3.00pm (2 hours)

Add Mathematics – 0606/AY – Paper 1 Add Mathematics – 0606/AY – Paper 2


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