Dear Parents & School Community

Community Surveys

We will be sending out surveys across the School Community – to parents, students (Year

4/KSSR3 – Sixth Form/KBSM5) and staff. Feedback is vital to aid School improvement, we

would appreciate you taking the time to fill them in. The surveys will be sent out to you in

November.

Open Day

TEYCI had their Open Day last Saturday, the response was very good and nearly all who came

brought along their children to have a look at the Centre and participate in its activities. There was

a very positive atmosphere and our thanks go to the parents and staff who supported this.

Tomorrow will be Meru Campus’ turn to have its Open Day. We thank parents for allowing their

children to come back to school to participate in the activities on the day.

Replacement CCAs

As the weather has turned better and blue skies have appeared, some outdoor CCAs will be

replaced this Saturday. They are Primary and Secondary Water Polo and Primary and Secondary

Taekwando. Meanwhile, the usual outdoor Saturday CCAs (Primary and Secondary Tennis,

Primary and Secondary Football and Secondary Badminton) will go ahead as normal.

Parents Forum

We have now completed the second week of Parents’ Forums. We would like to see more

participation from parents of Sekolah Tenby in these forums as it is always beneficial for the school

to get feedback from parents and vice versa. As part of our drive to improve communication with

parents, the School shares the issues that were raised and discussed during the forum via e-mail

with parents of the same year group.

Next week’s parents forums are :

Meru Campus @ Auditorium

Tuesday 03.11.15 KSSR 4 – 6 08:00hrs to 09:00hrs

Wednesday 04.11.15 Years 10 & 11 08:00hrs to 09:00hrs

Thursday 05.11.15 Years 7 – 9 08:00hrs to 09:00hrs

TEYCI @ School Hall

Tuesday 03.11.15 Toddler & Nursery 08:30hrs to 09:30hrs

Wednesday 04.11.15 Years 10 & 11 08:30hrs to 09:30hrs

Japanese Concert

Tenby Schools Ipoh will host a concert performance of operatic and vocal music by visiting

musicians from Japan. The concert, which is generously sponsored by Kinta Properties, Ipoh, is

open to all Tenby students aged 13 to 18 and their parents (although priority will be given to seating

students). The concert programme includes a mixture of popular Italian opera arias and duets

as well as Japanese and Italian songs. Our students will also have the opportunity to engage

with the performers in a question and answer session at the end.

Admission is free of charge and we hope that many students and parents will come lend their

support. A circular has gone out to secondary students regarding this concert. You may also contact

Dr. Jeff Rowlands the Director of Music for more information.

The details of the concert :

Day and date: Sunday, November 8th, 2015

Time: 16:00hrs

Duration: 1 hour

Venue: Auditorium, Tenby Schools Ipoh, Meru Campus

Dress code: Smart casual (Strictly no shorts or slippers)

Interact Club Activities

The Interact Club of Tenby Schools Ipoh has been busy planning a host of activities of late. Firstly

Dr Sumitra Sivasuntharam, a General Surgeon with Pantai Hospital Ipoh and an expert in breast

cancer awareness has been invited to give a talk to our secondary students on Monday 2nd

November. It is part of the run up to the charity drive which the Interactors hope to raise funds for

Persatuan Pink Champion Perak (PPCP). This organisation is community based with aims to

combat breast cancer and ensuring medical assistance for those who are stricken by this illness.

This will be followed by International Understanding Day on 7th November. It is a day where Interact

members from Tenby and several schools in Ipoh come together to raise awareness about a

chosen theme. This year’s theme is ‘Bollywood’. I am sure we will expect to see some dancing and

singing and not forgetting lots of fun and entertainment!

Deepavali Dress Up

Remember that Friday 6th November will be a day where students may come dressed in Deepavali

costume for the day to celebrate Deepavali.

Movember

Lastly, our PE teacher Ricky Singh will once again grow his moustache for Noah’s Ark, a charity

cause close to his heart. We will post photos of his moustache as it grows! There will be a box in

the office should you want to make any moving contributions.

Jane Kuok

Campus Principal

Tiny Inventors

As one of the post UPSR activities, the students of KBSR 6 participated in

their first “brain power” activity. The theme of the activity was “How can

you help the elderly at home who have no body to assist them on a

day-to-day basis?”

The students were divided into six groups. Each group had to make

something that would help the elderly in their daily activities or to release

some burden off their shoulders. Each group came up with some

spectacular ideas and worked as a team to build their model. For

example, the fourth group, “The White Shining Stars”, built a robot to

assist the elderly with their house chores. We also had a group, “The

Midnight”, who created a machine that could help sweep the floor. It could

also hang things up.

On 21st October, the six groups presented their models in front of the

class and were judged by Ms. Thiba and Ms. Ramani. Each group

explained what their model can do and how it would help the elderly folks.

The students also explained the price of the model if they were to rebuild

it using different materials such as metal or copper for example. Everyone

had fun and we discovered new things while doing this project.

By: Preethi (SR 6A)

The making of….’The Chess board’??

What are we supposed to do with these boxes??

Finally…We did it!!! These are our end products…

News from Tenby Early Years Centre Ipoh (TEYCI)

Coffee Afternoon cum Read Write Inc Workshop was a great success. Parents had a wonderful time mingling and chatting over coffee/tea and some snacks. They had a clearer picture of what Read Write Inc. Phonics is all about during the presentation followed by the classroom demo by teachers from the respective level to the parents. Parents will be guided further on this programme in time to come and parents are welcomed to call over to see Head of School, Mrs Puvanes via appointment.

We received an over whelming response from parents during our Open Day held on 24.11.15.

Various activities were arranged for the visitors such as Kids Zumba, Physical workout,

Fishing, sand play and most importantly class demo. Many have taken application form to join

the school tentatively in January 2016. Overall it was a successful day.

Parents Forum – Toddler & Nursery

Date: Tuesday (03.11.15)

Time: 08:30 – 09:30hrs

Venue: School Hall

Parents Forum – Reception & Year 1 Date: Wednesday (04.11.15) Time: 08:30 – 09:30hrs Venue: School Hall

Deepavali Assembly

Date: Thursday (05.11.15)

Deepavali Holiday (09.11.15 – 11.11.15)

Ethan from Toddler (Little Dolphins)

Nimiithaa from Toddler (Little Nemos)

Rayyan from Nursery (Little Tulips)

Sher Mayne from Nursery (Little Daffodils)

Iris Foo from Reception (Little Davinci’s)

Natalie Lim from Reception (Little

Einstein’s)

Joy Liew from Year 1A

Shi Yin from Year 1B

Classroom News

Toddlers – Little Dolphins & Little Nemos

I can colour within the space. Hooray! Now I can jump into the hoop.

Nursery - Little Tulips & Little Daffodils

We are going around the railway track, 2 ! 2 ! 2 !

Oh! Now I know the difference between big and small.

Reception - Little Davinci’s Matching Mandarin words with the pictures.

Arranging the shapes.

Reception - Little Einstein’s

The children are busy with their structured play.

Year 1A & Year 1B

How to Make Cookies?

IPC: Who am I?

I am a baker.

Letish Ashwin is getting

ready for Halloween …

He is using his collaging

skills to stick cotton

Wool onto paper to make

Casper.

The Little Fish were

exploring rhythm sticks in

music this week.

Here Ziyad is tapping out

sounds he makes when he

helps his mum

in the kitchen.

Yin Xuan from the Busy Bees is adding stripes to his

z-z-z-zebra!

The Busy Bees are taking turns to have a race on the

zig- zag race track!

In the Dragonflies, Bella and Kai

Qing helped make chains as

part of their ‘ch’ phonics lesson

this week.

Gabriel and Norman putting the

finishing touches to their pumpkins

during art with Ms Esther this week.

Chiei sequencing numbers from

10-1.

Stars of the Week

Little Fish

Bhavanaa

Busy Bees

Erena

Dragonflies

Chiei

Mission to Mars Assembly

Class: Year 5 Blue and Year 5 Green

On 28th October, the students of Year 5 presented their assembly entitled ‘Mission to Mars’. The theme is in line with

the IPC topic which they are learning- Living in Space. The assembly started with a play about the planets in the solar

system by a group of students. The play also brought the audience’s attention to the possibility of finding a second

home on Mars because its conditions are more favourable to us and closer to those on Earth, compared to other

planets.

Then, the students put up an enthralling dance of the outer space, as if to make their presence felt on Mars! Next, the

narrator explained that while it is indeed a great idea to explore Mars in search of another home, it is important for

humans to realise the importance of preserving our environment and protect the Earth from further destruction by

human greed and activities.

The message was further reinforced in a poem called ‘Planet Earth’ in the style of a rap. The assembly ended with the

students rendering a beautiful song, ‘What a Wonderful World’ in appreciation of the beauty planet Earth has to offer.

The acting Principal applauded the class teachers and the students for their hard work and wonderful performance.

The Play-Planets in the Solar System.

JSKL U15 Football Competition

The following student will be representing Tenby Schools Ipoh in the JSKL U15 Football Competition in Subang on

Saturday. We wish them all the best and will keep you posted on the outcome of the competition.

Eamonn Year 10 Blue

Danaraj Pillai SM3A

Dicky Year 9 Blue

Rashwin Year 10 Blue

De Jiun Year 10 Blue

Jia Ming Year 9 Yellow

Khee Yaw SM3A

Lijie SM3B

Irvin Year 10 Blue

Zul Irwan SM2A

Muhammad Adam SM3B

Nabil Najmi SM3A

Keevanesh Year 8 Green

Teerein Thiru Year 9 Yellow

Year 8 Yellow Assembly

On Wednesday, Year 8 Yellow had their class assembly. Students were given the task of researching different

outstanding children from history and to devise a sketch about their lives and achievements. Our core message

was to live life to the fullest and to pursue your dreams.

The children did a great job, their performance went without a hitch and got a loud applause from their peers. I am

very proud of the hard work they put into this assembly, coming in their breaks and lunchtimes and writing their

own scripts.

Well done Year 8 Yellow from Ms. Hewson!

Noah’s Ark has worked locally and nationally rescuing, rehabilitating an

d responsibly re-

­‐homing cruelly treated and neglected animals. They are part of an umb

rella organisation for 21 member animal welfare organisations and their

support comes from a group of dedicated and committed volunteers.

Please help by giving whatever you can. Thank you.