Newsletter No. 48 - June 2014

A Bonanza Intake for Tenby’s 6th Form! A bumper crop of thirty-seven students have joined the Sixth Form at Tenby Schools

Ipoh bringing our total enrolment to seventy– two as of 27th June 2014. This makes Tenby

Schools Ipoh the school with the highest A-level enrolment in the North Zone (Penang, Perak,

Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu) of Peninsular Malaysia according to a CIE source.

Kudos to the Tenby A-level teaching staff and to our parent-student fraternity

whose good work and good words have inspired such public confidence in our Sixth Form.

Class of Cohort 10, June 2014 intake

Chan Weng Kit, Winner of Best All-Round Scholar Award from his former school SMK Anderson Ipoh:

“I opted to join Tenby’s Sixth Form because of its stress on education for global citizenship. Some of my

seniors from Anderson School have graduated from the Tenby Sixth Form not only with outstanding aca-

demic results but with a greatly broadened perspective in international affairs.”

Chong Chin Hong, from SMK Horley Methodist, Teluk Intan:

“I had the choice of studying in Kuala Lumpur or choosing a college nearer home (Teluk Intan). Tenby was

my choice because my elder brother, Chin Liang, has been truly enjoying himself at the Sixth Form here. I

suppose I got really infected by his enthusiasm for the strong fraternal spirit at Tenby Ipoh.”

Harshini Anandaraj, Surbi Mohan and Soo Wai Ling (all from SMK Main Convent,Ipoh):

“Our joining in Tenby Ipoh was not a last-minute decision. It was decided even before we completed the

SPM 2013. Our parents and peers had heard about the excellent and committed teaching staff at Tenby.

We know this is a strong school that keeps its word about quality education.”

Alexander Murdoch, Muneeb Nasir & Sumiya Zandraa (all from Tenby Schools Ipoh) :

“All of us have elder siblings who have gone through the Tenby Sixth Form Ipoh. Our elder siblings always

speak highly and with affection about the community life in the Sixth Form. It is also noted for student lead-

ership, global perspectives education and community service. A family tradition is developing here….”

Low Jia Yi ( from SMK Taman Jasmin 2,Kajang) and Liew Yi Yi ( from Sri Suria School, Kuala

Lumpur):

“Among the key factors were the excellent hostel facilities offered at Meru Valley Resort. Our parents were

greatly impressed by the quality and disciplined atmosphere that prevails at the Tenby Hostel under the

care of Mrs Susan Manikam ,the Hostel Matron.”

Here’s what a selection of our newbies had to say about

their reasons for opting to do their CIE “A”-Levels at

Tenby Schools Ipoh.

Article: Mr Louis Rozario

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Orientation Day for the

new Cohort 10 on

27 June 2014.

A S E E K Arts Week

The week commencing 16th June was an exciting

time for TIS, Ipoh as we hosted our first ever Arts

Week. The week’s events included an Art and

Design & Technology exhibition collated by

Ms Michelle and Mr Fergus, Tenby’s Got Talent

and An Evening of Dance. The auditorium was

packed for both events and we would like to take

this opportunity to thank the parents, guardians,

family and friends who came along to be a

member of our audiences. We would also like to

thank parents and guardians for their continued

support for the Arts at Tenby with even more

exciting events planned for the future (details to

follow in coming months).

An Evening of Music

Indeed, we are already looking forward to the

Evening of Music event which has been resched-

uled to Wednesday 23rd July. Tickets for this

event will be available from Dr Rowlands from

Wednesday 2nd July. The Evening of Music will

start at 8pm sharp and will conclude at approxi-

mately 9.30pm. We look forward to seeing many

of you there.

16 June 2014 - 20 June 2014

One of the highlights in the exhibition:

A renovated Tiara, by Year 10 Blue - Silver Low.

Art and Design & Technology Exhibition

The Art and Design & Technology Exhibition was a

major attraction at Arts Week, showcasing the

achievements of students from the Primary School

right up to Year 11. We were fortunate enough to

have a car included as part of the exhibition which

was renovated by Silver Low in Year 10 Blue. Silver

has had his work showcased at other public events

under the title ‘Engineering or Art’ with his car not

only being remodeled on the outside, but also on

the inside, with hand stitched seat covers just one

of Silver’s many amendments.

The exhibition drew in our crowds prior to the

evening’s performances as our audience members

had the opportunity to view the sculptures,

paintings, drawings all created by our students. We

look forward to next year’s exhibition where we

once again will get the chance to see the amazing

creativity and skill of our students. Article & Pictures courtesy of

Ms Nikki Sullivan

More on Art and Design & Technology Exhibition

Key Stage 3 students’ master piece on display at Block C during Arts Week.

Arts Week

The Final Round of Tenby’s Got Talent 2014 was

held in the auditorium of TIS on the 17th of June as

the opening event of Arts Week, preceding the

Evening of Dance (18th of June). This year’s Tenby’s

Got Talent (TGT) was the third one held so far by

the TIS, and was also the first one held in the new

school block. The auditorium was abuzz with excite-

ment as the performers waited nervously backstage

and the audience waited eagerly for the start of the

show – a show that did not disappoint.

Tenby’s Got Talent 3 made full use of the new

auditorium: the lights, the spacious interior and the

speakers and projection system. The inclusion of

Drama and Dance into our curriculum led by Ms Nikki

made the participants well prepared for the utilization

of the facilities as well as the daunting act of perform-

ing in front of an audience. Being held only once

every 2 years, it gartered much interest from the

students and parents numbering about 300 on that

night.

Tenby’s Got Talent was again planned by the

Prefectorial Board members and emceed by the

Head Prefect (Emily Ho). The 3 judges were selected

from the teaching staff and were able to offer feed-

back and praise for all of the performers, in the quali-

fying rounds and at the final event itself.

Tenby’s Got Talent is a great outlet for the

students to showcase their talents and individual

personalities. This year the third place award went to

Julia, Sangeeta, Surekha, Wan Wei, Bryan and

Eamonn from Year 8 for their creative dance which

used glow sticks to dazzle the audience. The second

place award went to Aaliyah and Lara for their dance

performance showcasing their amazing technical

abilities. This year’s first place award went to Joshua

Myat and Marco George who impressed both judges

and audience alike with their musical rendition which

included singing, guitar playing and even beat box-

ing. Congratulations must go to all of our finalists who

put on such an outstanding performance.

This year’s TGT was very successful and we

hope that it will be a sign of many more events like

this to come. It could be described as a very

rewarding educational experience for the students

and it demonstrated that Tenby does indeed have

talent, and we of the Prefectorial Board will ensure

that the next Tenby’s Got Talent will be nothing but

better than the last.

Tenby’s Got Talent 3

Our winners: Joshua Myat & Marco George in performance.

Our Third, First & Second place finalists (L-R), with Mrs Lai.

Our dear prefects, thanks for your assistance!

Article: Benjamin Chan Ze Ming (Year 9 Blue), Pictures: Ferdinan Anderson (KBSM 5)

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Tim demonstrating

his musical

abilities.

An Evening of Dance

What better way to celebrate the introduction of

Dance to our KS3 curriculum than to have the whole of

Years 7 – 9 performing for their families and friends in

our very own auditorium. This is exactly what hap-

pened on Wednesday 18th June 2014 at TIS, Ipoh.

With 200 performers and 300 audience members, the

event proved to be a great mid week celebration of our

students’ talents.

Students have been working hard in their Dance

lessons this year to develop their performance and

choreography skills in preparation for the evening’s

events. Students readied themselves backstage

demonstrating excellent professionalism as they

focused on the task at hand – performing in a jam

packed auditorium on our raised stage installed

especially for the week’s events.

The Evening of Dance not only showcased work

from each of our KS3 classes, but also provided an

opportunity for some of our CCA work to be shared.

We saw 2 performances from Revolution Dance

Company – ‘Hopeless Wanderer’ and ‘Embers’, the

latter of which was originally created for the official

opening ceremony of the school earlier this year.

Revolution Dance Company is a mixed ability group

that looks to develop students’ technique and perfor-

mance skills in the style of Contemporary Dance.

Ms Nikki Sullivan

Auditions for Secondary students will be held later in

the summer term ready for the classes to commence

anew in September.

Students from Year 7 all the way up to KBSM 5

performed in this exciting event incorporating dances in

a range of styles for contemporary to commercial.

Alexander Ho from 7 Blue described his feelings about

the performance: “It turned out to be a great evening –

I can’t believe there were 300 people watching us!

There was no room for mistakes but we all did a great

job.” Kok San Jet, also from Year 7 Blue described the

evening’s performance as “stunning and exhilarating”.

Plans are already in place for Arts events in the

new academic year and we look forward to seeing

many of you there!

Year 8 Blue: Smooth Criminal

Year 9 Green & 9 Blue in their flashmob performance . Year 7 Blue : Disco Inferno

The students in their pre-performance briefing.

On Thursday 12th June, TIS said goodbye to its

Year 11 students in a special assembly celebrating

their time at the school. During the assembly, Year 9

dancers and Year 10 band NMA entertained the

graduating students, whilst teachers contributed a

performance of ‘Slipping Through My Fingers’ by Abba

and delivered personal goodbye speeches. At the end

of the assembly, following a mock graduation

ceremony, Loo Yi Ming and Krutika Chandrashekhar

gave speeches summarising their time in Tenby.

Yi Ming said he had met his favourite people during his

time at Tenby and said, “I’m very proud to be

graduating from this school.”

Krutika, speaking to the younger year groups said,

“I literally grew up in Tenby Schools Ipoh. I spent most

of my childhood here and I really miss the old school

because that’s where I spent most of my time. I had a

lot of fun and I wish you guys too have a lot of fun.”

The assembly, the first of its kind, was followed by

a balloon release inspired by the school’s Opening

Ceremony held in March. Miss Carina said, “the pur-

pose of the assembly was to give students the send-off

they deserve in the more personal, informal way an

assembly allows for. It was a chance for Year 11 to

reflect on their time here, the friendships they’d forged

and most importantly the impact they have had on the

teachers and students they are leaving behind.”

“The students’ reactions, particularly during their

leavers’ video, as they laughed and sighed, clapped

and cheered, made it all worthwhile. It was a privilege

to plan the event and see it melt not only the students’

hearts across all year groups but also the teachers’.”

Before the assembly, Year 11s received their year

book, complete with teacher messages, personal

reflections and photos depicting their journey through

Tenby, in a special party held in the canteen.

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Dance performance by Year 9.

Teachers singing ‘Slipping Through My Fingers’ .

4 humorous yet realistic pieces of advice by Mr KH Lim: “

4th: Other than your family and few close friends, no-body else is obligated to help you. Yes, it means you don’t always get that walk-out-jail card.

3rd: Don’t smoke and drink alcohol. If the lungs and livers can talk, I promise you they will thank you. Smoking will hurt your health, damage your social life and believe it or not, hurt your employment chances.

2nd: You want to go some-where in life, you don’t get to go there without some-one doing you favours here and there. Being liked and building relationships will increase your chances of being employed, find that life partner and gener-ally have a better social life.

1st: Do not waste the Earth’s resources. The Earth will die sooner or later but together we can delay the inevitable. Take care of the Earth and it will take care of you.”

Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly

Source: Ms Carina Bird

With horses galloping, balancing of

umbrellas and hoops, the children of

IISEYC are getting ready to put up a

superb performance for their upcoming

Infant School Production 2014, which is

scheduled to be on Saturday,

28th June 2014

The theme for this year:

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Year 11 student, Judith Merisha Louis reflect-

ed on the event, “My favourite part was when our

teachers sang with our photos running in the

background. The assembly almost brought me to

tears and the other years should have a chance to

experience it as we did because it just makes

your last days at Tenby that much more memora-

ble. The year book is something I'll cherish

forever.”

Miss Carina praised Emcees Balasubaramiam

a/l Ravi Sankar and Nurul Qistina binti Zainudin,

both of Year 10 for their professionalism and

comic timing.

Qistina said afterwards, “It was so heart touching when the video played – I actually had tears in my eyes. Still, it was an honour hosting the Leaver’s

Assembly!”

It wasn’t just the students who were moved.

Pn. Zalyah said, “I thought I could hold back the tears

at the assembly, but I was choking with emotion when

I read my poem. It was difficult saying goodbye; but I

know we have set them off on the right track.”

Year 10 student, Ezilaan Irraivan praised the

teachers, “The leavers’ assembly was really great

because everything ran smoothly. The best part was

when some of the teachers came out to give their final

words to the leaving Year 11s. It was really meaningful

because even though they seem strict or mean on the

outside, what they said sounded like it came from their

hearts.” Tenby’s Got Talent 3rd place winners, The

Glowing Ninjas had a final message for Year 11,

“It was so emotional, all of us almost started

crying. We hope you enjoyed your time in Tenby

and we wish you all good luck, hope that you find

a good life, but never forget yourselves! We hope

you have amazing adventures in your lives and

don’t stop smiling.”

The Yr 11 & KBSM 5 receiving their Year Book.

Students can’t wait to see the messages and

photos in the Year Book.

Year 11 releasing colourful

helium balloons after the

assembly.

Year 6 Assembly - All In One Rhythm!

On Friday 13th June, Year 6 transported the excitement

& energy of the World Cup opening ceremony all the way

from Sao Paolo, Brazil to Tenby Schools Ipoh in a dazzling

international stage show.

Spectators were issued tickets for the exciting event, and

were greeted at the entrance to Tenby Stadium by the

official World Cup 2014 mascot, Fuleco, a Brazilian armadil-

lo who closely resembled Wong Lincoln. Parents and stu-

dents from all Key Stage 2 classes assembled for the im-

portant 11.30am kick off.

The Year 6 performers entered to the sound of Ester

Dean – Rio, and performed a spectacular synchronised

dance with flags of all 32 competing nations from World Cup

2014.

The presenters SM Ashraf and Erica Lee took to the

microphone to explain the history of the World Cup and

details of the special prize draw that was about to take

place. Footballs for all 32 nations had been assigned to

classes and teachers, and the owner of the World Cup 2014

winner’s ball will receive their very own Tenby World Cup!

Each Year 6 student introduced interesting facts about

each competing nation, taking everyone on a world tour

around the global continents. We began in South America,

home of the host nation this year, where students found out

the national dish of Colombia, the language of Chile, the

wildlife of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador

and plenty more besides.

The footballs for each country were kicked into the crowd

to be collected by the recipients. There was a party

atmosphere in the auditorium as students cheered for their

favourite countries and stretched to catch the balls.

We then journeyed up through North America, where we

learned about Mexican cuisine, the USA and one of the

smallest nations to take part in the World Cup: Honduras.

South America

We then traveled south to

Africa, where we found out about

the national dish of Nigeria, the

nickname of Ghana’s football

team, and geography of Came-

roon.

We finished in Asia & Austral-

ia, where we discovered the na-

tional plant of Japan, the nick-

name of the South Korean team

and the mascot of Australia.

There was however one sur-

prise left, as the hosts Brazil had

been left out! We eventually

found out Brazil’s illustrious

World Cup history, and the ball

was assigned to… Year 5 Blue.

The assembly ended how it

began, with a mass dance

performance, this time to

Shakira’s La La La. The Year 6

students received a huge ovation

for their work, and should feel

very proud of their achievement.

We hope all students learned

something about a new country

and enjoyed the performance.

Good luck to all classes

competing to win the Tenby

World Cup!

Then we crossed the Atlantic to

Europe, where some of the

favourites were introduced and

assigned to classes & teachers. We

discovered the history of England’s

stolen World Cup, the national

animal of Italy & some fine examples

of German engineering.

The next group of European

teams included some facts about

popular Greek coffee, the currency

of Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the

origins of Toblerone. Year 6 World Cup Assembly begins!

Mass dance performance to ‘La La La’.

Source: Mr Andrew Lowery & Mrs Kamini Kumar (Year 6 class teachers)

Students presenting interesting facts about FIFA’s competing teams.

KBSM 5 & Year 11 Leavers’ Prom Night

Joshua performing with his guitar.

Tenby Schools Ipoh bid farewell to their

leaving Year 11 & KBSM 5 students in one

memorable night in which laughter was shared

and tears were shed as they looked back at their

journey here. This year, we held our Leavers’

Prom Night at Casuarina Meru on 13 June 2014.

There was a walk in by the graduating

group with their respective partners, well dressed

in stunning suits and gorgeous gowns, escorted

into the room by the ushers hailing from our very

own Year 10 classes.

The night began with a speech by Mr Neil

Page, Head of International Secondary and Mad-

am Soot, Principal of Sekolah Tenby. Shortly after

the speech, the lights dimmed and a video started

rolling on a projector to rekindle memories of the

graduating classes experiences at Tenby. A buffet

-styled dinner was served soon after that while

students began their entertaining performances for

the night. The performances ranged from musical

acts to dance performances.

Proceeding with the achievement

awards, for the Year 11, Vernon Mah received the

Academic Excellence Award, followed by Bryan

Lam with the Sporting Excellence Award, Ng Pi

Ying bagged in Most Outstanding Progress Award

and last but not least Bryan Lam was the real win-

ner of the night as he took home the Tenby Stu-

dent Of The Year Award.

For the KBSM 5, the Sporting Excel-

lence Award went to Harinash Rao while the Ten-

by Student Of The Year Award was given to Choo

Wei Yang. The highlight of the night, of course,

was when the Prom King and Queen were

crowned, they were Veenodh Raj and Nur Fariha

Mohd Fariz.

There was a roar of cheering and ap-

plauding. Students were later allowed to dance

their hearts out on stage in a closing of the 2014

Tenby Schools Ipoh Leavers’ Prom Night. This

would definitely a memorable night to all the

school leavers of 2014.

Dance performance by the Year 10s

Wow! Boys in their best suits, girls in their

gorgeous gowns.

Prom King & Queen for the night, with Mr Neil and Madam Soot.

Source: Bryan Sim (Year 10 Green)

The Masque - Graduation Night of Cohort 7 Tenby Sixth Form

“There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” –

King Duncan in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”.

Despite Shakespeare’s time-tested advice, Tenby Ipoh’s Sixth Formers celebrated a gala night in a sea

of luminous multicolored masks. “The Masque” was the theme of Cohort 7’s graduation night which was

graced by three splendidly masked personalities – Madam Lee Yam Sei (TSI Director), Mr Neil David Page

(Head of International Secondary) and Mr Lee Andrew Harvey (Vice Principal, TIS). The gathering was held

recently at the Crystal Ballroom of the Royal China Suites.

The fiesta of dance, rock music and song was attended by almost all Sixth Formers and the night’s

festivities were choreographed by the Sixth Form students of Cohorts 8 and 9 under the astute leadership

of Miss Suki Wong (President, SFC) and Sanika Renganadan (President, Cohort 9).

The Best All-Round Student 2014 award was presented by Madam Lee Yam Sei to Ashley Wong Soon

Lei while Chin Wai Hoe was named winner of “The Outstanding Progress Award 2014”. Four Sixth Formers

were cited as winners of the Meritorious Service Awards. They are Kenneth Mano, Kevin Mano, Poh Soon

Wey and Michelle Liang.

Lim Leong Wai was named the Best Dressed Gentleman for the night while Vanessa Choy was

acclaimed the Best Dressed Lady. The received their prizes from the Head of the Sixth Form, Mr Louis

Rozario Doss.

We wish our graduating class all the very best in the years ahead. May the years to come bring you rich

harvests in your studies, working career and personal lives.

(L-R): Leo Lim Leong Wai & Vanessa Choy were crowned as

Grad King & Queen for the night, with Mr Louis looking on.

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Mr Chong & Mr Louis

in their masquerade

masks!

Article: Mr Louis, Pictures: Mr Harry

A Message from SiWu Scholarship Holder (A Levels)

“ Words cannot describe the joy and gratitude

that my parents and I felt when we received

notification of the wonderful news!

I am truly honoured to have been selected as

the recipient of the prestigious Tenby SiWu

Scholarship. This scholarship has given me the

opportunity to continue Tenby’s tradition of

excellence throughout the years. I am very excited

about making new friends, meeting the dedicated

teachers, as well as contributing back to Tenby in

whatever way possible, as we strive towards the

Tenby Vision of “A United World at Peace -

Through Education”.”

Chan Weng Kit

(currently in Cohort 10, June 2014 intake)

Rehearsal! Rehearsal! Rehearsal!

Students and teachers from Nursery to Year 2 and KSSR 1 have been

working hard and rehearsing for the Production Day. The theme of the

Production Day for this year is “The Great Tenby Circus”. There will be 17

performances all together to be enjoyed on that day! It will be held at

Dewan Leong Wan Chin, SMJK Perempuan Perak, Jalan Kampar, Ipoh,

from 10.00am - 12.30pm.

Children rehearsing in their costumes

on at the multi-purpose hall.

Contact Us

Tenby Schools Ipoh

16 Persiaran Meru Utama

Bandar Meru Raya

30020 Ipoh, Perak

T: 05 - 525 2628

F: 05 - 525 2881

ipoh@tenby.edu.my

Visit us on the web at

www.tenby.edu.my/ipoh

Upcoming Events

28 June 2014 - TIS EYC & IISEYC Production Day in Dewan

Leong Wan Chin (Perak Girls’ School Hall, Jalan Kampar, Ipoh.) SR Tenby Mid Year Exam:

30 June - 2 July 2014 - KSSR 1 - 3

30 June - 3 July 2014 - KSSR 4, KBSR 5 & 6

UPSR Trial:

21 July - 23 July 2014

SM Tenby Mid Year Exam:

30 June - 4 July 2014 - KBSM 1 - 3

26 June - 9 July 2014 - KBSM 4 & 5

Trips:

28 June 2014 - A Levels’ Team Building Camp at My Gopeng

Resort, Gopeng.

3 July 2014 - Educational Trip to Taiping for Year 6

3 July 2014 - Trip to Sitiawan & Segari for Year 3 & 4

Parents’ Day:

17 July 2014 - TIS Primary Parents’ Day

24 July 2014 - Parents’ Evening for Sekolah Tenby

Term Break:

26 July - 25 August 2014 - Term Break (TIS)

26 July - 13 August 2014 - Term Break (Sekolah Tenby)

TIS Calendar 2014/2015

Term 1: 26 Aug 2014 to 5 Dec 2014 (mid term break 4 Oct 2014 to

12 Oct 2014) – 63 days

Term 2 : 6 Jan 2015 to 2 April 2015 (mid term break CNY 14 Feb 2015

to 22 Feb 2015) – 57 days

Term 3 : 13 Apr 2015 to 15 July 2015 (mid term break 23 May 2015 to

1 June 2015) – 60 days

(Total: 180 days)