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Jalan Stadium, Petra Jaya

93050 Kuching Sarawak

Malaysia

Phone: 082 313 900

Fax: 082 313 970

email: info@tps.edu.my

Tunku Putra Weekly News

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6 - 28 ● NS - SPM Exam - Writing. Nov

22 Nov ● Last School Day of the Year ● 1/2 Day Session

23 Nov - ● End of Year School Holiday 31 Nov

1 Dec ● Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Public Holiday)

25 Dec ● Christmas (Public Holiday)

26 Dec ● Administration Office closed

3 Jan ● Orientation - New Students 2018

4 Jan ● First Full Day of School 2018

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Ms Susan, Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

We would like to appreciate all parents and carers, who attended the 2017 Awards and Graduation Ceremony on Friday 17th November 2017. It was, indeed, a very memorable occasion for the award recipients and the graduating students. I would also like to congratulate the students involved in the choral speaking, dance and musical presentations for entertaining us so beautifully.

As the 2017 academic year draws to a close, and using the words from my welcome address on Friday:

Good morning to you all. It gives us great pleasure to welcome you here today to our annual Awards and Graduation Ceremony. We come together to recognise especial achievement and the graduating class of 2017.

Set in a High School of Performing Arts, this year’s School production, Fame Jr told the story of a group of students who committed to four years of artistic and academic work and graduated in 1984. The Fame students wanted to ‘Show the world that we can make it.’ To every student seated here today, you too have shown the world – the Tunku Putra world, your teachers, parents, family and friends - that you also can make it – you have progressed on your learning journeys, developing new knowledge, skills and understanding, raised the level of your achievement and continued to demonstrate our personal values in so many different ways.

Your reports, that you received last Friday, are written evidence of that progress and your achievement. The annual Year Book captures some special images of you involved in all aspects of your learning, as did the slides that we had the opportunity to view as we came in. Congratulations to you all for what you have achieved as part of your holistic development and well done for living up to our motto Kita Boleh!

For our Graduating Students in TK5 and Year 11 we especially commend your successful completion of the academic courses leading to SPM and IGCSE and wish you well as you continue to pursue your educational goals and realise your dreams and ambitions beyond Tunku Putra School. Like your predecessors, we trust that you will all be successful in securing places in higher education.

It is also befitting of this occasion to firstly acknowledge CMS Education’s commitment to securing the school’s future and a world class education for all students as it moves forward in partnership with the HELP Education Group.

Secondly, to appreciate all members of our staff, the Senior Management team, teaching and non-teaching staff for the commitment and dedication that they have shown throughout the year in ensuring students’ progress, development and success.

Also to value parents and carers for the support that you have given to the School and your children in 2017 as part of that strong and important parent partnership.

In looking ahead to the 2018 academic year:

The new academic year for 2018 will commence for students on Thursday 4th January 2018. We look forward as the Tunku Putra School family to continue that enriching and inspiring holistic journey in 2018 and to making our best better. As a source of inspiration, consider this quotation:

‘You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.’

In conclusion: I take this opportunity to wish you all a safe, restful, invigorating and enjoyable vacation and good health, happiness and peace in 2018.

I thank you all for your support over the last four years and believe that a quotation from the Awards and Graduation ceremony is a good reflection focus for me:

‘Don’t cry because it is over. Smile because it happened.’

My final words are for the students, who have taken so much time, thought and care to make some really special parting gift and cards. Thank you so much!

NP3 - AN ART LESSON

INTEGRATED!

“Integrative learning is a learning

theory descr ib ing a movement

toward integrated lessons helping

students make connections across

curricula.” – Wikipedia.

An integrated approach al lows

students to engage in purposeful,

relevant learning.

Across Subjects – Art [Creating &

Constructing], Mathematics [Shapes &

S i ze s ] , S c i en c e [E n v i r o nm e nt -

Recycling of Used Materials] and

Eng l ish [Writ ing & Oral ] , Mora l

Education [Personal Values]

The objectives were directly and

indirectly derived as students

planned and created a model

house

learnt about 3-dimensional shapes

and the appropriate use of

different sizes

made good use of recycled

materials

wrote about the created model

house

presented a short description

about their model house to an

audience outside of the class

put into practice personal values

of cooperation, communication

and thoughtfulness

The students were actively engaged

and they had fun! As the teacher, the

students have done well and I am

proud of them.

[Reported by Ms Christina Koh ]

The 4 groups of Students with their Model Houses

The students of IP3Bako and IP3Gading were invited as judges.

They came over to the classroom to listen to the group presenta-

tion and view the creations.

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Coral Speaking by NP students

Dance performance by

Primary ECA Dance Group

Datuk Syed giving his speech Our honorable guests

Secondary choir performance

National Primary Award recipients

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Yr11 Bako Graduates Yr11 Gading Graduates

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International Primary Award recipients

National Secondary Award Recipients

International Secondary Award Recipients

International Award Recipients

Teachers receiving Long Service Award

Tingkatan 5 Graduates

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Joseph receiving the Principal Award

Sportsmen and sportswomen

House Champion goes to Red house

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Report on Labuan International Swimming Championship 2017

A total of 292 swimmers from Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kuala Lumpur competed in the Labuan International Swimming Championship 2017. Tunku Putra School was represented by four swimmers: Aya Sofia, Dharrshen, Jay and the youngest participant in the whole meet, Joanne Vanya.

All four swimmers gave their best performance with two of them, Jay and Dharrshen manages to finish in the top 8 in most of their events. Sofia and Joanne also did well and showed the never say die spirit throughout the two-day event.

At the end of the two-day event the TPS team captured silver and two bronze medals through Jay and despite sending the smallest team, TPS finished 14th out of 16 participating team. Well done TPS.

Jay and the Malaysian

top swimmer Muhd

Dhuha

The TPS team

members

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Diary Dates

23 Nov - ● End of Year School Holiday

31 Nov

26 Dec ● Administration Office closed

1 Jan ● New Year ( Public Holiday)

2018

2 Jan ● Teacher INSET Day

2018

3 Jan ● Orientation for ALL NEW

2018 students (8:15am - 10:15am).

4 Jan ● First Full School Day - ALL

2018 students.

Thank you to all our parents for your support and commitment to the school and your children for Yr 2017. Together we can attain success for all of our students.

Thank you and Happy Holiday!