Newsletter No. 20 | December 2012

A United World At Peace - Through Education www.tenby.edu.my

UPSR Results 2012

The UPSR 2012 results were released on Monday, 19 November

2012 and we are pleased to announce that 12 students from SR

Tenby Ipoh scored 5As this year. The school also achieved 100%

passes for 3 subjects, Bahasa Melayu (Penulisan), English and

Mathematics. The top scorers are as follows:-

Top Scorers 2012 5As

1 AMANDA LEE SI KEI

2 AMIR AQEEL IMRAN B AMIR MOKHTAR

3 ASILA AMAL ZUHDI BT MAHALLI ZUHDI

4 CHARLOTTE ONG YUAN YUAN

5 CHIN YOONG SHEN

6 CHU JENN HONG

7 GOH ZHI YIENG

8 LEE SYUEN JING

9 MANOHJ A/L THIAGU

10 RACHEL CHAN CHIEN YI

11 RYAN HOR YEW MUN

12 SHABANA SANGGETH A/P HARIARAN

4As 1 MUHAMMAD AFIRAS DANISH B MOHD ROSNIZAM

2 LOOI TZE SAN

3 SUMAAN MEET KAUR A/P GURMIT SINGH

Congratulations to the teachers and students for this excellent

performance!

New Academic Calendar 2013

Please take note of some changes to the calendar:-

1. End of Term for SR/SM Tenby changed from 20 July

2013 to 27 July 2013.

2. 25 Jan 2013 is a school holiday as it is a staff inset day.

3. Easter holidays for Tenby Schools

SR/SM/A Levels: 30 March 2013 – 7 April 2013

Preschool/IIS: 30 March 2013 – 14 April 2013

We apologize for any inconvenience caused as we need to adjust

the calendar to accommodate the move of the schools to our new

site in Meru. The new calendar will be posted on our website soon.

Mrs Lai and KBSR teachers with the top scorers

The Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod

We are happy to announce that our school choir won the silver

prize for the youth mixed choir category in the 10th Malaysian

Choral Eisteddfod 2012 held on Saturday, 17 November 2012 at

the State Secretariat Hall in Jalan Panglima.

The competition was jointly organised by the Non-Islamic Affairs

Department of Perak, Perak Society of Performing Arts (PSPA)

and the Young Choral Academy. It was Tenby’s first time

competing against teams from across the country as well as from

Singapore. Our choir performed three songs; Both Sides Now by

Joni Mitchell, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and the

popular Malaysian patriotic song ‘Nyalakan Tekad’.

Congratulations to our school’s choir!

Tenby Schools Choir with Ms Yeoh Choo Swee

Green World Campaign

We are delighted to share the news that Tenby Schools Ipoh has

been chosen to be part of the Green World Campaign to share the

schools’ vision ‘A United World at Peace through Education’ with

the world.

The Green World Campaign founded by Mr Marc Ian Barasch in

2005 aims to combat climate change by adopting reforestation

projects and raise the living standards of the rural poor around the

world.

A presentation featuring our school’s choir was shown at a Green

World Campaign event in New York on Thursday, 6 December

2012 (6.30pm EST). Tenby Ipoh is now on the world map!

For more information on the campaign, please visit

http://greenworld.org

Results of Tenby’s Got Talent

Move over Taylor Swift, One Direction and Justin Bieber, Tenby’s

got many talents!

More than 400 guests turned up to support the 10 finalists of TgT

2.0 as they rocked the stage on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 at

the Tropicana Grand Ballroom.

Foo Hoong Ming was crowned winner of this year TgT with his

stunning and smooth dance moves. Eric Lam was awarded first

runner up with his soulful rendition of current hits; ‘Ni Bu Ji Dao

De Shi’ by Leehom, I’m Yours by Jason Mraz, ‘Wo De Ge Sheng

Li’ by Qu Wanting and The Climb by Miley Cyrus. Charlotte Ooi,

scored the third prize with her performance of the song Rolling in

the Deep by Adele. The two consolation prizes went to Jaycharan

and the all-girls band, Underlined Bold.

We would like to thank the judges, Mr David Chu, Ms Yeoh Choo

Swee and Mr Xavier Fong for their support, Mr Kenneth Lim and

his team of organizers, guest performers Mr Nicholas Tan, Ms

Eunice, Mr Kareem and Mr Nasyim (TgT1.0 winner), student and

teacher volunteers, parents and staff of Tenby and lastly, all the

remarkable participants of Tenby’s got Talent 2012!

Note: Pictures courtesy of Mr Ang Chee Teong are available for sale at

http://www.facebook.com/AngCheeTeong

Foo Hoong

Ming, winner of

TgT2.0 with the

Director of

Schools

Nicole Chong

Marco George

Jaycharan

Underlined Bold

Eric Lam

Charlotte Ooi

Tan Yao Zong

Nur Fariha

Louis Menier

The Judges: l-r Mr David Chu, Ms

Yeoh and Mr Xavier Fong

Christmas Celebration at Tenby

Ho Ho Ho and a jolly good Christmas at Tenby!

On 30 November 2012, a special assembly was held at the

basketball court to celebrate the joyous Christmas season. A

programme of songs and dance performances was lined up to foster

the spirit of Christmas among students and teachers of Tenby.

The Speech and Drama club staged a short sketch alongside the

school choir’s rendition of popular Christmas carols. The Junior

Dance Club members performed a special Christmas Gangnam

Style dance with students and teachers joining in to dance to the hit

song.

Pn Fetimah, our canteen lady also prepared a special candy corner

for the students at the school canteen. Chocolates, jellies and

various sugar coated candies were displayed on tables decorated

with beautiful Christmas decorations and later distributed to the

students.

There will be another Christmas programme on Wednesday, 12

December 2012 with Santa Clause making a special appearance at

the school. Also, donations collected during the Movember

donation drive will be presented to a representative of the Perak

Palliative Care Society during the assembly.

Please take note that the dismissal time on the last day of the term

will be as follows:-

Key Stage 1 : 12.10pm

Key Stage 2 : 12.20pm

Secondary : 12.40pm

Happy children at Candy Corner

The Junior Dance Club members

performing Christmas Gangnam

Style

Captain’s Ball Tournament

Tenby’s PE Department hosted a Captain’s Ball Tournament for

KBSR and International Junior students on 21 November 2012 to

23 November 2012. Students cheered for their teams as they battled

it out to be Tenby’s Captain’s Ball Champion. Team Mars emerged

as winner of this year’s tournament, followed by Team Jupiter,

Team Mercury and Team Neptune. Congratulations to all the

winners!

Upper Primary Captain’s Ball Tournament 2012

Best Captain : Manohj a/l Thiagu (Mars)

Best Vice Captain : Amanda Lee Si Kei (Mars)

Best Official : Chen Lijie (Mars) &

Vibushigaa a/p Sivasangaran (Mars)

Lower Primary Captain’s Ball Tournament 2012

Best Captain : Charlotte Ong Yuan Yuan (Mars)

Best Vice Captain: Danielle Chan Li-Min (Mars)

Best Official : Chu Jenn Hong (Mars) & Rachel Chan (Mercury)

Best Cheerleading

1st Place : Mars

2nd Place : Jupiter

3rd Place : Mercury

4th Place : Neptune

Students cheering for their team

U15 Boys and Girls Football Fixture at ELC

International School Cyberjaya

On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 Tenby’s U15 boys and girls

football teams took part in a friendly football tournament organized

by ELC International School Cyberjaya. We are happy to announce

that our teams won both matches, 12-1 for the U15 boys’ match

and 9-2 for the U15 girls’ match.

Tenby Schools Penang U16 Basketball

Championship

Last weekend (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012), our

school’s U16 basketball team participated in Tenby Schools

Penang 1st International Basketball Tournament.

Although our team did not win the tournament, they have gained

invaluable experience and knowledge playing against more

experienced teams ie Presbyterian High School Singapore.

Tenby U15 Girls

Football Team

Tenby U15 Boys

Football Team

Tenby U15 Boys

football team

playing against

ELC football

team

School Uniform: A Clarification

Recently, with the introduction of the new school diary there was

some confusion over the rules on school uniform. According to our

Parent-Student Handbook the rules for school uniform for Tenby

Schools Ipoh are as follows:-

Girls: Grey Skirts or Skorts and blue shirt with the school logo (For

Secondary girls, there is a new option of trousers to be worn with

the blue shirt).

Boys: Grey trousers and blue shirt with the school logo

Socks: White

Shoes: Black

Upcoming Events

Parents’ Evening for Year 11

The Parents’ Evening for Year 11 will be held on Tuesday, 11

December 2012. Details of the evening are as follows:-

Time : 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Venue : Year 11Gr (Elective Room) – Ms Belinda

Lopez (Class Teacher)

Year 11Bl (Maths Room 2) – Pn Wan Noraini

(Class Teacher)

Year 11 students will be given their reports and answer scripts on

Monday 10 December 2012 and parents will have the

opportunity of discussing their children’s progress and

performance during this evening. Parents are encouraged to bring

the scripts during the evening if necessary.

iSPCA Festival 2012

iSPCA Ipoh will be organizing a food and fun fair on

Saturday, 16 December 2012 from 9.00am to 2.00pm at the

Festival Walk, Ipoh.

Coupons are sold at RM10/booklet and are available at Main

Office, Tenby Schools Ipoh. For details please contact Uken at

016 5553454.

Progress Report on the Construction of the New School

Scheduled: 19%

Actual: 25%

6% / 24 days ahead

Auditorium Block Basketball court.

Multi-purpose Hall Sports Complex

Science Labs Classroom Block

Overview