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Newsletter: November & December 2014

A United World at Peace - Through Education

Tenby Schools Penang 2 Lintang Lembah Permai 1 11200 Tanjung Bungah Pulau Pinang Phone: +604 892 7777 Fax: +604 899 8826 E-mail: [email protected]

TENBY SCHOOLS, PENANG

Welcome to the November / December Newsletter.

We are coming close to the end of what has proven to be a very busy term for the International

School and year for the National School.

In a well-deserved move, Mr Giles Montier left Tenby Schools, Penang to take up the position

as Campus Principal at Tenby International School Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Baru. We all

congratulate Mr. Giles on this wonderful opportunity in his career and know that he will continue

to work for the betterment of the students in Tenby School JB. His presence around the campus

in Penang will be solely missed as he has been a driving force behind the development of the school from the day he

arrived. While he will no longer be working in Penang, he will not be lost to the Tenby Group.

Mr Richard Lukats has taken over the role as Acting Head of Secondary.

Since September, Tenby Schools, Penang has celebrated many events and milestones, some of which are featured

in the following pages. Of special note was the Sri Tenby Graduation Ceremony and Primary Awards Day, UN Day

celebrations, Deepavali Celebrations, Halloween, the 2nd edition this year of ―Tenby‘s Got Talent‖, Open Day and

the Sri Tenby Secondary Awards Day which was attended by the Tenby Group CEO, Mr Alister Bartholomew.

We are proud of the achievements of all of our students who won awards, and those who gave of their best in their

studies. We are also proud of the efforts and energy the students and staff consistently put into making such events

successful on top of their teaching and learning.

Academically, Tenby Schools, Penang enjoyed their best iGCSE results so far and congratulations is extended to all

of those Year 11 students who worked hard over two

years to achieve the results that they did. A chart of the

2014 iGCSE results indicating the percentage of Tenby

Penang student who achieved 5 or more A* - C results

including English and Mathematics is shown on the right.

Our achievements are listed alongside the Tenby Group

results and results from the UK for comparison. Well

done to all involved.

Additionally, for the first time, 10 students from Sri Tenby

Primary scored 5A‘s in the 2014 UPSR examinations

which is an outstanding result for Mr Cheah and his

team.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all members of the

Tenby community the very best

for the Christmas and New Year

break, and wish them all a happy

and prosperous 2015.

Gregory C Mowday Campus Principal Tenby Schools, Penang Students who have achieved 5A’s in the 2014 UPSR result .

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Sri Tenby Primary School Awards Day The day all students have been eagerly waiting for is finally here:- The

Awards Day in Sri Tenby! It was also the graduation ceremony for the

Tenby Kindergarten students. The day has a special significance for the

students. Prizes are awarded to students who worked hard and have

achieved excellence in different subjects in that year. An air of excitement

runs everywhere in the school campus on this special day. The respectable parents were invited to the auspicious occasion. Some

proud parents were invited to give out prizes to the awards recipients. This year the annual prize presentation was held on the 2nd

October. The principal

of Tenby Schools Penang, Mr. Gregory Mowday was invited as a guest of honour.

Mr Mowday gave an impressive opening speech and officiated the event. Next

was the speech by Mr Cheah who read the Annual Report of the school. In the

report he summarized the all-round performance of the students of

the school. He congratulated the prize winners and at the same

time encouraged others to work harder so that they could be prize

winners in future awards day. The ceremony was then followed by

speeches in multiple languages by the

students of Tenby Kindergarten.

In between the prize giving ceremony,

some students performed and entertained the audience with poetry, singing and

dancing. The students showed everyone present that they are not only academically

excellent but are also talented. The audience was certainly entertained by the cute

notions and acting by the Tenby Kindergarten children. Prizes were also handed out to the board of prefects who dutifully served the school

in various aspects. The past year‘s UPSR top achievers were also honoured in this

event. They were specially invited to attend the ceremony in hopes of being role

models to the students present. Prizes were also awarded to the students for regular attendance, for general proficiency, for excellence in sports,

etc. They were cheered and applauded by the audience. The Awards Day of our school was a grand success. The students went back home

proudly with smiles and certificates in their hands.


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Awards Day

Speech from Mr. Gregory - Campus Principal

Speech from Mr. Cheah—Head of Sri Tenby

Top Scorers UPSR 2013

Awards to Prefects

Group photos with all the winners

Sri Tenby Primary School

Performance from Tadika Tenby

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Sri Tenby Primary School Deepavali Celebration

Deepavali also know as Diwali or Divali

or ―festival of light‖ is an

ancient Hindu festival. The

festival signifies the victory

of light over darkness, good

over evil, knowledge over

ignorance and hope over

despair.

Sri Tenby Primary

School celebrated this

event with an ―Open House‖ This celebration was carried out

in a truly Malaysian spirit with students from different racial

backgrounds participating in the celebration. Students from

different races created the ―kolam‖ or rangoli.

The celebration started with a lighting ceremony. This was

officiated by parents who attended the celebration. After the lighting ceremony,

those present were entertained by performances by the students. There were

songs and poetry recital. An interesting item was presented by Joshua Lee who

acted the part of Lord Krishna. His presentation was humorous and informative.

The pot-luck lunch was very sumptuous and delicious with a wide

variety foods ranging from noodles, pastas , various types of bread,

cakes, doughnuts, tidbits ……. etc. The list is too long to mention.

Everyone present enjoyed the wide variety of foods. Some students

from the other schools joined and also enjoyed the lunch. At the end

everyone had a good and satisfying meal.

We would like to thank parents who graciously attended the function.

Thank you also to those who have contributed the delicious foods and helped to prepare

the students for the presentations. Finally thank you parents for your kind support to

make this celebration a success.

Kolam designed by Jeylene and Safiya at Junior 5

Photographs above show the creations of the students.


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Sri Tenby Secondary School SRI TENBY SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION DINNER

Sri Tenby Secondary School held

the annual graduation dinner on

17 October at the City Bayview

Hotel, to bid farewell to the fifth

formers who will be graduating in

December. Senior management

staff, Mr. Gregory Mowday, Mr.

Giles Montier, Mdm. Thum Lin

Chee, Mr. Cheah Sin Hock, Ms.

Marian Bartlett and Ms. Shirley

graced the function. Naturally our

Sri Tenby teachers and students

turned up in full force.

Group photographs were taken. Then, Mr. Gregory Mowday, the principal

delivered his speech with interesting references from Dr. Seuss‘ books. Mr.

Giles, Mdm. Thum also addressed the students. They gave good advice and

wished the fifth formers all the best as they are about to begin a new chapter

in their lives. The head prefect, Ng Yong Ling, on behalf of the fifth formers,

spoke eloquently on how he enjoyed studying in Sri Tenby and he thanked

teachers for their guidance and support.

The form two students entertained the crowd with lively performances of

songs and music, while the Form 3 students performed the invigorating ‗chicken

dance‘ that had every one in stitches.

In the Best-Dressed Competition, Gerald Fung from Form 4 and Ms. Teh Xing

Yee were declared best dressed male and female respectively.

Lucky Draw prizes were sponsored by generous

parents and private companies. The grand prize

of a foldable bicycle was won by Ryan Lim from

Form 5. Needless to say, he was all smiles.

The highlight of the occasion was the

crowning of the Prom King and

Queen. The winners were none other

than dashing Jeffrey Chew and the

beautiful Teoh Shean Ern. There were

cheers and applause as Mr. Gregory

and Mdm. Thum crowned the Prom King and Queen of 2014!

The dance floor was then thrown open to anyone who had happy feet. The students

had a blast dancing. Unfortunately the night had to end at 11p.m. However, judging

from the happy faces, it was clear that everyone had a great time.

Brian Koh Yung Xian (Form 4)


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Sri Tenby Secondary School SRI TENBY SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION DINNER

Speech from

Mdm. Thum

Prom King & Queen 2014

Speech from Mr. Gregory Mowday

Lucky Draw

Grand Prize - Ryan Lim


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Newsletter: November 2014




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Tenby Schools Penang UN DAY CELEBRATION

Yippee we, the Form 1 students from Sri Tenby Secondary School emerged the winner in the competition to design the ‗best flag and emblem for a member country of the U.N. We designed for Holland. As winners we were given the privilege to decide which UN charity to donate the money raised on that day the amount RM5,934.00 By: Shaun Yip

Food Fair 2014

STPS students—drawing flag

of different countries

Korean food, Western food, Oriental

food and many more… Yummy


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Tenby International Secondary School CHARITY CHALLENGES 2014 My sister, Stefany and I have organised a series

of charity challenges in order to raise money for

the Spastic or Cerebral Palsy Children‘s Centre.

This is part of our project for our charity CCA, the

1% club.

The idea is to have students and staff in school

nominate each other for that month‘s charity

challenge for any amount of money. Nominations

are collected at recess and lunchtime daily. The

top 5 nominees (who have been nominated for

the most amount of money) have to either accept

the challenge or pay the exact amount that has

been donated under their name, and nominate

someone else.

Anyone in TISS and STSS is eligible to nominate or be nominated. So far,

most of our nominees have been rather sporting, accepting our challenges

or paying their way out. Our first challenge was the Kiss the Fish challenge,

which went on in the atrium area on Friday, during lunchtime. This was a

roaring success, with students eagerly nominating each other in the name

of charity.

The second, third and fourth challenges went on with equal enthusiasm, if

not more. They were the Pyjamas Challenge, the Shaving

Cream Pie challenge and the Mr Giles challenge, which

was organised to honour our principal and his work here

before he leaves for Johor Baru.

Our monthly charity challenges will continue until the end of

the term. We certainly hope that the school community will

continue to support us for this worthy cause!

By: Victoria Soh, 9S

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Charity Challenge: Shaving Cream


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Sri Tenby Secondary School FAREWELL - Mr. Giles

Mr. Giles has joined us in 1st August 2009 and a surprise news was delivered to us

that Mr. Giles has been promoted as a new Principal in Johor Setia Eco Gardens with

effect from 1st Nov 2014. A big thank you for all his effort and time spent in Tenby

Schools Penang for 5 years. We congratulated him on his new promotion and hope

he starts his new career page successfully. Group photo with STSS teachers

Group photo with some Administration Staff

Gangnam Style Dance with Students from STSS and TISS


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Newsletter: November & December 2014 - tenby.edu.my November 2014.pdf · Primary scored 5A‘s in the 2014 UPSR examinations which is an outstanding result for Mr Cheah and his team