Newsletter
15th December 2006
NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL
We have now
arrived at the end of the first term of 2006/07 academic year. I am pleased to
see that many students, parents and staff members have thoroughly enjoyed
themselves with the celebratory assemblies, drama showcases and musical
concerts they had presented this term.
May I take
this opportunity to wish you all a good holiday and a Happy New Year, and to
those of you who celebrate Christmas, a Merry Christmas. I look forward to
seeing all students on Monday 8th January.
Ray Davis
Principal
NEWS FROM THE HEAD OF
SECONDARY
We have now reached the end of a very busy term. It has been a term full of activities and
events but also one in which all classes will have made real progress in
covering the secondary school curriculum.
The highlight of this final week has been the school
musical production, “Disco Inferno”. This is the first full scale musical that
the school has produced in more than six years. I am sure that everyone who has
seen it will have been captivated by the sheer joy and enthusiasm of all those
who took part. What has particularly pleased me is that some 10% of secondary
students have been involved in one way or another, many of them on stage but
others behind the scenes. Many staff, both teachers and support staff have also been involved. It has been a real community
effort. Many thanks to
all those who have worked so hard, especially to the leaders of the production
team, Sara Lewis,
A great debt of thanks is also owed to Iwan Owen and Alec Gregory who volunteered their time to
help out and found themselves with a fulltime commitment for many weeks. The
success of the production could not have been achieved without them. Many, many
thanks.
Very best wishes for a well deserved holiday for all
our staff and students and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
Robert
Lloyd
Head of Secondary
NEWS FROM PRIMARY
EYD Christmas
Assemblies
Each Nursery and Reception class has treated us to a
special Christmas performance. Mr Elliot helped play our favourite
Christmas songs and the children enjoyed acting out the Christmas stories they
have been investigating in class.
We were thrilled to have so many “mummies and daddies” in
the audience – and even Santa popped in to see the Nursery show! Many thanks to the teachers and parents who helped with costumes
and props.
Pip Clarke
EYD
Coordinator
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
Changes to
FOBISSEA Selection
Primary FOBISSEA selection will now follow the same format
as secondary. There will now be trials for individual teams e.g. U11 Dragons
T-ball. The overall FOBISSEA team will then be selected by the coaches of the
following teams:
Dragons U11 T-BALL Team
Dragons U11 Football Team
Dragons Primary Athletics Team
Dragons Primary Swimming Team
There will be separate trials for Year 4’s as these are
not covered by Dragons Teams.
As the numbers for FOBISSEA teams are capped/limited
then selection will favour those students who can
offer more than one sport. It is important that this is taken into
consideration when students select what teams they
trial for. This applies to Primary, U13 & U15 FOBISSEA teams.
Under 15’s Football tournament at Japanese International
School
It was the ideal Saturday morning for a football
tournament, the sun was shining, and few clouds were seen as the GIS Under 15’s football team, with our coach Mr. Ruck, stepped
onto the bus heading to the Japanese International School of Kuala Lumpur (JSKL).
It was our first football tournament of the year (for
some of us it was our first time playing at a football tournament for GIS) and
after being disappointed with the cancellation of our
A total of 9 teams were competing for the trophy, with
Alice Smith and JSKL being our main rivals. The tournament system divided the
teams into 3 groups with the Alice Smith, JSKL and GIS teams all being
separated. Our group consisted of two other schools Sayfol
and Sri Cempaka.
After waiting about one and a half hours, we started off
our first match against Sayfol. We started the game
well with a few good chances; the most notable would have been a missed volley
from Mark Choo. We dominated most of the first half with 90% of possession but
couldn’t break the deadlock.
Most of our chances finishing with either shots off
target or being cleared by the number 11 of the Sayfol
team, whom we all agreed must have been at least 18. After the break, again we
dominated the entire half but just couldn’t get our shots on target, Harry
Smith having a few shots from outside the box narrowly missing the target.
At the last minute we were lucky not to have conceded a
goal as Jack Perry our goalie produced a great save and one of the Sayfol strikers hit the bar.
At the final whistle, both teams were tied at 0-0. All of
us were disappointed, as the result didn’t give justice to the way we played
and dominated match.
However, this meant that in the next game against Sri Cempaka, we had to win 3-0 to qualify for the champions
group as Sayfol had beaten them
3-1. Against Sri Cempaka, it didn’t take us long to
score our first goal of the tournament. This came through a well hit shot by Jo
Young Min (one of the first timers playing at a football tournament for GIS).
After the break, we went all out in attacking the Cempaka defence and were rewarded
with a goal from Thibault Caumont. We
created numerous chances, more than enough to win the game by 10 goals;
however, we were missing the
finishing touch.
Our frustration was excellently displayed as Justen Pang took down one of the Cempaka
players and got a yellow card. The final whistle blew and the score was 2-0 to
GIS. Unfortunately, we didn’t qualify to the champions group but instead went
into the B group where the highest we could finish overall was 4th.
We were all extremely disappointed at this, as we played
the best football in our group and were without a doubt better than Sayfol. But seeing as we couldn’t change anything, we
accepted it and were told to play the remaining games as though they were
training matches by Mr. Ruck.
Our remaining 2 games were against the Islamic
International School and
Overall we finished 4th in the tournament with
JSKL, Alice Smith and Sayfol coming 1st, 2nd
and 3rd respectively.
Although we were disappointed at not being able to compete for first second or third, we were
glad not to have conceded a goal or loose a game throughout the tournament.
We played well as a team and dominated all of our
matches. Thibault Caumont
and Jo Young Min deserve honourable mention as they played exceptionally well in the
tournament, both getting the highest ratings in the team. Thibault
was also our top goal scorer with 4 goals.
David Tan
10G
Results:
GIS 0-0 Sayfol
GIS 2-0 Sri Cempaka
Jo Young Min (1)
Thibault Caumont (1)
Justen Pang: Yellow Card
GIS 5-0 Islamic
David Tan (1)
Thibault Caumont (2)
Nikaiza Kamaruddin (2)
GIS 3-0
Justen Pang (1)
Nikaiza Kamaruddin (1)
Thibault Caumont (1)
FOBISSEA U13's
It has been a couple of weeks since the U13 FOBISSEA team
returned from
A total of 10 medals were won by the athletics team, Anwar Jamal gaining 2 silvers, Daniel Napoletano
and Michael Cantellon gained 2 medals each and Ai Ru came 3rd in the triple jump. The basketball
teams found it tough, the girls finishing 7th and
the boys 8th.
Overall, the trip ran very smoothly and I would like to
thank Mrs. Moore, Mr. Storey, Miss Gunn, Mr. Moss and Mr. Ong for giving up
their weekends to take the team. We now look forward to the U15 games in
Dragons Team
Selection
Trials will
take place for Dragons Teams in the 1st / 2nd week of
Term 2. It is important that students read the PE & Sports notice boards.
Trials will take place at the same time as their slots published in the CCA
booklet. Any queries regarding team selection must initially go through the
team coach and then Mr. Wellington (Head of PE).
Dragons Trials - Term
2
Trials for teams will be disrupted at the start of next
term as most of the PE department will be on an essential life-saving course.
Please keep an eye on the newsletter and sports notice boards for latest trial
announcements.
Watch this space!
GIS SWIM CLUB
The above club which goes from Monday to Thursday
4pm to 5.30pm has been popular with students and parents alike. Sessions will
again be starting in January and places are offered on a first come, first
serve basis. The criteria for joining is, to be able
to swim a minimum of 50metres with 3 strokes.
The cost is RM350 per term. Spaces are limited, so book
early with Miss Devi in the school office to avoid disappointment.
ISAKL
SWIMMING COMPETITION
Last week saw the ISAKL swim meet hosted by ISKL at their
primary campus. A results summary is below. Overall the team did extremely well
in a period of transition,
coming second in the final medal tally. I would like to say a huge THANK
YOU to Mr. Ong who has worked tirelessly in his new role as Head of
Swimming. I would also like to thank Rob & Fiona Cope and Steve Ellis who
assisted over a very long day.
ISAKL SWIMMING GALA 2007 Held on 9th December
‘06 (host By ISKL)
Medals Table
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PRIMARY |
SECONDARY |
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Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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1 |
The |
Individual |
12 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
22 |
21 |
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Relay |
5 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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2 |
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Individual |
10 |
9 |
8 |
16 |
8 |
17 |
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Relay |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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3 |
St Christopher's International |
Individual |
6 |
7 |
4 |
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Primary School |
Relay |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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4 |
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Individual |
6 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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Relay |
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2 |
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2 |
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5 |
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Individual |
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1 |
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6 |
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Individual |
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5 |
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2 |
4 |
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Relay |
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1 |
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4 |
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7 |
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Individual |
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22 |
21 |
9 |
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Relay |
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5 |
1 |
2 |
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8 |
The |
Individual |
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1 |
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