Newsletter
25th April 2008
Headlines For This Week
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Sports Day
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My MYMUN Experience
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Blue Reef Day
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Stealing – Criminal Act
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Children’s Author Yangsook Choi visited GIS
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MSSM KL Tennis
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Walk The World/Family Day –
Saturday, 24th May
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Parents’
Forum
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Mum
& Tots Group
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2nd
Hand Uniforms/Book Library
Sports
Day
Sports
Day was a success again this year with many students involved. A big thank you
to all the PTF who worked hard all day providing the food and to parents who
came to support. I also would like to thank the staff
and support staff who worked together to help the PE Faculty run the day so
well.
Head of Secondary
My MYMUN Experience
Once again, for the second time, I had a
superb learning experience attending the MYMUN V Conference. Along with other
The first day
was dull, partly because everyone spent most of the day going through the
formalities of sitting through the opening ceremony and making opening speeches
for one’s delegation. This quickly changed as delegates had time to lobby,
introducing themselves to one another and discussing the agendas at hand.
Everyone not only had the opportunity to make new friends, but also sign on to
resolutions made by other delegates. Knowing who agreed with your views and who
did not was essential.
The second
day started with the usual roll-call, ensuring all delegates were present and
there were no cases of skiving. Thankfully there weren’t any, creating a cause
for more argument. The debates began. In their separate committees, delegates
submitted resolutions. One by one, these resolutions were either passed or
failed; the decisive factor being the vital votes from delegates.
The third and
final day ensured the conference ended on a high note. Discussion of
resolutions became more active as delegates made more speeches, in an effort to
prove their point. Soon, realizing that almost all resolutions had been debated
on, delegates started to become lethargic, some even falling asleep. To cure
this boredom, delegates were given time to give their fellow delegates
superlatives.
In my
committee, General Assembly 1, I made the effort to punctuate every single one
of my speeches with relevant analogies, to lighten the mood and voice my
opinion on resolutions clearly. Analogies also helped convinced other delegates
to believe in your view. As the delegate of the
Andrew Ang,
9W
Blue Reef Day
It was a sea of blue in the corridors
and in classrooms as the GIS Secondary community celebrated Earth Day belatedly
on the 23rd of April. Embracing the various hues of
the oceans in their attire, we celebrated 2008’s theme, the International Year
of the Reef, with a sale of quality stationery products from O-Bon, all
fabulously designed and manufactured from recycled paper and from plants. Also
on offer was merchandise from the World Wildlife Fund, from key chains to
t-shirts. The aim of the event was to raise awareness that every action counts
in our efforts to preserve our environment. Needless to say, the reception from
both students and teachers was overwhelming!
The SMART
Rangers would like to thank everyone for making the event a success. All profit
from the sale will be channelled to funding
conservation of reefs and turtles in
SMART Rangers
15
students from Years 9 – 11 were selected and participated in the final round of
the UK Intermediate Maths Challenge on Thursday. The
challenge lasted for one hour and comprised multiple choice questions. We
should receive the results of the challenge before July. Well done to all who
took part!
PSHE Coordinator
Advance Warning
for your diary :
|
All Parents |
1 & 2 May
2008 |
School Closed |
|
Year 6 Parents |
5 – 9 May 2008 |
Year 6 Camp |
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends,
The week
ahead sees the start of swimming lessons for our younger pupils. We look
forward to seeing them take to the pool and develop their swimming prowess.
Please remind your children to pack their swimming things the night before
school.
On a sad
note, we have had another theft from the school shop. We have decided that
children in the Primary School are only to visit the school shop if parents
have specifically requested them to do so. Should you need your child to visit
the school shop, please send a note to the class teacher who will endorse the visit. We will be talking to the children in assembly about
this and to reiterate that stealing is a criminal act. Please take the time to
remind your child at home too.
On a brighter note, it has been fantastic
to have a second children’s author Yangsook Choi in the school this week. Many thanks
to Ms Siobhan and to the PTF for all of their efforts in bringing Ms. Choi in to inspire our students. A great initiative!
Please be
reminded that next week is a short week. The school will be closed on Thursday,
1st and Friday 2nd May. We do hope
the children have a good break.
Neil Smith
Head of Primary
MSSM KL Tennis (14th – 18th April
2008)
A
total of 30 students from GIS took part in this year’s tennis tournament held
at the National Tennis Stadium. We did very well in all the categories. Joshua
Liu emerged champion in the boys’ singles U-12, beating compatriot Corneill Spaapen. In the doubles,
Gan Ming Hong paired with Dhiraj Joshi (6I) for the
first time, losing in the finals to SK Kuen Cheng.
In the U-15 boys’ singles, Jason Lee was
runner-up. Arjun Menon made
it to the semifinals, losing to compatriot Jason Lee. Khevan
made it to the quarterfinal round, losing to the eventual champion from SMK
Wesley. Another competitor, Masafumi Hara however
made it to round 3, showing another credible performance. In the doubles, both
GIS’ pairs met in the finals. Shaneel Shah &
Fraser Barton eventually defeated Gan Seng Tsan &
Rahul Menon in 3 sets.
In the U-15 girls’ singles, we had 2
players – Asees Bajaj
(Round 2) and Krupa Narayanan (Quarterfinals). In the
doubles section, Janice Quah & Nicole Tan lost in
the semifinals. However, Nadja V.D. Drift & Tan
Jean Li made amends for their compatriots’
loss by crushing the opponents 6-1, 6-0 in the finals.
In the U-18 girls’ singles, our sole
entry, Burcu Ozturk, made
it to the quarterfinal stage before bowing out to the top seed. In the boys’
singles, our captain, Marc Lee lost to Edwin Heng in the quarterfinal round.
Edwin then lost in the semifinal stage. Credit must also be given to Nicholas
Lee who gave a good account of himself in the 1st round. The surprise of the tournament was
Jonathan Lee & Tony Yu, despite being U-15, both
were entered in the higher age group. They managed to make it to the semifinal
stage, before losing to SMK Kiaramas.
Roll Of Honour
(U-12 Boys)
Joshua Liu – Champion (singles)
Corneill Spaapen –
Runner-up (singles)
Cavan Ang – Round 2 (singles)
Gan Ming Hong & Dhiraj
Joshi – Runner-up (doubles)
Saaj Shah & Juliyan Somasundram – Round 1 (doubles)
(U-15 Boys)
Jason Lee – Runner-up (singles)
Arjun Menon – Semifinalist (singles)
Khevan Somasundram -
Quarterfinalist (singles)
Masafumi Hara – Round 3 (singles)
Shaneel Shah & Fraser Barton – Champion
(doubles)
Gan Seng Tsan & Rahul Menon – Runner-up (doubles)
(U-15 Girls)
Asees Bajaj – Round 2 (singles)
Krupa Narayanan – Quarterfinalist (singles)
Nadja V.D. Drift & Tan Jean Li – Champion (doubles)
Janice Quah & Nicole Tan –
Semifinalist (doubles)
(U-18 Boys)
Edwin Heng – Semifinalist (singles)
Marc Lee – Quarterfinalist (singles)
Nicholas Lee – Round 2 (singles)
Jonathan Lee & Tony Yu – Semifinalist (doubles)
(U-18 Girls)
Burcu Ozturk – Quarterfinalist
(singles)
Tennis Coach
Yet More Live Music – Soul Income
Thanks
to everybody that came and supported as at Bojangles
last time out. If you missed us then, don’t worry, you have another two chances
during the next few weeks.
Wednesday, 30th April (Thursday, 1st May is a public holiday – Labour Day!) @ Bojangles in Desa Sri Hartamas - Starting at
about 9.30pm.
Friday, 9th May @ Finnegans in Desa
Sri Hartamas - starting at about 8pm. Entry is free.
However, there is also an ‘all you can eat’ BBQ which is RM50 (tickets from Finnegans).
Hope to see you there!
Walk
the World/Family Day
Date: 24th May 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 9.30am –
4.00pm
Venue:
All proceeds in
aid of the UNICEF End Hunger campaign.
Please
keep this day free to participate in our fundraising and fun day. The
fundraising part is organised by the students and Ms Peers and PTF will be
helping by running some enjoyable activities for everyone.
Do you
have any novel ideas for raising money? If you would be interested in having a
sales table on the day, it will only cost RM100 – Contact Jessie on 016 395 2507
for more info.
We also
need volunteers to organize refreshment stalls and games, and sponsors for
prizes and games.
Thank You.
Parents’ Forum
Email address is
gisptf_forum@gardenschool.edu.my
Mum & Tots Group
This group is for all mums with children
under school going age. They meet every
Wednesday from
9.40am - 10.55am in the EYD hall. Call Marie on 012-610 3431 or
017-2763524 for any queries or e-mail her at carolinalubienska.r@gardenschool.edu.my
2nd Hand Uniforms/Book Library
Second
Hand Uniforms/Book Library will next be open on Thursday, 8th May
from 2.30pm – 3.30pm. Thereafter, it will be open on the first Thursday of each
month in the Foyer of the Arts Block.
Mrs. Helen Wilson
PTF communications sub-committee