Issue 11 - Australian International School Malaysia

Issue 11 Week 9A 24th June 2011 For internal circulation only 

AISM NEWSLETTER 

The Fortnightly Community Newsletter of the Australian International School Malaysia 

Main Senior Middle Junior Performing Arts Sport 

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Principals’ Message 

We have arrived at the half way point of what has 

been a hectic and productive year for our school 

community. We hope that you have witnessed our 

leadership team and staff demonstrating a genuine 

commitment to improving student life and learning. 

All staff have embraced a collective desire to move 

our school from being good to great. We have an 

exciting time a head for all of us. 

We have enjoyed the openness of parents in helping us 

to identify areas of school operations and curriculum 

that can be improved on. 

Through reviews and informal consultation with 

school community members, we have arrived at many 

short term and longer term strategies to continue our 

march forward to a point where students, staff and 

parents are proud to say they are members of our 

great school. 

We are a school that places emphasis on a holistic 

approach to student learning and students have 

responded well to our new initiatives in music, sport 

and service learning activities, demonstrating their 

commitment to getting the most out of their days in 

school. Importantly our academic program is growing 

from strength to strength. The recent success of 

our World Scholar teams, in the biggest academic 

challenge competition in the world, is testimony to 

the exceptional talents that are nurtured through 

our Australian styled curriculum and our high 

calibre and dedicated teaching and support staff. 

Congratulations to the World Scholars Team on their 

recent achievements in the World Scholar Cup Finals 

and to their coach, James Unsworth for being named 

the Coach Of The Year. 

Our building development project will have significant 

impact on student life and parent services over the 

second part of the year. We have delivered on our 

promise to ensure that the building works do not 

disrupt our ability to continue to provide a great 

school experience. 

We once again call on your continued support, ideas 

and issues sharing, as we strive to keep delivering on 

our promise. Keep a close eye on our newsletter and 

weekly email news as changed routines and parent 

service delivery arrangements are communicated. 

Wendy and I will be present at school during the first 

week of the school holidays and would welcome parents 

to drop in for discussions on any matters of concern 

or to share some brilliant ideas for improvement. No 

need to make an appointment, just drop in for a 

coffee and a chat. Our offices have been temporarily 

located to what was the admissions area on level one 

just past the library. 

Thanks for welcoming Wendy and myself so 

generously into our school community. Your words 

of encouragement and insightful advice are greatly 

appreciated. 

Have a great holiday, take the opportunity to spend 

some quality time with your children. 

David Kilpatrick, Principal 

Wendy Gardiner, Assistant Principal 

REFURBISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 

24th JUNE – 30th SEPTEMBER (approx.) 

On Friday this week, our administration office staff 

will move to temporary accommodation in F8 ( the 

large classroom past the library on level one) This 

is to enable the refurbishment of the administration 

centre, which we hope will be completed by the start 

of term 4. 

From the first day of term 3 parents and visitors 

should sign in at the Junior reception in the 

classroom wing on the ground floor. All enquiries 

that previously brought you to the central office 

should be directed to the junior reception. For 

appointments with specific staff members, please 

check in at the junior reception and the girls on the 

desk will find the appropriate staff member for you. 

We understand that this will be a bit awkward, but 

with the re-opening of the Admin Centre at the 

start of term four, your experience should be much 

improved! 

Diary 

Saturday, 25th June 2011 

• Term 2 Holiday Commences 

Wednesday, 20th July 2011 

• Term 3 School Starts 

Friday, 22nd July 2011 

• UNSW English Competition 

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From the Senior School 

Senior School Parent Teacher Interviews 

Semester One reports for Senior School students were 

sent home last week. Enclosed was the booking form 

for Parent Teacher interviews. These interviews are 

scheduled for Thursday 28th July. Many students have 

already booked appointments and I encourage families 

to use the remainder of this term and the first few days 

of next term to make sure they are booked in. 

A Suitcase full of Surprises 

What a shame that Mr Suffolk missed the premiere 

performance of his play, “A Suitcase Full of Surprises”. 

I am sure that he would have been very proud of our 

Senior School cast who did him proud. My thanks to 

Mrs Warren who stepped up to fill Mr Suffolk’s shoes at 

late notice and all who rallied around to make sure the 

performance was a success. 

Scholaroos 

Huge congratulations to our ten teams who performed so 

well at the Global round of the World Scholars Cup. We 

recognised their achievements at a special assembly on 

Thursday afternoon. Mr Unsworth has given full details 

elsewhere but he may have neglected to mention that 

he was awarded a trophy for the best coach!! Well done 

Mr James. 

No Pain, No Gain 

No, this is not about the merits of playing Rugby!! 

Seven times Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, 

believes that pain can be used to help us. In addition 

to the physical pain that he endured while training and 

racing, he also endured testicular cancer. Armstrong 

trained himself to use the pain he felt as a motivating 

tool. His book, “It’s not about the bike” is a great read. 

19th- century German philosopher, poet and composer, 

Friedrich Nietzsche, penned an adage that said “That 

which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”. In difficult 

situations in your life, find out what reasons or lessons 

lie within and use the trial not as an excuse to revert to 

hopelessness, but as a boost to break through to victory. 

A tiny grain of sand can become an intense irritant in 

an oyster shell. In response to the irritation, the oyster 

deposits layers of calcium carbonate on the grain of sand, 

which over time forms a pearl. In the same way some of 

the irritations in your life will produce precious treasures 

in your life and character that would never have appeared 

had the irritation not been present initially. Learn to treat 

adversity and pain as a tool for improvement. 

Ian Martineau, Head of Senior School 

Senior Drama Production 

I would like to extend 

enormous congratulations to 

the performers and technical 

crew in this year’s Senior 

School production. The show 

was performed on Wednesday 

evening and Thursday matinee 

this week. 

This year, the piece was written by our own Director 

of Performing Arts, Mr Jon Suffolk and was titled “A 

Suitcase Full of Surprises”. Jon drew his inspiration 

from the Complicite workshop he, I and some fortunate 

students attended last year. 

The students worked 

exceptionally hard on this year’s 

production and performed 

excellently, impressing 

audiences with their acting, 

dancing and ensemble work. 

Jon and I would like to thank 

the students for their hard 

work, as well as the technical 

crew, Mr Rod Gardiner who 

stepped in at the last minute to 

assist me with final directions 

and technical aspects, and all 

the staff who helped support the production in a myriad 

of ways. It really was a team effort. 

The Middle School Production auditions 

for the play “Hating Alison Ashley” took 

place in Week 8 of Term 2 and the cast 

list was announced last Friday. Well done 

to all the students who auditioned. There 

was an incredible amount of interest this 

year and as such, it was difficult for Jon 

and me to make our final decisions. Students who have 

been selected as cast members will automatically be 

enrolled into the Middle School Production ASA, which 

will take place on Tuesdays in Term 3 and 4. 

Log on to AISM Youtube page on 

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=NxFcD7mYClM 

to view snippets of the Senior Drama Production. 

Stacey Warren on behalf of Jon Suffolk 

Mr B’s Careers Corner 

Career Voyage Survey in Year 10 

Shortly, Year 10 students will be taking part in the Career Voyage program at school. Career Voyage, designed by 

JIIG-CAL Australia, takes students through a decision making process by asking them a series of questions based on 

their job interests. 

It aims to broaden horizons by looking at large range of occupations. 

Sometimes the jobs suggested confirm a student’s existing ideas and provide backup by listing similar jobs. For other 

students, the program often suggests jobs not heard of or not previously considered. We hope that the results of this 

program will assist our Year 10 students with their subject selections for Year 11 and also with their work experience 

preparations that will happen later this year. If you have a child in Year 10, I would ask you speak to him or her about 

the results that they get, and discuss as a family any issues that may arise from the results. 

Chris Broadbent, Careers and Higher Education 

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From the Middle School 

On reflection Semester One has absolutely flown by for 

me. I have really enjoyed the opportunity to meet all of the 

middle school students and to celebrate their successes 

not only in the classroom but in all facets of school life. 

I have been pleased with the level of participation in 

sport, the new extended music program incorporating 

the bands and events such as World Scholars Cup. 

My philosophy is that we need to give our students 

opportunities to excel. All students have enhanced 

abilities in one or more areas, sometimes these do not 

identify themselves easily so in order for these to present 

themselves we need to give students choice and a broad 

curriculum. We do this at AISM by offering at extensive 

ASA program and a broad NSW Curriculum. 

Semester Reports 

This week each Middle School student will bring home 

their semester report. Please take the time to go through 

the report with your child. It is extremely important to 

identify positive aspects of the report and encourage 

your child to reflect on their achievements. 

World Scholars Cup 

I wish to congratulate those students from Middle School 

that participated in the World Scholar’s Cup. The World 

Scholar’s Cup was in Kuala Lumpur this year, and the 

student’s came home with many medals which were very 

well deserved. 

Mrs. Warren’s Welfare Corner 

I am signing off as Welfare Coordinator as of the end of 

Term 2. In Term 3, the school welcomes back Mrs Anna 

Broadbent from her maternity leave. 

By now, all parents should have come across the 

Student Code of Conduct that was introduced to Middle 

and Senior School students in Week 7 and Junior School 

students in Week 8 during the Wednesday Welfare 

time. The purpose of this document is to remind 

students about their rights and responsibilities, as well 

as the school expectations. The goal is to see greater 

enforcement of these expectations in Term 3. In order 

to assist this process, parents need to help students 

make sure they have and wear correct uniform. 

The Manners Monitors came into practice in Week 9 

this term as part of the SRC Manners Matters program. 

SRC students will take turns acting as Manners Monitors 

for the day, helping to remind students to use their 

manners at the canteen, in the playground, in class and 

on the stairwells. Thank you to the SRC students who 

have undertaken this responsibility with gusto. 

My experience as Welfare Coordinator has been 

extremely enjoyable and I thank everyone who has 

supported me along the way. 

Stacey Warren, Acting Welfare Coordinator 

staceyneilsen@aism.edu.my 

Kylie Booker, Head of Middle School 

Imagination, Dreaming and White Bunnies 

The Yearbook ASA in 2011 is off to an imaginative start! A committed group of students have been busily 

putting together pages to reflect our learning community. We have also been lucky enough to work with 

the graphic design company, Wanderloft, who have come on board to support the student work and 

workshop different ideas with them. Our concept is one of imagination, dreaming and hope, to reflect 

the new phase of AISM’s life. I would like to thank Nicole, Ashley, Deina, Eilidh, Lynette, Jogen and 

Ruairi for their commitment and inspiration! Next term, each class will have the chance 

to create a concept for their own page and contribute photos. Get thinking and help to 

make the 2011 Yearbook a true and creative representation of this year! 

Miss Joanna Nicholson 

Our year 8 chemists created and illustrated a children’s story book based on their research of an 

element from the periodic table. They visited our Year 3 classes to share their creations. 

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From the Junior School 

It has been a short term, and a busy term and as we 

ready ourselves for the holiday break I thought I would 

take the opportunity to share some ideas about how you 

can assist your child with their learning during the break. 

It is important to keep up some sort of routine with 

reading, it doesn’t have to be everyday, but encourage 

reading throughout the break. The teachers notice that 

some of our students do regress a little with their reading 

during holiday periods. 

There are also opportunities to work with your children 

on the Numeracy skills. Many parents set up a schedule 

of activities during the break and children telling the time 

of the activities and checking the time on the clock can 

help reinforce this concept. When shopping talk to your 

children about the cost of the items being purchased. 

They can do some addition, subtraction, rounding and 

estimation calculations around this. Perhaps your child 

enjoys cooking, this can be a good opportunity to discuss 

measurements. 

Junior School Performing Arts 

Junior School Choral Festival 

Congratulations to 2G and 4G, winners of the 2nd 

Junior School Choral Festival. 

Last Wednesday a very excited Junior School performed 

as class choirs to sing songs in different languages, from 

simple unison melodies to more complicated partner 

songs, canon and harmony work. The winning classes 

now keep the Choral Festival Shield in their classrooms 

until the end of the year. 

The holidays also present many opportunities for social 

development. Playing with other children, or having your 

children do the talking when going shopping or eating 

out. This has the potential to build their confidence when 

speaking in front of strangers. 

Of course holiday periods offer many opportunities 

for children to simply learn about the world around, 

experiencing new cultures, sights, sounds and smells. 

Many of us go to the beach and there is much learning 

about nature that can be on offer. Just a few ideas to 

continue the learning journey over the next three weeks. 

You will have received your child’s academic report 

this week. We will be having parent teacher interviews 

as a follow up to the reports at the beginning of next 

term. Expect a booking sheet to be sent home to you at 

beginning of week one after 

the break. 

The developing high standard of singing in the Junior 

School made the judging a hard decision for our 

adjudicator, Mr. Jon Suffolk, and the results were close. 

We were entertained by the winners of our Poetry 

competition while the decisions were being made. 

Thanks to Mr. Jon Suffolk, our adjudicator and Miss Poh 

our accompanist. 

Susan Bal-Short, 

Junior Performing Arts Teacher 

I would like to thank you 

for all of your support this 

semester and hope you have 

a restful holiday break. 

Damian Baynes, 

Head of Junior School 

Information Resource Centre News 

Term 2 IRC related activities have included the KL Novel Knockout, Malaysian 

author, Shamini Flint and Roving Book stalls. 

Many new resources, especially in E format have been acquired during this term. 

E resources will continue to be a strong focus in Term 3. 

Next term we look forward to the Read-a-thon, Book Week and visiting authors. 

Displays 

The inspiring Year 6 IRP projects are on display at present. 

Holiday Borrowing 

This is being encouraged so students have some quality leisure reading for the break. Please also encourage them to 

visit book shops or read eBooks and iBooks wherever you may be. 

Denise Miller, IRC Coordinator 



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Performing Arts News 

HSC Drama Weekend at Australian International 

School Singapore 10th – 12 June 

The Year 11 and 12 

elective Drama students 

were accompanied to 

AISS by Mrs. Gardiner 

and myself to focus 

on HSC Drama. Guest 

presenters from Sydney 

Dr Miranda Jefferson 

and Mr Costa Loucopoulos guided the students through 

the revision of the text studies, group performance 

projects and individual projects. Dr Jefferson works 

at Sydney University and has been Supervisor of HSC 

Drama Marking, a teacher at Newtown High School of 

the Performing Arts and is currently on the National 

Curriculum writing team 

for Drama Education. Mr 

Loucopoulos is a Senior 

HSC Marker, parttime 

teacher at South 

Sydney High School and 

is currently completing 

his PHD in Drama 

Education. 

The students were excited by the opportunity to 

work with such quality educators and to share the 

experience with other interested drama students in 

the region. The Year 11 students had the good fortune 

of spending two lengthy sessions with Dr Jefferson 

exploring playbuilding techniques. 

Most of the students 

were billeted by AISS 

families and have made 

new friendships from the 

experience. It is hoped 

that future workshop 

programs can be shared 

by AISM and AISS in the 

coming years. 

Making Meaning On Screen Workshops, 18-20th 

August 

A workshop program conducted by Mr Colin 

Schumacher on making narrative videos will be held 

during Term 3. Colin has extensive experience as a 

drama teacher, lecturer, performer and writer and will 

be visiting AISM from the 18th – 20th August. 

Selected students from Years 8. 9 and 10 will have 

the opportunity of attending day long sessions with 

him using the skills and techniques that Colin has 

developed while writing his teaching manuals “Making 

Meaning on Screen” and “Creating the Seamless 

Screen Story.” Staff will be able to attend one of 

his workshops on Saturday 20th which will assist in 

developing strategies for teaching video across the 

school. 

Mr. Jon Suffolk, 

Coordinator Performances and Events 

From the Music Room 

“The musician is constantly adjusting decisions on 

tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling 

- training the brain to become incredibly good at 

organizing and conducting numerous activities at 

once. Dedicated practice of this orchestration can 

have a great payoff for lifelong attentional skills, 

intelligence, and an ability for self-knowledge and 

expression.” 

Ratey John J., MD. A User’s Guide to the Brain. 

New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. 

It has been a busy semester in the Middle and 

Senior School in music and next term promises to be 

exciting as well. Term 3 includes the Music Showcase 

Concert in week 9. I encourage all students to join a 

group, make a group and enjoy playing music! 

I am particularly keen for new students to join the 

AISM Orchestra. This will be the leading group here 

at school and we are developing a program of music 

of a variety of styles for performances in and out of 

school in the remainder of the year. It is an exciting 

time for the orchestra which has quickly developed 

over the last term. Please see Mr. McCormick about 

joining and now is a good time to join as we will be 

starting new pieces next term. 

ASA Activities Term 3 

Please note some changes to the following Middle 

and Senior School Schedule: 

Monday afternoon: AISM Orchestra – new members 

all welcome! 

Tuesday afternoon: Training Band – this is a 

continuation of the Beginning Band program 

Wednesday afternoon: Starter Strings – this is a new 

group for the Middle School. Students should see Mr. 

McCormick if they are interested 

Lunchtimes 

Rock Bands will continue. 

Wednesday lunch will be Gamelan Day. This is open 

to all students. Come along and have a play. 

Thursday lunch is the second Training Band practice 

for those students unavailable on Tuesdays and also 

for those who want an additional practice. 

World Scholars Cup Performance 

On Sunday last, 3 members of the AISM Orchestra 

performed at the World Scholars Cup ceremony held 

at the University Technology Mara at Shah Alam. 

Hee Yoon Park (violin), 

Fergus Wong (violin) 

and Petra Tang (piano) 

performed a trio ‘Por una 

Cabeza’ for an audience 

of over one thousand. 

Their performance was 

confident and comments 

and feedback were 

extremely positive. 

Malcolm McCormick, Music Teacher 



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AISM Middle and Senior School 

Athletics Carnival 2011 

A new venue, fantastic weather, hundreds of enthusiastic 

students and a heap of hard working teachers and parents, 

equal a very successful carnival. On Wednesday 16th June, 

AISM held it’s annual Athletics Carnival, bussing our Middle 

and Senior students to the UNITEN Mini Stadium at Bangi. 

Right from the first start, records began to tumble as a high 

standard of competition was revealed. In all, 35 records 

throughout the day disappeared with many exceptional 

displays of athletic ability. As the program ticked over it 

became apparent that both age championship honours and 

house championship points were going to be extremely 

tight as many close tussles were observed on both the track 

and in the field. As the result sheets rolled in and points 

were tallied the final results became clearer. 

Thorpe 1299 2011 House Champions 

Sauvage 1236 

Rafter 1126 

Freeman 1043 

As I have often stated in the past, these carnivals are not 

run by a couple of staff but are powered by a well oiled unit 

of parents and staff working together to provide a fun and 

quality event for the students. I for one certainly appreciate 

the help from this hard working group from our school 

community and thank them for the wonderful job they do. 

Congratulations to all competitors. It was great to see the 

large number of students stepping out of their comfort zone 

and participating in events for fun and house spirit. 

Age 

Champs 

17+ Champion Farmehr 

Farhour 

Position Boys Girls 

Alana Miller- 

Foote 

Runner up Abe Ranner Izzah Ibrahim 

16 Champion Mitch Booker Tan Hay Li 

Runner up Samuel Tay Kelly Teoh 

15 Champion Alex McLaws Angeline 

Richards 

Runner up Ashwin 

Parthiban 

Shannikah 

Doherty 

14 Champion Bronson 

Chong 

Runner up Dominic 

Robertson 

13 Champion Callum 

Kilpatrick 

Emma 

McLaughlin 

Ilya Azman 

Aishah 

Kenton 

Runner up Jason Hwang Courtney 

Dyer 

12 Champion Naufal Lynette Too 

Shahril 

Runner up Amirul Ain Azuddin 

Edmett 

11 Champion Isa Kasim Tayla Appleby 

Runner up 

Saw Yan 

Chang 

Phil Wilkins, Sports Coordinator 

Melissa 

McLaughlin 

Ryan Wong To Compete 

In International Golf 

Championships 

Ryan Wong (6G) has been in the 

Junior Golf scene since he was 7 

years old, competing in the local 

Under 8 years old category. He was 

the overall champion for the Elite 

Circuit for the Under 8 that year. 

Since then, he has gone on to 

win the Under 10 in Year 2009 

and was Under 11 Champion in 

the tournament organised by the Malaysian Golf 

Association last year. He won numerous top finishes 

in the local golf scene. 

He was also the Under 10 age group runners-up in 

the Jakarta World Junior Golf Tournament held in 

Indonesia last year and also 3rd runners-up in the 

Under 10 in Thailand in 2009. 

In July, Ryan will be heading for the United States 

of America where he has qualified to play in some of 

World Junior Championships tournaments. They are : 

• Callaway Junior World Champs in San Diego, 

California at Rancho Bernardo Golf and Country 

Club, 

• Optimist International Golf Championship and 

the Optimist World Cup in West Palm Beach, 

Florida at PGA National Golf Resort, 

• US Kids World Championshipas in North Carolina 

at Pinehurst Golf Club. 

He has a handicap of 3, which is fantastic for someone 

his age. He is also the first Junior to gain sponsorship 

from Mizuno outside of Japan. 

AISM Badminton Team Trains 

with FORZA Badminton Academy 

On Saturday, 18th 

of June, the AISM 

Badminton Academy 

members, accompanied 

by Cikgu Kasim and 

Ms. Ratha travelled 45 

minutes by car to Sri 

Sinar Badminton Centre 

in Kepong. This is the 

home for the FORZA Badminton Academy. There 

were 10 badminton courts and 6 coaches. One of 

the coaches was a former Malaysian player. 

We trained with FORZA Badminton Academy 

members. It was another great new experience for 

us after competing at Nexus International School’s 

U15 Badminton Tournament not long ago. We trained 

for 2 hours non-stop in a hot hall because there were 

no air conditioners to prevent the shuttle cocks from 

being blown away, so it was a little bit hard to play 

but still, we were happy meeting with the players 

and coaches and appreciated the new experience. 

We thank Cikgu Kasim for organising this memorable 

event. 

Mehryar Lessani, 8G 



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Sensational Home Ground Debut for 

AISM Rugby Roos 

“Our Home Ground is our fortress boys.” said Mr 

Coombes at Tuesday night training, “We do not lose 

here!” ...................And so it was, as the Rugby Roos 

demolished KTJ 31 – 0 at AISM last Thursday. 

In front of a small but 

vocal crowd, the boys put 

on five un-answered tries 

and in the process showed 

their growing maturity as a 

team unit. Following some 

sustained hard running 

from the backs, Safwan 

Sulaiman was the first Roo to cross the KTJ line with 

some of his trademark ‘sneaky stuff’ around the fringe 

of the scrum. Boramy Unn then added to the first half 

score line with some straight hard running, leaving 

everyone in his wake on his way to the try line. The 

Roo’s went to half time two tries up. 

The second half saw continued 

dominance by the AISM Roo’s. 

Passes were being strung together 

and there were bodies in motion. 

Kevin Kam scored his first ever try 

swooping on a loose ball and out 

sprinting everyone to the KTJ try 

line. Jack Miller scored next with 

a well deserved try on the back of 

a perfectly executed tap move and 

a sweetly timed pass from his lock 

partner, Mark DeVries. Alex McLaws 

eventually got over the line to score AISM’s final try 

after a few near misses. 

Once again, Mitch Booker was a reliable link to his 

outside backs and Alex McLaw made terrific ground all 

day. Haziq Hanip had an immediate impact when he 

was introduced into the game, pulling off some copybook 

tackles and some excellent ball distribution from 

the breakdown. 

In the forwards, Jack Miller 

and Jian Law lead the 

way defensively. The line 

out functioned well with 

a couple of steals against 

the throw. Big Zack, 

Mark DeVries and Greg 

Mansuhkani combined well 

in Jack’s injury absence to disrupt the KTJ lineout and 

continually secure their own possession. 

One of the pleasing aspects of this game was the 

positive contribution that the inter-change players 

made. Standouts were; Amin, who tried hard in 

defence, Anish, who rucked vigorously and Kevin, 

who was positioned so well that he scored a try! 

Although the Roos prevented KTJ from crossing their 

line, there is still a lot of room for improvement in 

defence. Persistence at training will see this aspect of 

our game improve. 

The AISM Rugby Roos are showing real promise. With 

every game we play we learn more about ‘the game 

they play in heaven’...........keep training hard boys, 

you are doing yourselves and the school community 

proud! 

A big thank you to the spectators who came out to 

show their support and to Mr Martineau, who gave up 

his time to referee the match. Checkout just who we 

are on the short YouTube clip below. 

http://tinyurl.com/rugbyroos 

Mr Orford and Mr Coombes, Rugby Coaches 

Senior School Soccer Friendly vs 

Alnoor International School 

On Monday afternoon the 

20th, the AISM Senior 

Boys played their first 

game for the year, against 

the Alnoor International 

School, at AISM. 

AISM won the match 

2-1 thanks to a goal by 

Sam Leetham and Alnoor 

scoring an own goal. It 

was a good start to the 

year with all the players 

contributing. The game 

demonstrated many positives for the team, especially 

the organization and solidity in defence and the 

skills of individual players. The game provided a 

good opportunity for the boys to play together and 

see where they need to improve in preparation for 

participation in the international school sport season 

in term 3. 

Best players for AISM were Nathan in centre of defence, 

showing a high level of leadership in organizing the 

other players and reading the play well to cut the 

opponents attacking chances to a minimum, Saf who 

hit the ball hard all day, continually winning the ball 

in midfield, and Darren who dominated the right 

side of the field continually dispossessing his direct 

opponent and starting many attacking moves. 

Thanks to Mr. Nasyarul for giving advice to students 

about the finer points of 

the game and in organizing 

the referee. Thanks 

also to the teachers and 

students who came down 

to support the boys. 

Christopher Thorpe 



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Quadrangular Swim Meet 

AISM came away with 3 

gold, 6 silver and 10 bronze 

medals, along with many 

students achieving their 

personal best times. 

On Sunday 12th June 

the AISM Barracudas 

participated in the annual 

Quadrangular Swim Met at 

The Royal Lake Club. It was a 

successful day and all squad 

members swam extremely 

well. 

A big congratulations to the 

4 x 50m Medley and 6 x 50m 

Freestyle relay teams for their outstanding performance. 

Girl’s medley relay 

Sophie Rotax, Melissa McLaughlin, Emma McLaughlin 

and Emily Firth 

Boy’s Medley relay 

Maiku Nakajima, Sam Leetham, Henry Baynes and 

Dominic Robertson. 

Girl’s Freestyle relay 

Lynette Choo, Sophie Rotax, Bazimah Ahmad, Gemma 

Holborow, Amelia Kortum and Melissa McLaughlin 

Boy’s Medley relay 

Sam Leetham, Yan Chang Saw, Maiku Nakajima, Jack 

Leetham, Henry Baynes and Joshua Firth 

Overall AISM came fourth which was a great result. 

Well done Barracudas! Enjoy your holidays and we look 

forward to seeing you all back next term. 

JX Chan, Harriet Fearon, Linda Firth and Phillip 

Wilkins 

AISM Soccer Team vs Kickbola 

Soccer Academy 

Junior School Sports 

Well done to all of the Junior School students who have 

participated in various sports as well as represented 

AISM this semester. Your enthusiasm and commitment 

has been fabulous! 

AISM Junior School students have represented the 

school in swimming, soccer, basketball, a triathlon, 

badminton and the AISM Duathlon. 

Congratulations and keep up the wonderful work. 

Enjoy your holidays and I look forward to seeing you all 

back next term. 

Harriet Fearon, Junior School Sports Coordinator 

Alice Smith receive a Roo’d reception 

at AISM 

The AISM Roos dug deep on 

Wednesday 22nd of June to close 

out a determined Alice Smith School 

attack and continue their unbeaten 

run at home with a 26 – 10 victory. 

The boys have improved with every 

outing this year and this game was by 

far their best effort. It needed to be 

to rise above a very determined and 

talented Alice Smith outfit. 

Alice Smith got off to an early lead with a couple of 

very soft tries but the Roos rallied before the end of the 

first period to score with a trademark Saffy dart from 

the scrum base and a confident conversion from Mitch 

Booker. 

At the break Mr Coombes made his thoughts pretty clear 

and the Roos responded early in the second period when 

Mark DeVries scored a try after an impressive display of 

drawing and passing. Mitch converted again and then 

went on to score a well deserved try himself. 

Alice Smith attacked furiously during the last period 

and only determined defence by the Roos kept them 

scoreless. Our two Kevins put their bodies on the line 

on different occasions to thwart certain Alice Smith tries 

and Jian sealed the victory when he crossed under the 

posts from a well executed tap move on the bell. 

This game was by far the greatest challenge the Roos 

have faced.....and they were equal to the task. Our 

team defence still needs a lot of sharpening up but our 

individual tackling was awesome. By the last period, 

most of the Alice Smith boys couldn’t get rid of the ball 

quick enough to avoid another crushing Roos tackle! 

On Saturday 18th June the AISM U’10 and U’12 boys 

took on the Kickabola Soccer Academy. It was a very 

exciting morning of soccer. The U’10 team won with a 

very impressive score of 10-0 and the U’12 2-0. 

Well done to all of the boys for their fabulous energy, 

enthusiasm and commitment towards their training and 

games throughout Semester One. 

A big thank you to Mr Nasyarul, Mr Kasim and all of the 

wonderful and supportive parents. 

Harriet Fearon, Junior School Sport coordinator 

Everybody in the team had a great game and to name 

the best players would be to name the whole team but 

Mitch Booker who ran hard all day, scored a try and 

kicked three conversions probably had the biggest 

individual impact on the game. 

The Roos would like to wish our hardworking, hamburger 

eating, hooker Greg farewell and good luck with his new 

life in Indonesia – You’ll be missed mate. We would also 

like to thank Mr Martineau once again for blowing the 

whistle and all the parents, teachers and students who 

combined to support the Roo’s and rugby at AISM. 

Mr Coombes and Mr Orford 



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Scholaroos Take on the World 

This year, World Scholar’s Cup reached its largest ever 

size. In 2011 teams had to qualify through a regional 

round for the first time, with only the top half of every 

region qualifying. It was a great honour therefore, when 

all of our eight teams qualified for the World Finals. So 

when we arrived to the World Finals, to compete with 

750 students from more than 25 different countries, we 

were up against only the very best of each region. 

Before getting to the specifics 

of the achievements, first let 

me say how proud I am of 

all of this year’s squad, for 

so many reasons other than 

the results. Firstly, of all of 

the Scholaroos for staying in 

the ‘hostel, while watching 

everyone else move out. 

Second, of our musical trio, Hee Yoon Park, Petra Tang and 

Fergus Wong, who did us so proud, opening the show at 

the awards ceremony with a sublime performance. Third, 

of all of the Scholaroos for demonstrating leadership in 

the scavenger hunt, in conga lines and at the karaoke 

night. 

Ok, now to the serious stuff… 

I should begin with our Junior 

Division Captain, Ashwen 

Parthiban. His name should 

for ever more be called from 

the mountain top. This young 

man boldly went where no 

Scholaroo has been before. 

Ashwen won the Silver medal for Science! That is BIG! 

But he didn’t stop there, he also won 8th place overall 

across the four subjects, 10th place in debating and not 

surprisingly 5th place OVERALL in the competition – That 

is the total combined score of tests in four subjects, plus 

debating , plus essay writing. Our successes didn’t stop 

there however, Ashwen’s team of Emma McLaughlin, 

Eliza Chew and Ashwen, gained another massive honour, 

by receiving the Bronze Medal overall for the challenge. 

This meant that they were the 3rd highest scoring 

team across four subjects – Science, Literature, Urban 

Planning and the Arts. In addition to this, this team also 

went undefeated through all of the debate rounds and 

received the massive honour of finishing as the 7th place 

team overall in the total combined, across all events – 

multiple-choice, debate and essay writing! 

Not to be outdone, our Senior 

Division Captain, Izzah 

Ibrahim placed 9th overall in 

debate, while her team-mate 

Eliza Versluis placed 8th. It 

was not surprising therefore, 

when the team of Izzah, 

Eliza and Petra Tang, who 

went undefeated through 

the debate rounds, won the huge honour of being the 5th 

placed debate team overall. In debating on a whole, we 

did extremely well, with two teams remaining undefeated 

through three rounds and five of our other teams winning 

two out of three rounds. In addition to this, we also had 

success in Essay Writing, with the team of Fergus Wong, 

Farmehr Farhour and Joanne Tay finishing tenth in the 

essay writing competition. 

It is a great privilege to be associated with them. To this 

end, I was honoured at this year’s world finals when I 

was awarded ’Coach of the Year’. This award is really only 

a reflection of the hard work that the kids themselves 

have put it. Thank you guys! 

‘Thank yous’ must also go out to a number of other 

people, as it truly does ‘take a village to raise a child’. 

Thank you to the parents involved, to both the AISM 

Parents Association and the Australian Trade Commission 

(AUSTRADE) for their sponsorship, to the school and to 

my colleagues, Mrs Sandi Clarke, Ms Gail Robertson and 

Mr Malcolm McCormick, for your dedication and hard 

work for the kids. Now… Let’s do it all again next year, 

bigger and better again! 

James E.R. Unsworth J.P. (Qual.), 

Scholaroos Coach 

WSC List of Achievements 2011 

World Finals – Shah Alam, Malaysia 

• Silver in Science, Junior Division – Ashwen Parthiban 

• Bronze in the Team Scholar’s Challenge, Junior 

Division – Emma McLaughlin, Ashwen Parthiban, 

Eliza Chew 

• 5th Placed Individual overall, Junior Division – 

Ashwen Parthiban 

• 5th Placed Debate Team, Senior Division - Eliza 

Versluis, Izzah Ibrahim & Petra Tang 

• 7th Placed Team overall, Junior Division - Emma 

McLaughlin, Ashwen Parthiban, Eliza Chew 

• 8th Placed Individual in the Scholar’s Challenge, 

Junior Division – Ashwen Parthiban 

• 8th Placed Individual in Debate, Senior Division – 

Eliza Vesluis 

• 9th Placed Individual in Debate, Senior Division – 

Izzah Ibrahim 

• 10th Placed Team in the Essay Writing Competition, 

Senior Division – Farmehr Farhour, Joanne Tay & 

Fergus Wong 

• 10th Placed Individual in Debate, Junior Division – 

Ashwen Parthiban 

• Coach of the Year – James Unsworth 

• Flag Bearers – Jancis Wong, Boramy Unn, Farmehr 

Farhour, Batrisyia Ahmad 

• Scholar’s Show Performers – Fergus Wong, Petra 

Tang, Hee Yoon Park 

• Undefeated Debate Team, Senior Division - Eliza 

Versluis, Izzah Ibrahim & Petra Tang 

• Undefeated Debate Team, Junior Division - Emma 

McLaughlin, Ashwen Parthiban, Eliza Chew 

Regional Round – Singapore 

• Best foreign school team, Junior Division – Shanikah 

Doherty, Ashwen Parthiban & Vighnaa Kumar 

• Best foreign school team, Senior Division – Fergus 

Wong, Joanne Tay, Farmehr Farhour 

• Best Student from a foreign school team, Junior 

Division – Eliza Versluis 

• Best Student from a foreign school team, Senior 

Division - Ashwen Parthiban 

• Debate Show Case Participant – Batrisyia Ahmad 

• 4th Placed Debate Team, Junior Division - Batrisyia 

Ahmad, Martin Wong, Thung Xuan Lim 


Batrisyia Ahmad 


Thung Xuan Lim 


Martin Wong 

• 9th Placed Individual in Essay Writing, Junior 

Division - Ashwen Parthiban 

• 10th Placed Individual in Essay Writing, Junior 

Division – Eliza Chew 



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LEARNING ENGLISH TAKES TIME 

In ESL, we focus on students developing a mastery of the 

English language. 

The starting point is social and classroom conversation 

known as BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills). 

Most students develop in this area quickly once they are 

immersed in an English speaking environment, like our 

school. For some students though, correctness in English 

speech patterns requires a more concentrated effort. 

Alongside basic communication lies academic proficiency 

(Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency - CALP) which 

takes longer to develop. Each student needs to master 

listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at age 

appropriate levels. It involves an ever-expanding vocabulary 

as well as the skills to recall, understand, compare, classify, 

evaluate and infer within many contexts and specific 

academic studies. 

It takes between five to seven years to develop CALP and 

can take up to even ten years if the student does not have 

adequate support, at school and home, or a capacity for 

learning languages. Catching up with peers in a classroom 

setting is much more difficult than socialising using BICS. 

A purposefully written text or online program for ESL/EAL 

learners is a highly desirable approach that increasingly 

expands listening skills, reading comprehension skills, new 

grammar and writing skills. As English skills improve the text 

can be reduced and language can be manipulated in a more 

creative way. 

Where is your child on this learning journey 

Sandi Clark and Teresa Kasim, 

ESL/EAL Teachers 

KOREAN 

영어, 우리는 영어의 숙달을 개발하고 학생에 초점을 맞춥니다. 

출발점은 사회와 교실 대화입니다. 대부분의 학생들은 우리 

학교처럼 영어 환경에 익숙해되면 신속하게이 지역의 개발. 일부 

학생 불구하고, 영어 음성 패턴의 정확성에 좀 더 집중적인 

노력이 필요합니다. 기본적인 의사 소통이 학업 능력을 거짓말 

외에도. 각 학생은, 말하기, 읽기 및 나이 적절한 수준에서 능력을 

쓰기, 듣기를 마스터해야합니다. 그것은 끊임없이 확장 어휘뿐만 

아니라, 비교, 이해, 기억에 분류, 평가하고 여러 상황과 구체적인 

학술 연구 이내 추론 능력을 포함한다. 이것은 개발 5-7 년 사이에 

걸리는 학생은 적절한 지원을하지 않는 경우에도 십년까지 소요될 

수 있습니다, 학교 모두에서 그리고 가정에서. 교실 환경에서 

그들의 동료 되살리려기 훨씬 더 사교보다 어렵습니다 영어 / EAL 

학습자를위한 의도로 작성된 텍스트 또는 온라인 프로그램 점점 

독해 기술, 새로운 문법과 쓰기 능력을 읽기, 듣기 능력을 확장 

매우 바람직한 방법입니다. 영어 역량이 텍스트가 줄일 수보다 

인지적 접근은 언어가 더 창의적인 엔드에 조정할 수있어 어디에 

적용됩니다 향상니다. 어디 학습 여행에 여러분의 자녀입니까 

本的な通信と並んで学術的な能力 (CALP 認知学術言語能力 )があ 

る。各学生は、リスニング、スピーキング、リーディング、年齢 

に適したレベルでのライティングスキルをマスターする必要があ 

ります。それは、拡大を続ける語彙だけでなく、スキル、リコー 

ル理解、比較、分類、評価し、多くのコンテキストと特定の学術 

研究の中で推論することを伴います。それはCALP 開発するために 

七から五年の間とり、学生が十分な学校や家庭でのサポート、ま 

たは言語を学習するための能力を持っていない場合でも、十年か 

かることがあります。教室環境におけるピアに追いつくことはは 

るかに困難 BICSを使用して社交よりです。 ESL / EAL 学習者のため 

意図的に書かれたテキストまたはオンラインプログラムは、ます 

ますリスニングスキル、読解力、新しい文法とライティングスキ 

ルを拡大し、非常に望ましいアプローチです。英語のスキルは、 

テキストを改善するにつれて減少することができ、言語はより創 

造的な方法で操作することができます。この学習旅行であなたの 

子供はどこにありますか 

TAGALOG (THE PHILIPPINES) 

Sa ESL, focus namin sa mga mag-aaral pagbuo ng isang 

tagumpay ng wikang Ingles. Ang panimulang punto 

ay panlipunan at silid-aralan Ang pag-uusap na kilala 

bilang BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills). 

Karamihan sa mga mag-aaral na bumuo sa lugar na ito 

mabilis sa sandaling ang mga ito ay sa ilalim ng tubig sa 

isang kapaligiran sa Ingles pagsasalita, tulad ng ating 

paaralan. Para sa ilang mga mag-aaral kahit na, kawastuhan 

sa Ingles pagsasalita pattern ay nangangailangan ng 

isang mas puro pagsisikap. Sa tabi ng mga pangunahing 

komunikasyon ay namamalagi akademikong kasanayan 

(nagbibigay-malay akademikong kasanayan sa Wika - 

CALP) na kumukuha ng mas matagal upang bumuo. Magaaral 

sa bawat mga pangangailangan sa master pakikinig, 

pagsasalita, pagbabasa at pagsusulat kakayahan sa 

edad naaangkop na antas. Ito ay nagsasangkot ng isang 

kailanman-palawakin bokabularyo pati na rin ang mga 

kasanayan sa pagpapabalik, nauunawaan, ihambing, paguri-uriin, 

suriin at magpakilala sa loob ng maraming mga 

contexts at tiyak na pang-akademikong pag-aaral. Ito ay 

tumatagal ng sa pagitan ng 5-7 taon upang bumuo CALP at 

maaaring tumagal ng hanggang sa kahit na sampung taon 

kung mag-aaral ay walang sapat na suporta, sa paaralan 

at tahanan, o isang kapasidad para sa pag-aaral ng wika. 

Nakahahalina up sa peers sa isang setting na silid-aralan ay 

mas mahirap kaysa sa pakikisalamuha gamit BICS. Isang 

purposefully nakasulat na teksto o mga online na programa 

para sa ESL / EAL aaral ay isang mataas na kanais-nais 

na diskarte na increasingly lumalaki pakikinig kasanayan, 

pagbabasa-intindi kasanayan, ang mga bagong balarila at 

pagsulat ng mga kasanayan. Tulad ng mga kasanayan sa 

Ingles mapabuti ang teksto ay maaaring nabawasan at wika 

maaaring manipulahin sa isang mas creative na paraan. 

Saan ang inyong anak sa pag-aaral na paglalakbay 

MANDARIN 

在 ESL, 我们重点发展了学生的英语语言的掌握。其出发点是社会对 

话和课堂为 BICS( 基本人际沟通技巧 ) 闻名。大多数学生发展迅速一 

旦他们都沉浸在英语环境像我们学校 , 这方面的。对于一些学生虽然 

在英语语音模式的正确性 , 需要更加集中精力。除了基本的通信在于 

学术水平 ( 认知学术语言能力 - CALP), 它需要更长的时间来发展。 

每个学生需要掌握听 , 说 , 读 , 写在适当的年龄层次的技能。它涉及 

一个不断扩大词汇量 , 以及召回的技能 , 理解 , 比较 , 分类 , 评价和 

推断在许多情况下 , 具体的学术研究。它耗费 5 至 7 年发展 CALP, 可 

以采取多达甚至十年 , 如果学生没有足够的支持 , 在学校和家庭 , 或 

为学习语言的能力。赶上在教室里设置了很多同龄人比社交使用 BICS 

困难。一个故意书面文字或 ESL / EAL 学习者的在线计划是一个非常 

理想的方法 , 越来越扩大的倾听技巧 , 阅读理解能力 , 新的语法和写 

作能力。由于英语能力提高文字和语言可以减少可以更创造性地操 

纵。如果你对这个孩子的学习之旅 

JAPANESE 

ESLでは、英語の習得を開発する学生に焦点を当てる。出発点 

は、BICS( 基本的な対人コミュニケーションスキル)として知られ 

ている社会と教室会話です。ほとんどの学生はすぐに一度、私たち 

の学校のように、英語を話す環境に浸漬されているこの分野で開発 

する。しかし一部の学生の場合は、英語のスピーチパターンの正 

しさは、より集中的な努力が必要です。開発に時間がかかる - 基 



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Walkathon Wind Up 

As we leave a busy Term 2 behind I would like to leave 

you with the final Walkathon statistics. 

The total raised was RM 44,207.90 and every ringgit 

will go to the Matilda Project at Asrama Desa Pukak. 

There is no middle man here. Students who excelled 

in their fundraising efforts must be congratulated and 

recognised. I hope it has been a win/ win situation. 

Student Year Total (RM) 

Valentyn Santhara 4W 900 

Yeoh Pei Xien 5W 1100 

Bryan Devries 7G 580 

Jaan Joseph 7G 660 

Tzyy Yng Lau 7W 1802 

Callum Kilpatrick 7W 720 

Alisha Goves 8G 600 

Vajra Rajah 8G 800 

Mark Devries 10 G 580 

Alisha Azuddin 10 W 420 

Kelly deVries 12 1275 

Alana Miller-Foote 12 500 

No Name / Others 1069 

Class 

Total (RM) 

G 

W 

P 1561 

K 1185 1145 

1 711 1918 

2 880 1415 

3 1908 1020 

4 1479 1739 

5 1864 2360 

6 460 2795 

7 3166 3222 

8 5439 1710 

9 260 1340 

10 990 640 

11 345 800 

12 230 2485 

No Names / Other 2497 

8G is the winning fundraising class. 

Congratulations and a huge thank you. 

Thanks to SRC for their promotion and organisation 

during this fundraiser. Please visit the website to see 

some of the photos of the day. There is a powerpoint 

available too. 

Next term we will be organising a service expedition 

to visit the students and work with them. More 

information on this will follow. We are truly grateful to 

all of you who have supported and participated in this 

inaugural event 

Sheila Martineau, Service Learning Committee 

Message From Health Services 

Back To School 

To help ease back-to-school butterflies, try to transition 

kids into a consistent school-night routine a few days 

before school starts. Also make sure that they: 

• Get enough sleep (establish a reasonable bedtime 

so that they’ll be well-rested and ready to learn in the 

morning) 

• Eat a healthy breakfast (they’re more alert and do 

better in school if they eat a good breakfast every day) 

• Make sure that they bring healthy snacks to school 

and not sugar filled snacks that not only rot teeth but 

offer no nutritional value to the growing body. 

Although it’s normal to be anxious in any new situation, 

a few kids develop real physical symptoms, such as 

headaches or stomachaches, associated with the start 

of school. If you’re concerned that your child’s worries 

go beyond the normal back-to-school jitters, speak with 

your child’s doctor, school nurse, teacher, or school 

counselor. 

Absence From Sports Activities 

Any student who cannot participate in swimming or any 

sport activity needs to have a letter from the parents. 

Mrs Mac, the school nurse, will not be able to supply 

letters to the sport teacher on their behalf. 

Female students who have their menstruation are 

encouraged to participate in all sport activities as usual. 

DUKE OF EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL AWARD 

A big thank you to Tim Reid Yr 12W and Fergus Wong 

Yr 11G for their community service in the Health 

Services .Both exceptional students who not only have 

a willingness to learn but to take time and effort to care 

for other students who are unwell. 

Link Parents 

Tim Reid with Mrs Mac in a 

First Aid class 

For the students who are 

going on a camping excursion 

for the Duke of Edinburgh 

International Award. A quote 

from Tim: 

“A valuable experience.” 

Thank you to all who have signed up as Link Parents 

( formally known as Link Ladies) here at AISM. A link 

Parent provides general advice by email to potential 

parent’s on services / housing / shopping / kids’ 

activities etc in the area they live in. This is already 

proving to be a valuable tool for potential parents by 

providing a link in our school community. 

We still have the following areas to fill Bangsar – 

(Junior Parent) , Ampang area – (Junior / Middle or 

Senior parent) and a parent from the Australian High 

Commission. If you’d like to know more about this 

role and feel you can help out then please email 

Michelle on: 

communicationsofficer@aism.edu.my 

24th June 2011 Page 11


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Term 3, 2011 Invoices & Payments 

Dear Parents, kindly be informed that the Term 3, 2011 invoices have been mailed out on 16th June,2011. 

Please note – 

• Payment due date for Term 3, 2011 is on 20th July 2011 (Wednesday). Payment after due date will be subjected to 

Late Payment Charges. 

• For direct bank-in into our bank account, please forward a copy of the transaction slip with details of payment 

(invoice number) and student’s name to the school via fax or email. 

The school bank account details are as follows: 

Account Name : AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SDN BHD 

Account No. : 12136-0-01-000600-4 

Swift Code : MFBBMYKL 

Bank Name : ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD 

Bank Address : No.45, JLN SUNGAI BESI INDAH 1/21, TAMAN SUNGAI BESI INDAH,43300 SERI 

KEMBANGAN, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA. 

If you have not received the invoice(s) by 24th June 2011, please contact the following personnel for another copy to 

the sent to you. 

Ms Jessica (Finance Executive) – Jessicatee@aism.edu.my (ext 135) 

Ms Diana Luen (Finance Executive) – DianaLuen@aism.edu.my (ext 107) 

Mr Ahmad M Sharif (Accounts Officer) – AhmadMSharif@aism.edu.my (ext133) 

Contact phone number: 603-8943 0622 (General Line), Fax number: 603-8948 4522 

Kind Regards 

Finance Department 

Deepavali Assembly 

The Deepavali Assembly will be held 

on Wednesday, 26 October 2011. 

If you are interested in planning for 

this event, please contact Cikgu 

Kasim. 

Saufi Kasim 

Uniform Shop 

The school uniform shop will be 

available during the holidays from 

10am to 3pm each day. Since our 

office has moved to F8 ( near the 

library) and there is much sorting to 

do, please call ahead to let Mag and 

Lucia know you are coming, so that 

one of them is available. 

Email Reroute 

I would like to inform all members 

of the AISM community that one of 

our Admin staff, Kalpana has left the 

school to be a full time mum. Emails 

that you may have previously sent to 

her should now be directed to our new 

Admin Manager Danny, who will then 

forward appropriately. 

headofadmin@aism.edu.my

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