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<strong>Issue</strong> 5 Week 10B 5th April 2012 For internal circulation only<br />
AISM NEWSLETTER<br />
The Fortnightly Community Newsletter of the <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Malaysia</strong><br />
Main Senior Middle Junior Performing Arts Sports Parent Assoc. Others<br />
Principal’s Message<br />
Students and staff all returned from camp with wonderful<br />
tales of fun, fellowship, significant learning and deeper<br />
understandings about team and community skills. It is a<br />
significant act when teachers agree to supervise school<br />
camps and other weekend student activities. I know our<br />
students have learnt to appreciate the generosity and<br />
commitment of our staff, rather than simply expecting it.<br />
On Monday morning James Unsworth arrived at our staff<br />
morning briefing carrying a box full of trophies. Both he<br />
and Anna Wood spent the weekend at the <strong>Malaysia</strong>n World<br />
Scholars Cup Competition with a large team comprising<br />
of many of our brightest students. Our team won just<br />
about everything that was on offer at the event. They<br />
not only won, or were placed in almost every section of<br />
the competition, but also earned a great deal of respect<br />
from the other participants for their humble and respectful<br />
demeanour demonstrated in winning. Winning honours as<br />
the champion school in both the junior and senior section of<br />
the competition is an outstanding result.<br />
Our Junior Young Voices and Senior String Quartet students<br />
impressed a large audience when they performed at the<br />
Bangsar Shopping Centre recently in the <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> Talent Competition.<br />
Our Under 16 Boys’ Basketball team won gold at the French<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> tournament, winning all four of their<br />
matches convincingly. Our netball, rugby and girls touch<br />
football teams competed with great flair and success in their<br />
recent sports exchange with Penang Uplands <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Our students are excelling on many fronts. This week we had<br />
Under 12 and Under 14 development squads (learn to play)<br />
rugby matches against ISKL. Several students took part in<br />
the the <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>School</strong>s computing competition. Some of<br />
our Performing Arts groups performed during lunchtime on<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Our recent Cross Country Carnival was a great success and<br />
another example of superb team work in the way it was<br />
organised and conducted.<br />
More than 40 of our most talented creative writers from year<br />
3 to year 11 took part in writing workshops recently. Students<br />
in Junior <strong>School</strong> have enjoyed increased opportunities<br />
in sport, performing arts and academic challenges. Our<br />
students are embracing opportunities to Explore, Extend<br />
and Excel in many curriculum and co - curricula pursuits.<br />
Enjoy the term break. It has been a very productive term for<br />
all of our students.<br />
Diary<br />
Saturday, 21st April 2012<br />
• Supercamp Parent-Child Workshop, 9.30am<br />
– 3.30pm, Garden <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Monday, 23rd April 2012<br />
– Friday, 4th May 2012<br />
• Parent Association’s Recycle for Ringgit<br />
Tuesday, 24th April 2012<br />
• Start of Term 2<br />
• ICAS Science Test<br />
• Co-Curricular Program continues<br />
Wednesday, 25th April 2012<br />
• Anzac Day Dawn Service, 6.15am, Cheras<br />
Cemetary<br />
Friday, 27th April 2012<br />
• Junior <strong>School</strong> Assembly, 2.20pm, Auditorium<br />
Tuesday, 8th May 2012<br />
• Senior <strong>School</strong> Music Afternoon<br />
ANZAC Day Dawn Service<br />
The ANZAC Day dawn service will be held, as<br />
always at the Cheras Rd Christian Cemetery on<br />
Wednesday 25th April at 6.15am. ( for 6.30am<br />
start)<br />
Our Young Voices Choir will be performing and<br />
we are also providing “arrival music” sung by<br />
Nicole Pearsall and Fiorella Prato da Costa.<br />
Our Senior <strong>School</strong> Captains will also play a role<br />
on the day.<br />
This is always a stirring occasion and AISM is<br />
always well-represented.<br />
Parents and students are invited to attend.<br />
Students should wear full school uniform.<br />
Wendy Gardiner, Assistant Principal<br />
David Kilpatrick, Principal<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Malaysia</strong>, No 22, Jalan Anggerik, The Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, <strong>Malaysia</strong>.<br />
Phone: (603) 8943 0622, Fax: (603) 8948 4522, Email: admin@aism.edu.my, Website: www.aism.edu.my<br />
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Main Senior Middle Junior Performing Arts Sports Parent Assoc. Others<br />
Senior <strong>School</strong> News<br />
Camps<br />
Welcome back to all students and staff from<br />
the various Senior <strong>School</strong> Camps. I had the<br />
‘pleasure’ of accompanying the Year 9 group<br />
to Sabah. The reason that I place pleasure<br />
in inverted commas is because most people<br />
would not consider the idea of squat toilets,<br />
bucket showers and living under canvas a<br />
pleasure. However, these discomforts were<br />
more than compensated for by the can do,<br />
positive attitude of the students. Time and<br />
again they were challenged and time and again<br />
they succeeded. These challenges came from<br />
all different quarters: whether it be mixing<br />
concrete, climbing hills, teaching a two and<br />
half hour lesson or learning and performing a<br />
traditional dance. On each occasion students<br />
stepped up. We should be rightly proud of our<br />
young men and women. I am sure that there<br />
are similar stories from other camps.<br />
I would like to re-emphasise my comments<br />
in the last newsletter about the sacrifice<br />
that AISM staff make to allow the camps to<br />
happen. I was again pleased with the families<br />
that took the time to come up and thank camp<br />
staff for their efforts. It means a lot.<br />
ICAS testing<br />
With the Computer Skills test now completed<br />
it is time to look towards the other tests. The<br />
Science Test is scheduled for the first day back<br />
next term (Tuesday, 24th April). A letter<br />
has been sent home with students outlining<br />
the details for this test.<br />
Dates for the remaining two tests are:<br />
English Thursday, 19th July<br />
(note change of date due to vacation)<br />
Mathematics Tuesday, 24th July<br />
Congratulations<br />
A huge congratulations to Mr Unsworth and<br />
the Scholaroos. An incredible achievement.<br />
Best in both Senior and Junior teams and<br />
numerous (50+) awards. A full report is in<br />
page 10 of this newsletter.<br />
Eliza Chew (Year 10)<br />
has been selected as<br />
part of the <strong>Malaysia</strong>n<br />
Philharmonic Youth<br />
Orchestra for their<br />
upcoming season.<br />
This is a remarkable<br />
achievement and I look<br />
forward to seeing Eliza<br />
perform later in the year.<br />
Ian Martineau, Head of Senior <strong>School</strong><br />
Photography<br />
Students from Photography class, share what they have<br />
learnt recently.<br />
Depth Of Field<br />
In Photography, we have been learning about Depth of<br />
Field. Depth of Field is when you choose to have either<br />
a part of your<br />
photo in focus<br />
or everything in<br />
focus. The theme<br />
was “Nature” and<br />
I was interested in<br />
creating a shallow<br />
depth of field on<br />
the tree.<br />
Golriz Mokhtari,<br />
Year 10<br />
Mr B’s Careers Corner<br />
Career Voyage<br />
Week 10 has proved to be another busy week for careers<br />
and pathways at AISM. On Tuesday, our Year 9 students<br />
took part in the JIIG-CAL Career Voyage survey. This is an<br />
online program that allows students to consider future career<br />
paths by completing a preference-based questionnaire.<br />
The survey looks at what areas students might like and<br />
generates a report based on their preferences. The results<br />
will form the basis for Year 9 student interviews, which will<br />
commence early next term.<br />
Futurewise Profiling<br />
A number of Year 10 students had their Morrisby<br />
psychometric profiling on Wednesday this week. This is<br />
a far more detailed testing program than Career Voyage<br />
and is part of the Futurewise membership. The results will<br />
be available next term and will aid students and parents<br />
with subject selections, work experience and eventually<br />
university applications. This profiling looks for fundamental<br />
abilities and the scores are not improved by revision, so<br />
students of all academic abilities are able to complete the<br />
process. Following a profiling session, students receive a<br />
detailed report which identifies their strengths in reasoning<br />
that include:<br />
o verbal and numerical ability<br />
o perceptual, spatial and mechanical ability<br />
o personality and learning style<br />
o problem solving ability<br />
Save the Date!!<br />
An early notification that our IDP <strong>Australian</strong> University<br />
Fair will be on the evening of Monday, May 7th.<br />
The event will start at around 5.30pm and will end at<br />
around 8pm in the school gym. All parents and students<br />
from Year 7 to 12 are warmly invited to attend.<br />
Chris Broadbent, Careers and Pathways Coordinator<br />
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Middle <strong>School</strong> News<br />
Camp week for 2012 has been a huge success with all<br />
Middle <strong>School</strong> levels participating. The students were<br />
given many exciting opportunities to develop and<br />
nurture their skills and talents.<br />
Whilst each camp has different learning outcomes the<br />
general facilities on all camps were excellent. I had the<br />
pleasure of partaking in both the year 5 and 7 camps<br />
and was encouraged by the positive contribution of all<br />
students to the success of their camp.<br />
The camp experience also assists students with life<br />
skills. They learn how to live and mix with others<br />
and how to make their own decisions and valid<br />
choices. They also learn how to take responsibility for<br />
themselves. I certainly recognised that as the week<br />
went on the students were clearly demonstrating more<br />
independence and the ability to make responsible<br />
choices.<br />
I was impressed by:<br />
• the students ability to support and encourage each<br />
other when they felt challenged.<br />
• excellent behaviour of our students given that all<br />
camps were located where some facilities were shared<br />
with the public<br />
• Resilience<br />
• Empathy for others in a shared environment<br />
• Respect demonstrated to teachers and instructors<br />
I wish to formally thank all of the staff who gave up their<br />
time away from their families to be on duty 24 hours<br />
a day for the camp week. Teachers make significant<br />
contributions in time and energy throughout the week<br />
and without this dedication the program would not be<br />
possible.<br />
World Scholars Cup<br />
I would like to congratulate those Middle <strong>School</strong><br />
students who were selected and participated in the<br />
World Scholars Cup. The results were outstanding and<br />
demonstrate that our curriculum is both rigorous and<br />
effective in teaching high order concepts.<br />
Term Holidays<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the<br />
students and their families a safe and restful holiday<br />
and Happy Easter for those Christian families in our<br />
school community.<br />
Year 5 Band Open Rehearsal<br />
On Wednesday, 4th of April the Year 5 band were<br />
together for the first time. Mr Malcolm McCormick<br />
is doing a wonderful job with these students and it<br />
would be very encouraging for parents to continue<br />
showing their support.<br />
Kylie Booker, Head of Middle <strong>School</strong><br />
Information Resource Centre News<br />
Poetry Week included a<br />
variety of activities. Ken<br />
Spillman’s presentations<br />
to our Middle & Senior<br />
school students focused<br />
on being creative and<br />
using one’s imagination.<br />
His workshops covered<br />
areas such as ways to develop storylines and<br />
characters. Ken introduced the younger students<br />
to his Jakes series including titles such as “Jake’s<br />
Monster Mess”.<br />
Roving Books Stall was once again very popular and<br />
took over RM3, 000 of which our library will receive<br />
10%.<br />
The Middle & Senior <strong>School</strong> Poetry Slam was very<br />
entertaining.<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> dress-up day and parade provided lots<br />
of fun with Ms Wendy Benner as the colourful and<br />
very entertaining, dragon MC.<br />
Local storyteller, Anne Ooi delighted the Prep, Kindy<br />
and Year 1 students with a variety of very animated<br />
and captivating stories.<br />
Last week I attended<br />
the EARCOS (East Asia<br />
Regional Council of<br />
<strong>School</strong>s) conference in<br />
Bangkok. There was a<br />
strong library strand,<br />
which focused on<br />
traditional as well as e-format. The keynote speakers<br />
were inspiring with presentations on topics such as<br />
“Teachers Make the Difference” and “Educational<br />
Transformation through Digital Creativity.” Our new<br />
library will focus on blending digital and non-digital<br />
resources.<br />
Many thanks to all the parent helpers this term. Your<br />
contribution to our library is very much appreciated.<br />
Happy holiday reading.<br />
Denise Miller, IRC Coordinator<br />
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Junior <strong>School</strong> News<br />
Well done everyone on a terrific start to the year. It’s<br />
hard to believe that we are already at the end of Term<br />
1. I would like to thank the teachers for their efforts this<br />
term and congratulate them on a great start to the year.<br />
Our Year 3 and 4 students attended camp last week and<br />
I am led to understand that the new venue was a hit<br />
with the students. I would like to extend my thanks and<br />
gratitude to those teachers who gave up their own family<br />
time to attend the camp.<br />
I attended the Saturday<br />
soccer with Mrs Welsh on<br />
the weekend and it was<br />
great to see so many of our<br />
young boys and girls running<br />
around out there and having<br />
fun on a Saturday morning.<br />
Learning to play as part<br />
of team is of such value<br />
to a child’s development<br />
and I would encourage<br />
anyone who is thinking of<br />
bringing their children to the<br />
Saturday morning soccer to<br />
do so.<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> Poetry Competition<br />
The Junior <strong>School</strong> Poetry Competition proved to be<br />
thoroughly entertaining for all! There are many thanks<br />
in order:<br />
Firstly, to all those students who performed and all<br />
those who had a go in class!<br />
Secondly, to all those parents who supported their<br />
children in preparation for the event.<br />
Thirdly, to Mrs Bal-Short for doing such fabulous judging<br />
when the standard was so high.<br />
The medal winners in order of 1st, 2nd, 3rd.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS TO:<br />
Prep: Aneesha, Aaryan, Caroline<br />
Kinder: Yi Qi, Kayato, Hanz<br />
Year One: Oliver, Charlotte, Danish<br />
Year Two: Lily, Tania, Emily<br />
Year Three: Gilbert, Nalini, Costanza<br />
Year Four: Taasia, Aletheia, Lharanya<br />
With the holidays it is always important to continue a<br />
home reading program with the younger students, to<br />
continue to consolidate that which they have learnt<br />
during the term. It can happen that some children don’t<br />
practise their reading and we find that they have gone a<br />
little backwards in their benchmarking when they return<br />
to school.<br />
I hope you all enjoy your well-deserved break and I look<br />
forward to catching up with you at the beginning of the<br />
new term.<br />
Damian Baynes, Head of Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
Year 4 Camp<br />
Year 4 had a fun-filled, jam packed three days at the<br />
Puteri Resort in Melaka. The children enjoyed many<br />
daytime activities including making camp bandanas,<br />
water based telematches, rafting, an obstacle course,<br />
making friendship bracelets and a treasure hunt as well<br />
as our night time activities of a night ‘jungle walk’ and<br />
a disco. There were ample opportunities for bonding<br />
with friends and teachers through discussions and<br />
teambuilding activities. We concluded our time together<br />
with a new found sense of community and respect for<br />
each other.<br />
Leah Mather<br />
Wendy Benner and Tania Questel<br />
Year 3 Camp<br />
On Thursday, 29th March, 37 excited Year 3 students<br />
headed to Puteri Resort, Melaka for their very first<br />
camping experience. The students all had a wonderful<br />
time participating in a range of activities including<br />
rafting, swimming, treasure hunting and archery. The<br />
camp was very successful and they are all looking<br />
forward to next year’s camp.<br />
Damian Pietsch<br />
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Performing Arts News<br />
The Complete Works of William<br />
Shakespeare in 90 minutes<br />
(Abridged)<br />
Senior <strong>School</strong> Elective Drama<br />
students and Advanced English<br />
students recently attend this<br />
performance at KLpac. This<br />
fast paced and very physical comedy examined and<br />
reinterpreted many of Shakespeare’s plays. The<br />
students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the<br />
chance to see some first class acting live on stage. It<br />
is hoped that we will be able to negotiate more student<br />
matinees at KLpac in the future to provide more<br />
opportunities for our students to experience the joy of<br />
live theatre.<br />
Expressions Talent Quest<br />
The AISM Young Voices and String Quartet recently<br />
participated in The Expat Group’s Expressions Talent<br />
Quest at Bangsar Shopping Centre on Saturday 24th<br />
March. Although neither group made it to the finals they<br />
participated with pride and excellence in representing<br />
the school. I would like to congratulate all the student<br />
performers, thank the parents for their support and<br />
especially thank Mrs. Bal-Short and Mr. McCormick for<br />
their work with these ensembles.<br />
ANZAC Day Dawn Service<br />
The AISM Young Voices and Vocal Ensemble will be<br />
performing at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Cheras<br />
Christian Cemetery on the 25th April. The students are<br />
to wear their school uniform and parents are invited to<br />
attend the ceremony. This is a very important occasion<br />
in the <strong>Australian</strong> and New Zealand calendars.<br />
Jon Suffolk,<br />
Coordinator Performances and Events<br />
From the Music Room<br />
Instrumental<br />
Music<br />
Academy<br />
Thanks to all the parents who<br />
have completed payments<br />
for term 1. This week email<br />
invoices for second term will be<br />
forwarded to you. If you have<br />
enrolled your son/daughter and<br />
filled out the application form you do not need to<br />
fill out another for term 2. If you want your son/<br />
daughter to start lessons for the first time this year<br />
please fill out an application form which is available<br />
from Mr McCormick or can be found on the website<br />
under calendar and events.<br />
‘Expressions’<br />
Thanks to Fergus Wong, Sally Peh, Kevin Lee and<br />
Zac Azaran who performed as part of the AISM<br />
String Quartet at the recent <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Talent Quest. Their performance was confident,<br />
musical and of an excellent standard. Keep an ear<br />
and eye out for more outstanding performances.<br />
Year 5 Band Open Rehearsal<br />
On Wednesday, 4th of April I will be combining both<br />
Year 5 classes to put the Year 5 band together for<br />
the first time. If any parents wish to attend the end<br />
of this rehearsal at 2.45 they are most welcome.<br />
This will not be a formal concert but an open<br />
rehearsal and a good chance for parents to see<br />
what is happening in this programme. I am very<br />
pleased with their progress at this time and I ask<br />
parents to continue to encourage students in their<br />
daily practice.<br />
Malcolm McCormick, Music Teacher<br />
Junior Music Notes<br />
Many thanks to the students from AISM who attended and performed exquisitely<br />
at the Expressions <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>s Talent Quest held at Bangsar Shopping<br />
Centre on 24 March. It was a great experience for the Young Voices Choir to perform<br />
publically and for the AISM String Quartet who opened the Senior <strong>School</strong> category.<br />
Competing with beautiful cultural dancers, magicians and such a variety of performers<br />
in such a public space, is a big call for a choir and a quartet. However, the standard of<br />
our performances were in a different league from the other competitors. AISM can be<br />
very proud of the standard of musicianship and how polished our young performers<br />
are. Well done everyone.<br />
Our next big gig will be the ANZAC Day Dawn Service<br />
early next term on April 25. Have a safe and happy holiday<br />
break.<br />
Susan Bal-Short, Junior Performing Arts Teacher<br />
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AISM Cross Country Carnival 2012<br />
The lead-up to this year’s<br />
event saw many of our<br />
senior students training<br />
at every opportunity. Each<br />
lunchtime house leaders<br />
were out on the track<br />
promoting their teams<br />
and encouraging the<br />
chance to get some important running time on the<br />
new course. Competition was going to be tough with<br />
many students keen to put lots of kilometres under<br />
their belt. All classes had run the course several times<br />
during PE lessons and fitness was a priority early<br />
in the term. Once again it was great to see Allied<br />
Pickford supporting the school, providing shade<br />
tents and bottled water for<br />
our students and staff.<br />
The stands were also full<br />
of cheering parents and<br />
friends, encouraging the<br />
students in each of the<br />
races.<br />
The scene was set for a great day and, as the Senior<br />
3km athletes took to the start line, the field erupted in<br />
house chants. With the heat of the day kicking in early<br />
the longer events started<br />
to roll through. The racing<br />
was just as hot as the<br />
sun and, as many of the<br />
athletes crossed the line,<br />
you could see how much<br />
effort they had endured for<br />
their team.<br />
After the 3km event, came<br />
one of the highlights of the<br />
day with our Prep and Kindy<br />
students taking to the<br />
track and providing some<br />
great entertainment for<br />
the screaming crowd. The<br />
2km and then the Junior<br />
<strong>School</strong> 1km events followed. Whilst the distances<br />
reduced with age, the commitment and effort didn’t<br />
change and as each race finished, through the pain,<br />
one could see elation and pride of just completing the<br />
race.<br />
With the sun beating down,<br />
the presentation ceremony<br />
was moved to the comfort<br />
of the air conditioned<br />
gymnasium and as each<br />
of the age champions<br />
were presented with their<br />
medals the house teams<br />
roared with cheers for teammates.<br />
The final announcement<br />
was the ultimate prize of<br />
House Champions and<br />
following on from last<br />
year’s success, Freeman<br />
was once again victorious.<br />
Many of our students will continue to train under<br />
the watchful eye of our distance coach, Mr Damian<br />
Baynes, who gives many early morning hours to<br />
prepare these athletes for further competition with<br />
ISAC and Triathlon/Duathlon events.<br />
A big thank you must go out to the staff, who assisted<br />
on the day and the service crew who helped to set<br />
up the course.<br />
Freeman 400<br />
Thorpe 354<br />
Rafter 314<br />
Sauvage 278<br />
Age Champions<br />
Prep Girl Fumika Watanabe Sauvage<br />
Prep Boy Joshua Mather Freeman<br />
Kindy Girl Hanz Lee Thorpe<br />
Kindy Boy Isaac Roe Rafter<br />
7 Girl Alana Gallagher Freeman<br />
7 Boy Oliver Wilson Freeman<br />
8 Girl Ariana Eimer Rafter<br />
8 Boy Kashan Hassan Rafter<br />
9 Girl Nalini Paijens Freeman<br />
9 Boy Thomas Leetham Thorpe<br />
10 Girl Lauren Gallagher Freeman<br />
10 Boy Jack Leetham Thorpe<br />
11 Girl Tamika Baynes Freeman<br />
11 Boy Jeremy Bartley Freeman<br />
12 Girl Tayla Appleby Rafter<br />
12 Boy Daniel Dovale Thorpe<br />
13 Girl Jessica Orford Sauvage<br />
13 Boy Loh Hin ken Freeman<br />
14 Girl Madyson Pietsch Sauvage<br />
14 Boy Henry Baynes Freeman<br />
15 Girl Alisha Goves Thorpe<br />
15 Boy Santiago Prato Savauge<br />
16 Girl Shannikah Doherty Thorpe<br />
16 Boy Alexander McLaws Sauvage<br />
17 Girl Hay Li Tan Sauvage<br />
17 Boy Mitchell Booker Sauvage<br />
Phil Wilkins, Sports Coordinator<br />
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AISM Softball Teams<br />
For the first time in AISM’s history we<br />
entered the ISAC Softball competition with<br />
both girls and boys teams.<br />
Although the girls played their first<br />
set of matches without even having<br />
the opportunity to practise (due to the<br />
competition being held shortly into our<br />
term 1), they approached the matches with<br />
great enthusiasm and sportsmanship. The<br />
girls were soundly beaten in the first few weeks, however this<br />
did not stop them from learning the game<br />
quickly and improving immensely as they<br />
experienced game time. A testament to<br />
their improvement was that on the final day<br />
of competition the girls pushed ISKL to a 9<br />
-4 loss. This was after losing to the same<br />
team 19 -2 earlier in the competition. The<br />
girls were also rewarded with a fantastic<br />
win in their final game, over a co-ed team<br />
from Tenby.<br />
The boys started well with a win over<br />
Tenby 21 -2, however they found the going<br />
harder against the more experienced,<br />
larger schools. As with the girls, the boys<br />
displayed a massive improvement as the<br />
competition progressed. As they gained<br />
a better understanding of the rules and<br />
strategies of the game, their team play<br />
improved vastly. The highlight of the<br />
competition was not the<br />
two wins the team had, but in the final<br />
game in which the boys lost to ISKL 5 -3.<br />
This was after losing to the same team 24<br />
-2 earlier in the competition.<br />
I was very proud of both the teams. They<br />
conducted themselves in an admirable<br />
manner on and off the field, displaying<br />
sportsmanship and determination to do<br />
their best.<br />
Damian Pietsch<br />
Triathlon News<br />
There are two events coming up that may<br />
be of interest to those students keen to<br />
participate:<br />
Nexus Triathlon, 28th May 2012<br />
Registration: http://www.mrxevents.com/<br />
Singapore <strong>School</strong>s Aquathlon<br />
Championships<br />
Registration: http://www.triathlonsingapore.<br />
org<br />
Under 11 Boys Soccer at<br />
the <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Competition<br />
Under 11’s Boys Soccer played eight games<br />
at the <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>s Competition at<br />
KLASS last Saturday. We were so proud of<br />
the boys as they tried hard and performed<br />
very well. They won two games, drew three<br />
and lost three against stiff competition.<br />
Thank you to the parents who cheered us on<br />
and especially to our coach for the day, Mr<br />
Hakem, who nearly lost his voice instructing<br />
and encouraging from the sidelines.<br />
Tania Questel<br />
U13 Girls Basketball<br />
Two weeks ago our girls U13 basketball team<br />
played their final game in this competition.<br />
Whilst the girls have won one of their five<br />
games, they are to be commended on their<br />
willingness to train and compete. When they<br />
started at the beginning of the year, each<br />
team member had no idea of their position<br />
let alone their role as a member of the team.<br />
Today each player knows what they are<br />
supposed to do, where they are supposed<br />
to stand and what their role in the team is.<br />
Over the next few months, we will continue<br />
training so they can increase their skills.<br />
The students are to be congratulated on the<br />
manner in which they play the game. They<br />
are keen to play, give their best and are<br />
great ambassadors for the school.<br />
Judy Hurditch<br />
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AISM vs The <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> of<br />
Penang (Uplands)<br />
The Uplands <strong>School</strong>,<br />
Penang travelled to AISM<br />
for a feast of Aussie Sport<br />
on Saturday 17th March.<br />
Teams in Netball, Rugby<br />
and Touch competed in<br />
a round robin of friendly<br />
competition. The Senior and U16 Girls Netball, Senior<br />
Rugby 10s and 7s and our Senior Girls Touch played a<br />
mixture of games throughout the morning.<br />
Rugby saw some close and<br />
exciting clashes with many<br />
entertaining passages of<br />
play. There were some<br />
great contests as our boys<br />
are just starting to work<br />
into preseason training<br />
and welcomed the hit out.<br />
The AISM Roos were victorious in their games and<br />
look like they would be having a great year ahead.<br />
The first games of the<br />
year for our netball girls<br />
revealed some new talent<br />
combined with the core<br />
of last year’s successful<br />
players. The Senior team,<br />
whilst losing their game,<br />
displayed promising skill<br />
and look like they would be having a good season.<br />
The 16s seem to have picked up where they left off<br />
last year and dominated<br />
their games. Some new<br />
players into this team<br />
combined with a number of<br />
U13 players who stepped<br />
up for the day, showed<br />
that netball is gaining<br />
momentum at AISM.<br />
The touch girls seem to have lost nothing over the<br />
summer break and came out firing against a stunned<br />
mixed boys/girls Penang team. Tries out wide quickly<br />
saw the score move to 4 – 0 before the visitors<br />
bothered the scorer. The tries continued to come as<br />
the speed and stepping of the AISM girls resulted<br />
in a 11 – 5 final score line. Having lost some key<br />
playmakers at the end of last year, it was great to see<br />
others step up and take control.<br />
A special mention must go to two fantastic supporting<br />
families who made the day special for all the students<br />
by providing sustenance in the form of BBQ and drinks:<br />
James and Daisy Murdoch supplied all the sausages,<br />
buns and drink, while Rod and Karen McLaughlin<br />
and Grandparents supplied the BBQ, cooking up<br />
the traditional Aussie lunch. Both Penang and AISM<br />
students were grateful for their contribution.<br />
In all it was a great event, combining some highly<br />
skilful sporting action as well as some very important<br />
social interaction between the schools.<br />
Finance News<br />
Term 2, 2012 Invoices<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
Kindly be informed that the Term 2, 2012 invoices<br />
were mailed out on 30 March, 2012. If you have<br />
not received the invoice(s) by 5 April, 2012, please<br />
contact either one of the following persons for<br />
assistance :<br />
Ms Jessica (Finance Executive)<br />
Email : Jessicatee@aism.edu.my<br />
Phone : +603 – 8943 0622 ext. 133<br />
Ms Mimie (Finance Executive)<br />
Email : YSeokmei@aism.edu.my<br />
Phone : +603 – 8943 0622 ext 105<br />
Important to note :<br />
1. Please pay on time. The payment due date is<br />
on 24 April, 2012 (Tuesday). A 5% Late Payment<br />
Charge will be imposed on payments made after the<br />
due date.<br />
2. We accept the following modes of payment :<br />
a. Cash<br />
b. Crossed cheque or bank draft drawn in favour of<br />
“<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> Sdn Bhd”<br />
Should you wish to bank your payment directly into<br />
our bank account, please email or fax us a copy of<br />
the transaction slip with details of payment such as<br />
the Invoice Number, Student’s Name and Year Group.<br />
Our fax number is : +603 – 8948 4522.<br />
Our bank account details are as follows:<br />
Account Name :<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> Sdn Bhd<br />
Account No. :<br />
12136-0-01-000600-4<br />
Swift Code :<br />
MFBBMYKL<br />
Bank Name :<br />
Alliance Bank <strong>Malaysia</strong> Berhad<br />
Bank Address :<br />
No.45, Jalan Sungai Besi Indah 1/21<br />
Taman Sungai Indah<br />
43300 Seri Kembangan<br />
Selangor<br />
Finance Department<br />
Phil Wilkins, Sports Coordinator<br />
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Parent Association Information<br />
Hi Parents,<br />
I’m back again! Following our AGM on the 16th<br />
March, the Parent’s Association Executive Committee<br />
was re-elected with only two changes to the Parent<br />
Representatives. Your committee is:<br />
President: Leanne Robertson<br />
Vice President: Noor’aza Greatorex<br />
Secretary: Kerrie McConnaghy<br />
Treasurer: Chris Lambert<br />
Parent Representative: Annette Pearsall<br />
We say farewell to Rhonda Kortum and thank her for<br />
all her hard work last year. I’m sure she will still be<br />
there helping us out.<br />
We welcome on board Jane Bartley, whom I’m sure<br />
plenty of you already know.<br />
We also welcome Ilhaam Soeker-Jadwat - a new<br />
parent this year who has bravely stepped up to join<br />
us.<br />
As we all have a year’s experience behind us now, we<br />
are looking forward to making 2012 a great year for<br />
the PA.<br />
We have already hosted our first event for the year - a<br />
Twilight Nite - which went successfully. We saw quite<br />
a few new families attending and once again, we had<br />
great luck with the weather - no rain!<br />
Preparation for the Mother’s Day stall is well underway<br />
with Jane and her band of dedicated ladies braving<br />
the markets and streets to ensure plenty of great<br />
bargains at the stall. Gifts will be priced at RM 1.00,<br />
RM 2.00, RM 3.00, RM 5.00, RM 8.00 and RM 10.00.<br />
Envelopes and further information will be given out<br />
when we return to school early next term. For now,<br />
mark your calendars for Wednesday, 9th May. In the<br />
past this has been a day that the children really look<br />
forward to and enjoy, as much as mums enjoy getting<br />
the surprise. If you have any questions please contact<br />
Jane via the AISM Parents Association (pa@aism.edu.<br />
my).<br />
Jane is also very busy<br />
organising a Recycle for<br />
Ringgit campaign. It’s one<br />
of our ongoing fundraising<br />
ideas that helps you, the<br />
environment, the school<br />
and people in developing<br />
countries (transitional<br />
economies). So gather up<br />
all your unused clothes,<br />
footwear, handbags, belts,<br />
hats, scarves, Manchester -<br />
towels, sheets, tablecloths<br />
and light curtains and don’t<br />
throw them away. Keep hold<br />
of them so you can bag them<br />
up and bring them to school<br />
as we will be running our<br />
first campaign this year at the beginning of Term 2.<br />
It doesn’t matter if some items are old. A lot of the<br />
materials can be used as industrial and domestic<br />
cleaning cloths, or recycled for the fibre/material<br />
content and made into animal rugs.<br />
The Parents’ Association will receive ongoing ringgits<br />
for full bags returned, the amount will depend on the<br />
quality of the goods inside each bag.<br />
All the good quality clothing will be sent to local<br />
markets in developing countries including Africa,<br />
China, Middle East, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and<br />
Papua New Guinea to be bought by people who may<br />
otherwise not be able to afford clothes.<br />
So, get busy and start cleaning out those cupboards<br />
during the holidays, as the “red” bag delivery is on<br />
its way.<br />
Our other planned events so far, will be Father’s Day<br />
breakfast and Trivia Night. We also have some other<br />
thoughts for the year…….<br />
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, the PA can<br />
be contacted directly through our e-mail: pa@aism.<br />
edu.my. We look forward to another great year.<br />
Leanne Robertson<br />
President Parent’s Association<br />
CANTEEN REVIEW:<br />
YOUR SUGGESTIONS<br />
As a result of the parent and student surveys<br />
conducted at the end of 2011, a Canteen Committee<br />
has been formed to conduct a review and implement<br />
improvements to the school canteen. The current<br />
canteen operator contract is due for renewal at the<br />
end of 2012. The Canteen Committee is chaired by<br />
Mr Danny Lee, Head of Finance and Administration,<br />
and includes Principal, Mr David Kilpatrick; Parents<br />
Association Executive Member, Mrs Noor’aza<br />
Greatorex; parent, Mrs Larissa Vaillancourt and<br />
senior students, Lim Shao Qi (12W) and Izzah<br />
Ibrahim (12W). The Committee will review the<br />
Canteen operations against other international<br />
schools and the <strong>Australian</strong> Canteen Association<br />
Standards, propose changes, and report regularly<br />
on progress back to parents and students through<br />
the Parents’ Association, the e-News and the AISM<br />
newsletter. We need your suggestions!<br />
The Canteen Committee is very keen to receive<br />
constructive parent and student suggestions about<br />
how to improve the canteen with:<br />
- healthy eating choices/menu<br />
- price/cost<br />
- service<br />
Please email your suggestions to either Noor<br />
at 012-2781131 or nooraza@mgreatorex.<br />
com, or Larissa at laramarc@iinet.net.au. All<br />
suggestions, even recipes, are welcome, and your<br />
communication will be treated in confidence by the<br />
Canteen Committee.<br />
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Scholaroos: Champions of <strong>Malaysia</strong><br />
On the 31st March and 1st April, 2012 the Scholaroos<br />
backed up after Camp, to compete in the World Scholar’s<br />
Cup <strong>Malaysia</strong>n Round at KDU College. 36 AISM students<br />
represented the school in two divisions – JD & SD (Junior<br />
Division & Senior Division). Over the past four years, since<br />
joining this competition, AISM has gradually built into a<br />
force in this competition. In 2012 however, the Scholaroos<br />
went beyond all expectations and became undisputed<br />
<strong>Malaysia</strong>n Champions.<br />
The event was contested by 220 students from more than<br />
25 of the best schools in the country. Teams came to<br />
the event from nine <strong>Malaysia</strong>n States (Federal Territory,<br />
Selangor, Malacca, Kelantan, Penang, Negeri Sembilan,<br />
Perak, Pahang and Terengganu), as well as Korea and<br />
Singapore. Other competing <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>s<br />
included the Prince of Wales Island <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>,<br />
Garden <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Honsbridge Academy, Sri<br />
Nobel <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Seoul <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> and<br />
Tanglin Trust <strong>School</strong>.<br />
The AISM Scholaroos won a staggering 55 awards in the event, including best team overall in both divisions. The students<br />
won the following awards:<br />
Overall<br />
Gold - SD Team Overall - Ashwin Parthiban, Tzeyi Koay, Arlene Hassan<br />
Gold - JD Team Overall - Emma McLaughlin, Eliza Chew, Thung Xuan Lim<br />
Silver - SD Team Overall - Josh Edmondston, Dayna Periera, Deborah Tan<br />
Silver - SD Student Overall - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Silver - JD Student Overall - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Bronze - JD Student Overall - Eliza Chew<br />
Fifth - SD Team Overall - Harrison Ooi, Cassandra Tan, Sally Peh<br />
Fifth - JD Team Overall - Celeste Tan, Elsa Baker, Eleanor Cooper<br />
Sixth - SD Student Overall - Tzeyi Koay<br />
Sixth - JD Student Overall - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Seventh - SD Team Overall – Jit Haw Lim, Sam Tay, Martin Wong<br />
Eight - SD Student Overall - Josh Edmondston<br />
Ninth - SD Student Overall - Sally Peh<br />
Ninth - SD Team Overall - Melissa Thiar, Ajit Lim, Alisha Azuddin<br />
Gold - Overall AISM JD - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Gold - Overall AISM SD - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Multiple Choice<br />
Gold - SD Team Multiple Choice Overall - Ashwin Parthiban, Tzeyi Koay, Arlene Hassan<br />
Gold - JD Multiple Choice Overall - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Gold - SD Multiple Choice Overall - Eliza Chew<br />
Gold - SD Multiple Choice Overall - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Silver - JD Team Multiple Choice Overall - Eliza Chew, Emma McLaughlin, Thung Xuan Lim<br />
Fourth - JD Multiple Choice Overall - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Fifth - JD Team Multiple Choice Overall - Celeste Tan, Elsa Baker, Eleanor Cooper<br />
Fourth - SD Team Multiple Choice Overall - Harrison Ooi, Cassandra Tan, Sally Peh<br />
Debating<br />
Debate Showcase Participant - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Fourth - JD Debate - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Fourth - SD Debate – Tzeyi<br />
Fourth - SD Team Debate - Ashwin, Tzeyi, Arlene<br />
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Subjects<br />
Gold - SD Art - Dayna Periera<br />
Gold - JD Current Affairs - Eliza Chew<br />
Gold - SD Current Affairs - Tzeyi Koay<br />
Gold - JD Literature - Eliza Chew<br />
Gold - SD Literature - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Gold - JD Post-Modern Metropolis - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Gold - SD Post-Modern Metropolis - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Gold - JD Science - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Silver - SD Current Affairs - Ashwin Parthiban<br />
Silver - JD Literature - Emma McLaughlin<br />
Silver - SD Post-Modern Metropolis - Josh Edmondston<br />
Bronze - JD Art - Daweena Motwany<br />
Bronze - SD Art - Sally Peh<br />
Bronze - JD Current Affairs - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Bronze - JD Literature - Eleanor Cooper<br />
Bronze - SD Post-Modern Metropolis - Tom Tranter<br />
Bronze - JD Science - Eliza Chew<br />
Team Quiz<br />
Gold - SD Team Quiz - Ashwin Parthiban, Arlene Hassan, Tzeyi Koay<br />
Silver - SD Team Quiz - Josh Edmondston, Dayna Periera, Deborah Tan<br />
Bronze - JD Team Quiz - Eliza Chew, Emma McLaughlin, Thung Xuan Lim<br />
Fifth - SD Team Quiz - Sam Tay, Jit Haw Lim, Martin Wong<br />
Essay<br />
Silver - SD Essay - Cassandra Tan<br />
Bronze - JD Team Writing - Courtney, Jancis Wong, Lynette<br />
Bronze - SD Team Writing - Harrison Ooi, Cassandra Tan, Sally Peh<br />
Fourth - SD Team Writing - Sam Tay, Jit Haw Lim, Martin Wong<br />
Fourth - JD Essay - Jancis Wong<br />
Fifth - SD Essay - Deborah Tan<br />
Fifth - SD Essay - Sally Peh<br />
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SuperCamp Parent - Child Workshop<br />
Calling out to ALL Parents!!<br />
We, at Quantum Education, are proud to announce this new & exciting SuperCamp Parent-Child Workshop<br />
coming soon on 21st April 2012!<br />
This intimate yet dynamic workshop is now open and ready for enrollments.<br />
So, call us now and grab the limited places available!<br />
SuperCamp Parent Child Workshop (1 Parent & 1 child – age 10-14)<br />
Date : 21 April 2012 (Saturday)<br />
Time : 9:30am – 3:30pm<br />
Venue : Garden <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Mont Kiara<br />
WORKSHOP FEES<br />
Normal Fee : RM380 per pair<br />
Group Promotion : Buy 2 places, get 1 place FREE ie Sign up 3 pairs for the price of 2!<br />
(Eg: RM 380 x 2 / 3 = RM250 per pair/family)<br />
Additional Child/Parent : RM170 per pax<br />
Registration closes on 16th April 2012.<br />
Corina Chooi<br />
Team SuperCamp <strong>Malaysia</strong><br />
Tel : +603 6203 0525 Fax : +603 6203 0878 Mobile : +6012 331 7831