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, 2008What about the funding? Who pays?Each participant pays for their own costs.In addition, Uplands is seeking to raisesponsorship and support from the widercommunity to reduce overheads and thecosts to the Uplands students participating in the games. The PTA has kindly agreed to help out with various aspects ofthe games, especially with sales of food and souvenirs at the games venues, kit for our own team and information forvisiting parents. Mrs. Sue Watts is co-ordinating sponsorship.If there are parents’ companies who would be willing to sponsor, or place an advertisement, we would love to hearfrom you. Please contact AlexisKerr@uplands.orgWhat happens in School during the FOBISSEA Primary Games?Although the games are Primary games, this is very much a whole School event. Although officials from different sportingorganizations will be assisting during the competition, teachers from both Primary and Secondary will be involved duringthe three days of competition. School will still be held for this period as detailed below:As all the Primary teachers will be involved in the games there will be no school for years 1-6 on those three days. Itis hoped that those students who not competing will come along to the competition with their parents to cheer on andsupport their friends.The following programme will be followed for Secondary students (Tuesday - Thursday, 27-29 May):Year 7 (8am - 1pm)A specialist programme (subject specific) on examination revision and study techniques in preparation for the internalYear 7 examinations in early JuneYear 8 (8am - 1pm)A specialist programme “The Winning Habits of International Teenagers: Making it All Add Up!” will be delivered bySecondary teachers.Year 9 (8am-3pm, Tuesday and Wednesday; 8am - 1pm Thursday)“Champions of Enterprise” Programme will be delivered by Secondary teachers and guest speakers from the local businesscommunity.Year 10At-home revision programme to prepare for internal school examinations to be held early June.Year 11 and 13On Study Leave whilst sitting their IGCSE and IB examinationsYear 12At-home revision programme to prepare for internal school examinations, in addition to assistance in the FOBISSEAPrimary Games to acquire CAS hours to contribute towards their IB Diploma.What happens after it is all over?Uplands is also hosting the FOBISSEA Under 13 Games in mid November and will be rolling out our welcome a secondtime for a different group of schools, this time from Brunei, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.How can I help?If you would like to help out in any way with this exciting event, either in May or November, please contact AlexisKerr@uplands.org to register your interest.PAGE 5

ISAKL- Athletics Meet Feb 22-23The Primary and Secondary students represented Uplandsin K.L, Feb 22nd-23rd, at an Athletics meet hosted by TheGarden International School. The students performed verywell, coming home with gold, silver, and bronze medals. Itwas the first time that our athletes had the opportunity todemonstrate their skills at a competitive level and coachesand parents alike were not disappointed.This Track and Field meet was a wonderful experience andacted as precursor to the upcoming FOBISSEA games forthe Primary and Under 15 athletes.I would like to extend my thanks to the other coaches,Dr. Colin Dickinson, Buby Weggartner and Alexis Kerr fortheir wonderful help during the weekend. Thank you tothe parents who made the journey as well and suppliedgoodies for both students and teachers.Congratulations to all the students who participated in theAthletics meet.Please find pictures of the students who participated in theISAKL track meet at the below link. Note that these picturesare for web display only. They are too small to print.http://www.nunuboo.com/portraits/Uplands/ISAKLMerrill RossH.O.D P.EThe Story of ISAKLIt all started on Friday morning. We sat in the bus at 11 o’clock.After 6 hours in the bus, we finally arrived at our hotel. Afterthat we got to know our roommates and our room numbers. Wewent up to the 16&17 floor. We took a shower and changedour clothes. Everybody went down to the foyer and went to theshopping mall. There was a choice of places to eat. Most peopleate Burger King. After dinner we all went back to our hoteland went to bed. Mrs. Kerr read a story called “The MouseholeCat”.Next morning we had to wake up at 5:45 which was for someof us very difficult. We went down to eat breakfast and saw the“SCIPS” (St. Christopher’s) Athletics team. We went to the busstraight after. In the bus we were really nervous but confidentat the same time. We were very excited as well. As we arrivedwe stood there, in front of the stadium only staring around. Wefound our places, where we had to sit. The first event was 800munder 11 girls and Vera came 6th, Helena came 13th. After someevents we sat on the bench and ate our lunch. We got RM10lunch money to spend on what we wanted.After we ate lunch, some of us went down to the gate to buysome ice cream. They are quite refreshing after some of the events.As we came back, we saw the Malaysian Gymnastics and BadmintonSquads. Some of us got autographs from the badmintonteams. Next we went and watched the Secondary do their events.The last race was the U15 girls’ 1500m race. Lena got an amazing1st place on her race. We were incredibly glad to have doneso well. Afterwards we went to the bus and went to the servicestation to eat dinner. Then we went back to the bus and headedback to Penang! We only got back at 11:25pm. We were glad tobe back with our families and it was a very memorable trip.By Buma Patria, Owen Roberts and Vera Muelller , 6K.PAGE 6

Upcoming event -Environmental WeekSave the world…save the environment…start here.Joy to the green world, Uplanders.In the next following weeks, the UES (Uplands Environmental Society)crew will be preparing an event called ‘Environmental Week’which will be held during the 28th, 29th and 30th April.As you know promoting environmental awareness and concern withinthe School is one of our mottos. However, who said saving the worldcan’t be fun?Here, only in Uplands, we will be providing you all with games andcompetitions along with mystery prizes you’ve never expected before.To support this event you can also accessorize your self with any greenclothing you have. Just a hint for you all, please start collecting plasticbottles or cans from the drinks you’ve got. You’ll be surprised how thecans can bring you luck; the more the merrier!So what are you waiting for? Start collecting and wait for the grandevent of ‘Environmental Week’. There will a lot of new and fun stuffcoming along.Green CheersUES crewCongratulations Liew Xiang Xiang, 13B for being offeredDrake University’s National Alumni Scholarship Program!Below is the email from Drake University Iowa dated 7th March 2008Xiang Xiang,Hi. My name is Julie Koch and I’m the chair of Drake’s National Alumni Scholarship Program. Iwant to personally congratulate you on all of your achievements. We are so impressed by you thatwe would like to offer you an Alumni Scholarship covering full tuition, room & board for 4 years atDrake. We had 350+ applicants and are only able to give 6 Alumni scholarships. You truly stoodout from the pack! Congratulations and I hope to see you on Drake’s campus in the fall!You will receive additional information about the scholarship from Drake in the coming week. Ifthere is anything I can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to contact me.PAGE 7

Golf Training in Thailand for the Uplands Community- Easter HolidaysDear Parents,I am proposing to organise a six day golf training coursefor students and parents during the first week of theEaster holidays Sunday 6th April to Saturday 12th April.The training centre we intend to use is part of the BangkokGolf Spa Resort http://www.resort.th.com/ Thetrip is open to parents and students alike. Indeed, it isan ideal opportunity to learn the game of golf with yourchildren.I estimate the cost of this trip will be between RM3,200– RM3,400 depending on final numbers. This I am sureyou will agree is exceptional value for money. It includesthe following:1 trip to Future ParkAirport transfers, to and from airportAll use of Bangkok Golf Club and Bangkok Golf TrainingCentre’s facilitiesPrizes and handoutsPlease let me know of your interest ASAP by note oremail: sweatherley@uplands.orgBest regards,Steve WeatherleyFlights and insurance5 nights accommodation with breakfast5 lunch’s5 dinners5 days golf tuition with PGA registered/qualifiedprofessionalsUnlimited driving range balls5 green fees plus caddy fees1 night time par 3 round including caddies1 rules of golf quiz night1 trick show and competition eveningDear Parents,Please be informed thatinvoice for Term 3 will beposted out by mail on the4th of April, 2008.Payment due date is 21stApril and discount is entitledonly until the 25thApril.From Accounts Dept.Open House Leaving SaleWe have all kinds of mainly teak and marblefurnitures to sell, all of high quality.Example: couches, dining table and chairs,coffee table, leather love seat, carved mirrors,picture frames, assortment of Balinese masks,carved teak chests, carved book cases, and abeautiful traditional carved door and etc.Our house will be open to Uplands communityto view the items from 9am to 6pm onSaturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30.Free coffee and cakes.Bruce and Nita Sherratt28 Chiah Phee CheokPeal Hill (ground floor)Tanjung BungahTel: Hp 012 4179614 or 016 4846442or 04 8998661email nitsherratt@yahoo.comClosing thought.......“The great gift of the human imagination is that it has no limits or ending.”Jim Rohn, Motivational speakerTOUCHBASE - General InformationThe International School of Penang(Uplands)Jalan Sungai Satu, Batu Feringgi, 11100 Penang, Malaysia.Tel: 04 881 9777 Fax: 04 881 9778www.uplands.org••••••TouchBase is published every Friday fortnightly duringthe school year as a service to the Uplands community.It is produced by the School, and is meant only forinternal circulation.TouchBase is distributed to each family by way ofyoungest enrolled child of each Uplands family.All information must be e-mailed (touchbase@uplands.org) to reach the School by 10am on the Monday prior tothe following week’s publication.TouchBase encourages every member of the Uplandscommunity to contribute to the publication. However,we reserve the right to edit or reject any article orinformation.For advertising enquiries, please contact the School.