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3664, Jalan Sierramas Barat, Sierramas, Sungai Buloh, 47000, Selangor, Malaysia

Tel: (03) 6156 5001, (03) 6156 5002, Fax: (03) 6156 5003

Dear Parents, Welcome back. I trust everyone had a pleasant holiday and hope that 2013 is a wonderful year for you all. I would like to take this opportunity to offer a warm welcome to all our new students. Things are already getting busy with the many exciting events planned for this term. Students of Upper Primary enjoyed a wide range of exciting events in Term 1, with the 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner and the Social Studies excursion being much talked about by students and staff alike! Mrs Wahab and Ms Fiona

Aiming High, Respecting Others, Having Fun …..

Halloween Party The UP and LP staff organised a

successful Halloween Party on the

31st of October. A very special thanks

to all the teachers who gave up their time to

make this spooky yet brilliant event happen.

Pupil’s comments:

“It was exciting and fun because

of spooky parade. Most of the

costumes were very scary,

especially the one where there

was no head!”

“Some of the pumpkin costumes were awesome!”

“We had great fun and we give the party at the canteen

10/10.”

TLC Promise Me Campaign

Our Prefects along with the

Interact Club and Student

Council, spearheaded a very successful campaign to raise

funds for a very worthy cause – the Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Several fund-

raising activities -Mufti Day, Mummy Wrapping

Competition etc. - were held throughout Term 1.

The many Party Day activities planned by our tireless

Prefects raised funds for the SPCA . They set up nail

polishing, hair braiding and hair spraying booths. It was

indeed a hit as the response was staggering.

A big thank you to all our students for organizing these

events and an even bigger thank you to all those who

donated generously.

Mufti Day

Performing Arts Department Recital

The first Performing Arts Department

Recital for 2012 was held on Friday,

30 November, 2012. With

performances ranging from soloists,

such as Victor Lim on violin, to

Woodwind Ensembles, which included Zoey Lim,

Maverick Chai, Jamil Adams and Mr Howie, there was a

piece, an ensemble and a musical style for every member

of the 100 member strong audience.

The Upper Primary choir sang a number of stirring

pieces, along with a vocal solo from Henry Hills. The

secondary students also gave their best – from an acoustic

rock version of “Life Is A Highway” by Chris Ong, Ella

Cavaliero and Sisi Davison, to the vocal harmonies and

cool choreography delivered by the effortlessly cool

“Jayshrie and The Things”.

Not to be outdone, the

Upper Primary Band and

Instrumental ECA groups

performed some delightful

pieces by Schubert and

Schumann, alongside a

well-rehearsed rendition of

Maroon Five’s “Payphone”.

The FOBISSEA Music

Festival group also presented the audience with

photographs and songs from their trip, with the Festival

Trophy being presented to the school.

All in all, this was a very successful and enjoyable

afternoon of music and another event of which our Upper

Primary student performers, and teachers, can be

justifiably proud.

Report by Mr Martin

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Christmas Cheer –

Approximately 200 children from

various Homes in the Klang Valley

were invited to elc for Christmas

Cheer. They enjoyed the many

games organised by the Interact

Club as well as the two Bouncy Castles.

It was a day filled with laughter, singing, dancing, great

food and most importantly new friendships.

Field Trips –

To finish off Term 1, the senior students of Upper

Primary went to not one, but two museums! Double the

fun!! That’s right, under the guidance of Mr Grohowski,

students from Years 5 and 6 went to the National

Museum and to the Islamic Arts Museum. While there,

students learned about the spices that come from the

region, as well as some of the political and economic

forces that were a part of the spice trade. In addition to

learning about the history of spices in Southeast Asia,

students also got to see, feel and smell those same spices.

With the smell of cinnamon in their noses, students then

explored the main galleries a part of the National

Museum, where they searched for artifacts and answered

questions about them. Some of these artifacts and

reproductions included the Perak Man, the keris of Malay

rulers and ceramics from the colonial era.

After a picnic lunch in Lake Gardens, students got to

explore the nearby Islamic Arts Museum. In addition to

exploring some of the galleries, which included ceramics,

jewellery and armour from Islamic civilizations, students

made their own reproduction of one of the pieces on

display in the Ceramics Gallery. With the help of Year 5

and Year 6 teachers, students created their very own

plates, modelled after two patterns found in the Gallery.

The students of Year 3 & 4 were full of excitement from

the very start of the trip till they reached school just after

3.30pm. We first headed for Tenmoku Pottery which is

located in the Batu Caves industrial area. The children

toured the factory, watched a video, painted a cup and

visited the showroom where many of them purchased

pottery items on sale.

Our next stop was the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Here,

the day was good to us as the sun chose to hide behind

the clouds. The children went about enthusiastically

recognizing and naming the bird species. Feeding the

parrots with milk and watching the bird show were two

activities which were thoroughly enjoyed by the children.

Before heading back to school we stopped by

the gift shop. It was a fun-filled educational trip!

Amazing Assemblies –

Our wonderful students

took part in assemblies

over the course of

Term 1 and there were

some scintillating

performances! Every

single student gave their very best and in doing so they

have made us their teachers very, very proud.

Golden Rules –

A quick skit/assembly about the Golden Rules that are

posted in homerooms – showing bad behaviour and

discussing good behaviour.

“MERDEKA” AND “MALAYSIA DAY” –

Performing: Skits/Quiz/Acts

all celebrating Malaysian Food,

Culture, Sports, Achievements,

Buildings, Flora, Fauna, etc.

This was a great first Assembly by Year 6 Red to “kick

off” the Assemblies for the year.

Rules and Irregularities of the usage of plurals in the

English Language –

The students of 6G are a creative lot and this humorous

poem bought this to light. They came up with ideas to act

out the rules that were read by a few articulate girls in the

class. The funniest part was – ‘If vegetarians ate

vegetables what do humanitarians eat?? HUMANS!! (The

boys pounced on Joo Won, pretending to eat him!)

Promote Reading in Upper Primary

Students explored the 8 different

genres mentioned in the song: action,

sci-fi, humour, adventure, biography,

reality, mystery and fantasy by working in small groups

to create informative posters. The song Gotta Keep

Reading is based on the 2009 hit song “I Gotta Feeling”

by the Black Eyed Peas.

Raise awareness on

endangered animals and

spread the message to

protect the environment

and its habitat. The students were

assigned roles as hunters,

animals and narrators. Year 4 Red made masks of the

animals they represented. The scene was set in the jungle

and showed how poachers hunt for exotic animals whose

skin, tusks and horns are in great demand. The students

requested the audience to boycott the purchase of such

items. It was a huge success.

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Sports Fixtures and Results –

Sport Gender Age Group

Day and

Date

Venue and Competition

Result

Basketball Boys

And Girls

U11 Mon

1st Oct

Friendly Home vs. BSKL

Winners

Basketball Boys

U11

Wed 10th Oct

KLISS @ elc SB Runners

up

Basketball Girls U11

Wed 10th Oct

KLISS @ LFKL Runners

up

Benchball Boys U9 Wed 17th Oct

KLISS @ elc SB Winners

Benchball Girls U9 Wed 17th Oct

KLISS @ BSKL Winners

Football Boys

U9

Wed 24th Oct

Friendly Home vs. elc

Cyberjaya

Winners

Triathlon Boys &

Girls

All ages Sun 28th Oct

Inter School Triathlon @

AISM

Saryu Onish – Winner

Benchball Boys U9 Wed 7th

Nov

KLISS @ elc SB

Winners

Benchball Girls U9 Wed 7th

Nov

KLISS @ BSKL

Winners

Basketball Boys U11 Wed 21st Nov

KLISS @ elc SB Runners

up

Basketball Girls U11 Wed 21st Nov

KLISS @ BSKL Runners

up

Swimming Boys &

Girls U9-U11

Sat 24th Nov

KLISS @ Tenby Winners

Cross Country

Boys & Girls

Various Ages

Sun 25th Nov

@ Park City

Rugby Boys &

Girls U11

Sat 3rd

Dec

Friendly @ AISM

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Try Something New –

To promote continuous

learning and learning outside

of the classroom; to show /

teach others how to do

something; to promote sharing

in groups, students Year 5 Grey showed and taught other

group members how to do a particular activity. For

example, in one group, two students showed two other

students how to play football.

To do this, the stronger pair

demonstrated the activity,

and then taught the weaker

pair how to acquire a particular

skill. This process was repeated

by the other groups, whereby

other activities and skills were

taught, including: dancing, break dancing and singing.

Upper Primary also had several guests speakers this term.

Mr Edwin Moses talked to the students about Artificial

Arteries and Organs. His talk was informative and

enlightening and we hope all those who attended found it

beneficial.

Language Day –

28th November 2012

particularly excited the

Upper Primary students

for two reasons - no

books and lessons and it

was Language Day! They

had a fabulous time, beginning with fun-filled activities

for the Year 4’s, 5’s and 6’s students in their respective

2nd Language venues.

After the 1st Break, the Year 3’s

presented a delightful five language

song and dance in Gangnam Style! The

highlight of the day was the learning of

the catchy song, Gotta Keep Reading by

Nicole Nasrallah and Janet Bergh, which

was in line with the theme, “Reading”.

The Spelling Bee competition was

another thrilling experience. For the rest of the day,

students enjoyed playing in-class Language Games before

going down to watch the Lower Primary Appreciation

Day.