gip times (issue 51) 10-sep-21
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THE GIPTIMES
Dear Parents and Friends of GIP
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER10 SEPTEMBER 2021ISSUE 51
GIP Vision – To be a school where every child can thrive and meet with success
Please do make sure that you are wearing clothes whenwalking in the background of a remote learning lesson. Alllessons are recorded and many students may be able tosee you.
BEWARE – REMOTE LEARNING
This week, some of our remote lessons were observed bytwo senior members of FOBISIA prior to GIP beingaccepted as full members at the beginning of October.Their feedback about what they have seen has beenextremely positive. Already, we have received a largenumber of invitations for our students and staff toparticipate in events through this organisation. More willfollow.
FOBISIA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
There will be no remote learning on this day.
MALAYSIA DAY -PUBLIC HOLIDAYTHURSDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER –SCHOOL CLOSED
If you would like to be your Class Rep for this academicyear, please contact your child’s class teacher or formtutor directly. It is a very important role, the guidelines areattached here.
PARENT CLASS REP VOLUNTEERS
You should have received these directly by now. If not theparent handbook is here, the Primary Home School Diaryis here and the Secondary Home Schoool Diary is here.
PARENT HANDBOOK AND HOMESCHOOL DIARIES
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PARENTAL INFORMATION SESSIONS
NEWS RE SCHOOL REOPENING We do not know anything for certain at this stage. Once wedo, we will let you know.
KEY DATES TERM 1 Click here for the Key Term 1 dates for your diary.
A reminder that our calendar for the next academic year ison our website. You can click HERE to view.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2021-22
If you are interested in attending, please let Lyn know sothat the link is shared with you.
VACCINE UPDATESWe have been sent the following from the MoE:
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON STUDENTS AGED12 to 17 YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARINGOUR COVID-19 VACCINE
All private schools registered with the MoE are requestedto complete the information of students aged 12 to 17years for the purpose of preparation for Covid-19 vaccine.The school is requested to complete Form BPSvC-19-PRIVATE-V1 and send directly on or before 15 September2021.
Kindly fill up this form HERE on your vaccination details aswell as your child who is aged 12 and above. Childrenaged 12 and above should register in the My Sejahtera appunder their parents or on their own app.
Contact [email protected] on Admissions can be found here. For eachsuccessful referral, you receive RM1,500!
NEW FAMILIES AND REFER A FRIENDFINANCIAL REWARD SCHEME
UPCOMING EVENTS
Your first contact is your child’s homeroom teacher orsubject teacher if it is an academic or pastoral issue.
Primary – [email protected] – [email protected] Whole School – [email protected] Parent Issues/Mandarin - [email protected]
PARENT/SCHOOL PERSONALIZEDSERVICE – COMMUNICATION,CONTACT US DIRECTLY
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SOCIAL MEDIA
GIP – A school of many nations but a family of one
Duncan Grice Principal
Read more in the Secondary School section. Needless tosay I was very impressed by all who interviewed.
SECONDARY HEAD BOY AND HEADGIRL INTERVIEWS
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Thank you for taking the time to attend this week’s MeetYour Teacher Afternoons. Positive parent-teacherrelationships and engagement in their school do make adifference in your child’s wellbeing and academicperformance.
We will be having a variety of Primary School parentworkshop/information meetings each Wednesday at 3:30via Zoom.
Please feel free to attend or pick those topics that interestyou.
PRIMARY SCHOOL UPDATES
PARENT WORKSHOPS
"How to support your child’s reading at home" Thistopic is appropriate for all parents with Primary children.This session will be led by Peter Ferrier, Mr O’Neil andMs Hancock.
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Peter Ferrier Head of Primary
It has been wonderful to already have some childrensubmit their entries for the Reading Aloud Competition. We have had five teachers provide examples that arebeing shared with classes.
Year 6 finalists are currently being selected, and thesewill be shared with the other classes next week. Thefollowing week the finals for Years 3,4, and 5 will be held.Years 1 and 2 finals will be the week after that.
Every entry will receive house points, and finalists willearn additional points. We hope to announce the overallwinning house in three weeks.
READING ALOUD HOUSE COMPETITION
SECONDARY SCHOOL UPDATES
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Following our first full week back at virtual-school, it was apleasure to see staff and students alike hitting their stridewith remote learning. Attendance has also been excellentacross the secondary school- keep up the good work!
FOBISIA MEMBERSHIP- LESSON VISITWe are one step closer to full FOBISIA membershipfollowing Mr Ian Gross, principal of Kota KinabaluInternational School’s visit to secondary lessons this week.Mr Gross reported afterwards that he had, “thoroughlyenjoyed” the lessons he visited, which he found to be“engaging” for the students and demonstrated “passion andpositivity” in the lesson delivery
HOME LEARNING ENVIRONMENTAs we all know, it can be very difficult to work from homeand for most students it is far from a perfect workenvironment. It can be particularly challenging for parentsto provide appropriate space for all other children to work. Where possible children need a quiet place, ideally awayfrom siblings; a comfortable seat at a desk or other solidtable, with space for all books; appropriate lighting and ofcourse a fully functioning computer with keyboard, cameraand headphones. If you are having difficulty with any ofthis, please do let us know.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE
Unicycle for 25 seconds without leaning againstanythingComplete "Unravel" by Animenz on piano Learn SpanishMaster difficult origami
By the time you receive this there will still be a few hoursleft to enter our Personal Development Challenge. Wehave some excellent entries so far including:
Here’s a reminder of how it works.
SECONDARY PARENT INFORMATIONSESSION - ASSESSMENT @GIPNext week’s session will be delivered by Mr Glyn Martin,our Secondary School Assessment and Data Leader. Hewill take parents through an overview of how assessmentworks in the secondary school and the minor changes weare introducing to improve the clarity of reporting forparents.
Here’s a link to the session, which will start at 3.30pm onWednesday September 15th.https://gemseducation.zoom.us/j/82243755627
SECONDARY PARENT INFORMATIONSESSION- MATHEMATICS ANDFURTHER MATHEMATICS IN YEAR 10Here’s the link to this week’s session slides: https://gemsedu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/p/l_yeong_gip/EXksCUG7SyZFtMIrjWAYdK0BCd4j7L_HjA1Y2f7hVToEUg?e=USY5kH
HEAD GIRL & HEAD BOY
Following a gruelling interview process where allcandidates acquitted themselves with composure,confidence and authority, we are delighted to announce theidentities of our Head Girl and Head Boy for the academic year 2021/22
Enter by Friday September 10thFinal Progress Check 20th NovemberWinner announced end of Term 1
Additional entries can be made using the following link:https://forms.office.com/r/fJ9D3jU0zn up until midnighttonight!
If any staff or parents would like to enter, your efforts willbe welcomed, but the prizes are only for the students.Sorry!
Jina Samuel
SCHOOL UPDATES
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The Seoul Foreign British School are hosting an onlinemaths competition based on the theme, ‘The Evolution ofTechnology through Mathematics’ as part of the FOBISIAgroup. Pupils from Year 5 – 9 will be able to enter thecompetition where they are able to work individually andcollaboratively to complete set challenges.
In Primary, years 5 and 6 have been entered into theindividual category and video challenge, details of whichyou can find below.
FOBISIA ONLINE MATHS COMPETITION
Students will attempt to complete 3 rounds of challengesto earn: Bronze, Silver, or Gold status. The link andaccess code to this challenge will be shared withregistered schools on Monday, October 4th, 2021. Thetests will be administered between Monday October 4thand Friday October 8th during a one hour time period.
INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE
In groups of 3-5, students will create a 3-minute video toexplore the evolution of technology through mathematics.The challenge details and scoring rubric will be sharedwith registered schools on Monday, September 27th,2021. Final submissions will be due on or before Friday,October 8th, 2021.
If you would like to find more information regarding this,please visit the website below:https://www.fobisiamaths2021.com
VIDEO CHALLENGE