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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome back everybody to a new term and a new year! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration. We particularly welcome our new Secondary students into the KIS community.<\/p>\n

We will be sending out this term\u2019s Curriculum Statements next week. Do have a look at these as they give you a clear idea about what your child will be learning in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Some important events for parents to be aware of moving forward:<\/p>\n

Year 9 Parents\u2019 Afternoon: Thursday 23rd<\/sup> January<\/p>\n

Year 11 Parents\u2019 Afternoon: Monday 11th<\/sup> February<\/p>\n

Year 8 Parents\u2019 Afternoon:\u00a0\u00a0 Monday 30th<\/sup> March<\/p>\n

Parents\u2019 afternoons give the opportunity for teachers to meet with parents and students to review learning and discuss goals. We hope to see all parents there in the hall, with appointments starting at 3.10pm.<\/p>\n

Some Reminders:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Punctuality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please ensure that your child arrives at school by 7.40 am. This gives him\/her time to get themselves organised with books and equipment before heading off to the form room at 7.45 for registration at 7.50.<\/p>\n

Attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n

We expect a minimum of 90% attendance. The majority of students are achieving and even exceeding this without any difficulty but unfortunately some are well below this. Please note that some absences are regarded as \u2018authorised\u2019 by the school. These would include, for example, when a child is participating in a sporting event or indeed if they are ill. Some are \u2018unauthorised\u2019. These kinds of absences would include when a child takes extra holidays. The unauthorised absences count towards the total number of absences for the year and will be reflected in the % rate on the final report of the school year. Students find it very hard to catch up when they have missed school and it is better to avoid any unnecessary absences.<\/p>\n

Lockers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every students is given a locker where they can store their belongings, including mobile phones of they have one. It is essential that the locker is secured with a lock and it is the students\u2019 responsibility to ensure that have a lock, and that they use it.<\/p>\n

Year 11 students will be starting their mock examinations on Monday, and we wish them every success. This term is vitally important for our students in Years 11, 12 and 13 as these are their final weeks in school before the examination period starts in May\/June. \u00a0Moving forward we have a number of exciting events to look forward to, starting off with our Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award students on their adventurous journey with Mr and Mrs Colbeck from Monday to Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Best regards<\/p>\n

Margaret Renshaw<\/p>\n

Deputy Principal\/Head of Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”EDUHACK SABAH 2019″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Rubik%20One%3A400|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Over the holidays, two of our Y13 students, Naavin Ravinthran and Ahmad Afiq Ariff Danial Mathew, won first place in the Sabah EduHack 2109 competition.\u00a0 Sabah EduHack 2019 is a 24-hour education hackathon, which serves as a platform for young people in Sabah from the age of 16 to 30 to communicate their idea of 21st century education. It is also aimed at promoting innovation culture in Sabah by encouraging \u00a0the competitors to actively apply their knowledge and creativity to solve real-life problems through the hackathon.<\/p>\n

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There were seven other teams there, all from UMS. The teams had to choose a problem to solve which was related to education. They were then given 24 hours to design and code a system\/application that could help to alleviate the problem.<\/p>\n

The problem chosen by our students was to make education more efficient and relevant in the modern world. The students came up with the idea of creating a mobile-friendly web browser application that would allow teachers and students to interact, as they would in a real-life classroom. The site would have a real-time whiteboard so that teachers could illustrate examples, equations and solutions.<\/p>\n

Naavin and Afiq did extremely well to win the competition (and a substantial cash prize) against older competitors. Naavin also won the best coder prize.<\/p>\n

Many congratulations to\u00a0 Naavin and Afiq![\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”11968,11969,11970,11971″ img_size=”medium”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”FOBISIA Short Story Competition 2020″ font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Rubik%20One%3A400|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]This week, our Key Stage 3 students have begun working on their annual entries for the FOBISIA Short Story Competition 2020 which is based on the theme of \u2018Protect\u2019.\u00a0 While this could lead to a variety of imaginative interpretations, it \u00a0also reflects the school\u2019s focus on Global Goals. Given the recent tragedy of the Australian bush fires, some students may find themselves inspired to creatively express their thoughts and feelings on why protecting the world and preserving our fragile climate has never been more important.<\/p>\n

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Although this is a busy time for our older year groups, we would like to encourage as many students as possible to take part in this prestigious competition. We had some incredible entries last year and I have no doubt that 2020 will see the birth of even more\u00a0creative\u00a0masterpieces.<\/p>\n

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The competition is open to all KIS students from Year 3 to Year 13 and the deadline for submissions is \u00a0Friday, February\u00a07th.\u00a0Students should submit their entries directly to their class teacher [Primary] or English teacher [Secondary].<\/p>\n

Download poster here<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11966″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”What have our Prefects been getting up to?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Rubik%20One%3A400|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Towards the end of last, our Student Wellbeing Prefect Team undertook some training with our school counsellor Ms Siti.<\/p>\n

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Listening Skills Training<\/u><\/p>\n

Often we are too outcome orientated. Sometimes we forget the process that leads to the outcome is long and arduous. What should we do for the young people in our lives to help them manage the process?<\/p>\n

Seven members from the Student Wellbeing Team, in their quest to contribute to the wellbeing of their fellow students, have successfully completed their 4 weeks of listening skills training conducted by the School Counsellor.<\/p>\n

The training consists of role plays covering these skills:<\/p>\n

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  1. Confidentiality and its limitations<\/li>\n
  2. Open-ended questions<\/li>\n
  3. Affirmation<\/li>\n
  4. Reflection<\/li>\n
  5. Summarisation<\/li>\n
  6. Personal values vs others\u2019<\/li>\n
  7. Terminating sessions<\/li>\n
  8. Debriefing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    They are now ready to render their service to students in need.<\/p>\n

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    Photo from Left:<\/em><\/p>\n

    Dean Knight, Connor Hugo Mansul, Alex Woo, Bobby Wong, Amar Salih, Suraj Kanpoori, \u00a0Not in photo: Leilana Pilcher.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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