{"id":16649,"date":"2022-02-24T15:59:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-19-02-2022-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T03:40:45","slug":"from-the-head-of-secondary-26-02-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-26-02-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Secondary 26.02.2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This week we have seen increasing numbers of students in physical school and we are regaining that sense of normality. Over the coming week we hope to see this trend continue. The normal business of school moves along at a pace.<\/p>\n

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Year 12 \/ 13 Mocks<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Year 12 \/ 13 mock examinations will be taking place from Wednesday next week to Friday 11th<\/sup> March. Mr Colbeck is putting the final touches to the schedule and teachers have been busy creating the papers. There are kept under lock and key [as are the actual papers once they arrive via courier at KIS] until 10 minutes prior to the start of the exam, when they are taken over to the exam room by the invigilator. Those students in Year 11 who missed previous exams will be taking them alongside the Sixth Form students. After the mocks are completed, the papers will be scanned, following the Cambridge Examination Board guidelines, and then marked and returned to the students with feedback. Students then have time to act on that feedback before and during study leave for the actual exams, which start on April 26th<\/sup>. Information about study leave will be sent out to students and parents in due course.<\/p>\n

Re-Emergence of the \u2018Old Normal\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are currently signs that we are re-emerging into the \u2018old normal\u2019. Extra-curricular activities commence next week on Monday, and on the same day the end of school time for all Secondary students will revert to 3pm. Also, Ms McNutt is planning a one-day field trip for her Year 11 Geography students on the 10th<\/sup> March. The IGCSE students will experience pilot studies, undertaking varying fieldwork tasks at a small stream in Penampang, at Tanjung Aru beach, and in the central business district around Gaya Street area as well as observational revision and reviewing on a transect drive across KK city. Appropriate SOPs will be observed at all times. In future weeks I am sure we can look forward to more such activities both in and outside of school.<\/p>\n

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Read on to find out what\u2019s been happening in Year 8 Geography!<\/p>\n

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Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n

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Mrs M Renshaw<\/p>\n

Head of Secondary \/ Deputy Principal<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator border_width=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What have students in 8S been doing in Geography?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Geography, 8S played a game where each student represented a country with water, energy and food resources. The countries could be HIC (high income, like Japan), MIC (medium income, like Malaysia) and LIC (low income, like Afghanistan). Each participant spun a wheel and had to follow the instruction when the wheel stopped spinning. The instructions mimicked real-life scenarios and an example was:<\/p>\n