{"id":19863,"date":"2022-12-16T09:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-10-12-2022-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T05:35:53","slug":"from-the-head-of-secondary-17-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-17-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Secondary 17.12.2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=”3″][vc_column_text]After the excitement of last week [Book Week!] this week has been somewhat quieter.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, Dr Gross and I, together with Pik Yen, Pik Ern and Lung Ip (members of the Charity Committee) transported 50+ Christmas Angel Gifts to the Sabah Cheshire Home. It was a lovely occasion and we were warmly greeted by staff and clients. Read more about this in the Community section of this newsletter.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Mr Bromley spoke to our Year 11 students about their upcoming IGCSE Mock Examinations in January and what they need to do beforehand\u00a0 to ensure that they are fully prepared for these important tests, and how they needed to conduct themselves in the exam room. We take the mocks very seriously, and they are conducted in exactly the same way as the actual exams in May\/June. \u2018Practising\u2019 like this means that some inevitable tension is diffused before the \u2018real\u2019 exams as students know exactly what to expect in the exam room. The results will give teachers and students indicators as to what they need to do in terms of revision and practice in the remaining months of the course. The Mock report will be sent out on the 7th<\/sup> February, and the Teacher \/ Parent \/ Student meetings will take place on the 8th<\/sup> February.<\/p>\n

On Friday morning we had our traditional Celebration Assembly, followed by House Activities including a Christmas Sing-Off. There has been much to celebrate this term. In addition to the usual merit certificates, we recognised the achievements of the Student Council, the Charity Committee, the U15 FOBISIA sports team, the Duke of Edinburgh Awardees, The Short Story Competition winners, the UKMT Awardees, the prefects who completed courses in Wellbeing and Mentoring, and the Ecowarriors. We were also treated to some fantastic musical performances by our very talented students!<\/p>\n\n\t\t