Up Hill... All The W ay! - The International School Of Penang
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<strong>Up</strong> <strong>Hill</strong>... <strong>All</strong> <strong>The</strong> W<strong>ay</strong>!<br />
T O U C H<br />
B A S E<br />
A F O R T N I G H T L Y N E W S L E T T E R F O R T H E S C H O O L C O M M U N I T Y<br />
FRIDAY,<br />
October 17th, 2008<br />
TERM 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Of</strong> <strong>Penang</strong> (<strong>Up</strong>lands)<br />
In this TouchBase:<br />
- 2008 <strong>School</strong> Cross Country<br />
- Y7 Records of Achievement<br />
- Y8 Residential<br />
Y7 Records of<br />
Achievement<br />
- <strong>Up</strong>lands <strong>School</strong> Photos 2008<br />
Get TouchBase in colour at www.uplands.org
Year 7<br />
Recording Achievement at <strong>The</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Penang</strong><br />
(<strong>Up</strong>lands)<br />
<strong>Up</strong>lands is currently trialling “Records of Achievement” with pupils in Year 7. This leads on from<br />
the work the PYP team have already established in areas of pupil self assessment in the Primary<br />
<strong>School</strong>.<br />
Y7 Records of<br />
Achievement<br />
1. What Is a Record of Achievement?<br />
It is a summary of a student’s achievements and experiences inside and outside school, which<br />
<strong>The</strong> following information provides more detail about this important educational initiative and<br />
why the senior management of the <strong>School</strong> consider it important.<br />
(a) is for all pupils;<br />
(b) describes successes (through positive statements);<br />
(c) gives a rounded, broader view of the student than examination results or our present reporting<br />
system can provide.<br />
2. If the <strong>School</strong> follows the initiative through to Year 11, what will the final ROA summary document contain?<br />
(i) personal details, for example, curriculum vitae, courses followed;<br />
(ii) a curriculum statement of achievement written by the student;<br />
(iii) a statement of personal qualities and achievements, written by the student;<br />
(iv) a record of other experiences, activities and achievements (work experience, residentials, extra-curricular activities etc) as recorded by the student,<br />
throughout their time at <strong>Up</strong>lands.<br />
This document will form part of a portfolio, which m<strong>ay</strong> also include certificates, examples of work, cross-curricular achievements, other detailed<br />
examples of achievement, and anything which the school and the student feel is appropriate to be included in the record.<br />
3. Formative Processes leading to the compilation of the ROA<br />
As children are taught to assess their own strengths and weaknesses in curriculum areas, set targets for improvement, and write meaningful reports<br />
about their own achievement, this will hopefully enhance pupil motivation and personal development. Recording achievement at <strong>Up</strong>lands will:<br />
(i) be an integral part of the learning process and will arise directly from interaction between teachers and pupils, in and out of the classroom;<br />
(ii) be for all students and provide for all levels of attainment, within and across traditional subject areas;<br />
(iii) involve the students in regular discussion with teachers and in jointly agreeing future learning targets;<br />
(iv) develop students’ skills of self-assessment and recording;<br />
(v) encourage students’ greater responsibility for their own learning;<br />
(vi) concentrate on positive aspects of a student’s abilities, experiences, achievements and personal qualities, both in and out of school;<br />
(vii)provide statements which are meaningful to users and written in language which can be readily understood by students, staff, parents, employers,<br />
trainers and further education;<br />
(viii) facilitate the life-long joy of learning and transfer between education and adult life;<br />
(ix) ensure that the final document of record becomes the property of the student.<br />
If you require any further information about this important initiative, please do not hesitate to contact me at <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Geoff Newton<br />
Head of Secondary Curriculum<br />
PAGE 2
Residential<br />
Year Eight Residential Trip to Lumut<br />
We Year Eights went to Lumut for a residential trip to challenge ourselves and to improve our team-building<br />
skills. We left on the morning of Wednesd<strong>ay</strong> the 24th of September to spend three d<strong>ay</strong>s and two nights of funfilled<br />
activities. We did reppelling, k<strong>ay</strong>aking, ropes and an obstacle course, all great experiences.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are some thoughts. K<strong>ay</strong>aking is fun but tiring, especially when turning against a wave; k<strong>ay</strong>aking is really<br />
fun but it takes a lot of energy; k<strong>ay</strong>aking is lots of teamwork.<br />
Repelling is hard while going up but easy while coming down; repelling is scary while I’m doing it, but when I<br />
finished it, it was great! It was awesome, though it was fun both w<strong>ay</strong>s: up and down.<br />
On the obstacle course I am proud I did everything first go; I overcame my fear of heights.<strong>The</strong> teamwork was<br />
awesome!<br />
Aktiviti ini sangat seronok tetapi sangat susah juga. S<strong>ay</strong>a sangat gembira kerana telah menghadapi cabaran<br />
ini!!!<br />
<strong>The</strong> higher ropes were more challenging because you have to think where to put your foot. <strong>The</strong> rope course was<br />
fun but nerve-wracking at the same time. I couldn’t do the higher ropes course because I couldn’t reach.<br />
What was the purpose of all this? … Teamwork, trust, independence, making friends and of course having fun!!!<br />
And the result ….. everything mentioned above …. and …. lots of mosquito bites! Itch! Itch! Itch!<br />
We wouldn’t have succeeded without the help of our teachers and instructors and so we thank them!<br />
Thank you.<br />
Terima kasih!<br />
What is cookie bake ECA?<br />
Cookie Bake ECA is a fun after school activity for years 3 and 4. We learn to make cookies and other healthy snacks. We can make<br />
the cookies and snacks that we learned from Cookie Bake at home. For students who do not participate they can get the recipe from<br />
the student folders under ‘ \\<strong>Up</strong>landsdsk1\students\Primary ECA-recipes 08-09 ‘<br />
My favourite are Chocolate Balls. My Mom and I went to Giant Mart to get the ingredients to make chocolate balls. <strong>The</strong> secret ingredient<br />
is condensed milk. It helps to stick the crushed cookies, dried coconut and cocoa powder together. <strong>The</strong> best part is there is<br />
no baking. I love going to Cookie Bake ECA!<br />
By Emanuel Tan, Year 3<br />
Chocolate Balls<br />
Ingredients:<br />
¼ cup Marie digestive biscuits<br />
¼ cup coconut<br />
2 tsp. cocoa<br />
3 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk<br />
Extra coconut to roll balls in<br />
What to do:<br />
1. Crush biscuits finely.<br />
2. Add coconut and cocoa. Mix well.<br />
3. Stir in condensed milk until well blended.<br />
4. Roll into balls and roll in coconut.<br />
No need to bake but they keep best in the fridge.<br />
YUMMY!!!<br />
Mmm...I love to<br />
eat ‘Coookie Bake<br />
ECA’<br />
PAGE 3
<strong>Up</strong>lands Cross Country 2008<br />
<strong>The</strong> last Saturd<strong>ay</strong> in September usually means the Australian Rules Grand Final for me, however, for the first time it meant something different – my<br />
very first <strong>Up</strong>lands Cross Country event held at the <strong>Penang</strong> Botanical Gardens. What a great morning this ended up being!<br />
It was an early start with the students arriving by 7:45am, registering and receiving their official running number. <strong>The</strong> house spirit was well and truly<br />
alive with Crag, <strong>Hill</strong> and <strong>School</strong> Houses all chanting and singing, trying to gain motivation for the upcoming races.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first race of the d<strong>ay</strong> was the <strong>Up</strong>lands Community Fun Run which was open to all parents and friends of <strong>Up</strong>lands <strong>School</strong>. This was more of a<br />
sprint for some runners with Mr Ch’ng winning the 1 km race on his first ever attempt and Mrs Poulsen winning the ladies run. Congratulations to<br />
both of them and everyone else who took part in this fun event.<br />
8:30am saw the beginning of the student races which saw the following schedule take place:<br />
• Reception – Year 3 – one lap of the small loop (approx 1km) • Year 4 – Year 6 – one lap of the small loop (approx 1km)<br />
• Year 7 – Year 8 – one lap of the big loop (approx 2km) • Year 9 – Year 10 – two laps of the big loop (approx 4 km)<br />
• Year 11 – two laps of the big loop (approx 4km) • Year 12 – Year 13 – two laps of the big loop (approx 4km)<br />
As the d<strong>ay</strong> the went on the heat started to be a major factor in who was going to cross the line first and win points for their team. However, after the<br />
last event there had to be a winning House. Below are all the results from a wonderful Cross Country:<br />
1st <strong>Hill</strong> 657 points<br />
2nd <strong>School</strong> 646 points<br />
3rd Crag 536 points<br />
• Reception – Year 1:<br />
Boys: 1st Callum Fraser, 2nd Hoong Lee Gan, 3rd Arthur Tan<br />
Girls: 1st Melinda Chung 2nd Cailin Brennan 3rd Mimi Kim<br />
• Year 2:<br />
Boys: 1st Umar Rizal Faris 2nd Xander Johnson 3rd Ricky Chang<br />
Girls: 1st Jessica Goei 2nd Faustina Dass 3rd Gaveraa Charles<br />
• Year 3:<br />
Boys: 1st Faiq Mohammad 2nd Rikitada Araki 3rd Carlson Z Whang<br />
Girls: 1st Rahma Inuwa 2nd Celestine Png 3rd Amelie Streller<br />
• Year 4:<br />
Boys: 1st Shion Fraser 2nd Mas<strong>ay</strong>uki Sugimoto 3rd Dong Joo Kim<br />
Girls: 1st Ana Fraser 2nd Ria Jasmine Wee 3rd Tracy Lee<br />
<strong>Up</strong> <strong>Hill</strong>... <strong>All</strong> <strong>The</strong> W<strong>ay</strong>!<br />
• Year 5:<br />
Boys: 1st Oliver Mueller 2nd Naoya Shigeta 3rd Tim Streller<br />
Girls: 1st Nur D<strong>ay</strong>ana Tan 2nd Shihori Kawamura 3rd Vanessa Gehrig<br />
• Year 6:<br />
Boys: 1st Sean Donovan 2nd Omar Inuwa 3rd Wataru Araki<br />
Many thanks to Adrian Sparrow,<br />
Joey Bao and parent contributor,<br />
Jennifer Heal, for these amazing<br />
photos!<br />
Girls: 1st Wen Ju Liew 2nd Sandrine Thompson 3rd Victoria Kesseler<br />
A lot of hard work went into making this event successful with many thanks owed to the Physical Education<br />
staff, maintenance staff, the UPTA, the <strong>Up</strong>lands community, the academic staff and most importantly,<br />
the students. Congratulations to everyone who participated and received points for their Houses, and<br />
especially for those who gained a top three position. It was a very close finish with <strong>Hill</strong> House awarded the<br />
winning cup, finishing 11 points ahead of <strong>School</strong> House. Well done all!<br />
Craig Skinner, PE Teacher.<br />
= Start/Finish<br />
Small Dots = Small Loop<br />
Dash Line = Big Loop<br />
Runners Run Anti-clockwis<br />
PAGE 4
• Year 7:<br />
Boys: 1st Oscar Yap 2nd Lukas Weggartner 3rd Mark <strong>All</strong>ison<br />
Girls: 1st Kitty Manley 2nd Lily Watts 3rd Vera Mueller<br />
• Year 8:<br />
Boys: 1st Kyle Young 2nd Jee Hun Kim 3rd Jake Jeong<br />
2008 Winners,<br />
<strong>Hill</strong> House!<br />
Girls: 1st Chloe Rimington 2nd L<strong>ay</strong>la Kuijper 3rd Kanae<br />
Sugimoto<br />
• Year 9:<br />
Boys: 1st Harry Bowden-Brown 2nd Gabriel Kesseler 3rd Dexter Seow<br />
Girls: 1st Kwan Maneein 2nd Kishori Pattni 3rd Hasinah<br />
Mohammad<br />
• Year 10:<br />
Boys: 1st Matthew Young 2nd Oliver Hopkins 3rd Louis Chai<br />
Girls: 1st Eliene Vonk 2nd S<strong>ay</strong>uri Kakiuchi 3rd Aiko Shigeta<br />
• Year 11:<br />
Boys: 1st Dominic Hoey 2nd Fim Maneein 3rd Kenzie Wong<br />
Girls: 1st Lena Weggartner 2nd Vidushi Bhargava 3rd Lauren Case<br />
• Year 12:<br />
Boys: 1st Nicholas Young 2nd Ivan DeWolf 3rd Ryu<br />
Nakamatsu<br />
Girls: 1st Midori Nishioka 2nd Cheryl Ng 3rd Lidia Vieira<br />
• Year 13:<br />
Boys: 1st Patrick Hoey 2nd Timmons Wong 3rd Lachlan Kerr<br />
e<br />
Girls: 1st Sarah Sulaiman Ch’ng 2nd Chellapriya Vythinathan 3rd <strong>All</strong>ison Chiu<br />
PAGE 5
‘Knowing me knowing you’ (ah haa)<br />
<strong>The</strong> students in Y4 are practising how to do an interview and learning what kind of questions to ask to get information.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are doing this as practise before interveiwing members of staff for the PYP unit of inquiry on ‘Who We<br />
Are At <strong>Up</strong>lands’.<br />
Jenny’s (right) story<br />
By Hey Gin Kim Y4M<br />
Her name is Jenny but her Korean name is Ji Hyon and she is a student in year 4M. Her family lives with her in Mal<strong>ay</strong>sia.<br />
She is from South Korea but can speak English and Korean. She has lived in Mal<strong>ay</strong>sia for 6 months. She is nine<br />
years old and has been to a Mal<strong>ay</strong>sian school called Sri Pelita. In Korea they don’t have swimming and they do not<br />
have ECA’s or PYP either. She s<strong>ay</strong>s after school in Korea they pl<strong>ay</strong> until their mom comes to fetch them. In Mal<strong>ay</strong>sia<br />
she has lots of friends. She likes to eat <strong>Up</strong>lands food and she has been to some other<br />
countries called Australia, New Zealand and China. She likes swimming and PE. Jenny<br />
s<strong>ay</strong>s <strong>Up</strong>lands is a good school and she is going to live here for four years. We have<br />
become friends together.<br />
Story about Jan Marco (left)<br />
By Devika Kejriwal Y4M<br />
Jan Marco is in year 4M and he has one sister who is in year 8. His old school was in India. He comes from Denmark<br />
and speaks Danish, Spanish and English. He is 8 years old and was born in 1999. He loves <strong>Up</strong>lands because there are<br />
so many activities. His favourite subject is sports and he also loves art. He is new to <strong>Up</strong>lands.<br />
Note: You will<br />
have to download<br />
the PDF or go to<br />
the ‘<strong>Up</strong>lands In<br />
<strong>The</strong> News’ noticeboard<br />
to see this<br />
article in colour.<br />
In English this term, Year 8 students have been studying the much loved pl<strong>ay</strong>, A Midsummer<br />
Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. <strong>The</strong>y have really enjoyed studying<br />
Shakespeare’s old English language and reading through the pl<strong>ay</strong>, scene by scene. I’m very<br />
Students were asked to draw a scene from the pl<strong>ay</strong> and produced some brilliant proud.<br />
work! Here are some examples... can you figure out which scenes they have depicted?<br />
Shakespeare In<br />
Ms Wheelahan,<br />
Colour<br />
English Teacher<br />
PAGE 6
How we celebrate Eid-Alfitr<br />
By Zakaria Omar Y4S<br />
After fasting for one whole month, early in the<br />
morning on Eid d<strong>ay</strong> everyone wakes up early<br />
and dresses in new clothes and parents go to<br />
the mosque and pr<strong>ay</strong>. Children also wear their new<br />
clothes and have breakfast and sweets. When the parents<br />
come from the mosque they also eat sweets and breakfast. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
they give money to their children and the children of their neighbours.<br />
At midd<strong>ay</strong> parents go to the market and buy goat and<br />
make lunch as traditional rice, roasted goat, coloured chips<br />
and traditional coloured rice.<br />
Later in the afternoon, people go to each<br />
other’s house and have sweets like cookies, coconut sweets (with different<br />
colours), sesame sweets, Halwa, cake, lollipops, ice-cream, grape<br />
fruit juice and black coffee. <strong>The</strong> next d<strong>ay</strong> people do the same except<br />
buying the goat. <strong>The</strong> third d<strong>ay</strong> they also do the same. That’s how<br />
people celebrate Eid in my country, Somalia.<br />
Eid Mubarak to all Muslims around the world, and to all<br />
Somalians, too! (Translated this means ‘Happy eat.’)<br />
Zakaria is a year 4 student who hails from Somalia and is a new<br />
student at <strong>Up</strong>lands.<br />
E i d -<br />
A l f i t r<br />
in Somalia<br />
Don’t miss the FOBISSEA U13 Secondary Games - ‘<strong>The</strong> Friendly Games’ this<br />
November 13th, 14th and 15th. Our Althletes, Swimmers, Footballers and Basketball Pl<strong>ay</strong>ers will be going up against U13 squads<br />
from Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei. Events will be held at USM, PISA, <strong>Penang</strong> Sports Club and Dalat. Excitement, Food and drink<br />
available at all venues.<br />
Thursd<strong>ay</strong> 13th Nov<br />
Opening Ceremony 8am - 8:30am Open to all ,USM Athletics Stadium<br />
Athletics 8:30am -<br />
Approx 12:30pm<br />
Open to all as spectators, USM Athletics Stadium<br />
Frid<strong>ay</strong> 14th Nov<br />
Swimming 1:00pm 5:00pm Open to all as spectators, PISA Swimming Pool<br />
Basketball- Girls 9:00am 4:00pm Open to all spectators, Dalat <strong>School</strong><br />
Football-Boys 9:00am 4:00pm Open to all spectators, <strong>Penang</strong> Sports Club<br />
Saturd<strong>ay</strong> 15th Nov<br />
Basketball-Boys 9:00am 4:00pm Open to all spectators, Dalat <strong>School</strong><br />
Football-Girls 9:00am 4:00pm Open to all spectators, <strong>Penang</strong> Sports Club<br />
Gala Dinner 7:00pm 10:00pm Teams only, Hydro-Majestic Hotel<br />
Learning Support Department<br />
See<br />
you there!<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Up</strong>lands Learning Support Department Website is now up and running. This is a workin-progress,<br />
so your input is valuable in making this resource a success! Here are 3 easy steps<br />
to access the site:<br />
1. Website: www.sarahneild.com or you can go through the <strong>Up</strong>lands Website Link.<br />
2. Create an ACCOUNT with your own username and password .<br />
3. Once your account has been accepted, go into either Student Support and enter the enrolment<br />
key uplandsstudents for each course,<br />
or enter the Parent Support section and enter the enrolment key uplandsparents. Once you<br />
have entered these codes, you will automatically be enrolled each time you log in.<br />
Please send us any resources that you want to see on the site.<br />
Students - email in any notes or resources that you have created or come across that will be<br />
useful to others.<br />
Parents - please email us if you have new and useful information you want to share - there<br />
are RSS feeds linking to Learning Difficulties so click on these to keep updated with any new<br />
developments!<br />
email Mrs Neild directly through the website link, or at sneild@uplands.org<br />
Thank you to all our FOBISSEA<br />
2008 sponsors:<br />
Gold Sponsors:<br />
Golden Sands Resort<br />
HSBC Bank<br />
Seri Tanjung Pinang<br />
Silver Sponsors:<br />
Park Royal, Sam’s Batik House, E&O<br />
Hotel, Schott Glass and Suntonic.<br />
Bronze Sponsors:<br />
MSL Travel, B<strong>ay</strong>view Beach Resort,<br />
<strong>All</strong>ied Pickfords, Crown Relocations<br />
and Pen Ads.<br />
Marketing & Events<br />
PAGE 7
<strong>The</strong> 2008 <strong>Up</strong>lands <strong>School</strong> Photos, When? Weds 22nd to Fri 24th Oct, Where? <strong>The</strong><br />
Foyer, Why? For the memories...<br />
Please refer to the published schedule of class photo times. Your class tutors have a copy of this and a large copy will be posted on notice boards<br />
as you come in to the Foyer.<br />
Some IMPORTANT things to remember:<br />
• Make sure you are clear about when your class photo is due to be taken- arrive 5 minutes before the published time,<br />
(in most cases this will involve missing some lesson time).<br />
• Please do not touch any equipment that the photographers have set up.<br />
• When the class photo has been taken, go straight to the booth nearby to have your individual photo taken.<br />
• After your individual photo has been taken, go to the lesson that you should be at that time.<br />
• Take your bag with you when you go for the photo as you m<strong>ay</strong> not be returning to the same lesson after the photo.<br />
For the students, a specially designed hard cover photo album comprising of 1 copy of a 5R Class Photo, 1 copy of a 4R Portrait and 8 copies<br />
passport size portraits. This album will be passed to each student for them to look at; you should return it to the <strong>School</strong> if you do not want it<br />
and no charge will be made. If you would like to keep the album, it will be chargeable at RM50.00 per set. <strong>The</strong>re is no obligation to purchase<br />
the photo album.<br />
For Boarders, Prefects & USC group photos, extra prints are chargeable at RM3.00 per copy for 5R and RM2.00 per copy for 4R.<br />
Note: <strong>All</strong> group and individual photos will be taken of students and staff, including new portraits for staff; however there will be no whole<br />
school photo this year.<br />
Finally, please don’t be late and remember to wear correct <strong>School</strong> uniform. Follow the <strong>School</strong> rules on the use of jewellery, look presentable and<br />
don’t forget to smile!<br />
Marketing & Events<br />
Where is Burnley Bear?!? A troubling<br />
Email sent to Mr. Whittlestone recently<br />
with a worrying picture of Burnley<br />
at the Thai border! -<br />
‘Dear Nigel,<br />
WE WANT THE BURNLEY AREA RE-<br />
NAMED: YOU MUST ANNOUNCE IN<br />
NEXT MONDAY’S STAFF BRIEF-<br />
ING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT<br />
TO BE KNOWN AS THE BLACKBURN<br />
AREA!’<br />
For Sale:<br />
Teacher selling HAIER dishwasher<br />
(1000MYR) and TOSHIBA washing machine<br />
(500MYR) for sale. Both less than 2<br />
years old. Mobile: 019 463 5084<br />
Kick me...<br />
At Fat Boys Football,<br />
8pm Mond<strong>ay</strong> nights at the MPH,<br />
<strong>Up</strong>lands <strong>School</strong><br />
Closing thought...<br />
“ - Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.”<br />
~Oscar Wilde, “<strong>The</strong> Importance of Being Earnest”<br />
TOUCH BASE - General Information<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>School</strong> of <strong>Penang</strong><br />
(<strong>Up</strong>lands)<br />
Jalan Sungai Satu, Batu Feringgi, 11100 <strong>Penang</strong>, Mal<strong>ay</strong>sia.<br />
Tel: 04 881 9777 Fax: 04 881 9778<br />
www.uplands.org<br />
• TouchBase is published every Frid<strong>ay</strong> fortnightly<br />
during the school year as a service to the <strong>Up</strong>lands<br />
community. A colour PDF version can be<br />
downloaded from the <strong>School</strong> website: www.<br />
uplands.org - Go to ‘Events/ News’ and then click<br />
on ‘TouchBase Newsletter’.<br />
• It is produced by the <strong>School</strong>, and is meant only for<br />
internal circulation.<br />
• TouchBase is distributed to each family by w<strong>ay</strong> of<br />
youngest enrolled child of each <strong>Up</strong>lands family.<br />
• <strong>All</strong> information must be e-mailed (bram@uplands.<br />
org) to reach the <strong>School</strong> by 10am on the Mond<strong>ay</strong><br />
prior to the following week’s publication.<br />
• TouchBase encourages every member of the<br />
<strong>Up</strong>lands community to contribute to the publication.<br />
However, we reserve the right to edit or reject any<br />
article or information.<br />
• For advertising enquiries, please contact the <strong>School</strong>.