elc primary Gazette Spring Holidays

elc primary Gazette
Newsletter PD 08/2012
Spring Holidays
A great time of the year
Spring holidays
Freedom! And loving family near
Spring holidays
Just do what you want to
There’s lots of places to go to
Have some fun with your friends
Spring holidays
Go shopping for the latest trends
Spring holidays
No more thinking of School
‘Coz holidays have no rules
Meet the gang, have fun or just chill
Spring holidays
Buy candy, go swim, eat ice cream – what a thrill!
Spring holidays
Do you know there is no stress or strife?
Yes, spring holidays are the time of your life
Special Interest Articles
Yester-Daze – The 80’s Musical
Upper Primary Homeroom
Assemblies
Prefect Camp
Lower Primary Homeroom
Assemblies
PE fixtures
UP & Sec Sports Day
Lower Primary Sports Day
Happy Holidays
everyone, and,
to those who
celebrate…
HAPPY EASTER!
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Field Trip
THE PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT PRESENTS
YESTER-DAZE –
To continue the celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of elc International School, the Performing Arts
Department ventured once more into the world of musical theatre. This time, an original production,
“YESTER-DAZE – The 80’s Musical!” was created and performed on 2 nd & 3rd March, 2012, at Pentas 2,
KLPAC. Over 20 great songs from the 1980’s filled the programme, with Teachers and Students (from Years
4 to 11) singing, dancing and acting in an exciting and energetic comedy-drama. The students in the cast,
band and crew made us all very proud and showed us just how much amazing talent we have at elc! There
were so many great moments! I know all those involved really do wish we could go back to KLPAC and relive
this extraordinary experience over and over again…
Mr Martin
Head of Performing Arts
UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTS IN THE CAST
Naomi Chai, Sabrina Shahaniz, Katharina Kiesel, Larissa Siebel, Hannah Newman, Sabrina Bahsoon, Daniella Monfils,
Mia Cavaliero, Daniel Liew & Natalya Rezza
HOMEROOM ASSEMBLY TOPIC: Poetry Recitation
Year Group/Class: 3 Red
Curriculum Link/s: English
3 Red performed a poem ‘My Shadow’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. Children were excited about the class
assembly right from the start and practiced enthusiastically. As the date drew near, everyone looked
forward to the presentation with much anticipation. The hard work of the children was rewarded with a
flawless performance. Teachers and children present at the assembly were impressed as every child in
3 Red memorized all four verses of the poem! Great job, 3 Red!
HOMEROOM ASSEMBLY TOPIC: Types of Materials
Year Group/Class: 3 Grey
Curriculum Link/s: Science
The topic of this assembly was “Types of Materials”. The students were prepared to present
information about various types of materials such as wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper and fabric. The
students described the properties, the uses of these materials and ways to recycle these materials in
order to save the earth. All the students of Y3 Grey participated actively and they did a wonderful job.
HOMEROOM ASSEMBLY TOPIC: Respect
Year Group/Class: 3 White
Curriculum Link/s: Music, Drama, Art and PSHE
3 White’s assembly was all about RESPECT! They wanted to show how students behave while on assembly.
Wonderful hand-made paper plate puppets were used to re-enact a school assembly. The puppets showed
the wrong way and the right way to behave during assembly - which had the whole of Upper Primary
laughing while sharing a valuable message. This message was then made even clearer as the students put
on their caps and their sunglasses and rapped about respect.
HOMEROOM ASSEMBLY TOPIC: Rainbow
Year Group/Class: 4 White
Curriculum Link/s: PSHE
The students did a play about treating everyone equally despite their differences.
On the 16th of March 2012, 51 elc Prefects set off for a 3 Day/2 Night camp at Teratak
Nalys Eco Resort and Equestrian Park.
The highlight of the first day was visiting an Orang Asli kampung and a fishing pond.
Day 2 was long and tiring, starting with a hike up to a cave, high in the mountains.
After a shower, everyone ate dinner and gathered around the karaoke area for
“Prefect Camp Idol” which featured many different people showcasing their talents.
The last day of Prefect Camp was packed with activities – flying fox, survival
challenge, horse riding and paintball. The challenges we faced, the lessons we learned
all helped the Prefects as a group to trust one another, to know each other’s strengths
and to become better leaders.
~ Leong Jo Yie, Year 6 Grey
Lower Primary has been holding Student Assemblies every Wednesday morning. Here is what
we have done.
In Topic work, Reception classes have been learning about plants. The students learnt to
recognise differences in leaves (shapes, types, colours). Reception Red recited a poem entitled
‘Leaf’ with actions. They did a great job and had lots of fun doing it!
Reception Grey children recited a poem called Daddy’s Seaside Counting Poem which
focussed on our Numeracy lessons. While reciting the poem, children had to count while
showing the correct number of fingers as well as acting out the words of the poem. They did a
great job.
Reception White were bursting with energy, unable to contain their excitement as they
practiced relentlessly each day for their assembly performance. They had learned how plants
and flowers grow during their Topic lesson and wanted to share their findings with their
friends. They sang: “Here’s a seed in a dark, dark ground.” Together with their singing they
made some props all by themselves and were proud of what they did.
Year 1 Red acted out the story of The Enormous Turnip for our assembly. Some of the
children had been the narrators while some acted out the characters from the story. The
children enjoyed playing the different characters; it also made them realize how important
team work is.
Year 1 Grey students talked about their own ambitions and how they would work to achieve
that. Some were dressed up a like a doctor, a teacher, a soldier etc
Year 1 White assembly this term was about “Wild Animals”. It related to Topic work on
animals. Some of the students talked about animals being carnivores, herbivores and
omnivores, naming examples from each group. All the students then danced to the song
“Walking through the Jungle”.
Year 1 White
Year 2 had the privilege of having their assembly during Chinese New year and thus sang a
Chinese New Year song entitled “Gong Xi Gong Xi” in Mandarin, Malay and English language
with simple actions. They also performed a Dragon Dance in conjunction with the
celebrations of the Chinese Lunar year, which is also the year of the Dragon. The Dragon is
the fifth sign of the Chinese Zodiac which consists of 12 Animal signs. The Dragon Dance is
popular during the CNY, as the Chinese believe the celestial Dragon brings good luck to
everyone.
Sport
Gender
Age
Group
Day and Date
Venue
Staff/ Result
Tuesday 8th
November
Thursday 10th
November
Saturday 3rd
December
GIS
U’10 and
U’11
Friday 27th/ Saturday
28th January
Boys
U’9
Football
Boys
U’9
Football
Boys
Football
Boys and
Girls
U’9
U’11
U’9
Wednesday 15th
February
Tuesday 28th
February
Tuesday 6th March
elc (vs)
PE Staff plus
St.Christoph sports prefects
ers, Penang,
Park City and
elc Cyberjaya
Park City
Won 6-1
Football
Boys and
Girls
Boys and
Girls
U’11
Boys and
Girls
Boys
U’9
Boys and
Girls
U’11
Girls
Boys
U10
Saturday 12th May
U8 & U10
Basketball
Boys and
Girls
Boys
U’11
Swimming
Boys and
Girls
All ages
Football
and
Athletics
Boys and
Girls
Football
Football
Football
Football
Football
Football,
Swimming
and T-Ball
Football
U’11
U’11
U’11
elc (vs Park
City)
CES
Match Postponed
elc vs Tenby
Lost 6-2
Drew 2-2
Boys 5th
Girls 3rd
ISAKL
Competition
@ elc
Wednesday 14th
March
Saturday 17th March
GIS
Friday 4th/ Saturday
5th May
Primary – 5th
Park City
Saturday 10th March
Wednesday 21st
March
Thursday 19th April
Boys lost 14-0
Girls lost 26-6
U11 Won 6-0
Alice Smith
(ISAC
competition)
GIS
Park City
St.Christoph
ers plus
Uplands
LFKL
Lost 5-1
Lost 2-0
Boys 12th
Girls 12th
Lost 7-2
Lost 6-0
Mr.Ratcliffe
All PE staff
Ms.Azlinda
Mr.Graham
Mr.Prem
1st – Blue Sharks
1031 points
2nd – Red Rhinos
1010 points
3rd – Yellow Eagles
973 points
4th – Green Gators
968 points
On Friday 9 March 2012 the Lower Primary Division held their Sports Day. The PE Dept had
devised a fun-filled event for us, taking an entirely different approach to our Sports Days of
previous years. This year, though it was not a competitive event, it was an opportunity for
students to perform a series of athletic and core skills activities they had been learning in PE,
in a fun way.
The activity stations for the morning were: Beanbag Race, Hoop Skipping, Obstacle Course,
BBQ Race, Beanbag Throw, Slalom Relay, Hat Balance, Space Hoppers, Bat and Beanbag
Race, and Straight Sprints.
Each class spent eight minutes at each station, showing their skills to their parents, and then
moved on to the next station. Once the students had finished a station, parents were invited to
join in and have a go themselves – many finding it wasn’t as easy as it looked!
The weather was kind to us, and the event went very well, with students, teachers and parents
enjoying the fun. The Lower Primary teachers would like to thank the PE staff for this wellorganised Sports Day, and the parents for being such wonderful sports!
On Tuesday 20 March, Lower Primary and Year 3 visited PJLA Theatre to watch The
Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. Performed by the fabulous Blunderbus Theatre
Company, this was the adventure of Plop, the baby barn owl, who journeyed into the
night-time world of campfires, fireworks and moonlight.
Initially scared of the
nighttime, Plop learned something new about the dark each night: dark is exciting,
dark is kind, dark is fun, dark is necessary, dark is fascinating, dark is
wonderful and dark is beautiful. The performance was very interactive, with lots of
calling out, chasing around and water-spraying. Even Mr Howie was roped into the fun,
as he was elected to remind Plop how to fly – “Left wing, right wing, flap, flap, flap!”
Returning back to school, the students wrote about Plop and his discoveries, and their
wonderful trip to meet him.