Newsletter 26: 2022/2023

School Bulletin

23: 2022/23

Mr Martin Shelley

Dear parents, staff, and students,

I hope you have all enjoyed what has been an action-packed few weeks
since the half-term break.

We were thrilled to host two very well-attended Primary Deepavali
assemblies, these events were full of rich cultural celebrations, music,
and fun, and I want to wish a sincere thank you to all of the amazing
students who performed, the tireless Teachers and Assistants who put it
all together and of course the wonderful audience of parents who cheered
the children on so enthusiastically. It was just fantastic to see so many children singing and dancing on stage
once more!

Our awesome PTA must also be congratulated for running an extremely successful ‘Trunk or Treat’ event! The
attendance was simply fantastic, with hundreds of students, staff, and parents onsite, enjoying the festivities.
Equally, the costumes and decorations during the event were incredible, and I cannot forget the extremely
popular haunted houses run by secondary students, which were an absolute hit. Plus of course, the 30+ car
trunks which transformed by their owners into a wide range of spooky scenes and engaging tricks. The
feedback we had from students and parents was overwhelmingly positive, excited, and thankful, and I must
again congratulate the PTA on how well their plans came together on the night – it was magnificent!

The International Schools Partnership (ISP) hosted a Festival of Amazing Learning over the weekend and over
250 teachers from all over Malaysia attended the event at Tenby Setia Eco Park for a full day of professional
development, collaboration, and the opportunity to network with colleagues in other schools. Events like these
are just one of the reasons we are lucky to be part of a much bigger group of schools like ISP – where our
teachers are given rich development opportunities that other schools cannot offer. It was a wonderful event
and our attending teachers have had the chance to engage in over 5 CPD hours to improve their professional
craft and share their own expertise with others.

November promises to be another eventful month, with many trips and events taking place, so I wish everyone
the best of luck for the month ahead in school and at home.

Mrs Madeleine
Britton

Dear Tenby Family,

We are now on the final furlong of the
term, the end is insight! It has been a super
fortnight since our last newsletter.

Deepavali has come and gone, and what a splendid celebration that
was! Well done Ms Runesha, Mr Arvind, Ms Syalini and the rest of
the staff and children for their hard work, it was wonderful.

A big thank you from me to the PTA for organising the Trunk or
Treat, my husband and I had a great time, Hook-a-Duck proved a
great success! And thank you to all of you who dressed up your car
and yourselves! We have also raised money in our Primary
Halloween Dress Up on the day itself.

We have had another parent workshop this week, with Ms Mandy
our Head of Literacy, discussed reading, another informative
session for our parent body.

Much more to come in the weeks up to Christmas, don’t forget to
register for Tenby’s Got Talent, it’s coming soon.

I hope you all have a restful week, stay safe and well and take
care.

Mr Jeffrey Elliott

Dear Parents, Guardians, Students and Staff ,

I trust you enjoyed a fabulous Deepavali holiday
with close friends and family. Whether you
celebrate Deepavali or not, it is a wonderful occasion to
honour those universal values which hold such
importance in this world such as kindness, empathy and
respect. The Secondary assembly was a fantastic
culmination of these values, with many exciting
performances and lots of fun all around. A special thanks
to the teachers who helped organize the event and also staff that lit up the runway during
the fashion show!

On a more subdued note, the Assessment Week has now concluded and one can feel the light
heartedness in the corridors as the stress experienced by students has passed. I am always
impressed with the dedication and focus that our students demonstrate towards their
studies and have no doubt there will be much to celebrate when report cards are issued later
this term. For Year 11 students, the formal Mock exams will be in January, and I strongly
encourage Year 11 to attend the wide range of booster classes which have become available
to them.

Outside of the formal curriculum, we were thrilled to welcome members from the University
of Nottingham onto campus last week for our first coding class. This four-lesson course will
have a focus on beginner coding with students gaining knowledge on the Python programme,
with more intermediate and advanced classes planned for the future. With IGCSE Computer
Science opening in August 2023 alongside of coding classes, students at SEH are well
prepared to acquire the essential digital literacy skills necessary to succeed in the 21st
century.

Lastly, registration for the school Badminton tournament has opened up this week and I
strongly encourage students of all ages and abilities to join in the fun! With the tournament
starting next week, please do follow along with the next newsletter to get all the updates
and see some amazing photos!
I hope you enjoy this version of the newsletter, take care and keep in touch with us.

Learner Attribute- Leadership

Leadership is a quality we instil in all of our children but in Year 6, as
upper-primary students nearing their final year of primary-level
education, there is a certain amount of responsibility that is placed on
their shoulders. Whether they have ‘official’ leadership positions or are
simply the oldest cohort, they need to understand the importance of
their roles as student leaders. They need to develop strong leadership
skills. Most importantly, students need to understand what makes a good
leader.

Being a student leader is about more than just helping to hand out
certificates on assembly! Being the eldest students in the school is a lot
of responsibility. Students have a responsibility to younger students as
role models and buddies, and to each other as they work together to get
ready for secondary school.

What makes a good leader?
Communication Skills and a Trustworthy Nature
Communicating isn’t just about being a confident speaker! A good leader knows when to speak, how to speak, and
also how to listen effectively. In order to inspire trust in others, students must speak with good intentions – this
means speaking with honesty and kindness.

Creativity and Flexibility
Modelling a creative and flexible mindset is important as students learn to process increasingly complex ideas.
Leaders are able to collaboratively solve problems and work with others to come up with amazing answers.

Responsible
Good leadership is not about being ‘in charge’! Rather, it’s about supporting those you are leading.
Student leaders need to take responsibility for their actions and choices. They recognise that owning your
actions is a step in maturity that is necessary as they enter high school. Alongside this, is the responsibility they
have to not lay the blame on others for their decisions.

Motivated and Positive
Having a positive mindset is integral to inspiring and leading others! This can sometimes be difficult for students
as they come across more difficult work and transition into high school. Helping students keep up motivation goes
a long way to promoting leadership skills in students.

Committed and Leads by Example
Perhaps the most important quality of all! A great leader leads by example. Younger students often look up to
older students with awe and admiration! They closely watch and copy the behaviour of older kids, and so a good
student leader understands their responsibility as a role model to the younger years. Not only do they recognise
this responsibility, but a good leader is excited about the opportunity to lead and guide others! They would never
ask anyone to do anything which they are not willing to do.

Learner Attribute - Respect

Written by Hibatullah Khameel

When we think of respect, we often think of respecting
others. Yet before we respect others, there’s something
else we should be doing. Self-respect. Self-respect is the
first step towards understanding that you deserve love,
consideration, and opportunities, just like everyone else.
Self-respect is loving yourself and treating yourself with
care. It's the result of staying true to your values and not
being willing to compromise them. The more you engage in
behaviours consistent with your beliefs and values, the
more you'll feel fulfilled and confident.

Self-esteem can at times be confused with self-respect. Self-esteem is about how
much we love ourselves. Self respect is how you show that love to yourself. Unlike
self-esteem, which is dependent on world interactions, success and performance,
self respect is more of an accepted, unchanging view of ourselves and our worth.

When we have low levels of self-respect, we tend to engage in more social
comparison on social media, which makes us feel even worse about ourselves. This is
where self-respect can help us so that we are able to stop ourselves from comparing
our lives to others. This is because, essentially, self-respect is a form of self-care.
When someone has self-respect, they have accepted themselves and believe they
are deserving of belonging to the world.

You can work on your self-respect by choosing who you surround yourself with.
Choose people who empower you to accept and embrace your authentic self. You can
also practice self-care and do activities which you enjoy, as well as identifying &
nurturing your needs. If we all work on our self-respect, perhaps we will all be more
confident individuals, who, through caring for themselves, understand how to care
for and respect others.

Primary

Amazing Learning - Reception

n Maths, the reception children have been learning about squares and
rectangles. We began our lesson by counting the sides and the corners of
squares and rectangles and spot any squares and rectangles in the classroom.
We also learned to draw square and rectangles in our mini whiteboard. To
consolidate our learning, we played sorting game with our peers where the
children need to cut the shapes and sort them into the correct groups. They
take turns to pick the card and if the shapes match, the player gets to keep
the cards. Player with the most cards we win the game. Then, the children
also show a good struggle by making rectangles and squares by using linking
cubes. Amazing Maths, RN!

Amazing Learning - Reception

During circle time, the children learned more about one of Tenby SHE’s learner
attributes, respect. They sang a song about respect, discussed what respect
means and how to show it. Later, they talked about respecting not only our
friends, family and teachers but also our belongings, food and nature.
The children also learned about good manners and they read a book called ‘Do
Unto Otters: a Book About Manners’ by Laurie Keller. The children were
interested to find out what happened to a family of otters and their neighbours
and they were eager to discuss the key events of the story. Many children
showed great comprehension skills, as they were able to mention various
instances of respectful behaviour mentioned in the book. After they
established that using good manners is a sign of respect, the children engaged
in a fun, yet slightly challenging activity.
Students had to dip their foot in paint to make a print for an otter. Once the
paint dried, the children drew in the details so that their footprint turned into
an otter. They then attempted to write captions about how to be respectful,
just like the otters from the story.
Great resilience and fantastic understanding of what respect is, RT!

Amazing Learning - Year 1

In their subject of Project-Based Learning (PBL), the year 1 students are
learning about the continents and the oceans. As a part of their hardwiring
activity, the students are getting better at making a globe using simple
materials. They are showing respect to the world by using recycled paper
and a balloon to make a DIY globe. Then, they will label and paste the
continents and the oceans onto the globe. It’s a learning process onto
finishing their projects. Keep up the amazing learning, year 1!

Amazing Learning - Year 3

In Music Class, our year 3 learnt to differentiate between the pulse and a
rhythm. Most students will accurately copy a heard for beat rhythm and
clap a written rhythm. Some pupils will have progressed further and be
able to create their own four beat rhythm and write it out for
themselves. Well done Year 3 !

Amazing Learning - Year 4

In Maths this week, the Year 4 students have been exploring different
unit of measurements such as millimetre, centimetre, metre and
kilometre. Using this knowledge and their addition skill, the students
measure some objects in the classroom to add up the lengths together.
They also convert the measurement, making sure that they are in the
same unit before adding the lengths together. Good struggle, Year 4!

Amazing Learning - Year 5 &
Year 6

This week years 5 and 6 students are having inter-house badminton
tournament. They are participating in single category. They are in a good
struggle and try their best to compete in the tournament.

Prefects

The Prefects have displayed the learner attributes of the school such as
respect and thoughtfulness through assisting students in Primary. They
take turn every week and divide their responsibilities among themselves.
Additionally, they also demonstrate cooperation and are able to
communicate well in a team in order to carry out their duty more
effectively. Good job, Prefects!

English as an Additional

Language (EAL)

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THE USE OF VISUAL AIDS IN EAL CLASSROOM

Secondary

Creative & Performing Arts

The Year 7 students experienced good struggles with ICT lesson activities.
They were assigned to identify the key terms of internal components of a
computer system. After they locate the components of the computer system,
they need to describe what they understand about the component.
Year 7 also having fun completing the crossword puzzle about the hardware and
software on the smart board. They did a fantastic job whilst communicate with
each other in class to give the correct answers. They have shown a good
cooperation and collaboration among them to solve the crossword puzzle.
Keep it up Year 7!

English

When learning English, students focus more on analyzing the content
rather than just understanding it. With that being said, it can be a
daunting task and a steep learning curve for some. Our Year 9s this term
is analyzing the prose, Animal Farm. Students in Group 4 worked
collaboratively to identify the keyword from the evidence and share their
thoughts on the image they gathered from the evidence and the emotion
they feel as readers. Alongside these guiding prompts, students worked
together for their presentation on “why the pigs had an unfair advantage
over the other animals”. Below is an example of students’ work.

Humanities

Enterprise subject is very new to Year 7 students. It has been introduced in
Secondary in 2021-2022 academic year. The year 7 Enterprise students were
introduced about the subject during the first week and they need some clarity
on what is Enterprise all about. To cater to the student’s needs the lesson has
been simplified to achieve the learning outcomes. As a part of the class work,
the students should be able to identify the meaning of Enterprise and how they
could use the skills at home and at school. The task is to do a poster about
these enterprising skills at home and at school.
The students were given 25 minutes to think about an activity and come out
with their ideas. Please find the learning by outcome posters created by some
of our Year 7 Enterprise students.

Humanities

This year, Geography students in Year 11 have been undertaking
coursework, which is part of their IGCSE assessment. Our students had
chance to visit the Setia EcoHill Walk for fieldwork, where they surveyed
people around the local settlement. One of the ways they collected data,
was using a questionnaire. This was done by standing on the street and
interviewing people. It was given out at the entrance to the shops. Our
students worked collaboratively in groups to get people to complete the
survey, and they will share the data they have gathered, which will be
used in their write up of the coursework investigation.

Language - Bahasa Melayu

‘Membeli Belah’ is an activity in which a customer browses the available
goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential
intent to purchase. Over the past weeks, Year 8 has collaborated to made
new learning on 'membeli belah'. They consolidate their learning by
making slides about 'membeli belah' and the differences between
‘membeli belah’ di Malaysia dan luar negara.

Math

Year 7 students started learning about angles this week.
First of all, let’s detect the angles around us and try to categorize them into
different kinds.
They went out of classroom in groups to observe and detect different kinds of
angles together:

During the activity, they were receiving some comments and questions from the
teacher, like:
What kind of angle it is?
What do we need to have an angle?
What can form a perfect angle?
What do we call different parts of the angle?
How observant you are!
How detailed!

Can we call a curve an angle?
(All factual questions since it’s just the beginning)
Then they got back to class and tried to categorize the angles in collaboration:

PE

Playing badminton can improve one's hand-eye coordination, flexibility and
balance because of the agility that's required to aim correctly and move
to hit the birdie when it comes to your side of the court. It can help to
improve cardiovascular endurance, as it is a form of aerobic exercise.
You'll be moving quickly on the court, which will get your heart rate up
and help you to burn calories!
Inline with that, Physical Education Department organized a interhouse
badminton tournament for all students primary and secondary school. The
badminton hall was extremely lively throughout the entire tournament,
bustling with noises of students cheering and clapping for their teams.
Students are expected to collaborate with their teammates to come up
with their best strategies in order to win the match. They have shown
good struggle in every match and all students are giving their 100%
effort for this tournament.

Science

Poster is a fantastic way to consolidate learner’s knowledge, especially for
exam preparation. After finishing relevant topics, students were able to
construct science revision poster to link the ideas together. This poster is
also perfect for our classroom display!
Before exams, students were given the opportunity to reflect on what they
have learnt and reinforce the key concepts in science and chemistry lessons.
In this session, students were required to recall all the concepts and link the
topics that have been learned. In this activity, students were able to
collaborate and link the ideas in a visual format using mahjong paper. Just like
a scientist, they communicate with each other about their research using
poster in a visually engaging manner. These activities adopt the values of
creativity, communication and cooperation which are aligned with our school
vision at Tenby School Setia EcoHill.
With that, this can improve the learners’ understanding of Science. This
activity can maximize revision time and optimize learners’ engagement in class.
Consequently, this inspires them to be a better learner.

Workshop - Coding

This past Friday was very exciting as our inaugural Coding Workshop took
off to great enthusiasm and excitement. Students from Years 8 – 11
experinced New Learning with an introduction to the Python coding
programme, with with the kind support of members from the University
of Nottingham Malaysia. The next workshop is on November 4th and
students are already excited about taking their coding skills to the next
level!

Deepavali

Last week, the secondary students at Tenby SEH celebrated Deepavali with a
range of activities and a special assembly. They decorated the entrance of the
Event Hall with rangoli – the traditional indian coloured rice art. Students used
their creativity to add a riot of colours to the school’s logo on the rangoli. On
the event day, they took part in competitions that combined Indian culture
with their traditional art, language and even muruku-making skills. The
activities were followed by a special assembly full of traditional and modern
Indian music and dance. At the end of the assembly, each student received
laddu; a sweet end to a fun-filled day. It was a rich and colourful cultural day
both students and teachers had fun learning each others’ culture.

Kancil Science Competition

Science has always been my passion since young, especially in the fields of Biology and Chemistry. Through the
Kancil Science Competition, I was able to explore the deeper parts of science, which provided me opportunities
to learn more about the contents in the individual sciences, and enabled me to enhance my critical thinking
skills. – Kher Wen

A-Levels

A Warm Welcome Back !

It is the inaugural year for the A-Level programme at Tenby SEH and the school is proud to
have the Head Boy and Head Girl from the 2021-22 IGCSE graduating class return to the
school and continue their education journey with our community. Allison and Zhi Hang have
both already achieved tremendous success in their young academic careers, with Allison
winning the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award last year for Top Score in Malaysia in
IGCSE First Language Chinese. Not to be outdone, Zhi Hang won the Outstanding Cambridge
Learner Award for Top Score in the World in IGCSE Mathematics with a perfect score.
Outside of academics, both students are significant contributors in the school and have had
an immeasurable impact our community thus far. We are delighted to have them join our A-
Level Programme and wish them the best with their studies!

A Levels - A Fine Balance

Not only the title of an amazing novel by Indian – Canadian author Rohinton Mistry, students
in this A-Level experienced New Learning by trying to find the equilibrium and balance with
this science instrument seen in the photo. In the context of Physics, equilibrium is the
condition of system when it’s internal energy or motion do not change over time. In this photo
Ming Jie, Casszin and Zhi Hang are engaged in a Good Struggle to find the equilibrium and
after several tense moments and deep breaths, were able to find the fine balance!

Top in Malaysia!

Our A-level student, Allison Chung has received prestigious award from Cambridge Assessment International
Education to acknowledge her outstanding performance for being Top in Malaysia in Chinese First Language in
the June 2022 Cambridge IGCSE examination series.

“I feel extremely honoured to be able to obtain this distinguished award, and I would like to thank my friends
and family who were with me along this learning journey, and certainly Mr. Ng for his guidance! Studying at
Tenby empowers and encourages us to learn extensively beyond the curriculum. Chinese Mandarin had always
been one of my favourite subjects, during lessons we learn through various approaches such as literature
analysis, debate, conference, project-based learning, and these had undoubtedly piqued my interest in
exploring more about this language. I am thrilled and excited while continuing my A-level learning journey here
at Tenby Setia EcoHill!”

- Allison Chung

金榜题名！
我们的A-level 学生，郑艾莉珊荣获英国剑桥大学国际考评部颁发的马来西亚顶尖奖（Top in Malaysia），特此奖励她于
2022 年的剑桥IGCSE国际考试中考获全马来西亚中文作为第一语言的第一名。
“我能获此殊荣，倍感荣幸，我想借此感谢我的家人朋友伴我走过这一趟学习之旅，感恩黄老师这些年来的循循善诱，悉心
指导!”在腾比（Tenby）就读促使鼓励我们在学习课程的同时，也探索浩瀚无边的知识。我一向对中文情有独钟，源自于班
上多元的学习方法，文学分析、辩论、研讨会、主题学习，这些都无疑燃起我学习这门语言的热诚。我目前畅游于Tenby
Setia EcoHill的A-level学习之旅，希望能在未来的日子里更上一层楼！”
郑艾莉珊

Safeguarding

Wellbeing for babies
It is now widely recognised that what happens in the first 1001 days of life are incredibly important. Children’s
brains develop fastest and are at their most ‘plastic’ or adaptable in the womb and early years of life. During
this time, many millions of neural connections are made and then pruned. This builds the architecture of the
brain upon which other forms of development will rest.

Babies’ development is strongly influenced by their experiences of the world. These are shaped by their
primary caregivers (usually their parents). Parent-infant relationships are vitally important.
Babies and young children experience their world as an environment of relationships, and these relationships
affect virtually all aspects of their development.

They are reliant on parents to respond to their needs. Parents who are tuned-in and able to respond to babies’
and young children’s needs sensitively in an appropriate and timely way, support their early development in
profound ways:
Parents’ responses shape how they experience their emotions and how they learn to regulate and express these
emotions. If someone responds sensitively to a child when they cry, for example, the baby or child learns that
they matter, that they can rely on their parents to help them when they are upset, and how difficult emotions
can be brought under control.

When babies and young children receive appropriate comfort and care, they can feel safe and begin to explore
the world around them, to play and learn.

When parents provide positive, playful interactions, and when they engage in play and activities such as singing
and reading to their baby or young child, this provides stimulation that helps a child to learn and develop.
As an educator I feel sadden when I see children and even babies staring at a screen, with little or no
interaction with the people around them and their environment. In restaurants families not interested in each
other but hooked on what is happening in our people’s lives. This is a global concern and impacts on the health
and wellbeing of our children, no mater what their age.

Experts recommend the following;
Babies younger than 18 months: no screen with the exception of video-chats

Kids 18 to 24 months: high-quality programming if parents want to introduce digital media; parents should
watch with kids

Kids 2 to 5 years: limited screen time to one hour a day of high-quality programs; parents should view with kids

Kids 6 and older: consistent limits on screen time; limits on types of media; and making sure screen use does
not interfere with kids getting enough exercise and sleep

Also recommended is established screen-free times (such as during dinner) and no-screen areas in the home
(such as in bedrooms).

REFER A FRIEND!