31st October Week 5

Grade 12 Exams Week 4 and 5 19th—23rd October and 26th—30th October

Grade 8 Exams Week 6 2nd—5th November

Prep: Mr. Simbiken

Grade 12 : Mr. C.Papapu

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D ear Parents & Guardians, Welcome to the second newsletter of Term 4, 2015. Grade 10 The Grade 10 students have already completed their PNG examina-

tions. Once again, they celebrated finishing with a cake and soft drinks provided by Mrs. Jones. A large number of the Grade 10s have also been very busy in week 4 preparing their Mini Art Exhibition. Their work is very impressive. The launching of their

Mini Art Exhibition on Friday of Week 4 was a very successful event. The exhi-bition included examples of painting, photography, 3D work, dress design and screen printing. Many thanks to all who contributed to the success of the exhibi-tion—all the students for their work, Julie Mota, Alexia Pidik, Donald Wangu, Dafal Aire, James Praniso, Leightia Metlick, Rosa Kaswan and, of course, all the parents and other visitors. I hope that this event will become at least a biennial event.

In this Issue:

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

2015 National Examinations

High School Formal

Gr 10/Gr 12 Graduation

6th November Week 6

Jones’ Farewell Lunch

29th November Week 9

Grade 10 Mini Art Exhibition (Continued)

The art pieces are for sale but you will have to be quick as a number have already been snapped up. Grade 12 The Grade 12 students have just completed the first week of their PNG examinations. They are praised for their attitude and adherence to the Examination requirements. Senior School Formal The Senior School Formal will be held on Saturday of Week 5 at Liamo Reef Resort. I know that many students have been busy collecting together their outfits for the night and I’m sure it will be another spectacular KIS event. Grade 12 & 10 Graduation Friday of Week 6, November 6th, is the date for our annual Graduation for Grade 12 and Grade 10. I invite as many as possible of our parents and other supporters of the school to come along and share with us in acknowledging the achievement of our students. Whole School Photo We took advantage of having all the Grade 10s present with all the Grade 12s on Friday of Week 3 to get a whole school photo for 2015.

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Ifor Jones Principal

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Introduction: In term three the prep students were studying ‘Where the land meets the sea’. In this topic the students studied the environment around the sea and land. The students ex-plored the features of this environment and discussed the many activities that took place at the beach. This term our theme is ‘Caring for ourselves’. Health and safety of people. How do we keep ourselves healthy? What food keeps us healthy? Language: In language the prep students learnt different strategies of comprehension. They have enjoyed the reading aloud and the shared reading lessons. In those lessons we explored and predicted what the text is about before, during and after reading. The students also noted their background knowledge of the text and their new learning. Maths: In Term three Multiplication was introduced to the prep students. It was challenging but interesting for the preps. This topic will be revisited this term. Weather Notice: During this El Nino season I ask if parents could ensure your child wear a school hat to school. Provide enough water for your child to drink. The preps will not use the play area as the iron bars could be too hot for them to touch.

Close up captions done by prep students. Reading comprehension activity.

Anchor charts showing the student’s background knowledge.

By Mr. G. Simbiken

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Maths Addition, number bonds to eight.

Continue from previous page

Maths, addition, Number bonds to six,

Word wall. Students’ own contribution. Compare and contrast anchor chart.

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To the Grade 12’s

Once again you have reached the end of another chapter in grade 12 and a beginning of a new chapter in your edu-

cational career. Joining you last year was a learning curve for me. Getting to know you, was challenging but we man-

aged together and have reached this far. There have been so many things we’ve done, gone through hard and chal-

lenging times, happy times ,emotional ones, shared each other’s problems and always stood up for one another as a

family. These are some of the things I would like you to take with you as you move out from Kimbe International

School. Always be positive in Life and be strong.

Treasure the memories and advice you have gained from the years you’ve been in KIS.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Celebrations to you all and your families during the festive season.

Below is a poem by Joanna Fuchs which I did some editing.

Always Be A Student By Joanna Fuchs (edited by CP)

Keep on learning, Grade 12’s,

Though your graduation's around the corner; Your whole life's an education

That has only just begun.

Your diploma is the first big step, For knowledge is the special key To winning what you want in life And being who you want to be.

If you'll always be a student,

You'll find the secrets to success And travel on the golden road

To peace and happiness.

A graduating message from CP….

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Last week Mr. G. Simbiken and Mr. S. Papapu attended the FINA Swimming Coaches clinic through an invite from Papua New Guinea Swimming Incorporation (PNGSI) which was held at the Taurama Aquatic Centre (TAC) in Port Moresby. The clinic was funded by the FINA Development Program and PNG Swimming Incorporation (PNGSI) BSP Swim Teacher Program. The expert, invited by Australian Swimming Coaching & Teachers Association (ASCTA) to conduct the clinic, was Mr. John Bladon who is currently the Head of Aquatics at the Knox Grammar School, Sydney Australia. John is a Silver Licence coach with a degree in sport science

(University NSW). He has been a member and head coach of

the NSW and Australian Age and Youth Teams over the last

15 years, and is currently the State Team’s Head coach (2013,

2014 & 2015). John has been Head coach of some States and

Australia’s top Age Group Swimming Clubs. He is the Presi-

dent of ASCTA NSW, a member of the Swimming NSW board

and a member of Australian Swimming’s accreditation advi-

sory board.

John was a competitive swimmer in his native country, Eng-

land, where he started his career as a volunteer swimming

teacher over 30 years ago. He has two children aged 13 & 16

who are both competitive swimmers.

The clinic was officially opened by BSP Marketing representa-

tive Rosemary Mawe on behalf of Sports Minister Hon Justine

Tkatchenko. John covered the four different types of strokes

in swimming, that is the, Freestyle, Backstroke, Butterfly and

Breaststroke. John also helped us understand the energy sys-

tems in the body, simple biometrics, progression drills, starts

and finishes, training sets, squad sessions and race analysis.

The practical sessions were made possible by swimmers from the Boroko Amateur Swimming Club (BASC) of which some had

represented PNG in the recent Pacific games.

At present there are swim clubs only in Port Moresby and Lae. We are working with PNGSI in creating a swimming club in Kimbe

which in turn would register under PNGSI. We will keep you informed with future developments and look forward to working

with you.

From left: Elizabeth Wells MBE-President of PNGSI, Sam Papapu, Gideon Simbiken, John Bladon-Clinic Expert and Head of Aquatics at Knox Grammar School, Sarenah Pini-PNGSI Treasurer and Susan Baboa-PNG FINA Referee and Boroko Amateur Swimming Club Registrar