Welcome back to school after the CNY break.

The COVID positive numbers in Malaysia have risen after the CNY break and that has affected all schools including TISKL.

Thank you to all parents, and students for the testing at the start of this week. As you will see from the email sent to parents earlier, the school is starting weekly testing to help give everyone the confidence to continue attending school.

So far, we have had a very small number of positive COVID cases in the student and staff bodies. This is inevitable, as the country moves from a pandemic to an endemic state. We are learning to live with and manage this virus. I would like to remind all parents to monitor themselves and their children carefully. Testing and vaccinations does not stop someone from catching COVID.

Vaccinations are very important to reduce the impact of the virus, and I would like to remind parents of children who would like to get them vaccinated, to register through MySejahtera so that an appointment can be made. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind parents that the school has no part in making or arranging these appointments.

The SoPs and testing help us to help each other. RESPECT is part of the TIS core values and so is INTEGRITY. Both these values are very important at the moment, by following the SoPs and rules we are respecting and protecting ourselves, and just as importantly others around us. At the same time we are practising integrity by following these essential rules. These are very good values for our students and your children to embed as core to the way they lead their life. So please wear a mask, wash your hands regularly and keep social distancing.

Coming back to Chinese New Year, it has been fantastic to see our Performing Arts team, playing drums and dancing at shopping malls throughout the city. I hope that you were able to see them at the Pavilion KL, Pavilion Bukit Jalil, Fahrenheit and Intermark. They were a real credit to themselves and the school. This is another small step towards normality that we are all craving for.