17 January 2020 - Our first school assemblies focused on having a sense of belonging and the concept of “family”. - TISKL In Touch - 17 January 2020

It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome our new students and their families to the secondary school. We are also very happy to welcome back our returning students and families.

As the new school year gets underway we deliver our message of supporting each other. Our first school assemblies focused on having a sense of belonging and the concept of “family” with us all working together harmoniously.

It is evident that our students and teachers have settled quickly with a sense of positivity, while taking time to catch-up with friends after the holiday. In our endeavour to provide the best for our students we look to bring our core values of Respect, Excellence, Communication, Integrity, Passion and Enjoyment into all our practices. Additionally, in collaboration with Mindvalley, our Key Stage 4 students will have enhanced opportunity for personal growth through online courses and effective use of assembly times. The secondary school’s new assembly structure will better support positive, all-round educational outcomes for each of our students.

We have a ‘meet the teacher’ evening for families of year 7 students coming up on February 13th. It is an opportunity for you to find out from your child’s teacher how they have settled into their new classes and environment. I would like to point out that subject grades, forecasts and academic progress will not be reported during this event.

I wish you all the very best for 2020 and look forward to continued success here at Taylor’s International School.

TISKL & MINDVALLEY JOIN FORCES!

Around the world, schools, colleges and universities are facing an ever-increasing challenge: how to equip young people with the skills and capabilities that industry and the economy increasingly recognise are important? These are things like interpersonal intelligence, empathy, creativity and ingenuity, digital literacy, problem-solving, resilience, and more.

Here at TISKL, we are constantly evaluating the effectiveness and relevance of our Secondary curriculum to ensure it is the best it can be for helping young people to become ‘future ready’.

For this reason, we are thrilled to be able to announce that TISKL is commencing a collaboration with Mindvalley that will see our KS4 students participating in a range of self-development programmes this year.

Mindvalley is a global online learning company offering courses in a wide range of areas of self-development - relationship skills, building character traits like resilience, figuring out your core life purpose, developing self-esteem,and so on. Find out more about Mindvalley’s involvement in education here:
https://www.mindvalley.com/about

On Monday 20th January, all of the Year 10 and 11 students - along with their tutors and their respective Heads of Year! - will commence Jim Kwik’s “Superbrain” Quest, which we are all aiming to complete by the end of Term 1.

We will keep you updated on this exciting and innovative collaboration as the year unfolds!

Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please contact Ms Emma, Asst Head of Secondary in charge of Curriculum Design, Innovations & Projects: rooney.emma@kl.tis.edu.my

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