21 October 2022 - Celebrating International Day - TISPC In Touch : 21 October 2022

21 October 2022 - Celebrating International Day

This busy term is continuing even with the end of the school year in sight.

This week we had Hitz.FM in school sampling the food in the school cafeteria, and hosting games for secondary students. It was really good to hear the thoughts of the team about our food; the pastries and the Nasi Lemak were real hits with the DJ’s! Students enjoyed interacting with the DJ’s and seeing them in person. Thank you to Hitz.FM for taking the time to visit the campus.

We also had the Primary International Day on Friday. It was really good to see parents coming into school to set up stalls to interact with the students. These events have a really nice feel to them, with the energy and enthusiasm of the students, and the care and calm of the parents. The collaboration between school and parents is great to see. Thank you to the parents who came and contributed to this event.

On behalf of the school I would like to wish our Indian community a very happy and peaceful Deepavali. This is always a bright and colourful time of year. Respect is a really large part of our RECIPE core values and of course Care.MVMT. This school is a mixture of ethnicities and religions and it is great to see students being exposed to the differences between us, that makes life more interesting.

Still with Deepavali, I was proud to be asked by Puzzle Planet to speak at their 10th anniversary celebrations in the Pavilion at Bukit Jalil. Secondary students from the Puzzle club have been successful in gaining an entry into the Malaysian Book of Records with the largest Kolam jigsaw puzzle. This was a super collaboration between not only the students but also the teachers involved. We will receive the jigsaw puzzle in coming weeks and will be able to display it for all to see. Thank you to Puzzle Planet and the Pavilion for inviting TISPC to take part in this event.

This week we also made more steps with our Care.MVMT. On Tuesday we went to a refugee school in Batu Caves to donate 30 laptops to the school. This school operated by Human Aid Selangor does a fantastic job of keeping the learning going for nearly 100 refugee students from Myanmar and other asian countries. These laptops are end of life devices that TIS has been using for many years, but there is still some life left in them. It was really good to interact with the students and teachers in the school. This is the first in a number of charity donations that both TIS campuses will be making over the coming weeks.

The IGCSE exams are now in full swing, with our students working away in the MPR on the 4th floor. This is the culmination of their Primary and Secondary schooling and I wish them all the best in these exams. It is a very serious time of year for them.
Linked to this is their graduation, yesterday we found out that the proposed graduation date now clashes with the polling day on Saturday 19th November, therefore we will be proposing a new day for the graduation ceremony. I ask Year 11 parents to monitor their email accounts, so that we can alert them to the new day and time. We apologise in advance for this change but with the election, this is out of our control.

And finally, I would like to wish everyone a peaceful long weekend, as school will restart on Wednesday 26th October.

Stay safe

Peter Wells
Executive Principal of Taylor’s International School