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Newsletter on 8th March 2012

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Dear Parents,

FIRST TERM BREAK

The first term break will begin next week 12 March. We hope that students will use this time wisely to look into their studies.

FUND RAISER / YOUNG ENTERPRENUER’S DAY

There will be a fund raiser next term on Saturday, 14th April here at the school grounds. The idea was mooted last year by the teachers and is aimed at encouraging our students to take part in raising funds as an ongoing project. Part of the funds will go to a charitable fund that the SRC normally will contribute to at the end of the year.

Some of the parents have offered to chip in and help, we are happy to say through the Sri Ara Schools Parent Group.

The SASP have a dedicated e-mail at saspgroup[at]gmail.com. Please contact them and support our project and make this a success.

Further information on the event will be disseminated after the holidays.

Fatimah Osman, Administration

A Reminder of Upcoming Events and Holidays in February

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Chinese New Year Celebration

The Chinese New Year celebration will be held on Friday, 17 February from 10.30 am to 12 pm. This will be followed by a pot luck lunch. Students and teachers are encouraged to come in traditional Chinese costumes. Lessons will be carried on as usual after the celebration.

SRI ARA CROSS COUNTRY RACE

The school will be holding a cross country event on Saturday, 18 February 2012 from 8.30 am to 12 pm. This is a replacement day for the school and attendance is compulsory.

A trial run will be held for the cross country race in place of swimming lessons on Wednesday 15 February for the secondary students and Thursday, 16 February for the primary students fro 8 am to 10 am. Details of this event will be communicated to parents and students next week.

Public Holidays

The school will be closed on Monday, 6 February and Tuesday, 7 February which are public holidays for the Prophet’s birthday and ‘Thaipusam’ respectively. We will see you all back in school on Wednesday, 8 February.

Fatimah Osman
Administration

Newsletter on 20th January 2012

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Welcome!

On behalf of the team at Sri Ara, I would like to welcome everyone back to school! We are very happy to see the joyful familiar faces of our students and also a number of new faces in the school. We have some new teachers and students, we wish them a warm welcome!

ECAs & forms

ECAs have begun this week. We are pleased to inform everyone that an additional ECA, football, is being offered by Mr. Victor Eigims, tentatively on Tuesdays. For those who would like to participate please fill in the necessary forms which will be available from the office.

Chinese New Year Holidays

dragon dance team in Sri Ara International & Private School - Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Our dragon dance team in action...

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, Monday and Tuesday, 23 & 24 January. As is the usual practice, the school will be closed for a week from Monday to Friday, 23 to 27 January. We will see you back in school on Monday, 30 January. Happy Holidays and a very Happy & Prosperous New Year to parents, teachers and students who will be celebrating Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year Celebration

This year the Chinese New Year celebration organized by the SRC will fall on Friday, 17 February. The objective of the event is to share the joy of celebrating Chinese New Year as part of our Malaysian culture. This will be followed by a pot luck lunch. Students and teachers are encouraged to come in traditional Chinese costume.

Fee

Please be  reminded that first term fees were due in the middle of December. There are still a number of students who have yet to settle their school fees. I hope that these will be settled as soon as possible.

Restricted Access

We would like to remind parents that we will be restricting access to everyone to the school premises, from 8.30 am to 3.00 pm, Mondays to Thursdays; and 8.30 am to 2.50 pm on Fridays. We thank those parents who are observing this ruling but notice that a few parents are finding difficulty with it. This will be enforced after the Chinese New Year break. Your cooperation is much appreciated.

Thank you for your continued support of the school.

NOORAINI MOHD YASIN

ADMINISTRATION

Newsletter on 23rd November 2011

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Dear Parents,

END OF SCHOOL YEAR 2011

Another year has passed and we have come to the end of our school year and hope 2011 has brought about a positive change to everyone at Sri Ara. We have strived to provide the best in your children’s education and we are proud that they have done well.

The SRC (Year 6/Primary 6 to Year 11/Form 5) will visit the welfare home at Kempas as scheduled from 8.30 to 10.30 am. They will go home after the visit and, come back to school later at 4 pm for their games and BBQ party.

Please note the following dismissal times on Friday, 25 November for the Malaysian and International schools:-

  • Secondary @10.30 am
  • Primary @1 pm

Please arrange for the necessary transport for your children.

FAREWELL

For those who will be leaving Sri Ara, we bid them farewell and wish them all the best in their future undertakings. We know that their experience in Sri Ara has given them the necessary ‘plus factor’ skills that will see them through wherever they go to next.

SRC BBQ & POT LUCK PARTY

The SRC BBQ & pot luck party will start at 7 pm and end at 10 pm.

SCHOOL OFFICE

The office will be open during the school holidays. Mondays to Fridays from 9 am to 4 pm. It will be closed for lunch from 1 to 2 pm. The office will be closed for one week from 26 to 30 December.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

We would like to wish everyone ‘Happy Holidays’, ‘Merry Christmas’ and A ‘Happy New Year’. See you again next year. The new school year will begin on Thursday, 5 January 2012. See you again next year!

NOORAINI DATO MOHD YASIN

Chairman, BOG

Examinations and Deepavali Holidays

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Dear Parents & Students,

PMR Examination

The PMR examination will start from Tuesday, 4 October until Monday, 10 October as scheduled by the Examination Board, Ministry of Education. The exam will be held at SMK Dato Jaafar (SDJ), Jalan Yahya Al-Datar, 80300 Johor Bahru.
Parents will have to send the students direct to SDJ where the teacher in charge will be waiting by the guard house. Please pick up your children from SDJ to go home after the exam is over everyday.
Please make sure that your children are in their proper school attire with hair neat and trimmed and bring along their identity cards.

IGCSE Examination

IGCSE will commence from Wednesday, 12 October to Tuesday, 18 November. The examination timetables have been given to the students and exams will be carried out strictly in accordance with the Cambridge International Examinations.

Final Year Examination

The final year examination will be held as follows:

Section Level Dates
Swasta Secondary Form 4 12-21 October
Form 1 & 2 17-21 October
International Secondary Year 10 13-21 October
Year 9 17-21 October
Year 7 & 8 18-21 October
Swasta Primary Primary 1 to 5 18-21 October
International Primary Year 5 & 6 18-21 October
Year 1 to 4 19-21 October

REMINDER TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS (PMR & IGCSE)

The exam timetables have been given to the students and they hae been briefed on the rules and regulations whilst taking their exams. Kindly note the times for the various subjects and we appreciate your cooperation in making sure that your children reach there on time for the examination. We will not be responsible for any refusal of entry into the examination hall by the school’s administrators or exam invigilators, should the candidates not adhere to the rules and regulations as laid out by the School Examination Centre.

Deepavali Holidays

Deepavali falls on Wednesday, 26 October. The school will be closed for a week from Monday to Friday. 24 to October as holidays for Deepavali, in uniformity with government and private schools.

On behalf of all the staff at Sri Ara, I would like to wish all Hindu teachers, parents and students a Happy Deepavali.

Fatimah Osman, Administration

Newsletter on 15th September 2011

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Dear Parents & Students,

Hari Malaysia

Friday, 16 September is ‘Hari Malaysia’ and is a public holiday for all.

Examinations

We would like to inform of the following examinations:

EXAMINATIONS DATES VENUE
UPSR 13-15 September Sri Ara, Block 23
PMR 4-11 October Sek. Dato Jaffar
IGCSE 11 Oct – 18 Nov Sri Ara, Block 11
SPM 14 Nov – 14 Dec Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar
Final Year Exams 11-21 October (Secondary) Designated Exam Halls
18-21 October (Primary)

ECA

There will be no ECA for the rest of the year except for Taekwondo. Swimming lessons will resume as normal except during exam weeks. ECA periods will be replaced by concert practices. Please look out for further notice on concert practices.

YAP HANZHEN’S ART EXHIBITION

Yap Hanzhen’s Art exhibition entitled, “Of Obedience, Solitude & Beauty” will be held on Saturday, 17 September from 4-9 pm at the Leisure Farm, Gelang Patah. Come and give your support. The Mid Autumn Lantern Event will also be on between 8-9 pm.
Well done, Hanzhen!

Fatimah Osman, Administration

Hari Raya Holidays and SPM and IGCSE trial exams

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Just a quick reminder for all students and pupils, the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive holiday starts this week. As a consequence, the school is on holiday from Friday 26th August to Monday 5th September inclusive.

School will reconvene as normal on Tuesday 6th September at 8am.

The students who are taking SPM and IGCSE trial exams should take particular note of return date, as the exams will begin as soon as we come back. Every student who is taking these exams should have been given an exam timetable, so please consult it to confirm the exact dates and times.

Wishing all “Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir & Batin”.

Newsletter on 10th May 2011

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Dear Parents & Students

Motivation Camp

The motivation camp will carry on as arranged. On Thursday, 12 May, students who are joining the trip will have to assemble in school by 8.30 am before departure time and will return to school on Saturday 14 May at around 3 pm. Parents, please arrange the necessary transportation for your child/children.

Teacher’s Day – 16 May

Monday, May 16 is Teachers’ Day. There will be friendly games between teachers and students in the morning. Please make sure that students are in the correct attire for the games. This will be followed by pot luck until lunch time. Lessons will carry on as usual after lunch and students will be dismissed at 3 pm.

Wasek Day

Tuesday, 17 May is a public holiday.

Swimming Lessons, ECAs and Exam Week

Swimming lessons during the second last week of school (16 – 20 May) will be moved to Thursday, 19 May. There will be no swimming lessons and ECAs during the exam week (23 to 27 May). All activities will resume as normal on the second week of school after the mid-year school holidays which will start on 28 May and end on 19 June.

Thank you,

Yours Sincerely,

Fatimah, Administration

Newsletter on 29th April 2011

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Dear Parents & Students

Japanese Tsunami Disaster Fundraising

The Fundraising held on 9 April 2011 was a tremendous success. We are pleased to inform that in all RM 7,100 was raised. The funds were handed over to the Malaysian Red Crescent Representative who will hand it directly over to the International Red Cross today. On behalf of the students, we would like to thank everyone for the generous contributions and tremendous effort put in that made the event a success.

Holiday Replacement

Monday, 2 May will be a holiday to replace Labour Day which falls on Sunday this year. Have a good long weekend!

Motivation Camp

The camp which was postponed due to temporary inaccessibility has been postponed to Thursday, 12 May. It will end on Saturday, 14 May. We hope more students will come to join us on this exciting journey. All you have to do is ask your parents to fill up the consent forms, make the necessary payment at the office and off you go!

Mid Year Examination

The mid-year examinations for the international and private schools will be conducted, between the dates as follows:
Primary schools: 24 – 27 May
Secondary schools: 18 – 27 May
A copy of the examination timetable will be given to the students.

Mid Year School Holidays

School holidays will be from 28 May to 19 June. We wish you all a happy holiday and I hope you will come back fresh to start a new term working hard with renewed vigour.

Thank you,

Yours Sincerely,

Fatimah, Administration

Newsletter on 5th April 2011

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Dear Parents & Students

Charity Drive

We are proud to announce that the students collected about RM612.60 from the ‘Mufti’ held last week.  This included donations by some of our parents.

The main event for the charity drive for the Japan disaster fund will be the Food & Funfair and Jumble Sale, this Saturday 9 April.  It will be a replacement day for the school so attendance is compulsory.  Students will have to be in school by 8 am and go home at 3 pm.

We urgently need parents and students to help with this event. More specifically:

  • We need donations of clothes, books, toys or anything else you have lying around that we can sell. It won’t be much of a sale if there is nothing to buy or sell. Cash donations would be more than welcome too of course!
  • We need volunteers, parents who can help running the event on the day. Whatever you can do, we really need your help. Please advise the school office about your availability as soon as possible.

We are hopeful of a very healthy turnout as several hundred ‘flyers’ have been distributed and posted in restaurants, cafeterias and shops. Your help would therefore be very gratefully accepted!

Coupons

For safe and easy collection of funds, coupons will be issued for this event.

Tax Exemption for Contributors

Proceeds will go to the Malaysian Red Crescent Johor Branch’s fund and will be given directly to the International Red Cross for the Japanese Tsunami Victims.  All donations to this charity will be exempted from tax under this fund.

Motivation Camp

We have just got word from the Endau Rompin Park authorities that a bridge had collapsed and is undergoing repairs.  We will not postpone the camp as yet since the authorities had assured us that the bridge will be ready by then.

Parent-teachers group meeting

In case anyone has forgotten, the next parent-teachers group meeting is due to take place this Friday morning, the 8th April at 0830 at the school. Please do your best to attend because this is your group.

Good Friday

We would like to inform you that Friday, 22 April is Good Friday and it will be a school holiday.

UNSW Science Assessment

The first assessment by the UNSW which is Science will take place on Tuesday, 26 April at building No. 23, after break.  Ms. Mirandah is the teacher in charge and she will be arranging your sitting positions, so please move quietly to No. 23 for your assessment tests.

SPM examination results

Congratulations and Well done, to our students who sat for the SPM examination last year. Shamine had scored 4As and 4Bs, Rhina 2As, 2Bs, Zaimah 2As, 2Bs, Wee Chong 1A, 2Bs and Panca 1A, 2Cs.

Thank you.