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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

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 24th June 2011

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Dear Parents & Students,

Welcome Back!

We are happy to see everyone back in school and we hope everyone is well rested and ready to face the challenges ahead. There are a few activities coming up soon, such as the Parent-Teachers’ Day, SRC Trip, Telematch Day etc.

ECAs will start from next week onwards and end on July, to accommodate the fasting month of Ramadan, exam preparations and so on.

Parent-Teachers’ Day

This will be held on Saturday, 9 July from 9 am to 12 noon. It is a good opportunity for you to discuss your children’s studies with the respective teachers, so please do come.

Refreshments will be served at Block No. 23 in the Art Room, all are welcome!

SRC Trip

The dates for the SRC trip are tentatively fixed from 28 to 30 July. The destination has yet to be finalised by the Student Council.

USNW / ICAS Assessment

The dates for the upcoming assessments are as follows:

English Tuesday, 12 July
Mathematics Tuesday, 26 July

School Telematch Day

The School Telematch Day is tentatively fixed on Friday, 15 July. Details for this event will be communicated to the students by the House teachers.

Disney Channel Dance Competition

Our school is taking part in the dance competition organised by Disney Channel and auditions will take place on Saturday, 16 July. We are sending three teams; 2 from the primary sections and 1 from the secondary. Everyone, please come and give them your support!

Steve, VP, International Section

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.

Newsletter on 10th March 2011

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Dear Parents,

Traffic Movement

Traffic flow during peak drop off and pick up times at building No. 23 has not been smooth lately due to limited space.  Therefore, we have cleared the parking area to make it easier for parents to park and pick up or drop your children off. Please adhere to this traffic flow diagram at all times (noting the advised left turn out of the gate for your own safety):

traffic flow diagram

To ease traffic flow, secondary school students should be picked up or dropped off at building No. 13 during and shortly before or after normal school hours. At any other time, please use No.23.

First Term Break 12 – 20 March

The first term break starts on Friday, 12 March until Sunday, 20 March.  Sri Araians, go have a good break, and come back fresh to start a new term. Please be on time for Assembly, Monday 21st, 0800 sharp!

Fund raising ideas…

One of the matters raised during the last Parents’ Group meeting was the idea of Parents piloting school fundraising efforts.

The school’s projector was amongst the items stolen during the Chinese New Year break in.

Efforts to raise money towards replacing these items have already begun and for this, hearty thanks and congratulations to the pupils. They raised RM460/- for the projector through their car washing efforts and by selling cakes and flowers on Valentines’ Day, What a tremendous effort. Well done everyone!!

For now, money for the new projector is the first priority. We welcome your input (ideally by the next meeting!) as to how future funds are to be collected should there be any.

Secondly, we need ideas from parents and pupils about how we actually raise funds. We have ideas of our own but what kind of events would you like to see and be involved in?

All ideas and suggestions are very welcome. It is time to get your thinking caps on.

International Festival Day

One fund raiser that was agreed on is an ‘International Festival Day’ to be held on May 7th. This will be a festival to celebrate the diversity of cultures of the pupils in the school and is open to everyone.

We sincerely hope that all parents will be involved and be able to contribute to the success and fun of the day.

It has been suggested that parents could run food stalls serving favorite dishes from ‘back home’ or just food that they happen to be good at!

Once again, your ideas and your participation in the event are both vital if it is to be as successful and enjoyable as it should be. Please, feel free to invite family, friends and neighbours.

School information online

It seems that a few parents are unaware that the school has a very active website. To stay abreast with what is going on, check it out regularly:

http://araschools.com

Please also refer friends who are interested in an international school in JB to the site.

Secondly, we have e-mail addresses from some parents but not all. It would be very helpful to have an address for every pupil so that we can get news and information to you in a timely manner.

For those parents who have not supplied one, please send a contact e-mail address to admin@araschools.com, not forgetting to add a note of your name.

UNSW – ICAS 2011

The due date for the 2011 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) was 10th March.  For those who would like to participate but have not submitted their forms yet, we have extended the FINAL deadline to Monday, 21 March. For details, please read here!

Prophet Muhammad’s birthday celebration

The Muslim teachers and students will be celebrating the Prophet’s birthday on Friday, 11 March from 2 pm to 3 pm.  The rest of the students will be having their own activities with their teachers.

IGCSE Results 2010

In October last year Pretasheeny sat for the IGCSE examination and passed with flying colours.  She scored Distinction for Principles of Accounts, Bs for English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, and strong Credits for Additional Mathematics and Biology.

Congratulations to Preta and her teachers on the excellent effort and to Mr. and Mrs. Subramaniam for their support.  We wish her all the very best!

Annual motivation camp

The annual motivational camp is to be held in the Endau Rompin National Park from April 14-16 inclusive. Further information will be available very soon. Keep an eye on the site for details.

No smoking policy

Finally, we must remind everyone that there is a strict NO SMOKING policy on the school premises at any time. This is the welfare of your children.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to YAM Tunku Maimunah ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar & YB Dato’ Mizan Yahya for the donation for some chairs and Rocky’s Café and Bistro, for giving us a fan for the canteen area.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

THE MANAGEMENT OF SRI ARA SCHOOLS

International Competition and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

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Pupils are once again invited to participate in the annual International Competition and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) examination program run by the University of New South Wales.

ICAS is an examination program that has been available to students throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, the Pacific region and South Africa for the last 30 years.

The exams provide an opportunity for all students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external assessment situation.

Furthermore, it provides both schools and teachers with comprehensive reporting results and gives parents helpful information regarding their child’s performance.
All students receive a certificate and an individual report indicating which questions were answered correctly as well as the average marks for the region.

In previous years, Sri Ara students have attained many ICAS distinctions, placing the recipients in the top 10% of students in Malaysia.

We would love to do so again, and invite all parents who are interested to submit their ICAS application to the school office by 10th March 2011, together with the appropriate fees.

For further information including dates & fees, you can download application by clicking here!

Newsletter on 11th October 2010

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Year End Examination
The Year End Examination will be as follows:

International Section
Years 1 – 4 : 26.10.2010 – 29.10.2010
Years 5 – 7 : 26.10.2010 – 29.10.2010
Year 8 : 19.10.2010 – 22.10.2010
Year 10 : 21.10.2010 – 29.10.2010

Private Section
Primary 1 – 6 : 26.20.2010 – 29.10.2010
Forms 1 & 2 : 25.10.2010 – 29.10.2010
Forms 4 : 18.10.2010 – 29.10.2010

The Form 3 students will be given a week’s break from the 25th to the 29th October and class will resume on 1st November.

New Teacher
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Ms. Shalani and Mr. Mason who joined us recently at Sri Ara. We hope they will have a pleasant time working here.

Farewell to Mr. Roslan
We would like to thank Mr. Roslan for all his effort and contribution to the school. Mr. Roslan has embarked on a new career in the business world. His presence will be missed by all at Sri Ara. He is helping his brother with the family business. We wish him all the best in his future undertakings!

Sri Ara Annual Concert
Our school concert will be on Friday, 19th November. Practices for the concert will be on going as soon as the exams are over.

Deepavali Holidays
The school will be closed on Thursday and Friday, 4th & 5th November for the Deepavali celebration. Happy Deepavali to all our Hindu students and parents.

ICAS/UNSW English
We would like to mention our students who have done well and achieved Credits and Distinctions in the last assessment by UNSW. The following students received: -
Distinction : Primary 6 – Angelica Joy De Guzman
Credit : Primary 4 – Ashvin Sivakumar, Foong Wai Tuck
Primary 6 – Ashvini Sivakumar
Form 5 – Nur Rhinayatul Fitriah Mohd Kamal
International
Year 5 – Jasem Al-Bala’a
Year 10 – Amin Matin, Sina Hossein Pour

Congratulations to you! All other candidates received participation. Please do not be disappointed and give up. Keep trying and you will succeed.

Newsletter on 27th August 2010

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Dear Parents,

Second Term Break and Hari Raya Puasa

This year, the Hari Raya Puasa holidays will fall during the second term break. Therefore the holiday break will be extended for another week and will stretch from 4 until 19 September. School will resume on Monday, 20 September.

ICAS/UNSW: Science

We would like to mention that our students have done well and achieved Credits and Distinctions in the last assessment by UNSW. The following students received:-

Distinction

  • Saki Cowan

Credit

  • Mason Lee Zhan Yi
  • Foong Wai Tuck
  • Ashvini Sivakumar
  • Mariam Al-Bala’a

Congratulations! Everyone else received participation You all made a good attempt, do not give up. Keep at it and you will taste success.

SPM School Based Assessment: Art

Once again our students have done well in the recent SPM practical paper for Art. All of you have scored As for this papre. Well Done to Shamine, Pranca, Khaidir and Eric. Keep it up!

UPSR & PMR Examination

The coming months will be challenging for the exam year students. UPSR will begin on 21 to 23 September whilst the PMR will begin on 3 to 12 October. ‘Do your best and Good Luck!’ to all the Primary 6 and Form 3 students.

IGCSE Trial Examination

The IGCSE examination is set on 26 October which the trial exam will begin on 21 till 29 September. Best of Luck, Preta!

Nooraini Mohd Yasin, Chairman