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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

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

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 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

Newsletter on 14th January 2011

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Dear Parents & Students,

Welcome back to school!

School Calendar

Attached please find the school calendar for 2011. Please note that some of the dates are tentative and may be subject to change. Please take note of school activities added in as these will be considered extra school days to replace extra days given at certain religious festivals.

ECA’s

This year’s ECA list is also attached. Please fill these in accordingly and return them to the school office. Kindly note the days your child/children will be taking an ECA and the respective times that your child/children will be released and inform the respective transporters. All children should have been picked up by 5pm as the office will close and cannot be held responsible for the children after this time. The exception is for badminton days, which will finish at 5pm and the children to be picked up by 5.20pm.

Public Holidays – Thaipusam & Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Kindly note the following public holidays for January and February:-

Thursday, 20th January, 2011 is a public holiday and school will be closed for Thaipusam. Friday, 21st January, however will be a normal school day.

Tuesday, 15th February is also a public holiday for the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Monday, 14th and Wednesday, 16th are school days.

Chinese New Year Break

This year the Chinese Lunar New Year will fall on 3rd and 4th February. School will be closed from Wednesday, 2nd February to Tuesday, 8th February (both dates inclusive). School will resume on Wednesday, 9th February. We would like to wish those who will be celebrating the start of the year of the Rabbit, a Happy & Prosperous New Year, Gong Xi Fa Chai!

Primary School Trip

The Primary School Trip is scheduled for Saturday, 26th February, this year. The trip will be a day’s visit to the Singapore Zoo. Please ensure your child’s/childrens’ passports are in order should your child/children be interested to join in. Forms for this will go out next week and should be returned to the office before the Chinese New Year break. So please look out for these if you wish your child to go as space may be limited and it will be on a first come first served basis.

There have been some parents who have approached our new vice principal, Mr. Steve Cowan offering to help the school. I have agreed on principle to a formation of this informal group provided it is strictly to help the school improve where possible. Mr. Cowan has been asked to look into this and a letter is attached.

Upcoming Holidays on February 2010

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Please note the following holidays:-

Chinese New Year
This year the Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Sunday, 14th and 15th February. School will be closed for the whole week and will resume on Monday, 22nd February. We would like to wish everyone Happy & Prosperous Gong Xi Fa Cai this year of the Tiger!

Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday
Friday, 26th February is a public holiday to commemorate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. School will be open on Monday, 1st March.