PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Michelle Chaplin, Head of Junior School
Year 5 Highlights!
Mr. Ryan Mclntyre and Ms. Jaeshinthaa Kaur, Year 5 Homeroom Teacher
MIDDLE & SENIOR SCHOOL
Junior School Music
Nicki Taylor, Music teacher
Junior School Music
Nicki Taylor, Music teacher
Fortunately at AISM, Music education is valued and our department is well resourced with lots of instruments and equipment for all learners. I have been reflecting on the place of music education lately as my colleagues in Australia and the UK continue to fight for specialist teachers, funding and allocation of time for this subject in their schools.
Music is literacy! Fingerplays, chants and action songs are important tools to help children develop fluency and rhythm in language. Children learn new vocabulary, comprehension and fine motor skills as they show with their hands what the words mean. Children who can keep the beat have improved fluency in language. Our learners in ELC-Year 2 practice beat, rhythm, singing and musical literacy through games, songs, rhymes and playing percussion instruments.
Research suggests children who play instruments have better resilience, better memory and better academic skills. At AISM, our instrumental programmes begin in Year 3 with recorder and progress through a range of string and wind instruments between Years 4 to 7.
Students who study music and arts learn how to think creatively and use ‘outside of the box’ thinking to problem solve in unique ways. Finally, music helps to ease anxiety and improve confidence and self esteem.
Our Music Academy offers private instrumental lessons during school time on most instruments and voice. For more information on this programme, please contact Mr Ervin at ervinrezzan@aism.edu.my
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WHOLE SCHOOL
Junior Karate Competition
Ivan Yoong, Whole School CCA & Sports Coordinator
At the beginning of the year, three AISM students from the Junior School participated in a Karate Competition. It was an event to promote Karate Sparring to young Karate-ka. Well done Rachelle Roy Raja, Yi Hong Lum and Caleb Lai on their achievements in this competition.
Age Group | Name | Position |
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Under 9 | Rachelle Roy Raja | 2nd Place |
Yi Hong Lum | 3rd Place | |
Caleb Lai | 3rd Place |
AIMS Fixtures
Ivan Yoong, Whole School CCA & Sports Coordinator
It was an action packed start of the year for our sporting teams. Three highly competitive fixtures were played in the past 2 weeks. We hosted both the O15 and U15 Boys basketball matches here at AISM whilst the Junior Soccer teams travelled to Sunway International School for their games. Well done to all players, especially the O15 Boys Basketball Team for making it to the final. Kudos AISM!
Coaching Team
Boys Basketball Coach Dale Wells & Ivan Yoong
Soccer Coach Hussein Yusoff
Boys | Toby Taylor, Lap Yin Lam, Max Wong, Anson Cai, Flynn Ritchie, Ethan Selvindoss, Arif Muhammad Fairuz, Kenichi Yang, Damian Koegelenberg & Manaaki McFarland |
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Boys | Toby Taylor, Lap Yin Lam, Max Wong, Anson Cai, Flynn Ritchie, Ethan Selvindoss, Arif Muhammad Fairuz, Kenichi Yang, Damian Koegelenberg & Manaaki McFarland |
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U9 Boys | Hugo Tay, Declan McDevitt, Ethan Ng, Haruto Inuishi, Mikhail Thanabalan, Jian Zi Neoh, Harvey Yeoh, Mikhail Alilekov & Belvan Lee |
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U11 Boys | Fergus Yong, Giovanni Vespignani, Edwin Ng, Xingyu Pan, Bailin Liu, Yi Chen Chua, Corwin Chua & Edward Broadbent |
IOU Terms Update
Vircle
- The following key changes will be implemented effective 15 February:
- The following key changes will be implemented effective Vircle App version 2.3.11 (due in March 2024)