Sale of New Senior School Uniform

The new Senior School uniform will be sale in school from 5-7 May 2009 in classroom 4T1 from 12 noon to 5pm. An order form indicating sizes and prices will be given to Grade 11-12 students on Monday, 20 April. If parents wish to pre-order and pre-pay for the uniform, this order form should be returned to the school office with cheque payment (made out to “ESTA Pte Ltd) by 28 April. Otherwise, students can just purchase the uniforms directly from the vendor in school on the 3 sale days. Senior School girls who wish to purchase pants as part of their uniform would need to place an order with the vendor during the sales days, and have their measurements taken. The pants will then be ready in two to three weeks.

Senior School debate team through to National Quarter-finals

The Senior School debate team has worked hard through the holidays as they battled with 28 other junior colleges, polytechnics and international schools in the MOE Invitational Debate Championships (MIDC). Winning 3 of the 4 rounds so far, the team has successfully made it to the quarter-finals this Saturday, 18 April. What made the wins sweeter was that all 3 wins were accompanied by the best speaker awards as well, for Jose Hong, and Tan Zhen He (twice). The team will be meeting Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) for the quarter-finals this saturday, 18th April.

Grade 11 Biology Fieldcourse at Tioman

In the week before the holidays the Grade 11 Biology students traveled to Tioman Island to study various ecosystems in order to compliment the current topic, Ecology and Evolution.

On the five day course students studied in depth the ecology of coral reefs, primary and secondary rainforests and both coastal and estuarine mangroves. Each student completed two major pieces of work while away; one involved collating data through various techniques to compare primary and secondary rainforests, the other was a personal project. The personal project requires them to develop a research question regarding a particular ecological aspect of Tioman Island. They then spend an afternoon in the field gather data relating to their question. This year we had personal projects relating to the claw waving behviour of fiddler crabs, the angle of bending of coconut trees, the attraction of insects to different coloured paper flowers and the distribution of different species of sea cucumbers. Our students worked hard and the time spent was very worthwhile.

Dr Jensen Hjorth, Head of Science

The Next 8 Weeks (13 April - 5 June)

Welcome back to school. The remainder of the term may be short but looking at the calendar of events it is certainly going to be a lively and intense 8 weeks. Here's a preview of upcoming items:

16 Apr - Public Service Commission Scholarship Talk
22 Apr - Senior School Founders' Day Dinner
24-25 Apr - Senior School Spiritual Retreat
27 Apr - Final Submission of Grade 12 Extended Essay to supervisors
1 May - Labour Day Public Holiday
2 May - Assisi Hospice Carnival
4-5 May - Grade 12 IB Chinese A2 SL & Vietnamese A1 SL Examinations
5-7 May - Sale of Senior School Uniform in School
11 May - Commencement day for the new Senior School uniform
7 May - Grade 11 Parent-teacher Meeting & Challenge Week Briefing
8 May - Grade 12 Personal Grooming Course (Session 1)
14 May - Grade 12 IB Hindi B SL Examinations
15 May - Official Grand School Opening cum Founders' Day Celebration
20 May - Blood Donation Drive
22 May - Grade 12 Personal Grooming Course (Session 2)
29 May - Grade 12 Reports
29 May - Deadline for first Grade 11 CAS journal submission & consultations
29 May - Deadline for third Grade 12 CAS journal submission & consultations
1-5 Jun - Music & Drama Week
5 Jun - Grade 11 Assessments
7-12 Jun - Grade 11 Krabi Expedition
8 Jun - Start of school holidays (5 Weeks)