Mr Frank Kenton, a parent
of one of our infant students, shared his
experiences as a perfumer with year 11 and
12 students last Wednesday. The session
involved a look at the background and
history of perfume, the profession of
perfumery and the skills and components that
go into making a good perfume. Students
were surprised at the large range of
applications for perfumes, from carpet
cleaners to personal enhancement products
and everything in between. Many samples of
raw materials were “sniffed” to gain an
insight into how various products work
together to form a desirable fragrance.
Finally the students were able to blend a
range of ingredients to produce their own
perfume. The willingness of students to
work right through their lunchtime indicated
the interest and involvement in the
workshop. Thank you Mr Kenton for sharing
your expertise – we all experienced and
learned something interesting and new.
Storytelling
On the 13th of
June, Cathy Spagnoli came to our school to
give everyone a ‘writing Workshop’. She gave
Prep-Y4 a talk first for the whole of period
5 (50 mins), and then Y5-Y12 a talk for
period 6 (50 mins) and gave the teachers a
talk from 3:45pm-7:45pm (4 hours). In our
session, Ms Spagnoli gave us 3 different
stories from Asia and one that she made. But
before she started the stories, she gave us
a brief introduction on her stories. They
were folk tales from around Asia that she
retold. She said she was very fascinated
with Asia, even though she was American,
because her husband was South Indian. The
first story she told was ‘Lazy Dragon’ which
was from China. The story was about a very
cunning thief similar to Robin Hood. The
second story was from South Korea about a
wise monk who out witted an obnoxious ring.
The last story was from Texas about a
Mexican girl being hanged for a crime she
didn’t commit. The things she did was to
show us a different way to present our
stories called ‘paper folding’, which is
tearing and folding an A4 sheet of paper to
make different shapes which would make up a
story. Over all, Cathy Spagnoli is a very
creative story writer that has great
expression and uses her imagination like
every author should.
By Man Isha
and Abishek, Year 6
On 13th June
2005, an American story teller, Cathy
Spagnoli talked and told stories to
the Primary, Infants and Secondary student.
For the upper Primary/Secondary part she
told three stories. They were Lazy Dragon,
Pig + Buddha, Mexican Ghost story and a
paper folding story. She showed us how we
could make up and improvise with a piece of
paper.
She also got
us really interested and had great voice
expressions and body language. After school,
she did a workshop with the teachers and
they made flying birds moving elephants and
firing cannons. We really enjoyed her time
with us and hope she could visit us again
sometime soon. By Alana and Kodai, Year 6
The
Battle of the Bands
Lunchtime, Monday, last week of Term, a
chance to show what we can do...
The Jazz Ballet Troupe have been dancing
their way through Thursday afternoon’s
ECA activity and they showcased their
talents to the Primary and Secondary
schools last Friday and Monday. They
also gave a very special performance to
our Preparation class. Most of the
students have never danced before and
have come such a long way with their
overall performance and dancing skills.
They thoroughly enjoyed themselves and
they are looking forward to learning
their next dance. Many thanks to all the
wonderful parents and friends who came
along to support their child during this
exciting event. - Mrs Bennett
On Wednesday, 18th May, a
group of AISM Touch Football ECA
children traveled to MKIS for a match.
Playing conditions were ideal. The
opposition were very experienced. But we
were ready.
First, we played a beginner team.
Hikaru, Amanda and Tristan carved
them up, and we won easily.
Then came the Big Game.
With Gaia, Meguru, Tatsuya and
Adelene playing well, we were
looking really good.
Near the finish, we were leading 8-6,
and Mr. White had scored all our
tries (except for 7 of them), but they
came back and tied us 8 all.T
hen we had the dreaded Sudden Death Drop
Off. It was tense. And then the hero of
the day, Kazutoku, scored the
match winning try!!!!!!!!!
******
We Won!
******
P.S.
Please see Kazutoku’s manager if you
would like to arrange an interview.
- Mr White
GO BARRACUDAS!!!
This
was the cry heard around the school on
Wednesday this week as our swimmers met
up with the Alice Smith Torpedos for
some friendly competition. Alice Smith
were wonderful with their support and
their committee of mum’s gave us all the
help we needed to run our first
inter-school swim meet. Our parents and
teachers were also fantastic and
volunteered to help with time-keeping,
scoring, marshalling, starting, as well
as manning the afternoon tea stand. We
unveiled a new 6’ banner with the
Barracudas logo on it and our cake stall
managed to raise the RM360 needed to pay
for it, so many thanks and well done to
all those who baked and brought goodies
to sell.
Our swimmers did us proud and gave it
their all. This was exhausting for
them, as most of them swam in every
event and had little time to recover in
between. We gained several places and
even won some of the events against very
tough competition, but the aim of this
meet was not winning or losing, and so
places were not announced. This meet
gave our swimmers valuable competition
experience and created a baseline for
future improvement to be measured
against. Coach Desmond will now record
all times in a computer program and
after each meet we will be able to give
everyone a record of how their times
have improved and goals to set in order
to achieve their personal bests.
It also showed us where we need to focus
in training, how to be “good sports” and
good hosts. All of us involved were
very proud of our Barracudas and our
school and the visitors were very
impressed with our set-up. So keep up
the good work Barracudas and next time
we may be heading to Singapore to meet
up with some fellow Aussies!! -
Mrs Parker
Here's a bit of fun from the Year 10
Science class...
First, we went to the Cheras Cemetary
for the Dawn Service organised by the
New Zealand High Commission.
On 25 April, the AISM Vocal Ensemble
sang at the ANZAC Day Traditional
‘Gunfire’ Breakfast at the Australian
High Commissioner’s Residence. In
recent years, this performance has
become a tradition and it is an honour
to be invited. The breakfast
was held after the traditional ceremony
in remembrance of the ANZAC Soldiers who
fought in WWI. The Vocal Ensemble
performed well and represented our
school with pride.
The next day, on the return of the
students to school, the Vocal Ensemble
performed again at the ANZAC Day
assembly. Once again, they performed
impressively and helped the audience to
appreciate the importance of ANZAC Day.
Gabrielle Corbett
Some comments from
the Vocal Ensemble members
“I enjoyed the performance a lot!”
Graeson
“Singing was nice and also talking
to the guests at the Australian High
Commissioner’s Residence.” Darien
This was the 90th Anniversary
of the landing of Gallipoli. ANZAC was
the name given to the Australian and New
Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed
on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey
early on the morning of 25 April 1915
during the First World War (1914-1918).
For Australians, April 25th
is a public holiday to stop and remember
all Australians who have lost their
lives fighting for their country.
The Primary Captains, Alana and Alex
welcomed all and introduced the meaning
of Anzac. Readings were delivered by
Kiri (Yr 6), Dazlan (Yr 6), and Nurie
(Yr 10). Tom (Yr 10) shared with the
school his own words titled “Anzac Day”.
Miss Corbett and our School Ensemble
gave us a melodic treat as they sang
appropriately written songs that
certainly did justice for this occasion.
ANZAC day, is a day to honour and
remember all the men and women who have
fought in wars and put their lives on
the line, so we could have the freedom
we enjoy in our countries today. On this
day we commemorate those brave men and
women by having a dawn service.
Yesterday I was privileged to join other
Australians and New Zealanders as well
as a few other people from different
backgrounds at a dawn service held at
the Military Annex at the Cheras
Cemetery.
The Dawn Service yesterday started off
with guest speakers and was followed by
prayers. Wreaths were then laid. A
Bugler then played the Last Post, which
was followed by a one-minute silence.
The Reveille was played and the dawn
service was closed.
- Tom, Year 10
We were honoured to welcome our guest
speaker, Lieutenant-Colonel John Cronin
from the Australian Defence Force. His
words brought home the full meaning of
Anzac and what it means to all
Australians. Thanks to Gary Bennett for
assisting with the preparations and to
all participants who contributed to the
AISM 2005 Anzac Day Commemoration.
L.S.Grant-Lapre
On Monday 21st February we celebrated
Chinese New Year.
On Chinese New Year we had a Chinese New
Year assembly.We saw a Lion dance some
people felt scared when the purpleLion
fell down on the stands OWW! That’s got
to hurt I fell sorry for the people. At
the end we saw buckets full of oranges
and angpow! What an assembly that was! -
Erin, Year 4
We discovered the hidden talents of Ms
Lin, one of the Teachers; aides - she
plays the Chinese Harp in a group. Hear
them play below...
Chinese New Year assembly was
fascinating we all loved the first lion,
but the second one was a lot funnier. We
all were shocked and the entire student
laughed at the lion when he slipped. But
they continued their dance but the moist
best part was when all children got the
packet with an ang pow and 2 mandarins
and 3 sweets but we all liked it.
Some children already ate their pack
some kept theirs until got home.
That’s how we had our assembly day.
Miss ping was looking so happy and we
all had great time watching the lions
the lions wood let us think of an a idea
but I don’t know if any one has any
Idea! Madina Year 8
It was a beautiful day but it wasn’t
when the lion fell down. The class lines
were spread out and were proud of
Chinese New Year and everyone was
marking around the whole assembly. It
was really noisy like everybody. Salikh, Y3
I think that the CNY assembly was great.
The lion dance was best but this year
they had two lions. One lion fell but he
was all right . Atiff, Year 5S
The Chinese New Year assembly was great
fun, The CNY assembly had a lion dance
with two groups. One group was a gold
colored and the other was purple. One of
the purple group members fell down the
strings that they were supposed to walk
on. Mason, Year 6
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