KTJ Makes It Happen: 3rd September 2023

KTJ Makes it Happen!

Find out what KTJ Secondary Students are up to WHAT'S

Key Dates

NEWS ROUND UP

Sarah Chesworth, Head of Secondary

Welcome to the first edition of “KTJ Makes it Happen” where you can keep up to date with the busy lives of our students. We hope you all had a happy Merdeka Day!

Our opening assembly of the year had the theme of “Journey”. Our School Council and Head Prefects collaborated to offer advice on how to navigate through the academic year, with a distinctly Barbie feel to it! We were also reminded of the school song by our Choir Director, Ian Chesworth.

There is already a buzz in the air about our School Production for this term. It will be “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. Mr Adrian Nebbett’s explanation of the plot had the students laughing in no time. Use the key dates section to get this in your diary!

If your child is eager to take individual instrumental/vocal lessons please fill in this form to let Enrico Millo know.

The nerves of starting a new year and in some cases a new school are already beginning to die down as the students embrace all aspects of KTJ life.

15 September (12.45) to 17 September (20:00) - Exeat

19 & 20 September - New Starter Parent/Houseparent Meeting (Online)

30 September - Open Morning

26 October - F1 Parent Teacher Meeting (Online)

27 October (12 45) to 29 October (20:00) - Exeat

4 November - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Matinee and Evening Shows

8 November (15.45) to 15 November (20:00) - Deepavali Break

16 November to 25 November - F5 Trial Exams

1st December (15.30) - End of Term

HOUSE NEWS

Written by Gary Slade

It has been a busy start to the term with 193 new students being welcomed to their houses from Saturday to Monday.

Our first house gathering, this past Wednesday, was the ‘House Shout’ event which was great fun, if loud! There were many new house chants on show and we will no doubt hear a lot of them throughout the year.

House singing rehearsals are well under way and we look forward to the live event on 14 September at 19:45.

House nights (or days) will be taking place next weekend for all houses and details have been shared with parents. We strongly encourage all students to attend as these events are designed to bring the house groups together in a fun and inclusive environment.

House Sport: House football starts on 21 September.

CCA NEWS

Written by Warren Miller

The Co-curricular Activities (CCA) fair was a wonderful success, with staff and students tirelessly promoting their activities for two hours. Students now have the CCA booklet to read and the Google form to complete. Students in Forms 1 to 3 are expected to choose at least three CCAs including two physically active options. Students in Forms 4 & 5 should pick at least two

CCA sign up is open and students should have picked by 2pm on Sunday

SPORTS NEWS

Written by Peter Moss

Students have already got into the sporting spirit by taking full advantage of our huge campus. Be it going for jogs, cycling or playing basketball with friends, they really have hit the ground running.

Rest assured we take their return to sport seriously. Mr Shamirul has already sent out training advice for cross country to help them get back to match fitness and sports lessons will focus on building up stamina.

We are excited to be preparing for the U15 FOBISIA Games this term as well as numerous AIMS competitions. The first is a home game for U15 & O15 Boys Football against Oasis on Tuesday 12th

September

More news and highlights in the next newsletter.

SPORTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF WELLBEING

EXERCISE RELEASES ENDORPHINS

Encourage your children to take part in sports and keep fit. As well as the medical benefits it also causes the release of endorphins that make us feel good!

Amandeep represented Seremban 1 and the Malaysian Junior Hockey U19 League. As Team Captain he led them to third place in the NHDP tournament and to an impressive first place in the MSSD NS tournament, beating the favourites Tampin in the finals!

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Anuj ran a sustainable juice business called Jugo and won the “Best Decorated Booth Award” at APU’s 2023 Venture Day. Jugo specialises in turning imperfect fruits into fresh juices! @just_jugo

This summer, Shen Huan played ice hockey for Malaysia Men’s U18 Select Team at the Thailand Invitational Ice Hockey Championship. They won three out of six games in their group and were placed seventh out of the nine countries that attended the tournament.