TEMIS Newsletter

Term 2 Week 8 Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Ela Murray International School www.elamurray.com

Principal’s Message

This Friday some of our students are participating in Klin-up

PNG on World Environment Day at Ela Beach. We are happy

to support this initiative and a small group of students lead

by Miss Steyn will be working hard to make the beach look

beautiful again. In our school we also like to promote a clean

school and recycling. We believe that if we all cared more

about our environment we would all be living in a much

cleaner and happier place. As part of our efforts to improve our communication with you,

we have organised a very large notice board at the Gabaka

Street entrance, which we can use to inform parents about

special events and also provide the occasional friendly

reminder. We hope that you check this board regularly

besides the weekly newsletters and class information that is

sent to you to inform you about what is going on at the

school. We have also subscribed to a bulk message service,

which we have put in place to contact parents quickly if e.g.

after school activities are cancelled. We always try to

improve our service to you.

The board will be meeting this week to decide on the closed

tender that was distributed for the supply of security at our

school. We will be receiving advice from Mr. F. Molen the

security manager from the IEA, and the board will ensure

that the safety of the children is their highest priority. We will

keep you updated on the decision that is made. Our school

had a lock down practice last week and we were very

pleased with the response of the children. It is good to see

they are so aware of what they need to do at the school to

keep everyone safe. Currently there are a number of children with chicken pox in

the younger years and there has also been a case of

measles. Please make sure that you keep your children at

home if they are ill and inform us about any infectious

diseases that are going around so that we can advise other

parents.

Juliette van Eerdewijk

Exxon-Mobil visit Grades 7 and 8 Science

During Week 5, a group of Science Ambassadors

coordinated by Ms Karlyne Pukaiia, External Affairs Analyst

for the PNG LNG Project (Exxon Mobil Company),

conducted geology workshops for the Grade 7 and 8

students at TEMIS. The students firstly learnt about safety

in the workplace (of primary importance with mining

industries) before learning about the main groups of rocks,

how they are formed and the significance of the rock cycle.

The students were then introduced to samples of rock and

were asked, under direction, to classify them and to then

support their answers with observation. The students

found the sample of obsidian quite fascinating. The most

enthusiastic students from each of the four classes were

presented with Exxon Mobil shirts and pencil cases.

Mr. C. Smidt

Science / ICT Teacher

World Environment Day celebrations will be taking place at

the Port Moresby Nature Park on the 6th of June, 2015.

The RSPCA will have stall set-up on the day, along with

other organisations who are fighting the cause to help our

sustain our natural environment. The park has activities

planned and it promises to be both educational and fun

for all members of the family.

Bronze Certificates - Congratulations to Caitlin Yip, Puri

Paraka, Alexandra Sloane and Gerrit Van Der Plas who will

receive a Bronze Certificate this week at assembly.

Silver Certificates - Congratulations to Fraser Vele and

Aleisha Walters who will receive a Silver Certificate this

week at assembly.

Old school uniforms are not be worn

anymore

Our Staff Car Park on Boroko Drive is

not a student drop off zone

Next week (Week 9) Prep will hold its

Cake Stall on Friday. This is a huge event

for the Preppies and their parents and

there will be a fabulous range of lovely

treats on offer. To make sure your

children don’t miss out on a special gooey

sticky morning, please remember to send

money to school on the day (prices will

range from K1 to K5 and change is often

limited so if possible please send small

money). Just a heads up – early in Term 3 the

Parent Group will hold a PG meeting in

the hour before school finishes for the

day, followed by fun activities and a

barbecue for all families “new” and “old”.

Further details to follow shortly… If you would like to be included on (or

removed from) the Parent Group mailing

list, please email Kylie Butler-McIntosh,

the Parent Group Secretary, at

kyliemacinpng@msn.com . If you would

also prefer to receive the TEMIS

Newsletter by email rather than hard

copy, please contact Boio Davana on 325

7991 or bdavana@temis.iea.ac.pg .

Nicola Denniston

President, TEMIS Parent Group

Email: nicoladenniston@gmail.com

Family Reading Challenge

Congratulations to the following twenty

four students for completing the May

Family Reading Challenge!

Fraser Vele 2M, Asia Esler 3T, Bryce Carey

4F, Viola Mapal 4F, Uraiah O’Connor 4F,

Merlin George 4F, Zeke Esler 4N, Syaza

Helmi 4N, Jasmine Davis 4N, Daniel

Pierre 4N, Aviella Legaspi 5I, Ethan

Schnaubelt 5I, Marielle Lunar 5S, Mai

Krajaikaew 5S, Jace Cunanan 5S, Lorin

Lesh 6H, Aditee Srinivasan 6H, Charlene

Molina 6K, Jemimah Bryson 6K, Rory

Selvaratnam 6K, Tulyahna McCarthy 7S,

Reuben Fautua 7A, Grace Moabi 8M,

Paritosh Kumar Mishra 8M

The next TEMIS Craft Market of the year

will be held at the Ela Beach site as usual

on Saturday, June 27th, from 7.30am to

11.30am.

Craft Market fees for 2015:

Annual stall holders - K250.00

Casual - K25.00 per market day

Netball News

Netball will begin Saturday 1st August

Term 3. Netball registration forms have

been placed in all classrooms. Please

ensure that you pick one up if your child

would like to participate and return the

completed section along with payment to

the finance office by COB Friday 12th

June. Team numbers are capped so

please make sure you pay early to avoid

disappointment. Any questions please

see Pam Kenyon in the PE office. Netball

teams cannot run without coaches and

managers so your assistance would be

appreciated. Thanks.

Pam Kenyon

Health and Physical Education

Soccer News This Saturday, 6 June, games are as

follows:

Special thanks to Sasha Cigljarevic and

Phillippe Allen who both coached last

Saturday even though their own children

were sick at home. Our U11 Cyclones are

undefeated at this stage of the

competition - a huge effort. Well done.

Kylie Butler-McIntosh

Phone: +675 72169955

Friday , 5 June, 2015

5:00pm—6:00pm—Footy Players Saturday, 6 June, 2015

8:30am—12:00pm—Soccer Games Sunday, 7 June, 2015

5:00pm—6:00pm— Footy Players

Parent Group News Community News

Contact Information:

All email addresses consist of the initial of the

person’s first name, followed by the surname and

@ t e m i s . i e a . a c . p g . F o r e x a m p l e :

jvaneerdewijk@temis.iea.ac.pg

THE ELA MURRAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PO BOX 1137

BOROKO, NCD

Phone: (675) 325 2833

Important Dates

Craft Market

Parent Group News Community News Important Dates

Use of Site

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9 QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

M O N

0 8 / 0 6

PREP K ASSEMBLY F R I 1 2 / 0 6

PREP CAKE STALL F R I 1 2 / 0 6

10 ICAS WRITING M O N 1 5 / 0 6

PRODUCTION

WEEK

PERFORMANCE

ASSEMBLY

F R I 1 9 / 0 6

11 MURRAY OPENING

MORNING-

REPORTS

T H U R 2 5 / 0 6

ELC ATHLETIC

CARNIVAL

F R I 2 6 / 0 6

ELC OPEN DAY—

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LAST DAY OF

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Age

Group

Time Team Venue

U/6 8:30am Pukpuks TEMIS

U/7

9:45am

Thunder vs

Boroko East

Rockets

Boroko

East

U/7 10:30am Lightning vs

Gordons

Boroko

East

U/8 9:45am Blizzards vs

Gordons

Boroko

East

U/9 9:45am Hurricanes vs

Koroboro Blue

Boroko

East

U/9 10:30am Twisters vs

Gordons

Boroko

East

U/10 9:45am Tornadoes vs

Gordons

Korobosea

U/11 9:45am Cyclones vs

Gordons

Korobosea

U/12 11:05am Typhoons vs

Koroboro Blue

1

Korobosea

U/13 9:00am Storm vs

Koroboro Red

POMIS