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To all in the Uplands Community,

Welcome back! I hope you and your

family had a restful and relaxing holiday

with plenty of time for recharging energy

levels for the start of Term 3.

Already this term we have held an UPTA

Coffee Morning, staged a performance by

the Lunchbox Theatre Group, played

football against Dalat and Straits International

School and have sent students to Singapore to play

football and netball. By any standards a very busy start to

the term.

Next we will be staging our very first musical in F Block -

The Wizard of Oz. We hope as many of you as possible

will be able to come to this performance - the first of many

to come.

Finally, I would like to welcome the many new students

and families to Uplands. We look forward to getting to

know you better over the coming months and years. The

school now has 728 students and is still continuing to

interview and enrol new students for the next academic

year.

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Bristow

Principal

Follow us on Twitter: @ISPUplands

Contents Message from The Principal Secondary School News Year 8 Co-Curricular Uplands Roar Primary School News Drama Department UPTA Upcoming Events

Uplands School Weekly

Newsletter

Term 3 Issue 1 - Friday 24 April 2015

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Welcome to Term 3. A special welcome to the two new students, Jason Chin (7s) and Ayaka Iga

(9s), and their families, who started in Uplands on Monday. This term is extremely short,

consisting of only eight more weeks until the end of the academic year. It is extremely

important that all students attend school through to the last day on Friday 19th June, when they

will receive their final academic report.

Next week is the final week of timetabled classes for the Year 11 & 13’s before they commence

their external examinations on May 4th. I would like to wish all of the students in both cohorts

the very best of luck and wish them success with their exams. “The best way to motivate yourself is

to stop stressing about what’ll happen when things go wrong and start thinking about how awesome life

will be when they go right”.

Another big congratulations to Ms Atherton and her Lunchbox Theatre students for their

performance of “Our Country’s Good” on Thursday evening. The audience was once again

captivated with the exceptional performances of all of the students in this difficult play. A

reminder that “The Wizard of Oz” production will take place in the MPH on Wednesday

evening beginning at 6:30pm.

Have a great weekend!

Craig Skinner

Head of Secondary

craig.skinner@uplands.org

Follow us on Twitter: @UplandsSecSch

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My holidays in Australia.

For my holidays I went to Australia, after a six hour flight I finally arrived in Perth. We got our

bikes and rode to our hotel, Perth was a beautiful city which lies in west Australia. On the

second day in Australia I took a train from Perth to Bunbury. Bunbury is a small town where

we got dinner in a nice restaurant, we stayed in a little cabin close to the beach where we went

for a swim. On the next day I got woken up at 6am to go cycling, I wanted to stay in bed as

long as possible since it was pretty cold but my mother pulled me out of the bed to get changed. I

asked my parents how many km we would do today hoping it wouldn’t be too much they told me we

would do 80km I stared at them thinking what how am I meant to do 80km I am already tired after

walking from the beach to here. At 7 we went on our bicycles and started our trip, my brother and I

would fool around or race each other. After about 50km we saw the coastline again cycling along there we

reached a cafe in Busselton where we sat down and had ice cream after that we kept cycling till

we reached after 82 km finally Duns borough where we stayed in a backpacker together with

many other people. For dinner we barbequed steaks n sausages which was fabulous, after

dinner me and my brother played some billiard. I was so exhausted and only wanted to go to

bed.

The next day started of pretty bad I got up and it was raining, my brother was pretty happy

about that because it meant he got to sleep longer and not cycle but around 2 h later it stopped

and we started our tour today it was only 65km our aim was to get to Margaret river. As we

started the rain came back and it poured down, it got cold and windy, we were fighting against

the rain for about 2 hours. The cycling to Margaret River was tough and tiring. My mother

prepared bread for us which we would eat during our breaks. On the way to the Margaret

River we saw many dead kangaroos lying along the road side we even saw a kangaroo’s

skeleton. After cycling for hours we got to a shop where they sold some nuts we bought

caramel nuts which tasted fabulous. We kept cycling then finally we reached our

accommodation I was absolutely tired, I felt sick and my legs were aching. Our next

destination was Nannup it was a distance of 70km. we woke up at 6.30 got breakfast and got

ready. The route to Nan up was one of my hardest cycling days ever. We were on a road that

would only go up and down for 50km it was so hilly and sunny there was no way on this road

to get water since we were running out of water I had to start saving my water. Every time I

cycled up a hill it looked as I was done but it never ended. As I saw the sign Nannup 10km I

smiled with excitement. When we reached there I first took a look around the campus. We

stayed in a little cabin it was cosy and comfortable. For dinner we had pizza and noodles, after

dinner we played some card games. Nannup was a small town with only one super market,

the super market was tiny and there were only 2 restaurants plus one bakery in the town. I

asked about the route we would take tomorrow, what would it be like? My mother told me

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concerned it will be about the same as yesterday and it was I wasn’t enthusiastic about that at

all. I was cold it was raining and windy, it only went uphill and downhill at some parts it

would go up for 5km which got me very frustrated. We were cycling for about 5 hours. Our

lunch was under a huge tree eating some bread and meat. The landscape on the way to

Manjimup was stunning it looked a bit like New Zealand… the green grass with cows, sheep’s

and horses. It was another tough day and I got faster tired then I usually did my knees starting

to hurt but I knew I had to keep going since I was nearly there anyways. Once we arrived in

Manjimup I was happy that I only had to cycle 19km to get to Pemperton. In Pemperton we

stayed in a house with friends for two days all together we were 8 people. Every night we

would play some games such as taboo which was great fun. My friend and I went horse riding

where we saw kangaroos as well as we went to pet kangaroos. After that it took us another 4

days to cycle back to Perth mainly during farming country and along the coastline.

Finally we arrived in Fremantle and enjoyed the last few days in and around Perth. In total we

cycled about 750km and it was great success.

Patti Wezel

Year 8 Student

Thank you to all who managed to submit their CCA Registration over the holiday using the

online sign up. This has certainly led to a much smoother start to the term and should allow

CCA’s to begin next week with registers all being complete and no need for the usual glut of

changes.

To check which CCA’s your child/children have been able to join please follow the instructions

below:

1 Go to www.uplands.org

2 Co-Curricular Page and scroll down to CCA

3 Scroll to the bottom of the page for the daily registers

Cancellations

1 All Wushu – These will not begin until Monday 4th May

2 All Secondary CCA’s are cancelled on Thursday unless the Teacher/Coach informs

students otherwise.

As always any questions/suggestions please feel free to email me at: dmetcalfe@uplands.org

Dean Metcalf

Head of PE Faculty

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U16 SEA Netball

There was a fantastic performance from our U16 Girls over in Singapore at the end of last term.

For a detailed review please read the write up from their Captain Chloe Hng later in this

Newsletter. Thank you to all involved in making this trip happen; Ms Sands & Ms Teddy.

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Primary Inter-House Swim Gala

On the final day of Term 2 our Primary Swim Gala took place with competition spread across

Year3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. This gave everyone the chance to show the progress they have

made, and with so many attending CCA sessions on top of the allotted 2 curriculum swim

lessons, the progress made has been fantastic! Congratulations to Hill House for running out as

this year’s CHAMPIONS!

For more detailed results please go to:

http://uplandsroarsport.webs.com/uplands-swim-squads

As always for all fixture/event write ups, photos, calendar and training information please go

to: www.uplandsroarsport.webs.com

Roar Sports Awards

This year we will hold our 2nd Annual Roar Sports Awards Night. The purpose of this is to

celebrate the growth of our many teams and recognize the individual successes within these

teams. Voting has taken place for the Players MVP Awards and these, alongside the Coaches

Award will be presented on Thursday 30th April, 3:30pm-4:45pm in the Sports Hall. All

students attending ‘Roar Sports’ are encouraged to attend and parents are very welcome.

For more immediate Roar Sport updates you can follow us via Twitter at:

@UplandsSport

Weekend Sports Programme

Tomorrow the first sessions for this term take place. Please remember to bring along your

Water Bottles and a snack if you are doing the double session.

For those yet to register please go to our Roar Sports Website:

http://uplandsroarsport.webs.com/weekend-sports-programme

and to register please go to; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/term3wsp

Dean Metcalf

Head of PE Faculty

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Welcome to the final term of this academic year and I trust everyone had an enjoyable holiday

break. On Monday we welcomed 7 new students in Primary - Che Er (Year 2) and Wee En Foo

(Year 4), Janice and Sheryl Yap (Year 3), Julian Chin (Year 4), Alvin Zhang and Nana Kaneko

(Year 6).

Our calendar for the next 8 weeks is filled with exciting learning experiences for our Primary

children.

29 April – Year 4 visit to Dance Studio

1 May – Labour Day – School closed

5 May – Year 5 Bahasa students visit to Sila Ceramic Studio

6 May – Year 2 visit to the Spice Gardens

8 May – Reception class – costume day

15 May – Years 4 – 6 Primary Disco – organized by DSS

25 May – Reception class visit to P. Ramlee House

26 – 28 May – Year 6 PYP Exhibition

2 – 6 June – Primary FOBISIA Games – hosted by Uplands

16 June – Transition Day for Year 6 students

17 June – Primary Awards Assembly

19 June – Presentation Day – End of academic year

Primary Sharing Assembly: Year 5 will host our sharing assembly on Monday 27th April. The

assembly begins at 2:00pm in the foyer and parents are invited to attend.

Robin and The Sherwood Hoodies DVD: If you wish to order copies of the DVD “Robin and

The Sherwood Hoodies” please come to the Primary office for an order form. We are charging

the first DVD at RM25 and then RM15 each for multiple copies. Students in Years 5 and 6 will

receive an order form in class on Monday. The DVD has been filmed and edited professionally

by Lee Video to reflect the high quality of our Production.

Co-Curricular Activities: Term 3 CCAs begin on Monday next week. Lists will be posted on the

Co-Curricular page of the school website tomorrow so that parents can check over the weekend. A

complete list of CCAs is posted on the notice board where Primary students meet each morning.

Alison Nicholson

Head of Primary Follow us on Twitter: @uplandsprisch

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Last night, students from Years 10-12 staged an Upper School Play called ‘Our Country’s Good’

by Timberlake Wertenbaker. In 1789 in New South Wales, Australia, ‘The Recruiting Officer’, a

play by George Farquhar was staged in a penal colony to celebrate the birthday of King George

of England. ‘Our Country’s Good’ draws upon this historical fact and tells of how the officers

and convicts worked together to stage the play. The piece of theatre is a powerful affirmation

of the dignity and endurance of the human spirit. The themes include the redemptive force of

theatre, the politics of power and gender, the nature of crime and punishment and the ethics of

colonization. Well done to all those actors and technical crew who did an outstanding

performance. Comments from the audience today have been extremely positive and the

students involved should feel justifiably proud. Just like the characters in the play, the cast

developed a strong sense of community from working in a theatre ensemble rehearsing for

many months. Bravo for a wonderful performance!

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Volunteers required for:

Event Management.

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Summer Fête/ Food Fair/ Car Boot Sale.

Graphic Design (you can tell from this poster!).

Web Development.

General IT Skills.

Translation Services: Especially Mandarin, Korean &

Japanese.

Financial Auditing.

Facilitating Any Activities That You Are Passionate About.

General Help.

To register an interest for any of the above please contact

volunteers@upta.my or call Kas on 0125484917.

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ACS Sports Tournament (U14 Netball, U15 Boys

Football & U19 Boys Football) Saturday 25th April

U9, U10, U11 Swim Meet vs SCIPS Wednesday 29th April

Roar Sports Awards Thursday 30th April

School closed – Labour Day Friday 1 May 2015

U13 & U15 PSAC Football Tournaments Saturday 2nd May

U13 Football Tuesday 5th May

U15 Football Tuesday 5th May

Primary FOBISIA Games (Athletics & Swimming @ USM) Wednesday 3rd June

Primary FOBISIA Games (TBall @ PFS) Thursday 4th June

Primary FOBISIA Games (FBall @ PSC) Friday 5th June

Term 3 ends at 12.00 noon Friday 19 June 2015

Boarding House closes at 12.00 noon Saturday 20 June 2015