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Collins Big Cat Writing Competition 2023 ๐ฆโ๏ธ
It was great to welcome Sara Hirsch to our school last week and have her launch this year's FOBISIA poetry competition with Key Stage 2 (Years 3 - 6). Has her visit inspired your child to write more? Are you looking for an activity for them over the Easter break? If so here's another writing competition our Primary Students can enter! The Collins Big Cat Writing Competition..
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The KL Coding Cup ๐
The KL Coding Cup hosted at The Alice Smith School on 11th March 2023 was a resounding success, with about 200 participants from 7 different schools. The 4 hour event aims to provide an exciting platform for young coders to showcase their skills and help foster a spirit of healthy competition and camaraderie among participants.
Designed to cater to coders of all levels, the..
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Congratulations to our Maths Teams ๐๐
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This week we have not one but two success stories from the Maths teams with both Primary and Secondary students demonstrating their mathematical flair!
Year 5 AIMS Maths Challenge 2023
Last week two teams of Year 5 Mathematicians headed to the AIMS competition at St. Christopher's School (SCIPS) in Penang.
Both teams performed really well throughout the competition, staying..
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First ever KL coding cup win for Alice Smith!
On the 5th of November 2022, Alice Smith, Sri KDU, Garden International School (GIS) and Help International School participated in the KL Coding Cup hosted at GIS and Alice Smith came first place! In today's article our CS Prefects, Eugene & Jeremy, tell us more.Out of the 3 KLASS student teams, one team won first place and another team came second, placing Alice Smith in..
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Our Very First Science Fair!๐ฌ
We're really excited to hear we are going to be holding our first ever KLASS Science Fair! Over to Helen, one of our Year 11 Science Prefects to tell us more...
"On the 28th of February 2023, Alice Smith will be holding our very first science fair in which students are qualified to participate and present their own research topic which may include the following subjects:..
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Power, Ambition, Guilt and Madness: Our Leading Lords and Ladies and their Monologues
Every year, the Year 9 students of the English department tackle one of their most demanding challenges in Key Stage 3: their 'Macbeth' monologues. This task requires students to analyse various Shakespearean monologues, have an in-depth understanding of the emotional development of their chosen character, write creatively using a wide range of techniques and then deliver..
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FOBISIA Virtual Run ๐and Virtual Swim๐
Before the Easter break a number of our students were involved in some exciting FOBISIA Virtual sport events.
FOBISIA Virtual Run๐
For 8 weeks leading up to the break, a small group of determined students from JB and EP worked hard both at home and at school to prepare their minds and bodies for the FOBISIA Virtual Run.
The Virtual Run, over a distance of 5km, challenged our..
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FOBISIA Short Story Competition: Results
In March, the school submitted our top short story entries into the annual FOBISIA Short Story Competition on the theme of โMemoriesโ and it is now our great pleasure to share the results!
The competition is a great opportunity for children to apply their writing skills for an authentic, engaging purpose and we have been bowled over with the exceptionally high standard of..
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Celebrating student success in the Bronze Medallion Lifesaving Award
Since the start of Term 2, our Year 9 Sports Leaders have been focusing on lifesaving, working towards achieving their Bronze Medallion Lifesaving Award. In this weekโs Secondary Blog, Alice Curwood (Head of Curriculum PE) and Mark Atkinson (PE Teacher and Lead teacher of the Sports Leaders Elective) share their insights into this valuable student learning pathway.
The..
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FOBISIA Film Fest review 2022๐๏ธ๐ฌ
Back in March we brought you details of the FOBISIA Online Student Film Festival 2022 which Alice Smith had the honour of hosting this year. There were a wonderful 82 entries from schools across Asia and we were delighted to see the students passions for storytelling, film and animations come through! Here's our Head of Media, Ms. Charlotte Moore to tell us more;
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Sustainability at EP: What have we been up to?
The two KLASS values that resonate most with our Eco Club are kindness and respect - to ourselves and to our planet Earth. In this weekโs Secondary Blog, our student Eco Club members, Meeraam, Alexa, Letty, Noshin and Risa share how KLASS and the Eco Club are working towards a more sustainable future and how you can get involved too.
The increasing amount of non-recycled..
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Collins Big Cat Writing Competition ๐ฆโ๏ธ
Over the last week we have brought you news of the FOBISIA Short Story Competition and some of the wonderful writing that was entered! Has it inspired your child to write more? Are you looking for an activity for them over the Easter break? If so here's another writing competition our Primary Students can enter! The Collins Big Cat Writing Competition 2022 ๐ฆโ๏ธ
What does home..
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FOBISIA Short Story Competition: Winning Stories (Primary School)
In last week's blog we brought you news of the FOBISIA Short Story Competition and our two Primary School Key Stage winners:
- Miles from 6T for his story โIs it YOU?โ and
- Finn in 4S for his story โThe Magnificent Machineโ,
The theme for the competition was โMemoriesโ and here are their winning entries for you to enjoy!
Is it You? By Miles in 6T
Every city had its own..
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KLASS Torpedoes compete @ SEASAC virtual swim meet๐
And just like that, KLASS Torpedoes has finished their first official meet in 2 years. A determined team returned to the competition circuit, putting down impressive times for our time trials in February. From there, 10 boys and 10 girls were selected to represent Alice Smith in the virtual SEASAC swim meet - the most prestigious swim meet for international schools in..
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Secondary Weekly Highlights: STEM Week โ22: Ready, aim, FIRE!๐งโ๐ฌ๐
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) week at Equine Park was a colourful and explosive affair this year, starting on Monday 14th March 2022. Our Head of Faculty for Science and DT, Aaron Bridges, and the STEM team canโt wait to tell you more in this weekโs Secondary Blog. Enjoy! In Physics, students were dazzled by the bright lights of various cathode ray tubes,..
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AIMS Primary Science Competition 2022
This year the AIMS Primary Science competition is inspired by the work of Theo Jansen. He is a Dutch artist who builds large mechanisms out of PVC. They move on their own and are called โStrandbeestsโ. The kinetic sculptures use mechanisms and renewable energy to appear to walk. These structures are made from all types of recycled materials, but especially plastic (yellow..
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FOBISIA Short Story Competition: Memories
For the past twelve years we have participated in the FOBISIA Short Story Competition. The competition is a great opportunity for children to apply their writing skills for an authentic, engaging purpose and we have been bowled over with the exceptionally high standard of writing from our children.
The theme for this yearโs competition was โMemoriesโ, which gave the children a..
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FOBISIA Online Student Film Festival 2022 ๐๏ธ๐ฅ
Update May 2022: There were 82 entries from schools across Asia and we were delighted to see the students passions for storytelling, film and animations come through! Congratulations to all the winners including KLASS's own Sophie Lei won the Non-fiction KS4-5 category with her short film entitled Emergensea.
Competition details
Calling all our budding film makers from 7..
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Primary Weekly Highlights: Learning through Poetry ๐๐
Our students get numerous opportunities to participate in academic events throughout the school year. Here at JB, our teachers often see this as more than a competition or event and will look to plan a unit of learning around the event theme or topic.
Over the last few weeks, our Year 4 and 5 students have been learning about Poetry in connection with an upcoming COBIS Poetry..
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Primary Weekly Highlights: Upcoming Academic Competitions ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Alice Smith School is a member of many prestigious regional and international learning communities. These groups offer us opportunities to celebrate learning with other schools in Malaysia and around the world. This week in school, many of our students are preparing for competitions hosted by some of our linked organisations.
AIMS English holiday competition
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the AIMS Holiday Writing Competition. ๐โ๏ธ๐ This year AIMS have decided to change things up a little with a poetry and performance competition, where children are encouraged to submit a voice recording alongside their entry. There is an Early Years, KS1 & KS2 category, so hopefully everyone can get involved. The theme is ..
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