We had an orientation for three new staff: Ian Martin, who will be going into SMS Kuching to replace James Christie, who leaves us at the end of March; two new ELCs, Pamela Gunton Hedge, who will be in Kubang Pasu, Kedah, and June Titheridge, who's going into Padang Tarap, Kedah. All three were very keen to get to their respective postings and left KL on Friday morning.
Wednesday was IBI launch day. And just what or who is IBI I hear you say? Well it's an initiative of our PET, Vance Carson, and the English teachers at SMAPK in Kajang. It stands for 'Intelligent Bahasa Inggeris' and it's a fun club for students in Forms 1-3. The members have 'cool' t-shirts and badges to wear and a clubroom with TV, DVD, Play-station, board games and even a drinks vending machine. Membership is restricted to 30 boys and 30 girls, at this stage, who meet on separate nights. Some mixed activities may take place under strict supervision. Look out for more details in the next Project Update.
The obligatory group photo! June and Pamela are in the front row, first and third from the left respectively. Vance is standing on the left and Ian is second from the right in the back row.
Also in the office this week was Professor John Stannard, CfBT Senior Consultant from the UK, who was here for meetings with our KL management team on how best to present our proposals to the MoE for 2008 contract renewals. Something I know many of you are keen to find out about. He's off to Brunei next week for a round of similar meetings.
So a lot has been happening both here in KL and around the country. Next week is school holidays and I know many of you will be taking a well earned rest. Take care and I look forward to catching up with some more of you when I visit later in the month. Check your e-mails next week for more details.
Ron Coveney
INSETT Project Manager
3 comments:
Just back from a very successful, well-organised (thanks Sharifah)English Camp at MCKK Kuala Kangsar. PETs led all activities, and there were 5 Principals insitu for the weekend, who were very pleased with the way things went.
Report and photos to follow tomorrow.
Re: the visit to Vance's school...I understand he also presented, to some significant individuals, the results of his research into students' attitudes towards English and English-learning. Don't you think that would be of interest to the readers of this blog?
Good point, anonymous. I'll talk to Vance this week about it. Ron.
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