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Co-Curricular Programme 2010/11 for Tenby International School

The co-curricular programme at TIS is designed to complement the school’s curricular programme and give students meaningful learning experiences in a less formal setting. The programme has been developed so that there are three different types of activity and each student must pick at least one activity from each group.

Co-curricular activities are held from 2.00-3.30pm every Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Most activities are free, although there are charges for some of them. The list of activities is shown below, followed by a more detailed description of what each activity entails.

Group A - Languages and Curriculum Support Group B - Sports Group C - Skills and Hobbies
Math Help Badminton Chess
Science Help Swimming Scouts
Chinese Language Help Netball Design and Creativity
Humanities Help Volleyball Drama
ICT Help Tennis St. John’s Ambulance
German Table-tennis Art and Craft
French Football World food
Japanese Wushu Computing
Reading / Book Group Skateboarding Year-Book
  Girl’s Football Community Service
  Basketball Dance
  Athletics Bowling
  Ultimate Frisbee  

Group A: Languages and Curriculum support activities

Name of Activity: Humanities Help Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Mandarin 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Helping students with geographical problems and understanding concepts. Good for getting advice on homework or extra support.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Exercises or homework that you need help with, revision materials, other humanities homework.


Name of Activity: German Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Library lobby Maximum number of students: 25

Description of Activity: German Course according to DAF level 1 (German as a second language) mixed with activities & FUN!

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: paper & pen for notes, folder to file handouts


Name of Activity: Science Help Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Biology Lab Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Carry out interesting experiments, get help with your homework or classwork, take part in science quizzes and organise visits to scientific sites around Penang Island.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Paper and pen for notes, any science work you are having difficulty with


Name of Activity: ICT Help Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: ICT Lab 2 Maximum number of students: 12

Description of Activity: ICT Help will provide students with the opportunity to get assistance with their ICT assignments and help with other questions they have about the ICT curriculum.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Textbook, Pen Drive, Assignments


Name of Activity: Japanese Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Mandarin 2 Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Work on developing your Japanese language skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening. Suitable for any level of Japanese, from beginners to advanced.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Paper and pen as well as a folder for keeping your Japanese notes in.

Additional cost for this activity: RM 150 per term. Students are also required to purchase the set textbook for this activity.


Name of Activity: Languages Help (Chinese) Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Mandarin 2 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Student will get help in strengthening their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills at second language level.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Paper and pen for notes, any chinese work you are having difficulty with.


Name of Activity: French Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Mandarin 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: French language for beginners/intermediate level French students. This class is not suitable for advanced / native speakers

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Paper and pen as well as a folder for keeping your French notes in.

Additional cost for this activity: RM 150 per term. Students are also required to purchase the set textbook for this activity.


Name of Activity: Math Help Day(s): Friday
Venue: Math 2 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Don’t like math?  Want some one to one tutoring?  Need a little extra time to work on math problems?  This co-curricular option will provide that extra boost for students who need to improve their math skills.  Teacher permission required.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Math books and assignments


Name of Activity: Humanities Help Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Mandarin 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Helping students with geographical problems and understanding concepts. Good for getting advice on homework or extra support.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Exercises or homework that you need help with, revision materials, other humanities homework.


Name of Activity: Reading / Book Group Day(s): Friday
Venue: SSP classroom Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Read and share your thoughts on good reads. Recommend and discuss good books.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: The book you are currently reading


Group B: Sports Activities

Name of Activity: Badminton Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: School Hall Maximum number of students: 18

Description of Activity: Learn to play badminton or develop your skills if you are an experienced player- look at techniques involved with the serve, lob, rally and smash. There will also be the chance to take part in Badminton competitions in and out of school

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit and Badminton racquet


Name of Activity: Basketball Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Basketball court Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Learn basketball techniques- passing, dribbling and shooting, whether you are a beginner or advanced level player. Learn to play as part of a team

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Table-tennis Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Covered area Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Table tennis practice and matches. Open to all levels of player.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Table tennis bat and balls, PE kit


Name of Activity: Ultimate Frisbee Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Netball court Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: If you enjoy frisbee and want to try out a competitive sport using a frisbee, then this could be for you. Teams of seven players work as a team to pass the frisbee into an end-zone and score points. You don’t need any experience, just a willingness to give something a go, along with a good sense of fair-play and team spirit.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Football Day(s): Thursday and Friday
Venue: Off-site pitch Maximum number of students: 40

Description of Activity: Football for any level of player. Compete for a place in the school team, or just take part for fun. Open to boys and girls

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Volleyball Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Grass court Maximum number of students: 10

Description of Activity: Learn to play volleyball or develop your skills- how to volley, methods of service, diving, attacks and smashes

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Tennis Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Off-site tennis courts Maximum number of students: 6

Description of Activity: Tennis any level. All players are welcome to join

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit, tennis racquet and balls.

Additional cost for this activity: RM100 per term.


Name of Activity: Athletics Day(s): Thursday and Friday
Venue: School field and Junior school field Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Develop your skills in Track and Field skills. Track events will take place on Thursdays and Field events on Fridays.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Netball Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Grass court Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Learn key netball skills: passing, catching, shooting, movement around the court and then put these skills to good use in competitive games. Open to all levels of player from beginner to advanced.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Skateboarding Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Youth Park Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Depending on the student’s level, they will be learning basic or advanced skills skateboarding.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Helmet, skateboard, elbow+knee pads.


Name of Activity: Girl’s Football Day(s): Friday
Venue: Off-site pitch Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Football for any level of player. Compete for a place in the school team, or just take part for fun. Open to girls only

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit


Name of Activity: Wushu (Traditional Chinese Martial Arts) Day(s): Friday
Venue: School Hall Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Come and learn traditional skills of armed and unarmed self-defence. This course will help you to develop fitness, confidence, coordination and balance.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Wushu uniform

Additional cost for this activity: RM60 per term


Name of Activity: Swimming Day(s): Friday
Venue: Chinese Swim Club Maximum number of students: 30

Description of Activity: Swimming for all levels from beginners to advanced

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Swimming costume, towel, goggles

Additional cost for this activity: RM100 per term


Name of Activity: Bowling Day(s): Friday
Venue: Penang Bowl Maximum number of students: 10

Description of Activity: Students will play two games in each session, or up to three games if time allows, with four students sharing one lane.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: None

Additional cost for this activity: RM2 per game + RM1 for shoe-hire


Group C: Skills and hobbies activities

Name of Activity: World food Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: HE Room Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Learn about cuisine from different regions of the world and then have a go at cooking typical foods from that region. Each week the group will pick a region and menu for the following week.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Your own ingredients each week.


Name of Activity: Design and Creativity Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: DT workshop Maximum number of students:

DDescription of Activity: A chance to develop your designing and making skills. You will have a chance to make a desk tidier from bamboo. You will have to use your artistic skills to make the project more attractive.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: None


Name of Activity: Computer club Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: ICT Lab 2 Maximum number of students: 24

Description of Activity: The computer club will explore IT topics such as building a web site, control systems, programming in the LOGO language and graphics.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Pen drive


Activity: Chess Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Maths 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Chess is a board game played between two players. The current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from a similar, much older game of Indian origin. Today, chess is one of the world’s most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.
The game is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove it from attack on the next move.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: None


Name of Activity: Dance Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Maths 2 Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: Learn different types of dance in this activity. This activity is run jointly with the students and they collectively decide on the styles of dance they will be learning each week. Professional dance teachers will be on-hand to help you develop your skills

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: PE kit

Additional cost for this activity: RM150 per term


Name of Activity: Year-Book Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: ICT 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Plan, design and produce the upcoming Tenby Yearbook 2010.  Learn about graphic design, desk-top publishing and the work of editors and writers.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Pen drive & file to keep notes and handouts


Name of Activity: Art and Craft Day(s): Tuesday
Venue: Art Room Maximum number of students: 20

Description of Activity: various art activities: drawing, painting, collage.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Art-Kit: pencil, eraser, brush, sketch book A4, colour pencils (12), oil crayons (12), glue, scissor


Name of Activity: Drama Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Old Art Room Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: This session is for students who would like to make a commitment to the local community. We will be exploring a number of different projects and then taking time to volunteer with our chosen organisations, and help raise funds and awareness for them too.


Name of Activity: Community Service / Interact Day(s): Thursday
Venue: Geography / History Room Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Actors will undertake the creation and detailed development of a character, using the full range of drama skills and techniques.  They will explore and develop   relationships between the characters they have created within a given framework, culminating in an improvised performance.  All are welcome, regardless of experience - and it would be great to have a company made up of both genders!

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Clothing and shoes that allow a full range of movement - PE kit or sweats, trainers or soft soled shoes are ideal.  At various stages, actors will be asked to bring stimuli and/or simple props and costumes to the next session.

Additional cost for this activity: RM 150 per term


Name of Activity: St. John’s Ambulance Day(s): Friday
Venue: Mandarin 1 Maximum number of students: 15

Description of Activity: Learn basic first aid, CPR and other useful techniques. Act as a volunteer for administering first aid during school events and work together as part of a team

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Notebook and pen


Name of Activity: Scouts Day(s): Friday
Venue:School field Maximum number of students: 30

Description of Activity: Common ways to implement the Scout method include having Scouts spending time together in small groups with shared experiences, rituals, and activities, and emphasizing good citizenship and decision-making by young people in an age-appropriate manner. Cultivating a love and appreciation of the outdoors and outdoor activities is a key element. Primary activities include camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.

Additional items students need to bring to this activity: Scouts Uniform