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[ARCHIVE] 2023 Calendar for Nobel International School


Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:03 PM
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2023 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR NOBEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (JUNIOR/SENIOR)


JANUARY
1st January = New Year's Day
2nd January = Holiday in Lieu for New Year's Day
7th January = Parents' Orientation
12th January = First Day Of School
22nd to 27th January = Chinese New Year Holiday

FEBRUARY
3rd February = Chinese New Year Celebration
5th February = Thaipusam
6th February = Holiday in Lieu for Thaipusam
7th February = CCA Begins
10th February = Tea Connection
24th/25th February = Leadership Camp

MARCH
1st to 24th March = IGCSE Malay and Mandarin Oral Examination
4th to 12th March = 1st Mid Term Break
15th March = Field Trip 1
17th to 19th March = Study Camp 1

APRIL
4th April = PTM 1
7th April = Good Friday
17th April to 12th May = KS3 Mid Year Examination for Art and Design
24th April = IGCSE Examination for Mandarin Second Language
26th April = IGCSE Examination for First Language Malay
28th April = IGCSE Examination for First/Foreign Language Malay and Mandarin Second Language
24th to 30th April = Hari Raya Aidilfitri Holidays

MAY
1st May = Labour Day
3rd May = Aunty Clarine's Birthday Celebration
4th May = Wesak Day
5th May = Awards Day
15th May = IGCSE Examination for Foreign Language Malay
22nd/25th May = IGCSE for Mandarin Foreign Language
2nd to 5th May = IGCSE Trial Examination for Art and Design
8th to 26th May = Mid Year Examination
29th May = IGCSE Examination for Foreign Language Malay
27th May to 11th June = Mid Year Break

JUNE
5th June = Yang Di Pertuan Agong's Birthday
16th June = Teacher's Day
23rd June = Sports Day
27th/28th June = Year 10 Study Skills Workshop
29th June = Hari Raya Aidiladha Holiday

JULY
14th/15th July = Study Camp 2
19th July = Awal Muharram
24th to 27th July = IGCSE English Speaking Test Trial Examination
28th July = Maker's Fair

AUGUST
2nd and 3rd August = IGCSE ICT Practical Trial Exam
7th to 18th August = IGCSE Trial
29th August = PTM 2
30th August = Merdeka Day Celebration 
31st August = Merdeka Day

SEPTEMBER
2nd to 10th September = 2nd Mid Term Break
16th September = Malaysia Day
11th to 27th September = KS3 Final Year Examination for Art and ICT, and Year 10 IGCSE trial for Malay and Mandarin
28th September = Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

OCTOBER
2nd to 6th October = Final Year Examination
2nd October to 16th November = IGCSE Examination

NOVEMBER
1st November = Field Trip 2
12th to 15th November = Deepavali Holiday
17th November = Year 11 Graduation and Last Day of School
18th November to 31st December = Year End Break and School Holiday

DECEMBER
11th December = Sultan of Selangor's Birthday
25th December = Christmas




LEGEND: 
School Holiday and Public Holiday
Examination
Parents and Teachers' Gathering
Field Trips
Camps
School Events
Other Low-Key Activities 



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[ARCHIVE] Training Method for Founder's Run 2023

 

Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 2:48 PM
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STRATEGY FOR WINNING FOUNDER'S RUN
Founder's Run will take place on 10th February at Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur which is near the Damansara Jaya campus. Therefore, the necessary steps that have to be taken: 

1) Target for full participation of athletes in Founder's Run 2023.
2) Target for all top 10 places for each year level and category in Founder's Run 2023.
3) Target for the majority of runners to finish within the first 30 minutes. 

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS FOR FOUNDER'S RUN
Regardless of Covid test status, all participants would have to register in order to participate and contribute points to Bullseye. We can provide the benefits of registering. Of course, many people will be tired to come to participate in the run as many would be tired of running and their legs will be pain. But the big momentum of the motivation is to make the Bullseye members a part of the victory by emphasizing on the patriotism of Bullseye and the history of the four year victory streak of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 in order to win in 2023. One of the ways to make the Bullseye members feel part of the victory would be to emphasize on each and every student's ability to come to a discussion and give their own ideas to the house and show their passion to Bullseye and solve their personal problems in order to achieve the victory.

SELECTION OF FOUNDER'S RUN ATHLETES
In order to achieve Option 2 and 3, a total of 100 athletes will need to be chosen from the entire crowd. There will be a total of 10 athletes from each category and year level, namely the male and female categories. This means a total of 20 athletes per year level, as there are 10 athletes to represent each category. So this means a total of 100 athletes taking into account all the levels. 

Nobel International School has a total of 26 students in 6 classes. This means a total of 156 students per year level and 780 students in the Junior and Senior School. Each house has 195 students, which means over half the house will be chosen as athletes. We can provide a buffer of 200 people but it would need to involve the whole house, so it is not feasible. Therefore, we can only aim for 100 as we need to accept the reality that not all will take part. 

Selection process would occur as follows: 
1) Athletics captains would open the athletics tryouts for track and field events for Bullseye members to try. 
2) If the Bullseye members pass the tryouts, they will not only qualify for their track and field event, but will also be added into Bullseye's priority Top 10 list for Founder's Run 2023. However if they were unsuccessful in their tryouts, they will be allocated to a second tryout opportunity to see if they qualify within a time of less than 25 minutes. If they do so, they will be added into the Top 10 list for Founder's Run. Those who failed will be added into the "Reserve Player List"
3) Regardless of athletics tryouts outcome, all of the participants will be trained by the athletics captain for the Founder's Run. Unfortunately, it only applies to the track and field events involving running events. However, for other events like high jump and shot putt, the individuals will be invited to the Founder's Run athletics training sessions if they failed their tryouts. 
4) The training regime will involve the standard regime of warm ups, warm up runs, strength training and other training just like any other athletics training and will be conducted by the athletics captain. The preferred time for 5km run is 20 minutes, while for 10km (if any), it will be 45 minutes. The athletes will be trained to not use the water station and not talk to their friends throughout the run. The ideal performance for a runner is to run 5km three times and complete all three within 20 minutes. 

Top 10 and reserve player list will undergo serious training and will be prioritized. 

Should the top 10 list be full, the remainder will be selected as reserve players. Players in top 10 who fail to perform accordingly will be switched with other reserved players 

[ARCHIVE] To be posted if Bullseye wins Sports Day 2023

 To be posted if Bullseye wins Sports Day 2023

Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 7:36 PM
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 

Firstly, I would like to congratulate everyone in Bullseye for winning Sports Day 2023. I cordially express my gratitude to Derrick Chow, house captain of Bullseye, for allowing me to work with him and all our Bullseye comrades. I also thank the management team of Nobel International School for their gracious efforts in putting on a spectacular show for Sports Day 2023. And I would also like to give a shoutout to our other rivals namely Touchdown, Homerun and Slamdunk for their great sportsmanship. 

The 2023 victory of Bullseye is the most important historical moment of Nobel International School. Never has a Sports House won five consecutive years before. 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.This is very impressive! Tonight, as we celebrate the win of Bullseye, we must remember that we will be on breaking news tomorrow. The whole world will turn upon us. I personally believe Ms Bee Yong is impressed by our achievements. Literally all the teachers are shocked at the feat. Even all the ex students have been caught off guard by the immense victory. 

Almost instantly, our victory has already overtaken every single work or project done by any student, student body, club or society, or even classes and houses. Events such as Nobelfest, the Gen N - Dreaming Out Loud Concert, and the Retro Concert 2010 are all eclipsed by this Bullseye victory. The Bullseye victory streak has also surpassed the talents of Danial Hafiz, Joshua Lim, Leong Yi Zhen, See Tian Huey, Calista Chia and all other ex students before us. We have made history as the important force in Nobel. 

When we remember this date, 31 March 2023, we remember it as the climax in a series of actions we did to make Bullseye great again. If 22 March 2019 was the day we see Bullseye rise out of the ashes after overcoming several circumstances, then 31 March 2023 will be the date we remember the most important unprecedented undertaking. We show the world what we are made of. Since 31 March 2023 marks six years since the day Bullseye lost to Touchdown 648-649 in the Sports Day 2017 scores, we celebrate the climax of a long journey we started on that day, first with a GE14-like attempt, and now the futureproofing of a long-drawn project a decade in the making, to make Bullseye win again. 

WE HAVE DID IT!
WE HAVE BEAT IT!
WE HAVE MADE BULLSEYE GREAT AGAIN!

And we, are above the shadows of the world! 

HIP HIP HURRAH!
HIP HIP HURRAH!
HIP
HIP
HURRAH!!!!!!!

[ARCHIVE] Run-up and Cheat Sheet of Sports 2023

 Originally published on Dec 21, 2022, 3:08 PM

Dates for Sports Day 2023

Nobel International School begins Academic Year 2023 on 9th January 2023 at the new campus at Damansara Jaya. So, the Sports Day 2023 lineup will follow the second option on the list which is beginning early in January. 

Sports 2023 Calendar
*Assuming the first day of school is 3 January 2023
EventPredictionActual
Nobel Cup 202228th November 202222nd November 2022
Launch of Sports 202313th January 2023 
Founder's Run 202310th February 2023 
Notice Board Judging8th March 2023 
Pre Sports 16th March 2023 
Pre Sports 27th March 2023 
Pre Sports 3/Sports Day Rehearsal27th March 2023 
Telematch Day29th March 2023 
SPORTS DAY 202331st March 2023 
BULLSEYE NATIONAL CONVENTION 2023
DatePurpose
6th February 2023To sign up for events
20th February 2023To discuss the Founder's Run
6th March 2023To discuss athletics competitions
13th March 2023To strategize for Telematch Day
  
27th March 2023To prepare for Sports Day

School Calendar for 2023 (January to March)
9th January 2023 = First day of school at Damansara Jaya
18th January 2023 - 25th January 2023 = Chinese New Year Holidays (1 week)
4th February 2023 = Thaipusam
13th to 17th March 2023 = Assessment 1/Malay IGCSE Oral/Malay IGCSE Trial
20th to 24th March 2023 = 1st Mid Term Break (1 week)

Other Important Dates (January to March 2023)
Nobel's Chinese New Year 2023 Celebration = 27th January 2023
Chap Goh Mei Celebration = 4th February 2023
Leadership Camp 2023 = 17th to 19th February 2023
Language Week 2023 = 20th to 24th February 2023

Due to the impact of COVID-19 induced school closures and academic rescheduling, some dates may not be correct. While we try to ensure that all dates are correct, certain circumstances may deem certain events infeasable and may be cancelled or rescheduled. These dates should be taken as a guide only for Sports Day Preparations.

The reason why we decided to have predicted dates is so that we can have a carefully-coordinated system in order to make sure Bullseye has advanced plans ahead of the other houses. This way, Bullseye will be able to easily score and win the Sports Day 2023. Winning 2023 will be an unprecedented year for Bullseye as there will be the first ever five year victory streak for a Sports House in Nobel. The monumental effort surpasses all other feats and events and initiatives ever attempted in the 20-year history of Nobel International School. Everyone, from Year 7 to 11, will be making history. The only inconvenience for this plan is to produce unrealistic efforts such as training ten people from Year 7 to 11 for the Founder's Run so they can win 5km. With such a date, even if it is incorrect, the accuracy may be within =/- 1 week of the predicted date. The guarantee is that the Sports Day is going to be very accurate in terms of date and score predictions so that Bullseye can improve. 

Scoring System for Sports Day 2023

As of 21st December 2022, there is no Nobel Cup 2022 scores from 22nd November 2022. Therefore, the score for the Nobel Cup will only be announced in January 2023. The main purpose of the announcement being late is to surprise the students. Once they are surprised, they will be too scared to react and panic and anxiety mode would ensue. This is very important for Derrick Chow, the house captain of Bullseye, to know. The score may not be even announced at all, and the official Sports Day tally will begin from Founder’s Run.

Alternatively, the score will either be announced together with the Founder’s Run scores on 10th February, or even the scores can be announced after the official registration period for Founder's Run has closed. 


The management has 4 options to consider:

OPTION A: Announce scores during Sports Day launch on 13th January 2023. 

OPTION B: Announce scores after school reopens after Chinese New Year on Friday, 27th January 2023.

OPTION C: Announcement after Founder's Run signups are completed, latest by 30th January 2023.

OPTION D: Announce the scores after the Founder's Run is completed, on 10th February 2023. 


Under OPTION A and B, the concerned scores are the scores from events contested during Nobel Cup 2022 on 22nd November. 

Under OPTION C, the scores consist of the 22nd November 2022 Nobel Cup events, and the total points from the signups of the Founder's Run 2023

Under OPTION D, the score composition is that of the 22nd November 2022 Nobel Cup events, the participation score of the Founder's Run 2023 (signups), and the results of the winners of Founder's Run 2023. 


The score provision can include the scores that come from Founder's Run 2022, Telematch 2022 and the 15th July 2022 Nobel Cup events. The management has not made an announcement on this, particularly to make students be immersed in unchartered territory and as a distraction. The management is also involved in the relocation exercise from Kelana Jaya to Damansara Jaya. 


Once the Nobel Cup and 2022 scores are announced, the excitement and anxiety of students will be in panic mode. This is what the teachers want, and this can impact Bullseye's plans for victory, given that Bullseye always keeps winning events before Covid shutdown and after reopening. 


Please refer to the "Sports Day 2023 Scoring System" document for full points awarding classification.


Winning Strategy for Bullseye in Sports Day 2023

Why the significance of a Bullseye win for the 2023 Sports Day?

Bullseye has had a history of winning streaks for Nobel International School. Since the year 2013, two main victory streaks of consecutive years have been achieved. First muted by Lau Wei Yiang and Caleb Chuang in November 2014, the Bullseye victory streak has a planning history dating back to the year 2012, when the duo were still in Elementary School. The project of the winning streaks started when Nobel Cup was established with the inaugural edition in October 2013, conceptualized by then student council president Chew Wei Zhuen.

Bullseye won the 2014 Sports Day under Brian Ong, then Bullseye's house captain. The victory streaks started with a plan to win the 2014 Nobel Cup by Wei Yiang and Caleb which succeeded. This success was replicated for the 2015 Sports Day, 2015 Nobel Cup and 2016 Sports Day, when Nobel Cup and Sports Day were separated from each other. This has resulted in three consecutive house captains, namely Brian Ong, Lim Wei Ming and Sabrina Qistina winning the Sports Day trophy for Bullseye. 

Bullseye's loss to Touchdown in 2017 amid controversy throughout Sports Day 2017 itself and major differences in plans between Wei Yiang and the committee led to Wei Yiang spearheading a 2018 victory for Bullseye. This was eventually achieved in 2019 with the victory of Bullseye that year. Success from 2019 was replicated in 2020 despite setbacks and inconveniences caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, before the pandemic led to the cancellation of Sports Day 2020. Despite the downtime, Wei Yiang has drafted a plan for Sports Day during the MCO which is planned to be implemented upon the easing of Covid 19 restrictions and end of pandemic. 

Since Bullseye won the championship in 2019, and it was leading in 2020's standings before the Sports Day was cancelled, in both instances, the trophies were kept by Bullseye. The victory snowballed to 2021 when Sports Day was also not held due to the imposition of MCO 2.0. In 2022, with the rise of Omicron variant, the Sports Day was cancelled again. This resulted in Bullseye achieving the originally-planned four year victory streak by Lau Wei Yiang and Caleb Chuang. 

Winning 2023 would produce the longest victory streak in Nobel International School's 20 year history. As no student, house, class or any club and society or leadership board had done this before, it is a first for Nobel International School to have such a record. The achievement of the victory streak eclipses all other feats, events and fames done by previous students. And this will be UNPRECEDENTED, unprecedented in the entire history of the educational institution. Everyone, including Year 7s and new students to Nobel, would contribute to the immense victory. 

Founder's Run 2023

In order to win the run, the first thing everyone needs to do is to train for the run. What we can do is to pick ten students from each year level to train the Founder's Run so that they can be Bullseye's lead runners. This means that a total of 50 runners will be selected to win the top 10s for Founder's Run 2023. They will need to be able to run 5km in 20 minutes and must practice everyday to train up for the race. They must be able to skip all water stations and not chat with people and treat the run like a serious exam. To train them and qualify them, each of them must complete six 5km runs with same timing. Founder's Run 2023 is scheduled for 10th February 2023. 

Founder's Run 2023 should have same scale-like trainings as the athletics events.


Notice Board 2023

To win the competition, the Bullseye logo must be typed in Aharoni font in capital letters and must use light red and dark red. Except for the L and S which will be in dark red, the rest will be in light red colors. This logo symbolizes the timeline of Sports Day from 2014 to 2021, with the losing years in dark red and the winners in light red. The additional meanings of each of the letters carry the following:

B to represent Brian Ong, the first Bullseye house captain to win the 2014 Sports Day

U to represent Caleb Chuang, son of a prominent teacher in Nobel International School

the two Ls to represent Lau Wei Yiang, Bullseye's landmark long distance runner

S to represent Sean Mark, Bullseye's landmark 100m runner

E to represent extraordinary years in two different decades in human development, in 2019 and 2021 

Y to represent the spike protein of the 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid 19) and the pandemic caused in 2020


With the words colored as such, L and S, which is colored, represent the match during Founder's Run 2017 between Wei Yiang and Sean Mark and their long rivalries. The double Ls in different colors show Wei Yiang to be on the winning and losing side of Bullseye and also he made two attempts as ex student in 2018 and 2019 to make Bullseye win. The Es in relation to the Ys represent life before and after the Covid 19 pandemic. There is no hidden meaning given to B and U. 


The board should also have Bullseye flags placed on stands next to the board, glitter and lighting placed on the Bullseye word, and the board draped in red cloth just like the Chinese New Year door entrance. Hibiscus flowers should also dominate the board to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia in 1963. All fonts and relevant information must be in Aharoni font to give the Bullseye name a brand. This will shock the judges, instantly awarding the highest scores to Bullseye. 


Pre Sports Events and Sports Day events

Trainings for Sports Day 2023 should be conducted at Panasonic Stadium so that the Bullseye athletes can get used to the location itself. This way, they feel comfortable easily and will win the Sports Day as they're used to running on the cinder track. They should train the full course in order to get the athletes up to speed. Stamina-wise is important so they can run their races. Synchronization should be prioritized for relay races. Athletes must focus on speed and timing in order to produce the best runners for Bullseye. The recommended diet for an athlete are eggs, bananas, sweet potato leaves, fruits that are high in vitamin D and E, and dont forget ginger onions.


Additional Trainings

For Tug of War, train the Bullseye members to pull the rope and get it done quickly. Choose the strongest people using the tryouts method for the athletic events. 

For Telematch, train the participants participating to be quicker to complete the game. 

For Marchpast, it is best to train the marching squad with the full protocol i.e. marching in, salute, singing negaraku, at ease and stand easy for 20 minutes and march out. It is pointless to do the same drills as it will make marchers uncertain on the commands. Best to train with marching music.


Cheer Competition

Cheer must be easy to say and easy to remember to the point it can be used in daily conversations. It must be creative and reflect the theme of sports day. 


Banner Competition

The banner design must follow the same logo font and typeface scheme of Bullseye logo mentioned in notice board plan. Lots of glitter and bright colors must be used to give a good chance at winning. 


Dance Competition

Suggested that dance for Bullseye have retro soundtrack and heavy metal music, and also have artistic elements and props as well as convey the history of Bullseye. 



WE CAN DO THIS! 

WE MUST DO THIS!

WE WILL MAKE BULLSEYE GREAT AGAIN!

HIP HIP HURRAH!

HIP HIP HURRAH!

HIP

HIP

HURRAH!!!!!!!!!

[ARCHIVE] 2023 Calendar for Nobel International School

Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:03 PM to  me   2023 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR NOBEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (JUNIOR/SENIOR) JANUARY 1st January = New Year...