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Primary School Magazine 2019
2nd Edition
Editor 2 Meet the team 3 Editor’s quotes 5 Interviews 7 Inside scoop: GIS teachers 8 Competitions: 14 Writing Competitions: Endangered Animals and Home 15 Book Week Illustration Challenge 2019 results 28 X-Factor 2019 results 30 One point perspective photography results 31 Read 33 Places to visit in KL 34 Game safety 43 Recommended games 45 Recommended music 46 Create and fun 47 Recipe 48 Extremely funny animal jokes! 50 Recycled crafts - Pop tab bracelets 54 Recycled crafts - Toilet paper tube confetti popper 55 Fun Crosswords and Mazes 56
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EDITOR'S NOTE
The Team Members - Kelly, Sara, Alysha, Simran, Calysta, Toki, Aryan, Lily, Joanna, Ava, Shweta and Daniel
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Message from the Editor's
Hello readers of Impact.
We are so glad to share
this magazine with you.
This magazine is full of
interesting facts, unique
crafts and awesome
recipes. We really hope
that you will enjoy the new
article.
“I hear and I
forget, I see and
I remember, I do
and I
understand.”
- CONFUCIUS
Impact !2
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Editors’ Quotes
‘Keep calm and … Read the Editors’ Quotes of Impact!’
(Some of them are just people’s favourite quotes!)
“Everyone’s weird, in their own special ways.”
-Ava
“True leaders act like followers.”
-Lily
“Love is not something you feel , it’s something you do,”
-Joanna
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“Do what you love”
-Simran
“Everyone has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
-Confucius/Calysta
“Life is not about reading, it is about having fun.”
-Toki
“Sometimes the easy way out is not the best way out”
-Aryan
“When I die, I want my tombstone to offer free WiFi, Just so people will visit more often”
-Daniel
“Don’t stop until you are proud”
-Joanna
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m Possible’.”
-Miss Clarke
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind be led by the dreams in the heart.”
-Kelly
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is to learn how to dance in the rain.”
-Kelly
“Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people.”
-Alysha
“Spread kindness, not rumours”
-Shweta
“ If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”
-Sara
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- Interviews -
Inside scoop
GIS teachers
GIS sports
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The Inside Scoop
Find out the scoops of different types of teachers!
By Lily Zhan 5L and Ava Rajasooria 5W
Introduction
Who doesn’t want to know the background stories of our teachers? In this article you’ll find
interviews of one of every type of teacher (music, art, etc) and their replies to our questions. (Some
might give more info than others.) On that note, we hope you enjoy reading it!
Cikgu Shermaine/Shermaine Lao Shi-World
Languages Teacher
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. I just like being a teacher!
Q. What is your favourite part of this job?
A. The multiculturalism.
8Miss Clarke-Form Teacher and Junior Journalism Leader
Q. What made you want to sign up for this job?
A. I used to love teaching in the UK, but after a while I wanted
something new to try, a new country to go to. Luckily, I knew Mr
Rocco, and he told me all about Malaysia. It sounded like an amazing
school and country so I took the plunge!
Q. How long have you been teaching in this school?
A. I’ve been teaching here for two years.
Q. What is your favourite part of this job?
A. Working with children everyday, and watching them progress,
mature and grow as individuals.
Miss Mika-Art Teacher
Q. How long have you been working here as an art teacher?
A. I’ve taught here for six years.
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. I loved teaching, especially art, and I did use to live and work in Malaysia.
Q. What is your favourite part of this job?
A. I’ve got so many, it’s hard to say! Well, I really like when students have lightbulb moments,
when they suddenly have an idea and do it really well. I also like it when they try really hard.
9Miss Jenny-Library Leader
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. I wanted to share my love for reading and inspire more children
to enjoy books. The opportunity to work with so many different teachers
and students from EYC to Year 6 excited me as well.
Q. How long have you been working here as the library leader?
A. This is my third year as teacher librarian at GIS. Before that I
worked as a children’s librarian in the public library service in
Manchester, England. Ahead of that I was a primary school teacher and learning mentor.
Q. What is your favourite part of this job?
A. I love the variety of working in the library, every day is different. My favourite part of my job
is reading stories to classes and when students come and tell me they really enjoyed a book
I recommended to them. I also really enjoy choosing new books for the library.
Miss Kate- Music Teacher
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. I became a music teacher because I like children, education and music. So, putting these
three things together could only have produced one positive result!
Q. What is your favourite part of this job?
A. My favourite thing is to see students shine; I love to see them performing brilliantly and with
confidence too!
10Q. How long have you been working here as a music teacher?
A. I have been working here since 2007, so I’ve stayed for twelve years!
Mr Sheldon-Assistant Head Teacher and Student Council Leader
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. I love children, working with families and helping people know where to go. If parents are
supportive, it benefits children and therefore helps families, which is a huge inspiration to
my job.
Q. What is your favourite part of your job?
A. My favourite part of my job is seeing the school community changing or improving together,
for an example the student council. They want to be more environmentally friendly so they
take part and if they want it, they go for it.
Q. How many years have you worked here?
A. I have been working here for 4 years now.
11Mr Slimming-Sports Teacher and Leader
Q. What made you sign up for this job?
A. When I worked at a school in Mexico, I was a year 5
teacher, deputy head of primary and a primary PE teacher. I loved
one of those jobs more than the others and I decided I wanted to
be a specialist. I believe in giving students opportunities outside
the classroom environment in which to discover new potentials
and I’m passionate about the physical and mental health benefits
of being active.
Q. What is your favourite part of your job?
A. My job combines two of the things I love the most: working with kids and being involved in
sports.
Q. How many years have you worked here?
A. This is my 6th and final year at GIS. I have loved working here and living here, but we feel
that the time is right for our family to seek a new adventure, so we will be leaving at the end
of this school year.
12An interview
with Mrs
Shoesmith
Q. What inspired you to pursue sport as a career?
A. I chose to do sport because it is a passion of mine. I also like
coaching and I like to inspire children to enjoy sport as much as
me.
Q. What are your favorite sports?
A. I like netball, gymnastics and rugby.
Q. How long have you been a PE teacher?
A. I have been a PE teacher for ten years.
Q. How many sports do you play now and what are they?
A. I play netball mostly now.
Q. What advice would you give to someone if they wanted to
pursue sport as a career?
A. To get involved in different sports and be resilient. Also to
be coachable and always wanting to improve.
13- Competitions -
Endangered Animals Writing Competition results
HOME Writing Competition results
Book Week Illustration Challenge 2019 results
X-Factor 2019 results
One point perspective photography results
ort Story Competi 14GIS Writing
Competitions:
Home
Endangered Animals
Have a browse through
the year’s amazing writing
competitions. These stories
are fantastic!
One
competition
was about home and what
home means to you. The
other competition was about
endangered animals.
Take your time to read these wonderful
entries and enjoy this year’s competition
winners.
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Endangered animals writing
competition
I watched my family and home be destroyed.I saw tractors, bulldozers and spades come and cut
down the trees and injure my family! My once green jungle was turning into a barren brown
hilltop. People even came with weapons and hurt my family. A few days later I was saved by park
rangers.The rangers took me and my remaining family far, far away from my beautiful, green
home. I wondered where are we going?The journey was very tiring.The journey felt like days.
Finally we reached a river. The people were talking loudly. One person said,”We have to cross the
river.”
For some reason the people put chains around my feet. I felt sad. I missed my home! The rough
water looked choppy. One of my family members went before me. I was scared. Next it was my
turn. I did not just feel scared but I was also worried! I told myself that there was nothing to be
worried about. I imagined what my new home would look like.Suddenly I felt a tug on my
feet.The people were pulling me for some reason.They were heaving me onto the boat. It was my
turn! I was really scared.The giant boat was old and dusty.I did not like it at all! The long journey
was tiring, very tiring.The water was extremely choppy.I felt seasick. It took a long, long, long
time to get to my new home.The water was as shiny as a diamond, the gleaming water rushed
roughly down the river.It took a very long time just to get to the over side.The wind was also very
strong too. On the horizon it looked like a jungle.The jungle was incredibly big. It stretched as far
as I could see. We got closer and closer. I was so excited.I could just make out a shape of an
elephant. It was my family member who had survived. I had missed him so much.I also missed
my home but I was so excited to explore my new home. I might even make new friends.
After many days we finally arrived at shore. I was so excited to wander around the jungle. In my
new home I met my family member on the beach and wandered into the jungle with him.I
watched the park rangers go back to the mainland to get the last elephant. I looked back one
more time and wandered off into the great, green jungle.The jungle was nice and a bit dark. I was
no longer scared because I was with my family. I spotted a lake and I ran towards it. Suddenly I
spotted something in the water.I looked closer and I saw a dirty green nose. IT WAS A FRIENDLY
CROCODILE! Quickly me and the crocodile became friends.The crocodile told me about a nice
place where I could make my new home on the west side of the jungle.Then I said thank you and
goodbye and went west. Soon I found were the crocodile said.
One day I was walking next to the river when I saw a boy with a blue sun hat float by.The boy
stared at me and sailed to the river bank. He looked around and found a banana.He picked it up
and gave it to me.I did not know what to do. I picked the banana and eat it.The boy was very
gentle. Maybe not all people want to destroy my home.
By Noah James 4I
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Year 5 Hilary Low Year 6 Kelly Liew
House points
29X- Factor 2019 Results
Article by Ava
Well done everybody who got
involved in X- Factor! Find out the
finalists and the winners!
Finalists:
Year 1: Allegra and Sophie & Isla
Year 2: Celeste and Mishika
Year 3: Bibi & Evie and Gabor
Year 4: Lucia and Yasmin
Year 5: Lily and Kimberleigh
Year 6: Luca and Cristina
Wild card: Simran, Mia & Elena
Once again, well done everybody who participated in this year’s
X-Factor! If you didn’t get into the semi-finals or finals, maybe
you would have luck next time!
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Photography art
competition Winners
For this task Year 6 children had
One point perspective photography
art Competition
Perspective:A point of view
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laces to visit in and
around KL
From religious sites to cultural ones
and more!
The Batu Caves
The Batu Caves are an important
religious site to many Hindus. It
was recently renovated and is
now more breathtaking than
ever.
The Caves were used as
shelters by the indigenous
Temuan people (a tribe of
the Orang Asli). As early
as 1860, Chinese settlers
dug out guano (bird and
bat poo) from the caves for
fertilising their vegetable patches.
34Petronas Towers
The Petronas Towers, also known as the
Petronas Twin Towers, are twin skyscrapers.
According to the Council of Tall Buildings and
Urban Habitats official definition and ranking,
they were the tallest buildings in the world
from 1998 to 2004 and still are the tallest twin
towers in the world.
35KL Tower
The KL Tower is a communications
tower located in KL Malaysia. Its
construction finished on 1 March 1995.
It features an antenna that increases
its height to 421m and is the 7th tallest
freestanding tower in the world. There
is also a restaurant at the top that that
is slowly revolving 360°. There is also a
band, some very good food, and a
great view of KL.
36Bird park
The KL bird park is one of Malaysia’s
top tourist attractions where you can
see 3000 birds enjoying the free flight
concept amid a lush tropical
landscape.
37Sunway Lagoon
Sunway lagoon has hosted some of the best
international lifestyle, music and sports events
including MTV world stage (2009-2015) and a
Quicksilver revolution tour (2006-2008). There are
also many fun things there like the many rides,
haunted house and the horror theme park!
38Exchange 106
The Exchange 106 ( formerly the TRX
signature Tower) is a skyscraper under
construction within the Tun Razak Exchange
(TRX) area, a new financial district currently
being developed in Kuala Lumpur. Finally it’s
being topped with an illuminated crown which
is what the black arrow is pointing at.
39Places to eat in KL
Jalan Alor
The best hawker food in KL can be found in Jalan
Alor. Hosting Lots of hawker stalls and
seafood restaurants, Jalan Alor is also one of the most
famous Roads in KL
for food.
40Ganga C afe
The Ganga cafe is a well-known name amongst those in
Bangsar and the surrounding areas, especially to those with
special dietary needs. The restaurant/cafe serves wholesome
vegetarian Indian food.
41HAPPY EASTER
!!!!!!
42Introduction
Computer Keeping safe on the internet is vital, and the message
has been spreading throughout the school. Now we
Game Safety know how to keep safe on the internet, let’s take a
look at how video games can affect your wellbeing if
you don’t keep safe, and how you can prevent that
from happening.
Ahhhh… Wouldn’t it be nice to relax with
your favourite game… Roblox? Or maybe Age Awareness
Fortnite? Games are really fun and
Some games could have extreme violence or
entertaining, but don’t let them affect your inappropriate content in them, which are scientifically
wellbeing… proved to be addictive and harmful to your mind. A
small bit of violence doesn’t matter that much, but just
in case, always check the ratings for the game you
By Lily 5L want. (They’re often at the back of the cover.) If they’re
rated ‘E’ for ‘Everyone’ or ‘E-10+’ for ‘Everyone 10+’ for
older kids, then the game is suitable for your age.
However, some people have started to wonder if the
ratings for games are reliable, so you could check the
cover just in case. If it’s on your PC or mobile, look at
the app cover and description of the game before you
download it.
Multiplayer Modes
In many games you get to play with other real live
people, which is called Multiplayer mode. Because of
privacy, everyone has a fake profile for the game, and
more advanced tech has introduced how you can also
change your voice! Of course, these features not only
make it really cool, but they also make it easier for
online criminals to get to more and more people. My
advice is to not friend strangers on games if you can,
and never reveal your private information on chats.
Therefore…
Always use your common sense when playing a game
to decide what’s safe and what’s not. As long as you
don’t get too curious about games beyond your age
level and be addicted to a certain game, playing
games are definitely okay.
Thank you for reading, and enjoy your Easter!
43Thank you for reading
and happy Easter!
Hey, on the next page
there is a list of
recommended games
for you. (Don’t worry,
they’re all safe!) Why
not check it out?
44Fun games for kids!
45Music You Should Listen To
Recommended By Year 6s
By Shweta Nair
In this article, I’m going to be giving you the most popular songs. These songs have been
chosen very carefully after it was recommended by year 6 students. They chose different genres
of songs. I hope you enjoy this article and listen to these songs!!!
1. Lost In Japan (remix) by Shawn Mendes ft. Zedd
2. The Middle by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
3. Real Friends by Camila Cabello
4. One Last Time by Ariana Grande
5. No Tears Left To Cry by Ariana Grande
6. 1999 by Charlie XCX ft. Troye Sivan
7. Sweet But Psycho by Ava Max
8. Havana by Camila Cabello
9. Happy Now by Zedd and Elly Duhé
46- Create and fun -
Recipe
Extremely funny animal jokes!
Recycled crafts - Pop tab bracelets
Recycled crafts - Toilet paper tube confetti popper
47BY: JOANNA BEI ZHOU 6L
Recipes
Dough
Down below will
direct you to how to
make a pizza
dough
Bunny pizza
A fun easy pizza and of course very delicious
Want to make
more?
Pizza dough Pour 1 1/2 cups warm water into a large bowl; sprinkle with yeast
You can try different
and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. ! animals, objects- be
Whisk sugar, oil, and salt into yeast mixture. Add flour and stir until a sticky creative!
dough forms. Transfer dough to an oiled bowl and brush top with oil. Cover
bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draft-free place until dough Healthy pizza
has doubled in bulk, about 1 hour, turn out to be a fluffy dough .
Toppings: spread tomato sauce and cheese over the dough
To make the rabbit, add halved cherry tomatoes to the pizza for the eyes, add an
olive for the nose, 2 chunks of yellow pepper to make the teeth and add 2
spinach leaves for the Be healthy! These
pizzas are healthy,
Ingredients! [Flour] [ toppings]
fun, energy
Water Salt Small cherry tomato olive
boosters and more.
Olive oil. Flour Yellow pepper
Caster sugar Spinach
Dried yeast.
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48Special Shoutout
To.....
Ethan 2G in chancellor !
Special Shoutout to Ethan for his effort for making the impact magazine chocolate cookie!
Well done!
(Want a shout-out? Email Ms Clarke your photos!
Email: Clarke.s@gardenschool.edu.my
Have fun cooking the fabulous recipe and remember to send
us your photos!
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49Extremely funny animal jokes
Try your best to figure out the answer. If you cannot
figure it out, then just look at the answers at the
bottom. Please try to not look at the answers before
you’ve had a go first!
Thank you!
1. Why did the cows cross the road?
2. Why do fish live in saltwater?
503. What do you call a thieving alligator?
4. Where did the sheep go on vacation?
515. Where do mice park their boats?
6. What do you call a cow that eats your grass?
7. How does a dog stop a video?
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POP TAB BRACELETS
Recycled Crafts
Editors’ note
Hello! We are two editors from
Impact, and we want to share
our experience of making this
craft with you!
When we made these amazing
bracelets, it turned out
fantastically. The colors of the
ribbons are actually your
choice, but our favorite colors
that we used were black and
silver. Show off to your family
and friends! Enjoy making the
bracelet!
Method
Enjoy making! 1. First, start with your two ribbons lined up horizontally.
Calysta & Simran 2. Next, slide a pop tab through the ribbons.
Materials 3. After that, slide another pop tab on the ribbon, but make
sure it is under the first pop tab.
12-14 pop tabs (depends on
the size of your hand) and 2 4. Then, thread the ribbon through both tabs, making sure
30cm ribbons that the first half of the second pop tab is below the second
half of the first pop tab.
Tips
5. Repeat the same thing. Keep in mind that the third pop tab
. Try to keep the ribbon should be on top of the second.
straight when weaving it
through the pop tabs; folded 6. Finally, tie the ends of the ribbons to finish o! the bracelet.
ribbons will not look as neat.
. You could use other materials
then just ribbon; you could try
using shoelaces or string; use
anything.
Send your creation to clarke.s@gardenschool.edu.my
54TOILET PAPER TUBE
CONFETTI POPPER
Recycled crafts
Editors’ note
Hello! We are two editors from
Impact, and we want to share
our experience of making this
craft with you!
These confetti poppers are
great for parties, and are super
easy to make! They do not take
a lot of time and are fun to use!
Forgot to buy a confetti
popper from the store? Don’t
worry! Use home items to
make your own!
Method
Enjoy making! 1. Firstly, knot the balloon and cut the tip.
Calysta and Simran 2. Stretch the balloon tightly around the toilet paper tube and
secure with packing tape.
Materials
3. Then, if you want to, use paper to wrap it, but keep the top
Toilet paper tubes, packing open. You can add stickers if you like.
tape, 9-inch balloons, paper,
confetti or metallic tissue 4. For the confetti, just put it in the tube. If you are using
paper and decorations (glitter, metallic tissue paper, you can cut it up into small pieces.
stickers etc.)
If you want to release the confetti, a! you have to do is
Tips pu! the ba!oon, which wi! make it pop out.
. Decorated paper work well if
you want to brighten up your
confetti popper a bit.
. Try using different colors for
different occasions: red and
gold for Chinese New Year, or
green and silver for Hari Raya.
Send your creation to clarke.s@gardenschool.edu.my
55Feeling Bored? On the next page is
some word problems to solve!
Small Print: They are suited for Years 3-4, the middle of primary. This is so everyone can
get involved in the mazes and crosswords. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
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