Monday, October 25, 2010

Concert Rehearsal

Salam!


SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE CONCERT
Our concert theme for this year is 'GARDEN FIESTA' ~ and we will see flowers, birds, bees, butterflies, worms, trees and other things come alive! The concert will be held this Saturday, 30 October.

The rehearsal was held in the school on 16 October 2010. Parents did the flowers, bees, butterflies for their children. The teachers worked feverishly to complete the other costumes and to put the final touches, and also the props required.

This was what it looked like ~ and we are very sure that the children will look amazing during the concert, with the lights and props.
We have parents coming in to help out in the concert and gave lots of ideas. Its going to be a GREAT show! Thank you to all of you.

Junior 2 girls ready for their presentation 'My Sunshine'. They looked really sweet in the yellow outfits.

These are the Junior 3 girls (afternoon session) in their costumes for the 'Insect Dance'. Ms Ann and Ms Syakila sewed the glittery stuff on the black outfits.



Junior 1 children in their costumes for 'My Garden'. The flower head bands were made by Ms Grace, Ms Ayu and Ms Hidayah. The head bands are very pretty. Nenek Hjh. helped to fix the red skirts.

The 'Wiggle Worms' of Junior 1. Again, Ms Grace, Ms Ayu and Ms Hidayah sewed the glittery stuff on the t-shirts and trousers. They looked very nice.

These are supposed to be the trees in the 'Garden '. There are other things to add, they looked very cute. Ms Ayu sprayed the hats with green paint.


Junior 3 flower dance called 'Sakura'. The girls will be wearing beautiful gowns. The fans were decorated with feathers. It took Ms Ann and Ms Syakila two weekends to glue the feathers on the fans and to make other props.

These are Junior 1 'Astana Blooming Flowers' with Ms Ayu and Ms Hidayah.

Junior 3 really blooming girls in the short play " Sang Semut Yang Baik Hati'.

Muhaimin of Junior 2 in 'Rythm of the Garden' ~ see the sting behind his back!
The other creatures in the 'Rythm of the Garden' ~ the flowers and butterflies. The flowers and butterfly were made by the parents.
Afdhal and Ammar of Junior 1 in 'Wiggle Worms'.

Ms Rafeah making the wings.

Ms Syakila making other props.

Ms Norleha putting the final touches to the flower costume.

Ms Ann hard at work making the costume.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Children Festival 2010

Salam!


CHILDREN FESTIVAL 2010

16 October 2010

Jointly organised by Miri City Council Public Library & Miri Civic Centre


Children Festival is an annual event and this year the festival was participated by 19 kindergartens in Miri. Non-performing kindergarten children were also invited. The festival was officiated by the Deputy Mayor of Miri. The kindergartens were : Tadika Krokop, Tadika Jin Rui, taika Miri Chinese, Tadika Chung Hua Lutong, Smart Reader Kids, Tadika Good Sheperd Lutong, Tadika Sri Indah, Tadika Sri Jaya, Tadika Miri Gospel Chapel Holiday Park, Tadika Cahaya Bintang Utara, Tadika Riam, Early Learning Centre, Tadika Faith Montessori, Tadika Benih Bangsa, Tadika Meriah, Tabika Perpaduan Krokop, Sedidik Mutiara Luak and Tadika Sri Mawar.
This year we came as spectators only ~ ten Junior 2 children represented the school accompanied by 3 teachers. The performances presented were amazing and very entertaining. The teachers and children put in a lot of hard work to come up with the amazing performances and beautiful costumes.

Children from Tadika Astana.

Astana teachers ~ Ms Rajiah, Ms Fasha & Ms Julia.

'Satu Malaysia' Song by Tadika Jin Rui

In their beautiful costumes, waiting for their turn.

Children from Smart Reader Kids

'The Funny Bears' - Tadika Faith Montessori

The 'Funny Bears' Dance.

'Follow You' - Tadika Meriah

Tabika Perpaduan Krokop - small child playing the big drum!

Children from Tabika Perpaduan Krokop playing the traditional musical instruments.

Children from Sedidik Mutiara Luak - costumes for Choral Speaking ' The Greedy Spiders'

The crowd of parents and their families in Dewan Suarah.



Sunday, October 17, 2010

1 Malaysia Music Camp

Salam!


1 MALAYSIA CHILDREN MUSIC CAMP

25-26 September 2010

organised by Persatuan Pengusaha Tadika & Taska Miri




About 12 kindergartens from Miri attended this workshop. Each kindergarten sent in 10 children accompanied by 2 teachers. The music camp was conducted by Mr. Victor Tan ~ he has been in the music education and development of children for more than 35 years. He is currently a lecturer in Music & Drama for young children, SEGI College.

The programme included learning new songs, music and action, art & craft and group presentation whereby the teachers & children have to come up with a new dance.

Astana children ready for action on Day 1. Every body was excited as this was a new experience for the children and teachers.

Day 1 ~ Children and teachers from various kindergarten in Miri.

Day 1 ~ After registration, waiting to start.

Day 1 ~ Mr. Victor Tan showing the steps of a dance.

Day 1 ~ Learning new moves with a song.

Day 1 ~ The stage.

Day 1 ~ Taking a break.

Day 1 ~ Learning a new dance.

Day 2 ~ Making the 'Shakers'.

Day 2 ~ Izz khalilah and Aisyah working hard to complete their 'Shakers'.

Day 2 ~ The 'SHAKER" is made from newspapers, and decorated with adhesive colourful stickers.

Day 2 - At last, the children and their completed 'SHAKERS'.

Day 2 ~ Using the 'SHAKERS' in a presentation.

The last presentation was '1 Malaysia Dance' with flags, the colours of Jalur Gemilang.

Mr. Tan's antics and openness brought in lots of laughter and smiles to the children and teachers. The teachers and the children enjoyed the camp, learned new songs and dances; and made many new friends.








Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Workshop on Reggio Emilia Approach

Announcement


INTRODUCTION TO REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH WORKSHOP

by

Dr. Nkechy Ezeh
A.Prof of Education
Director of Early Childhood Education Program
Aquinas College

Organised by
Persatuan Pengasuh Berdaftar Malaysia (PPBM)


Date :
13, 14, 15 November 2010

Venue:
Vistana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Certificate of Attendance will be issued.

Fee:
Local delegate : RM480.00
International delegate : USD 280.00

For enquiries:
Ms Rahimah Ithnin
Email :
ppbm_org@streamyx.com
Tel : +603 78801367 or +603 77809327 Fax : +603
78802941

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Coming up Workshop

Salam!

Announcement
WORKSHOP ON TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR BAHASA MELAYU TO STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA
by
PUAN SARIAH AMIRIN
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA
Date : 25-26 November 2010
Time : 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Venue : Learning & Resource Centre, DASwk

Registration Fee : RM80.00 per person (includes tea breaks, lunch & certificate)

Contact :
Dyslexia Association of Sarawak
Banglo Kalaka (Sri Meluan)
Lorong Maxwell 2
Off Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg
93000 Kuching

Tel : 082 242900 Fax : 082 413995
Email : dyslexiaswk@gmail.com

Open to all teachers and parents.




Workshop on Reading by J. Jeffery

Salam!




WORKSHOP "HOW TO ENGAGE THE MOST RELUCTANT LEARNERS, OF ALL AGES, IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO READ'




by Ms Joanna Jeffery


MA(ED), Cert Ed, Dip(Dys), AMBDA





This workshop was held in Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Kuching on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 and organised by Dyslexia Association of Sarawak with the support of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Persatuan Pengasuh dan Pendidik Awal Kanak-Kanak Sarawak (3PAKS) and collaborated by National Association of Early Childhood Care & Education Malaysia (NAECCEM).

Ms Joanna is a teacher educator in the UK since 1975 and has worked with structured progressive phonics for over 30 years. She runs Dyslexia Access in the UK and assessment centre in Devon and Cornwall. She is the author and designer of 'TRUGS' - Teaching Reading Using Games.

You can meet Ms Joanna in Kuala Lumpur at BESA (British Education Suppliers )Asia 2010 Kuala Lumpur from 11th to 12th October at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Please check out the website for details at http://www.besa.org.uk/besa/events.
Ms Joanna can be contact through email : trugs@readsuccessfully.com.