Welcome To 2012

To all our parents,

Salam !

We look forward to see all of you and welcome our NEW parents! We have been preparing teaching materials, rearranging the furniture, painting the walls, getting the classroom ready, and so on, ....... preparing activities for the first week of school to 'warm up' and to welcome the children. We have planned lots of fun and interesting activities for the children this year!

To help ease the transition from home to school for children who are first-timers , here are some suggestions :

1. Pack an extra set of clothes, in case of toileting accidents. Label all your child’s belongings.

2. Try to make your ‘farewells' short and sweet; do not stay in the classroom. Please wait outside if you are anxious about your child.

We will be giving out the red bags to all the children on the first day. Please read the letters from the class teachers. The letter is in the folder, in the red bag. There will be a Get-To-Know session this Saturday, 7 January for all our new parents.

There will be more things posted once school starts. We are very excited to work with you and your child, and look forward to an enriching and rewarding school year.

Here's wishing all of you "Happy New Year 2012' !

Christmas Greetings

AWAY ON A COURSE

It's been awhile since anything has been posted - the reason being that the writer is attending a course which will end in December 2011. There are 6 other teachers attending various courses from 17 November 2011 - 23 December 2011. The rest are in school, busy with the registration of children and preparing for the next year session. Not much of a holiday for us !

Ms Hidayah with her group - writing down their findings!

Ms Sutina in a group discussion.

Group presentation.

Ms Faezah and her group with Ms Alice Ng, one of the trainers.

We will all be back at school on the 27 December 2011 !

2011 Children Festival

Presentation of song 'Hello My Friend' by Zulfarez and Angelina, Saturday 1st October at Dewan Suarah.

2011 Graduates

2011 Concert and Graduation Day

Sunday, 30 October : Concert & Graduation Day - the cumulation of the 2011 activities. We hope that you were entertained by the children with their various performances. Thank you to all of our parents who have contributed the food for refreshments and hope that you enjoyed the food. Our deepest appreciation to all parents and other individuals who were involved with running the show and worked with us to make this event a success. Jazakallah and Jazakillah to all of you.

Opening remarks by Aiman Hakim b. Sarkawi & Damiya bt. Mustaqim, opening doa by Zaid - all of J3.

Quran recitation by Mutashim and Alia of J3 accompanied by quran teachers Nenek Hjh. Fatimah bt. Mohd Sahdan & Hjh. Hajijah bt. Tamam.

Translation of the verses from the Quran were read by Aleeya bt. Abdullah Zainal (J2) and Aisya Amalia Ameera bt. M. Khairulanuar (J3).

Opening song ' Hello My Friend' by Ahmad Zulfarez Syakireen b. Zulkederaini and Angelina Sarah, both of J3.

'Bangau, Oh Bangau' by J3 Blue Apple.

Dance 'Chihuahua' by J3 Red Apple.

'Animal Movements' by J3 Green Apple.

'Animal Boogie' by J2 Blue Apple.

'Six Little Ducks' by Reception Class.

The animals in ' If I Were An Animal' by J1.

See the rabbits, penguins & rhino in this number by J1.

'Chicken Dance' by J2 Green Apple and 'Char Mari Char' by J1.

Colourful birds in 'Burung Kakak Tua' by J2 Red Apple.

'Pantun Mensia', a Sarawak Malay song presented by class of J3. This song has been presented 3 times this year, the first at Sarawakiana Carnival (Pustaka Miri), at Persatuan Melayu Miri Hari Raya Open House and Children Festival.

'The Animal Chant' by the class of J2.

Doa recitation by M. Danish Aqil b. Azmi and speech by Muhaimin Madani b. M. Abdullah Zainal.
Closing remarks by Khubaib of J2.

The last 2 songs were 'Animal Dance' and '1 Malaysia' - presented by all children of the school.

Parents and children enjoying the food brought in by parents themselves.
Thank you for your generosity.
The teachers with some of the parents.

BOATS

Boats, boats, boats! - one of the topics under the theme 'Transport'. These are some of their learning experiences:

Origami boats.Can boats can float ? Some boats did float, but some (as you can see from the photo) - sank!

Some children can't resist the water. So, into the pool with the boats!
A small pool for those who did not like to get their feet wet (initial response).

Besides learning that boats are a type of transportation, the children learned the properties of water, concepts of sink and float. The best part of all ~ the children ENJOYED playing in the water with their friends. (FYI, all the three girls in the above photo also ended up in the water - can't resist the temptation !)

GRANDPARENTS DAY

We did a special topic on 'Grandparents' in September in conjunction with 'GRANDPARENT'S DAY'. All the children were asked to bring photos of their grandparents, from the maternal and paternal side. When we asked for the names of their grandparents ~ these are some of them : Nek Tok, Nek Aji, Atok, Nenek, Nek Lan, Nek Mah, Nek Laki, Nek Perempuan, Pak Nek, Mak Nek and many more. In this exercise, we asked the children to find out the 'real' names of their grandparents and talked with their parents to find out which are the maternal & paternal grandparents. Most children knew that grandparents were parents of their parents and they are special people. Then we discussed how we should care for them. We also read stories about grandparents to illustrate how special they are and their importance in our lives.

These are SOME of the drawings of the grandparents.

GRANDMOTHER

Theme : Sea & Sea Creatures

These are some of the books used.

Learning the physical parts of a fish.
Creatures found in the sea.

Fish - made from recycle materials : newspapers & styrofoam plates

Squids : made from magazines.

Hand-prints made into fish. Magazines & macaroni to make starfish.

The mural of fish & starfish.

Mural of octopus.

Learning about the seahorse. Read the book of seahorse by Eric Carle.

Drawings of seahorse ~ after reading the book.

A time line of the book 'Look Out'.

Activities you can do at the beach : Building sandcastles, etc.

Bahasa Melayu :
A pantun about the sea and the beach.

Binatang yang terdapat di dalam laut : kuda laut ....

Ikan paus.

Bahasa Arab:

Di-pantai.

Seafood Picnic : Learning the food we can eat from the sea and the different products:Excursion to the beach :

Looking at the beach, sea and things that are found on the beach and in the sea.

Ms Syakila and her class of J3 at Brighton Beach.