Report Card Day

last tuesday was Open Day at school.

a day when parents queue up for ages to talk for a few minutes with the teacher and receive their child's report card, when they had already known how the child did. but we do it anyway as another way to show we care.

(off my soap-box :))

Amjad's percentage actually went up a bit, at 86%. I guess I lost sight of that as we (him and I) were focussing on the fact that this is the first time since year 1 he didn't pull in 5As. He had a B for his Penulisan. When I talked to his teacher, she said they just had a new section introduced -- the "nilai murni" part. So hopefully with practise, he'll have a better idea on how to tackle this part.

Hania's class placement also suffered from 10 to 15. Poor girl, when her percentage went up from 94% to 97%. But just her luck, in the only year when class placement started out randomly, she got into a class where the teacher said "everyone is so clever." Actually, for her PKBS1, she pulled in 98.8% average, we were so sure she would be placed in the top5, but her class placement was 10th. And she was so looking forward to have her ears pierced (she made up a condition that if she placed first, she could get her ears pierced). So I've modified her own condition somewhat, I told her if she continued pulling in straight As until the end of the year, we'd go get her ears pierced.

Syakira slipped a tad from her previous first place, Maths being the culprit this time, particularly the word problems parts. But she should still be the first overall for now, Mummy should still be able to go to the prize-giving day, insya-Allah.

When I talked to the teachers, I also asked if the kids were outspoken in class. The teachers felt they were good kids, not naughty or noisy, and would answer when addressed. The teachers saw no problem in that, and given that they have 40+ kids in the class, I can see their perspective. But hmmm.... as a parent, I want the children to be engaged, inside outside, in their learning. They're spending so much of their time in school, that it seems a shame if they're not enjoying themselves, in and out of the classrooms. Hopefully they are, just that they're not showing it to the teachers.

Oh, and the teacher also said Hania wasn't given to 'berangan' in class :).

exam notes1

it's the last day of their mid-year exams. and of course today they sit for their favorite paper -- pendidikan seni. so everyone wanted Papa to come back early so they could get prepared for their seni.
the boys were going to go with the easiest -- buat topeng, but got talked out of it by papa, they were working on something quite complicated -- kalau tak dapat A juga tak tau le.

syira is making a fly using soap and wayar. (buat haiwan dari bahan)

hania was taking it easy last night as she had prepared for hers way in advance -- last weekend. Had to, she wouldn't let me rest until I sat down with her. So since she knew what she was going to do and how to do it (buat kad with teknik gunting and gam), last night she only needed to cut the pieces she needed.

syakira couldn't prepare as she lost her question paper (so not like her!) and she didn't manage to contact nana.

now if only they show that much enthusiasm and anticipation for their other papers!

The Players

The Main Cast (or those experiencing their school days)





Ilya Syahira (Ilya)
Jan 14, 1994
Year 6, UPSR candidate








Amjad
Jan 21, 1997
Year 3








Syazmi
April 25, 1997
Year 3








Izzah Syakira (Syakira)
Oct 16, 1998
Year 2







Hania
August 19, 1999
Year 1






Azraf
Feb 14, 2002
Preschool




The dazed ones are mummy and abah, ibu and papa....

BismillahirRahmanirRahim

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, most Compassionate

for the very simple reason that Bismillah is the beginning of all good things.