The school year is over.
UPSR results came in on Thursday. Amjad 4A; Syazmi 3A. The boys were very disappointed at first but they seem to have handle it well now.
Hania did not get a single A -- we need to work more with her, definitely, she'll remain in class#3 for Year 5.
Syakira got an award for getting 5A's in her final year exam in the school's Prize Giving Day.
Azraf also got an award for 9A's but he did not go as papa had to go to India on that day.
So there leaves Syira, her PMR results should be out last week of December.
Amjad and Syazmi will go to Al-Amin next year.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
he is only in Year 1
As we were walking to the car after school is over, Azraf asked me how much longer until his exams are over.
Poor boy. Today was the last day of his exams and he has no clue.
Well, he is only in Year 1 after all.
Poor boy. Today was the last day of his exams and he has no clue.
Well, he is only in Year 1 after all.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
results
pkbs 1 results are not so encouraging.
hania has no A's, her karangan is on the border C (40/100???). class position 24.
syazmi has 2A. class position 40/40. ouch! this was not told to ibu for more than a week.
amjad has 3A's, short 2 of his target. class position unknown.
syakira has 3A's (at least, I think). class position 17. and since that is 5 Murni, that is commendable.
next pkbs is next week. it's too soon probably to change our approach as that was just started two weeks before the last pkbs.
azraf is having his first pkbs. is starts today, we thought it started yesterday. he thought it started yesterday and he blithely went to school with a pencil case full of pens but no pencils. so dug around in my handbag and there was an ikea pencil. so alhamdulillah there was actually no test monday. his stationery is complete today, right up to a long ruler.
today it's jawi and science. tomorrow, we have to listen to the school dismissal assembly to know. now I'm not sure why they can't also put the schedule on the web as they do have a respectable website.
hania has no A's, her karangan is on the border C (40/100???). class position 24.
syazmi has 2A. class position 40/40. ouch! this was not told to ibu for more than a week.
amjad has 3A's, short 2 of his target. class position unknown.
syakira has 3A's (at least, I think). class position 17. and since that is 5 Murni, that is commendable.
next pkbs is next week. it's too soon probably to change our approach as that was just started two weeks before the last pkbs.
azraf is having his first pkbs. is starts today, we thought it started yesterday. he thought it started yesterday and he blithely went to school with a pencil case full of pens but no pencils. so dug around in my handbag and there was an ikea pencil. so alhamdulillah there was actually no test monday. his stationery is complete today, right up to a long ruler.
today it's jawi and science. tomorrow, we have to listen to the school dismissal assembly to know. now I'm not sure why they can't also put the schedule on the web as they do have a respectable website.
Monday, March 02, 2009
najwan and school
he is so into school now.
today, he woke up early, knowing they'd get party packs in school today. he fell asleep after he was all ready but did not make any fuss when we woke him up later to send him to school.
he insists on sitting the the study table and to work together with the others. he'll write, he'll colour, he'll get mummy to read to him, he'll do puzzles.
today he found abang de's school bag for kindy last year and he quickly claimed it as his, which abang de kindly complied, and so he put in his colours and books and started wearing it around the house, saying he was going to azzarif. the others were getting ready to go for mengaji then. he then decided he also wanted to join them and quickly took his iqra' book from the shelf and put it in his bag and off he went.
waiting for report right now whether he did stay for mengaji or changed his mind.
it's so quiet right now at home, time to do some reading.
up-date: he did stay for the whole time, and was so proud of himself, and he said we wanted to continue. everybody was treated with a trip to petronas mesra store.
today, he woke up early, knowing they'd get party packs in school today. he fell asleep after he was all ready but did not make any fuss when we woke him up later to send him to school.
he insists on sitting the the study table and to work together with the others. he'll write, he'll colour, he'll get mummy to read to him, he'll do puzzles.
today he found abang de's school bag for kindy last year and he quickly claimed it as his, which abang de kindly complied, and so he put in his colours and books and started wearing it around the house, saying he was going to azzarif. the others were getting ready to go for mengaji then. he then decided he also wanted to join them and quickly took his iqra' book from the shelf and put it in his bag and off he went.
waiting for report right now whether he did stay for mengaji or changed his mind.
it's so quiet right now at home, time to do some reading.
up-date: he did stay for the whole time, and was so proud of himself, and he said we wanted to continue. everybody was treated with a trip to petronas mesra store.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
najwan in school
can't believe I haven't posted about him going to school, kesiaan anak #4, or maybe ibu is in denial that baby is now a pre-schooler.
first day he cried, and mummy gave him a the week off, as mummy was still trying to get things under control.
second, third week and fourth, on and off. on-days were pretty much half-days for him.
last week he was all ready to go, then it turned out there was nobody to send him to school as papa had already left, and mummy, ibu and abah had left even earlier. So there he was in his school uniform with no one to send to school.
the next day, he was up early, he got ready early, by 7, and he waited at the door to make sure he was not left behind and went to school with mummy. That has been pretty much the pattern to date, he would now go to school either with mummy and ibu, no more going with papa which would mean missing assembly.
and he's making friends. his friends are more the 5 and 6 yar-olds rather the his 4-y.o. group. oh well. but he's now sitting with his age group and following the activities instead of tagging behind mummy or ibu.
he's still using his school voice in school -- you have to be close to him to hear it. maybe just a little bit louder is fine, we wouldn't want him to use his home voice which is pretty much town crier #2 (#1 still has to belong to abang de).
and he is so into school work. every night now he would take his "buku belajar" -- the alphabet writing book I bought for him some time ago and works hard at forming the letters on his own.
and he calls himself 'ajen' more nowadays instead of exclusively 'adik.'
*sigh* my baby is growing up.
first day he cried, and mummy gave him a the week off, as mummy was still trying to get things under control.
second, third week and fourth, on and off. on-days were pretty much half-days for him.
last week he was all ready to go, then it turned out there was nobody to send him to school as papa had already left, and mummy, ibu and abah had left even earlier. So there he was in his school uniform with no one to send to school.
the next day, he was up early, he got ready early, by 7, and he waited at the door to make sure he was not left behind and went to school with mummy. That has been pretty much the pattern to date, he would now go to school either with mummy and ibu, no more going with papa which would mean missing assembly.
and he's making friends. his friends are more the 5 and 6 yar-olds rather the his 4-y.o. group. oh well. but he's now sitting with his age group and following the activities instead of tagging behind mummy or ibu.
he's still using his school voice in school -- you have to be close to him to hear it. maybe just a little bit louder is fine, we wouldn't want him to use his home voice which is pretty much town crier #2 (#1 still has to belong to abang de).
and he is so into school work. every night now he would take his "buku belajar" -- the alphabet writing book I bought for him some time ago and works hard at forming the letters on his own.
and he calls himself 'ajen' more nowadays instead of exclusively 'adik.'
*sigh* my baby is growing up.
Monday, February 23, 2009
what exam?
SKTM2 kids have sat for 2 exams -- diagnostic in january, and PKBS1 in february.
SRIAAG? no clue from the kid, so asked a fellow parent last week, he said it's usually right before the school break. nice schedule -- 6 feb sports day, 9 off day (it's a holiday anyway as it's maulid ur-Rasul), then their exam.
I think SKTM2 kids is having their PKBS2 right after the school break.
For the exam schedule alone, everyone is probably harboring secret hopes to be in SRIAAG :).
And that PMR candidate had a killer monthly exam schedule this month -- 5 papers a day over 2 days only. sheeshhhh...
SRIAAG? no clue from the kid, so asked a fellow parent last week, he said it's usually right before the school break. nice schedule -- 6 feb sports day, 9 off day (it's a holiday anyway as it's maulid ur-Rasul), then their exam.
I think SKTM2 kids is having their PKBS2 right after the school break.
For the exam schedule alone, everyone is probably harboring secret hopes to be in SRIAAG :).
And that PMR candidate had a killer monthly exam schedule this month -- 5 papers a day over 2 days only. sheeshhhh...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
losing stuff
azraf has been losing stuff in school. not sure whether it's intentionally or not, but some of it has been taken by friends, some by his absent-mindedness.
things that we could mark, we did, but I am so not going to mark every piece of his pencils, erasers or colour pencils etc. he just has to learn to take better care of his stuff.
but having his book mistakenly taken home by his friend for a few days was a hassle.
and no spectacles for the time being as it's sports practice time and he doesn't need them for sports.
things that we could mark, we did, but I am so not going to mark every piece of his pencils, erasers or colour pencils etc. he just has to learn to take better care of his stuff.
but having his book mistakenly taken home by his friend for a few days was a hassle.
and no spectacles for the time being as it's sports practice time and he doesn't need them for sports.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
extra saturday classes
Amjad and Syazmi now have to go to school every Saturday morning for extra classes. Mandatory for Year 6 students. So I guess the boys now get to go to 'tuition.'
UPSR is on Sep 8-10.
UPSR is on Sep 8-10.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Homework blues
The first week of school and we're (ok, the kids) are up to their ears with homework -- and Mummy and Ibu are getting the homework blues :).
The older ones are taking forever finishing up their homework. Can't believe they still need to be supervised so that they chit-chat less and do more work.
Azraf had tons yesterday. Not that the teachers gave him tons -- he didn't bring his books. Ooops! I noticed when sending him yesterday he had only the exercise books, but he said the teacher has not given him the class schedule, so I said ok fine then. It turned out the teacher put the class schedule in each pupil's bag, so our guy had to sit around while his friends did the work in the workbooks, and he has to make up for that last night.
And no, sorry, Ibu's not doing the colouring for you, though I share your thoughts that you're way too old to just be doing colouring for your homework.
The older ones are taking forever finishing up their homework. Can't believe they still need to be supervised so that they chit-chat less and do more work.
Azraf had tons yesterday. Not that the teachers gave him tons -- he didn't bring his books. Ooops! I noticed when sending him yesterday he had only the exercise books, but he said the teacher has not given him the class schedule, so I said ok fine then. It turned out the teacher put the class schedule in each pupil's bag, so our guy had to sit around while his friends did the work in the workbooks, and he has to make up for that last night.
And no, sorry, Ibu's not doing the colouring for you, though I share your thoughts that you're way too old to just be doing colouring for your homework.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Azraf at Al-amin
So baby#3 is in Year 1.
The orientation (or ta'arruf as the school called it) was on the Saturday right before school began. Azraf had a good time in class, while ibu and Abang went for the parents' session.
He starts school at 11:30, and finishes at 6:30. Monday to Wednesday was more orientation, he starts 'learning' today. So far, he's liking it. You see a very tired boy when you pick him up from school, but a tired boy who was so full of information about his day. Liking it is probably too mild, he's actually loving it. On Monday, he had 1 best friend, by Wednesday he had 2. You also see a very hungry boy. According to him, Year 1 pupils cannot have seconds, only Year 2 and 3 can. Not sure what's the rationale for that. But he brings food from home too. At first he was like, you know I don't have to pay for food at the canteen, and then he got wise after others told him, of course not coz ibu and papa have paid for that already.
He's pretty eager to start 'real work.' The others have had homework from the first day of school, and now that he has joined the big league, he's excited about getting homework :).
The orientation (or ta'arruf as the school called it) was on the Saturday right before school began. Azraf had a good time in class, while ibu and Abang went for the parents' session.
He starts school at 11:30, and finishes at 6:30. Monday to Wednesday was more orientation, he starts 'learning' today. So far, he's liking it. You see a very tired boy when you pick him up from school, but a tired boy who was so full of information about his day. Liking it is probably too mild, he's actually loving it. On Monday, he had 1 best friend, by Wednesday he had 2. You also see a very hungry boy. According to him, Year 1 pupils cannot have seconds, only Year 2 and 3 can. Not sure what's the rationale for that. But he brings food from home too. At first he was like, you know I don't have to pay for food at the canteen, and then he got wise after others told him, of course not coz ibu and papa have paid for that already.
He's pretty eager to start 'real work.' The others have had homework from the first day of school, and now that he has joined the big league, he's excited about getting homework :).
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Another school year
8 more days before the new school year begins.
Not really running crazy, as Mummy has the honours for that this year :). So the kids are basically ready for school -- school bags, uniforms, shoes, stationeries, exercise books pretty much taken care of.
Azraf will have his Ta'arruf day at Al-Amin on Saturday 3rd January. No special days for the other kids, we should have a parents' day for Amjad and Syazmi soon though as they'll be sitting for their UPSR in 2009. Already!
Ms Ilyss will sit for her PMR in 2009 too. School breaks should be fun this school year!
Not really running crazy, as Mummy has the honours for that this year :). So the kids are basically ready for school -- school bags, uniforms, shoes, stationeries, exercise books pretty much taken care of.
Azraf will have his Ta'arruf day at Al-Amin on Saturday 3rd January. No special days for the other kids, we should have a parents' day for Amjad and Syazmi soon though as they'll be sitting for their UPSR in 2009. Already!
Ms Ilyss will sit for her PMR in 2009 too. School breaks should be fun this school year!
Monday, September 22, 2008
azraf @ al-amin
okay, so after watching the letter box for days on end, I finally made the call to al-amin. Azraf got in, alhamdulillah.
guess this means ibu will be going to work at 11 and going back at 6:30, as per his school hours :).
guess this means ibu will be going to work at 11 and going back at 6:30, as per his school hours :).
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
the interview
so azraf had his al-amin diagnostic assessment saturday, aug 9.
his was scheduled at 8:45, we got there around 8:20, everyone in tow as kakak was already in segamat with mummy and co.
the school hasn't even finished setting up, and azraf was holding one of the pole's of the regsitration tent, and the tent almost came down. uh-oh. it turned out that pole couldn't be locked, but handyman papa came to the rescue :).
anyway, so they finally finished setting up, a bit late. but no sane parents would be complaining then, would they? there were a lot of pupils there as volunteers, not just prefects.
parents had to sign the attendance, there was a separate column for mother and father. then we were given a file which had our application inside it and our interview number, and azraf had his name tag, and was given a party pack (snack and water) and an 'i love al-amin' button. after he put on his name tag, a pupil put a number on it, and he was taken up by another pupil. and we waited.
not just for him to finish, but for our turn to be interviewed. well, I thought it was more like an information gathering thing so we could ask more about the school, but we were being interviewed, there were marks given to the parents. I think we did okay :).
when we were done, we waited for azraf to finish. there were snacks and hot tea given by the school, but papa wanted to find more filling food. so I waited with amjad. i worked on my paper with my laptop, and was pretty much into it, until amjad made a remark that azraf was taking a long time, and we realized other kids had came out from their session. hmmm.... and then I remembered ooops, according to the flowchart given earlier, parents are supposed to pick up their child at 2 amru. so packed my stuff and went to the classroom. sure enough he was in the room. that was the 'holding room' in case parents had not had their turn at being interviewed yet.
so we left. he was pretty confident. when I went to him, he said the teacher said to send regards to ibu, and then he said the teacher said he was a clever boy. even if the teacher said the same thing to every child she assessed, that's okay, azraf felt good about himself, and he did not seem stressed a whit.
but kind of hard to get detailed information on what happened, 'i forgot' is the stock answer to everything. now, he has revealed bit by bit the surah he had to memorize was al-fatihah and al-masad. he was first given the Qur-an to recite, he told the teacher he hasn't reached there yet, and teacher asked where he was currently, and he honestly said Iqra'4, and so he was asked to read from Iqra' 4.
I forgot to ask when we'd know for sure -- silly me! but it should be around september. It's okay if he doesn't get in, no pressure. It'd just be easier for me if he does though -- no running around looking for a school for him next year :).
his was scheduled at 8:45, we got there around 8:20, everyone in tow as kakak was already in segamat with mummy and co.
the school hasn't even finished setting up, and azraf was holding one of the pole's of the regsitration tent, and the tent almost came down. uh-oh. it turned out that pole couldn't be locked, but handyman papa came to the rescue :).
anyway, so they finally finished setting up, a bit late. but no sane parents would be complaining then, would they? there were a lot of pupils there as volunteers, not just prefects.
parents had to sign the attendance, there was a separate column for mother and father. then we were given a file which had our application inside it and our interview number, and azraf had his name tag, and was given a party pack (snack and water) and an 'i love al-amin' button. after he put on his name tag, a pupil put a number on it, and he was taken up by another pupil. and we waited.
not just for him to finish, but for our turn to be interviewed. well, I thought it was more like an information gathering thing so we could ask more about the school, but we were being interviewed, there were marks given to the parents. I think we did okay :).
when we were done, we waited for azraf to finish. there were snacks and hot tea given by the school, but papa wanted to find more filling food. so I waited with amjad. i worked on my paper with my laptop, and was pretty much into it, until amjad made a remark that azraf was taking a long time, and we realized other kids had came out from their session. hmmm.... and then I remembered ooops, according to the flowchart given earlier, parents are supposed to pick up their child at 2 amru. so packed my stuff and went to the classroom. sure enough he was in the room. that was the 'holding room' in case parents had not had their turn at being interviewed yet.
so we left. he was pretty confident. when I went to him, he said the teacher said to send regards to ibu, and then he said the teacher said he was a clever boy. even if the teacher said the same thing to every child she assessed, that's okay, azraf felt good about himself, and he did not seem stressed a whit.
but kind of hard to get detailed information on what happened, 'i forgot' is the stock answer to everything. now, he has revealed bit by bit the surah he had to memorize was al-fatihah and al-masad. he was first given the Qur-an to recite, he told the teacher he hasn't reached there yet, and teacher asked where he was currently, and he honestly said Iqra'4, and so he was asked to read from Iqra' 4.
I forgot to ask when we'd know for sure -- silly me! but it should be around september. It's okay if he doesn't get in, no pressure. It'd just be easier for me if he does though -- no running around looking for a school for him next year :).
Thursday, August 07, 2008
playschool for najwan
wow, second post in the week on najwan on the school blog.
tuesday, we tried getting najwan to school. and he made it through alright. mummy was in school today, and according to her, najwan was okay, no tears, no chasing mummy around, he stayed with his age group okay.
and the report 'ajwan belajar kat sekolah, ajwan belajar dengan cikgu.'
this morning, we thought no school, let him rest. but he woke up with azraf. he came down and started complaining about the cold. so gave him a hug and said if he took his shower, he won't be cold anymore (mom's logic there obviously :)).
then we left and it turned out he went to school with mummy again. and he was okay, but he's been building up his case since we got home today.
as soon as we got home, najwan came and said in his best pitiful voice 'sejuk.' so checked his temperature, he was okay (the cold complaint started when he was sick a couple of weeks back and everytime he complained we'd cuddle him -- it was a legitimate complaint then).
and everytime school is mentioned today, he'd say 'sejuk.'
and he anted his argument a little bit more after a while -- school sejuk.
and yet he seemed to enjoy himself in school, according to mummy.
tuesday, we tried getting najwan to school. and he made it through alright. mummy was in school today, and according to her, najwan was okay, no tears, no chasing mummy around, he stayed with his age group okay.
and the report 'ajwan belajar kat sekolah, ajwan belajar dengan cikgu.'
this morning, we thought no school, let him rest. but he woke up with azraf. he came down and started complaining about the cold. so gave him a hug and said if he took his shower, he won't be cold anymore (mom's logic there obviously :)).
then we left and it turned out he went to school with mummy again. and he was okay, but he's been building up his case since we got home today.
as soon as we got home, najwan came and said in his best pitiful voice 'sejuk.' so checked his temperature, he was okay (the cold complaint started when he was sick a couple of weeks back and everytime he complained we'd cuddle him -- it was a legitimate complaint then).
and everytime school is mentioned today, he'd say 'sejuk.'
and he anted his argument a little bit more after a while -- school sejuk.
and yet he seemed to enjoy himself in school, according to mummy.
tokoh nilam daerah gombak 2008
congratulations syakira!!!!
she attended the gombak nilam camp yesterday and today as the school's representative. She came back today with trophy and prizes (books of course) for being the 'champ'.
NILAM: nadi ilmu amalan membaca.
she attended the gombak nilam camp yesterday and today as the school's representative. She came back today with trophy and prizes (books of course) for being the 'champ'.
NILAM: nadi ilmu amalan membaca.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
new kid on the block
4 primary school kids studying at night.
1 kindy kid preparing for his entrance assessment makes 5.
1 preschool (not that he goes to school) who wants to be so like the others.
give him an alphabet book and he so excitedly takes his seat with the others at the study table.
kiasu? nope, just polishing his potentials :).
1 kindy kid preparing for his entrance assessment makes 5.
1 preschool (not that he goes to school) who wants to be so like the others.
give him an alphabet book and he so excitedly takes his seat with the others at the study table.
kiasu? nope, just polishing his potentials :).
back to basics
we're back to doing grammar drills.
unfortunately.
singular-plural, countable-uncountable, subject-verb agreement, and we haven't even covered tenses... can you hear the mummies and the kids all going 'argh!!!'
from last night, the kids have to contribute 10 sen for every mistake they make to the makna fund. and in the event they don't make a mistake at all, mummy will contribute RM1 to the fund.
the money is payable immediately. there's small makna box on the table. one night, and it's pretty heavy already.
ibu and mummy are looking forward for our turn to contribute the RM1 to the fund.
sooner rather than later.
unfortunately.
singular-plural, countable-uncountable, subject-verb agreement, and we haven't even covered tenses... can you hear the mummies and the kids all going 'argh!!!'
from last night, the kids have to contribute 10 sen for every mistake they make to the makna fund. and in the event they don't make a mistake at all, mummy will contribute RM1 to the fund.
the money is payable immediately. there's small makna box on the table. one night, and it's pretty heavy already.
ibu and mummy are looking forward for our turn to contribute the RM1 to the fund.
sooner rather than later.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
pkbs2
most of the results are in.
the only one who seemed to be better overall is syakira .. all A's except for english (ibu is disappointed, but I know the latih tubi was a bit last-minute). she finally got A's in her penulisan, and the highest too, so hopefully this will boost her confidence as a writer. but as long as it doesn't stifle her creative writing.
hania seems to be doing the worst. ouch! but she's like so I didn't study as much as I should. more like, I'm also getting up much later in the morning that I only have time to watch a little tv before getting ready for school....
the only one who seemed to be better overall is syakira .. all A's except for english (ibu is disappointed, but I know the latih tubi was a bit last-minute). she finally got A's in her penulisan, and the highest too, so hopefully this will boost her confidence as a writer. but as long as it doesn't stifle her creative writing.
hania seems to be doing the worst. ouch! but she's like so I didn't study as much as I should. more like, I'm also getting up much later in the morning that I only have time to watch a little tv before getting ready for school....
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
after the tears
the kids had their pkbs2 last week. oh yes, we were like 'again, already?'.
last week was their exam, this week they're getting their results.
some not so stellar. hania is breaking her own records by pulling in all B's for her subjects with english and science still pending.
but the story today is mathematics.
last week, while studying for it, amjad was reduced to tears. ibu was feeling bad but patience was wearing way too thin. but he persevered, even when offered time off to sob in private.
and I am humbled. today, he came back with a score of 91 for his maths paper, and syazmi an 88.
took a look at his paper today. and I think he's getting the idea that it's okay for the question paper to be filled with calculations, only his answer sheet has to be free of non-relevant markings.
mummy's doing something right, thank you. ibu was just there for the last lap. but the kids ran their own race.
last week was their exam, this week they're getting their results.
some not so stellar. hania is breaking her own records by pulling in all B's for her subjects with english and science still pending.
but the story today is mathematics.
last week, while studying for it, amjad was reduced to tears. ibu was feeling bad but patience was wearing way too thin. but he persevered, even when offered time off to sob in private.
and I am humbled. today, he came back with a score of 91 for his maths paper, and syazmi an 88.
took a look at his paper today. and I think he's getting the idea that it's okay for the question paper to be filled with calculations, only his answer sheet has to be free of non-relevant markings.
mummy's doing something right, thank you. ibu was just there for the last lap. but the kids ran their own race.
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