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PRIMARY AWARDS DAY 2012 Contents

• Primary Awards Day 2012

• Secondary School Activities • Happenings At Primary

• News From Manjaria

L A N G E D U C A T I O N S D N B H D

Volume 7 Issue 4 Sept-October 2012

NEWSLETTER

SRI BESTARI

CONGRATULATIONS!

From the Director of Studies Desk...

Sr i Bestar i Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 4

Dear Parent We have come to the end of another year, and a very eventful one at Sri Bestari. The number of activities going on outside the classroom, and indeed outside the school, continues to grow at an amazing rate. Last week, I headed up an interesting and successful Study Tour to Bali, where our students visited the world famous Green School, and also travelled to a very remote part of the island, to visit a school at the East Bali Poverty Project. This week, a group of our teachers will be visiting schools in South Korea, and the week after, another group of students are off to Osaka, Japan. 2013 will see many new developments in Sri Bestari. Firstly, the learning environment is being improved over the school holidays, with classrooms undergoing major renovations and overhauls, including the installation of acoustic ceilings, new desks and lockers, and improved blackout for using the LCD projectors. Our internet infrastructure is also being upgraded, and we shall be installing a computer-based School Management System which will streamline and integrate all our data and record keeping in the school. I am delighted to announce that 85% of our students in Standard 6 will be transferring to Sri Bestari Form 1 Secondary School in January. This underscores the successes of our Primary School, and indeed our Manjaria. One unique feature of Sri Bestari is that we are akin to a family, albeit a very large one! We have many students with siblings in two or even three of our schools. This sense of pride and belonging in our school is something we are keen to nurture. UPSR results 2012 Percentage of 5A’s Number : 26 Percentage : 33.77% Percentage of 4A’s 1B Number : 11 Percentage : 14.29% Percentage of 3A’s Number : 9 Percentage : 11.69%


very important, and good results in these will form a basis for future study and success. However, equally im-portant to any child’s development is the infusion of leadership qualities, global awareness, confidence in com-munication, and above all, the ability to think and reason creatively, and ask questions. All these qualities are encouraged within the Sri Bestari culture. Our Parents Association is to undergo an important and essential change in 2013, when it becomes a Parent Teachers Association. Over the past few years, the PA has been an important link between home and school. However, I am aware that these links are not as strong as they could, or should be. Your child’s success is de-pendent on a joint effort, between home and school. Many research projects around the world on this subject have all come to one very strong and unanimous conclusion: the most successful schools with the most suc-cessful students are those where parents and teachers work closely together, for the benefit of the child. Earlier this year, I sent out an important document to all Sri Bestari parents, called “Parents Guide to Effective and Successful Learning.” This document was intended to help parents understand more about what goes on in their child’s learning here at Sri Bestari, and importantly, how you, the parent, can support what we are doing, at home. If you did not receive a copy, or would like another one, please let us know. I am hoping that 2013 will see a big increase in the number of parents who interact on a regular basis, with their child’s teachers, and with the school. Two additional languages, French and Japanese, are being introduced in 2013. A sports specialist is being re-cruited, and additional sports are being considered. The timetable for 2013 will include extended periods, and with less short periods. This will allow students to focus more, with greater understanding and retention. Encouraging our students to organise themselves is a very important skill which we want to encourage. To that end, every student in Upper Primary and Secondary schools will be required to have a Sri Bestari organiser in January, which can be purchased very cheaply from the school shop. This will include key information, such as their personal timetable, school information, and a diary for keeping track of homework, assignments etc. The school’s libraries will continue to expand, with a further purchase of books from overseas, and also the implementation of a “Let’s Read!” campaign. We look forward, with your continued support and encouragement, a successful and fruitful 2013 at Sri Bestari School. To those celebrating, a very happy Christmas, and to all parents and students, we wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013.

We shall be focussing in 2013 on making lessons more interactive, more global and more stimulating for our students. I am a great believer in stretching students to achieve beyond expectations, and to venture beyond the confines of the syllabus and curriculum, which can sometimes be very restricting. The world is changing at an amazing pace, and education does not always keep pace with this change. As parents and teachers, we must be aware and supportive of the need to go beyond the limitations of often prescriptive and outdated topics and content. National exams are of course


AWARDS DAY 2012 & ANNUAL CONCERT

CONCERT THEME : JUNGLE WONDERS

Prelude : Moon River

Scene 1 : Home

• Moon River

Scene 2 : Valley

• Clapping Song

• Any Dream Will do

• Youthful Dance Song

Scene 3 : Jungle

• Percussion Ensemble

Scene 4 : Jungle

• Jungle Rhythm

• Musim Buah-buahan

• You’ve Got Friend In Me

• Siyahamba

• Country Road

Scene 5 : Home

Scene 6 : Finale


AWARDS DAY 2012

3 NOVEMBER 2012 ( SATURDAY )

AUDITORIUM DBKL

10.00 AM—1.00 PM

MR CHRIS FRANKLAND AND GUESS OF

HONOUR, MISS MAGESWARY K RENGASAMY,

PRINCIPAL ASS. DIRECTOR, SECTOR OF

PROMOTION & INTERNATIONAL RELATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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ANUGERAH TAN SRI DATO DR. ASIAH BT ABU SAMAH

JASMIN ONN JEN LYN

ANUGERAH PENGETUA

ADAM AIMAN BIN ARMANUDIN


SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Laporan Kegiatan Pasca PMR 2012

Peperiksaan PMR 2012 tamat pada hari Selasa 16 Oktober 2012. Program pasca PMR 2012 bermula dari 17 Okt hingga 7 Nov 2012. Pelbagai aktiviti telah diatur bagi mengisi waktu para pelajar untuk tempoh tersebut. Secara ringkas aktiviti ini terbahagi kepada tiga bahagian iaitu ;

Taklimat subjek elektif SPM Aktiviti – Art Attack (part 1)

Art Attack (part 2) Fashion Show Cooking Competition (Western Recipe) Cooking Competiton (Eastern Recipe) News Cutting Competition Invention Competition

Permainan Padang

Majlis penutup diadakan pada 2 November 2012. Hadiah-hadiah bagi pertandingan yang diadakan disam-paikan pada hari itu. Pada minggu terakhir persekolahan para pelajar yang berminat telah dibawa ke Pulau Pinang dari 5 Nov hingga 7 Nov 2012. Pelbagai lawatan disediakan oleh pihak penganjur. Lawatan ini di-harap dapat membuka minda pelajar dan miningkatkan pengalaman mereka.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S VISIT

On 12th October 2012, the District Governor, Mansoor Saat and wife Emzita, Assistant Gover-nor, Michael, the President Mr Krish-na ,Rotarians : Pn Azlin, Ms Angie, Ms Letchumi and Mrs Kuldeep had sat and discussed certain matters with the Teacher Advisor, Pn Mardziyah Omar, President Chin Zhin and his Board Of Di-rectors . The meeting was held at 3.00 pm in Meeting Room 1. At the meeting, he went through all progress reports and projects the club has con-ducted for this year, 2012.He reviewed and ap-proved the club’s plan and projects. DG Mansoor Said reminded the Board Of Directors that they should be familiar with the Interact Constitution. In addition, the incoming Interact Club officers must participate in leadership training which will be held at the Eagle Ranch ,Port Dickson on 29 Nov. until 2 Dec. 2012. They were pleased with the creative plan programmes for the club meet-ings. The club activities were successfully pro-moted and carried out. As for the International Service, our interactors would visit The Bali Green School and the Poverty Project at East Bali on 9th Nov until 12 th Nov .

This programme is to teach more about other culture and understand their way of life. The Governor men-tioned that our Interactors are dynamic and full of spirit when handling things. This is proven through all the ac-tivities that had been carried out throughout the year.


On October 31st, Sekolah Sri Bestari had Co-curricular Excellence Day

2012. The day began at 8.00 am in high school Concourse. The ceremony

began with the students being gathered in front of the Concourse. The event

started with the Diabolo presentation from secondary students, followed by

a choir and speech from Mr Chris Frankland as Director of Education. Cere-

mony officiated by Mrs Jenny Ngiam as the Assistant Secretary of the

Schools Parents Association Sri Bestari.

The ceremony continued with the presentation of prizes to the

athletes. Nicholas Yeo Pei Khin from 5 Science 1 named as the recipient of

the Taekwondo Events Full Colour under 18 years at national level. Other

four students also named as the recipients for the national level. They are

Yeow Foo Seng under Sparring 60-65kg Wudo, Lan Weng Fong Sparring

65-70kg Wudo, Frankie Chia Sparring 70-70kg Wudo and Amir Nazrin

Jailani for 2012 Sport Excel National Golf Circuit Champion.

The ceremony was also attended by representatives from the Wis-

ma Harapan charity centre. The school contributes RM4000 to the associa-

tion from the fund being raised from Rise And Run Bestari 2012 organised

by Sekolah Sri Bestari. The program ended with the singing of the national

anthem "Negaraku".

Rise ‘n’ Run On the 7th October 2012, a memorable event, Rise ‘n’ Run took place in the school grounds of Sekolah Sri Bestari. Prior to the event, the committee consist main-ly of Form 5 students. They made preparations such as ordering running T- Shirts, promotion and administra-tion.

Pre-programmes such as Tree of Hope and Mini Canteen Day had been conducted to raise money for this non-school funded project.

On the day of the event, the organizing committee members worked together to make sure everything goes smoothly. The event, has a huge success and man-aged to get a good response from students and the public. Donations collected were then given to Wisma Harapan during Cocurriculum Day.

Rise ‘n’ Run represents our contribution to the society and activities as such will be held in the future.


Happenings at Primary

PERKHEMAHAN PERDANA KALI KE – 3

Perkhemahan Badan Beruniform 2012 anjuran Tunas Kadet remaja Sekolah telah diadakan pada 21 September 2012 ( Jumaat ) gingga 22 September 2012 ( Santu ) bertempat di padang sekolah rendah. Seramai 42 orang pelajar terlibat dengan perkhemahan ini manakala seramai 9 orang guru terlibat iaitu Encik Fauzi, Encik Mohd Fakharuddin, Cik Noor Azamima, cik Sathiabama, Puan Nursuryati, Puan Norina, Puan Wan Nooriah, Puan Syaza, Encik Vasudevan dan Cik Tong Kar Yi. Perkhemahan ini diuruskan oleh FACITEM iaitu sebuah badan persatuan dari Universiti Islam Antarabang-sa Malaysia (UIAM) Kuantan yang mahir dalam mengendalikan program motivasi. Seramai 8 orang pelajar UIAM men-gendalikan program tersebut. Pada hari pertama telah berlangsung aktiviti LDK ( Latihan Dalam Kumpulan ) serta Night Walk pada sebelah malam. Aktiviti berlangsung sehingga jam 2 pagi. Pada keesokannya, berlangsung aktiviti aerobic dan Treasure Hunt sehingga jam 11 pagi. Pada jam 11.30 pagi telah berlangsung Majlis Penutup dan Penyampaian Sijil kepa-da para peserta perkhemahan dan acara tamat pada jam 12.30 tengah hari.

Trip to kidzania ( level 1 primary )

On 11 September 2012, 211 students from Standard 1,2 and 3 went day trip to KIDZANIA. Trip accompany by 18 teachers.

KidZania provides children and their parents a safe, unique, and very realistic educational environment that allows kids between the ages of four to twelve to do what comes naturally to them: role-playing by mim-icking traditionally adult activities. As in the real world, children perform "jobs" and are either paid for their work (as a fireman, doctor, police of-ficer, journalist, shopkeeper, etc.) or pay to shop or to be entertained. The indoor theme park is a city built to scale for children, complete with build-ings, paved streets, vehicles, a functioning economy, and recognizable destinations in the form of "establishments" sponsored and branded by leading multi-national and local brands.


LAWATAN KE KILANG SABUN, ISTANA NEGARA DAN MUZIUM TUDM ( TAHAP 2 )

Upsr post exam activity 2012

Seperti tahun-tahun lalu, murid-murid Tahun 6 akan menjalankan aktiviti-aktiviti tambahan sebaik sahaja peperiksaan UPSR tamat. Mereka akan diberikan jadual waktu yang memuatkan semua aktivti seperti indoor games, fun farming, global activity, creative writing, music scrap book, musc composing, decorasa, maths activity, permainan bahasa dan pertandingan bola sepak dan bola jaring. Semua murid wajib melibatkan diri dalam setiap aktivti yang telah dirancang. Penyampaian hadiah kepada semua pemenang bagi setiap aktiviti akan diadakan pa-da majlis graduasi

Pada 11 September 2012 hari Rabu lawatan sambil belajar telah disertai oleh 9 orang guru pengiring dan murid-murid dari Tahun 4 dan 5. murid-murid dibawa melawat ke kilang sabun ‘Soapz Factory’, muzium TUDM dan Istana Negara.

Lawatan bermula dengan destinasi pertama iaitu ke kilang sabun. Murid-murid diberikan penenrangan dan maklumat tentang sabun dan cara pembuatan sabun..murid-murid turut berpeluang mencuba membuat sabun. Sebe-lum meninggalkan kilang tersebut murid berpeluang membeli pelbagai cenderamata yang dihasilkan dari sabun.

Destinasi seterusnya ialah muzium TUDM yang terletak di Sungai Besi. Murid berpeluang melihat sendiri model-model kapal terbang dan helicopter yang digunakan oleh Angkatan Tentera Udara Malaysia. Selain itu mereka juga berpeluang melihat pakaian, senjata dan peralatan yang digunakan oleh para pejuang.

Kemuadia murid-murid dibawa ke Istana Negara. Terdapat banyak maklumat tentang kesultanan Melayu dan institusi raja di Malaysia. Murid-murid kembali ke sekolah pada pukul 3.00 petang.

News from Manjaria Bestari


SINGING COMPETITION

9 OCTOBER 2012

NEW IDOLS ARE COMING TO SSB!

MANJARIA KIDS CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL DAY

WE LOVE

MALAYSIA!

PROJECT WORK : DREAMLAND

WATERPLAY AT SD CLUB

May all the activities beneficial to all kids and help them to cope with primary

school activities soon.

NOTE…..

Sub-Editors

Pn. Rosnah Sulaiman

Pn. Siti Normah Hashim

Mrs. Janice Tan

Editors (Secondary)

Pn. Devaleela

Cik Junidah

Pn. Wan Azelawati

Editors (Primary)

Puan Sobrina

Puan Sharmini

Cik Seng Hwee Fung

Pn. Suhaila

Editorial Board

Director of Studies

Mr. Chris Frankland

Chief Editor

Cik Noor Azamima

Puan Rekha

Lang Education Sdn. Bhd. Persiaran Margosa, Bandar Sri Damansara, 52200 Kuala Lumpur.

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