Congratulations SKBU2!!!

I don't want  to give a comment. Just want paste this thing out, showing how proud am I to be a part of SK Bandar UDA (2). Being among 20 schools which have been selected as high-performance school, The ministry gave a green light to the principals to implement their autonomy power. For further information, read the following news, courtesy of NST:


First 20 high performance schools/ Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT)

Ministry of education has announced first 20 high performance schools/ Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT) which comprises 20 schools, 10 were fully residential, four secondary and six primary. The schools were selected based on their outstanding academic achievements, extra-curricular activities and niche areas.



The idea behind the classification of high performance school was to create innovation in the management of schools and improve students’ productivity.“These schools will be given the flexibility in their curriculum, student intake and management of staff based on performance.

Whats new in High Performance School ?


An annual budget of nearly RM1mil besides allowing students to finish school a year earlier were among the “prizes” awarded to the country’s first ever 20 high performance schools.


The principals will also be given the option to select 20% of their student intake.


The schools’ management would also have the flexibility to re-assign staff who under-performed, and pay overtime and performance incentives.


a Year One pupil of a high performance school, who was academically excellent, could be given the option of skipping a year after consultation with his parents.


On the flexibility of the curriculum, the schools could make changes after a thorough consultation with all involved, including the ministry and parents.


Sekolah berasrama penuh:



1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), Johor Bahru


2. Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR), Seremban


3. Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (KMKK), Perak


4. Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya


5. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah


6. Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC), Seremban


7. Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang


8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis


9. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya


10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah , Melaka






Sekolah menengah harian:

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya


2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur


3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Kedah


4. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) St George, Pulau Pinang





Sekolah rendah :

1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang utara, Kuala Lumpur


2. Sekolah Kebangsaan Zainab (2) Kota Bharu, Kelantan


3. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, Kuala Lumpur


4. Sekolah Convent Kota Taiping, Perak


5. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur


6. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda 2, Johor Bahru

A new look

Here are a few pieces of thing we (my PPM and I) did today. 

The dining desks. Previously, they sat on a mat.

Erm.. Nothing much to say. My tiny job to please the GB.ehehe

Our First AGM

The Annual General Meeting was held on 19th January 2010 and few teachers have been invited. They are Puan Mazrina, Puan Nursaadah, Puan Herlina, Cik Norshalizawaty, Puan Habibah, Puan Maslina, Puan Hamdanah (S.A for Student Affairs), En. Mohd. Naim and En. Fahmi. Thank you for their support and cooperation to attend the meeting.

Read...read.. and read

The KSPK have laid out several components (tunjang) to equip pupils' need physically, mentally and socio-emotionally. But things  got to be changed if you are in this school. I have learnt something. Something that  I wish won't be repeated this year. I learnt that reading and writing skill ar the core skills that one should excel while they are in preschool. Once they have been detected CANNOT READ, it will give  big smash on teachers' ability. It happened to me last year.Four of my pupils were  hardcore illiterate. They couldn't read at all.

As a teacher, it was very shameful to find that I am unable to teach them how to read. I failed!
Thinking all these makes me stressful. As a result, I become an civil servant who works under pressure.

Yesterday (20th January) I supposed to monitor my kids for teeth check up  but unfortunately I didn't go to school. I got severe headache and my body felt not really well. My nose was running.I went to the clinic and eventually I being rewarded (ehehe) with a medical certificate and few sachets of pill. Doctor advised me to have enough sleep and relax. He suggested me to take Anmum Lacta as I breastfeed my son and lost a very big amount of calcium after delivering him. Another thing that surprised me, I've been told that my blod pressure went down to 85/50, the number I never reached before.

Doctor said this resulted by having not enough sleep and relax. I think that is true. I never been in this situation before. I learnt that this situation inspires me to put lots of effort to ensure this class achieve good performance in reading and writing particularly. I know if I am in other school I will not be suffered like this, but at least I know the importance of pedagogy. They way I teach the pupils should be good and proper. As the result, pupils will succeed. This bring me happiness.

1 + 1 = 1

I don't mean to raise confusion, but this seems works for some of my kids.Some, I mean, half of them know how do the above formula 1+1=1 applies.

I thought about this days ago while I was searching a formula to let my kids know how to pronounce a single syllable. I will show you how does it work.

k  +  a  = ka (the way to pronouce it  "kuh" plus '"aaa"  equals to "ka").

so the pupils will get it easy to pronounce the "ka" syllable. This formula refers to "one letter plus one lettter and it becomes one syllable".. Easy, isn't it?
I have snapped some pictures..

"puhh " plus...

"eeeee" equals to

"pi"! .."pi" for "pisang"..."pipi"..hehhe..

The exercise book.

I mark with stickers for those who do the work brilliantly. Kids love stickers.

Happy Birthday Ain!

First and foremost, I would like to apologize for being late to update this blog. I was quite busy these days. But the input I am going to write are all in my brain.

On 11th January (Monday) we did a simple celebration for Siti Nur Ain's 6th birthday. Everybody couldn't wait to taste the cake, so did Ain. Thank you to Ain's parents for willing to sponsor the cake, soy drinks, party ornament and gifts that could bring cheer to her friends (as well as my PPM and I.) hehe....
Here are some pictures taken during the party.

Fahmy, Athirah, Humaira and everybody enjoyed this party.

Above is Ain, the cleverest and cutest girl in the class.

Her friends were singing Happy Birthday to You while she was cutting the slices.

A special pose with the birthday girl.

English Days

As usual,  Tuesday and Thursday are English Days. Teacher and pupils have to speak English. Nobody is allowed to speak other than that language (Supposed to be). Even though most of the pupils are coming from Malay-speaking background, but it is the responsibility of teacher to expose the English atmospohere in school. This is an essential need before the are ready for Year One next year. Big thank goes out to Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia which made an enormous change in the national preschool syllabus effective from this year. (refer to KSPK,which have been posted.)

I did it few days ago. But as far as I concerned, it works for only 40% among pupils of my class. The rest are still struggling to find the meaning of every word I spoke. It made difficult for them as I give instruction in English, which seemed to be foreign language for them. I know it is not an easy task to accomplish. I have to make them familiar with this language rather than to see the effectiveness in a very short while.  All in all, I have to be patient.

Yesterday, I hit a boy who looks so clever to me but unfortunately he was not able to say a very simple line of sentence :: my name is...... I regret for what I have done but don't worry, I only gave him a tender slap on his face. To show that I really concern about him. I hope after he come back home, he will be enligtened and realized the importance of learning English.

Hari Pertama Persekolahan

Pada 4 Januari yang lalu, kelas Cikgu menerima 23 orang murid baru. Dua hari berikutnya seorang lagi murid yang baru berpindah ke Bandar Baru UDA masuk mendaftar manakala seorang lagi akan masuk pada 11 Januari kerana murid berkenaan berada di Kuala Lumpur dan dijaga oleh ibu saudaranya sementara ibu dan bapanya ke Mekah menunaikan umrah.

Majlis Taklimat dan Pendaftaran Prasekolah Permata Hati SKBU2 2010

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Kursus Orientasi KSPK (Bahasa Inggeris - Kaedah Montessori)

   Kursus yang berlangsung di Prescott Hotel, Klang pada 7-10 Disember baru-baru ini memberi pendedahan kepada guru-guru untuk menggunakan pendekatan Montessori dalam kelas terutamanya untuk pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris. Ini termasuklah mengenal bunyi phonetic kesemua 26 abjad. (rujuk video ABC Phonics Chant di bawah- Klik butang download untuk download) Ceramah disampaikan oleh Pn. Aisha Z. Abdullah dari Montessori Preschool di Selangor.

   Bunyi-bunyi phonetic ini dapat digunakan sebagai panduan untuk menyebut kebanyakan perkataan-perkataan inggeris dengan betul. Jadi selepas ini insyaallah peserta-peserta kursus tidak perlu bimbang lagi untuk berkomunikasi di dalam bahasa inggeris.

   Selain itu guru-guru juga didedahkan dengan beberapa material dan aktiviti-aktiviti yang dapat digunakan di dalam kelas untuk membantu memudahkan kanak-kanak belajar mudah dan suasana pembelajaran yang seronok. Antaranya ialah "Insets For Design", "Sandpaper Letters", dan "Large Moveable Alphabet" (LMA)