TPD 6 @ SK Kedai Piah

Teachers in the PasirMas-KB cluster got a chance to show what they know at our recent and final teacher professional development (TPD) session of the year.

Teachers were split into small groups of four and had to work together as a group to complete various teacher challenges, each group was competing against the others, fighting to see who would come out on top. 

                           

Challenges included phonics instruction, where teachers were given random vocabulary words and had to create a lesson plan on the fly to teach the new words to year two "mock" students (me, Dontaye and Philip among others were the "mock" students....lol); other challenges included phonetic transcription, vocabulary word forms and a sound recognition basket ball game.

After each activity the mentees reflected and thought of ways to adapt each activity to their English classrooms. Teachers were undoubtedly caught off guard by the unorthodox challenges, but they definitely held their own and impressed me quite a few times! Awesome job ladies and gentlemen!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

English Day @ SK Perupok

Niamh of the Bachok-PasirPutih cluster thew and awesome English day bash at SK Perupok, complete with phonics games, action songs, spelling bees, story telling and even the exclusive Brighton mascots.

All the teachers did a wonderful job of coordinating, executing and managing each activity during the 3 day event. The children seemed eager and constantly engaged and involved in the fun and educational activities.

Bravo team Niamh, bravo!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Sports day @ SK Mulong 2

Sports Day at SK Mulong 2 was an absolute blast!

The event was kicked off with a dazzling display of colors and theatricality, there were four teams competing and each was represented by a bright culturally significant color. The teams represented themselves as the green house, blue house, yellow house and red  house. 

After the opening ceremony, each house's band marched across the field displaying an array of colorful outfits and costumes, flags and band designs, all created by the teachers and students of that particular house. Green house took it a step further and gave us a wonderful Tai Kwondo martial arts demonstration, inclusive of poses, kata and self defense techniques. 

                     

After very grueling competition and relentless support from teachers, blue house came out on top, followed by red house in second place and green house coming in third. All of the teams did very well and worked so hard, I'm curious to find out who will take home the championship next year.

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Orang Asli intensive English camp!

Hey all!

The members of the PasirMas-KB team had the great privilege of joining Jeli's Orang Asli "Original People" or aborigine English camp last month. The  English camp was held at a gorgeous Orang Asli school in the rural area of Jeli, Kelantan.

The Orang Asli community was so warm and welcoming to all of the mentors that had the opportunity to join, they were very excited to share traditional crafts such as basket weaving, blow gun hunting and Orang Asli traditional song and dance. 

The children were exceptionally enthusiastic while they worked with mentors in phonics, listening and speaking skills development and reading and writing activities. They were so curious about us, especially since it was the first time for many of them to encounter foreigners; Mentors and students got to share ideas, information and most importantly, friendship. The Orang Asli camp really was a unique and amazing experience.

                           

We cant wait to join the next one in Gua Musang next year!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Mobile English space @ SK Mulong 2

Year 3 students at SK Mulong 2 had so much fun helping to create their very own mobile English space.

Pupils had the opportunity to meet Brighton the lion and Torch for the first time, and they were quite excited to see them. The  mobile English space was designed to serve as a visual cue for students, indicating on sight, that the room has been changed from a "non-English" or "multi-language" environment, to an English dominant one.

The mobile English space has the added flexibility of being deployed anywhere it's needed, since it's not stationary, teachers can effectively use it to convert any room or space into an English room for however long they need to. Students were very receptive to this concept and eager to try out all the English they have been learning. I was quite impressed by their level of motivation, and cikgu Bibi Hayati has done such a good job of building their language bank and confidence.

I can't wait to work with these youngsters again, no telling what great things they'll produce.

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Making materials with SK Dewan Beta

The teachers at SK Dewan Beta are such hard working professionals.

These ladies are always so dedicated and positive, no matter what activity they're challenged with, they always put their best feet forward and get it done. On this particular day, the ladies were hard at work producing materials. These teachers produced 8 sets of flashcards, four sets of picture flashcards and 4 sets of text flashcards, all within two periods. 

                               

Meanwhile the year 2 students were hard at work producing a material of their own, they were working on "Hobby Hands!". "Hobby Hands!" is a listening, speaking and writing activity, which ends in the production of short paragraphs within the imprint of student's hands. The students began by telling us about common hobbies, then they were grouped in pairs and task with interviewing each other. After learning about their partner's hobbies, they wrote a short paragraph about their own hobbies and why they enjoy them.

I was also super impressed by the initiative and enthusiasm of cikgu Rosmiha, who took up the task of creating textbook related power points, which correlate with unit topics. She designed these in order to make her student's lessons more interactive, involving and relative to the pupils. 

I applaud SK Dewan Beta for the hard work, and look forward to our next in class project with the little guys.

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Phonics with year 1 @ Sk Perol

The little guys in year 1 at SK Perol really enjoyed their phonics activity. 

                                

After they got the hang of it, they did a great job of matching the phonemes and graphemes with the correct colors. In this activity, the little ones were challenged to identify the initial short vowel sounds of vocabulary words provided as pictures.

The objective was to hear the word, identify the initial short vowel sound of the word and then color it the corresponding color. The pupils were so excited and involved, that they didn't even mind sharing their color pencils and chairs with their friends from a neighboring class! 

Way to go year 1, way to go!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Safari posters with SK Dato Hamid 2

Pupils at SK Dato Hamid 2 had a great time making safari posters.

Students were challenged to research various animals from the KSSR year 3 text book, then they had to work together in small groups to design and produce informational posters for their chosen animals.

Students had lots of fun, while at the same time working to develop their reading and writing skills.

Bravo guys!

Welcome ~~

Hello, my name is Philip and I'm a new mentor with Brighton Education. I'm very excited to be working with some students and teachers in the Pasir Mas primary school system. Here I am enjoying a delicious and colourful Hari Raya celebration at SK Rantau Panjang.

Today at SK Rantau Panjang, some Year One students put on a fashion show under the skilled direction of Ms. Norhayati. It was an excellent opportunity to show off some dress sense and vocabulary skills while strutting their stuff in the school hall.