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~