Fun Fair Bachok!

The first Kelantan "Fun Fair" of 2015 kicked off at Bachok PPD in February, the event was planned and executed very nicely by Niamh Dunne and many local supporting teachers and staff from Bachok city primary schools.

 Students and staff enjoyed action songs sung and performed by Scott Varga and Philip Clark, a very intriguing performance indeed!

There were many English language based games and activities related to phonics; there were about 6 stations set up for rotating groups of pupils to come around and engage. Students were given tokens for right answers and successful completion of tasks; these tokens were then used by students to purchase prizes from the prize station.  

There are about 6 more "Fun Fairs" planned for this year, one coming to each cluster in the TELL2 project in Kelantan; so stay tuned for the next "Fun Fair" coming to an area near you!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Poster making at SK Kedai Piah!

Students in Mrs. Julie Rolina's year 2 English class had quite an interesting time designing and creating rule posters for the classroom; pupils were free to create any rules that they thought were needed in the classroom.

Some of the rules were quite precise, such as: Do not sleep through the entire class, Do not sit on your friends chair, Always listen to the teacher, Do not throw rubbish on the floor or Do not stand on the tables. 

All in all these little youngsters did a great job working together to create these posters in English.

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~

Dynamic teaching at it's finest!

Just a few days ago I once again had the great pleasure of joining and co-teaching an English class with Puan Rosmiha at SK Dewan Beta.

As always her class was very vibrant and the students were quite interested in the short story and writing lesson that followed. Puan Rosmiha is one of the most versatile and enthusiastic teachers I have had the pleasure of working with here in Malaysia, she is constantly looking for new ways to make the English lessons contextually relevant to her students.

In many of her lessons she uses an array of Realia, most of which is original materials which she creates herself or with students, as well as technology in the classroom such as audio & video, power point presentations, virtual games and activities to create as comprehensive an English environment as possible for her pupils. In so doing, Puan Rosmiha greatly increases the opportunities for students to use English in context as well as retain the new information that they learn.  

During classes pupils are transformed into astronauts, pilots, bus & taxi drivers, chefs, gardeners and many other interesting characters during role play learning activities. This teacher's approach to communication based learning is dynamic, engaging and all around fun for students. I can always feel the excitement of pupils when they enter the class.  

Bravo Puan Rosmiha, I look forward to joining you in the coming weeks and seeing what great experiences unfold next!

~Yusuf S.D.J.L~