2015 School Year

2015 is here, but it comes with some confusion as far as kindergartens are concerned. Actually there is no confusion at all..... it's just that people interpreted MOE directive differently! More about this later.

But first, we would like to register our heart felt sympathy for the victims of Air Asia Indonesia Flight QZ8501 tragedy and also of Malaysia's worst flood.

Now, back to the MOE directive..... Although most parents have accepted the directive, some parents are quibbling why we have to defer the reopening of school till 12th. January. Well, a directive is a directive and we can't just ignore that.

Sri Gombak Montessori Kindergarten  is registered with Selangor State Education Department. We called Shah Alam twice to enquire and later to reconfirm the directive and we were told to go along with it.   The official directive from the Director General of Education is attached below; and it clearly states the intention of the government.

http://www.moe.gov.my/v/pemberitahuan-view?page=1&id=4559

KENYATAAN MEDIA

KETUA PENGARAH PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

Penjelasan Penangguhan Sesi Persekolahan Tahun 2015

Akibat Banjir

Seperti sedia maklum bahawa YAB Menteri Pendidikan pada 29 Disember 2014

telah mengumumkan penangguhan permulaan sesi persekolahan bagi tahun 2015

selama seminggu. Sehubungan itu, tarikh baru permulaan sesi persekolahan bagi

negeri Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu dan Johor adalah pada 11 Januari 2015 (Ahad)

dan bagi negeri-negeri lain akan bermula pada 12 Januari 2015 (Isnin).

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) telah mengeluarkan surat siaran kepada

semua Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah dan semua sekolah

memaklumkan tentang penangguhan tersebut.

KPM ingin menjelaskan sekali lagi bahawa penangguhan ini adalah setelah

mengambilkira semua keadaan dan kesukaran semua pihak akibat bencana banjir

seperti yang diumumkan termasuk mengambilkira pasukan keselamatan kita,

pegawai dan kakitangan daripada agensi kerajaan lain yang bertungkus lumus

melaksanakan operasi bantuan yang juga perlukan masa untuk persediaan

persekolahan anak-anak mereka apabila operasi tersebut ditamatkan.

KPM juga ingin menjelaskan bahawa penangguhan ini adalah tidak mengganggu

sistem persekolahan di negara kita bagi tahun 2015, termasuk bilangan hari

persekolahan seperti yang telah ditetapkan iaitu sekurang-kurangnya 190 hari

setahun. Juga dijelaskan bahawa penangguhan tersebut adalah melibatkan semua

sekolah di seluruh negara termasuk sekolah-sekolah swasta dan negeri yang

berdaftar dengan KPM.

Dalam hal ini juga, KPM ingin memohon kerjasama daripada sekolah-sekolah di

bawah pendaftaran Kerajaan Negeri dan di bawah agensi-agensi lain agar dapat

diselaraskan permulaan sesi persekolahan seperti diumumkan oleh YAB Menteri

Pendidikan agar tidak menimbulkan kekeliruan dalam kalangan masyarakat

keseluruhannya.

Semua pengetua dan guru besar adalah diminta akur dengan keputusan ini dan tidak

mengadakan apa-apa program melibatkan murid, guru dan ibu bapa seperti hari

pendaftaran murid baru termasuk apa-apa taklimat dalam tempoh penangguhan

tersebut, kecuali operasi gotong royong pembersihan sekolah yang terlibat dengan

banjir. Namun bagi sekolah-sekolah yang tidak terlibat dengan banjir, pihak

pentadbiran sekolah berkenaan boleh meneruskan kerja-kerja pentadbiran biasa

tanpa perlu melibatkan pihak-pihak yang disebutkan.

Terima kasih.

Dato Sri Dr Khair Bin Mohamad Yusof

Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran Malaysia

30 Disember 2014

Visit to National Zoo

On 20 November 2014, 43 children accompanied by 4 teachers and staff visited the National Zoological Garden. It was kind of 'last hurrah' for the Advanced class children before going different ways. There were some Intermediate class as well as a few KG2 children, too.  Off course the children were eager to see the star attraction at the Zoo - a pair of Giant Panda. There were other new additions, too: white Bengal tiger, and butterfly garden. Although the white tiger was a disappointment - he refused to come out, the children enjoyed the Giant Panda enclosure and the butterfly garden.

Mid way through the visit the children were treated to a snack at the fast-food restaurant within the Zoo. The following are some of the photographs taken during the visit.

 

 In the coach...

 

The girls' group photo...

 

 ... and the boys too.

 

In the butterfly farm.....

 

Another shot at the butterfly farm... some of the children staring at the live pupae collection.

                                     

 

Another shot at the enclosure

 

Children coming down from the Giant Panda enclosure

Well deserved break....

 

 ...... at the fast food outlet.

 

At the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Aquarium ....

       Another shot at the aquarium......

 

 

Curiosity - the key to learning!

 

 .... and the 'sifu' who was at hand to clarify things!

It was a worthwhile trip to the zoo as the children enjoyed every minute of the visit.

Fun Camp 2014

The year-end holiday had started! While some parents will take the opportunity to visit their home town others may not be so lucky. If they are working they will have their hand full with their young children running around the house not knowing what to do.

If you want your child to spend their time in a useful manner for 2 weeks, we have a solution for you!

We are organising a fun camp on 1 - 12 December 2014 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon on week days. The children will spend quality time with our teachers. There will be activities that are fun and at the same time enable the children to discover themselves.

The fun camp is opened to children of 4 - 8 years old. The fee is RM 150.00 per child.

If interested please call Mrs. Nathan at 012-6791155 or Uncle Kasi at 010-2316158. The number of children accepted is limited to 25.

The Grand Finale for the year - Annual Concert and Graduation Ceremony

On 16th November we had our 19th. Annual Concert and Graduation Ceremony. It was held at the Main Auditorium, Kuliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia.  The event was the culmination of 3 months of hard work by the children and teachers of Tadika Sri Gombak Montessori. The chief guest was Y. Bhg. Datuk Abdul Hamid bin Mohamad Hanipah, Deputy Director General (Rtd.), Chief Governent Security Office, Prime Minister's Department. He had also gracefully agreed to hand certificates to 40 children who are 'graduating' from the kindergarten.

The children put up a grand show of dances, songs, presentations and drama. Later the guest were treated to a luncheon.The following are photographs of some of the events.

Advance (M) class children performing a Malay dance.

 Advance and Intermediate (A) class children doing a bangra!

 Tamil dance by Intermediate (M) children

Ballelakka! Ballelakka!!

 3 and 4 years old (KG1 & 2 (A)) are doing their own ...... Portuguese dance... no less!

The 'Cili Padis' of morning session (KG1 & 2) their Chinese dance

 'Snow White' drama by Intermediate (M)

 Soffea Ayeesha presenting flower bouquet to Datin Kathizah Begum, wife of our chief guest.

 Mr. M. Vetrivelan, a long time friend presenting trophy to the children.

The chief guest, Y. Bhg. Datuk Abdul Hamid bin Mohamad Hanipah

posing with one of the graduating child.

Parents' Day - when parents give their verdict on our performance as well ......

We had our Parents' day for the Second Semester today, 1 November 2014. Of course we invite the parents to discuss their children's performance in the second semester and compare with the first semester performance as well.

This is the formal meet aside from the ad-hoc, 'drop-in-on-my-way-to-office' kind of discussion. Parents were allotted specific time to meet the teachers.

Some of the parents also gave their verdict on our performance....
Of course there will be some negative comments, but we accept those with open mind and use that to further improve ourselves.

But mostly it was all around good marks!!

It is so gratifying when parents tell us how much their children have improved since starting here. This is especially true for those children who started with us when they were just little toddlers of 3 and 4 years old and now leaving us after spending several years with us. To know that we have really moulded them into a bright children with minds ready for further reinforcement at primary level is something worth experiencing again and again.

Of course this will follow soon by letters thanking us written by happy parents.

We look forward to do this again and again in the future.

We are open for registration!

It's that time of the year....

Parents will be starting to look around for a suitable centre for their children to start pre-school education next year.

There are various kindergartens around Seri Gombak /Pinggiran Batu Caves /Bukit Permata areas. Parents have choices to select whether they want to send their children to recognised and established centres or run-of-the-mill  type. Even worse are the one who did not even register with JPN!

Well let us not talk about others...

What we offer is our solid-gold reputation!!!
Go ask the primary schools in Taman Seri Gombak. We have built a reputation for producing the brightest and well rounded children.  We established the centre in 1995. Some of the teachers are with us ever since. Our curriculum was developed based on the  experiences of teachers who worked in some of the best centres in KL and PJ, including an international school. The curriculum has been refined over the years based on changing environment and the teacher's own improvement in knowledge.

Now we are open for new registration for the year 2015. Parents may visit us during office hours or make appointment to visit after office or even weekends.

Please call 6185 6168 (office), 012-679 1155 (Mrs, Nathan), or 010-231 6158 (Kasi).

Busy bees the children are .....

It has been a while since I posted the last article.......

We have been a bit busy lately. The preparation for concert is ongoing. The children together with teachers are hard at work practising for the concert to be held in November.

The teachers, aside from preparing the children for the concert, have to ensure that the syllabus is completed.

The children, too are getting busier.... have to practice concert, homework and so on.

On 22 April, 50 children accompanied by 6 teachers and staffs visited Aquaria, KLCC. On the way, we stopped at KFC Jalan Ipoh for breakfast where the children had a meal of burger and soft drink (fried chicken was packed to be given to them after the trip).

The children spent a good one and a half hour at Aquaria, including the feeding session which was particularly interesting to them. The following are some of the photos of the children. they even had a chance to see some of the creatures up close at the petting section.

We hope that it was a useful learning experience to the children pertaining the marine life. 

Colouring Competition

On  22 March 2014 some of the students at the centre attended a colouring competition organised by HSBC Amanah bank at Prima Gombak. The following are some of the photos.