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.