It's been a very long time since I wrote the last time! Hmmmmmm.
Anyway, we just had our Annual Concert last week. It was our 22nd annual concert! It was officiated by Mr. T. Nadarajan, Special Officer to the Minister of Health Malaysia. We have been doing this since 1995.

This year our theme was 'Fairy Tales'. It was  potpourri of speech and choir and
dance and choral speaking by the children. The following are some of the photos taken on that day.

Choir group consisting of the 6 years old.

5 yrs. old being prepped by Ms. Puspa.

The tiny tots of our Kindergarten... 3 and 4 years old.

 and........ the 6 years old.

Part of the audience; including the special visitors, 

Mr. and Mrs. T. Nadarajan.

Mrs. Nathan welcoming the parents and children.

Advance class children delivering their welcoming address.

KG 1 and 2 Class children.

Intermediate Class children

Choral speaking by Advance Class children.

"Who's afraid for the big bad wolf, big bad wolf, big bad wolf?'

Again Intermediate Class children.....

And the seniors! Advance Class children performing.

At the end of the session, the Advance Class children received their certificate....

After the concert, the parents and children were treated to a buffet meal.

Excursion to Beryl's Chocolate Factory, Sri Kembangan

A group of 55 children accompanied by 6 teachers visited the Beryl's Chocolate Factory at Sri Kembangan. Earlier, on the way the children were treated to a snack at KFC restaurant.

The group were given a briefing at their mini auditorium before the factory tour. The actual tour was a short 15 minute session. However, the children were wide-eyed and all ears taking in the scene.

Who wouldn't? It was C H O C O L A T E after all.

The trip was educational not only to the children but to the adults, too. Who would have thought the story of chocolate started at South America - the Aztec period! Hmmmmm.......

At the end of the visit the school bought some chocolate for each and every children participated.

The following are some of the photos. Unfortunately no photos were taken inside the factory due to obvious reason.

 In the coach ......

 Teachers and children......

 Teachers getting things organised at KFC.......

 It's snack time ......

 Advance class with Mrs. Nathan and Miss Nayagi...

 Intermediate class with Mrs. Nathan and Mrs. Puspa

 KG class with Mrs. Nathan, Miss Ina and Miss Shamini

Concert 2015

On 1 November 2015 we had our 20th. Annual Concert at Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM). It was officiated by the Sentul OCPD, Tuan ACP R.Munusamy. It was also attended by Chairman of 'Tamilar Aikiya Sangam', Mr. S. Ramalingam and Chairman of MIC Hang Tuah Branch, Mr. M Vetrivelan.

 The theme for this year's concert was "Healthy Food Happy Living".

It was a celeberatory atmosphere with parents, grand parents and siblings of our student. Some were even accompanied by uncles and aunts. Aside from the concert to showcase the talents of the children, about 28 of them also 'graduated' on that day.

The concert ended at about 12 noon and the children and their parents were treated with a buffet lunch.

 The following were photographs captured during the concert.

A section of audience.....

Mrs. Nathan giving her welcoming remarks.

The traditional welcoming ritual by offering garland to the special guest performed by Kasi.

Tuan ACP R. Munusamy, our chief guest this year.

Choir by Advance class children.

Performance by Advance class children.

Performance by KG class children.

Intermediate class children in their 'fruity' costume.

KG children with their 'lollipop' dance

Mr. S. Ramalingam giving out trophies to KG children.

A KG child receiving his trophy from Mrs. Nathan.

Mr. M. Vetrivelan giving out trophies to Intermediate children.

Tuan ACP R. Munusamy giving out certificates to graduating students from Advance class.

Kasi giving a token of appreciation to Mr. M. Vetrivelan who is a long-time friend to Kasi and Mrs. Nathan.

Mr. M. Vetrivelan giving a token of appreciation to Tuan R. Munusamy.

SRI GOMBAK MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN

Contact:

Mrs. Nathan 012-679 1155

Kasinathan   010-231 6158

Visit to Zoo Negara

Since we are at the tail end of the year, we thought it would be nice for the 6-years old to go out together somewhere. Hence we decided to organise a trip to the National Zoological Garden (Zoo Negara). However not all 6-years turned up; so we included several 5 and 4 years old to make up the crowd. Not only that, three former students decided to join us.

It was a pleasant morning. However some parts of Zoo Negara is under renovation, including the usual venue for animal show. So the children missed the shows. However, overall they enjoyed the trip; which included a stop at the fast food restaurant.

The following are some of the photographs of the trip.

Children in the bus.....

Children all ready to enter Zoo.

The trip included a visit to Panda enclosure. However it was siesta time for our hero.

Snack time at the Wild Restaurant.......

 Children leaving the Zoo.

SRI GOMBAK MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN

Tel.: 03-6185 6168

Mrs. Nathan: 012-679 1155

Kasinathan: 010-231 6158

Class Party

Today, 20/11/2015, we had our class party. Although next week is extension week where children are required to attend class, there is no gurantee that all will turn up. When their older sister or brother from primary school is running riot around the house, the younger one will be reluctant to go to school, naturally.

A few former student also turned up, making the party more enjoyable. These are students who left us about 5 years ago!

No uniform and no bag. Just casual attire for fun and frolicks. 

This is supposed to be KG class.

A little game in 'Frozen' clothes! 

Tug-of-war in 'Frozen' attire.

We hope the children had fun; we know we had.

Sri Gombak Montessori Kindergarten

012-679 1155 Mrs. Nathan

010-231 6158 Kasinathan

End of School Year 2015

Most schools are winding up the 2015 school year by this week. Children are looking forward to the long holidays.... Visit to grandma and grandpa's place, holidays or even some foreign visit for the lucky few.

But not for Sri Gombak Montessori Kindergarten children! They have to wait another week before starting their holiday.

We are breaking one week later. Our centre closes on 27 November 2015.

This year has been rather unusual in that in January the school year started late due to major flooding in parts of Malaysia. In October, we were interrupted by haze. Just to make up for the lost time we have to extend the school year.

Usually we do extend if the school year end on first or second week of November so that parents will not feel bad about paying November fee. And we usually don't extend if the year end break starts in third week. But as I said earlier, this year is rather unusual.

As for the staffs, well, we will be here preparing for 2016. Maybe take a one-week holiday and unwind a bit. However second week onward, we'll be here, whoever wants to visit us may do so starting 7 December 2015.

By the way the number of seats left for morning session next year is fast filling up. If you want to register for morning session, you'll have to hurry up.