First Day @ Year 2, Beaconhouse Sri Inai

Ahh, what a feeling! To be back in school is something I've been looking forward to in the last few days. Honestly it got a little bored staying at home.

The teachers were busy getting ready and most of my friends from Year 1 returned and after reviewing the class allocation notice ...

I'm in Year 2 Rembrandt. From Wikipedia - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history.

There's 25 of us in the class with a few new friends to make.

Ms.Dusshan is our class teacher and lesson proper kicks off tomorrow. In a class named after a painter, I've signed up for art & craft under the CCA.

Getting ready for School

1 week additional holiday just flew by but it wasn't fun at all. Many relatives of my friends were troubled by the flood and hope they have all returned safe preparing themselves for the new school year starting 12th January.

Books, Bag, uniform all set. I've been flipping through the books and getting myself familiar with the contents. Can't wait to get started!

Final Semester Academic Progress

Daddy made a deal with me that if I either increased or retained my academic results, I can continue to be in Beaconhouse but I knew he meant it to mask the fact that the increase in fee is going to hit him bad and nothing had to do results.

On the results front, I made the mark!My performance was on par with the first semester and I was mighty pleased with it. Improvements came on my writing, comprehension and overall conduct which left a great impression with my teachers.

They were all in praise of my leadership as the class monitor and my involvement in all the activities throughout the year. Daddy was mighty proud!

I am all elated and on cloud nine. Year end holidays are here and the first thing I did was to get my nails painted.

Beaconhouse Children's Day Celebration

I went as the pink fairy.

Spidey took the day off

Private & International School Fair

Yesterday I made my way to Mid Valley Megamall specifically for this fair though the idea of shopping was pretty tempting, we refrained from it.

Both wings of the exhibition center was allocated for this event and major schools and institutions were all there showcasing their offers.

Among them were training and skill development centers. One particular center, happens to be in Kepong measured my brain waves and reported I have a good balance of both my left and right brain but needed fine tuning focus, attention and stress management! Me ... Stressed?

The science experiments were pretty cool.

My former play school, Gymboree were there and I couldn't help but take a snap with their adorable mascot, Gymbo the clown.

Dropped in to say hello to my school heads and received heaps of praises for being a great student but wondered why was I here, scouting new school??

I have to prove myself if I want to continue here, part of a deal I striked with daddy. 

Toddling @ Time International School

Last Saturday, the Time International School held an open day for the general public for a late enrollment into their IGCSE program.

It was really close to my place and we drove into this industrial area in Segambut where 3 small factory lots were turned into the school.

We were given a short briefing by one of the teachers and then taken on a tour of the school facilities, classroom, science and computer labs.

The futsal court was particularly tempting and there is plan to expand with more facilities and obviously the price is apt to what is being offered.

Their uniform was pretty simple compared to the elegance we bring with Beaconhouse's professional looking uniform. Both has it's good and bad points.

Beaconhouse Merdeka Celebration

The National Day celebration is on going every where until Malaysia Day this Tuesday and to instill nationalism, my school held it's own celebration in house.

Last Friday, everyone was instructed to come in their own traditional or cultural attire. I attended in a saree and was shortlisted for the fashion show.

My catwalk partner and I nailed 2nd place & here's me with the rest of the finalist.

Our classroom was also decorated to reflect the Merdeka spirit and here's all of us in all glory looking splendid in this group photo.

My appreciation and thanks goes to my class teacher Ms. Sugu for coordinating the decoration, giving me the opportunity to compete and win. Not forgetting these lovely photos she took that was shared with me.

Nobel International School Carnival

Yesterday morning while driving by SS5 in PJ to get to Giant hypermarket, we bumped into this carnival taking place at the Nobel International School.

We've heard quite a bit about this school but never had a chance to visit the interior so this turned out to be a good opportunity.

The carnival saw loads of people and senior students were manning the booths which was like what we had in my school during our event early this year.

The prices of all the food on sale was very reasonable and tasted good too. There were a few offering premium products that costed a little more.

I was glued to the booth selling 2nd hand books and grabbed an interesting one for myself. They were all going for a mere 3 ringgit!

In any carnival, games is always the main attraction so I tried my hand at a few of them. This particular one didn't turn out pretty well ...

 ... but I did great at this, dropping 2 out of 3 ...

Winning myself a gift!

Beaconhouse - 10th Anniversary

This month, my school celebrated it's 10th Anniversary in Malaysia. They have been quite the pioneer in private education and remains to be the preferred choice even with emergence of many new players today.

A grand celebration was held and I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to perform a dance number in front of dignitaries & VIPs who graced the event.

* Photos courtesy of Beaconhouse Facebook page.

School Holiday Activities

The past semester school holidays were pretty exciting despite it being pretty short. I did a lot of interesting things to keep me busy and occupied.

There was a number of experimentation going on mainly on little insects and plants. It was cool to see the way they are made up and discover new details on them.

I had school homework too and it required daily updates. We were all told to document all the activities into a dairy for the whole duration of the holiday.

The other major one was the art project where we needed to come up with a scene using different types of materials. Here's mine depicting a scene from the farm. Check out the hair on the horse, pretty awesome as it was designed with coconut husk.

The other major happening was my 3 days 2 night trip up north to Penang island. It was my first visit there. More on it in another post.

First Semester Academic Progress

It turned out to be a much better day then what I initially envisioned it to be cause it was my 1st academic and co-curriculum progress report day.

Parents were all early since we were there 10 minutes to 10am and had trouble finding parking. I know I did well but there's always that fear of meeting expectations.

We lined up at the corridor just outside our respective classrooms waiting for our turn. As my turn came, my class teacher Miss Sugu took us thru my report and we spent a good 30 minutes reviewing my achievements and accomplishments.

Daddy and I made it a point to meet my Bahasa, Art, Mandarin and Physical Education teacher to hear their feedback as well. The highlight was when we met the head of Junior school who recognized me by my name and instantly made daddy proud!

Back when I graduated from Kindergarten, daddy did mention that it isn't about the marks but the learning experience that matters the most and the man stood by that statement till this day. In a cynical world where parents push their kids expecting nothing less than 100% in all subjects, I'm happy daddy gives me the freedom to pace my learning and decide on my interest in co-curriculum activities.

My results were very good (literally) and he tried to work his way out with Play-Doh's. I'm expecting something big Daddy, not going to let you get off scot free that easily.

Beaconhouse Junior School Telematch

After a great deal of practice, every Friday to be exact, I was all prepared and excited for my first sports day in junior school.

It was held at the British International School. Beautiful place and the artificial turf was certainly a plus point. Should any of us fall, the impact would be minimal.

 

The school was located in Bandar Utama and had this huge underground parking. Could simply mean the senior students must be driving to school.

The swimming pool was another aspect of the school to be envy of.

I was an hour early and caught some of my teachers making lots of last minute arrangements for the big day. The welcoming committee was busy handing out the agenda and guiding the parents to their seats.

I was part of the Eco friendly green house. Going with our colour theme, we took on the Green Lantern avatar. Each of us had a bright head gear and our very own green lantern ring. Putting it on really gave me the much needed boost to seize the day!

The march past around the field was in so much energy and as we stopped in front of the VIP stand, we sang the green house song and waved our green flag. Rousing applause was heard in the background.

Obviously it made more sense for Hal Jordan to be there in person. For the non comic book person, Hal, a test pilot who was given a power ring by a dying alien, Abin Sur, and who became a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar organization of police overseen by the Guardians of the Universe. I must say, it's pretty complicated and took me a while to digest the details.

Game On! Lots of tumbling and twisting on the obstacle run.

The 2nd run was to 'dress' the person waiting at the end of the line before we run back to tag the next person. I got the easy one, putting on the hat.

As you can see, she was all dressed up and being the 2nd anchor runner, my speed made all the difference in nailing a winning spot.

There was lots of strategy planning before execution and I must thank each of my year one counterparts who made the race a memorable one.

The prize was given out by the Director of Schools and our principal, Mr. John.

My team won 2nd place from the 1st race but we had to settle for the consolation prize at the dress up race.

Part and parcel of being in sports is to endure some strains and pains. Nevertheless, I was proud to have contributed to Green house emerging 2nd place overall.