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My School in The News

2011-07-04T23:38:00.000+08:00

News from NST

02/06/2011

MIND THEIR LANGUAGE

Prof Dr Azlan Abdul Rahman (left) and Assoc Prof Noraiza
Che Awang (right) with the signed MoU

A religious school is engaging a training centre to provide additional English language coaching for students

HIDAYAH Islamic School started out in 1989 as Sekolah Rendah Islam Hidayah (SRIH), a primary school with only 12 students and four teachers.

Its secondary school, Sekolah Menengah Islam Hidayah (SMIH), was established in 1995 on the campus located along KM26, Jalan Johor Baru, Kg Sinaran Baru in Skudai, Johor.

This religious school is registered under the Education Ministry and Johor Islamic Council as a non-profit private learning institution with an emphasis on academic excellence, co-curriculum achievement and moral integrity in a supportive school and family environment.

It values holistic Islamic education and offers an integrated education that combines academic and religious subjects.

While Hidayah is a religious school, students are encouraged not only to pursue academic success but also to excel in extra-curricular activities.

Kamaliah Noordin, who was SMIH principal from 1995 to March 2011, put in place several initiatives to encourage students to move out of their comfort zone and compete with mainstream schools.

She wanted the public to change its mindset about this religious school as they witness how its students also excelled in extra-curricular activities like sports and debates.

With the slogan “Standing tall over the world”, she motivated teachers and students to take pride in their skills and abilities to compete, often as underdogs, but with much success.

Students excel in sports like football, netball, table-tennis and archery at district and state levels. They have also won several national level competitions in debate and bridge model designing.

The school’s debating teams in Malay, English and Arabic categories emerged as champions in inter-school, national and international debates.

Every year the school continues to achieve high academic performance in all the national examinations at primary and secondary levels.

In 2003, the Department of Private Education of the Ministry of Education recognised Hidayah Islamic School as the Best Private School in Johor and SRIH and SMIH were accorded the third and fourth places as top private schools in the country, respectively.

Today, SRIH has 1,047 pupils with a total of 30 classes and is supported by 67 teachers. SMIH has 645 students from Forms One to Five with 43 teaching staff.

While most of the students are from Peninsular Malaysia, there are a number of students from Sabah and Sarawak as well as some from Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore.

In an effort to provide global perspective to the students through international experience, the school organised post-SPM programmes that involved them in community service activities in Sabah and Indonesia, including the disaster-hit areas in Aceh.

The school also received visits from international school
delegations from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan.

In April 2011, their English debating team participated in an Open Debate organised by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as the only secondary school from Malaysia among teams from universities and colleges.

It was an ambitious effort to pit Form Three and Form Five students against law undergrads, but a worthwhile outing for the team to earn some valuable experience and exposure.

The team’s next challenge is at the Asian School Debate championship held in Seoul, South Korea.

School principal, Fauziah Abd Salam, realised that while many students have a good command of written English, there is still room for improvement in the area of verbal skills.

In line with the school’s objectives, Hidayah Islamic School recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al-Ikhlas Cambridge Sdn Bhd, a language-training centre that will provide English language coaching to complement the students’ formal learning in school.

Associate Prof Noraiza Che Awang, executive director and group principal, signed the MOU on behalf of Al-Ikhlas while

Professor Dr Azlan Ab Rahman and Ahmadon Bakri signed for the Hidayah Centre of Education.

Under this MoU, students will learn English under the Cambridge English system with a focus on grammar, the foundation of language and literacy skills of reading and writing.

The study approach will draw students into lively discussion on how to correct “broken English” and equip them with the skills to further access knowledge from materials that are available in English.

These skills are based on the unique Cambridge syllabus that focuses on all four language-learning skills involving reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Established in Shah Alam Section 13 Al-Ikhlas has grown to become a diversified language school with four centres in Shah Alam and one in Johor Baru. The latest centre is at Shah Alam City Centre Mall.

Games - Mumphy (Quest for Banana)

2011-06-05T16:41:00.001+08:00

Games - Mumphy (Quest for Banana)

Game - Destroy All Zombies

2011-06-01T00:27:00.002+08:00

Free Games - Destroy All Zombies 3.5

Mangrove Tour in Langkawi

2011-05-10T22:17:00.000+08:00

This activity was done during my family holiday in Langkawi in 2009

This tour is part of the many acitvities found in Langkawi for tourists. This is a river cruise - a journey by speedboat along a river that runs trough the mangrove swamp. For me this is an educational aktivity because it brings nature close to us. Besides enjoying the boat ride, it allowed me to see and touched things that I've never seen or touched before. Along the journey we stopped at a few places to let us see nature at close range. Among the activities that we did during the trip were:
1. Entering the Crocodile Cave (without the crocodile) with the boat.
2. A stop at the HOLE IN THE WALL - Fish Show and Wildlife Watch
3. A visit to the Bat Cave - bats hanging to the ceiling of the cave
4. Feeding the red eagles and watching them diving for the food
5. Leasure walk in the mangrove forest
At the end of the day it was a very interesting and enjoyable aktivity. I really recommend it to those holydaying with families because it can bring a family closer together while enjoying the beauty of nature.

My siblings tried to put the king crab on my head ...... my first encounter with a king crab

Look how close I am to my beloved mum

For more stories and pictures klick here.

Sightseeing in Alexandria

2011-05-06T13:23:00.000+08:00

This article is taken from my mum's blog saramsa "Kenangan:Pusing-pusing di Kota Alex" . It is about her visit to Egypt right after the Hari Raya break in 2008, and one of her destination is Alexandria. This was the time when I had to stay with my aunt in Ipoh for nearly 10 days and had to "ponteng sekolah". Was I happy then, coz I don't have to go to school? ..........Nooow!.....not without my mum!
Anyway, if you are interested in wanting to know what to see or where to go if you do ever visit Alex or Egypt, do visit my mum's blog. Here is another article of her recount of her visit to Egypt

Giza pyramids......synonym with Egypt

I'm Baaaack.........

2010-11-15T19:15:00.000+08:00

It's been ages since I last log in into my blog. I was busy studying for my UPSR exam...and after that I was busy playing games online......until the New Year when the school reopened. This time around I was sent to a far away school which needs me to stay in a hostel.....now I don't have the leisure of having to use a computer. Whenever I'm back at home for a short holiday I'll use it to play the online games to my satisfaction.

Now it's holiday time ...... I've a lot of free time. So I'm back again updating my almost forgotten blog.

My School Logo

---------------------------View of my secondary school in Johor Bahru -------------------------

Holiday in Langkawi

2009-07-28T16:22:00.000+08:00

On one of the beaches in Langkawi with my brother Afiq

Hai!..we meet again. It has been ages since I entered my last post.I have been very busy for the past few months....getting ready for my UPSR which is in September. I have my normal school class in the morning, religious school class in the evening and of course my tuition class.
...but I managed to have a holiday as well....in Langkawi, during the school holiday. Enjoy my photos...hahaha..

One of the many jetties in Langkawi Me and my mum, dad and sister

Me playing with the 'belangkas' (king crab) ........geliiiinya!
This activity was done in HOLE IN THE WALL - Fish Show And Wildlife Watch during our Mangrove Tour in Langkawi.

Hey!......I'm in the mangrove swamp
Mum holding me tightly in case
I might fall off the boat......scarry
experience!

In the cable car with my two big brothers.......another scarry experience...hanging in the air!

On the hanging bridge on top of Mat Chinchang mountain

Me wrapped around by a big phyton in Langkawi Underwater World

Hey!......They are all my buddies from the Underwater world!...ha..ha..ha

This is a gamat or sea cucumber

this is not the same phyton that hangs around my neck!

The penguin guy

I am on the snowy mountain.......see who lives
there....

Here they are...my buddies from the snowy
land.....the Penguins!

Hungary penguins.......waiting for their lunch

Last but not least......the clever otter playing with
his green ball.

Record flying

2009-02-16T12:18:00.000+08:00

play helicopter game

2009-02-16T10:44:00.000+08:00

Let's Learn Japanese

2009-02-10T10:34:00.000+08:00

More Japanese stuff can be found below:

Play with cool phrases in Japanese

One of My Firsts

2009-02-07T00:30:00.000+08:00

Last Wednesday 6 Feb my mum, big brother and me attended a funeral. It was the funeral of a baby boy who died due to premature birth. The baby was the grandson of my dad's friend. My brother and I went to the nearby mosque for Isyak prayer. After that we performed the jenazah prayer.
After the prayer the jenazah was buried at the cemetry just beside the mosque. That was the first time I watched a body buried in real life. I feel sorry for the baby's parent.
Below is a video clip to be pondered upon.

Where and what is Alhambra?

2008-09-12T22:42:00.000+08:00

Me and my brother Afiq inside the Alhambra

Me and brother Afiq outside Alhambra

Me and my family on top of Alhambra

Alhambra is in Grenada, Spain.

Once upon a time the Alhambra was an "alcazaba" (fortress), an "alcazar" (palace) and a small "medina" (city), all in one. But now it is a ruin left by the great Muslim Empire of Andalucia.

The name Alhambra comes from an Arabic root which means "red or crimson castle", perhaps due to the hue of the towers and walls that surround the entire hill of La Sabica which by starlight is silver but by sunlight is transformed into gold.

The real Me at al-Hambra

2008-09-06T13:41:00.001+08:00

Just like to share with you guys my photo