Rain Rain Please Don’t Go Away

Rain is a blessing,

From Allah Ar- Rahim,

To all of us living things,

So, we can live and keep growing.

 

Rain is a blessing,

Make dua’ when it’s raining,

Allahuma Soyyiban Nafi’an

Amin

– Islamic Children Song

 

We wished for a rainy day so that we could play outside in the rain, but Allah gave us sunny day instead. 😉

All set and ready with raincoats and umbrellas, we went ahead with the plan.

Water hose to the rescue! Bring on the rain, teacher!

Get ready kids… here comes the rain!

It’s raining now!

All wet!

The ground gets wet too

Happily standing in the rain

I see a little bit of puddle there

Let’s jump!

Ok kids, let’s go inside and dry up ourselves. No teacher… more rain pleaseeeee!

So we dried up ourselves and started counting raindrops

and we made rain in a jar

and spattered some colours on an umbrella!

Oh what fun we had! Alhamdulillah!

Plastic Bag Kite – Finding Joy in the Simple Things

“The most simple things can bring the most happiness.”

– Izabella Scorupco

True indeed. A plastic bag and a string are all you need to make the kids happily run around. On top of that, they learnt about the two important things when it comes to flying a kite, which are gravity and lift (the wind blows).

On your mark, get set, GO!

If I don’t run, will it fly?

Trying to solve a problem of a tangled string

That is really a nice balloony kite you got there!

J.O.Y

Plastic bag kite – tried and tested! How about you?

This is what we do in the morning

First thing in the morning.. go PLAY outside!

Something that our kids really look forward to.

Alhamdulillah for the outdoor space.

Indeed, the outdoor space is a crucial must-have at all Alif Ceria centres. Having ample outdoor space not only allows the kids to do all sorts of physical movement to keep fit and able to channel their energy, it also offers massive potential for experiential learning – the hot sun, muddy soil, variety of plants and flowers, water play, nature walk and many more. Life’s best lessons are outside the classroom, agree? 😉

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Good to know:
The following information are written in its original form i.e in Bahasa Malaysia to retain their meaning and context. 

a) Garis Panduan Penubuhan Tadika dan Taska, Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa Semenanjung Malaysia,  Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (2012)

Untuk kediaman jenis teres, hanya lot tepi (corner lot) sahaja dibenarkan. Lot tengah (intermediate lot) atau lot hujung (end lot) tidak dibenarkan kerana tidak mempunyai kawasan lapang  di samping bagi mengelakkan masalah kesesakan lalu lintas.

b) Surat Pekeliling Ikhtisas Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia Bil. 7 Tahun 2016 (Lampiran 1) – Pelaksanaan Kurikulum Standard Prasekolah Kebangsaan KPSK (Semakan 2017)

Peruntukan masa minimum PdP bagi aktiviti luar adalah sebanyak 120 minit seminggu.

Aktiviti luar merangkumi Aktiviti Fizikal dan Main Bebas. Aktiviti luar hendaklah dijalankan di luar kelas dan perlu dilaksanakan setiap hari. Aktiviti Fizikal dijalankan 30 minit, 2 kali seminggu dan Main Bebas dijalankan 20 minit, 3 kali seminggu.
Aktiviti Fizikal ialah aktiviti yang melibatkan pergerakan tubuh badan dan memerlukan tenaga untuk meningkatkan kecergasan fizikal dan kesihatan diri.  Main Bebas pula merupakan aktiviti yang memberi peluang kepada murid untuk membuat pilihan secara bebas untuk bermain.

Corner lot premises for all Alif Ceria centres + daily outdoor activities = CHECKED. Alhamdulillah.

MAHA 2016: Yeay, we won!

Alif Ceria had the opportunity to enter the Cow Sculpture Painting Competition (Pertandingan Mewarna Arca Lembu) during the recent  Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture & Agrotourism (MAHA) 2016, and Alhamdulillah, WE WON!

The competition was organised by Group Transformasi Ruminan Malaysia (GTR) and winners were judged according to creativity, tidiness and teamwork. Our team of 4 teachers & 10 kids competed in 2 categories (Family Category & Kindergarten Category) and we are so excited to share that we have won in both categories 🙂 Congratulations and kudos to the winners and thank you to everyone who make these happen. It’s teamwork indeed!

Sharing with you, some photos during the competition on 1st December and also during the prize giving ceremony held on Sunday, 11th December 2016.

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We were among the first to arrive 🙂

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Wefie!

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The kids were so excited to touch the little lamb!

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Opening ceremony before the competition – Confident girls on stage!

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You want us to sing? No problem, we surely can!

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Paying Abang Sado a visit 😉

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The scuplture – before painting

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Coaster ride around MAHA 2016

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Looks skillful, aren’t they?

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Mixing base colours to make green

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Finishing touch.. don’t forget MAHA theme for this year – Our Food, Our Future!

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Two on each side, that’s teamwork kids, good planning!

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We’re done! Teacher Ina, Teacher Lini, Iszahra & Humaira competing in Family Category

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The other side of the sculpture

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Teacher Nisha and her girls, competing in Kindergarten Category (Team 1)

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Hayfa & Auni with their work of art, competing in Kindergarten Category (Team 2)

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Family Category (2 teachers & 2 kids)

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Kindergarten Category (Team 1 – 4 kids)

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Kindergarten Category (Team 2 – 4 kids)

And the winners are….. {drum roll please}

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First Place: Family Category. Thank you Teacher Lini for representing Alif Ceria 🙂

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First Place: Kindergarten Category. That’s Iszahra with Teacher Lini. Thanks for coming Iszahra!

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2nd Place: Kindergarten Category.

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Marissa & her sister with the winning mock up cheque. Thanks for coming Marissa!

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Iszahra & her family.. thanks for coming, really appreciate your support!!

Alhamdulillah, all praise to Allah, for the opportunity given. Experience like this is definitely priceless – the kids learned so much; especially in planning and working as a team. It was amazing to see how confident and relax they were, be it on the stage (it’s impromptu yeah ;-)) or during the competition itself. Kudos everyone, what a great news to wrap up our 2016 memories 🙂 🙂