MERDEKA COUNTDOWN CELEBRATION

Yesterday at10.00 p.m., our school had a Merdeka dinner organized by the KGKT SKSB. All of the teachers and staff from SKSB and SJKTMP were invited to bring their family numbers to attend the dinner.The guest were entertained with the Karaoke performance during the dinner. After the dinner, the kids and the parents were enjoy with the telematch. Both of the contestants were displayed their prowess fully. At 11.45 p.m., everyone were gathered at the Dataran Wawasan to witness the historic significance moment. At 12.00 midnight, the Merdeka slogon had voice out for 7 times, followed by the national anthem and the closing prayer. Finally, the celebration was end at 12.15 midnight.

MERDEKA CELEBRATION

This morning at 8.00 a.m., the teachers and the pupils from 4 schools were gathered at Dataran Wawasan. Our school had invited special guest from 2 Chinese school to join our celebration ceremony this year. Those school were SJK(C) Ping Min, Pundut and SJK(C) Eng Ling, Lumut. During the one and a half hour long assembly, there were speeches by the Minister of Education, Director of Perak Education and the King which were read by the school headmaster from SJK(C) Ping Ming, SJK(T) Mukim Pundut and SK Seri Bayu.

This was followed by singing of the song "Jalur Gemilang" and "Tanggal 31".

Beside that, the vision school choir took part in the presentation with 2 songs "Nyalakan Tekad' and " Untukmu Malaysia".

There were poetry recitions from SK Seri Bayu and SJK(T) Mukim Pundut.

The SJK(C) Ping Ming students were presented a song, " Jalur Gemilang".

At 9.30 a.m., the year 1 and 2 students were attended to the coloring contest which held in Sudut Ilmu at SKSB.

Meanwhile the year 3 students were participated in the traffic safety competition which held at SJK(T) Mukim Pundut.

At around 10.00 a.m., the sky was cloudy and it started to drizzle. We were wonder the walk in procession might not be carry out on time. But thanks God, at around 11.00 a.m., the rain was stopped and the students from both schools managed to start their procession. They were instructed to walk around the housing area behind the schools. The students were really excited and enjoy their journey.

The celebrations for the 50th anniversary of our country's independance day was successfully completed in our school by 12.30 noon.

Check out the slide presentation below for more pictures taken today.

NEW EXTRA KINDERGARTEN CLASS

This morning, a few workmen were busy at work in the previous year 1 classes
at the ground floor. I noticed that some renovation had been done inside the room.
I think the workmen probably had started their work during the school holiday.
This is the third kindergarten classroom and will start to operate next year.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Starting from tomorrow onward, our school will start for one week semester break. A lot of the teachers had early planned to go back to their hometown. As usual, I might be going down to KL to spend my holiday with my kids. How about you?

LAUNCH OF THE MERDEKA CELEBRATIONS & PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY

This morning at 7.30 a.m, our senior assistant, En Rozman b Md Yassin launched the Merdeka Celebrations by fluttering the Malaysia flag. During the assembly, the students sang the Jalur Gemilang's song and waving the flags in the air.

This was followed by the prizes giving ceremony for the winner of the Karaoke competition, Indoor games contest, Treasure hunt competition and Cooking competition which were held yesterday.

PROGRAM REHMAH

During yesterday afternoon, our school had carried out a special programme , that was " program Rehmah" for the year 6 students. This programme was a list of contest to be arrange for the students to enjoy and release their tensions before they sit for the UPSR examination at the third of September.
Below was the schedule time :
2.30 p.m. - Gather & Briefing
2.45 p.m. - Karaoke Competition & Indoor Games
4.30 p.m. - Solat Asar ( Prayer )
5.00 p.m. - Treasure Hunt Competition & Cooking Competition
7.00 p.m. - Dismiss

The picture above showed the students participated in Indoor Games such as chess, scrabble, snake & ladder, monopoly, and others.

At the same time, that was karaoke contest held at the Dewan Samudera with 16 of the students showed their talent in singing.

Another activities was held after the prayer was the treasure hunt competition.

The students were busy preparing the food for the cooking competition. Below picture showed the delicious dish was prepared by the students in one hour. Woo!!!! Look at the tasty "nasi goreng" ( fried rice) and sandwich. YUMMY!!!!

For more picture, check the slide show below :

JALUR GEMILANG

******** HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA ********

HISTORY OF GEMILANG

In 1949 a committee was formed to consider and formalise the establishment of a flag for the Federation of Malaya. A national-level competition was organised by the Federal Legal Council. A total of 373 entries were received from which three were short-listed.

The Federal Legal Council then invited the public to give their feedback on the three selected designs. A poll was conducted by The Malay Mail newspaper. The final result was published on Nov 29, 1949.

The chosen design portrayed eleven blue and white stripes with a yellow crescent and star on the left side. It was designed by Mohamad bin Hamzah, a government architect from Johor.

A few amendments were made to the design and the final version was approved by the Conference of Rulers on Feb 22 - 23, 1950. On April 19 the same year, the Federal Legal Council endorsed a motion proposed by the Acting Chief Secretary to the Government as follows:
"That in the opinion of this Council the Flag of the Federation of Malaya should be as follows: Eleven horizontal stripes alternately red and white in colour, the uppermost stripe being red, having a blue quarter with a crescent and eleven pointed star in yellow superimposed, the standard size of the flag to be six feet by three feet."

On May 19, 1950 King George VI gave his consent on the flag design.

The flag of the Federation of Malaya was flown for the first time in a flag-hoisting ceremony organised by the British High Commissioner on May 26, 1950 at the grounds of the Selangor Palace, attended by all Malay Rulers and officials of King George VI.

The amalgamation of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore with the Federation of Malaya gave birth to a new nation, Malaysia. With this development, the flag of the Federation of Malaya needed to be amended.

The Conference of Rulers consented that the Malaysian flag be based on the original design of the flag of the Federation of Malaya, with amendments made on the number of stripes and points of the star to represent the 14 states under the new Federation.

The Malaysian flag was flown officially for the first time throughout the country to signify the birth of the new nation on Sept 16, 1963.

Although Singapore seceded from Malaysia on Aug 9, 1965, the number of stripes and points of the stars are maintained till today. The fourteen stripes and fourteen points of the star carry a new significance – the federation of thirteen states in the Federal Government.

On the eve of Aug 31, 1997 in conjunction with Malaysia’s 40th Independence Day, The Honourable Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced Jalur Gemilang as the official name for the Malaysian flag.

source : http://webevents.bernama.com/events/merdeka2005/jalurGemilang.htm