Young artists in CS

In the last post, I spoke about how we used CS (Convent Sentul ) as an acronym for many phrases - for example caring and sharing, champion school etc. When we first embarked on this, we asked students to write what they thought the word CS mean to them personally. After selecting through all entries, we put these up in murals at the end of 2011 after the PMR exam. Sad to say, the murals quickly faded  due to our wrong choice of paint. We were too bound by cost then and we we selected paints that were not weather proof as these were cheaper. I regretted deeply that wrong choice of paint as the girls really worked hard under the hot sun.

So - we learnt our mistakes and this year - we decided to try again with better quality paints. We have also grown richer (economically ) in our mentality.  Under the close supervision of Pn Intan - our wonderful art teacher and also ex - CS student, our young artists work slowly and steadily on the faded murals until they now become vibrant with new colour.

Due to the low position of the place for the mural, my girls are humbled. They literally sit or kneel as they paint. See how happy my young artists are as they work on the constantly shine mural.

The caring and sharing mural is almost done. See how happy the young girls are.

My young artists cheerfully working on the champion school with all the stars and the hearts.

The real bosses of the murals are these girls. Marsha Ong and Dhenuka have worked on the murals since they were Form 3 and they are still coordinating it and supervising even though they are already  in Form 5 now.

In the background behind the girls, you see my hardworking and dedicated teachers holding a rehearsal for our SKUAD HEM event next week. You also see rows of  disciplined girls in the hot sun lining up for the rehearsal. What a testimony!!

The teacher behind the wonderful murals and the dedication of young artists is Pn Intan. Although Pn Intan is heavily pregnant at this stage, she is still very very active. Teaching, participating gracefully in Wednesday senam robics and also supervising our young artists work closely before she goes on maternity leave.

I have informed our young artists that their names, the class and the year they completed the mural as well as their teacher Pn Intan must be painted on the mural itself. I want a strong declaration to acknowledge the students and teachers who worked really hard on the mural. I also want the legacy of the handiwork of the students to stay in the school for a long time. Different students and teachers leave different legacies, some through art and murals, but many through love and dedication. The declaration of their legacy will inspire others to also leave their mark.


Teachers and students of CS, you really constantly shine - through the murals you put up, through the work you put in to groom and by your love to work and serve even in difficult circumstances. I am very proud of your dedication.

This year 2013 has been very challenging in particular for CS. We have had teachers redeployment, we have teachers falling sick and various others. Through these crisis, I see the good and the bad responses surface. It is a learning time for all of us as we go through the crisis.

For all who has learnt to be strong and to pull their weight and to add value, I salute you and say thank you.