The joy of a Principal - excellent teachers in the school!

Excellent teachers who love the school and the students are a source of joy to any principal including this one. I am just so blessed to have the service of many excellent teachers amongst my staff. Today I want to highlight two excellent teachers.

Despite personal challenges, this ex-student who has returned as a teacher to Convent Sentul, Fitri Yanti Bt Abdul Jalil works with joy and cheerfulness. She is always full of initiative! Whenever she is assigned with any task, she will persevere and tries her best to find the best and right way to do this task. She will search for information from the internet and make phone calls etcetera until she finds the proper way to carry out the task.

Fitri Yanti Bt Abdul Jalil excitedly holding up a
model made by her student

Fitri  has taken student centered learning  up one notch.  There is a difficult but important topic in Form 1 Mathematics called Solid Geometry. This topic is somewhat abstract as students have to draw the net or layout of a given geometry shape. Most of the students are not able to draw the net because they cannot  visualize the net from the geometrical shapes given. To help them master the topic, she tried the hands-on approach.

The treasure box of many more models made by Fitri's mathematics students.

Pyramids and cubes and ... even ribbons to decorate.

Fitri has motivated her Maths students to draw the designs on the straw board or coloured papers then cut and fold along specific lines to create a particular solid and to progress step by step from paper design to the real geometrical shapes. Students had fun time making the geometrical shapes and opening the shapes in different methods to form various shapes of the net of a given geometrical shape. She excitedly brought a whole big box of the students’ productions

Fitri Yanti  is not only passionate about Mathematics but as head of the Science Department, she motivated her Biology students HoYoon Yin, Pang Jing Xian and Pavitra in 5 Bakawali  to produce a large size colorful model of the DNA helical structure.
 

Colourful Double Helix DNA Model



Close up

The students who made this fantastic DNA model! 

Learn the names of the different bonds

Another outstanding teacher is Cik Ainil Shahnaz Binti Muhamad Sham. She is much loved by students and teachers. This pretty lady often lead us in senamrobics with the ease and style of a professional. She is a favourite teacher of many students.

Ainil leading the school in Senam Robics during
our Cross Country event in Tasik Titiwangsa.

Her father’s success as a King ‘s Scout has inspired Ainil to join the Girl’s Guides. Holding on to her personal principle  "Never give up easily" and "It is not the end of the world " helped Ainil soldier on when she lost hope of becoming a Queen’s Guide. Nevertheless she continues to share her expertise to help aspiring Queen’s Guides.

Ainil with her happy girl guides buddies in Penang

 

Ainil has represented the Girl Guides of Malayisa to  countless events. Just in the year of 2008, she attended   the 2^nd Asian Youth Forum in Gwang Ju, Korea for 5 days as well as participated in the help mission to Cambodia  and also represented Malaysia Girl’s Guides to the Juliet Low’s Seminar in the World Guide’s Guides event  in Switzerland for 10 days. She helped out in Padang, Indonesia on 2010 during their crisis. She has received many awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Ainil recieving the Pingat Jasa from Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor

 This year she has done the school proud  by being nominated to receive the Pingat Jasa, an award given only  by the Queen or the First Lady, Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor herself during the Girls’ Guides AGM in Penang. This award is reserved for  those who have contributed greatly to the Girls’ Guide movement. Coincidentally, Ainil also recieved the APC Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang this year in school. Congratulations Ainil for the double honor conferred both by the school and the nation.

So.....  it is indeed an honour for me to serve Convent Sentul together with so many excellent teachers in our midst.