Cerita Sekolah

Aisyah skang dah darjah 1. I don't think I wrote about her school lg kan kat blog ni? Well, she started mcm anak2 murid yg lain jg, lewat seminggu sbb kes banjir hari tu kan (altho sekolah dia x affected). Hubs and I decided to send her to a private Islamic school, not far from where we live. The fee is just right, and we are in love with the curriculum. It starts from 8.15 a.m. sampai 5.15 p.m. We always knew kalo dah sekolah nak hantar Aisyah sekolah rendah dan sekolah agama belah ptg, but now bila dah combo pakej mcm ni, Alhamdulillah lg baik la sbb it saves traveling time from one school to the other, and x payah pikir nak pick up tghari or transit. In fact, makan kat sekolah diberi 3 square meals (breakfast, lunch and tea), so really, I cannot complain. Cuma biasa la, tang facility it's not exactly like international school level, but... kalo compare dgn sekolah rendah biasa mcm x kurg mana pun. So we are happy.

Ramai jg yg bertanya why we decided to send Aisyah bukan dkt sekolah kebangsaan? No, ni bkn kes rebel. But we think it is more practical and convenient kalo arrangement dia mcm ni. Kurikulum follow yg sama KSSR from Kementerian (buku sekolah, buku aktiviti, penilaian, etc), yg agama plak follow silibus JAIS, so the kids don't miss much. Diorg ada jg sit for UPSR, ada UPKK, and the taklimat awal tahun hari tu we found out that pass rate sekolah dia 100%, so not bad at all la kan.

We also love the small-sized classroom (maximum 25 org per class. Tahun 1 ada 6 kelas). Ada jg yg tanya kenapa x masukkan Aisyah ke sekolah Islam yg lain (ada a few choices where we live, and some lebih gah drpd others). Aisyah sat for several of them and Alhamdulillah lulus dan dpt tmpt for all that she went in for, so mmg susah nak buat keputusan mulanya. Yg kelakarnya siap ada org yg semacam x puas hati dgn pilihan ni pun ada jg, quite offended yg kami x masuk sekolah yg satu lg hmmm...

But we stuck to our decision lah. Sekolah yg ni paling hampir dgn idea or modus operandi di UK dulu. Buku tinggal kat locker sekolah (no heavy bags, no unnecessary homework), makan kat dewan makan pre-paid already (no pushing, queue-cutting, kena tipu makcik kantin, no handling of money, etc), belajar straight from morning to late afternoon, cannot leave the compound sampai parents dtg amik dkt pintu building (bkn bole lari sebarangan once dah tamat waktu persekolahan. Of course, after 5.30 diorg start caj lewat, but pay as you collect so x terasa sgt). And did I tell you start pkl 8.15 pg? Seswaiiiii sgt utk kes2 org mcm aku nih hahaha.... manjang lewat keluar rumah. Now kitaorg leisurely keluar rumah at 7.30 and arrive at 8 a.m. uols. Imagine sekolah kebangsaan? 7.30 dah start kelas dah amik nama wooo... pengsan anak aku hari2 lewat :P

Ada sket jg elemen protective parenting di sini. I think sek rendah mmg kena tough it out lebih la nak survive. Dgn cikgu garang, kerja rumah byk, disiplin ketat x leh lewat etc, survival sbb students ramai, survive di kantin, waktu pick up etc. Tp I know Aisyah and she has a gentile soul, so this choice is the best kot for her.

We have reviewed around before enrolling. My cousins rupanya ada 2, 3 org dah hantar anak ke sini. Even member kitaorg kat Plymouth (skg dah ada kat Msia, balik dulu before us), pun hantar anak masuk sini. So I am confident with the choice made.

As my cousin has said masa tgh convince me tu (I really was skeptical awal2), he said, "Macam ni je la. Anak2 dia pernah sekolah rendah biasa. Now dah transfer masuk sini. Yang jadi kayu pengukur ok ke x ok sekolah tu is, kalau dulu di sek keb, kalo anak terlambat bgn utk gi sekolah, walau bbrp minit, terus cjp, "X nak la pegi sekolah. Nanti kena marah dgn cikgu". Skrg, dah pkl 9 pg pun kalo terbgn mnangis2 nak pegi sekolah". That seriously suggests something is right somewhere.

We as parents bole cuba bagi yg terbaik utk anak2 kita, dan kemudian mendoakan segalanya berjalan dengan lancar. Mudah2an Allah memberi yg terbaik utk anak2 kita, dan memelihara mereka sentiasa. Sekolah di mana2 itu bkn pokoknya, yg penting nawaitu kena betul utk belajar ilmu Allah walau di mana berada, Insya Allah....