Primary and Pre Kindy 2016

School session for 2016 officially started on 3^rd January, 2016. It marked as the day we sent our firstborn to a primary school. A briefing session by PK HEM, PIBG and Guru Besar and registration was held on 31^st December, 2015 (tak perlu pakai school uniform tapi kids kena hadir sama). Buku teks dan buku aktiviti diagihkan pada hari yang sama. On the same day, kita dapat tahu on penempatan kelas dan kenal-kenal dengan Guru Darjah. OMG lama tak guna perkataan Guru Darjah. Teehee.

I applied for 2 days leave untuk settle dan hantar both Khayra and Hafiya to school. Punyalah berdebar takut ada drama. Kami siap pesan akan keluar TV kalau Kakak nangis nanti malu, satu Malaysia nampak. LOL!

We bought a pinafore sebab masa nak beli baju kurung sekolah, tak ada size Khayra and even the smallest cutting from KPrimary (tried a few from Canggih, Professor etc.) pun tak ada size yang fits her. Petite sangat, kamu anakku :P Tapi sebelum cari yang dah siap, kami dah siap tempah baju kurung sekolah Khayra kat tailor sebab memang dah foresee tak ada size. Kalau ada pun yang lebih kurang size tapi akan banyak nak kena nak alter potong sana sini, so better toiler made saja lah.  

During a briefing session

First day of primary school for Khayra :D

So on the 1^st day, she wore a pinafore to school. I’ve checked with the school and they were allowed to wear a pinafore to school, but it was not that popular among the Malays in the school. She met her besties, Rania and Zara but they were in different classes. Dhalia, who used to be her classmate during 6yo in kindy, also in different class. She also met Umar but also in different class. Basically, there were none of familiar faces in her class. We were informed that Guru Besar made a few changes this year so there were top 3 classes for Standard One, followed by another 4 classes. Each class only had a maximum of 32 students compared to the previous year where there were up to 40 students in one class. Out of 270 applications to enter the school, there were only 220 students were accepted based on a qualifying exam they’ve sat in August, 2015. We were informed that only one class for Standard One for DLP (Dual Language Programme) and 1 class DLP for Standard Four.

So there was no drama at all during Khayra’s first day. Syabas, bettey! Haha. Pheww. It was a big relieved considering Khayra pernah menangis masa 1^st day for kindergarten dulu. Haha. During the recess (9-10am), all parents were allowed to come to school for 2 weeks during ‘Minggu Transisi’, we sat together with her besties and their parents dan kami ajar juga cara-cara nak membeli di kantin in case of anything sebab dah sediakan bekal dari rumah. Then, kami tunjukkan toilets and few other places yang sekitar kelas. They must be in school by 7.30am and the gate will close at 7.40am. 

On the same day, after Khayra dah masuk kelas pukul 8.00pagi, kami ke Hafiya’s school untuk registration dan penempatan kelas. Back to Khayra’s school at 9.00am for their recess time. It was quite packed for us that day. Pheww. Both of them were coming home with me that day since I was on leave. Sempatlah merasa jadi SAHM kan? Tehehe.

Recess time with her bestie, Dhalia and Ibu's homemade bekal :D

So the next day (4^th January, 2016), Khayra was so excited sebab nak jumpa kawan-kawan. She made new friends from her class (Damia and Batrisya) and during recess, she joined her besties Rania, Zara and Dhalia. It was good to know about this sebab kami dah kenal each other including their parents as well. Rasa selamat sikit. After sending Khayra to school, we went to send Hafiya to school. Ada drama pagi sebab Hafiya refused to wear the school uniform and claimed it was Kakak’s dress. The same kindy like Kakak, mestilah pakai uniform sama, kan? Haha. Kena lah pujuk sikit pagi tu. Heh. She was all good when we left the house, sent Kakak to her class, at the school compound and met new friends in class. 

At first, she refused to sit on the chair at her table in class, tapi lepas dah pujuk sikit, she was OK. Then, I slowly keluar dari kelas tanpa disedari but I did sent a signal to her teachers. Alhamdulillah, she did great and tak menangis langsung. Owh, my lil baby was so grown up. She just asked Teacher Nini, “Where is Ibu?” the minute I left her. Hehe. When I fetched Hafiya at 11.30am (school dismissed at 11.30am for the first week), she was all in her happy mood and later we went to fetch Khayra together.

Hafiya’s first day of pre kindy :D

Khayra with her besties, Rania and Zara – from playschool (3yo) to kindergarten to fardhu ain class to primary school :D

This photo was taken after their moms had breakfast together and went to check on them during recess time thereafter. Haha! They were finally be in the same DLP class starting 5^th January, 2016. Alhamdulillah! 
(L-R: Dhalia, Rania, Khayra and Zara).

*For the record: I know Rania’s mom personally and we are quite closed since Khayra 3yo. I know Zara’s mom when Khayra and Zara (and Rania) in a playschool when they were 3yo and 4yo but lost contact after that. However Zara joined Khayra and Rania’s fardhu ain class, so they were back together since October last year. I only got to know Dhalia’s mom end of last year at their kindergarten since Dhalia and Khayra were in the same class i.e. Mrs. W's class.

Third day of school, hubs and I went to send the kids together and as expected (we had a discussion on this drama the night before, haha!), Hafiya cried a bit when we left her that morning. According to the teachers, she cried only for less than a minute and was back to her normal self but a bit shy. It was so not her, haha! All in all it was a good start for Hafiya. I was not on leave that day but I went to check on Khayra during her recess time and checked on Hafiya at transit. Everything was fine, syukur Alhamdulillah.

So that’s all for now.

I pray that Allah will protect both of Khayra and Hafiya (and all of us including our family, Ameen!) and I pray that Allah will always guide both of you in whatever you do. Ameen.