Throughout the year Bentong teachers have been working hard
to create informative, fun and interactive English displays in and around their
schools…the results have been amazing!
The Bentong English Display Competition 2014 has been very successful
with school communities working together to improve school environments while
promoting English language learning.
This year nineteen schools from TELL1 and TELL2 participated
in the competition; SK Sertik, SK Mempaga 1, SK Mempaga 2, SK Lebu, SK Lurah
Bilut, SJKT Bentong, SJKC Perting, SJKC Khai Mun Pagi, SK Tuanku Fatimah, SK
Sulaiman, SK Sungai Marong, SJKC Ketari, SK Bukit Piatu, SK Janda Baik, SJKC
Bukit Tinggi, SK Sungai Dua, SJKC Karak, SK Karak and SK Jambu Rias.
English teachers from participating schools attended a
workshop in April, the workshop served as an introduction to the project and
offered teachers an opportunity to think about what they wanted to achieve when
creating a display and what would be suitable for their schools and their pupils.
Clear goals were decided upon to provide guidance in
the creation and construction of the displays.
The displays were to be interactive most importantly, this meant
that pupils were to be able to access
them easily and they were to be visually attractive. The displays were to reinforce language
concepts and skills previously taught whilst supporting the learning process
with clear targets. When the judges visited
the schools they were also looking for pupils’ contributions making the
displays more meaningful and relevant.
The teachers had to keep all of the above factors in mind
when deciding on the content and designs of their school displays. When the judges visited the completed
displays the thought, consideration, creativity and hard work that had gone
into the project was plain to see and all the participating schools produced
work that exceeded expectations.
We saw colourful vocabulary murals, giant board games,
interactive puzzles, reading corners, inspiring poetry, grammar ball games, an
‘English Kitchen’, telephone booths, phonics hopscotch and in the case of SK
Sungai Marong a refurbished, redecorated, remarkable English language room
complete with it’s own grocery store!
These are just a few of the wonderful creations we saw as we
visited schools- it all contributed to making judging a very difficult
task…after a lot of deliberation the top five schools were decided upon and
announced during a ceremony on October 16th at SK Bukit Piatu.
Runners Up : SK Mempaga 2 and SK Bukit Piatu
3rd Place : SK Sungai Marong
2nd Place : SK Tuanku Fatimah
1st Place : SJKT Bentong
It’s important to state that all the schools achieved something
very special and all deserve a massive congratulations. Parents, pupils and teaching staff all came
together to improve learning environments with powerful results. It was a pleasure to visit each school and
witness the dedication of teaching professionals throughout the Bentong
district.
The real winners of this competition are the hundreds of
pupils who we witnessed playing, laughing and learning with their peers in
constructive, creative and informative environments. Due to the dedication of their English
teachers and schools, informal and inspired spaces had been made for their pupils to
progress, learn and grow.
