INSTITUT PERGURUAN PERSEKUTUAN PULAU PINANG

EDU3101 : PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA ( SCHOOL BASED-EXPERIENCE )

NAME BINTI MAT NASIR

: AIZATUL SHAIRAH

IDENTIFICATION CARD NO. : 880328-03-5804 NAME OF INSTITUTE PERSEKUTUAN : INSTITUT PERGURUAN PULAU PINANG COURSE OPTION / INTAKE : PPPRPET : 1 MTED 2 / JULY 2006

NAME OF SCHOOL : SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN CONVENT LEBUH

LIGHT, PULAU PINANG LECTURER CHOON KIM : MISS JOYCE ONG

I confess that I did this assignment by my own , accept for the statement and the summary that I had already explain the sources. SIGNATURE : . STUDENTS NAME : AIZATUL SHAIRAH BINTI MAT NASIR

CONTENTS
CONFESSION CONTENTS i ii

Background of the school Mission and Vision of the school Pupils achievement Contribution of the school to the community

1 2 2-4 5 6- 7 8 9

Critical essay References Appendix

Ii

(i)

BACKGROUND OF THE SCHOOL

onvent Light Street School was the oldest girls school in South East Asia( founded by the French II Sisters in 12 April 1852) and one of the most important inner city schools in Penang.There were 60 convent schools in Malaysia and Convent Light Street was the first girl school. The Convent Light Street celebrates its 150th anniversary in the year 2002. It all began on April 12 th 1852, when the first three Sisters of the Infant Jesus arrived in Penang to start schools and orphanages for the girls in this country. Their first Convent was a simple attap structure, located where the Primary School Hall now stands today. School started on June 15 th, and by July 1st they had recruited 9 boarders, 30 day pupils and 16 orphans. Mother St. Malthilde was sent from Paris in October to become the first superior of Penang. Mother St. Malthilde saw the need for expansion. Consequently she bought Navy House (Government House) in 1859. In 1961, this building was largely occupied by the Std. 6 failures. It functioned successfully until November 1992. Today it is occupied entirely by the Secondary classes. The needs kept increasing over the years, so in 1875 the attap shed was pulled down and the Primary School Hall erected in its place. Two years later in 1885 D Wing and new chapel was built. Apart from Navy House, it is the oldest of the school buildings. The termites have done damage, so the block had to be evacuated almost three years ago. A committee has been formed to raise funds for a new roof and other necessary repairs. When it is done, the block will have 10 large classrooms. The erection of D Wing in 1885 was a great boon to the people of the area as many more pupils could be accommodated. In 1901 the Convent presented its first batch of Junior Cambridge Students, all of whom made the grade, and in 1905 the first success was registered in the Senior Cambridge exam by a solitary candidate. She was Martine Stolz who was later to become Mother Emile. In 1901 Mother St. Herminte built 5 new classrooms, known as E Wing today. There was a similar need in the orphanage, so a separate Baby House was established but not until 1930. In 1930 New block known as A Wing was established. She had the beach area cleared to make way for B Wing in 1934. For her work in education and the number of schools she set up throughout Malaya and Singapore, the British Government conferred on her the OBE in 1936, a rare enough honour and richly deserved. In 1941 when the Japanese invaded, they took over the Convent and made it the headquarters of their Navy, using it also as an internment camp for their prisoners, among them 76 Americans. The pupils returned

to Light Street in September 1945, to resume their studies. The near half century that has elapsed since 1945 has brought many changes in the buildings and elsewhere. The orphanage block and the Sisters sleeping quarters have become Primary School classrooms. 1 (ii) Mission and vision of the school Vision of Convent Light Street To produce Convent Light Street student in curriculum and cocurriculum at state level near 2010

Mision of Convent Light Street (iii) To enhance students excellence continuously in curriculum and cocurriculum. To inculcate moral values in order to form noble attitude. To instill co-operation spirit and be responsible among school staffs. To develop harmonious and unity school environment in order to form a goodwill school.

Pupils Achievement Analysis of UPSR results 2004-2006 SUBJECTS BAHASA MELAYU (PEMAHAMAN) BAHASA MELAYU (PENULISAN) ENGLISH MATHEMATICS SCIENCE 96.0% 90.1% 92.1% 89.1% 95.3% 91.5% 90.6% 86.8% 94.7% 92.1% 88.7% 85.2% 94.1% 91.5% 94.7% 2004 2005 2006

Based on the table shown above, we could see the UPSR results are having

fluctuations according to the year. The percentage of Bahasa Melayu( Pemahaman) is increasing by 2006 after having steady fall in 2005. Whereas Bahasa Melayu(Penulisan) are having steady fall year by year. While English subjects is having steady increase from year 2004 to 2006. Both Mathematics and Science subjects are having steady decreasing results from year 2004 to year 2006.

(SUBJECTS)
Refers to the graph above, we can see that it is also having fluctuations results. The percentage of Bahasa Melayu Pemahaman is 89.8%.It shows that the results is decreasing compared to year 2006 which is 94.7%. The percentage of Bahasa Melayu Penulisan is increasing in year 2007 compared to 2006 which is 96.6%. While English percentage is increasing by year 2007 which is 93.2%. Whereas, Mathematics subject also is having steady increase in year 2007 compared to year 2006 which is 93.2%. And finally, the percentage of Science subject is decreasing in year 2007 compared to year 2006 which is 83%.

Besides that, there are numbers of school achievement in year 2007. There are 35 students who took parts in choral speaking and they won 2 nd place in State level. The competition was held at SK Saujana Indah. Other than that, there are 33 contestants who took part in Bahasa Bermadah carnival co-curriculum academic and they got consolation prize in State level. Moreover, there is a pupil who took part in public speaking at Sjkc Han Chiang. Luckily, he won the consolation prize. Furthermore, they were 9 participants who joined nasyid competition that was organized by SK Methodist Girl School. 3 Apart from that, there are many co-curriculum academic excellence in year 2007. Mohana Saraswathy A/P Palaniappan had took part in story-telling Standard 1 student. She won consolation prize at state level. On the other hand, there is a student from 4 Delima, Teh Ee Win won consolation prize at state level in story-telling Standard 2 student. Besides that, there is a student from 5 Delima who won consolation prize at state level in debate competition. A 3 Delima student, Sheena Naidu A/P Muniandy has won the 2nd place in story-telling Standard 1 competition. In the meantime, there is a student from 5 Kristal class named Nor Afiqah bt. Johari took part in Tilawah Quran competition. She won 2nd place in the competition at district level. In year 2007, Angela Teoh Xing Yee has been recognized as Excellent Student 2007. Besides that, there are two outstanding students in GERKO. They are Rachel Ooi from 4 Delima who won bronze medal in Skuasy MSSP competition and Gursharan Kaur from the same class who won Tenis MSSP 2007 Tournament. Finally, Teh Ee Win from 4Delima class was awarded with special award which is the Sunshinelink Junior Academy Achievement Award.

4 CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY Textbook was provided to the students. By providing textbook, it will help the poor students to cut costs their life badget. They could save money to buy other necessities needed such as stationery, books, school uniform and others. The school had organized gotong-royong activity to clean up the school compound. All of the teachers, students, and school staffs work together in ensuring the school compound clean Rancangan Makanan Tambahan or RMT was held to assist pupil whose income family is under RM 500 per month. Merentas Desa program was held to students. By organizing this program, the school will produce an active, energetic and healthy students community. Parents and Students Association meeting was held to discuss about the developmental of the school and problems regarding students in school Celebration of Childrens day was held in school to appreciate their contribution

in bringing up victory to the school. There was an exhibition of police and firemen groups in order to increase the students safety. They were told many precaution steps when confronting strangers. In 1885,a committee has been formed to raise funds for a new roof and other necessary repairs in order to build new buildings. Raise funds for the needy people whenever facing any disaster such as fire Organize extra classes for students especially standard 6 students as a preparation for UPSR exams.

5 CRITICAL ESSAY On 17 march 2008, I had been sent to Convent Light Street school for SchoolBased Experience ( SBE) week. I had been there for only three days as Friday is off for Good Friday. It was such an unforgettable experience for being there as it was a girl school. There were three other members posted in the same school with me. They were Afiq which is my classmate, and the other two were Wong Kye Tsern and Yong Yi Tian from 1 MTED 1 class. Based on my observation, I felt very excited as it was my first experience to the school. From spiritual aspects, I can see teachers here act as the role models in carrying the religious and moral values. Every morning, I could see non-Muslim students went to the chapel and pray for God. Whereas for Muslim students, the

teacher conducted doa every morning in the assembly. This shows the teachers try to instil spiritual values among students by seeking the bless of God every morning. Besides that, religious, moral values, and noble values such as belief in God and loyal to the nation have been integrated into every subject during teaching and learning process. By having KAFA class for the Muslims and Moral class for Non-muslims, it shows that the school administration is very concern towards religious matters without no racial discrimination to produce individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balanced nad harmonious. Besides that, the teachers try to develop well-mannered students by helping problem students in a councelling session. Being a good listener to students problem is an effective way to overcome students family, studies or personal problem in order to nourish stable emotional aspects. The teachers here do not punish students when they misbehaviors and do wrong things during teaching and learning process. They used to be patient, give advices and rewards such as praising them whenever they make any wrongdoing in teaching and learning. The teachers here are understanding, emphatetic and helpful to students in order to control and solve their emotional problems effectively. They do not scold them and use harsh words whenever they make mistake as it will effects to the students. Besides that, students 6 in this school are compulsory to involve in Physical

Education class and co-curricular activities as well based on their physical development in order to produce well-balanced students in academic and co-curriculum. Besides having classes in the classroom, I could see the teacher conducted lessons out of the classroom to allow children to participate actively in teaching and learning processes. Although this school field is small, students here are actively involving themselves in mini-sports such as high jump, race sports, netball and whatsoever. Every students was given an opportunity to show off their talents in various types of sports. By organizing sports and games, indirectly we could produce an active, energetic and healthy students in order to realize the National Physical Education. And last but not least, I could see students here are very intellectual indeed. From my observation in 1 Intan class, the teachers boosts an active learning in class. When the

teacher asked any question, they always raise up their hands and tried to answer the questions. When the students are able to answer, they clapped their hands. They certainly did not hesitate to try and answer the questions. All of the students are wellbehaved as they will only answer questions when the teacher points and asks them to answer. Here we could see the existence of two way interactions are encouraged to help the students in building up their self-confident. There is also intensive learning class in order to assist pupils who are having problems in their studies. Apart from that, several homework has been given to the students as to ensure that they understand on what the teacher has taught them. As a conclusion, the Convent Light Street school has almost succeeded in realizing the National Physical Education. I am sure that this school will achieve glorious, victory and brightness in order to form well-balanced students from intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects.

REFERENCES
1. Philosophy and Education In Malaysia for Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perguruan Dengan Kepujian ( PPPRPET), 2008, Choong Lean Keow, PhD., Kuala Lumpur, Kumpulan Budiman Sdn. Bhd.

APPENDIXES