Bachok-Pasir Puteh Cluster TELL2 & Beyond: Pasir Puteh's Co-Curriculum English Festival- SKBA 1st & SKBPE 3rd Places

On Wednesday, 27th of May, it was a damp morning in Pasir Puteh at SM Sains School. It was the site of Pasir Puteh's Co-curriculum English Festival. The PPD sponsors an open district level competition for both primary and high school students in English. The primary school competition consists of Action Songs, Poetry Reading, Public Speaking, Scrabble and Story Telling. Two of my schools decided to participate.

SK Bukit Abal competed in Action Songs and Scrabble, while SK Banggol Pa' Esah participated in Poetry Reading and Scrabble. At this moment, I must comment on what a superb job by Teacher Siti Basirah, Teacher Suzana and Teacher Nor Azizah (SKBPE). Actually, all the students and teachers who attended did a fantastic job.

Teacher Nor Azizah had trained two year 6 students for the Poetry Reading, Nurin and Syzellina. The students performed a poem, "Learning Together in the Sixth Grade". The Conference Room was the venue of the poetry reading competition. It was very somber in the room with a panel of judges at the forefront. The long table was surrounded by the various Poetry teams and their teachers. The students had 5-7 minutes to woo the judges. The girls from SKBPE gave a valiant effort and walked away with 3rd place finish. Nice One!

Action Songs Competition took centre stage in the school's lovely Dewan. The competition is limited to Year 3 students only. Last year, SK Bukit Abal took first place. This year Teacher Siti Basirah and her team were well practiced to defend their title. SK Kamil 1, SK Kamil 3 and SJK Kai Chih came lock and loaded to win the title. Competition was fierce.

The last event of the day was the Action Song Competition. Most of the other events had winded down and the Dewan was almost filled. The students from SK Kamil 1 looked really snazzy in their bow tie costumes. Right before their performance, SK Kamil 3 adorned their costume with adorable plush animal head hats. The SKBA team's bellies were brimming with butterflies as they watch super performances from the other schools.

As the SKBA team lined the hallway, they got a bit rattled as the crowd was clapping for the SK Kamil 3 performance. Teacher Suzana and Teacher Siti Basirah were preparing the students and helping to calm there ne breathing exercises. As the team's designated cheerleader, I rallied the troops. I also reminded them the performance stops for nothing, no matter what happens, continue on. As the students climbed the stage, their game faces were on.

The team's theme was Sportsmanship. They performed two songs: "Wavin' the Flag" and "Chasing the Sun". The kids performance was a slam dunk! The crowd exploded with clapping and cheering. Keeping with an accidental tradition, the kids knocked down the mic twice (just like the previous year). They were unfazed by the interruption and continued to make their teachers feel on top of the world with their stellar performance. We wish them all the best of luck at the Kelantan State Level Competiton in Tanah Merah on the 16th of June!