This week, I found myself unexpectedly excited while experimenting with ChatGPT’s new image features 🤭. What started as simple curiosity quickly turned into something much more meaningful—especially as I began to see its potential for the classroom.

At first, I was just playing around 🎮. I tried generating comics, 8-bit pixel art, and infographic-style posters without any specific teaching goal in mind. But along the way, I discovered something surprising.

The comic feature, for example, is not just about creating images in a comic style 🦸‍♀️. It actually builds a story 📖. It observes the characters and details in the photo and transforms them into a simple narrative. I genuinely enjoyed this ❤️. The stories may be short and simple, but that is exactly why they work so well for young learners. I can already imagine using them as weekend reading materials or even as engaging texts during lessons ✏️.

Then came the 8-bit style 👾. Initially, I thought it would function just like the comic feature. But with the right prompts, I realized I could go further—turning those pixelated visuals into story-based outputs as well 🎯. That moment felt a little mind-blowing 🤯. It opened up so many creative possibilities, especially for making learning feel like a game or adventure 🎲.

Lastly, I experimented with infographic-style posters using my own selfies 🪞. This might have been my favourite 🥰. The result reminded me of something out of a 19th-century encyclopaedia 📜—detailed, analytical, and oddly beautiful. It even “studied” elements like my hijab and surroundings, presenting them in a structured and almost academic way. There was something charming about seeing myself turned into a subject of observation 🔍.

Looking back, what began as casual exploration has turned into a spark of inspiration 💡. I can clearly see how these tools can be adapted for teaching—whether as reading materials, creative prompts, or even classroom displays 🏫.

I am excited to explore this further and see how it can enrich my lessons 🚀. Sometimes, the best ideas come when we are simply playing and discovering.

This week…

I think I was on autopilot.

Most days felt a bit numb. The week passed in a haze, and honestly, I’m not even sure what happened or how the days moved so quickly 😶‍🌫️.

But here’s the thing…

Even in that haze —
✨ things still got done ✨

And not just done… done well.

Quiet Wins in a Blurry Week 📚✨

I managed to conduct all three planned assessments for all my English classes. That itself feels like a big achievement, especially considering how I was functioning that week.

And despite feeling a bit disconnected, I still made sure to embed fun learning in my lessons — including my music class 🎶. That balance between structure and joy is something I really value.

Looking back at the photos I took…
I felt something shift.

👉 I felt proud.

Learning in Motion 🧠➡️✍️

For my Level 1 learners, I introduced sentence patterns — helping them move from just knowing words to actually forming meaning.

For my Year 5 class, I revised the writing burger 🍔✍️ — strengthening their understanding of how to build their ideas into structured writing.

And I think… slowly… something is working.

I can see a clearer flow now:
👉 vocabulary → sentence → essay

Alhamdulillah 🤍

Teacher Reflection🌷

This week taught me something unexpected:

Even when I feel like I am just going through the motions…
I am still growing.
My learners are still learning.

Maybe this is what it means to be a teacher sometimes —
to keep moving, even when the mind feels foggy,
to trust the preparation, the planning, the experience.

A good autopilot 😄✨

Looking Ahead 📸📝

One thing I do want to improve:

👉 Be more aware
👉 Take more photos
👉 Maybe write short daily reflections

Because I realise how easily meaningful moments can slip away when the week feels fast.

Even though I was well-prepared in my lesson plans, I want to be more present in the moment 🌿.

Final Thoughts 🤍

It was a hazy week.
A quiet week.
A slightly disconnected week.

But also…
a week of progress, structure, and small victories.

And for that —
Alhamdulillah 🤍✨

And honestly?
“A good autopilot” might be your hidden superpower this year 😆💛

Week 12…

Superrrrr hectic!!! 😮‍💨🔥

Last week felt like a whirlwind — busy, noisy, exhausting, but also full of moments that made me smile and feel deeply grateful.

5B – Practice, Practice… and More Practice🎤💃🥁

For 5B, I didn’t teach any English content at all.

Instead, we used our English periods for class management and preparing for our Raya presentation. At first, it was difficult… and honestly, it didn’t really get easier 😅.

The weather was scorching hot ☀️ — drying our throats, draining our energy, and giving me migraines 🤕. Water became our best friend.

But despite everything, we managed to include all the elements I wanted:

✨ singing

✨ dancing

✨ percussion

✨ acting

And after the presentation on Thursday…

hahaha… we definitely need a lot more practice 🤣.

Still, I must say — the students showed commitment. They were willing to try, especially the dancing 💃, and they listened without needing constant reminders.

My only wish?

👉 Maybe talk a little less 😆.

2Z – Slow but Powerful Progress 🔤🎶

2Z surprised me this week.

After the Eid holidays, they seemed to have matured a little — more settled, more understanding of my teaching style 🤍.

The progress was slow… very slow.

I only taught three simple exchanges:

• What is your name? – I’m Benny.

• How old are you? – I’m eight.

• Where do you live? – I live in Kg Kesom.

And it took 3 classes (9 periods / 4.5 hours) to complete 😅.

At first, they struggled to grasp what to say. But then I tried something different — I used music 🎶.

I thought, if they can feel the melody of the conversation, maybe they can say it.

And…

✨ it worked! ✨

Alhamdulillah 🤍

For six periods, I used kayu tiktok to guide their rhythm and help them practise the sentences. Slowly, they began to follow, repeat, and gain confidence.

I’m also so proud that many of them are now:

📝 completing tasks faster

🖊️ showing better writing

And I know this is not my effort alone. Many teachers have contributed to this growth, and I am truly grateful for my colleagues 🤍.

3Z – From Hooligans to Angels (Almost 😆)✍️

For 3Z, I still have three little hooligans that need some “extra love” 😅.

But the rest?

✨ absolute angels ✨

They completed their work on time, neatly, and even added colours 🎨.

Last week, we worked on daily activities, and many of them were able to read the phrases and relate them to their own lives.

Alhamdulillah — that connection is what I hope for 🤍.

Teacher’s Heart🌷

This week, more than anything, I felt love.

From students who:

💛 greet me in the hallway

💛 drop by my room just to say hi

💛 smile when they see me

Those small moments mean so much.

I also received a special token from Hafiya — a new addition to the Piung family 🐢✨ (which I have yet to introduce on social media… hehe maybe next week!).

Ending the Week: Raya Celebration 🌙✨

We ended the week with our school-level Eid celebration 🎉.

I even sang a few songs… hahaha missed some pitches here and there 🎤😆.

There was so much food — traditional and modern 🍛🍰

Let’s just say… burp! 🤭

Alhamdulillah 🤍.

Final Reflection🌱

It was a hectic week.

A hot week.

A tiring week.

But also…

a week of growth, laughter, music, and love.

And for that —

Alhamdulillah 🤍✨

 Week 11 is here!

The holidays were so good 🤍. My Eid celebration lasted for a whole week, and honestly… I still can’t get enough of ketupat and rendang 🤤✨.

Coming back to work?

😮‍💨 Not easy.

The shift from Raya mode to teacher mode was real. But Alhamdulillah, praise to the Lord of the Worlds 🤍 — I made it through my first day, full of teaching, and surprisingly… no zombie mode! 💪✨

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3Z – Reading, Drawing & Rhythm

 📖🎨🎶

With 3Z, I started simple.

They read and copied a short paragraph about Eid, then I asked them to draw what they understood from the text 🖍️. And masyaAllah, their drawings were so cute 🥹💛. It’s always nice to see understanding come out in pictures.

For music 🎶, I introduced castanets and had them play according to the beat. Some were shy at first, but I managed to get a few brave volunteers 👏✨. Small wins, but meaningful ones.

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2Z – Back to Basics (Again!)

 🔤

For 2Z, I planned quite a lot 😅 — three short activities before moving into copying and drawing.

Reality?

I only managed to complete one 😮‍💨.

I felt frustrated at first because I thought I had already broken the lesson into smaller, manageable parts. But then I realised… it still wasn’t simple enough.

For them, I need to go even more basic:

👉 say and repeat

👉 clear, short, direct

And that’s okay.

We adjust. We try again. Maybe next lesson 🌱.

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5B – Smooth Flow, Slow Pace

 🧩

For 5B, the lesson itself went smoothly ✨. But when it came to group work, they are still quite slow in managing themselves.

I assigned homework, thinking they would complete it…

…but the next two days:

😅 many still didn’t finish.

Sabar, teacher. We build habits slowly.

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Midweek Pause & Thursday Reality

 🌧️

I was on leave for Tuesday and Wednesday for personal reasons, and when I came back on Thursday…

😵‍💫 full zombie mode.

I had a cough, runny nose, and was sneezing the whole time 🤧. Not my best teaching day, honestly.

But…

✨ I managed to fix a new skirting for my class table!

Hahaha, small achievement, but still an achievement okay 😄💛.

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Teacher Reflection

 🌷

This week reminded me of something important:

After a break, we don’t just continue —

we re-adjust.

The learners need time.

The teacher also needs time.

Some lessons will not go as planned.

Some days we will feel strong.

Some days we will feel like a walking tissue box 🤧😂.

But we still show up.

Alhamdulillah for the strength to return, to try again, and to keep going 🤍✨.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we head into the 10-day Eid school break, here is a fun and easy activity for the children.

Please encourage them to watch and sing along with the videos attached:

The aim is simply for them to remember the days and months while enjoying the songs. You may also ask simple questions like “What day is today?” or “What month are we in?”

Thank you for your support. Wishing everyone a joyful Eid celebration and a lovely holiday.

Love,

Teacher Asniem & Perky Piung

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🌙 Aktiviti Ringkas Cuti Raya – Tahun 2 Zamrud

Ibu bapa dan penjaga yang dihormati,

Sempena cuti sekolah Hari Raya selama 10 hari, murid digalakkan melakukan satu aktiviti ringkas dan menyeronokkan.

Sila galakkan anak-anak menonton dan menyanyi bersama video yang dilampirkan:

- Lagu Hari-hari dalam Seminggu

- Lagu Bulan-bulan dalam Setahun

Tujuannya adalah supaya mereka dapat mengingati nama hari dan bulan dengan lebih mudah melalui nyanyian. Ibu bapa juga boleh bertanya soalan mudah seperti “Hari ini hari apa?” atau “Sekarang bulan apa?”

Terima kasih atas sokongan ibu bapa. Selamat menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri dan selamat bercuti.

Salam,  

Teacher Asniem & Perky Piung

This reflection comes a little late.

It is already Week 9, and when I try to recall what happened during Weeks 7 and 8, my mind feels a little blank. Many things happened; life outside the classroom demanded my full attention.

During these weeks, my family was going through an emotional time. My mother had to undergo heart surgery, and I found myself travelling back and forth — from Kuala Terengganu to Penang, and then to Perlis. After a week, another trip to Perlis followed.

It was tiring. Physically and emotionally.

There were moments of worry, moments of waiting, and moments when teaching reflections were the last thing on my mind.

But Alhamdulillah, my mother’s recovery is progressing well, and seeing my father’s spirit lift as she grew stronger was something that filled my heart with relief and gratitude 🤍.

Because of all this, I cannot remember many detailed classroom moments from those weeks. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes teachers are also daughters, mothers, and caregivers.

And that is okay.

What I do remember is that I managed to put together a compilation video from my teaching moments during those weeks. Watching it later reminded me that even when life felt overwhelming, learning in the classroom still continued — small steps, small voices, little progress.

Perhaps that is what these weeks were about:

not perfect teaching, not perfect planning, but simply showing up when we could.

Teaching is not separate from life. It lives inside it.

And during Weeks 7 and 8, life simply took the front seat for a while.

Alhamdulillah for strength, family, and healing. 🤍

 

I recently completed the British Council online course Teaching English: Classroom Management for Primary, a 12-hour learning journey that quietly reminded me why professional development is never really about learning something completely new — sometimes, it is about remembering what we already know.

As a seasoned teacher, I will admit that I felt a little conflicted while going through the modules. Many of the strategies were familiar to me. Breaking activities into smaller chunks, organising pair and group work, and differentiating for early and late finishers are not new ideas in my classroom. In fact, these are approaches I have already experimented with and continue to practise.

Yet, despite this familiarity, the course offered something unexpectedly valuable: gentle nudges.

These nudges encouraged me to pause and reflect more intentionally on my classroom decisions rather than simply operating on experience and routine. They reminded me that effective classroom management is not about discovering groundbreaking strategies, but about consistently applying small, thoughtful practices that support learners’ engagement, pacing and confidence.

Since January, I have been engaging in weekly teaching reflections — short, honest check-ins with myself about what worked, what felt challenging and what my learners needed in that moment. This habit has helped me notice patterns I might otherwise overlook: when learners lose focus, when pacing feels rushed, when noise is actually productive, and when quiet does not necessarily mean understanding.

Completing this course felt like placing a mirror beside those weekly reflections. It gave language and structure to thoughts I had already been documenting informally. More importantly, it reassured me that reflection itself is not a sign of uncertainty, but a sign of professional growth.

While reflecting on my own teaching, I realised that my English classroom is generally manageable. This realisation itself felt important. It allowed me to shift my focus from “fixing problems” to refining what already works.

Breaking activities into smaller chunks has helped maintain learners’ attention and reduced overwhelm, especially for pupils with lower language proficiency. Increasing opportunities for pair and group interaction has transformed classroom noise into purposeful communication, allowing learners to practise language in a safer and more supportive environment. Paying closer attention to early and late finishers through simple differentiation has also prevented boredom and frustration, two quiet contributors to off-task behaviour.

When I look back at my weekly reflections, I can see these strategies quietly appearing again and again — sometimes successful, sometimes messy, but always informative. The course did not introduce these ideas to me for the first time; instead, it validated the direction I was already moving towards.

Perhaps the most meaningful takeaway from this experience is the reassurance that growth as a teacher does not always come from dramatic change. Sometimes, it comes from being reminded, re-energised and more intentional with the strategies we already carry with us.

I am learning to appreciate these moments of professional humility — moments where I realise that experience does not mean completion, and familiarity does not mean mastery. There is always room to revisit, refine and respond more thoughtfully to our learners.

This course did not transform my classroom overnight, but it did something equally powerful: it helped me slow down, honour my weekly reflections and continue teaching with renewed awareness.

And sometimes, that quiet nudge is exactly what we need.

 Assalamualaikum and hello everyone 🌷

This week’s English homework is a self-introduction video. Pupils will use the sentence patterns that they have learned in class to talk about themselves.

✨ Requirements  

• At least 5 sentences  

• Maximum video duration: 1 minute  

Pupils will be assessed based on content, grammar, and clarity of speech.

🎥 Year 5 pupils may use a Canva video template to make their presentation more attractive and creative.

Please send the completed video to me via WhatsApp.

If you need any help, feel free to PM me 😊

📅 Dateline: 19 February 2026

Thank you very much for your continuous support!

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera 🌷

Kerja rumah Bahasa Inggeris minggu ini ialah video memperkenalkan diri. Murid perlu menggunakan pola ayat yang telah dipelajari di dalam kelas untuk bercakap tentang diri mereka.

✨ Keperluan  

• Sekurang-kurangnya 5 ayat  

• Tempoh maksimum video: 1 minit  

Murid akan dinilai berdasarkan kandungan, tatabahasa dan kejelasan pertuturan.

🎥 Murid Tahun 5 boleh menggunakan templat video di Canva untuk menjadikan pembentangan lebih menarik dan kreatif.

Sila hantar video tersebut kepada saya melalui WhatsApp.

Jika memerlukan bantuan, boleh PM saya 😊

📅 Tarikh akhir penghantaran: 19 Februari 2026

Terima kasih atas sokongan dan kerjasama yang berterusan.