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

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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!)

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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

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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

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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

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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 🤍✨.