2008 News & Events

Sekolah Seri Suria OPEN DAY - Sept 20, 2008 (10am-3pm)

Registration

Registration on our OPEN DAY is for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary school. Open Day activities will be held at the Hall of Character.

Activities

•	Counseling session for kindergarten, primary and secondary school programmes
•	Children can take part in colouring and fun puzzles session
•	Tour of the school premise (led by our prefects and scouts)
•	Children's works will be displayed – essay/art/pictures etc.

Special Promotion:

Assessment and Registration will be waived (worth RM500)

Limited Place Available - Please Book Now

Location Map

The Phantom Of The Opera
April 16th, 2008

The students of Sekolah Seri Suria are proud to present the classic drama "The Phantom of the Opera". This drama is adapted from the compulsory English Literature text "The Phantom of the Opera" used by the Senior 2 students. The staging of this drama truly showcases what R.E.A.L education stands for — Result Enhancing through Active Learning. Our intentions are to illustrate our unique teaching methodology in bringing the literature characters to life, as well as to stimulate the flagging interest in English literature in this new generation of students.

Directed by R. Sivagurunathan, this drama allows the students to have a better appreciation of music and drama. The whole team is involved in the production and through participation is building qualities of confidence, teamwork, perseverance, responsibility, dedication, passion, and creativity.

Proceeds of the tickets sales will be donated to the Selangor and Federal Territory Association for Retarded Children.

The venue for "The Phantom of the Opera" is at Sekolah Seri Suria's HALL OF CHARACTER.

Show times & ticket prices:

Date	Time	Ticket
		Student / Teacher	Adult
24th April 2008 (Thurs)	2.30pm – 4.30pm	RM10.00	RM20.00
25th April 2008 (Fri)	2.30pm – 4.30pm	RM10.00	RM20.00
26th April 2008 (Sat)	5.00pm – 7.00pm	RM10.00	RM20.00

Merchandise for sale:

These limited merchandises will be on sale starting April 24th, 2008. While stocks last!

Fan — RM5.00	Phantom of the Opera T-Shirt (round collar) RM 20.00 [Sizes S, M, L & XL]
	Phantom of the Opera T-Shirt (with collar) RM 25.00 [Sizes S, M, L & XL]
	Sekolah Seri Suria (SSS) Goodie Bag – RM 5.00

 

Teachers' Recognition

 

EDUCATION VENTURES SDN BHD
recognizes
YAP SWEE PING
for
AVAILABILITY

Making my own schedule and priorities secondary to the wishes of those I serve

Swee Ping joined Sekolah Seri Suria in 1998 as an Accounts Assistant and was promoted to Finance Executive in 2004. Her daily responsibilities include the collection of all fees due from the students along with keeping a set of the school accounting documents.

She demonstrated the Character Quality of "Availability" in the manner where she is always at her desk to attend to her responsibilities every day of the week. She also interacts with parents very well. Swee Ping has proven herself to be a trustworthy person all these years.

Keep up the good work Swee Ping and we appreciate your work.

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EDUCATION VENTURES SDN BHD
recognizes
LOW HOY LING
for
LOYALTY

Using difficult times to demonstrate my commitment to those I serve

Hoy Ling joined Sekolah Seri Suria, first as a teacher in 1995 where besides the role of a teacher, she also assisted in the curriculum and ECA activities, before taking up the role as a member of the company's Marketing Team.

She demonstrated the Character Quality of 'Loyalty' by her passion, her drive and enthusiasm in interacting and convincing parents to ensure a steady increase in the school's student enrollment. Hoy Ling also takes initiative to source out ideas and feed-backs to improve the school's marketing strategies.

Keep up the good work Hoy Ling and we appreciate you. Thank You.

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EDUCATION VENTURES SDN BHD
recognizes
LEE CHEW MOOI
for
LOYALTY

Using difficult times to demonstrate my commitment to those I serve

Chew Mooi is married and has a 10 year old daughter. She has been with Sekolah Seri Suria for 14 years serving as a Mandarin / POL teacher. Besides a Mandarin teacher, she is also an active member of the school's Pastoral Care Board and a Discipline Coordinator.

She demonstrated the Character Quality of 'Loyalty' by taking up the role as a Coordinator during the Japanese/Malaysian Cultural Educational Exchange program where she organized the events and home-stay program for the 200 students. This was done efficiently, enthusiastically and most importantly with a cheerful disposition although it was beyond her call of duty.

Ms Lee Chew Mooi – we salute you for the good work. Keep it up. Thank You.

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EDUCATION VENTURES SDN BHD
recognizes
HO JOON FOONG
for
INITIATIVE

Recognizing and doing what needs to be done before I am asked to do it

Ho Joon Foong, or passionately known as Joon, Since joining Sekolah Seri Suria as an English teacher and also as a HOP, there is marked improvement in the standard of English from the students. Joon is a very passionate teacher and she is a person who enjoys sharing her ideas and creativity in the delivery of the lessons. She works independently and conscientiously in ensuring that her students will benefit and improve to a high level of learning.

Ms Ho, we appreciate your good work. Keep it up. Thank You.

The Heart of REAL Education

Sekolah Seri Suria, Hulu Langat and Sekolah Seri Cahaya, Shah Alam are both the flagship schools of the REAL Education Group of Learning Centres with Kindergartens, Primary and Secondary School education. Founded by 3 friends with a common zest for quality private education more than 20 years ago, the same passion has caused them today to be at the forefront and be directly involved in steering their education group towards realisation of their passion. Taking cognisance of the fact that our children are our future, the company's mission is to "Transform Lives through REAL Education". The educational philosophy of the group, REAL is the acronym for "Result Enhancing through Active Learning". It is in line with the philosophy of the group, headed by our founder and CEO, Mr. Sim Quan Seng that teaching is more than just a dispensation of knowledge; it is in fact about the utilisation of knowledge.

What sets us apart from other educational providers is our REAL curriculum which is based on an insistence to change our schools from a 'teaching environment' into a 'learning environment'. This is done via our specialised teaching methodologies which were designed to activate our multiple intelligences. "We believe that once our hidden potentials are unlocked and unleashed, the future of our children, the next generation becomes immeasurable", according to Mr. Ee Ching Wah, the Executive Director of the group.

At both our schools, the REAL philosophy is translated into our curriculum, being the national KBSR and KBSM curriculum. In addition, the school has modified the curriculum to include internationally recognised syllabus including the Cambridge syllabus in selected areas to challenge our high achievers. Whilst we motivate and guide our students to achieve academic excellence via our REAL syllabus, seen in the sterling results achieved yearly at the UPSR, PMR and SPM results, we believe that our main task is to constantly challenge our students to attain results one notch higher than their natural ability. "In fact we are proud to state that an 'A' student is pushed to challenge themselves based on the Internationally recognised syllabus including the Cambridge syllabus whilst our 'B' students are challenged to attained an 'A', our 'C' students, a 'B' and so forth" according to our General Manager, Mr. Felix Lee who has with him more than 15 years of experience in private education. In both the schools, tuition is already incorporated into the school curriculum, thereby eliminating the 'tuition' syndrome and problems afflicting teachers in which our Government is seeking to eradicate.

At the REAL Education Group of Learning Centres, our focus does not lie purely in academia as our students are exposed to the other facets of life, true to our beliefs of exposing our children to various learning experiences and environment. Presentation skills as well as oratory skills are also an important component of the syllabuses at the REAL schools along with exposure to music, art and drama. In fact, in line with our continual search for new standards in quality private educate, even our music syllabus has been modified to enable our students to sit for the ABRSM examinations. We would also be putting up a public drama presentation following the English and Bahasa Melayu literature text from next year onwards as this exposure would indirectly educate our children about perseverance, team-work, confidence, public speaking and of course the ability to understand the literature in question in greater depth.

REAL Education is in fact one of the largest owner-operated integrated educational service provider from pre-school to tertiary education to post graduate and training modules, not only in Malaysia but in fact in this region. This is achieved through our 33 owner operated Kindergartens nationwide, to our 2 flagship schools, Sekolah Seri Suria and Sekolah Seri Cahaya; to our college of Higher Education, ALFA International College, a college renowned for its excellence in Architecture, Interior Architecture, Graphic and Multimedia Studies. With more than 20 years of experience and a staff force of more than 700, and with our centres being ISO certified, it is no wonder that the REAL Education Group is quickly emerging as one of the top providers of private education in Malaysia and this region.

The popularity of our curriculum, making our schools synonymous with a quality private education provider stems with our insistence in certain basic values which we inculcate in all our students steadfastly. This is seen in the recent launching of "Character First" programme for ALL our staff officiated by YB Tan Sri Dato Lee Lam Thye in August 2007 and attended by all the key staff of the REAL Education Group. It is our belief that if our educators are beholden to the values embedded in the seminar that it would slowly be passed on to our students as well. Discipline is also a very high priority for our children as it is compulsory for them to participate in one of the uniformed units in the schools including the Boy & Girl Scouting Movement, Boy's Brigade and the St. John's Ambulance or the Red Crescent.

The group is in fact currently collaborating with the "Toastmasters International" to train all our teachers to become Toastmasters as it is our fervent belief that presentation skills are of comparative importance to academic excellence" adds Mr. Felix Lee.

"We believe that our leaders must be exceptional individuals excelling in academia as well as in character, public relation, oratory and more importantly to be able to adapt and react based on any given situations. For we believe that exceptional leaders are not born but led. Experienced and caring teachers dedicated to our REAL curriculum have been guiding our protégés for more than 20 years since we opened our doors to private education. We are fuelled by passion and run by passion. In this world of competitiveness, not any education for your child will do, get REAL education." Mr. Felix adds.

Our enrolment of more than 2000 students in our schools is itself testimony of the success of our brand and style of private education. In fact, the REAL Education Group of Learning Centres extends to pre-school education as well where the group is in fact the largest owner-operated Kindergarten, with 33 centres across the nation, from up north in Penang to Johore Bahru and even in Sabah. With our specially designed REAL curriculum, our group of Kindergartens is also the first Kindergarten in Malaysia to be certified ISO 9001:2000, a fact recorded in the Malaysian Book of Records. Our 5000 strong enrolment in our group of Kindergartens bears testimony not only to the success of the REAL education curriculum but also as to its popularity with parents in Malaysia. The reason is obvious, as alluded by the passion of our CEO, Mr.Sim for education when he states proudly that, "Our centres are operated as schools first and profit centres second as our children are our future."

Sekolah Seri Suria will be conducting an open day on 22nd & 23rd September 2007 from 10.00am to 4.00pm whilst Sekolah Seri Cahaya on 20th October 2007 from 9.00am to 5.30pm.

Parents who are interested in getting REAL Education can call us at 03-90213601/1245 (Sekolah Seri Suria); or at 03-78463985/4016 (Sekolah Seri Cahaya); or at 03-56318000 (Kindergartens), or visit our web site at www.real.edu.my or visit us in our specially purpose campuses at from 8.30am–4.30pm on Mondays to Fridays and from 9.00am–5.00pm on Saturdays (from 22nd September 2007 to January 2008).

The REAL Difference

"In the competitive world of private education, both private colleges as well as private schools in Malaysia battle to out do each other by having an array of activities and programme in their quest to maintain a competitive edge. The inclusion of Mandarin and the provision of piano, guitar and violin classes are no longer the differential advantages of the school but rather the norm," according to their General Manager of the REAL Education Group, Mr. Felix Lee.

Mr Felix Lee

What sets us apart from other educational providers is our REAL curriculum which is based on an insistence to change our schools from a 'teaching environment' into a 'learning environment'. This is done via our specialised teaching methodologies which were designed to activate our multiple intelligences. "We believe that once our hidden potentials are unlocked and unleashed, the future of our children, the next generation becomes immeasurable", he continues.

In addition to the KBSR and KBSM curriculum, the school has modified the curriculum to include internationally recognised syllabus including the Cambridge syllabus in selected areas to challenge our high achievers. Whilst we motivate and guide our students to achieve academic excellence via our REAL syllabus, seen in the sterling results achieved yearly at the UPSR, PMR and SPM results, we believe that our main task is to constantly challenge our students to attain results one notch higher than their natural ability. "In fact we are proud to state that an 'A' student is pushed to challenge themselves based on the Internationally recognised syllabus including the Cambridge syllabus whilst our 'B' students are challenged to attained an 'A', our 'C' students, a 'B' and so forth," Mr.Lee adds. In both the schools, tuition is already incorporated into the school curriculum, thereby eliminating the 'tuition' syndrome and problems afflicting teachers in which our Government is seeking to eradicate.

The educational philosophy of the group, REAL is the acronym for "Result Enhancing through Active Learning" At the REAL Schools, namely Seri Suria, Hulu Langat and Seri Cahaya, Shah Alam, our approach is to provide a proper and strong foundation for our children. It is the belief of the group that the character of the children takes greatest priority as it is their character which moulds their beliefs and carves their personalities. Under the leadership of the group's founder and CEO, Mr.Sim Quan Seng, the REAL Education group has over the past three months invested more than RM100,000 with the 'Character First institute' to infuse character building in all 700 of their staffs and more than 7000 of their students. The philosophy behind this move is the belief that 'Character determines Success' and as such, the group is adamant in infusing such virtues in all their students. This steadfast belief of the group culminated in the launch of the recently completed RM5 million ringgit school block comprising of the new multipurpose hall at Seri Cahaya aptly named, the 'Hall of Character' on 3rd November 2007. The construction of the new block in itself reflected the character value of 'endurance' defined as 'the inward strength to withstand stress and do my best' as it was completed in merely 100 days, a testimony of the group's steadfast beliefs.

Apart from 'character building', the full execution of our REAL curriculum in 2008 would also see the implementation of Presentation Skills through our collaboration with the Toastmasters International, both facets or our twin pillars to REAL Education. Character building and motivation seminars would be conducted to ensure that all our students would be imbued with the necessary attitudes both in school and outside of school.

Presentation skills would also be featured largely in our curriculum where the next academic year 2008 would see the school giving greater emphasis on class presentations skills rather than the vastly non effective monthly examinations which merely promulgates a culture of mugging in the students. In addition, the schools will also introduce 'Free speech Mondays' where students are allowed to ask or speak on any issues which come to mind, to be regulated by the Principals. The highlight of the 2008 curriculum is the commencement of our drama presentations by the REAL Schools, to be open to the public. The intention is to mould in our students virtues like confidence, co-operation, presentation skills, perseverance as well as the improvement of the English language. This move will enable the students, parents as well as the general public to witness the secondary school literature text, like the popular "Phantom of the Opera" and "Dr.Jekyll & Mr.Hyde" coming to life at our schools.

In fact, in line with our continual search for new standards in quality private education, even our music syllabus has been modified to enable our students to sit for the ABRSM examinations. Our students are also exposed to basic computers skills including basic programming, use of Microsoft office as well as flash. Our intention is to equip our students with the necessary skills for the working environment. Mr. Felix explains that the belief is, instead of providing a never ending array of activities, we prefer to modify the existing ones to achieve a result which benefits our students in the working environment and later in life, generally. Unlike most of the other private schools which concentrates largely in academia alone, our beliefs is to mould our children to have the proper 'character' and 'presentation skills' to transform them into 'effective communicators'.

Discipline is also a very high priority for our children as it is compulsory for them to participate in one of the uniformed units in the schools including the Boy & Girl Scouting Movement, Boy's Brigade and the St. John's Ambulance or the Red Crescent.

The REAL Education group is in fact one of the largest owner-operated integrated educational service provider from pre-school to tertiary education to post graduate and training modules, not only in Malaysia but in fact in this region. This is achieved through our 33 owner operated Kindergartens nationwide, to our 2 flagship schools, Sekolah Seri Suria and Sekolah Seri Cahaya; to our college of Higher Education, ALFA International College, a college renowned for its excellence in Architecture, Interior Architecture, Graphic and Multimedia Studies. With more than 20 years of experience and a staff force of more than 700, and with our centres being ISO certified, it is no wonder that the REAL Education Group is quickly emerging as one of the top providers of private education in Malaysia and this region.

Our enrolment of more than 2000 students in our schools is itself testimony of the success of our brand and style of private education. In fact, the REAL Education Group of Learning Centres extends to pre-school education as well where the group is in fact the largest owner-operated Kindergarten, with 33 centres across the nation, from up north in Penang to Johore Bahru and even in Sabah. With our specially designed REAL curriculum, our group of Kindergartens is also the first Kindergarten in Malaysia to be certified ISO 9001:2000, a fact recorded in the Malaysian Book of Records. Our 5000 strong enrolment in our group of Kindergartens bears testimony not only to the success of the REAL education curriculum but also as to its popularity with parents in Malaysia. The reason is obvious, as reflected by the passion of our CEO, Mr.Sim for education when he states proudly that, "Our centres are operated as schools first and profit centres second as our children are our future."

There are limited spaces remaining in both Seri Suria and Seri Cahaya for the 2008 school session. Parents are therefore advised to act swiftly as registration is on a 'first come, first served' basis.

Parents who are interested in getting REAL Education can call us at 03-90213601/1245 (Sekolah Seri Suria); or at 03-78463985/4016 (Sekolah Seri Cahaya); or at 03-56318000 (Kindergartens), or at 03-78738288 (ALFA International College) or visit our web site at www.real.edu.my or visit us in our specially purpose campuses at from 8.30am–4.30pm on Mondays to Fridays and from 9.00am–5.00pm on Saturdays.