Robin’s Cat Fear | Al-Azhar 55 Primary Islamic School


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Robin’s Cat Fear

Tuesday December 21st 2021

By: Kenes Pelipurlara Putri

It was summertime! All the students had a holiday! Robin was going to bathe his cat. Robin was a 12-year-old boy and had a cheerful, nice and hard-working personality! He could run very fast too! But his cat was faster. Robin had a cat named Spidercat! He named his cat like that because he loved Spiderman so much.

Robin was about to bathe his cat when his cat ran away from him. “Spidercat! Come back here!”  Robin said while chasing the cat. When Spidercat was running, it found a couch, so it decided to hide under it. When Robin was chasing his cat, he found a couch! “Spidercat, I know you’re here!” Said Robin. When Robin checked the couch, his cat was not there! Robin sighed in disappointment. 

Robin decided to call his buddy named Jonathan! “Hey Jonathan! Can you come here?” Said Robin. “Hey buddy! I can come to your house anytime! But why though?” Said Jonathan in confusion. “Well today I wanted to bathe my cat, but it didn’t work,” said Robin in disappointment. “It’s okay! I’ll help you! I’m coming over there now!” said Jonathan. When Jonathan came, they hugged each other. 

“So where is your cat?” said Jonathan. “I don’t know where it is right now, let’s find it!” said Robin. When they were searching for Spidercat they found the cat sitting on a tall wood shelf. “SPIDERCAT!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?!” Said Robin in fear. “Look cat- we can settle this- I know you are scared of water-” said Jonathan trying to convince the cat. “Spidercat!! Come back here!! Yesterday you were playing in a huge puddle and now you’re all dirty!” said Robin. The cat still refused to come back to them. “Look! I have your favorite snack!” said Jonathan while shaking the snack. Still the cat stayed on the shelf with a mocking expression.

 “Spidercat look at me!” said Robin with a loud voice. The cat was shocked and so the cat faced him. “Look okay, bathing is very good! You can clean yourself with that! Water is cool too! You use that for drinking too, right?” said Robin trying to convince his cat. His cat was thinking about it and actually he was right. “Can you come back to us Spidercat…? Do you trust me…?” Says Robin willing fully. The cat was touched by his word and the next thing it did was come back to them by jumping on Robin. In the end the cat wanted to take a bath. “I guess it’s all cool now!” said Jonathan cheerfully. “Thank you, Jonathan,” said Robin. 

When his parents came back from work, they found a broken vase. “ROBIN, WHY THERE IS A BROKEN VASE?!?” said Robin’s mom angrily. At last Robin got scolded by his mom, however Robin wasn’t sad because he was glad that he could spend some time with his friend and cat, and manage to get his pet cat back.


Testimony

Prof. Dra. Hj. Suwarsih Madya, M.A., Ph.D.

 

Amidst the globalized situation which poses challenges of which one is a possible threat to identity, yet provides ample opportunities to excel for those who possess the prerequisites, we need to equip our children as the continuing generation with necessary competencies—affective, cognitive, psychomotor and interactive. In other words, we need to help them grow and develop into total persons and this can be achieved through the whole-child development approach which ensures the development of all potentials.  In addition to this is the need for developing some competence which enables the children to communicate    globally. All of this will ensure that the children will develop their citizenships both at the national and global levels. How can this ideal development be realized?

If you want to find out about how efforts are made to develop children’s whole potentials, you can come to SD Islam Al Azhar 55 Yogyakarta. Here you can see how the four-year old school has grown fast due to the stakeholders’ trust to send their children to study here. With only 54 children in the first year, this school now has 185 students. These students are educated to respect and preserve the social-cultural environment by learning the local language (Javanese, including the script) and arts (dance). Simultaneously, they certainly learn the national language (Bahasa Indonesia) and national content, which is unquestionable since it is compulsory, and English, which has now become a global lingua franca; thus, a prerequisite for successful global communication.  More importantly, children in this school also learn to practise their religion consistently. So, in this school children’s identity is rooted in the local culture, with nationalism and global awareness being inherently developed together with reliogiosity.

Does the whole-child development approach at SD Islam Al Azhar still give room for children to excel? In my belief, when all their potentials are developed, children will have a greater chance to excel and I can see the truth in my belief in this primary school. In the last two years, the students have made great achievements in various competitions held at the local and national levels–gold medals in English, math and science competitions (national), silver and bronze medals in IT competitions (national), silver and bronze medals at colouring and swimming competitions (local) to mention some.

In conclusion, SD Islam Al Azhar has given evidence of the right efforts of true education to develop both intelligence and character.

Prof. DR. Budi S. Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.

Testimoni Sebagai Orang tua menyekolahkan anak Di Al-Azhar 55

Sudah menjadi kewajiban bagi orang tua untuk memberikan pendidikan yang terbaik bagi putra putrinya. Tantangan untuk mendidik anak di Era Global dan Digital pun semakin besar, kita tidak bisa lagi membendung segala perubahan yang begitu cepat terjadi, dan harus mempersiapkan anak-anak supaya bisa survive dan sholeh/sholehah tentunya. Saat ini dunia bagaikan kampung, dimana tidak ada batas-batas untuk melakukan transaksi kehidupan, untuk itu anak harus bisa berkomunikasi dengan bahasa universal sebagai modal utama. Disamping itu, pendidikah Ahlak dan Aqidah harus diberikan secara dini sebagai dasar anak dalam menghadapi gejolak gelombang kehidupan. Atas pertimbangan tersebutlah, kami selaku orang tua memilih untuk menyekolahkan putra kami tercinta Hikari di Sekolah Islam, yang menggunakan dua bahasa pengantar, yaitu Al-Azhar 55.

Prof. DR. Budi S.Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.

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