Traveling Witch

Sunday February 20th 2022

By: Aretha Rizky Anandita

One day, there was a little girl named Elaina who was lost in a HUGE enchanted forest. She wanted to get out of this forest, but there is a magical invisible barrier covering the forest.

She saw a shiny ancient teapot, and she touched the shiny ancient teapot, and.. POOF! a portal came out. And then she got inside of the portal, and she has finally escaped the enchanted forest! But.. she got into a magical world instead.

She was very confused because she saw some strange creatures like cats with 3 eyes, sharks flying around the sky, and she saw people flying around with a broomstick too! “What is this world? Where am I?” she said. and then, she asked people about what was going on, but people were very confused about her question.

She started to travel around and she saw a girl. And the girl got close to Elaina and said “Hey little girl, who is your name?” And Elaina said “I’m Elaina, and who are you?” The girl said “I’m Nala, nice to meet you!” “Nice to meet you too!” says Elaina. And then, they all share their stories.

Elaina told Nala about her getting into a mysterious portal. “Same, I was lost in the enchanted forest and got in a portal too! And now.. I’ve been here for 8 years” Nala said. “Let’s try to get out of here together then!” said Elaina. “To do that, we have to find all 4 of the magical stones to activate the portal. I’ve tried it so it for so many times but I still can’t get any of the stones”.

And then, they are coming to the location of the 4 stones. The google map says it’s in a scary old house. And they finally arrived! They rushed to the door. And then they split up to find all of the 4 stones.

Elaina saw a black shadowy creature beside the stairs. “AAHHHH!!!!” Elaina screamed. The creature has captured Elaina. And then Nala is now scared, she hides below a bed. She’s waiting for the shadowy creature to go to her right, so that she can go to her right and save Elaina. When the monster went to her right, she ran to her left and saved Elaina.

Elaina said one of the stones is on the back of the creature. So let’s find the other ones first! And then they found the 3 of the stones, in the bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen. And they now have to make a plan about how to get the stone that’s on the creature’s back.

Their plan is to bait him across the house, while one of them tries to catch the stone. They have agreed that Elaina will be the one who baits him and Nala will be the one who catches the stone. Elaina says “Hey! You ugly creature! I am here! Try to catch me!” And she ran. Her plan is to lead the creature to the bedroom so that Nala can take the stone easily. “Come and catch me, you ugly monster!” after she goes to the bedroom, “HIYYAAPP” Nala catches it.

After that, They went to the portal and put all 4 of the stones. “Yes!! We did it!!” Both of them cheered. They are now free and they became friends forever.

~END~

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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