My
dear friends,
1. Welcome
Welcome
to the Foundation Program of
Kolej PERMATApintar Negara. I am writing this guide based on my own experience
in Foundation 1 (1 year), and I also support this guide with the guideline
book, which I believe you guys will get on the registration day. I know, some
of you are the same age as me, and I hope we can get along.
2. Introduction
to my Batch
My
batch consists of the 42 of us, 24 boys and 18 girls. Out of the 42 students in
the first Foundation batch, the majority of them are students at the age of 13
years, and there are about 8 students who are 12 years old. One of them is
me. We are divided into three classes, K1, K2 and K3. I am in K3. There is no
streaming for my batch at this point of time.
3. Syllabus
of Foundation 1 (F1)
The
subjects listed below are the subjects which start from Form 4.
3.1.1
Biology
3.1.2
Physics
3.1.3
Chemistry
3.1.4
Sejarah
3.1.5
Perdagangan dan
Keusahawanan
3.1.6
Pendidikan Jasmani
dan Kesihatan (PJK)
The
subjects listed below are the subjects which cover Form 1 to Form 3.
3.1.7
Fundamental
Mathematics
3.1.8
Pendidikan Agama
Islam (PAI)
These
subjects have a special syllabus, which is only taught in Foundation.
3.1.9
English (Bridging I
and II)
3.1.10
Bahasa Melayu
(Penulisan Kreatif dan Komunikasi)
3.1.11
Research and
Methodology
3.1.12
Philosophy
3.1.13
Music
3.1.14
Performing Arts or
Visual Arts – (choose one only)
3.1.15
International
Languages (French or German or Arabic or Mandarin or
Korean or Japanese) – (choose any one)
The
subjects listed are applicable to all Kolej PERMATApintar students.
3.1.16
Self-Development
(Jati Diri)
3.1.17
Co-curriculum
4. Method
of Teaching
Our
teachers are known as ‘The Instructors’. The word itself gives you a clue on
how they will teach. No spoon-feeding and there are very minimal notes given. You’ll understand why. The method of
teaching for the Foundation is through lectures, lab works, slide presentations,
group works, and websites.
5. Assessments
There
are four exams a year. The grading table is:
Grade
|
Marks
|
GPA
|
A+
|
95 – 100
|
4.00
|
A
|
85 – 94
|
3.75
|
A-
|
75 – 84
|
3.50
|
B+
|
70 – 74
|
3.25
|
B
|
65 – 69
|
3.00
|
B-
|
60 – 64
|
2.67
|
C+
|
55 – 59
|
2.33
|
C
|
50 – 54
|
2.00
|
D
|
45 – 49
|
1.75
|
E
|
40 – 44
|
1.50
|
G
|
0 – 39
|
0
|
They will display our marks and results at the
notice board at the Dewan Serbaguna for every exam (the most stressful time
with mixed feelings). You know your ranking in the batch.
For
the assessments; some subjects are (60 for exam)-(40 for assignments), and a
few subjects are 50-50, and the rest rely fully on assignments and attendance,
like Philosophy and Research and Methodology.
6. Assignments
Assignments
include lab reports, pre-tests, post-tests, writing blogs, journals, making
parodies, speech choirs, exploraces, making websites, public speaking,
show-and-tell, mind maps, inventions and many more.
7. Class
Hours
7.1.1
Monday – The weekly
assembly begins at 8:00 in the morning and lasts for 1 hour. The class sessions
ends at 4:30 p.m. with two breaks, morning which lasts from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30
a.m., and the afternoon break, which lasts from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
7.1.2
Tuesday to Thursday –
The morning assembly lasts from 7:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Classes are as above.
7.1.3
Friday – It is
similar to 7.1.2, but it finishes at 12:30 for the Friday prayers. Normally, in
the afternoon, there are no classes on Friday except for replacement classes or
special activities.
8. Books
and Materials
The
college provides very minimal textbooks or reference books. In my experience, I
had to buy my own revision books for SPM like revision books, ‘mind map’ books,
and past-year SPM questions. For
Mathematics and Agama, it is best to buy PMR books.
As
mentioned above, we have to do a lot of assignments and presentations.
Therefore, we need computers (notebooks) to get access with the Internet, for
PowerPoint presentations, blog and website entries, and for typing our reports
and research.
Normally,
since we have to do many mind maps and scrapbooks, I suggest that you bring
magic pens, coloured pens, marker pens, coloured paper, and colour pencils to
make your presentation interesting.
9. Conclusion
Actually,
my batch has undergone Foundation 1, but the performance is entirely based on
our own hard work, effort, and capability. Do not procrastinate in your work
like I did, and don’t play games too much, like me. Hopefully this guide will
help you in your Foundation 1. Feel free to ask us for help. Don’t hesitate.
Good luck!
BY:
Zoey Zeffrey Azman
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