Since Sunday 29 December, Nalanda Dharma School students have been staying in at Nalanda Centre to prepare for their big event of the year – the “School Honour’s Day”! Both seniors and juniors from the School have worked hard in preparing a great show tonight as a gesture of appreciation to parents, supporters and benefactors who had supported the school throughout the year.
Read moreA team of 13 Nalandians, led by Sis. Sunanda Ong the Director of Nalanda Dharma School (NDS), had a fruitful Dhammaduta tour to Kelantan over the Christmas holidays. The tour programme included a “Teenagers’ Learning Camp” and a “Dhamma School Teachers’ Workshop”, both jointly organized by NDS and Persatuan Buddhis Wakaf Bharu.
Read moreA team of 12 Nalandians led by Dharma School Director Sis. Sunanda Ong left Nalanda Centre at 8.00pm this evening for an overnight train ride to Kelantan. The Nalanda team comprising 3 teachers and 9 all-boys student group will stay in Bachok, Kelantan for 5 days to conduct a Dhamma camp for local teenagers. In the meantime, Sis. Sunanda will also conduct a separate training session for Kelantanese Dhamma School volunteer-teachers.
Read moreNalanda Dharma School (NDS) and Nalandians are rejoicing over the achievement of our students who recently received their “Lower Secondary Examination” (PMR) results. Choo Yi Kang and Yeap Heng Yii obtained perfect scores in their exams. Yi Kang obtained 8A’s in his PMR exams, and another 8A’s in his “Unified Examination Certificate” (UEC) exams, making it a perfect attainment of 16A’s. Heng Yii similarly scored A’s in all 15 subjects he took in both exams.
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From 10 – 13 December, 21 students from Nalanda Dharma School joined the holiday ‘Stay-in Programme’ at Nalanda Centre to learn about the importance of Nalanda’s Core Values, Buddhist culture, and to brush up our chanting skills.
Read moreOver the past weekend on 7 – 8 December, the Director of Nalanda Dharma School (NDS) Sis. Sunandā Ong led 4 NDS facilitators (Sis. Sugandhā, Sis. Sadhikā, Sis. Hui Shien and Bro. Willie) on a visit to NEO Centre Johor Bahru. The NDS team had several insightful discussions with Nalanda Johor Branch members on “Quality Volunteer Service“.
Read moreArticle by Lim Ajit. Photographs by Lee Jia Ann.
The Nalanda Children’s Learning Camp was held over 4 days from 25 to 28 November, and participated by primary school pupils aged 9 to 12. Following the success of the Teenager’s Learning Camp, students and facilitators of Nalanda Dharma School put in more hard-work to organise the annual camp with just a week’s interval! 62 participants spent time fruitfully at Nalanda Centre learning about love and happiness.
Article by Lim Ajit. Photographs by Ooi Choong Li and Liew Qian Yu.
With the start of year-end school break, 51 teenagers participated in a fruitful learning camp held at Nalanda Centre from 18 – 21 November. Targeted at secondary school students from 13 to 17 years old, the participants converged from various parts of Klang Valley, Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Johor, and even from Singapore.
Read moreNalanda Teenagers’ Learning Camp is in session now! With the theme “Beautiful Friends”, this year’s camp attracted 51 participants between 13 – 17 years old, who came from the Klang Valley, Kelantan, Terengganu, Johor and Singapore.
Read moreArticle by Gan Jia Quan. Photographs by Gan Jia Cheng & See Hui Shien.
An annual 4-day retreat for Nalanda Dharma School facilitators was held from 2 – 5 November in Pulau Ketam, Selangor, with active participation by 16 facilitators and trainees. During the retreat, the School’s performance in 2013 were objectively reviewed, while the 2014 School structure and programmes were discussed.
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