SR Panglima Barudin Wins Brunei IV Story Telling
By Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Panglima Barudin (Limau Manis) Primary School emerged as the champion of this year's Story Telling Competition for Primary Schools in Brunei IV, yesterday. The event was held at Tanjung Kindana Primary School (SR Tanjung Kindana) in Sungai Bunga.

Ten schools took part in the competition. The host for the event, SR Tanjung Kindana had previously been marked as champion twice in the Story Telling Competitions. SR Tanjung Kindana ended runner-up in this year's event, while Sekolah Panchor Murai came third. After all the 10 participants presented their stories, the event continued with singing performances from Kindergarten and Primary 1 pupils.

Before the prizes were presented to the winners, one of the judges was invited to give their comments on the overall performances by the participants. She then announced the champion, the 1st runner-up and the 2"d runner-up for.the Story Telling Competition 2006.

Yesterday's competition began at around 9am and lasted for about two hours. The function began with the recitation of Surah al-Fatihah led by Ustaz Hj Norzlan bin Hj Sapar, followed by the opening and welcoming speech by the headmaster of the host school, Cikgu Abdul Rahman bin Hj Awg Mustapa. In his speech, Cikgu Abd Rahman said that one of the aims of the competition was to enable the pupils to be able to communicate and tell their stories fluently and confidently in front of the people.

Three judges from the CfBT Unit were invited to evaluate the performance and presentation of each participant.

Most of the competing students presented their stories interestingly and impressively, with some using their own props and materials.

The headmaster later presented the trophies and certificates to the winners and participants as well as to the judges. The function ended with the recitation of 'Doa Selamat' read by Ustaz Hj Norzlan bin Hj Sapar.-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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