Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Tiu (SK Bukit Tiu) is a primary school local to the village of Bukit Tiu and surrounding areas. It is a part of the public national school system offering education for pre-schoolers and students from Year 1 to 6. The school also provides special education for students with special needs and learning difficulties.
The intake ranges around 350 every year. In 2009, enrollment was 345 with 185 male students and 160 female students. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Tiu is staffed with 29 teachers.
Facilities
The school consists of several buildings over the original site and the new section. Upon completion of the new site, the operational buildings will be migrated to the new section of the school. This section includes two blocks of four-storied buildings, a canteen, a new field, and a multi-purposed enclosed court.
The administration of the school is on the first floor of the main block where the headmaster's office and senior assistants offices are, as well as teachers room.
The school library was moved from its original location to the new section to make it more accessible for the students. Since a great majority of the teachers and students are Muslims, SK Bukit Tiu provides a dedicated prayer room and ablution facilities.
The school has a well-equipped Science laboratory and a Living Skills workshop. The computer laboratory was built in the old section after the migration and remained as the main computer lab.
Sports facilities are provided in both sections. A 200-metre running track and a multi-purpose field, which are used for hockey and football, are provided in the new section while the old section houses the main volleyball court.
Houses
The school implements a
British-style house system where students are divided into four houses; each house bears the name of four main position titles in the
Malaccan Malay Sultanate. They are differentiated by the house colours:
* House of
Laksamana
The Laksamana ( Jawi: ) is a position within the armed forces, similar to the position of admiral in Malay sultanates and in present-day countries like Indonesia and Malaysia. Since South East Asia was part of Indosphere of Greater India since earl ...
(yellow)
* House of
Temenggung
Temenggong or Tumenggung ( Jawi: تمڠݢوڠ; ''Temenggung'', Hanacaraka: ꦠꦸꦩꦼꦁꦒꦸꦁ; ''Tumenggung'') is an old Malay and Javanese title of nobility, usually given to the chief of public security.
Responsibilities
The Temen ...
(blue)
* House of
Shahbandar
S̲h̲āhbandar ( fa, شهبندر, , Harbourmaster), was an official of the ports in Safavid Persia and one also known on other shores of the Indian Ocean. The Shahbandar (Port Master) was in charge of the traders and the collection of taxes.
...
(green)
* House of
Bendahara
Bendahara ( Jawi: بنداهارا) is an administrative position within classical Malay kingdoms comparable to a vizier before the intervention of European powers during the 19th century. A bendahara was appointed by a sultan and was a heredit ...
(red)
Students represent their houses and compete throughout the year to win the house cup. The major tournaments usually only happen during the annual sports day championship.
Co-curricular activities
All students are required to join a society and a uniformed body in Bukit Tiu. Students can choose to participate from several academic-based societies from Malay Language Society to Mathematics Society to Islamic Society. Amongst the uniform bodies that are offered by the school includes
Association of Scouts of Malaysia,
Malaysian Red Crescent Society
The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) ( ms, Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia (BSMM)) is a voluntary humanitarian organization that seeks to promote humanitarian values, as well as provide service and public education in disaster management, as we ...
,
Tunas Kadet Remaja Sekolah and Pergerakan Puteri Islam Malaysia.
Interested students can represent Bukit Tiu in sports or programme that they are excellent in. Students who don't get to represent the school in sports usually have the chance to participate in non-sport competitions such as choral speaking, story-telling, spelling bee,
nasheed
A nasheed (Arabic: singular ', plural ', meaning: "chants") is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung ''a cappella'' or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Islam.
Nasheed ...
, tilawah, hafazan and others.
References
{{Schools in Kelantan, Malaysia
Machang District
Schools in Kelantan
Primary schools in Malaysia