Vice PrincipalMessage from the

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Students,

The first day of Semester 2 was a Professional Development Day for us ACG School Jakarta staff. We reflected on Semester 1 and set goals for ourselves for the second half of the school year.

Our teaching team, joined by several administrative staff members, have been working in groups to lead our school’s preparations for the 2024 IB PYP and DP Evaluation. A team of IB educators will be visiting our school next year, to evaluate, and in doing so, support our school’s efforts to sustain and improve the culture, environment, teaching and learning, in alignment with our school’s purpose.

As part of that preparation, we reviewed our language teaching and learning as well as inclusion policies and practices on our PD Day. We inquired into how teachers can remove barriers to learning to enable every student to develop, pursue and achieve challenging personal learning goals, and thought about how we can improve our differentiated instruction practice.

The next day, the two parents who participated in our monthly PYP Parents Programme were joined by our Primary Teachers and considered “Collaborative learning: Learning with and from each other, living peacefully together” in the context of our school and within the framework of the PYP.

Throughout January, our teaching team met several times to continue working on improving our differentiation and inclusion practices and creating a positive learning environment.

May the new year and the new semester be filled with joy and happiness for our school community and all humanity!

Selda Mansur Vice principal and PYP coordinator