Panaga School Biweekly, Issue 136

Panaga School Biweekly

Panaga School Biweekly

Panaga School

IFM/4, BSPCompany Sdn Bhd, Seria, KB, 3534, Negara Brunei Darussalam

Phone: Teraja Office +673 3372139

Rampayoh Office +673 3372694

Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal Cindy-Rose.BinTahal@ bsp-shell.bn

Mendaram Deputy Principal Donna Bonham donnabonham@ panagaschool.net

Rampayoh Deputy Principal Claire Richmond clairerichmond@ panagaschool.net

Teraja Deputy Principal: Mandy Russell amandarussell@ panagaschool.net

Melilas Deputy Principal: Robert Unsworth robertunsworth@ panagaschool.net

Business Service Lead: CylaAhmad cylaahmad@ panagaschool.net

Panaga School Biweekly

Editors: Hannah Zakaria & Donovan Dolamit publications@ panagaschool.net

DearPanagaSchoolCommunity,

TodaymarkstheendofTerm3.1,withnextweekproviding uswithamidtermschoolbreak.Thishalftermhasincluded whole school community learning focuses through Science and Book Weeks. This edition of Panaga School biweekly provides our community with learning celebrations from Mendaram and Rampayoh’s Science Day. What a sensational day of hands on learning, provided by a large groupofparentvolunteers.Thankyoutoeverybodyinvolved for creating such wonderful learning experiences that captivated the curiosity of our youngest learners through science.

Our parent community, with strong home to school connections in support of our children’s learning is a common thread of the fabric of Panaga School. Learning celebrations in this week’s edition of Panaga School Biweekly provide such examples. We also celebrate students who have engaged in community challenges with Gregory and K Jin’s recent success in Miri, where they participatedinaStemCubeChallenge.

We love celebrating learning taking place outside of school for our students. Please email us at publications@panagaschool.net or see a member of the senior leadership team if you have any such news to offer ourcommunity.

We wish everybody a safe time during next week’s school breakandwelookforwardtowelcomingeveryonebackon Monday5thJune.

Term 3 - 2023

Winchmen Paramedics: To the Rescue IEYC Unit

The Mendaram children loved hearing the rescue stories and a special song from SAR winchman paramedics Neil and Szymon. The children all learnt you need to call 998 for Search & Rescue.

Science Day: A spectacular opportunity for hands on science investigations

EARTH ZONE

METAL ZONE

Express Yourself Day

Thank you for all the donations. The money raised will be used by the Student Council to purchased items for the school playgrounds.

On Monday 15th May a number of parents attended a parent workshop to explore digital citizenship. It was a great opportunity to share how the school is supporting students growth in knowledge, skills and understanding of a very important aspect of modern life. Technology is ubiquitous, therefore supporting students in becoming knowledgeable and skillful users of technology is an important job for both parents and schools.

Guest speaker, Mr. Alexander shared his insight into digital safety and hygiene and the importance of parents setting up robust protective passwords and digital environments at home.

You will find his slideshow linked below by clicking the image on the left.

Mr. Simon discussed the schools use of the Common Sense Education curriculum throughout the year. Through the program students explore the following 6 themes: Media Balance; Online Privacy; Digital Footprint; Communication; Cyber Bullying; and News and Media Literacy. find his slideshow linked below by clicking the image on the right

M1 have been working hard to complete their podcasts these past two weeks. The students collaborated effectively in small groups to develop scripts and learned to use Audacity to record and edit their podcasts. Topics included: Chess, Football, Conspiracy Theories, The Willow Project and Monkey Safety.

Considered Endangered

My Honest Reaction

The recording process.

After many weeks of effort the P7 students finished their unit on HTML and CSS coding. They coded websites about the IPC topic: Immigration. The students adapted to the challenge and created interesting websites that displays both their topic knowledge and coding skills.

Giant Panda

Sketching ASA

We have been learning about drawing figures.

Sketching ASA

Construction club ASA

We have so much fun constructing with a variety of materials: paper, lego, k’nex, marble runs and more.

Sometimes we work independently and at other times we cooperate as a team to build amazing creations.

Stem Cube Competition

result. K Jin did a sensational job of completing the challenge in 32 seconds.

Take a moment to be mesmerized and inspired by Gregory's and K Jin’s unique capabilities captured in the following video footage from taken at the competition.

Watch the videos here: