Issue 56
Panaga School Magazine
October 2016
Issue 56
Panaga School Magazine
Panaga School Magazine Issue 56 October 2016 Panaga School HRF/4 Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd Jalan Utara Seria, KB 3534 Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372138 (Teraja) (+673) 3372694 (Rampayoh & Mendaram) Principal: Tim Robinson tim.robinson@shell.com Head Teacher, Teraja: Andy Ryan andrewryan@panagaschool.com Head Teacher, Rampayoh & Mendaram: Cindy Bin Tahal cindybintahal@panagaschool.com
Senior Admin: Jalinah Bte Ali jalinah.ali@shell.com Admin Support, Rampayoh & Mendaram: Zurimah Bte Jumat z.jumat@shell.com
October 2016
Contents 3. Message from the Principal 4. P8 Trip to Royal Regalia Museum and Escape Experience
5. Welcome back! 6. Panaga School share best practice with the MoE 7. Spreading the message of internet safety via Augmented Reality
8. and 9. Panaga School Road Safety Pledge 10. and 11. Student Council news 12. P1 Bears Entry Point 13. P1D enjoy learning about their new environment
14. P2 Superhumans 15. P3 pizza perfectionists
Congratulations Miss Sur! We are all very excited that Surayati Bte Sidup, who has worked here for many years as a Learning Support Assistant and Additional Needs Teacher, has become our first ever Bruneian full time class teacher this school year. Miss Sur teaches the lovely Nursery Hornbills class. Her appointment is another great example of how Bruneisation unites us in learning.
Admin Support, Teraja: Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh: hasmah.salleh@shell.com
Panaga School Magazine Editor: Damian Brady damianbrady@panagaschool.com
PHOTO: Miss Sur is congratulated by Mr Henk van Hout, Head of Shell Education Services, (left), Hj Kamaludin Bungsu, BSP Deputy Managing Director, and Mr Tim Robinson, Panaga School Principal
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October 2016
Message from the Principal During our recent ‘Meet the Teacher’ event, we highlighted the importance of the IPC Personal Goals and International Mindedness which are both key features of the IPC. As parents, we naturally focus on our child’s ability in Language and Maths, but we should also remember that the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired in IPC, while more difficult to quantify or measure, are instrumental in providing a platform for your child’s success in the future. Academic prowess alone will not be enough in the workplace or society of the future. Tomorrow’s adults will need a vast toolkit that will enable them to thrive in this fast-paced, ever-changing world. The IPC is unique in many perspectives; one of its strongest features is recognising the international community that we live in. In Brunei, we all have an excellent opportunity to explore other cultures. This will only help our children in the future.
As a school, we provide sporting events, residential trips and partnerships with other schools that all help children to develop socially and personally. It is important as parents we focus on the ‘whole child’ and not just their academic side. Good luck in your family’s learning journey. The information below on the IPC Personal Goals and International Learning Goals is from greatlearning.com/ipc:
The IPC Personal Goals underpin those individual qualities and learning dispositions we believe children will find essential in the 21st century. They help to develop those qualities that will enable children to be at ease with the continually changing context of their lives. Opportunities to experience and practise these are built into the learning tasks within each unit of work, and referenced at the end of every task to signpost opportunities for teachers to further develop them. There are 8 IPC Personal Goals:
Enquiry, resilience, morality, communication, thoughtfulness, cooperation, respect and adaptability As an example of some of the IPC Learning Goals for adaptability, children, through their study of the IPC, will learn to: - Know about a range of views, cultures and traditions - Be able to consider and respect the views, cultures and traditions of other people - Be able to cope with unfamiliar situations - Be able to approach tasks with confidence - Be able to suggest and explore new roles, ideas, and strategies - Be able to move between conventional and more fluid forms of thinking - Be able to be at ease with themselves in a variety of situations The IPC is unique in defining International Learning Goals that help young children begin the move towards an increasingly sophisticated national, international, global and intercultural perspective and develop a sense of ‘international mindedness’. Each IPC unit has embedded within it, across the different subjects, learning-focused activities that help children start developing a global awareness and gain an increasing sense of themselves, their community and the world around them, as well as inspiring positive action and engagement with global issues. In addition to this, each thematic IPC unit of work includes specific tasks related to International as a subject in its own right. An example of some of the International Learning Goals at Milepost 3: - Know about the key features related to the lives of people in their home country and, where appropriate, their parents’ home countries. - Be able to explain how the lives of people in one country or group are affected by the activities of other countries or groups. - Understand that there is value both in the similarities and the differences between different countries. - Tim Robinson
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Developing Personal Goals through P8 Escapades Most days in P8 don't involve Isabel gnawing on a snack of what looks very like a severed leg. Most days don't involve Mylene considering tears, Eli and Crescia trembling and Lars and Max creeping everyone out. But we don't spend most days at The Escape Experience Brunei in Kiulap. We were going to Bandar Seri Begawan anyway - we were just starting the IPC unit, They See the World Like This, which involves decoding different pieces of art in different styles from different parts of the world to find the artist's message about the world contained within. We went to the Royal Regalia Museum to look at the many, many works of art that have been given to His Majesty the Sultan to think about what they said about the giver, the receiver and the relationship between the two. Going to The Escape Experience Brunei as well gave us the chance to put our Personal Goals into action - we had only been together as one class for two weeks and so it was time to put ourselves to the test. Could we cooperate in our new teams to overcome a real challenge? Nothing better than a locked room, some increasingly dramatic music and a lot of code breaking to find out! Effective communication was essential - Shlok reminded everyone to listen to each other's ideas. Friso gave us updates on the time left. Aidil helped us focus on the task, pointing out that sometimes worrying about the time didn't help us concentrate on the solution we needed. Ian proved that a lot of screaming was not much use either! Nobody knew what Harton was doing when he gathered a chain, two chopsticks and some shoes. But Taif, like everyone else, wanted to find out more - enquiring into exactly what everyone was thinking and respecting each other's thoughtful ideas helped the teams work together and come up with solutions. But it wasn't easy. At one point, Arjan's leg, in the dark, brushed up against something fleshy. Something large and fleshy. A large and fleshy... oh, but we don't want to spoil the experience. Put it this way - this was the point at which Taha's hands were shivering! Rifqi was sitting on a clue. Isla was going mad as the music went on and on and on as the time ticked away. Rashi confessed that she almost gave up but, like everyone else, she found her resilience and kept on going. It was the right thing to do. Leo could have complained about having to wait for the other half of his team to complete their challenge but, like Rashi, he knew that it was a time for our values - being patient was the right thing to do. As Gabriel explained afterwards, being patient allowed us to keep trying different ways to solve the problems - adaptability was key. 21 students took part and 21 students came back - some solved more clues than others, but everyone agreed that we had all been put to the test and proved that Panaga students will always do their best to use their Personal Goals and always learn from their experiences! It was Phoenix that first did a victory dance, but we could all have joined her in celebrating our achievements.
Isabel and Taha celebrate their successful escape dressing up for a photo opportunity. Is that really a severed leg?
Written by P8
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Welcome back! This year’s going to be great! There were smiles all round and hardly a tear in sight (from the students anyway) as Panaga School’s new academic year began on Monday 5th September 2016. After a well-deserved break, all children settled in to their new classes eagerly and easily; including last year’s P3s who began this year in the “big school” (Teraja). Plus, we welcomed many new families to the Panaga School community. It was fantastic to witness so much excitement from the children as many have long awaited being reacquainted with their friends, making new ones and continuing their learning. There are many wonderful events occurring this school year - an exciting schedule of residentials, concerts, theme days, Challenge Days, ASAs and sports competitions to name a few. Keep posted to each Thursday’s Parent Information Letter for details of what’s on. But for now, welcome back! It’s going to be another great year of learning and fun at Panaga School! By Damian Brady
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Panaga School share best practice with the Ministry of Education On 30th September 2016, Panaga School hosted a ‘sharing session’ with over 50 members of the Ministry of Education (MoE). The group included some senior leaders in the organisation and several other MoE officials. We regularly host these types of events as they provide us with an opportunity to develop strong professional relationships with other schools and organisations in our community. No school should be an island and thus we ensure that we work with a number of local schools regularly. All successful schools have strong and established learning partnerships both near and afar with schools similar and different to their own. Whilst we make the most of our opportunities to collaborate with other international schools, importantly, we ensure we work very closely with Bruneian schools as well to broaden our ideas on teaching and learning and share best practices. Of course, given the ease of communication these days, we are also able to communicate freely with other schools around the world. Several of our teachers and the Senior Leadership Team often consult with other international schools, including Shell Schools. All of these engagements help to move our school forward.
Regular teaching and learning conversations with other school communities can in turn greatly develop children’s local and international mindedness. By Tim Robinson, Principal
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Spreading the message of internet safety via Augmented Reality Augmented Reality (AR) has been around for a while, but has shot in to the headlines recently with the advent of Pokemon GO. In DE, we used an app called Aurasma to bring a little bit of AR to this page.
Read the instructions below then scan the SMART letters on the page. By Mr Neil
1/ Download the free Aurasma App (iOs) or here on Google Play 2/ Login with the Username = Panaga and Password = panaga2016 3/ Tap the viewer and scan the letters a time (don’t get too close).
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Panaga School Road Safety Pledge The Panaga School Road Safety Pledge, printed on Panaga School Student Council and PTA funded banners, is now on display at the Rampayoh and Teraja school fences. These banners serve as reminders of the commitment we all make each day to keep ourselves and others safe on the road. Over the past few months, families have been invited to sign these banners and take home a Student Council and PTA funded magnet and sticker, which reflects the messages of the banner and offers participants a way to take a reminder of the pledge into their homes. Thank you to all of the families who have signed the pledge, committing to make our school community a safer place. In addition to being major sponsors of this initiative, Student Councillors have also played an essential role in this project by promoting the concept of road safety and the purpose of the banners at school assemblies. At a recent Panaga School Board Meeting, Student Councillors spoke with its members to further promote safe road use and offer board members the opportunity to also sign our Panaga School Road Safety Pledge. Hj Kamaludin Bungsu (BSP Deputy Managing Director and School Board Chair), Niels Dijksman (Asset D & R and School Board BSP Parent Representative) and Mr Henk van Hout (Head of Shell Education Services) congratulated the Student Council on their road safety initiative, signed the pledge banners and were issued with their own magnets displaying the Panaga School road safety message. By Nicole Ebert
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Panaga School Road Safety Pledge For new families who have joined us this school year, you can sign the pledge banners by enquiring at either school office. When you sign up, you will receive a fridge magnet as a reminder of your commitment to being safe. The banners carry the following pledge:
Our family pledge to be safe road users at Panaga School and within our community. We wear helmets and seatbelts and use car seats for small children. When possible, our family avoids using the school car parks. We only park in designated spaces. We keep to the speed limits.
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Introducing the Teraja Student Council for 2016/2017 On Wednesday 23rd September, the 2016/2017 Student Councillors were inducted at the Teraja Assembly. The elected representatives were presented with their own Student Council t-shirts, featuring the council’s unique logo. It was a proud day for this year’s Student Councillors who all made their Student Council Pledges to parents, teachers and students in Mileposts 2 and 3.
Edison, Saksham and Jorja
Richard and Frida
Sophie, Sarah and Austin
Mylene and Taha
Kina (for Diamond - absent), Zaki and Varun
By Matthew Hunt, Student Council Coordinator
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Student Council - having a ball!
Newly appointed Panaga School Student Council representatives got straight down to business following their pledges and introductions to the Teraja campus at assembly last month. After speaking to fellow classmates about school matters that were bothering them, the issue of playground equipment - namely balls - that although all recognised they were lucky to have, were becoming increasingly difficult to use because many had gone flat. Proactively springing into action, the Student Council reps rounded up the flat suspects and breathed new life into them all! Remember, however small an issue is, the Student Council is there to help you!
A fantastic ASA initiative! By Matthew Hunt
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Primary 1 began their year with a teddy bears picnic. This was an enjoyable Entry Point which allowed the children to eat their snack with new and familiar friends and talk about the bears they brought to school. We sang along to bear songs and danced with our bears. What a great way for all P1 students to get their Rampayoh bearings. By Miss Donna
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P1D enjoy learning about their new environment
The children in P1D have enjoyed exploring all learning areas as they have settled in to their new classroom and surrounding environment very well. They have already been busy role-playing, drawing, digging, cutting and pasting, counting, designing, computing, building and reading. An exciting year being had already and ahead for all in P1D! By Miss Donna
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P2 Superhumans In our first IPC unit this year, P2 explored what it means to be ourselves. We found out what makes us special by sharing our talents during our Entry Point. Children dressed up as the superheroes they admired; real or imagined. Children drew pictures of their own superhero and wrote about their special powers and what they would do to make the world a better place. We discussed the importance of our bodies and staying healthy. We learned about foods that help our bodies to work well and be strong. We created our very own healthy plate using collage materials and told our friends what we had chosen and why.
With our classmates, we shared what we valued about each other and created unique ‘Me Bags’ which represented our personalities and what made us a friend. We then added things that are unique to us inside the bag, demonstrating our outer and inner selves. In Art, we completed a self-portrait by carefully mixing colours for accurate skin tone and facial features building on our portrait painting techniques from P1. We worked carefully and experimented with different colours and shades. For our Exit Point, we even taught our parents how to do the same! By P2 Teachers - Mr Rorie, Ms Rachel, Ms Christine and Ms Nicci
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Panaga School Magazine P3 pizza perfectionists!
In IPC this term, the children have been learning about their senses. In Science, the children had to design an investigation to find out if we all liked the same pizza toppings. After collecting the data in the Maths sessions, the children found out that different people liked different toppings. They discovered which were the most and least popular toppings. On Thursday 6th October 2016, P3 were lucky enough to visit Fratini's Pizzeria in Kuala Belait. The children donned their chef hats and aprons, then set about creating their very own pizza. After rolling out the dough, they could decide on the shape of their pizza. Next came the tomato base, cheese and their own creativity! The children, teachers and parent helpers had a great time. A big thank you to the staff at Fratini's for their help with this trip. By the P3 team
October 2016