Panaga School Weekly
Updates from the Principal’s Desk Dear Panaga School Community,
Issue Eighteen 1 March 2019
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting Our next PTA meeting will take place on Thursday 7th March, at 7.30pm, in the Teraja staffroom. All are welcome.
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Education consultants’ visits and teacher training Reviews of Panaga School’s learning priorities have identified Early Years education, International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) as priorities for teachers’ continued professional development this year.
IFM/4, BSP Company Sdn Bhd, Seria, KB 3534, Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372139 (Teraja), (+673) 3372694 (Mendaram/Rampayoh)
In the week beginning Monday 18th March, there will be two education consultants attending Panaga School: Robin Belles and Greg Bottrill. Robin is a long-serving education consultant supporting Shell Schools and Greg is an Early Years educator and author.
Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal (+673) 3372355/8777028 email:
A self-review of the IPC is currently being conducted by teachers at Panaga School. Robin will support this process by conducting teacher training in relation to relevant updates, learning visits and various team meetings. He is also an experienced Dutch education consultant and will work with Panaga cindybintahal@panagaschool.com School’s Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur (Dutch language and culture) community on their learning priorities during his week-long visit.
Panaga School Senior Administration Officer: Jalinah Bte Ali (+673) 3375728 email: jalinah.ali@shell.com Admin Support Rampayoh/Mendaram: Zurimah Bte Jumat email: z.jumat@shell.com Admin Support Teraja: Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh hasmah.salleh@shell.com
Panaga School Weekly editor: Damian Brady
Greg Bottrill will provide Early Years teacher training in a shared programme across JIS, ISB and Panaga School. Early Years teachers will travel to ISB on Saturday 16th March for a full day of professional development. Greg will then be at Panaga School all day on Wednesday 20th March, working with teachers and students in the Early Years, with our teachers remaining responsible for students and in attendance at all times. In addition, Professor Michael Bernard, an educational psychologist, has been secured for two full days of teacher training during the August school holidays. Michael is an international consultant to universities, educational authorities, organisations and governments, as well as a professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the Founder of You Can Do It! (YCDI) Education, a programme for promoting social-emotional wellbeing and achievement for students aged 2 to 18 years. YCDI Education is used in over 6,000 schools in Australia, New Zealand, England and North America.
damianbrady@panagaschool.com Michael has also worked as a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Administration and Counselling at the California State University. In addition to teacher training, Michael will deliver a parent session on Wednesday 28th August, 2019. This is the first day of the new academic year. We look forward to the above consultants’ visits in support of teaching and learning at Panaga School. Regards, Cindy
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Eighteen, 1st March 2019
Term 2 Performances It’s that exciting time of year again where students at Teraja and Melilas get to showcase their learning from the Performing Arts classrooms. Students have been creating productions involving Music, Drama and Dance. As part of this production, students can wear a costume to enhance their character. These costumes can be constructed from items already in their wardrobe. If they do not wish to wear a costume students can wear black clothes.
Monday 11th March
Tuesday 12th March
Wednesday 13th March
Thursday 14th March
4pm P4 The Dinosaur Musical
4pm P5 and P6
4pm P7 Medea Grecian Theatre Performance
Melilas Performance Evening
Hagbaine’s Doom Rainforest Musical
5pm M1
The Programmer od Venice
7pm M2
War Horse
By Sarah Hutson, Melissa Sim and Sam Abernethy
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P4 The Dinosaur Musical Are you ready to go back in time with the P4 students for their prehistoric performance, The Dinosaur Musical? The P4s have brought to life characters that teach us all a few things about the world of dinosaurs.
P7 Medea Grecian Theatre The P7s have developed a modern retelling of the Grecian story, Medea. Set in a campsite of unknown origin, Medea begins her life as a refugee from Greece. The play explores the feelings and emotions of change and migration.
P5 & P6 Hagbane’s Doom The P5s and P6s are on a mission to save the rainforest in their musical Hagbane’s Doom. This story takes place with magical forest that is slowly dying. Can 4 children work with the forest creatures to save it. Come along and find out.
Students have explored character perspective and layer characterisation across the term to develop this piece.
M2 War Horse The M2 students have created an adaption of the traditional war horse story. This production looks at the cost of war on family life and the connection we share with the animals we keep. Students have developed songs and adapted the script for the Panaga stage.
M1 Shakespeare The Programmer of Venice M1 students have brought Shakespeare into the 21st century with a modern retelling of the Merchant of Venice. In a world with both YouTube and Twitch streaming services, the competition is high, who will be crowned the most successful streamer? An event not to be missed.
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Panaga School, Brunei Shell Petroleum, Bilingual Emergency Phone Numbers Graphic Design Magnet Competition Schools across the nation are invited to take part in the country’s first-ever Bilingual Emergency Phone Numbers Graphic Design Magnet Competition, organised by Panaga School’s Digital Education Specialist Teachers, Damian Brady and Neil Lynch; funded by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP). Details below:
The winner will have the unique opportunity of being awarded as the sole designer of what will be a thousand bilingual magnets produced and distributed to Bruneian schools, government departments and businesses, thanks again to BSP funding. It is scary how few people know all four of Brunei’s Emergency Services’ phone numbers. What an opportunity for children and their parents and teachers to not only learn all four emergency phone numbers, but to know them in both languages from designing a poster. The competition encourages the following important message to students: “By entering…you could help save a life.” We implore all Panaga School students to enter. Entries close Friday 12th April. The winner will be announced and magnets will be ready for distribution in July. School students of all ages are invited to send their entries to: emergencymagnetcompetition@panagaschool.net. By Damian Brady and Neil Lynch, DE Specialist Teachers
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On Friday 25th February, the staff and children had a wonderful morning celebrating the 35th Brunei National Day. Wearing traditional dress and yellow clothing, we paraded waving flags and joined in traditional dances. A wide range of activities followed including making hats and weaving. Everyone had a super time and enjoyed sharing this special day. By the Mendaram team
More great photos can be found by clicking here.
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Eighteen, 1st March 2019
A group of students in Melilas have started a new project.
A group they call ECO. Our group is dedicated to transforming Panaga School into an elite Eco School. An Eco School is a sustainable school, devoted to bettering their school’s environment and the surrounding area. The average school produces around 9.4m tonnes of greenhouse gases every year. This is appalling! We have set out to change this, and with our dynamic ECO Committee selected from enthusiastic P4-M2 students, we hope to change Panaga School for the better. By the ECO Committee :) The ECO Committee meet on Wednesday lunchtimes in the Art Room
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DESIGN BRIEF: You have been asked to design and make a fridge magnet using sustainable wood - 15cm x 15cm (150mm x 150mm) maximum size. •It could be sold by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) to raise awareness of endangered species of Borneo.
•It should be imaginative and highly embellished using paint/screws/nails/wire. • It should appeal to both adult and child markets.
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HAND TOOL SAFETY What type of saw is best for the job? The Sustainable Wood Team work to get the job done.
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Choosing the correct TOOL for the job and using it SAFELY
Identifying and using Nails and Screws with control
By Miss Josie & Mr Zaim Art & DT Department, Teraja and Melilas
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Eighteen, 1st March 2019
Many people think that the Pangolin is a reptile because of its scales. It is in actual fact a mammal. Its diet consists of insects and it consumes around 70 million insects per year. It uses its long claws to tear into ant and termite nests and it uses its long tongue, which is longer than its body, to lap up the insects. The infant pangolin rides on its mother’s tail for the first 3 months. When the animal is threatened, it curls into a ball, hence its name Pengguling, which in Malay means ‘things that roll up’. Its body is covered in scales making it a virtually impenetrable armour for protection against predators.
Photo by Shavez Cheema
The Pangolin is the most threatened mammal in the world as well as the most illegally traded animal worldwide. All eight species are protected under national and international laws. However, there is still a growing international illegal trade in Pangolins. Its meat is considered a delicacy and pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. On 31st January, 9 tons of Pangolin scales (from an estimated 14000 Pangolins) were confiscated in Hong Kong, bringing the species ever closer to extinction. Written by the Wildlife Warriors
Sports Training Schedule
- Nathan Edwards
Monday 4th March
Boys Football Training
P4-M2
Meet at Teraja Hall
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Tuesday 5th March
Girls Football Training
P4-M2
Meet at Teraja Hall
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Contact Rugby
P7-M2
Padang
2.30pm - 3.30pm
P4-M2 (P4 & P5 must be
Meet outside Teraja entranceway
6.25am - 7.00am
Wednesday 6th March
(mouthguards compulsory)
Friday 8th March
Running Club
accompanied by a parent)
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Eighteen, 1st March 2019
Excellent job, Spandita in P7S for your double correct answers to puzzles 8 and 9. Very clear presentation of both solutions. Well done to Richard in P5 for his solution to week 9’s fiendish cake problem. Enjoy this week’s mollusc mystery. - Mr Simon