Updates from the Principal’s Desk Dear Panaga School Community, Issue Fifty-Five 9th March 2020
Thank you, Mr Nathan! Mr Nathan, thank you, along with our fantastic teaching team, for creating a most joyous intra-school Football Tournament for P4 - M2. Adaptability has been a significant Personal Quality exhibited by all Panaga School staff this year as external factors continue to disturb school operations. Last Friday’s intra-school IFM/4, BSP Company Sdn Bhd, Football Tournament was an excellent event, where our students had the chance to engage in healthy competition and practise their sportsmanship behaviours, as a result of the “can do” attitude Seria, KB 3534, demonstrated by our staff. Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372139 (Teraja/ Melilas), (+673) 3372694 (Mendaram/ Rampayoh) Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal (+673) 3372355/ 8777028 cindybintahal@ panagaschool.com
Head Teacher: Mark Walters markwalters@ panagaschool.net
(+673) 3373972/ 8988224 Panaga School Senior Administration Officer: Jalinah Bte Ali (+673) 3375728 jalinah.ali@shell.com
International Day - Friday 13th March The other major event on our calendar, which deserves everybody’s attention, is this year’s International Day. If you haven’t attended a Panaga School International Day before, you are in for a treat. All parents are welcome to attend at any time during the day. Where possible, we all dress in culturally traditional or representative clothing. The International Day parade and assembly will include all of the Panaga School Community, so please come along if you can. P1 Turtles During my class visits last week, my heart absolutely sang watching enthusiastic learners experience various levels of success with ‘mark making’ in P1. These young learners are aged 4 to 5 years. It is at this stage of a child’s development that their interests, stimulated by age-appropriate events, lead to the engagement and understanding of writing. While visiting P1, I mentioned to Elliott and Iyi that each week I need to think about important messages to communicate in our Panaga School Weekly (PSW). Elliott asked if she could write this edition’s news, Iyi asked if he could help too. How could I resist? These young children, whose curiosity is captured by engaging in the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) units, proved their deep understanding of the “news”, as they reflected on their last IEYC topic, ‘The Weather’. They learnt through play, in a very convincing news reporting play area, how to contribute to this issue of PSW. Enjoy the following article from Iyi and Elliott (pictured):
P1 trtls
In tttoogther to doo ao handritin we didt nid sawdmats naw wer cen rit the nus. Hi 5 p1 by Iyi and Elliott (P1 Turtles - Working together to do our handwriting, we didn’t need any sound mats. Now we can write the news. High-5 P1! By Iyi and Elliott)
Admin Support, Rampayoh/Mendaram: Together, you and me, our community Zurimah Bte Jumat I shall leave everybody with photos from last week’s fantastic whole staff team building event, hosted z.jumat@shell.com
by our local Bruneian teaching team: Miss Sur, Miss Melissa, Mr Donovan and Miss Cyla. This team Admin Support, Teraja: found opportunities to interweave fun with our Personal Qualities, through learning challenges in a Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh Bruneian context. What a joyous and inclusive session! Well done to our organising team. Kind regards, Cindy hasmah.salleh@ shell.com Panaga School Weekly editor: Damian Brady damianbrady@ panagaschool.com
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
Updates from the Head Teacher’s Desk Once again, another busy week at Panaga last week, filled with ongoing events and so much learning. Unfortunately, the haze returned and I would like to thank all parents and staff for their reaction to this situation. We will continue to monitor it in the coming months to ensure that your children's safety is a priority. A number of events occurred last week including the Nursery Ocean Treasures Exit Point, the P1 Mini Bugs Carnival, BJSL, and finally, we were able to offer P4 to M2 an intra school Football Tournament. Unfortunately due to the haze, our Nursery Splash Day was cancelled. We will look to reschedule this soon. As highlighted below, we start our PTCs this week with Melilas. We look forward to seeing you all at the PTCs. - Mr Mark
P1 enjoyed the Bugs Carnival.
M2 study World War II and the impact of Pearl Harbour.
Upcoming PTCs
This is to remind you that we have our Term 2 Parent-Teacher Consultations (PTCs) beginning this week. This is a opportunity for you to discuss your child(ren)’s progress with their teachers. PTCs will take place on the following dates: Melilas PTCs: Tuesday 10th March - 4.30pm-6.30pm Wednesday 11th March - 2.30pm-5.30pm P1-P7 PTCs: Monday 16th March - 2.30pm-5.30pm Tuesday 17th March - 2.30pm-5.30pm
Please click here to sign up to P1-P7 PTCs. Please be aware that sign ups for Melilas PTCs have now closed.
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
09-Mar
10-Mar
11-Mar NTC Parent Evening @ 7:30pm
Whole School
Mendaram (PN-N)
Nursery Entry Point 8.00am
Rampayoh (P1-P3)
Literacy in P1 Drop in clinic 1.45pm
12-Mar Last ASAs of Term 2 P2-P7 Reports issued to parents
13-Mar
International Day
P3 Exit Point in P3 classrooms
Teraja (P4-P7)
Melilas (M1-M2)
M1 & M2 Reports go home
M1 and M2 PTCs 4.30pm6.30pm
M1 and M2 PTCs 2.30pm-5.30pm
16-Mar
17-Mar
18-Mar
19-Mar
20-Mar
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Poetry Week
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MY Open Classroom Event
Whole School
Last Day of Term 2
Mendaram (PN-N)
Early Years Science Day 9.15am-11.15am Early Years Science Day (P1) 9.15am-11.15am
PN Exit Point
Rampayoh (P1-P3)
P2-P3 PTCs 2.30pm-5.30pm
Teraja (P4-P7)
P4-P7 PTCs 2.30pm5.30pm
P4-P7 PTCs 2.30pm-5.30pm
P7 Exit Point Moving People
P6 Exit Point 11.30am
Melilas (M1-M2)
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M2 Temburong Residential
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P2-P3 PTCs 2.30pm-5.30pm
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Event information above is correct at the time of printing. To keep up-to-date with all school events, please go to: www.panagaschool.com/calendar.
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Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
Brunei’s 36th National Day On Friday 28th February, Mendaram celebrated Brunei's 36th National Day with a wonderful array of activities, informative displays and creative decorations, put together by our team of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs). PreNursery joined Nursery and together paraded around the playground, waving flags and listening to Bruneian-style music. The LSAs performed a traditional dance and the children were invited to join in, learning the steps and tapping coconut shells to the beat. The children had the opportunity to learn more about the customs and culture of Brunei, making ‘ondeonde’ (coconut balls) with play dough, smelling ‘bunga rampai’ (fragrant pandan leaves and flowers), weaving paper into ‘ketupat’ decorations, contributing to a large collage of the famous mosque and writing postcards. There were more opportunities to dance and play instruments and we had fun taking snaps in the photo booth! Thank you to the LSAs for taking the lead and teaching us about the wonderful country we all currently call 'home'.
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Written by Miss Shelagh and Miss Norain
Pada hari Jumaat, 28hb Februari, Mendaram menyambut Hari kebangsaan Brunei ke-36. Perhiasan bercirikan ke Bruneian menghias seluruh persekitaran Mendaram. Maklumat mengenai sosiobudaya ke empat2 daerah di dalam negara juga turut di pamerkan. Pelbagai aktiviti menarik telah disediakan untuk meyemarakkan lagi sambutan. Acara dimulai dengan penglibatan murid-murid dengan aktiviti yang memperkenalkan adat dan budaya orang-orang Brunei. Mereka di beri peluang untuk membuat onde-onde dari “playdough”, menganyam ketupat dari kertas, menabur serta menghidu bau bunga rampai, mewarnai masjid SOAS dan juga menulis di atas poskad. Kemuncak sambutan ialah apabila murid dari Pra nurseri dan nurseri berlatarkan alunan musik patriotik berarak mengelilingi taman permainan sambil mengibar bendera kecil Brunei Darussalam. Persembahan tarian aduk-aduk mengakhiri acara di mana murid-murid sangat teruja apabila mereka dipelawa untuk menari bersama. Setinggi tahniah diucapkan kepada semua yang telah mengungkayahkan serta menjayakan sambutan Hari kebangsaan ke-36 pada tahun ini. Terjemahan oleh Miss Norain
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On 27th February, P1 celebrated Brunei’s 36th National Day with many children coming in to school in different shades of yellow and wearing traditional dress called “Baju Kurung”.
The morning began by watching short videos on how National Day was celebrated in 1984 and recently in 2020. The children had a go at making traditional foods like “Onde – Onde” from playdough, coated with grated coconuts, “Cincin” biscuits and “Chap”. They also painted the big flag of Brunei and national flower called Simpur, and played traditional games. We had lots of fun joining in a traditional dance. We ended our day with lovely group photos.
By the P1 team
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Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
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Poetry Week will be from the 16th to the 20th of March! As a part of that week, Teraja and Melilas will host a...
Poetry Writing Competition.
If you are a pupil in P4-M2, and want to participate, here is what you need to do: • •
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Write a poem by yourself or in a small group, Give your finished, neatly-written poem to Miss Tessa in the library before Wednesday 18th March. Miss Tessa will display your poem for everyone to celebrate, Then, on Wednesday 18th March, a panel of teachers will select winners from across the school, Those winners will receive a certificate and be invited to read their poems in the assembly on Friday 20th March.
By the Literacy Action Team
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Making a splash in Nursery! Ocean Treasures Exit Point Parents and children got creative at our Exit Point last week. We kept with our environmental theme and asked the children to use only junk items to create an ocean creature or something linked to the sea. We had sea turtles, octopus, fish and whales, to name just a few...We even had a few swords and shields! Thank you to all of the parents who came to support their children in their learning. By the Nursery team
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P1 teachers have been working with a local school in KB to support phonics teaching and learning with their younger students. P1 staff have visited the school over several Saturday mornings to teach and model phonics lessons to provide coaching for the class teachers and the school with their phonics programme. It was a great opportunity to share knowledge and skills to help further develop learning opportunities for these students. The children and staff were very appreciative of the time given, and having now established this working relationship, we hope to have future sessions together to continue this journey. It is another great example of teachers from Panaga School sharing good practice with the wider community. By the P1 team
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Shared learning: P2/P3 papermaking Last week, P3 taught P2 how to make recycled paper. Following on from P2’s learning about recycling in IPC, P3 shared their knowledge and skills in making new paper from scrap. P3s taught P2 how to soak, blend and colour the scrap paper to make the pulp needed. Then, they demonstrated how to create and decorate the paper with natural and manmade materials. Finally, all of the paper was laid out in the hot Brunei sun to dry and transform into beautiful paper ready for decoration or special messages to family and friends. This collaboration highlighted the excellent Personal Qualities within the year groups. The P2 children said they cannot wait to be in P3 next year and do more paper making again! By the P2 and P3 teams
Carefully mixing colour into the pulp.
Laying the ‘paper’ onto the boards.
Making the pulp.
P3s demonstrating how to put pulp onto the screen.
Waiting for the paper to dry.
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As a part of our Middle Years transition programme, on Tuesday 3rd March, M2 students who intend to study at JIS next academic year were invited to join an Admissions and Taster Day session at Jerudong International School. Students were able to complete their admissions test for 2020/21 and experience some of the optional subjects they may choose to study at JIS in Year 9.
‘The admissions test is not as hard as I thought it would be. There’s no need to be stressed out.’ Hannah
‘We
tried making pasta in Food Technology.’
‘The food was VERY good.’ Finlay ‘The
people were really nice.’ Angus
‘We got a bit lost on the big campus!’ Dhurga
‘We met up with friends in Product Design.’
By Miss Josie, Middle Years Leader
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Humanities Focus
Throughout this term, M2 have been studying the Second World War in the Pacific. They have focused on the conquests of the Japanese army throughout Malaysia and surrounding countries. As a part of the study, they have been looking at military strategies and how well planned the Japanese army were. Last week, we studied the attack at Pearl Harbour and the consequences for the World War following this. The children really enjoyed learning about this topic and have been very reflective in their view and understanding of the process of war. Below are a number of facts the M2s have discovered about the War in the Pacific.
The Japanese army moved with such speed and ferocity that no one could stand against them.
The Japanese were able to captue almost all of Malyasia in just over two months.
Approximately 3 million Japanese people lost their lives during the war.
The Japanese army were so well planned. They kept completely silent as they made their way to Pearl Harbour.
The dropping of the atomic bomb was agrred to try and brng the war to an end and to stop the loss of even more lives.
At Pearl Harbour, the first Japanese prisoner of war was captured.
It took only one week for Japan to conquer Singapore.
The Japanese troops were well trained and very well disciplined.
The final Japanese solider surrendered in 1974. Almost 30 years after the end of the War. He was hiding in the Philippine jungle.
This week, the M2 classes will be discussing the dropping of the atomic bomb and will be debating whether this decision was justified or not. We will be discussing opposing views and allowing the children to draw their own conclusions.
Japan did not want to start a war with America they just wanted to stop the American fleet to allow them to access the oil and rubber in Malaysia.
By Mr Mark
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
How to grow your seed: All can be found in Panaga. Bring your finds to IDF Day on 14th March at the Panaga Club.
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Fifty-Five, 9th March 2020