Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
Updates from the Principal’s Desk Dear Panaga School Community, This week I offer everybody important updates in relation to our incoming teachers’ progress, road safety and news from our School Board.
Panaga School
IFM/4, BSP Company Sdn Bhd, Seria, KB 3534, Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372139 (Teraja/ Melilas),
(+673) 3372694 (Mendaram/ Rampayoh)
Incoming Teachers’ Progress I am pleased to report that P3 teacher, Miss Suzi and her family (pictured) are currently in hotel quarantine and are due to join our Panaga School Community in the near future. The ever changing situation of personal circumstance, base country situations and Brunei’s entry approvals continue to influence dates for our new teacher arrivals. The following table offers relevant updates for scheduled teacher arrivals, which are subject to change: Teaching Location
Travel Date TBC
Notes
Nursery
4.10.20
If visa is not produced next week, date will change.
P2
Mid October
Direct flights from base allow booking once visa is issued.
P3
24.9.20
In country, in quarantine
P4
11.10.20
P5
4.10.20
If visa is not produced next week, date will change.
P6
24.10.20
Visa issued 24.9.20 may fly earlier, pending available flight.
MY English
4.10.20
If visa is not produced next week, date will change.
NTC
31.10.20
Road Safety Updates I would like to thank Zamni and Hj Yu (pictured with Miss Cyla) from BSP HSSE team for their consideration of road safety concerns raised at the road crossings located near House 49 and Teraja school. Additional staff deployment has now been arranged to allow security guards at both of these locations during peak school travel times, as well as at the lights at Jalan Tengah (G3/4/5). We ask for adult to reinforce to children messages of road safety. Additional Panaga School Senior signage and consideration of security guard intervention is being Administration Officer: progressed also. Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal (+673) 3372355/ 8777028 cindybintahal@ panagaschool.com
Jalinah Bte Ali (+673) 3375728 jalinah.ali@shell.com
School Board Updates Panaga School Board met this week at Rampayoh where our P1 to P3 and Melilas students Lucie, Cailee and Rachel, presented a leaving speech and song for Admin Support, outgoing BSP Commercial Director and Board Chair, Rampayoh/Mendaram: Farida Talib and IBAS Representative, Lee Watt. Zurimah Bte Jumat Farida is moving to a new role as BLNG Managing z.jumat@shell.com Director, with Lee finishing his two years school board service. Sonja Perry as Parent Representative, with Louise Cooke as Teacher Representative also Admin Support, Teraja: completed their term on the board, and have since moved on from Brunei. Many Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh thanks to Farida, Lee, Sonja and Louise for being instrumental in moving the school hasmah.salleh@ forward through their respective School Board roles. This week, we also welcomed shell.com Kristy McGrath, our newly elected Parent Representative and Hj Md Azmi Hj Md Hanifah, our incoming BSP Commercial Director. Current vacancies are in the process of being filled, with a further update due to the community in the near future to introduce our 2020/2021 Panaga School Board members. Kind regards, Cindy
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
28th Sept
29th Sept
30th Sept
1st Oct
2nd Oct
5th Oct
6th Oct
7th Oct
8th Oct
9th Oct
Whole School
Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3)
Teraja (P4-P7)
Melilas (M1-M2)
Whole School
Mendaram (PN-N)
PTA Meeting 7.30pm International Dot Day (P1)
Rampayoh (P1-P3)
Teraja (P4-P7)
Melilas (M1-M2)
Sports Training Schedule (click here)
Event information above is correct at the time of printing. To keep up-todate with all school events, please go to: www.panagaschool.com/calendar.
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
A safety assembly for P1 to P3 was held last Friday to mark BSP Safety Day. The security team joined our assembly as we talked about keeping ourselves, our school and our camp safe and secure. We also discussed what we need to do and who to look for, if we feel unsafe near strangers. A big thanks to our friends at the HSE department who kindly volunteered for a Q&A session. We had a lot of fantastic questions raised by our inquisitive P1, P2 and P3 students. Students also enjoyed singing a song: ‘Stop, Look and Listen’. We thank parents for your cooperation in supporting travel safety. Together, with everybody’s support we can all keep safe!
By Miss Sur & Mr Menno
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
Wednesday 16th September was BSP Safety Day. To mark the day at school, we focused on ‘Travel to School Safely’ and took this as an opportunity to reinforce the actions children can take to keep themselves safe, whether they travel by car, foot or bicycle. Since so many of our children cycle to school, we also reflected specifically on bike safety in our assembly.
A big thank you to Miss Jo and Miss Rachel for sharing their knowledge on the importance of riding a bicycle safely.
Bike Helmets Miss Jo and Miss Rachel demonstrated the importance of a helmet and how to wear a cycle helmet to ensure maximum protection.
How fit is your bike? Miss Jo checked Miss Rachel’s bike. Did the brakes work? Was her chain oiled? Were her tyres inflated? Did her lights work? So many things to think about before mounting a bike!
Visibilty Miss Rachel explained how bright colours, especially at night, keep her safe and help others to notice her on the paths or roads.
The children enjoyed finishing off with a quiz to demonstrate everything they had learned and also by singing a song they learned, with Miss Sarah, on cycle safety. - Miss Perminder
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
Goldilocks In P1! On Tuesday morning, the children in P1 had a big surprise when they came to school to find there was a huge mess everywhere! ‘This is a very big mystery’ Abdullah
What has happened? Was it a monkey? Robyn
After some fantastic enquiry skills were demonstrated, the children discovered it was Goldilocks.
‘I found the thread from Goldilocks’ socks’ Willow
The children made posters to communicate what had happened, and tried to find her. Here is the porridge and Baby Bear’s is all gone. Ilse
Luckily, Goldilocks showed integrity by doing the right thing. She admitted to what she did and said sorry. She even gave us the ingredients for her favourite recipe, so that we could make some delicious honey bread.
P1 Team
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
In P6MM, we think... Understanding is complex -ZACK
Understanding takes time. -LYANIS & BEA
We think Understanding can be different for everyone. -VIDYUTH & BEN
I think
understanding is knowing why something is happening. -AMELIA
I think understanding is about making connections between all the subjects. -KYLE
Our ‘Big Questions’ in IPC helps us with our understanding CE900
What can cause a civilization to fall apart?
What holds a civilization together? Miss Maura
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
Chess Club gets off to a Great Start! It was a busy start for the very popular Chess Club ASA, catering for all chess levels with students from P4 to M2! After watching a brief introduction to the game and finding out the experience of students, they were paired off to test their powers of logic and develop tactics. For those students who are new to the game here is the link How to move the pieces. https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-move-the-pieces We look forward to seeing your progress over the term. Miss Shelagh and Mr Simon.
“I like Chess because it is a hard game but Chess Club makes it fun“ Ollie P5D
Panaga School Weekly, Issue Seventy-Three, 25th September 2020
PANAGA SCHOOL MUSIC CLUBS MONDAY
TUESDAY
UKULELE CLUB (P4-M2)
PANAGA SCHOOL CHOIR (P3-M2)
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
LUNCHTIME
TERAJA/MELILAS MUSIC ROOM
2.30-3.30PM
TERAJA/MELILAS MUSIC ROOM
SAMBA ASA (P4-M2)
All Music Clubs will take place in the Teraja/Melilas Music room. Please check the above table in the newsletter each week to see if a club has been cancelled. Sign up for Ukulele Club and Panaga School Choir via the Google docs below. UKULELE SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ d/1_e1B402sf91nddZh5QN0InyjYssREg5JRNJv2rEDVAo/edit? usp=sharing CHOIR SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1swmJebw0Esz6QQJlibn9YoACvAcJoA6oAiH772BW1Y/edit?usp=sharing Sign up for Samba ASA via the ASA Google form.
Panaga School Choir is also open to children in P3. They will walk over to Teraja from Rampayoh with a staff member. They will need to be picked up from the Teraja/Melilas Music room. Please make sure that P3 choir children have a raincoat, hat and extra snack with them. - Miss Sarah