Hybrid Learning Update

Hybrid Learning Progress

We have completed the first semester of this 2021-2022 Academic Year. Over 20 weeks or so, our students experienced a variety of school mode settings. We started with whole online learning and, after a short period, moved to hybrid learning with varying school hours for Grade 6 to Grade 12 students. We then opened hybrid learning for students for Grade 5 and below. The last few weeks have allowed for a significant number of our students a sense of regular school, as regular as a three-day onsite and two-day online school can be.

As we start our second semester of school, we are now preparing our school facilities for our students to move to more normal school learning. Normal school learning is a five-day-aweek school attendance with regular school hours, with all students being welcome on-site and in the building for face-to-face learning. We have been long waiting for this final transition to herald the start of a return to normal. Over the past 21 months, we learned that we could survive and even thrive, a little for some and a lot for others, in a digital environment with minimal in-person interaction. But we are also absolutely convinced that digital interaction is a very dim replication of real in-person interaction filled with the verbal and non-verbal nuances lost in the endemic of poor net connection.

We are excited to have students return to the building for their learning is an understatement. We are ecstatic to return to busy and noisy classrooms, where students can enjoy learning alongside their friends and teachers. We are thrilled to return to regular school days every day of the week where teachers and students can daily encourage and propel one another towards progress. We are thankful for the KV Community (teachers, staff, and parents) that continue to work together to ensure the betterment of all the students safely and healthily. Above all, we remain grateful that the Lord remains faithful to us in His protection and care for each of us.

Mrs. Carol Souisa | Academic Principal

Ibu Hana Tjong | Administration Principal

Kindy Hybrid Learning

It’s always awe-inspiring to see the children get excited over a fantastic discovery. Their eyes light up when they realize how materials relate to one another. How they squeal in delight when substances react to each other! There is definitely no shortage of fun, discovery, and learning in our hybrid classroom.

Our home learning packages provide learning invitations that encourage children to explore concepts, materials, and processes. Whether in school or at home, they develop observation skills, learn to predict and form theories, and begin to synthesize information and make conclusions.

The unit Beautiful Creation showed us that the world belongs to God. He is the Creator who has intentionally and purposefully designed everything with His great wisdom. This inspired the students to engage in various creative and academic pursuits. Some activities under this unit included sink or float, mixed media art like the nature collage, planets in outer space, hand x-ray, and creation day sequencing cards.

The unit Celebrations had the children exploring various special events and the traditions that are associated with them. We shared ideas about birthdays, weddings, Parfait Day, Loi Krathong, and Mardi Gras. Then we capped the unit with the Christmas and new year celebrations.

The final languages of learning showed us that the children are competent and can lead us to new knowledge, views, and understanding. Even when provided with the same materials and provocations, they produced unique masterpieces that were fascinating shreds of evidence of what they had learned.

Ms. Lycel Arboleda Kindy 1-2 Homeroom Teacher

Junior School Hybrid Learning

The month of October was a milestone for our Junior School classes. We implemented a hybrid classroom that accommodated for students in the classroom and at home. It was an answer to prayer to hear the laughter of kids again coming from classrooms as they were reunited with their teachers and friends.

Students were able to enjoy many hands-on activities in new ways. Classes like Grade 1 wrote letters to their pen pal from a school in New York. Grade 2 gave presentations about habitats using dioramas. Grade 3 created and modeled T-shirt book reports about Charlotte's Web. Grade 4 made models of animals of their choice and presented them to their teachers and peers. Grade 5 was spotted testing the laws of motion in the hallway with their paper airplanes.

While the learning experiences widened and students had new opportunities to grow their skills, the most rewarding part has been seeing junior school students reconnecting with old friends and making new friends. We thank God for continuing to sustain the children, families, teachers, staff and wider SPH community during hybrid learning, and we look forward to what is to come in 2022.

Ms. Rebecca Judson Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher

Senior School Whole Day Hybrid Learning

Nearly everyone retains indelible memories of high school and the opportunities, fears, and challenges it held. Young people at this age are developing not only academically but also emotionally and socially! A significant concern for SPH Senior School has been watching our students navigate this portion of their school lives abridged and disembodied. Coming back to school and seeing real faces feels not only more natural; it feels right. So, despite the significant challenges this hybrid stage presents, both teachers and students have found themselves eager to embrace this new phase of education.

Particularly exciting for students has been the long-awaited relaunch of Passion Block activities. According to Ayra (g11),

I’m really excited that Passion Block is starting back up, especially since I’m co-leading a club during this period this year. Passion block previously had provided me many opportunities to explore what I can’t in regular classes such as creative writing and knowledge on criminology. Now, I get to share my own experiences and skills with my fellow schoolmates!

Second semester Passion Block topics include Model UN, Debate, Coding, 3D Printing, Indonesian Culture, Mural Painting, Studnet-Led Magazine, Music, Hydroponics, and more. This one-hour time slot will also be used by our SS teachers to provide extra academic support for studn3ts who may be struggling.

With students learning in school, they can now further develop their inquiry and manipulative skills through science experiments. They finally have optimal circumstances to apply their scientific knowledge through regular laboratory activities. More than that, students can directly interact and collaborate. Reflecting on her hybrid experience, Ian (g11) explains,

It is undoubtedly a great experience and privilege to be at school. The most exciting part of science subjects are the experiments, being in science labs, and getting my hands in them in real life. I now can watch the process of an experiment, not theoretically, and writing reports of the experiment allowed me to reflect on what I have done. Being on campus is a great advantage indeed; I doubt myself doing as much as I do right now if I did not join in for our school’s hybrid learning.

Mr. Andrew Kuiper and Mrs. Bless Osia