Sekolah Victory Plus Newsletter - April 2018 Edition

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FOREWORD Dear Victorians, Our Grade 6s, 9s and Grade 12s have completed their UN exams, and our Grade 12s are now just looking towards Prom, A2 exams and Graduation. I visited the Grade 12 classes during their last day at SVP and a number of them said that it felt weird that today was their last day of Secondary School. I asked them since as I am leaving this year also could I be considered part of class 2018 as well!

MAY 2018 IMPORTANT DATES 1 Labour Day 2 National Education day 2-9 ECE End of Year Photo Session 3-9 USBN & US Utama Gr. 6 4 Religious Activity 5 Primary School End of Year Performance

By the time this newsletter is published, they will most certainly be in the process of completing their Cambridge A2 examinations (the last year that SVP will ever do Cambridge Exams), and we wish them all the best.

However, many already have University places all over Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Japan, USA‌; our students will be so spread out. But as I always remind them, they will always be Victorians and that they will always be welcome back here for a visit, or for help, or even just advice !

10 Ascension Day of Jesus Christ 16 EY1 & EY2 End of Year Performance 17 The First day of Ramadhan (tbc) 18 SVP 20th Anniversary

20 National Awakening Day 21-25 Gr. 11 DP & UN Semester Exams 23 Toddler Learning Celebration and Family Gathering 24-25 MYP Personal Project Exhibition 25 ECE Certificate Presentation Ceremony 28 Seminar PKN 4 (Gr. 10 / 11)

As you would be aware Ramadhan starts in a couple of weeks, so Ramadan mubarak to those whom celebrate and may everyone else be safe and careful during this season, which will be busy with a number of End of Year celebrations, SVP’s 20th Anniversary break fast, Graduations and reports.

Liam Hammer Academic Advisor

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29 Vesak Day 29 International Day of Families 30-31 Intensive Religious Activities Gr. 10 & 11 DP Part 4 31 Grade 6 Graduation 31 EY1 Learning Celebration

EY 2 EXCURSION TO PASIR MUKTI, BOGOR On Tuesday, 3 April 2018, EY 2 students went on an excursion to Pasir Mukti in Bogor. The purpose of the excursion was to complete their learning on the 'Sharing the Planet' unit of inquiry. The students explored Pasir Mukti and they learnt about Indonesian agricultural which included topic like crops and plantations.

The students also experienced rice planting, rice field plowing, watering plants and harvesting of vegetables. By having this excursion the students got the opportunity to learn more about other living things. They learnt that plants play an important role in our life on earth and how they need to care for plants in order to keep our earth balanced.

By the end of the excursion, the students were tired but they come home with a joyfull heart. Check out our photos!! written by Ibu Marianne Clemence EY2 Homeroom Teacher 3

TODDLER EXCURSION TO KUNTUM FARMFIELD BOGOR written by Ibu Suci Winda Astuti and Ibu Harviarini, Toddler teachers

The current transdisciplinary theme in class for toddler students is “How the World Works” and the central idea is “Animals and plants play different roles in our lives”. We've been introducing some animals and plants to the kids especially the ones that we've got at school. The kids have been learning about the characteristics of certain animals such as fish, rabbits and turtles and their habitats. We also sometimes visited the school garden to explore the plants and also the main types of plants such as grass, trees and flowers.

On Monday April 16th 2018, toddler students went on a field trip to a farm. Visiting a farm field is an ideal way for city children, particularly SVP students, to understand and connect with where their food comes from. We visited Kuntum Farm field in Bogor where the kids could find farm animals and explore plants more than they do at school. It's a perfect place for toddler kids to experience catching fish, feeding farm animals and harvesting some vegetables. The kids experienced the natural world in a new and engaging way. The place is designed to connect children with the natural environment through all the activities it offers. They had an opportunity to interact with some farm animals such as, cows, goats, rabbits, sheep, chickens, geese, ducks, birds and guinea pigs. They even got a chance to pick the eggs from the chicken cage. The kids also tried to plant the lettuce and harvest some cassavas. Catching fish in a fish pond was also exciting for the kids. They seemed really enthusiastic doing all the activities there with their moms.

After the farm field trip, toddler students will be able to make the connection that healthy, fresh food comes from the earth. Hopefully, the kids will be familiar with and recognize fruits and vegetables so that they will be more likely to eat those healthy foods when they see them at home. Moreover, the kids had a lot of fun with the animals and the fresh air. It was such a great experience for them!

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NURSERY EXCURSION TO FAUNA LAND ANCOL written by Ibu Mamiek Ertwari, Nursery Teacher

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On Thursday, April 19 , 2018, we were getting the students out of their classroom and experiencing a new environment.

Nursery students and their parents went on a field trip to Fauna Land Ancol to explore the animals world. This activity was in line with the recent Unit of Inquiry 'Sharing the Planet and the central idea was 'Animals and people interact in different ways in different settings'. This activity was to expose the students to the real animals. The real animals can be a connection to the real world. Seeing those actual animals was really engaging. The students interacted with the animals by feeding lions and donkeys. By feeding the animals, they learnt about responsibility. They even made explorations about the animals by observing different kinds of animals such as tortoise, monkeys, wallaby, pony, tapir, rabbits, and leopard.

The students and parents also had so much fun during the 'Birds Show'. They enjoyed different kinds of birds from all around Indonesia. They even had interactions with the birds and ended with a wonderful bird show where all the birds could follow the instructions given by the trainers. In this field trip, students and parents did research and have recreation at the same time.

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After the story telling session, the students watched movies about the condition of our forest nowadays and the wild animals left that need to be rescued. Moreover, Kakak from WWF told us to always take good care of the animals and trees.

NURSERY ACTIVITY:

THE ROLES OF ANIMALS written by Ibu Gita Tondok, Nursery Teacher and Year Leader

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he sound of neighing horses and galloping hooves welcomed the Nursery students to school on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Baim the horse came to SVP since the students had learned to mention the different roles that animals play in people's lives. What is better to learn this line of inquiry than to have a firsthand experience: the horse cart riding itself. Prior to the horse cart riding, the teachers kept a little secret of what farm animal they were about to ride. As the students walked out of the class going to the parking lot, they used their critical thinking to have a smart guess of what possible animal can be used to help humans going places.

When they saw Baim, we could tell how happy they were from their ear-to-ear grins. All of them courageously climbed up onto the cart, enjoyed the bumpy ride and were thrilled with the fresh-air breeze. In groups of five or four, they went out of the school premises, going around Citra Niaga Raya and observed things they found along the way from another perspective that differs from the one they usually have when they are going places by foot or in the car. During the ride, they also talked with the coachman from whom they learned what horses need to live and how we can take care of them so they will grow healthy and happy.

During reflection time, some of them said they would love to ride a 6

horse to school and just park it in parking lot. On the other hand, some of them, especially the boys, prefer a racing car to go to school.

Because the car, Lamborghini particularly, is much faster than a horse. Not to mention that the yellow sports car can transform into a robot with wings that can let them fly. Overall, they said they were sooo happy and would like to repeat this experience again and again. See you next time, Baim!

written by Ibu Lidwina Arnika, EY 2 Jupiter Homeroom Teacher

EY 2 STORY TELLING SESSION BY WWF

ast but not least from the unit Sharing the Planet was the story telling session from WWF. EY2 students learned how to take care of our forest and our environment in order to sustain our life on Earth. Kakak Ian as the story teller told us a story about Bayu and a giant ant. The giant ant told Bayu how to take care of our forest, things like throwing plastic into the bin, planting more trees and taking care of the animals.

PYP EXHIBITION written by Ibu Early Hapsari, PYP Coordinator

In the final year of the PYP, which is Grade 6 in our school, students participate in a culminating project, the PYP exhibition.

This requires that each student demonstrates engagement with the five essential elements of the programme: knowledge, concepts, skills, attitudes and action.

This year, our theme is How We Organize Ourselves. Students, with their friends in the group, chose a topic of interest they wanted to explore and organized themselves to learn and plan an action as a result of their learning. The topics were healthy lifestyles, animals, environment, bullying, arts, technology, sports and games. They

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worked with their Teachers in Charge, who are the grade 6 homeroom teachers; the subjects teachers; mentors and PYP coordinators. Great ideas were arising during the journey of the PYP Exhibition. Some of them decided to sell their creations, become a reseller of products related to their topic, open game booths, to raise people's awareness of topics they explored. It is a transdisciplinary inquiry conducted in the spirit of personal and shared responsibility, as well as a summative assessment activity that is a celebration as students move from the PYP into the middle years of schooling. We hope our students can be agents of change, to make the world a better place to live.

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IMMERSION PROGRAMME written by Bapak Entus Carli Akbar, Immersion Programme PIC

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The Immersion Programme i s o ne of o u r P ri m a ry School's holistic learning experiences. This should cover each aspect of it.

The learners are required to really experience all the learning aspects in this program. In other words, they feel and witness real-life lessons that are provided by the places they visit. This year, the Grade 5 Immersion Program took Jatim (East Java) for its destination. We visited Malang, Surabaya and Madura on a 5 day trip.

The trip started on March 25 th in Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport and ended on March 29th 2018 at school.

The journey started with a cultural visit to Museum Panji. They saw the history of Malang city, “Perang Bubat” in the form of a diorama and puppet collection.

After that we went to “Gubug Klakah”, it is one of the distinguished villages in Malang. The village has its own value in any elements of the culture. The local people welcomed the students with traditional music and dance. They spent a night in a local house to feel the real atmosphere of the village. The next day, the agricultural

program in the village gave us plenty of sources of information about how to cultivate the famous apples, which are the signature product of the area and also another fruit (strawberries) and vegetable (leek). The students enjoyed all the activities and learned more about culture and farming.

Later in the afternoon, we visited Museum Angkut (transportation).

History and collections of a n y k i n d s o f transportation were well displayed here. They saw the human advancement of technology in transportation from time to time. It has really given the students an awareness that nothing's impossible. They can always dream and make that dream come true. It also gave students motivation to always be creative in many good ways especially in technology. However, it didn't muffle our enthusiasm to have more fun together. Even in the middle of our journey, our students always made us proud as they courageously sang “Gambang Suling” with the “Keroncong Music Group” at the Museum Topeng. Marvellous!

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students woke up with enthusiasm and high spirits as we started with morning games, as we believe that a healthy body gives a healthy mind. Students played various games led by all teachers where they had to work together as a team, being openminded and caring to one another. Well done, everyone!

Museum Tubuh showed enlarged version of the human body and gave great advice about taking care of it. It was really a very close and detailed version of human organs.

It made them aware of their own body health.

Jatim Park 2 (Batu Secret Zoo and Museum Satwa) animals' collection made the students amazed.

The varied species from all over the world, as well as pre-historic specimens filled the students with awe and excitement.

They saw amazing creatures with their very own eyes.

Before we ended our Immersion Programme journey, all students went to Madura by passing Suramadu bridge. We were so excited as most of them had never passed Suramadu bridge. And at the end of the road, we

went to Suramadu Bridge Monitoring Building, they showed enthusiasm and listened to the explanation about Suramadu Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System. They learned how to maintain and monitor the bridge 24 hours a day. After that we tasted a very delicious duck originally from Madura. Hmm.. so yummy and delicious.

Museum Kapal Selam (Submarine) is an old Indonesian submarine that turned into a very eye catching place for a museum. The students experienced how it felt to be in a deep-sea machine as well as increasing their sense of nationality about being Indonesian.

They learned how Indonesia defends the sea and the technology behind it through an old indonesian movie in Vidio Rama room.

Overall, the Immersion program was a valuable learning source in many ways. It obviously trained the students to be more respectful and responsible in terms of behaviour as well as more knowledgeable in dynamic and fun ways.

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he ways and systems in which we communicate have varying degrees of effectiveness. Grade 1 students learned about communication that people used in the past to the present time.

Students learn the procedures required for different forms of communication. We try to understand the reason for the change of communication systems from time to time.

Grade 1 Visit to Post Office written by Ibu Wiwin Winarni Grade 1 Year Leader

O n e f o r m o f communication that people use is letters. th On April 4 2018, we took the students to visit our city's post 10

office to learn the system of sending letters. The students had a post office tour, observed how the postmen worked in collecting, separating and sending letters and interacted with them closely. Then the students listened to a presentation about the post office, the history of the stamp and many other things related to the post office.

All of the students were very excited to observe closely and learned new things.

They said, they wanted to try to send letters and cards to their friends and parents from the post office.

Grade 6 visit to

MUSEUM NASIONAL written by Ibu Tannia Sekarlati, Grade 6 Year Leader

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rade 6 current UOI is Where we are in place and time. To enrich their knowledge of the unit, we decided to have a visit to Museum Nasional.

Museum Nasional is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum situated in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat No.12, Gambir, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta. The museum is regarded as one of the most complete in Indonesia. The museum has preserved about 141,000 objects, ranged from prehistoric artifacts, to archeology, numismatics, ceramics, ethnography, history and geography collections. Our aim is to see how the evidences of the past were stored and how it can serve to give us information about

civilization in the past.

Upon arrival, the guides welcomed us warmly and the students were divided into smaller group, so they could listen to the guide explanation better. The visit st started on the 1 floor, where the guide took us to a tour to the past. A lot of evidences of the past st civilization occupied the 1 floor. We could see a lot of inscriptions, statues and some other historical evidences. The students listened to the guide explanation very attentively. They were mesmerized all the artifacts displayed on each floor. The museum building itself consists of 4 floors. The most interesting part of the th museum was the 4 floor. It is where the jewelries made from gold silver and other

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precious stones are stored.

The students were given a worksheet to fill in, in which required them to write down any artifacts that they saw, found out where it was taken from, form which civilization it wasn’t related to the meaning behind the creation. We witness the enthusiasm of the students as they roamed around the museum floors, exploring the artifacts, finding out any information they needed to know. Sadly, some part of the museum was closed due to renovation. However, excursion has always been a very engaging learning activity for the students.

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IMMERSION PROGRAMME written by Bapak Felix Foe Hakim, DP Coordinator 12

The Sekolah Victory Plus – Europe Immersion Programme is organized by the school for the Grade 11 students. It is intended particularly for those students who are preparing to study abroad and, for those students who are not planning to go abroad, this is their chance to experience a different culture, adapt to a new environment (including foods, weather, etc.) and most importantly, to develop as an openminded individuals.

The learning started from the moment that we arrived at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. We went for a short city tour, learned about thousands of warehouses and historical buildings and came to see why Amsterdam is known as the city of canals!

The Netherlands is steeped in history, and the students came to appreciate how some of this history is closely linked to Indonesia's history. We were able to visit many historical buildings, museums, dams, windmills and even visited a concentration camp that was used during World War II. At the end of the first week, all of us met with our host families at Heerbeck College. The students stayed with their host families for the week. At Heerbeck College itself, the students enjoyed a campus tour, and were also fortunate enough to participate in a number of lessons.

The Heerbeck College students accompanied our students throughout their time at the College and on the last day, they learned how to cook a classical Dutch dish which is vegetable soup and pancakes. The students enjoyed every moment of the trip, and it was once again confirmed that this is an excellent programme, as well as being an excellent “Learning Adventure� for the students.

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ontextual teaching and learning approach is an educational process that aim to help students see meaning in the academic material they are studying by connecting academic subject with the context of their daily lives, that is, with the context of their personal, social and cultural circumstance. (US Department Of Education, 2011).

A language is dynamic, the meaning is language always evolve accordance with the development of human civilization. Therefore, subject Language and Literature Bahasa Indonesia implement contextual learning to learn directly the current condition Indonesian language. This is important because students can directly associate the lessons they get in a class with personal living conditions. In this unit, grade 8 SVP can learn directly from the phenomena that occur in their environment.

They compose a poster that they spread through social media that contains the form of language errors and the appropriate language usage rules. This is useful for us as a language community can use the Indonesian language appropriately in accordance with the rules of the Indonesian language.

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rade 8 students have just experienced another learning beyond the classroom program. Destination Japan. The Japanese Immersion program is one of the programs that are designed to sharpen students life skills, especially their social and communication skills.

Additionally, students also experienced intercultural understanding and respect, which are very important attributes for global citizens.

The Japanese Immersion Program was held from 17th to 31st March 2018. There were three parts to this immersion: a tour; home stay with a Japanese family; and camping in the snow. Here are some of the places we visited during the tour: Maglev Museum, Kachikachiyama Ropeway, Tatami factory, Fujiko Fujio Museum (Doraemon M u s e u m ) , To k y o To w e r , M i r a i k a n Museum, and Disney Sea. The live in and snow camp section of the program was organized by The Hippo Family Club.

Preparation was one of the most important things in this program since we wanted to introduce our culture to Japanese people. The preparation involved language skills, cooking and performance. During this preparation time, students p r a c t i s e d t h e i r AT L s k i l l s , especially their self-management skills. Students also needed to learn basic Japanese, learn how to cook Indonesian food (we chose nasi goreng, rendang and opor

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ayam) and practice Kecak and Gemu Famire Maumere dance. We had one month of intensive practice every Monday afternoon before we left for Japan.

According to Bu Yustina, our chaperon, there were five essential things that we needed to remember when we were in

Japan: after using the toilet/shower/washbasin, please ensure it is ready for other people to use; participate 100%; Kokoro hiraite (open your heart, communicate, socialize, and adapt to new situations); be wise when using gadgets; and make this experience meaningful and fruitful.

When we first arrived, we were all very anxious to see Japan. At the first sight we were all very amazed with the view and at the same time we were also shocked by how cold the weather was. The first few days, we enjoyed the tour and we were challenged to be more independent.

We were also really challenged to practise our communication, social and creative thinking skills when people did not understand what we were talking about. The first few days before the live in program were good for students to practice their ATL skills and also learn how to adapt to any condition and situation.

This tour also made students learn about the development of technology in Japan. Maglev museum is the museum of the futuristic train in Japan that uses the magnet concept. Its speed is around 600 km/h. Fujiko Fujio Museum showed us the manga (art)

development in Japan. Miraikan museum is the museum that told us about innovation in Japan technology. Kachikachiyama Ropeway, Tatami factory, Tokyo Tower and Disney Sea are places that showed us Japanese identity.

Home stay with the Hippo family community was second on our agenda. All students and teacher chaperones lived together with a Hippo (Japanese) family. These families live in several cities in Japan.

Only one Indonesian was placed with each Japanese family. During this homestay, we all practised our intercultural understanding and respect, especially with all members in our host family. We tried to live as a Japanese person but we also shared our culture. We cooked Indonesian food and performed Indonesian dances at this time.

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other people was another benefit of this program.

Camping in the snow was the last item on our itinerary. We lived together in the Iiyama area not only with Japanese people but also with people from around the world, including Chinese, Spanish, and Mexican students. Again, there was only one Indonesian in each group.

At this time we were really excited because most of the activities were conducted in the snow.

Collaboration, communication, thinking, and organization skills were really implemented here.

Making ice cream and building fires in the snow were some of the main activities. This section of our immersion closed with an exciting snowball fight.

Enjoyment and challenge were the things that we felt during this program. This program made students become more independent and responsible. In Indonesia, we have parents that always help us in every situation but in Japan, even though we had teacher chaperones, we needed to be independent because they were not always with us. Japanese people taught us many things and we will never forget our time in Japan.

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It was in 2012 that our school first joined the World Scholar's Cup (WSC). We joined the regional round in Singapore at that year. With no background knowledge whatsoever about it we entered the competition courageously and valiantly. It's been six years since then, and every year is getting more and more exciting.

and understanding of what's going on in the world around them. They have improved their critical thinking, fostered their global-mindedness as well as empathy and caring towards their fellow human kind by having interactions with different people from different countries and races all around the world.

The competition itself has four events, the Scholar's Debate, Collaborative Writing, S c hola r ' s C ha lle nge a nd Scholar's Bowl. Each year the WSC committee always comes up with a very interesting theme which covers six subjects, they are; Science, Special Area (one that is of a specific topic and different every year), Arts and Music, Literature, Social Studies and History. For this particular year, the committee releases their theme as “An Untangled World� where the topics covered interesting stuff such as: Braving the distance, Science of memory, black markets, history of diplomacy and voices of the inseparable.

Well, people might think that this competition is not so much as academic as other competitions; however, the impact upon joining this surpasses the academic achievement. Along the years, students who have had the chance of entering this competition have been better off in terms of their attitude by taking charge of their future and being independent in a way that they are now more confident and bolder in expressing their opinions and more eloquent in their verbal communication.

With a different theme every year and different topics to cover the students have a broader and wider knowledge

It's been a wonderful and most satisfying experience to be part of World Scholar's Cup community.

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Grade 10 SCOUT CAMP written by Bapak Wisnu Wibowo, MYP Physical Health Education Teacher

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he rainy season is almost over, meaning that it is time for Grade 10 to learn outside of the classroom in nature in a program that I call Scout camp 2018.

Three days and two nights were spent at Gunung Gede Pangrango Forest Complex, Cimacan Village, Cipanas, Cianjur. The topography of the field is wavy and hilly with an altitude of 1275 m above sea level with an air temperature 1727 degrees Celsius. We camped and did many activities in nature.

There are some differences from the previous Scout camps.

This time, we eliminated garbage during our meals by not using cardboard or styrofoam containers and no plastic water bottles. Instead, we brought everything from home and washed it after we used it, for example plates, eating utensils, and water bottles. This was a valuable lesson and a good example on how to reduce waste. We also cooked our dinners together. Yes, this was very difficult. Even burning the wood was very difficult.

However, this taught us to appreciate our daily food.

Our activities are quite different from the previous year. We navigated our way to a waterfall

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and along the way we learned about the plants in this forest that are safe for human consumption. We also had some activities that are very useful for our lives, such as First Aid, Leadership games, Teamwork games, and how to plant in a sustainable way. Some of the benefits we got from this activity were: we can socialize with each other well, we know more about the plants in the forest, and we can have camp without creating waste products.

"Amazing things never really comes easy"

Congratulations to Giga, Grade 4 student who won the 2nd place for Swimming category for O2SN at Bintang Sport Center (BSC), Narogong on 10 April 2018

Congratulations to Joshua BS for winning 1st place for Freestyle category Age 7-8; 2nd place for Breaststroke category Age 7-8; and Best Swimmer category Age 78 at Tzu Chi School swimming competition on 7 April 2018

Congratulations to Nabila, Grade 2 as the 3rd place for Tradisional Individu Junior D, Female in Wushu Competition on 28 April 2018

Congratulations to Bianca for Gold Reward, Agastyo and Jesselyn for Silver Reward in Math Kangaroo Contest on 13 April 2018

Congratulations to Fidella, Grade 5 won the 1st place for Athletics category for O2SN on 11 April 2018

Congratulations to Aurelius, Grade 9 and Pras, Grade8 who won 1st place Robotics National Competition 2018 for Junior Programming (1315 April 2018).

Congratulations to Agastyo who got Gold Medalist and as the Grade 3 Overall Champion in 2018 International Mathematics Wizard Challenge, 5-6 May 2018.

Congratulations to U8 team as the runner up in JSFA Gala 2018

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Greeting from SVP Board of Trustee..

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eing part of the founders who set up Sekolah Victory Plus (SVP), I remembered the time back in 1997 when I was carrying my second son, the dream of giving the best education for our two children appeared in our mind. I remembered when Pak Handoko and I discussed about our children's future, we wanted our children to be able to compete and perform in the unknown future. We thought about p re p a r i n g t h e i r a b i l i t y t o communicate in the international language – English- as better and more opportunities will be available in the future for people who can communicate in the international language. Therefore, we set up a school with English as a medium of communication.

In 1998, the Victory Montessori Playgroup was established. The name of our Playgroup was a homage to Maria Montessori, the inventor of the method that we applied at that time. A year after t h a t i n 19 9 9 , we o p e n e d kindergarten classes. We never thought of setting up a Primary School until some parents whose children were about to graduate from our kindergarten requested a meeting with us before the first semester ended, they were questioning about the continuum of their children's education.

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convinced us to set up a Primary School. I answered their questions by pointing out the limitation of space - We didn't have enough rooms for their classes. The parents who joined the meeting still insisted in supporting us to open the Primary School. They were willing to pay the tuition fees in advance. They were very persistent.

They said that they were willing to enroll their children in our Primary school even if we didn't have a proper classroom. “A tent would do, Miss.” I was motivated by their determination for setting up a Primary School. Eventually, we opened the Primary School in 2001 and 10 students registered to become the first batch of SVP. In 2006 we set up SVP Middle School , it was a year before our first batch of Primary School graduated.

We accepted 10 students from schools around Bekasi. Three years after that in 2009 we opened SVP High School. We then completed SVP with a Baby Gym for students age 6 months up to 2 years in 2012.

As such, it becomes a complete continuum from Early Childhood Education to Secondary School.

We are so blessed to have great school leaders, teachers and staff from Early Childhood Education to Secondary School. Moreover, the abundant support from parents continues to help SVP grow bigger and better each year. We manage to

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keep on improving our curriculum, teaching and learning methods as well as our facilities. We are sure with strong collaboration between parents and school, we can help students to progress in their learning journey.

Every morning during the greeting time, I notice that students come to school with enthusiasm and willingness to learn. At the end of the school day, I also see that they are still engaged and happy with their activities. Some parents even mentioned that they have difficulties in asking their children to go home. I believe that it is because students think that SVP is their home too.

We educate students to be learners and global citizens. We teach them to do their best, academically and characteristically. We are proud and happy to know that there are a lot of SVP alumni who are accepted in reputable universities, even some of them received scholarships. We are happy to see that some of our alumni have graduated from their universities and started their jobs. We hope that in the future, we will still keep the CHAMPION values : Courageous, Honest, Active, Mindful, Positive, Innovative, Open-minded and Noble. Lastly, let us strive to always be Champions for ourselves, our family and our country.

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1,000 seats in SVP's Amarta Hall filled with Indonesian teachers from across Indonesia!

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about concepts such as inquiry based learning, st differentiation, play based classes and 21 Century teaching and learning.

On 21 April 2018, Sekolah Victory Plus hosted the largest ever Teacher's Conference in Indonesia. Indonesia celebrates Kartini Day st every April 21 . Raden Ajeng Kartini, was a prominent Indonesian national heroine from Java who was a pioneer in the area of Indonesian girls' and women's rights in education in the 19th Century.

Around 80 amazing and dedicated teachers from our school offered workshops. One of our parents, Ibu Virgie Baker, a popular TV personality, volunteered as our MC for the day.

SVP school founder, Ms Yustina Ries Sunarti was the keynote speaker and was supported by our local city mayor, Bapak Rahmat Effendi. A large variety of local businesses sponsored us by providing lunch, certificates and goodie bags.

This conference was part of SVP's commitment to raising the standards of education across Indonesia. We felt it fitting that such a day would be devoted to offering a teacher's conference for local teachers in the area.

Local news and media were also present. Bekasi online were there and posted this; 'Guru SVP Berbagi Ilmu Abad 21 ke 1000 Guru di Kota Bekasi'. This is what a medium sized IB World School with a lot of passion can do!

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SVP Anniversary Performance in Summarecon Mall Bekasi

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ne of the activities to celebrate SVP 20th Anniversary is having performances at Summarecon Mall Bekasi on Friday, 13th April 2018. There were teachers, students and parents involved in the event; performing flash mob, singing, acoustic, dancing and DJ+rap.

They were performances as below: Singing by Pak Das & Zaza, Akito & Keisuke Acoustic by Prabu, Tama, Andrea and Alvin, Dancing by Kayla, Vella, Celine, DJ by Aldhi, Rafi, Keanu and Russel Rap by Danendra Zaza, Andrea and Pak Das sang beautifully and also Tama with his new colour of voice that made audiences amazed. Akito brought his brother, Keisuke from Grade 1 for the first time to sing a Japanese song on stage.

The flash mob itself was prepared since February 2018; choreographed by Cesyl Secioria (SVP Alumni) and Shafira (Gr.11 student) it used the soundtrack of The Greatest Showman with 3 minutes of duration. It involved 3 groups consisting of teachers, parents and students that practiced for the flash mob in different time and led by each leader. The whole intensive practice was done in the middle week of March until the second week of April 2018. It was performed successfully at the Downtown Stage area at 18:15 and watched by Victorians and mall visitors.

All of the performers did it very well, including DJ Russel & Keanu who managed the technical problem by speaking to the audience and performed shuffle dance with joy.

The stage programmes finished at 20:00. We thank all the principals, staff, teachers, parents and students that made this event possible. Happy 20th Anniversary, SVP!

Following the flash mob performance, some Primary and Secondary students together with Pak Dasrizal (SVP Math teacher) continued to perform at the Pasar Senggol Stage, across the downtown area. The programmes were led by Fali and Fabri from Grade 12.

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“Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.”

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Run for Victory 2018 was the fourth annual running event that was organized by Sekolah Victory Plus (SVP) and it was open for students and adults from inside and outside SVP. It was held on Saturday, 7th April 2018, from 06:00 – 08:30 AM. This time SVP was involved in the 1818K of 'I Sweat Indonesia' that was initiated by Pocari Sweat in support of the Asian Games 2018. The photos of this event were included in #isweatindonesia together with other photos from different schools.

We also wanted to acknowledge other schools' runner community.

The 'Run for Victory' event is in line with school's highlight in developing the healthy life style through sporting activities. It was also organized to strengthen the bond among teachers, staff, parents, students and other schools' community members.

The event was organized in different categories: 5 km - For those students from High School and adults.

3 km - For students from Junior High School. Adults were allowed to participate in this category but was not eligible for winning this category.

1 km - For students from Grade 4-6.

500 m - For Kindergarten up to Grade 3 students.

Each runner in this event got a tshirt, goodie bag and a finisher medal.

We congratulate all the winners from each category.

500 M (Kindergarten): 1st Place : Dionisius (3:33”) 2nd Place : Ervard (3:36”) 33

3rd Place: Arkan (3:52”) 500 m (Grade 1-3): 1st Place : Syafa (2:42”) 2nd Place : Jermine (2:44:25”) 3rd Place: 053 (2:44:87”) 1km Male: 1st Place : M Marverick (05:06”) 2nd Place : Nathaniel (05:07”) 3rd Place: Clement (05:40”) 1 km Female: 1st Place : Laurensia (05:20”) 2nd Place : Moetya (05:32”) 3rd Place: Karina (07:59”) 3 km Male: 1st Place : Carlos (19:19”) 2nd Place : Tristan (19:30”) 3rd Place: Matthew (21:15”) 3 km Female: 1st Place : Rieke (15:57”) 2nd Place : Patricia (27:39”) 3rd Place: Nicole (29:06”) 5 km Male: 1st Place : Juprianto (18:15”) 2nd Place : Ranto (18:17”) 3rd Place: Kusnandi (18:23”) 5 km Female: 1st Place : Anjasari (27:49”) 2nd Place : Vera (27:56”) 3rd Place: Novita (28:00”) We thank all members of the organizing committee, parents, staff, teachers and the sponsors that supported the event; RS.Awal Bros Timur, Air Mineral Jatiluhur, Nirwana Lestari, Pocari Sweat, BRI, MNC, GS Supermarket and Tubagus Group.

Let's stay healthy and be happy, Victorians!

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM & PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

HARVESTING TIME April 16th, 2018

Recently SMT invited the PSG Committee to help us harvest some of the wonderful, fresh fruits and chillies that we have been growing in our SVP Garden. Of course, we also tasted some of the food with a small food tasting morning. Despite the heat, we had fun gardening together ! || LH

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VICTORIA INVITATION PROGRAMME in Melbourne

March 5th - 9th, 2018

I was so surprised to receive an invitation from the Victoria State Government to be an international delegate from the Education sector for international schools. It was a blessing that I could get an opportunity to visit great universities in Melbourne so that I can share the information with SVP parents and students. Melbourne has been 7 years In a row crowned as the most liveable city in the world by the Economist. It is really a very comfortable, convenient and safe place to live and to study. There are a lot of reputable universities such as: Melbourne University, Deakin University, Victoria University, La Trobe University, Swinburne University and RMIT. Those universities can be great options for students to continue their learning journey. During our visit to Melbourne, we had a chance to visit one of the best IB school's in Melbourne; Wesley College - we hope that in the future we can have good collaboration with them. We were excited to meet our SVP alumni who are studying in Melbourne. We listened to their stories, their ups and downs and how they overcome their challenges. One of our alumni who is going to graduate told us that she has just been offered a job in Melbourne. We wish all the best for them. || YRS & HDK

Pak Handoko and Bu Yustina with Mr. Isaac Quist, Executive Director of Wesley College Melbourne

Visiting Haileybury School (City Campus)

Ibu Yustina visiting Victoria University Melbourne

Ibu Yustina with other Indonesian Delegates visiting Monash University

Ibu Yustina with Mr. Philip Dalidakis, Minister of International Education and Minister of Trade & Investment

Ibu Yustina together with Indonesian Delegates at Deakin University

Ibu Yustina together with Indonesian Delegates at Melbourne University

Pak Handoko and Ibu Yustina together with the SVP Alumni left to right : Mahan Mahatma (RMIT), Audy Bazlina - Melbourne University, Celine Sasmita (Victoria University), Nadia Najla- Monash University, Chelsea Rose (Deakin University), Freddy Limindra - Monash University

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In 2015 the IB commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to conduct a comparative study in which the MYP was compared with other national and international programmes. The study involved students from 22 schools in five different countries (China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan). These are some of the study results relating to learning skills

1. Higher-order thinking skills Higher-order thinking skills require cognitive processing rather than mere memorizing. Associated skills include critical thinking, understanding, applying understanding to other academic areas, applying understanding to real- life situations, analysing subject content, evaluating the merits of arguments and synthesizing ideas.

Research results found that even though both MYP and non-MYP students engaged in various types of higherorder thinking, MYP students generally indicated a higher frequency of engagement in these skills

2. English language, literacy and writing skills Research results stated that practice in essay and report writing during MYP were very useful for students. MYP Students in Indonesia stated that focusing on grammar and punctuation, understanding multiple perspectives and undertaking “close� (analytical) reading of texts was helpful in preparing them in their further studies. Other forms of assignment such as research, essay- and report-writing practice had also assisted them in the extended essay and in writing laboratory reports in science courses.

3. Study skills and assessment During focus group discussion in the research study, they found that self-expression and presentation skills cultivated in the MYP were useful, both from an academic and also a personal development perspective. The personal project undertaken in the MYP was specifically highlighted in the research as supporting reflection and goal-setting, as well as assisting in the extended essay in the Diploma Programme.

Source: ACER. (2015). Comparing IB Diploma Programme outcomes of students who complete the MYP and other middle years courses of study. The International Baccalaureate (IB), 1-4.

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MEET SVP ALUMNI

Sasky Kanda 4th Batch SVP

Alumni - Graduated in 2015

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asky Kanda (Sasky) joined SVP in Grade 7 and he finished his studies in Grade 12 in 2015. Since the start of his schooling career, he always wanted to be an automotive engineer. He enjoyed collecting toy vehicles, and was especially interested in automotive innovations. He quickly realised that he needed to study at a top university to become an automotive engineer; and that to be the best, he would have to study with the best, so he set his sights on studying in Germany.

After graduating from SVP, he took a course at the Goethe Institute, Jakarta for 3 months, and in November he travelled to Germany where he continued learning German for the next 6 months.

While waiting for the college’s admission sessions, he continued living in Germany and adjusting to the people, the environment and the daily routines. It was not easy for him to adapt to the food, so he initially cooked primarily for himself.

Finally, in the summer of 2017 he was accepted at Europäisches Studienkolleg der Wirtschaft and studied there for 2 semesters.

In March 2018, he started studying Automotive Engineering at Hochschule fĂźr Angewandte Wissenschaften Ostfalia in Wolfsburg. He was pleased that he could finally take his first step on the journey towards becoming an automotive engineer. According to him, this major is very interesting and promising for human life in the future.

Sasky mentioned that the IGCSE was very valuable for providing the foundation for this theoretical knowledge, and through his MYP experiences at SVP he learnt how to solve problems and how to develop his communication and thinking skills. He says that it was these skills that helped him a lot in communicating with different people with different backgrounds, including people from China, UEA and many other countries. He continually aims to approach challenges and problems with a positive mindset, and to use this as motivation to achieve his goals in Germany.

To close the interview with SVP, he mentioned that he was very impressed with the improvements at SVP, such as new facilities and more teachers. Finally, he said that he is, and always will be, a proud Victorian.

On a parting note, Sasky says: Happy 20th anniversary, SVP! Always be open minded, confident and the most important thing is... Pray to God.

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MEET SVP TEACHER

Upik

Melawati

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bu Upik Melawati or Ibu Upik graduated from Indraprasta PGRI University, majoring in English Education in 2015. This improve her career in education field as a teacher. She continued her study in Indraprasta PGRI University, majoring in English and will graduate later.

She has been working in SVP since 1999 as an Early Childhood Education teacher. She mostly teaches Baby Gym, Toddler, Nursery and EY1 classes.

Ibu Upik shared her most unforgettable situation as a teacher was when she has to handle students that have unwillingness to go to school. Ibu Upik is well-known by parents as a teacher that is very good in handling crying or misbehaving students. She is firm and loved by the students.

Teaching in IB school is great opportunity for her. She can apply her skills related to hands on activities such as crafts, making dough and outdoor projects that can facilitate her little students in learning fine and gross motor skills in a fun way.

Ibu Upik mentioned that the fun part of teaching in an IB school is that students can learn by exploring things around them and that makes them more creative.

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Bu Upik has joined various kinds of workshops that were organized by Association of National Private School (ANPS) and International Baccaulaureate (IB) many times over the year.

As she has more teaching duties in playgroup level, her training relates to Montessori, creative learning and classroom management as the most important training topics that she attends.

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very year, PSG always holds a charity event in order to share to anyone who is in need. This year our Care Commission arranged a visit on 6th of April 2018 for the occasion of SVP's 20 t h Anniversary.

Yayasan Sinar Pelangi located in Jatibening Bekasi, taking care of disabled children who need medication for their conditions (such as harelip, noma, bent legs, etc). They have an orphanage attached and next year they have plans to open a nursing home.

The orphanage has been established since 1989, under the supervision of Sister Andre Lammer. Currently, there are 42 young girls and boys who live in the orphanage and around 22 outpatient kids who are being taken care of and loved by Sister Andre, along with her team.

Wearing a colorful dress code, the Committee, together with Ibu Yustina, Pak Liam and some Class Parents visited the orphanage. The funding for this visit was provided from the result of our bazaar that we held last year at Kampung Rawaloko by selling cheap groceries packages (paket sembako murah) and used clothes (pakaian bekas layak pakai). Our donations to Yayasan Sinar Pelangi are the daily used needs,

such as sugar, cooking oil, milk, jams, biscuits, toiletries, house cleaner equipment, underwear for teenager, detergent, rice cooker, iron, etc.

We arrived, distributed the donations, gathered in the hall and were welcomed by the children. The ceremony was opened by a prayer led by Ibu Neni, and then followed by speeches from Ibu Dona, Pak Liam and Sister Andre. Ibu Yustina handed asymbolic donation to Sister Andre as the leader of the yayasan. One of our purposes in this visit was to get together with the children, so we sat together with them on the carpet, had a chat and took selfie photos with them. We were also entertained by their singing and dancing performances.

After the children's performance, we provided games for all, led by Ibu Lukita and Ibu Dona. It was really fun and exciting, we laughed together, played together, and the children looked so happy for the challenges given to join the games. During the activities, we had a snack time together. We also gave our performances by singing a song 'Bintang Bintang' (Titi DJ's song). This song gave a massage to the children that they should keep their dreams, 41

fight for their dreams and spreading the spirit by chasing them. Hopefully we could entertain them as well by singing this song, even we only had practiced it once on that day. LoL Before saying goodbye, we distributed small goodie bags to the children, and it made a big smile on their faces. We are so blessed by having this chance for sharing the moments and happiness together. The visit was ended by taking some group pictures. Cheers!

We hope someday we could visit them again and show them that we care, since happiness doesn't result from what we get but from what we give.

Thank you to the Care Commission, Ibu Siwi, Ibu Rini, Ibu Yuni, for organizing this event, Ibu Desi and team for the transportation support, the Class Parents, Ibu Elly, Ibu Neni, Ibu Ririn, Ibu Rita and Ibu Tiur, also to Ibu Yustina, Pak Liam and the PSG Leaders team, for all the support given. May God bless you all.

By Vera Sisca For Care Commission

Namo Buddhaya After Pengajian Tausyiah for Moslems, Unity Prayer for Christians, and Rosary Prayer for Catholics, we thank God that on May 15th 2018, in VEC Lobby, from 8 to 10 am, we will start our new religion activity for Buddhist Parents, called Sharing Dhamma. Thank you to Ibu Riawati, Ibu Fenny, Ibu Susi, Ibu Cucu and Pak Harto, for their willingness to form this activity, and also to Care Commission who has been setting this activity.

A WhatsApp group has been made and some parents have joined it, so all information related to this community could be shared and updated. To all Buddhist Parents who want to join, please contact Ibu Ria (081299069708) or Ibu Fenny (087888852377), or you may contact our Care Commission team as well.

We really hope that there will be more parents to join this new activity. Please don't hesitate to contact the PIC if you have any question regarding this activity. Please come and join us!

Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta

By Astri Dona Barus For Care Commission

PSG REGULAR ACTIVITIES

Hi Parents,

Thank you for your continuous support for our regular activities, and below is our schedule for May 2018's Regular Activities:

Morning YOGA รฐOFF (will be resumed in Semester 1, 2018-2019 academic year)

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Day/Date Time Venue PIC

: : : :

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 08.30 - 10.00 am VEC Lobby Ibu Rini (0811-897991)

Unity Prayer (Persekutuan Doa) Day/Date Time Venue PIC

: : : :

Friday, 18 May 2018 08.30 - 10.00 am VEC 3rd Floor Ibu Vera (0812-90273427) 42

Rosary Prayer Day Date Time Venue PIC

: : : : :

Every Friday 4, 11, 18 & 25 May 2018 08.00 - 09.30 am

Lobby VEC Ibu Siwi (08129982005), Ibu Lucia (0851-01295478) 49

Sharing Damma Day/Date : Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Time : 08.00 - 09.00 am Venue : VEC Lobby PIC : Ibu Ria (0812-99069708), Ibu Fenny (0878-88852377)

Please don't hesitate to come and join us, for further information please kindly contact the person in charge. Let's join us..!

PSG SVP

for the baby born Kefas Theodore Pramodya Son of Ibu Tiara, ECE Teacher

Christel Alexandria Wijaya Daughter of Ibu Yana Silitonga, ECE Teacher

Jie Alfred Sugiharto Son of Pak Rikko, Secondary School Teacher

Kimberly Joanne Daughter of Ibu Miea Huang, Secondary School Teacher

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