Panaga School Newsletter Featuring this month: Milepost Three’s Production: POPTASTIC!
Message from the Principal This school year has been a truly exciting chapter in the history of Panaga School. Once again, the children have worked incredibly hard in all aspects of the curriculum. Under the careful guidance and encouragement of our very skilled and enthusiastic teachers and Learning Support Assistants, the children have made terrific gains in their learning: they should all be very proud of their academic and personal achievements. As a learning-focused school, we are all justifiably proud of the award of accreditation at Mastering Level in the International Primary Curriculum in May. Only the fifth school in the world to achieve this accolade, it is a fitting reflection of the dedication and focused work of the school team in recent years. It is certainly gratifying to be judged by fellow educationalists - people with a clear understanding of what a quality school looks and feels like - and found to have excelled. In a very praising letter, Martin Skelton - a Director of the World Class Learning Group - mentions the ‘enthusiasm, dynamism and rigour’ found at Panaga School. These words do, indeed, ably capture our core approach to learning across the year groups on a daily basis. When IPC Accreditors comment that they would wish to be a teacher here themselves and for their children to attend Panaga School, you can be sure we are offering something special! Across the year, our monthly colour newsletters have shown how a broad range of activities have extended and enriched the children’s learning experiences: International Day, Sports Days, Milepost productions, class assemblies, HSE day, cultural assemblies; day trips; Exit Points, residentials, theme days, ASAs, sporting fixtures, visiting speakers, competitions…the list goes on! Our grateful thanks go to the parents of Panaga whose strong support, demonstrated in a variety of ways, has benefited the children enormously. Equal thanks are extended to our superb administrative, security and cleaning teams for ensuring Panaga School runs effectively on a day-to-day basis. This has been a great year at Panaga: thank you all for your part in this. I wish the children and their families a very safe and enjoyable vacation. To those children and teachers who are leaving Brunei this year, I hope you enjoy your new schools and will stay in touch - the Panaga family is a large one, spread across the world! On a personal note, I leave Brunei with many happy memories, firm friendships and the certain knowledge that Panaga School - which has achieved so much in the past 4 years - now has the direction, drive and capacity to secure future success. Richard White
Issue 34, June/July 2012 Panaga School Brunei Darussalam Jalan Utara, Seria, KB3534, Brunei Phone: +673 3372139 Fax: +6733373028 Web: www.panagaschool.com
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Page Two: The fantastic stage event, Poptastic! Page Three: PTA News, From the Boardroom and Sixty Seconds. Page Four: P5 and the teachers survive the jungle, the pool and each other! Page Five: P8 Graduate! Page Six: Patrick’s Muscleman! Page Seven: Miss Liza is Brain Friendly! and the Student Councillors do us proud again! Page Eight: P8’s Shakespeare Production and Leaver’s Assembly both great events! Page Nine: P7 give their gravity challenge to the school, It’s a sad time as we say goodbye, We’re getting hooked on rugby here at Panaga School and our gymnastic greatness is on show at Hornbill. Quote for the month: If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life may reward you with a new world. Newsletter designed and edited by Damian Brady