Issue 57
Panaga School Magazine
Panaga School Magazine Issue 57 December 2016 Panaga School HRF/4 Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd Jalan Utara Seria, KB 3534 Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372138 (Teraja) (+673) 3372694 (Rampayoh & Mendaram) Principal: Tim Robinson tim.robinson@shell.com Head Teacher, Teraja: Andy Ryan andrewryan@panagaschool.com Head Teacher, Rampayoh & Mendaram: Cindy Bin Tahal cindybintahal@panagaschool.com
Senior Admin: Jalinah Bte Ali jalinah.ali@shell.com
December 2016
Contents 3. Message from the Head Teacher of Rampayoh and Mendaram 4. P8’s secret seatbelt survey 5. PTA contributions go a long way 6. and 7. PTA Disco - superheroes and more 8. Student Council raise awareness to care for stray animals
9. Hour of code 10. - 12. News from our neighbours: St John’s School 13. - 15. Mother tongue and foreign languages at Panaga School 16. Diwali celebrations in Pre-Nursery and at Rampayoh Assembly 17. P1 digging deep 18. Could P2 make a robot talk? Easy as Makey Makey 19. P3’s tour of BSP HQ 20. Artist, Anne Maundrell, inspires P5 21. P5 IPC Exit Point, ‘Saving the world’ 22. P7 students visit Pre-Nursery 23. News Literacy: choosing our news
24. P8’s Pictures at a Musical Exhibition 25. Stem Club 26. Panaga boys impress at the KB Chess Competition
Goodbye, good luck and thank you, Rachel, Nicole and Rorie
Admin Support, Rampayoh & Mendaram: Zurimah Bte Jumat z.jumat@shell.com Admin Support, Teraja: Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh: hasmah.salleh@shell.com
Panaga School Magazine Editor: Damian Brady damianbrady@panagaschool.com
Many thanks to Rachel Clark and Nicole and Rorie Ebert for their dedication to and care for the students they teach, for being a friend of many in the community and for being wonderful colleagues. You will be missed by children and adults alike. Best wishes in Kuwait to you and your family, Rachel; and good luck in Australia, Nicole and Rorie and girls. Keep in touch.
Welcome to Panaga, Suzanne This term, we welcomed Suzanne Palumbo to teach in P4. Suzanne joins us from Tenby International School, Miri.