Panaga School Magazine, Issue 60, November 2017

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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 & Melilas: Andy Winder andrewwinder@panagaschool.com Head Teacher, Rampayoh & Mendaram: Cindy Bin Tahal cindybintahal@panagaschool.com Senior Admin: Jalinah Bte Ali jalinah.ali@shell.com 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

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Contents Message from the Principal Welcome to our new teachers for 2017/2018 PTA News

Celebrating the Sultan's Golden Jubilee P7 are inspired by Ceri Powell Rampayoh HSSE Roadshow Car Free Day eases congestion Diwali Lights up Pre-Nursery News from our neighbours, St John’s School

Welcome to our new students in Pre-Nursery Hj Hamzah and Hjh Zainab enjoy playing with us in our newly-refurbished Pre-Nursery P2’s artistic Exit Point P4 share their Treasure unit learning News from the Art Department P5 and Seesaw Melilas’s community initiatives Skipping ASA Tennis ASA

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Message from the Principal International Mindedness (IM) is a theme that is developed in all international schools. At Panaga School, we see International Mindedness as an essential item that underpins much of our learning. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC), for example, integrates links to IM in all of its units. We want all of our students to be internationally-minded. The world in 20 years from now will be drastically different from the world today. To be productive members of a world community then, our students will require a strong grasp of IM now.

So, what is International Mindedness? See below an overview from the International Baccalaureate in 2017: “International Mindedness is relational in that it is about ‘reaching out’, in how we interact with others, and ‘reaching in’, to understand ourselves in relation to others. Additionally, International Mindedness is not an endpoint, but rather a journey, a constant process of defining, acting, learning, reflecting and re(de)fining.

This process is seen as being more important than the definition itself.”

So how do we develop IM further? What can we all do as parents? See below some top tips from the IPC. It is important that school and home are providing consistent messages.

1. Value similarities and differences 2. Look for similarities before the differences 3. Help your children develop a sense of their own identity 4. Help your children develop a sense of others 5. Get a world map and display it so you can refer to it daily 6. Explore the food you eat 7. Explore where things are made 8. Enjoy music and stories from other countries 9. Find out what’s happening around the world 10. Talk about the roles people play and the jobs they do I was recently thinking about the many ways we develop IM in our school and the rich opportunities that we offer our community. All play a part in developing a deeper concept of IM:     

Our Modern Foreign Languages and Mother Tongue programmes.

Residential Trips - where we engage with local communities Visiting local schools, teachers and students Visiting external support, nurses, police officers, bomba IPC visits to Brunei International Airport and BSP HQ.

...The list is endless! And all of this happens naturally. We do not say, “We are going to do this because it promotes IM.” It is a part of our DNA. As highlighted at the beginning, this is a journey, we should never stop learning about other cultures. I have now lived overseas for 20 years and have lived in several countries. I believe my exposure to a multitude of cultures has helped to develop my own IM. However, it is still a work in progress. Every day an opportunity arises to explore IM simply because of the rich environment that we live in. We are extremely fortunate.

As we approach the end of term, I hope that you all have some well-deserved family time over the break and a chance to spend some time relaxing with friends and family. For those who celebrate Christmas, a happy and peaceful Christmas to you all.

Best wishes, Tim

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A warm welcome to our new teachers for 2017/2018 Name: Claire Richmond Nationality: British Arrived from: Abu Dhabi Am here with: My husband, Shane, and three children: Lucy (aged 10), Tom (aged 8) and Sebastien (aged 3).

Interests: Running, reading and relaxing with my family.

Hopes for this year: For my whole family to embrace our new adventure, learn about a new country and culture and become a part of the Panaga community.

Name: Gina Creaton Nationality: British Arrived from: Melton Mowbray, UK Am here with: My husband, Paul, and two children, Fergus (in P3) and Flora (in Nursery).

Interests: Swimming, yoga, interesting wildlife and crosswords.

Hopes for this year: To enjoy living in Brunei as much as we did last time (7 years ago).

Name: Simon Young Nationality: British Arrived from: Birmingham Am here with: My wife, Wendy, and children, Hazel (4) and Robyn (1).

Interests: 20th century history, science and technology Hopes for this year: To get into better physical shape.

Name: Alison Campbell-Coy Nationality: British Arrived from: Kuala Lumpur Am here with: Charlotte, my daughter, who is in P6 Interests: Travel, photography and water sports.

Hopes for this year: To enjoy exploring Brunei and meeting lots of new people. Charlotte and I are hoping to join the sailing and riding clubs and be outside in the fresh air a lot more than in K.L.

Name: Nina Paul Nationality: British Indian Arrived from: London, England Am here with: My husband, Dhrubo, and two daughters, Maya (4) and Asha (2).

Interests: Baking, Dancing and Sewing Hopes for this year: To get to know the students, staff and parents better and to be part of the Panaga community. I am also hoping to do lots of travelling around Asia.

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Name: Maura Murphy Nationality: Irish Arrived from: Sultanate of Oman Am here with: My husband, Menno Interests: Reading, Yoga, exploring new places.

Hopes for this year: Explore Brunei and have lots of new learning experiences.

Name: Shaha Uddin Nationality: British Arrived from: Oman Am here with: Wife and children: Khedidja, Aliza, Yassin, Ayah and Ines Interests: Cycling Hopes for this year: Settle into life at Panaga. Enjoy the working environment.

Get to know and learn more about the diverse community within and around BSP. Name: Josie Kidd Nationality: British Arrived from: Vietnam Am here with: My husband, James, and my 2 sons, Stanley (M1N) & Sidney (P6M).

Interests: Anything creative, photography, visiting exhibitions, baking and sea fishing.

Hopes for this year: To nurture creativity at Teraja and encourage all students to try something new.

Name: Hayley Saunders Nationality: British Arrived from: Miri, Malaysia Am here with: My husband, Ross, and one year old daughter, Hattie.

Interests: Scuba diving and travelling the world.

Hopes for this year: Settling into life on Panaga camp and exploring Brunei.

Name: Steven McCready Nationality: British Arrived from: The beautiful island of Geoje (South Korea), where I lived for four years.

Am here with: My wife, Marie, who is a paediatric nurse, my son, Finn (5 years old) and my daughter, Wren (2 years old).

Interests: Supporting the greatest football team of all time: Liverpool Football Club! I also love travelling and any water sports.

Hopes for this year: To have a great year at Panaga School and enjoy life in Brunei.

Name: Menno de Jong Nationality: Dutch Arrived from: Sur, Sultanate of Oman Am here with: Maura Murphy Interests: Scuba diving, long distance swimming, music, sports Hopes for this year: To have a wonderful year at Panaga School, meeting new people and exploring new places.

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Parent Teacher Association News

PTA funding over the past 10 weeks has created significant playground enhancements right across Panaga School.

Tyre playgrounds, mud kitchens, timber bench seating, timber play tents, Lego tables and gardening projects are just some examples. Congratulations to this small group of volunteers for your efforts.

Panaga students’ school experiences are enhanced through your efforts and support of the PTA’s initiatives. If you would like to know more about the PTA or to become involved, please contact PTA Chair, Richella Logan: richella.logan@googlemail.com

By Cindy Bin Tahal, Head Teacher, Rampayoh and Mendaram

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There were a lot of people cheering! It was very loud!

Thursday 5th October 2017 was a special day in Brunei’s history.

It was the Golden Jubilee of the Sultan!

He has been Sultan of Brunei since 1967!

I went to watch the parade with my family. I had to get there for 6am! We were lucky enough to get to the front. After a while, a very grand procession went by including some really expensive cars!

The Sultan travelled in a special golden carriage!

By Syafiq, P5M

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Primary 7 are inspired by BSP MD, Ceri Powell, and HQ Back in October, Ms Ceri Powell, Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum, visited Primary 7 to inspire them to write their autobiographies. As a follow up, Ceri invited a small group of P7 children (two of whom had written the best autobiographies in the year group), to visit Head Quarters and experience first-hand her role within BSP. She showed us around her office and pointed out two of the offshore rigs she could see from her window, Ampa and Fairley. We sat at her meeting table and read through the Golden Jubilee edition of Salam, which, with Ceri’s help, explained the history of oil and gas in the Seria area.

We then went down to see the Geologists. We were given a full explanation (with amazing drawings) of how BSP looks for gas and oil using geophysics, geophones and explosives. We all learnt several interesting facts.

After that, we moved even further down the building to the control room. People here check the flow of gas and oil through the pipes. The room must be manned 24/7, as it is such an important job.

There was a series of computers all monitoring different pipes and the flow of oil and gas coming in.

Finally, we headed back to Ceri’s office where we sat in the MD’s chair and then said goodbye.

Keep an eye out – you may have just met a future BSP employee or even MD.

By Miss Carolyn and P7

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Lots of Safety learning for all at the Rampayoh HSSE Roadshow On Friday 10th November, several BSP HSSE employees, contractors, security staff, members of the Royal Brunei Police Force, parents, teachers and children attended the Rampayoh HSSE Roadshow.

The aim of the event was to educate all in attendance the importance of safety at home, at school, in the car and on pedestrian and cycle tracks.

There were several exhibits on display; including: the various home security devices available, an insight into the roles of security staff, the different types of car seats for children of all ages and what it feels like if you are in a car accident (whilst thankfully wearing a seatbelt).

On the last one, for the adults who tried out the ‘Seatbelt Convincer’, all were persuaded of the importance of wearing a belt after experiencing the intense sensation of crashing at just 20 km/h.

Many thanks to all who attended the event.

Particular thanks to the Royal Brunei Police Force who gave P3 children a unique insight into what their job entails. The police’s visit nicely coincided with P3’s current IPC unit, The things people do (Jobs).

By Damian Brady

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M2 use their initiative to influence cleaner, safer travel to school On Wednesday 20th September, the Middle Years students of Teraja went out to all of the entrances/car parks across the school to count up the results for our first ever Car Free Day. The aim of this event was to reduce the number of cars in order to create a safer environment for cyclists and pedestrians.

As the morning went on, we were increasingly impressed at the growing results.

By the end of the morning, the Middle Years were proud to announce that after checking the amount of cars on a normal day at Teraja - which in total added up to 134 cars - the final number of cars was an outstanding 44 cars.

This is a 67% reduction in traffic!

And on the Rampayoh and Mendaram sites, there was a similar reduction in cars.

We hope to have inspired people to not drive to school and to find a safe alternative to travel. It is safer for us all to have fewer cars on the road.

It is cleaner for the environment, and it is healthier for your body!

Thanks to everyone for joining in and doing your best to reduce car travel!

We hope to follow this event up with more initiatives to improve life in our community.

By Rashi and M2

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Panaga School Magazine Diwali lights up Pre-Nursery!

On Friday 3rd November, Pre-Nursery celebrated Diwali.

The Festival of Light is celebrated by many members of our community and they joined together to put on a delightful display of their culture.

Students were able to have a go at making a Rangoli pattern with coloured sand, and create their own Diwali lamp out of paper.

We all admired the colourful decorations and displays. Each child went home with a tasty treat too!

Thank you to all involved!

By the Pre-Nursery team

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St John’s School, Kuala Belait

St John’s School ‘Suara Dunia 3’ festivity in Pusat Insani Hall There were over 1000 students, teachers and parents, as well as guardians, that gathered at the halls of Pusat Insani, Seria, to enjoy the various performances ranging from elaborate dancers to orchestra demonstrations. Once again, St John’s School organised “Suara Dunia” (3rd Voices of the World). The hall was filled by various forms of music as students gave their best in the event.

Alex Song, one the Board of Governors, in his welcoming speech extended his gratitude to parents and special guest, as their presence made the event meaningful. He added that the performances will help develop every student and improve them beyond the confines and classroom.

Also, it gives students a chance to go onstage in front of a large audience to perform, entertain, express themselves, and impress the crowd, which will hopefully aid in sculpting desirable character traits such as the ability to collaborate, be brave and spontaneous.

The Dance “ Moana Musical, How Far I’ll Go

The Filipino dance, “Singkil”

Mr Alex Song thanked the audience for their participation and reaffirmed that St John’s School’s core tenets are to remain committed to fostering an environment in which teachers, administrators and students stay united in diversity and love, and work forward with a common goal and mission.

There were a total of 25 performances held. The event was so captivating and pristine it drew an overwhelmingly positive reaction from parents, guardians and guest.

The finale songs were Build a Better World and Sunshine, sang by all performers.

The SJS String Band performing

The Finale (pic 1)

The Finale (pic 2)

All St John’s School articles by Jack Ding Jok, Head of Media, St John’s School

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St John’s School celebrates Hari Raya Hari Raya was celebrated by the whole school, from the Kindergarten to Year 11.

The celebration helped to strengthen the relationships amongst all students, teachers and parents. There were a variety of delicious and traditional foods on offer: ketupat, lemang, panggang, rendang, and satay to name few, and different types of kuih muih.

The students wore their best Hari Raya outfits. The girls wore their most beautiful ‘baju kurung’, accompanied by a matching headscarf (tudung). Some of which were made of silk or hand dyed batik. The vivid colours, lively patterns and delicate stitching along the baju’s collar make these outfits a sight to behold. The boys wore Baju Melayu, a songkok and sampings that definitely add to the charm of the celebration.

There were many parents who came for the celebration, that added to the harmony of the atmosphere. There were the clicking sounds of cameras everywhere to reminisce on the event later. The whole school was filled with joy. It was such a happy atmosphere.

St John’s School holds English Week English Week – an event to celebrate and showcase the creativity, skills and abilities of students in the English language at all levels was held recently at St John’s School, Kuala Belait.

The closing ceremony was conducted in the school’s Multi-Purpose Hall. The 90 minute-long ceremony started with words of welcome by the Head of the English Department.

Throughout the celebration, competitions were organised for the students. The English Essay competition, The Amazing Race and The Spelling Bee, to name some. The first performance shown on stage was from Year 3 students, presenting, Build a Better World. This was followed by the Chorale Speech, entitled, Teachers, from Year 10 students. Finally, there was a performance from Year 1 students. Teachers and parents all listened in awe as the enthusiastic participants delivered each of their pieces.

Moving to the end of the event, prizes were given to all winners of the competitions that were held over the week. Undeniably, the yearly event concluded on a bright note and many thanks were given to the teachers, students and their supportive parents for making English Week a success.

A group photo of the Year 1 students with the Deputy Principal and their teachers

The winners of the competitions having group photo with the Deputy Principal and all of the English teachers Year 10 students presenting their Chorale Speech

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St John’s School KG Open Day It was a memorable experience all KG children will be able to reminisce upon after the school held the KG Open Day in the multipurpose hall recently.

The event started with the National Anthem, followed by the school song. Thereafter, was a speech by Mr Alex Song, one of the school‘s Board of Governors.

In his speech, he mentioned that the school prides itself on providing an environment for the youngest pupils, where they first learn to jour- Gwiyomi and Baby Shark, performed by KG ney together in, as the school motto reads, love 1 Happy & Bliss and in service towards one another.

Their academic learning was supplemented by the ability to engage in co-curricular activities such as singing and dance, as well as visits to vocational institutions.

In addition, it was a privilege for the board and the teachers to watch the steady evolution of children which manifest itself in a very real and visible way.

He thanked parents for their support thus far and for their continued support. The school will be able to explore new ventures for the children Swedish Dance, performed by KG 3 Faith & Hope to shine like beacons within the wider community.

The event continued with the opening speech

by Nurin Alya Qaisara and DK Khalisha Syazana of KG3 Hope.

A few performances by the children to showcase their talent and skill then took place; Chammak Challo, Burung Kakak Tua, Joget Riang Ria, Sakura, Swedish Song to name just some of the performances.

A Brand New Song was the finale song sung by all the KG children, followed by the closing The closing of the event, whereby all children sang the finale song entitled, “A Brand speech by Ashley Batrisya from KG 3 Faith.

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Panaga School Magazine Welcome Butterflies and Bumblebees to Pre-Nursery!

We are pleased to welcome our 2 and 3 year olds to Panaga School in 2017/18. It is amazing to see how well the youngest members of our school have settled in.

They are having fun showing us how they are learning to use their Personal Goals in their play. The children are learning to be kind and caring, to investigate, be communicative, to challenge themselves and to cooperate well with one another.

By Louise Ramsden and Shelagh Green

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Hj Hamzah and Hjh Zainab enjoy playing with us in our newly-refurbished Pre-Nursery

With great delight, our youngest members of Panaga School have returned to their purpose-built learning area. After our Pre-Nursery building suffered constant flooding concerns, Hj Kamaludin (previous BSP HD/ DMD) and Hj Hamzah (BSP/HRF) worked with the Panaga School Community to enable a flooding mitigation building works plan to overcome such issues in the future. Recently, Hj Hamzah and Hjh Zainab (BSP/ HD) visited the children in their new-look learning environment to witness first hand the positive impact of this work.

By Cindy Bin Tahal, Head Teacher, Rampayoh and Mendaram

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Teaching and learning go full cycle in P2!

There is no better way for children to showcase knowledge, skills and understanding acquired in an IPC unit, than to invite their parents in to an Exit Point to teach them what to do!

And that is exactly what P2 did on Friday 20th October 2017, to complete their learning in the unit, ‘Superhumans’ (Ourselves).

After a brief introduction by the teachers to the morning’s learning and an insight into what the children have achieved so far in the unit, it was over to the children to sit their parents down to give them a step-by-step guide to what they expect them to complete.

The task: to be able to use correct proportion, colours, brush strokes and shading to paint an equal half of their offspring.

Patiently, all parents were guided into how to achieve best results with their artwork; all whilst trying to maintain a good grip on their IPC Personal Goals. Some parents at first lacked belief in their artistic abilities, but thanks to the caring and encouraging tutelage of these young teachers, they all exceeded their and others’ expectations in the end. What incredible results overall! Proof that good learners can indeed become good educators.

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On hand during the morning to take part in the Exit Point was the IPC Coordinator from Sir William Burrough School, Limehouse, London, Tony Cummins.

“It’s wonderful how confident these children are at such a young age, to not only understand what is involved in the task, but to be able to clearly express each of the steps to their parents. I think many of them brought out the inner artist in their mums, dads and aunties, in volumes more than they thought they possessed. I have plenty of ideas to bring back to London with me from today’s learning - many thanks to all in P2,” he commented.

Tony’s father, Martin, worked as an engineer for BSP in the 1980s and 90s.

“Panaga still feels like a second home to me,” Tony furthered.

“Half of me wishes I was still here,” he quipped.

Well done to all in P2 for completing another fantastic IPC unit in such colour and style. Particular applause to parents who proved the learning journey is endless.

By Damian Brady

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In P4, our current IPC unit is Treasure. We’d like to share some of our learning.

The children really enjoyed looking at different treasures at the Brunei Royal Regalia Museum, in Bandar.

What is treasure?

Entry Point

What are global treasures?

What are national treasures?

Does treasure have to be valuable?

We now know the difference between primary and secondary historical sources.

Knowledge Harvest

In P4, we are learning how to record our learning in different ways.

History We have learnt about Howard Carter and the treasures discovered within Tutankhamen's tomb.

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Art In Art, the children made different treasures out of clay and we discussed what makes a piece of art a treasure.

Where is the treasure?

In Geography, the children

I’ll use the key and my

made plans of familiar loca-

knowledge of coordi-

tions and transformed our

nates to help me find it.

classroom into a tomb.

Geography Burial Chamber

We have also been inspired to create a wide variety of optional home learning tasks.

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NEWS FROM THE ART DEPT...

P7 ‘Go with the Flow’ IPC Unit P7 have been looking at water paintings by the British artist, David Hockney.

They have used a variety of different techniques to show reflections of light on water.

Here, we can see the students enjoying making sticky tissue collages.

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Original painting by David Hockney

Beautiful examples of the work created so far by the talented P7 students.

They have used water-colour and poster paints, both chalk & oil pastels, tissue collage and string printing to produce these outcomes.

By Miss Josie, Leader for Learning - Art & Design Technology

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NEWS FROM THE ART DEPT . . .

M2L have been perfecting

their tonal work while studying expressive portraits.

- Miss Josie

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NEWS FROM THE ART DEPT...

P6 ‘900 AD’ IPC Unit: P6 Have been drawing ancient Benin bronzes using a wax and a watercolour-resistant technique. By Miss Josie

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For my artwork of a Benin Bronze mask, I first crumpled up brownish wax paper. Then, I sketched an outline with a bronze wax crayon of my sideways mask I was copying.

I looked at it carefully and found out where it had light and dark patches. I did the top of the mask with crisscross lines and the thin strings hanging down. I mixed water paints (black) and painted on top of the mask. We let it dry then went over the wax to make it stand out.

By Lydia Joinson P6MP

In Art, we are focusing on creating expressive faces and features, all to build up to making our own self-portraits.

We looked at a screaming portrait of the famous artist David Hockney to copy. To do this effectively, we looked at using different pencil grades and tones to add realistic contours to the face. We used different techniques with the pencil to make textures depending on the feature being drawn and light and dark tones to help bring out different parts of the face and body.

By Harton Krebs M2L

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Students show off learning so far in P5!

It has been an exciting start to the 2017-2018 academic year in P5. Firstly, some iPads were issued to each class, then we were introduced to a new leaning journal app called Seesaw!

What is Seesaw?

‘Seesaw empowers students to independently document what they are learning at school. Students can “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links.’ https://web.seesaw.me/ learn-more (2017).

Our Activities!

Students have been working through the Seesaw challenges designed to make them familiar with the new app. The app also makes sharing learning with parents much easier, however, this term is all about building up a journal of children’s successes and parents will get to see them in Term 2.

The app can create QR codes and these can be accessed with any QR reader.

A few examples of student learning and some QR codes to other examples.

You will need a QR reader or scanner to access these.

We have used Seesaw across the curriculum in English, Mathematics and IPC! I have also been able to use the app to add videos and closing the gap tasks.

I even added a video of me performing a new ‘Talk 4 Writing’ text!

By Matthew Hunt

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MELILAS Welcome to Melilas, our newly-extended Middle Years Department at Panaga School.

There are currently two M1 classes (year 7) and one M2 class (year 8) with a total of 45 students.

The students have settled in very well to their new routines. Different subjects are delivered by specialist teachers in their own classrooms; everyone has to know where they should be and when. As well as a range of traditional academic subjects, MY students have been enjoying new challenges in PE (with Golf and Dance on the timetable for the first time), Citizenship lessons and new Personal Goals to work towards. Our MY students are developing their independence, initiative, responsibility and ability to reflect. Tutorial time with class tutors and assemblies, all together, give us all the opportunity to focus on our goals.

Mixed groups of M1 and M2 students discussing positive behaviours in assembly, thinking carefully about how our actions affect the feelings of others.

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We are very fortunate to have such a great group of pupils in M1 an M2! So far, they have come up with some fantastic initiatives to support the school and local community.

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Assembly - time to talk about initiatives

The second initiative, from Harton of M2, was to get everyone to work together to help to clear up the rubbish in the local community. He asked everyone to take a photograph of the ‘before’ and ‘after’ rubbish scenario. A big collage has been So far we have completed three great initiatives - all created using the pictures sent in by the because of the MY pupils’ teamwork and thoughtfulpupils. ness.

The first initiative, from Rashi, M2, was the ‘Car Free Day’ (as mentioned earlier in the Magazine). On the day, pupils and staff were encouraged to come by bike or on foot. In case the distance was too great, people were encouraged to car-share.

Another great initiative, from the pupils of M1N, was a sponsored ‘beep test’.

Pupils from M1/2, as well as the form tutors, were asked to undertake a ‘beep test’ whilst being sponsored by their parents.

Each level equalled a certain amount of money. A lot of money has been raised through this project.

With the money, sports equipment will be bought and donated to a local school.

We would like to thank the school and the parents for their support so far.

Watch this space as many more great initiatives are in the pipeline!

By Miss Steph, Miss Laura and Mr Nathan

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Jump Rope Skipping ASA After School Activities are again a wonderful success! I have been delivering one in skipping. Enthusiastic students from P4, P5 and P7 have been learning some new skills and improving on existing skills.

The first few weeks covered basic jump rope set up, such as appropriate height for the athlete. We then looked at skipping techniques. Once you start to reduce the jump height, timing becomes critical to keep going. Students used stopwatches to try and measure their current skipping prowess.

Then, with some of the more basic techniques in place, I began to show children other skills to try such as side swings, cross overs and different footwork. We have also tried jumping in pairs and jumping to music was introduced. The addition of using an iPad to video our moves enabled us to get some real time feedback on our techniques.

As the weeks progressed, we have been working on further developing our routines.

By Matthew Hunt

Jump Rope Skippers from around the world at Panaga School.

Scan the above QR codes to see some videos of us in action! (Opens in the app, Seesaw.)

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Panaga School Magazine A new school year equals a new group of players on the tennis court. This time, we have 12 children from P4-P6 joining the Tennis ASA. Many of the children have never picked up a tennis racquet before, and needless to say, were very excited to step onto a real tennis court. So far, we have had several sessions on the court and have practised some basic drilling techniques. Many children are already showing some real potential and have fantastic ball coordination.

Panaga tennis players, watch out, as new talented players are about!

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By Mr Andy and Miss Steph