Panaga School Weekly, Issue 47

Issue Forty-Seven, 13th December 2019

Updates from the Principal’s Desk Dear Panaga School Community,

Issue Forty-Seven 13th December 2019

Panaga School IFM/4, BSP Company Sdn Bhd, Seria, KB 3534, Negara Brunei Darussalam (+673) 3375728/3372139 (Teraja/Melilas), (+673) 3372694 (Mendaram/Rampayoh) Principal: Cindy Bin Tahal (+673) 3372355/8777028 cindybintahal@panagaschool.com

As Term 1 draws to a close, I would like to extend tremendous thanks to all members of our school community who make Panaga School a fantastic environment where the learning and wellbeing of children is central to all that we do. Our school calendar is always bursting with fantastic learning experiences. Examples of these learning experiences throughout Term 1 have been demonstrated in hundreds of photos captured in Panaga School Weekly. Thank you to our contributors, chief editor Mr Damian, and loyal followers in the community.

International Day 13th March 2020 Next term, we will celebrate International Day. This is a much anticipated day on our school calendar, where we have the opportunity to dress in a way that represents who we are and connect with the many countries that are celebrated at the event.

For those of you who are yet to experience an International Day at Panaga, I feel that the day provides an ‘around the world holiday’ in one day.

Thank you to those in attendance at our last Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting, who planned the agenda for International Day. Last week, an enthusiastic group of approximately 25 parents and staff markwalters@panagaschool.net members came together to discuss and plan further for the event. This (+673) 3373972/8988224 year, countries are asked to consider the Personal Qualities of Panaga School represented through the animals of Borneo. Are you able to Panaga School Senior consider an animal from your country to promote a Personal Quality? If Administration Officer: so, which animal and why? Could this be included in your country's Jalinah Bte Ali information sharing? (+673) 3375728 jalinah.ali@shell.com Head Teacher: Mark Walters

Admin Support, Rampayoh/Mendaram: Zurimah Bte Jumat z.jumat@shell.com Admin Support, Teraja: Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh hasmah.salleh@shell.com Panaga School Weekly editor: Damian Brady damianbrady@panagaschool.com

If your country is not yet represented and you are able to offer your support, please email or see Miss Hannah at the Rampayoh Office: hannahzakaria@panagaschool.net

2020/21 Panaga School Calendar Next year's Panaga School Calendar is now live on the school website.

All holiday dates can change at short notice, as directed by the Ministry of Education.

PANAGA SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 – 2021

CPD & TEACHER PREPARATION DAYS

PUPIL DAYS 2020 AUGUST SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

2021 JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

PUBLIC HOLIDAY *Are subject to change Mon Tues 24 25 31 1 7 8 14 15

Wed 26 2 9 16

SCHOOL HOLIDAY Thurs Fri 27 28 3 4 10 11 17 18

21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29

22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30

*23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31

24 1 8 15 22 *29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 *11 18 25 1

25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2

5 12 19 26 3 10 *17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30

6 *13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31

7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1

8 15 22 *29 6 *13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2

9 16 23 30 7 *14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Special Holiday – Wednesday 23rd September, Brunei Teacher’s Day *31st July 2020

* Friday

*Hari Raya Aidil Adha

*20th August 2020

* Thursday

*Islamic New Year 1441

*29th October 2020

* Thursday

*Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday

25th December 2020

Friday

Christmas Day

1st January 2021

Friday

New Year’s Day

12th February 2021

Friday

Chinese New Year

23rd February 2021

Tuesday

Brunei National Day

*11th March 2021

*Thursday

*Israk Mikraj

*13th April 2021

*Tuesday

* First Day of Ramadan

*29th April 2021

*Thursday

* Nuzul AlQuran

*13th May – 17th May 2021

*Thursday Monday

*Hari Raya Aidilfitri

31st May 2021

Monday

Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day

15th July 2021

Thursday

His Majesty’s Birthday

I would like to acknowledge our local high schools, Jerudong International School and International School of Brunei, who have worked collaboratively with us to align our 2020/21 academic calendars as closely as possible. This is in support of parents with students at Panaga School and at either high school, collaborative student learning initiatives and shared staff networks and professional development opportunities.

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating. May everybody experience a safe and sensational New Year. We look forward to welcoming you back to Panaga School for Term 2 on Monday 6th of January, 2020.

Regards, Cindy

Panaga School Weekly, Issue Forty-Seven, 13th December 2019

Updates from the Head Teacher’s Desk For many schools, the final week is an opportunity to slow down and approach the holidays gently; not in Panaga!

This week, the children have had a full week of excitement, adventure, and most importantly, learning. There have been shared Exit Points, Splash Days, Spelling Bees, performances, Trips, Winter Markets, not to mention, evenings of Parent Meetings. What a wonderful end to such a busy term. I wish you all a very happy holiday.

- Mr Mark

Safety focus of the week Over the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the number of cars left unattended with the engine still running. This is a very dangerous practice and puts children at risk. It is also illegal within Brunei. Can we request that this does not continue in the new term.

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6-Jan Whole School

7-Jan

8-Jan

9-Jan

10-Jan

16-Jan

17-Jan

First day of Term 2.1

Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3) Teraja (P4-P7) U13 Rugby and Netball v JIS

Melilas (M1-M2) 13-Jan Whole School

14-Jan

15-Jan

PTA Meeting Teraja Staffroom 7.00-8.00pm

Mendaram (PN-N) Rampayoh (P1-P3)

Teraja (P4-P7)

P4-P7 Sports Day

Melilas (M1-M2)

Event information above is correct at the time of printing. To keep up-to-date with all school events, please go to: www.panagaschool.com/calendar.

Panaga Student Pupil Portal Pre-Nursery to P5 Please click here to access Weekly Lear ning Objectives and Home Lear ning for your child.

Please click here for the next Sports Training Schedule

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Term Two After School Activities (ASAs) Sign up information and Adopt a Beach

Term 2 ASAs will start in Week 3 on Thursday 23rd January and conclude on Thursday 11th March 2020.

Again next term, all ASA groups are allocated a week (please click here for the roster) to support The Last Straw’s Adopt a Beach clean up.

Before completing an ASA sign up form (below), parents must fill in this Adopt a Beach consent form. If your child is not attending the Adopt a Beach clean up for their rostered week, they are to go home at the usual Monday to Wednesday time.

Students will be assigned to their chosen ASA on a first come, first served basis . It is important that you select 3 activities that your child would like to participate in as first choices cannot be guaranteed (*excluding Melilas).

Rampayoh: Activities at Rampayoh run from 2.15pm - 3.00pm.

Please click here to view the list of activities available for P2-P3 students at Rampayoh.

Please note that Mini-Chefs is for P3 students only and children that are granted a spot in this ASA will have a charge of $50 to cover the ingredients used during the activity, due at the first ASA of the term.

Please click here to sign up to a Rampayoh ASA. Teraja: Activities at Teraja run from 2.30pm - 3.15pm.

Please click here to view the list of activities available for Teraja students.

Please click here to sign up to a Teraja ASA. Melilas: Activities at Melilas run at various times and days throughout the week. *Students can choose multiple ASAs but only one per day.

Please click here to view the list of activities available for Melilas students.

Please click here to sign up to a Melilas ASA.

Melissa Sim and Nathan Edwards, ASA Coordinators

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To the Rescue!

Pre-Nursery’s IEYC unit, To the Rescue! had a final special visit from Mr Fraser, a Winchman Paramedic. He talked about his job of rescuing and helping people. He showed the equipment he uses and a video of a Search and Rescue helicopter.

By the Pre-Nursery Team

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PRE-NURSERY “TO THE RESCUE” EXIT POINT We were so happy to invite all of the parents to come to our Exit Point this week.

As a part of our “To the Rescue” unit, we have been learning about Super Heroes.

We think that all the Mummies and Daddies are the most important heroes for the children in Pre-Nursery. We invited the parents to join us for our international snack celebration.

The children had so many different dishes to try from all around the world.

- Pre-Nursery Team

International Super Hero Shared Snack

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Where in the world?

Food from around the world

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Christmas Activities - Nursery Style!

Many thanks to the parents who supported this fun filled morning. We had Christmas trees, bubbles, tattoos, face painting, cookie decorating; not forgetting bedtime stories around the fire-place.

By the Nursery Team

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It’s a Splash!

The children in Nursery had a whale of a time during Splash Day! The children demonstrated so many of the Personal Qualities, especially cooperation and communication.

By the Nursery Team Please click here for more photos.

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To the Rescue Exit Point Nursery had so much fun at our Exit Point for our IEYC topic, ‘To the Rescue!’ We had to complete superhero challenges to get our party food back from the pesky Mighty Freeze. Fortunately, we had parents to help us complete our challenges… and then share our snack! We truly appreciate the support shown, and the children loved sharing their learning. Thank you!

More photos can be found by clicking here.

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On Tuesday 10th December, the children in P1 had a wonderful morning of fun filled Christmas learning. Many thanks to our supportive parents who organised and led the activities - you definitely sprinkled some Christmas magic over P1.

Here are some photos to capture the fun.

To see all pictures, please click here.

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To see all pictures from the show, please click here.

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Communication

Resilience

Communication

Last week saw the children of P1 share their learning about Space with the P7 children. This involved the children using their knowledge about Space and planets to solve clues which then led them to a skill based activity which they had to complete to win a planet for their solar system. They then had to place the planets in the correct order in the solar system and demonstrate their understanding. The P7 children demonstrated the Personal Qualities of: adaptability, resilience, cooperation, communication and reflection at all times throughout the morning and encouraged the P1s to do the same. It was a wonderful way to end this unit of learning and we look forward to supporting the P7s in their learning about Space in Term 3.

- P1 Team

Reflection

Adaptability

A visit from our alien

Cooperation

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Reflecting on our learning: P1 visit P2 for The Magic Toymaker Exit Point This week, P1 visited P2 for The Magic Toymaker Exit Point. P1 saw the puppets P2 have made in Design and Technology throughout the unit. Then, P2 children taught their younger schoolmates how to make paper bag, shadow and glove puppets using the skills they had learned this term.

The children demonstrated the Personal Qualities of communication and cooperation while also reflecting on their learning. The P2 children remembered being in P1 last year, and their visit to P2 then. They rose to the challenge and every P1 child developed a new skill and a new toy to play with.

The children also spent time playing together. The P1 children were able to take back a lot of learning and fun to share with their classmates.

By the P2 Team

Learning how to make a paperbag puppet

Overseeing a new skill

Learning how to make a shadow puppet

Enjoying the cars and a chat in the P2 provision areas

Learning how to make a glove puppet

Exploring the sand area together

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A HUGE thank you to all of the parents who helped to organise a fun, educational and inspiring trip to BSP HQ on Tuesday 10th December. We had our very own safety briefing in the atrium. The children visited different departments to see lots of people in huddle meetings, at their desk and moving around the corridors. We were all amazed at the efforts our community went to in order for this trip to happen! Learning was brought to life in many creative ways.

By the P3 Team

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In P3, as a part of our IPC unit, ’A Day in the Life’, we have been designing and making safety jackets for our teddies.

Our aim was to make sure that our teddies could safely travel and work at night if they needed to.

We were lucky to have a visit from Mr Ben, from BSP, to tell us all about safety equipment and to show us what some of the workers wear. We researched the colours and materials that were used to make the equipment, and we looked at how the materials were joined together.

After carrying out our research, we practised joining materials in different ways. We thought about which method would make the strongest join, which looked best and which would be most comfortable.

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Next, we made a paper template of our jacket, and checked that it fitted our teddies well. The jacket also needed to be easy to take off and put on.

We carefully drew around our paper templates onto bright material that would be easy to see in the dark.

We had to measure an extra 2cm around our templates, to leave room to sew a hem. Then, we cut the material out.

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We used sewing and the glue gun, to attach accessories to our jackets. This made them even brighter.

An adult ironed the hems for us and we helped to sew them up, using a sewing machine.

Our Success Criteria:   

It fits.

It is easy to see in the dark.

It is easy to take off and put on.

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Finally, we invited all of the parents in to tell them about what we had learned and to show them our amazing designs!

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P5 WINTER MARKET Thank you to all who visited our Solar Aid fundraiser on Tuesday.

We raised $1008.00 to help support people in Malawi and Zambia to have access to solar lighting.

Again, a huge thank you to all parents, teachers and students for your support.

By the P5 Team

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3.10 - To be able to find out about the past from a range of sources.

3.17-To be able to place events, people in a chronological framework 3.20 -We understanding how some aspects of the past have been represented and interpreted in different ways.

On Wednesday 11th December 2019, P6 children showed their understanding of the historical periods they have studied: The Maya Civilization, The Kingdom of Benin and The Golden Age of Islam.

Their parents were able to use a range of sources to answer a quiz. It was great to hear lots of learning conversations happening.

By Maura Murphy

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P7 Go with the flow...

P7 children and their family members enjoyed a wonderful Exit Point to their "Go with the Flow" unit. The children were able to teach their family about making thinking visible and how this impacts learning in the classroom. The children modelled how learning is shared and parents completed a rich question task. During the remainder of the time, parents were able to visit the art room to view and contribute to a piece of shared art; complete an Edmodo activity giving feedback on the session; construct a hydro power water wheel and even had the time to review and share the wonderful rivers home learning projects produced by the children. This year, the home learning projects took a variety of forms, including a variety of cakes, Lego constructions, posters and even a model with a working water pump.

The children in P7 showed and shared their creativity and learning journey. Learning was evident in a variety of forms. Well done P7!

-P7 Team

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Thank you to the P7 Parent Helpers Wednesday was full of end of term fun for the P7 children. The fantastic P7 parents organised an end of term activity that not only was fun and creative but also supported the P7 children in their You Can Do It! Goals and Personal Qualities. The P7 children showed cooperation, communication and reflection skills when designing their cookies. All of the children enjoyed the event and were very appreciative of the experience. The cookies tasted pretty amazing too.

P7 wish everyone a happy holiday!

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Reflecting on Term 1, by P7 Wow, what a super fast Term One! We cannot believe that we are already one third of the way through our P7 learning journey. We have already completed so much learning this year. We have taken part in some exciting learning experiences that include: an Art Entry Point with our families; a talk from Akash’s mum about solar power and using our Personal Qualities when teaching and working with the P1, P3 and Pre-Nursery children. We have also had the chance to take part in lots of BJSL events. We have spent time learning about brain friendly learning and have worked on making thinking visible in the classroom.

We are now starting to “slow think” about or next IPC topic - “Moving People”.

Written by Cailee and Leshvanthraj

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$23.50 USD

SMILES ALL ROUND What a huge success!

88 TREES

A big thank you to all Melilas students from the Future Energy Lions, Brunei.

Funds donated will buy 88 trees to be planted locally by the Melilas children.

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241 TREES

We celebrate the beautiful photographic work of Pepijn in M2P. His stunning photograph of the inquisitive Silver Leaf Monkey was one of the winning designs featured in this year’s PTA Calendar - available for purchase at the school office for $20.

Funds for 241 trees were donated to #TeamTrees.

We are helping them to reach their online goal of 20 Million trees by 2020.

Will YOU donate online today?

SATU IMPIAN TOTALS . . .

623 BND donated!

329 trees planted!

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Have you visited the M2 Photography Exhibition in Teraja reception area?

Framed prints are available of stunning black and white limited edition photos created by M2 students At just $15 each, and with all profits going to plant more trees, these make excellent gifts for friends and family, and help YOU to help the planet.