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Issue 3
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October 2016 PERMATA BANGSA SCHOOL – GLOBAL EDUCATION
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Principal Parent meeting: Topic - EmPertemuan Orang Tua dengan bracing Positive Behavioral Intopik Merangkul Dorongan dan terventions and Support (PBIS). Campur Tangan terhadap PerThanks to all of you who attended the Parent ilaku Positif Info-Session on October 26. We had some great discussion, suggestions and are looking to continue to move forward in the development of our PBIS programme at Permata Bangsa! On the note of moving forward, everyone seemed to agree that meeting monthly was a good idea, so our next meeting will be Wednesday, November 24 at 1:30 pm. As discussed, we will be collecting and distributing more information about the PBIS programme and posting it on the Edupage Website along with dates and times of Focus Group meetings on this topic. Notices will be sent home via COM and Edupage when the materials are uploaded.
Kami mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua orang tua yang hadir dalam sesi informasi bagi orang tua siswa pada tanggal 26 Oktober yang lalu. Terima kasih atas diskusi, saran dan kami menunggu untuk terus maju dalam mengembangkan program dorongan dan campur tangan dalam perilaku positip di Permata Bangsa. Sebagai catatan ke depan, kami menyambut dengan baik ide untuk melanjutkan pertemuan ini sebagai pertemua bulanan. Dan pertemuan selanjutnya akan kami adakan pada hari Rabu, 24 November 2016, 1:30 pm. Seperti yang telah kita bahas sebelumnya, kita akan mengumpulkan dan membagikan informasi tentang program PBIS melalui Edupage beserta tanggal dan waktu pertemuan. Kami akan mengirimkan surat pemberitahuan melalui buku komunikasi dan Edupage ketika semua materi yang diperlukan telah di unggah.
Inside this issue: From the Principal
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Career & Personal Development
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Batik Day
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Grades 1-6 to Lakers Sports Club
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FUN, FUN FUN pics
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PBS Spooky Halloween Party
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November Calendar
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Personal & Career Planning: A Presentation from UBC and Education USA
Perencanaan Karir dan Personal: Sebuah Presentasi dari UBC dan Education USA
On October 19, Grades 10 through 12 assembled in the Training Centre for a presentation by Ms. Linda Bong on why students would want to attend the University of British Columbia, Canada, as well as all the information they need to apply.
Pada tanggal 19 Oktober, siswa kelas 10 sampai dengan 12 berkumpul di Ruang Training Centre untuk mengikuti presentasi dari Ms. Linda Bong tentang mengapa siswa ingin melanjutkan pendidikan dan persyaratan untuk menempuh pendidikan di University of British Columbia, Kanada.
A few days later, October 21st, Mr. Muhammad Iqbal from Education USA (US Embassy Jakarta), met briefly with our Grade 12 students to explain how Education USA operates and how to contact his office in Jakarta. Education USA is planning to do a series of presentations in our area and will be making arrangements for a Senior School Presentation on educational opportunities in the United States.
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Beberapa hari kemudian, tepatnya tanggal 21 Oktober 2016, Bapak Muhammad Iqbal dari Education USA (Kedubes AS di Jakarta) bertemu dengan para siswa kelas 12 untuk menjelaskan bagaimana
Education USA beroperasi dan bagaimana cara menghubungi beliau di kantornya di Jakarta. Education USA berencana mengadakan serangkaian presentasi dan akan mengatur jadual untuk presentasi mengenai kesempatan belajar di United States.
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Hari Batik: Kami Suka Hari Batik di Permata Bang- Batik Day: We just love Batik Day at PBS. sa School It’s not just about the fact that UNESCO recognizes batik as an eleBukan sekedar kenyataan bahwa batik diakui oleh UNESCO sebagai warisan budaya global. Bagi kami, batik adalah kain yang indah. Permata Bangsa School terlihat berwarna oleh berbagai motif batik ketika semua terlibat dalam merayakan hari batik di Permata Bangsa pada tanggal 3 Oktober. Ini adalah sebuah inspirasi yang luar biasa.
ment of global cultural heritage, for us, batik is simply a beautiful fabric. Everyone participated on October 2nd and the school became ablaze with colour. We were awestruck by the variety of batik motifs. It was like everyone at school that day was presenting their own unique style – what a great inspiration.
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CIE NOVEMBER EXAMS by Mr. Amin
HARAP TENANG! Ujian sedang berlangsung
QUIET PLEASE! Examination in Session:
Ujian-ujian Cambridge International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE) sesi November 2016 saat ini sedang berlangsung. Cambridge menawarkan dua kesempatan untuk mengambil ujian yaitu di bulan Juni dan November. Walaupun disebut sesi November, ujianujiannya sebenarnya sudah mulai dari bulan Oktober terutama yang berhubungan dengan ujian praktek atau yang melibatkan penugasan proyek, seperti Global Perspectives.
The 2016 November Cambridge (IGCSE) International General Certificate Secondary Education examinations are underway. Cambridge offers two opportunities to sit the exams one in June and the other in November. Although they are referred to as the November exams, they actually begin in October with students completed practical activities and projects first such as their language speaking components or course submissions for subjects like Global Perspectives.
Kami selalu berharap semoga siswa-siswa yang mengikuti ujian IGCSE sesi November ini memperoleh hasil terbaik.
We wish all students writing their IGCSE November exams the “best of luck”.
LAKERS SPORT CLUB by Ms. Putri
Class Trip (1,2,3) and (4,5,6) BSB Lakers Sport Club (BSB City Jl. RM Hadi Soebeno S, Mijen – Semarang. What a fun class trip that we had on that day! First, the teachers would like to appreciate the success of the students in doing their time keeping. The trip went smoothly from the morning, when we left the school. We began the trip with a farming activity. The trainers helped us to plant some veggies and explained how to build a small garden at home. Then, we picked some leaves to feed the animals that BSB Lakers care for. There were 3 deer (Bona, Boni and Bonu), lots of birds, rabbits, and a friendly iguana. Our hands on activity continued through cooking and plating vanilla pancakes. Our class plated their own pancakes with strawberries, chocochips and colourful chocolate sprinkles. There were 3 of our friends who got gifts from the venue for the best pancake plating. Eating our own dressed pancakes gave different interesting experiences.
Class trip yang menyenangkan untuk dilakukan hari itu! Pertama, kami para guru ingin menyampaikan penghargaan kepada semua siswa kelas 4,5 Dan 6 atas keberhasilannya dalam mengatur waktu. Trip kali ini berjalan lancar dari pagi hari kami meninggalkan sekolah. Kami memulai class trip dengan kegiatan bercocok tanam. Para trainer membantu kami untuk menanam sayuran dan menjelaskan bagaimana cara membuat kebun kecil dirumah. Kemudian kami memetik dedaunan untuk memberi makan binatang yang ada di BSB Lakers. Tempat ini memiliki 3 ekor rusa yang bernama Bona, Boni Dan Bonus, burung, kelinci Dan seekor iguana jinak. Kegiatan dilanjutkan dengan memasak dan menghias pancake vanilla. Kami menghias sendiri pancake tersebut dengan menggunakan stroberi, chocochips dan meises warna warni. Ada 3 orang teman kami mendapatkan hadiah dari BSB karena dinilai sebagai yang terbaik dalam menghias pancake. Menikmati pancake hasil kreasi sendiri memberikan pengalaman yang berbeda.
Siapa yang tidak suka bermain air? Semua anak sangat senang melakukannya. Para trainer membagi kami menjadi dua kelompok Who doesn't like playing with water? Everyone loves to do it. The train(laki-laki dan perempuan). Kami bermain estafet air menggunakan ers divided us into 2 groups (boys and girls). We played water relay gelas plastik dan ember. Pemain pertama mengambil segelas air dari using plastic cups and buckets. First player took a cup of water from kolam renang dan menyalurkannya melewati atas kepala ke teman the pool and passed it above his/her head to the next player behind. yang ada dibelakangnya. Grup anak perempuan memenangkan game The last player collected the water in the bucket. The girls group won ini. Permainan ini diakhiri dengan setiap anak saling mengguyurkan air the game. The game ended with everyone throwing water at each satu sama lain dan bersenang-senang bermain di kolam. Hal ini meother and having a lot of fun in the pool. That was one of the purposes mang salah satu tujuan dari game ini. Kami tidak hanya membangun of this game. We not only built our cooperation towards our team kerja sama dalam tim tetapi juga bersenang seen nang menjadi basah members but also had fun being wet after doing the other activities. setelah semua kegiatan yang kami lakukan. Tidak sabar untuk Can't wait for the next fun trip! melakukan trip selanjutnya!
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PBS SPOOKY HALLOWEEN
PARTY 2016
by Ms. Lya
PBS Spooky Halloween merupakan pesta yang paling menakutkan! – dan kami mengucapkan terimakasih kepada semuanya untuk kerja keras dan kerjasama tim tahun ini. Siswa SMP dan SMA mulai merencanakan dan merancang tema kelas mereka sejak beberapa minggu yang lalu. Minggu lalu kelas -kelas penuh dengan siswa yang berdiskusi, mengecat, menggantung… mengubah “ruang kelas” menjadi “Spooky high-school”. Kelas 9R dan 12 memenangkan hadiah pertama tahun ini yaitu “Jumat Sore di Starbucks” Siswa SD tampak hebat seperti biasa. Ini sangat menyenangkan. Sangat sulit bagi para juri untuk memutuskan pemenang kostum terbaik. Pada akhir acara, semua siswa mendapatkan permen. Bukan hanya siswa yang bersenang-senang. Saya berencana akan menyertakan hadiah untuk orang tua pada tahun depan karena beberapa orang tua hadir dalam kostum yang sangat bagus. Pesta berakhir dengan makan malam yang nikmat bersama orang-orang yang menyenangkan. Tahun ini tidak berbeda dengan tahun lalu dan kami semua menikmati pertemuan dengan komunitas sekolah PBI. It was the Spookiest Halloween Party ever! – And we would like to thank everyone for the hard work and team efforts this year.
It was the Spookiest Halloween Party ever! – And we would like to thank everyone for the hard work and team efforts this year. High-school students began planning and designing their classroom themes weeks ago. Last week the halls were full of students chattering back and forth, painting, hanging …. transforming “halls of learning” into the “Spooking highschool”. Grade 9R and 12 won the first prize this year – “A Friday Afternoon at Starbucks”. Primary students looked great again, as always. It’s soooo much fun. What a difficult time our judges have deciding who has the best costume. All our classes ended up with some Halloween candy for their classrooms. It’s not just the students who have fun either. I think next year we should include a prize for parents because they arrive in some very good costumes as well. The party always ends in enjoying GREAT food and GOOD fellowship. This year was no different and we all enjoyed
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Many people have unique interpretations and beliefs on the festive day of Halloween. This classic PBI tradition was held on the 28th October, Friday. Although the celebration of Halloween is meant to be held on the 31st of October, PBI has changed the date to the 28th due to student inconveniences. Nevertheless, everyone had a great night!
The event began with an opening speech by our principal, Ms. Kerry. The following 40 minutes were used to present – to the proud parents and family members – the costumes worn by students. The Early Years students had fairy telling while the high-schoolers’, along with parents, went to classrooms (decorated by the high-schoolers on Monday and Friday before hand) and just enjoyed themselves. Around 6:15, we all had an appetizing potluck dinner, brought to us by the wonderful parents of PBI students. Lastly the winners of the costume parade and class room decorations were announced, followed by a closing speech. Anakin Ozzy Thacker (Grade 9R).
Halloween last Friday was a blast! We think everybody decorated their classrooms magnificently and the stories they acted out were very creative. On the day, we had to decorate the classrooms, our imagination went wild. We came up with many ideas, so many that we weren’t able to create them all. Everyone did a fabulous job drawing, painting and bring resources to give an eerie feel to the classroom. We all took quite a while finding the best music, ripping and painting the newspaper, and trying to get the classroom as dark as possible. When it was finally Friday and we were done decorating the class, the Asylum plan seemed to work out very well. We went out to have pictures as a class with Ms. Kerry and immediately went to set up our classroom. The act was a success! We played spooky music, provided candy, and managed to scare people. Some students dressed up as the “Channels” from Scream Queens and some people dressed up as people from the Asylum. A few people actually screamed. After that was over, we listened to the votings to see who won and afterwards went to eat the delicious food provided at the potluck. This is by far the best Halloween that we’ve had so far. Thank you Ms. Kerry for the Fox Candy. Syahda and Aaliyah (Grade 9R)
We started decorating at 7:30 AM on Monday. The process went smoothly, starting with covering the window on the door and ending with newspapers and paintings stuck on the door, walls and lockers by 11:30 AM. There was also cloth on the display board and a mannequin standing on a desk in front of Ms. Tri’s corner. The torn-up newspapers kept falling the next few days, along with the teddy bear we hung from the projector. Our final decorating session was on Friday, from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. We rearranged the desks and chairs to make them look like beds and beside tables; stuck paper on the windows and rehearsed how we should act for the night. We found matching music and threw torn-up newspaper on the floor. That evening, at 5:45 PM, we set our positions. Group after group came in and out. I’d say we did a good job, and although we felt tired, it was rather fun. What’s more, our class won the costume parade and the Spooky Classroom Contest! This Halloween was fun, as how I felt for every Halloween party the school held. The food was good as well. We had lots of fun in this year’s Halloween! Ping Ing (Grade 9R)
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