Panaga School Magazine December 2014

Issue 48

December 2014

Issue 48 Panaga School Magazine December 2014

Panaga School Magazine

Issue 48 December 2014

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 [email protected]

Head Teacher, Teraja:

Andy Ryan [email protected]

Head Teacher, Rampayoh & Mendaram:

Cindy Bin Tahal [email protected]

Senior Admin: Jalinah Bte Ali

[email protected]

Admin Support, Rampayoh & Mendaram:

Zurimah Bte Jumat [email protected]

Admin Support, Teraja: Hasmah Bte Hj Salleh:

[email protected]

Panaga School Magazine Editor: Damian Brady

[email protected]

Contents: 3. Message from the Head Teacher of Rampayoh and Mendaram

4. Panaga School Student Council - leaders of today and tomorrow

5. PTA fund the ‘new look’ Teraja Learning Centre

6. News from our neighbours - St John’s School

7. Panaga and St John’s School Choirs - making music the language of

all our hearts

8. Challenge Day on Rampayoh

9. Challenge Day on Teraja

10. Nomadic Lion take a rest in Panaga with P8s

11. Links with local schools

12. Sally Crabtree boosts our passion for Literacy in EY and MP1

13. NTC at Panaga School

14. Omani Day 2014

15. Panaga School Penan Shoebox Appeal

16. Panaga helmet awareness

17. Health and Fitness ASA

18. Play presentation in Pre-Nursery

19. Nursery ‘Talk for Writing’

20. Communication and Cooperation in P1

21. Milepost One Concert

22. Technology ASA - in pictures

23. IP5 and Run sheep, run!

24. DP5/6 Exit Point

25. P7’s trip to Temburong

26. and 27. P8’s Cell Cake Sale

28. Sports action from the BJSL

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Message from the Head Teacher of Rampayoh and Mendaram

Welcome to another wonderful Pa-naga School Magazine. An edition that once again celebrates all that is the Panaga School Community. Through our connection with the IPC Personal Goals, the children of Panaga School are driven by values: a clear sense of the right thing to do. Reading through the pages of this magazine, I get a real sense of the many ingredi-ents required to establish a school community with shared values. Everyone brings with them their own values. We are absolutely unique…just like everybody else. So how do we develop our school community values to create a clear sense of “right things to do” that suit all individuals? “Treat others as you would like to be treated” is a statement used by a number of people as a reference point to establish values. This needs careful consideration, as not everybody would like to be treated the same. How do we remain individual while operating from a shared values sys-tem? In an international school like Panaga School, where we celebrate so many different nationalities coming togeth-er, we learn firsthand the sameness and differences of cultural, faith and family groups. Even if we are from the same country and faith group, our own family values often vary from other families. I often use the analogy of a flower structure to explain how schools can operate from a set of shared values. The centre piece and stem of the flower is the space that we all need to agree on or at the least be able to live with. School policies influence this common space of operation. The cen-tre piece and stem establishes our foundation, our underlying, shared values. Where there is overlap of some petals

away from the middle of the flower, this indicates where differing groups (but not all) have overlapping or shared values. At the very tip of the petals is where values are not shared. As long as these unshared values cause no harm or significant negativi-ty, they can provide an opportunity for celebration and recognition of difference. While as a school community Panaga School has an underlying values sys-tem, we also operate within a system that respects our local Bruneian hosts. I see the beautiful Bruneian people as the glue to this expat society. In this magazine, you will see exam-ples of our school community being collaborative, bringing to life our shared values. You will be presented with articles about field trips, wider community involvement, student leadership, performances, parent and community presentations, cultural celebrations and more. The maturity and leadership of our Student Council was overwhelming as they recently worked together to write their school pledge for their in-vestiture ceremony. These young leaders of today talked about their commitment to their peers, school community, BSP and the wider Brunei community. Perhaps this broad mind-edness is indicative of the shared val-

ues and visions of the BSP family from which these students come from. Parents, your contributions continue to be sensational in growing our shared school community values. Work from the PTA, class representa-tives and various action and subcom-mittee groups have created real par-ent leadership in this area. This work also assisted to improve community connections for all and overcome be-haviours and values that have the po-tential to work against our underlying values. Major thanks to Lisa Poore and a large band of volunteers who have worked on our Car Park Action Group to assist with creating the safe and respectful use of our car park. On the same day as writing this editorial, an ambulance drove into the Rampayoh car park at drop off time to attend to a casualty via the beach road. Security’s ability to assist the ambulance casualty to receive timely first aid was improved as the entry and exits to the car park were left clear, a direct result of the shared car park values. Next term, our PTA and Student Coun-cil are working on a number of pro-jects to continue to bring our school community together. Keep the 5th and 6th February free for a fantastic art gallery exhibition of children’s work along with Busking for Books. Our Student Council are also devising action plans to improve litter control on beaches. Look out for more infor-mation to come next term about these events. May the end of term break offer op-portunities for your family to be to-gether and enjoy safe, joyous mo-ments as we farewell 2014 and wel-come 2015. Enjoy reading your Panaga School Magazine.

- Cindy Bin Tahal


Student Leaders’ Investiture held on

Tuesday 11 November, 2014 at 10am

in the Teraja School Hall

Classes from P3 to P8 are represented by their elected Student Council-lor. This group of students meet each Thursday to make decisions and action initiatives to benefit the school, BSP community, Brunei commu-nity and beyond. Our Student Councillors have formally been inducted into their Student Council roles at an assembly attended by Mr Omar (Acting Head of Facilities BSP), Mrs Lisa Poore (PTA and School Board Representative), parents, P4 to P8 students and Panaga School staff.

By Cindy Bin Tahal

IP3E: Altav IP3JS: Felix IP3JB: Uthman IP3JT: Austin DP3E: Felix IP4L: Suraj IP4T: Kian IP4P: Leo IP4J: Tony IP5P: Eloise

IP5R: Hain IP5D: Iman IP5RS: Jasmine DP5R: Jelle DP6R: Lars IP6P: Mimi IP6T: Liliana IP6A: Katy IP6M: Alex

IP7G: Samuel IP7SS: Hridyanch IP7S: Phine IP7M: Vasumathi DP7/8B: Joanne/Julian IP8A Manikya IP8L Shreya

“Hello everyone. My fellow Student Councillors and I would like to thank

everybody for voting for us. May I say I am very proud to present this assembly today.

As Student Councillors, we promise to demonstrate and encourage the eight Personal Goals of Resilience, Enquiry,

Adaptability, Cooperation, Communication, Values, Thoughtfulness

and Respect. These goals help us do our jobs when we take suggestions to our meetings.

We would all like to make the school a better place for you and for me, so we have

a happier community.” - Speech by Manikya (IP8A)

Student Councillors

Panaga School - proud to present our leaders of now and the future


Students at Teraja have been enjoying stacks of cush-ions, a reading tent and book boxes, all beautifully dec-orated, in the newly revamped reading area in the Learning Centre.

Miss Steph, a member of the PTA, explained why the PTA had made the decision to invest in the new equip-ment. ‘We wanted children to have a comfortable envi-ronment for their reading. We want them to come in more often,’ she told our reporters.

Miss Jackie told us that she had noticed children were more enthusiastic about spending time in the reading area; ‘It helps them to really enjoy reading.’ And the stu-dents agree - Sisi, P5, told us she “loved it” here!

Researchers have shown the benefits of not just reading but loving reading. From one report: ‘When children read for pleasure, when they get “hooked on books”, they acquire, involuntarily and with-out conscious effort, nearly all of the so-called “language skills” many people are so concerned about: they will become adequate readers, acquire a large vocabulary, develop the ability to understand and use complex gram-matical constructions, develop a good writing style and become good (but not necessarily perfect) spellers.’

To put it simply, when we enjoy reading, we learn more! We interrupted various Teraja classes’ reading times and they all had a clear message for the PTA: ‘Thank you!’

Article based on IPC ‘Making the News’ Report by Laura Giang and Finn Collicutt, IP8L

The PTA provides new equipment for the Teraja Learning Centre


News from our Neighbours: St John’s School, KB St John’s School holds

Celebration of Music St John’s School, Kuala Belait, held a Musical Concert in the school multi-purpose hall re-cently. It was the first ever com-bined concert Celebration of Music by St John’s School and Panaga School; featuring the Panaga Rampayoh and Teraja Choirs, SJS Chorale, Children’s Chorus, Year 3, 4 and 5 Choirs, Recorder and Ukele Ensemble, String Band and Concert Band.

The event kicked off with the wel-coming speech by St John’s School Principal, Dr Teh, followed by words from Miss Sarah Hutson and Miss Christine Simpson, the music specialists of Panaga School and Mr Abraham Lotivio, the music coordinator of St John’s School. The contents of their speeches focused on the im-portance of music as a universal language.

If students continue to practise hard work, it can lead to great re-wards up to the elation of master-ing an instrument and then per-forming it for others. It was also expressed that learning music gives children increased opportu-nities in adult life. Playing an in-strument for sheer pleasure is re-warding enough, but learning mu-sic also opens the doors to com-munity bands, orchestras and oth-er creative outlets.

After the speeches, we sang the Brunei patriotic songs Tanah Air Ku and Merdeka Brunei together with the St John’s School chorale.

There were at least 21 musical performances altogether of which 19 were presented by the St John’s School students compris-ing the primary and secondary lev-els and 2 performances presented by Panaga School. The finale was performed by both schools.

It was truly a fantastic, wonderful,

graceful and breathtaking event that enthralled all those who came for the concert. The sounds were incredible. The stage could be seen from any place that one de-cides to stand on. For this particu-lar concert, the venue was dimly lit. The concert was graced by dif-ferent levels of students with their different thrilling performances. The band was very talented and the music was amazing. The voice recitals with the piano accompani-ments and organ recital and clas-sical guitar carried the night. The audience could not help but sing along with the participants. After all, the lights in the hall were in gracious harmony with the con-cert. Moving towards the closure of the event, St John’s School Board of Governors, St John’s School Prin-cipal, Dr Teh, and Panaga School Principal Tim Robinson, presented the tokens of appreciation to the music coordinators of both schools. The event came to the end after the St John’s School principal thanked all participants, parents, and staff of both schools.

Part of the audiences taking

photographs while watching the magnificent performance by St

John’s School and Panaga School during the finale

The ‘Rhythm of Life’ by the St

John’s School Chorus

The Panaga School children

with their song entitled ‘Adiemus’

A member of the St John’s School

band performing the violin

St John’s School Board of Gov-

ernors with the St John’s School Principal, Dr Teh, and

the Principal of Panaga School, Tim Robinson, and the music coordinators of both schools

By Jack Ding Jok Head of School Media

St John’s School Kuala Belait


On Saturday 15th November, the Panaga School Choir participated in a combined St John's and Panaga School "Celebration of Music 2014".

The event took place in St John's School’s impressive, state of the art performance hall. Stage lighting, sound systems and an audience in excess of 500 people set the scene for an excellent event showcasing 2 hours of musical talent from a cast of more than 250 students from 5 to 16 years of age.

The program featured both soloists and groups - singing, guitars, violins, drumming, dancing and rock band. All performers joined together in an electrifying finale where the song "Sing" produced goose bumps and pride for the audience, seeing a fine example of the children of this world unified through music.

St John's School were most welcoming

hosts. They went out of their way to care for our students with numerous staff sup-porting our every need, a box filled with packages of food and drink for our perform-ers and sensational gifts for our music teachers.

I would like to acknowledge and thank our Panaga staff who through their work and commitment, made this event possible for our students. Miss Sarah and Miss Christine - thank you for sharing your musical talents with our children. The numerous after school rehearsals and appropriate and qual-ity song choices were incredibly obvious and a result of your teaching - thank you both. Miss Carolyn and Miss Rachel - your support in supervising on the night demonstrated your community spirit and commitment to our students - thank you both. To the many parent/teachers who assumed dual roles assisting with the bathroom runs and the

like - thank you. To our parents who assist-ed along the way with getting your children to rehearsals, assisting organisers with lead up communications and logistics and were there on the night showing your support - thank you!

St John's music teacher Mr Abraham and Principal Dr Teh need to be acknowledged for their leadership. Mr Abraham is a truly gifted music teacher who I know both Miss Sarah and Miss Christine have built a rela-tionship of mutual respect and collegial col-laboration with to extend the talents and programs of both of our schools to benefit our students.

This event brought to life a quote from the organisers: "Let's make music the language of our hearts and the comfort of our souls." Thank you all and congratulations on a sen-

sational evening. By Cindy Bin Tahal

Panaga School and St John’s make music the language of all our hearts


Challenge Day on Rampayoh

Our first Challenge Day of the academic year had the theme ‘All the World’s a Stage’. The morning assembly had an ‘X Factor’ theme and the judges were treated to performances by ‘Cyndi Lauper’, ‘Nicki Minaj’, ‘Snoop Dog’, ‘3 Cents’ and ‘Iggy Pop’!

After the assembly, the 4 house colour teams experienced four differ-ent activities involving dance, drama and music from around the world. In one activity, the children learnt a Greek dance and found out about various other European dances.

Another exciting activity was traditional African singing, dancing and drum playing. The children were also involved in helping to make the fantastic scenery for the Milepost Concert ‘Oh What a Knight’.

Everyone enjoyed these experiences and the students put a great deal of effort into each activity. Each team was awarded extra House Points for being able to demonstrate Cooperation, Resilience and Communi-cation throughout the morning.

During the final assembly, the teachers had a so many special men-tions for students who had shown these Personal Goals that the as-sembly almost ran overtime! It was a great Challenge Day that was enjoyed by both staff and students. Well done to all who took part!

By Miss Katy and Miss Nicci


By Nathan Edwards "All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play. Our students were intro-duced to the theme at the opening assembly on Teraja where the school choir per-formed ‘Adiemus’ by Karl Jenkins and Freek Zevenbergen performed AC/DC’s hit ‘Back in Black’. Rock band sensations ‘The Specialists’ also rocked the assembly hall with ‘Welcome to the Jungle’. However the students stole the show with each house competing in a dance off on the stage. Each house demonstrated some back-breaking moves that should not be tried at home. To bring some decorum to the opening assembly were Miss Teresa, Mr Matt, Mr Muz and Miss Barbara who performed exquisite arabesques in the teachers’ ballet. After the entertaining opening, students in each house com-peted for points in a variety of engaging activities. Included were activities such as making theatrical masks, painting mov-ie backdrops, learning dance moves through jump jam, sing-ing from famous musicals and students choreographing their own dances from other countries. It was clear that the stu-dents had a thoroughly entertaining morning but there was a serious side to all this with house points up for grabs. The fi-nal scores were as follows:

Team Points

Red 575

Yellow 574

Green 573

Blue 569

All the World’s a Stage...on Teraja

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Nomadic Lion takes some rest in Panaga to meet our P8s

David Atthowe, from the UK, along with his walking companions, Yusepe "Pesuy" Sukmana and Gi-lang Ramadhan, both from Indone-sia, are currently walking across Borneo as a group known as No-madic Lion. David spent a few minutes with our P8s last month on his way through Panaga.

According to their website, Nomadic Lion are currently walking their sec-ond project; Walking Borneo, a

2,500km journey to raise awareness of positive environmental and hu-manitarian projects.

They were walking all the way around Sabah, starting in Tawau on the 22nd of August before travelling to Lahad Datu to Sandakan, Mt Kina-balu, Kudat and Kota Kinabalu be-fore seeing us in Brunei. Now, they are going through Sarawak, down the coast past Bintulu and Sibu, then continuing on to Kuching and finally

to the far southern tip of Sarawak.

The focus of their walk and docu-mentary is ‘positive projects’ taking place on the island. They want to visit organisations and projects which are working to help the peo-ple or environment prosper in any way on Borneo. They are also inter-ested in meeting local musicians for a number of collaborations and mu-sical projects.

They have visited already a number of national parks, conservation cen-tres, animal rehabilitation centres, artistic centres and community em-powerment projects.

The reason they chose Sabah, Sara-wak and Brunei for this their second project was because: “Borneo con-tains the world’s oldest rainforests, an abundance of natural beauty and an incredible diverse mix of ethnic groups. With so many tribes, cul-tures, different ethnicities and posi-tive projects there will be no short-age of exciting stories to illustrate this wonderful part of our planet to other people in the world,” they said. FOLLOW NOMADIC LION:

https://twitter.com/nomadic_lion

https://twitter.com/nomadic_lion


This term has been a busy time for the

teachers of Panaga School who are shar-

ing their professional knowledge and skills

with local teachers from Bruneian schools.

In October, 25 teachers from local schools

attended the ‘Talk for Writing’ presentation

and many signed up to come to school

again to observe how Literacy here is

taught.

In the Early Years, we’ve seen the differ-

ence sharing expertise can make. On a

recent visit to Sekolah Rendah Panaga,

we saw how learning spaces have been

transformed by the addition of continuous

provision areas and literacy working walls,

modelled on those from Panaga School.

Teachers from Sengai Tereban have visit-

ed Mendaram to see how the Early Years

provision is organised and can be adapted

and 16 local teachers attended a work-

shop on ‘Learning Through Play’.

Local schools close in December but

plans are already underway for collabora-

tive projects in the new year with more

teachers working in partnership with local

Bruneian teachers by sharing skills and

knowledge in all curriculum areas.

By Rachel Marsden

Continuous Provision Areas— Sekolah Rendah Panaga

Phonics and Literacy Working Word Wall

Da Vinci Art Area

Panaga’s collaboration with local schools


Rampayoh and Mendaram were treated to a literary feast from 14th - 16th November as Sally Crabtree made a flying visit to Brunei. A published author, with many great books for younger children, Sally entertained Panaga School children with clever word play, amazing lyrics and fantastic ideas. All classes had the opportunity to work with Sally and the results, as can be seen in their Literacy books, can only be described as outstanding!' By Mr Peter Anderton Editor’s note: Well done to Peter Anderton and Sarah Sargison, Literacy Leaders for Learning, for organis-ing and rescheduling Sally’s visit. It was sure worth the wait!

Sally Crabtree rounds off Authors Abroad with a flying visit


I am proud to introduce the NTC. Panaga School started last year to provide this Dutch Language and Culture programme. And since the be-ginning of this academic year, lessons have been organised for all year groups (P1-P8). The NTC is funded and monitored by the Dutch Minis-try of Education for our Dutch speaking children in the International Stream. They receive up to 3 hours of tuition per week, one hour dur-ing school time and 2 hours after school. This is a formal curriculum and children are taught and assessed in the acquisition of their lan-guage skills, thus increasing their knowledge and understanding of their home language and culture while preparing them for a return to the Dutch school system when required.

Miss Gerda Bunskoek

One of our favourite games to increase our Dutch vo-cabulary is being the King or the Queen. Our NTC kings and queens will never forget these words again!

Part of the NTC Curriculum is learning about Dutch cul-ture. On the 11th of November we celebrated Sint Maar-ten. Sint Maarten is an old traditional event in some parts of Holland but also in Germany, France and other parts of Europe. As soon it gets dark, the children of P1, P2 and P3 go door to door with handcrafted lanterns made of pa-per, singing songs such as "Sinte, Sinte Maarten," hoping to receive candy in return; similar to Halloween. It cele-brates the end of the agrarian year and the beginning of harvesting. Sint Maarten is known as a friend of the chil-dren and the poor.

Making the lanterns with parents’ help!

Of course we also celebrate the

coming of “Sinterklaas”. In NTC, P4, P5 and P7 children gave each other pre-sents and made

beautiful rhymes.

A big spider visit-ed us at P1 and made a big web.

We had fun learning all about

these scary animals!

These little

“Sinterklazen”

made their

dear friends,

the Peters.

NTC Panaga School: Dutch Language and Culture


Omani Day celebrations on Rampayoh Children and parents from our Omani Com-munity were seen in their elegant and glam-orous traditional cos-tumes on Tuesday 18th November to celebrate Omani Day. It was such a lovely sight all day in school witnessing the children all dressed up, talking to their friends about this special day. To cel-ebrate the occasion, we invited the children to talk about what Omani Day means to them in an assembly and then we wished all of them a “Happy Omani Day 2014”.

By Miss Joanne


Panaga School Penan Shoebox Appeal 2014

Friday 14th November on Teraja and Friday 21st November on Ram-payoh saw the launch of this year’s Panaga School Penan Shoebox Appeal. The appeal has now concluded and we are looking forward to distrib-uting your very generous shoeboxes of gifts to the Penan, a people very much in need of some help and festive cheer. For those new to Panaga, the Penan are a nomadic, indigenous people living in Sarawak and Brunei. They are one of the last such people re-maining in the world. The Penan are noted for their practice of 'molong' which means never taking more than necessary. Most Penan were nomadic hunter-gatherers until the post-World War II missionaries settled many of them. They eat plants, which are also used as medicines, and animals and use the hides, skin, fur, and other parts for clothing and shelter. Their way of life, and still for some their nomadic existence, has for many years been suffering dramatically at the hands of illegal loggers and mul-tinational palm oil companies. Many of the Penan’s settlements remain in quite inhospitable conditions, let alone contain ‘household’ needs. Your shoebox donations will prove vital. Thank you for your donations of stationery, small games/toys, clothing and footwear, stickers and accessories, toiletries, tea and coffee; among many other items. Some of the best, more practical shoeboxes featured fishing hooks, lines and nets. Special thanks goes to Miss Rachel Clark, Miss Emma and Mr Dermot for their organisation of the appeal at school. Also too, thank you to Miss Adrienne and Miss Lilin for launching the appeal this year and address-ing both the Teraja and Rampayoh assemblies. Much needed smiles will sure be put on many Penan adults’ and chil-dren’s faces.

By Damian Brady


Over the past few weeks, we have been monitoring the number of peo-ple who are/not wearing helmets while riding their bikes to and from school. The data gathered reveals that a high number of adults and children are still not wearing hel-mets. As a BSP facility, we take HSSE seriously. Please think about the safety of your children and oth-ers when riding to and from school by wearing a helmet.

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Health and Fitness in Panaga

The Health and Fitness ASA club have been learning about staying healthy and keeping fit. This term, the students have focused on the importance of taking care of their bodies - inside and out. This includes eating a balanced diet, exercising and getting enough rest. Through fun activities and games, the students have learnt about many aspects of nutrition essentials. They have been introduced to the food pyramid and the healthy plate and made their own fruit smoothies, which is a great alternative to sug-ary drinks. They have also been made aware of how various foods benefit different parts of the body and provide us with a source of energy. The club will be offered on Teraja next term so that other children are able to join in. There will also be a healthy lifestyle workshop in the Early Years in the coming months. Stay safe and keep fit!

By Nicole Ebert


‘Learning through play’ presentation The Pre-Nursery were pleased to welcome parents and many local teachers from a variety of schools to a presentation on ‘Learning through play’ on Monday 24th November.

We explored the power of play, our curriculum and how, through play, children learn and develop in all 7 areas of our curriculum. Play that is carefully planned offers children opportunities to de-velop important life skills: curiosity, imagination and an attitude to learning where they are willing to take risks and ‘have a go’. Parents and teachers had the opportunity to talk about play in their own childhood and how children play today. We focused on different ways of playing and the ex-plicit learning that takes place. At the end of the presentation, the participants had the oppor-tunity to find their inner child and ‘play’ with a variety of mediums that we use on a daily basis - play dough, gloop and moon dough.

The feedback from the participants was very positive: ‘It helped me to understand how children learn through play.’ ‘I liked details about how each type of play impacts learning.’

It was good to see such enthusiasm and a great turnout. We will be running this workshop again in January, so please look out for details if you are interested in joining us.

By Miss Yvonne and Miss Louise


A baker visits Mendaram

On Tuesday 28th October, the Nursery children welcomed a baker to Mendaram.

The baker, dressed in an apron and tall white hat, brought a basket full of currant buns with cherries on top. Each child was able to buy a currant bun for a penny and comments from the children included: ‘It’s yummy’ and ‘Delicious’.

The visit introduced the Nursery children’s ‘Talk for Writing’ text, Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop, linked to their IPC unit, Food.

After learning the song and actions, the chil-dren progressed to ‘innovating’ it by changing the characters, the items in the shop and the bun toppings.

The Nursery staff and children would like to thank the baker for visiting and building the children’s enthusiasm for this text.

By the Nursery staff


This term in P1, we have been focusing on the val-

ues of Cooperation and Communication.

The skills of listening to and working with peers are

part of the UK EYFS Curriculum as well as the IPC

Early Years strands and are key skills for children to

attain at this age.

With this in mind, the P1 teachers have been provid-

ing a variety of teacher led and independent activi-

ties to allow children to demonstrate and develop

these skills. One of our most successful activities in

IP1JV this term was ‘The Big Draw’ where children

worked in groups with an adult to create a life size

painting of a person.

The adult facilitated discussions on size, colour of

hair, skin colour and who would paint where, en-

couraging children to discuss together and share and

act on each other’s ideas.

Children then reflected on the task talking about

who had listened to them and if they thought they

had worked well together. Their paintings were

pretty amazing too! By Miss Julie (IP1JV)

Communication and Cooperation in IP1


On Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd

December, Milepost One saddled up

and whisked their parents away on a

hilarious musical journey.

Featuring a ‘castle’ full of colourful

characters, some with names very fa-

miliar around these parts - Coffee Bean

(Uthman), Cocoa Bean (Hope), Prin-

cess Minimeewah (Eva), Princess Tea

Leaf (Isabel), to name but a few - MP1

enthralled and made their ascendants

and siblings constantly giggle for over

an hour with wonderfully witty one lin-

ers, proud singing, energetic dancing

and confident acting.

Set in Camelot in the year 531, A

Knight to Remember follows Coffee

Bean as he is expelled from Knight

School, then reluctantly becomes

Merlin's new apprentice. Trouble is

never far away from then on as Came-

lot Castle collapses into chaos. Merlin

has shrunk and lost Excalibur, King

Arthur's daughters have been kid-

napped and his brave knights are

turned into chickens, cows, fish and

horses!?! Can Coffee Bean and friends

save the princesses, defeat the Black

Knight and pull the missing sword from

the scone? Of course he does, but only

with the help of an energetic and en-

thusiastic fellow cast and a plethora of

talent off stage as well.

Special mention goes to Milepost One

Leader for Learning, Mr Dave Jefferys,

for his magnificent directorship and

script editing. Also too, Miss Christine

Simpson for her fantastic piano playing.

Congratulations to all of the other MP1

teachers and parents who did them-

selves immensely proud by providing

magnificent sets and props, glorious

costumes and an incredibly well-

rehearsed cast of talent.

Well done Milepost One children on a

production you are sure to remember

forever too. By Damian Brady

A (k)night to remember, forever

On Thursday 27th No-vember, during Tech-nology ASA, Shaun and Tristan built what amounted to a work-ing rotor head assem-bly. It is certainly one of a kind and one which cranked up some mo-

mentum using a battery-powered elec-tric motor as its energy source - to tie in per-

fectly with the ‘Bright Sparks’ IPC unit we were studying at the time!

Chocks away! Next stop: Anduki!

By Mr Dermot


Technology ASA: Building our Future Again this year, our Technology

ASA played host to budding

architects, designers,

quantity surveyors,

artists, sculptors

and engineers - visionaries all, designing and building our

future!

By Mr Dermot

Shaun and Tristan’s rotor head assembly


Run sheep, run!

On Monday 3rd No-

vember, the children

of IP5 enjoyed being

chased by a hungry

pack of wolves!

This was a part of

P5’s introduction to

their ‘Talk for Writing’

unit on Warning Ta-

les.

Each class member

played the role of a

wolf or a sheep in a

game of chase.

The object of the

game for the sheep

was to be the last sur-

viving sheep and the

object for the wolves

was to capture as

many sheep as possi-

ble by pulling off their

tails.

From each class, the

most successful wolf

and sheep received

either a “golden leg of

lamb” medal or a

“golden cool sheep”

medal.

Everyone had great

fun taking part and it

proved to be an excit-

ing and fun introduc-

tion to the ‘Boy Who

Cried Wolf’ Warning

Tale that we were

learning.

By Rue Smale


DP5/6 and IP5 IPC Exit Point: Rainforests and Collaboration DP5/6 have been joining IP5 for IPC lessons on Mon-days, Tuesdays and Thursdays. They have been split among all the classes and have worked collaboratively with different students on research tasks such as: find-ing out about the animals that live in rainforests, tribes that live in rainforests and the different foods we eat that come from rainforests all around the world. They have also enjoyed learning about the many aspects of rainforests from pollination to deforestation.

To celebrate and share this learning, all of IP5 and DP5/6 joined in an Exit Point event on 13th November. Smooth-ies were made using fruit from rainforests, henna designs were painted on - some of them were traditional tribal designs - and faces were painted. Everyone had a good time! We would like to thank the P5 teachers, Miss Lili and all the parents who came to help make this a great event.

By Miss Carolyn


P7 and a band of brave teachers ven-tured into the Tem-burong rainforest from Tuesday 14th October until Friday 17th October 2014, thrived and sur-vived! During our visit, chil-dren and staff were warmly welcomed into an Iban village, where Apay (the tribal lead-er) and his family in-troduced us to local customs and tradi-tions. This included an invitation to the Long House to meet local children and listen to local stories about head-hunting heroes! Our amazing experience continued with a myriad of day-time activities that widely ranged in demands and skills that are often underutilised but were clearly latent within the children. These included: river rafting, jungle trekking, cooking bamboo chicken, face-painting and dancing. They also marched up and down 1000 steps wholeheart-edly, taking in their stride the mammoth challenge of climb-ing to the summit of an 80 metre high canopy walk where they were rewarded with an amazing panoramic view of the National Park. The children really developed their Per-sonal Goals with an emphasis on Communication and Co-operation. The festivities continued into the evenings where the chil-dren drew upon their social skills to participate in a range of activities including: dance, drama and storytelling. One of our favourite evenings was hosted by Miss Cindy, aka the Boss of Rampayoh, who hosted Panaga Has Talent; featuring guest appearances from Justin Bieber (Mr Na-than), Mr Bean (Mr Muz), Nicki Minaj (Miss Grace), Katy Perry (Miss Sarah), MC (Miss Shelagh), Michael Jackson (Mr Zaim), Lady Gaga (Miss Haniza) and last, but not least, ‘The Rock’ (Mr Andy). Finally, we arrived safely back home on the Friday after-noon, weary and tired - and that was just the teachers!

By Mr Muz

Temburong: what an adventure!


The P8 Cell Cake Sale was on Tuesday 11th November

2014, outside the P8 classrooms. We enthusiastic P8s

brought in cakes and also jelly and pizzas that we made

as a part of our Science topic on plant and animal cells.

Each item cost one dollar and the money raised from the

sale will be used to pay for our Graduation Ceremony.

When the clock hit half nine, children came roaring across the

playground wanting snacks. All of our scientific cakes were

also sold at lunch and at the end of the day. Overall, we had

made over $450! We had lots of fun selling the snacks and

learning new things, for example, learning how to not put

sticky stains on yourself and much, much more.

Why were we making cakes or other snacks as part of Sci-

ence? Our home learning task was to make a snack to repre-

sent a plant or animal cell studied in our Science lesson. The

only rules were that every piece had to be edible and we had

to include the main parts of the cell, which are the nucleus, cell

membrane and cytoplasm and for those who did plant cells, a

vacuole and chloroplasts and a thick cell wall.

We all did a good job in explaining the features of both cells

and were told to research more to enhance the learning that

had already taken place. Most of us could list and explain the

functions of the key features when we brought our snacks in to

our lesson.

We know that all cells have:

A nucleus that controls everything that happens in the cell

so it’s basically the brain.

Cytoplasm - a jelly like substance where most of the activi-

ty in the cell happens.

A cell membrane - controls what goes in and out.

Plant cells have as well:

Chloroplasts to capture energy from the light.

A vacuole to store food for the plant.

A cell wall to keep plant cells firm.

Some confident pupils could even explain additional features

that were not taught in our Science lessons, for example, the

nucleolus, mitochondria, both the rough endoplasmic reticulum

and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.

There were some fantastic creative ideas for recreating an

animal or plant cell as a snack. Some of the pupils used green

fondant, food colouring, fruit or candies to represent the chlo-

roplasts of a plant cell. A lot of the people had icing for their

cell membrane and cell wall.

One unique individual used jam for their cell membrane in-

stead. Some pupils used the cake itself, jelly or icing for the

cytoplasm. Gummy worms were a popular choice for rough

endoplasmic reticulum.

Our snack sale not only helped us develop our understanding

of the structure of plant and animal cells, but it also helped us

in our Numeracy lessons where we have been learning about

different methods of handling and interpreting data. We col-

lected lots of information throughout this activity to help us

draw conclusions about effective ways of raising money for a

good cause. Before the Cake Sale we measured the weight of

our snacks. After the sale we counted how much money we

earned and the total number of people that bought cakes.

We used our data to start calculating the range, mode, median

and mean. We also estimated the cost of our ingredients,

compared that to the results of the sale and could calculate

the profit made.

We could identify the commercially (un)successful bakers – if

the baker/student had to spend $24 for a single cake and the

cake was sliced into 12 slices, the baker/student would only

gain $12 whereas the cake’s cost was double that. This is a

great LOSS for the baker!

As mentioned, we had made over $450. The weight combined

of all the goods produced was around 7.8kg! We made 5.8

cents for every gram of snack made. The cakes, which looked

the most aesthetically pleasing, were the most successful. Fa-

vourites also included: Valeria’s jelly-filled watermelon and

Manikya’s superb cake with its blue gelatinous glaze. Finn’s

colourful lightweight creation made us a lot of money, making

it a highly efficient profit generator!

P8 Cell Cake Sale


In our Literacy lesson, we collaborated to produce this article

and also to produce a set of instructions for future snack sales

in Panaga School based on lessons learned during our sale.

We also produced a highly persuasive letter for Mr Tim and Mr

Andy R on the positive impact this exercise had on our learn-

ing – just in case they ever need reminding when the P8s of

the future come looking for permission to do the same task!

Some of the advice we would give to the organisers of another

snack sale at school includes:

1) Choose a theme related to the topic you are studying:

We all really understand the structure of plant and animal cells

now – it really helps with securing your learning.

2) Tell people about the sale: Advertising is important be-

cause this can get more people involved with buying your

snack/cake. Using special, catchy words will attract attention.

3) Be creative and make use of cheap ingredients to make

the most profit: We advise, when making a snack, that

you keep it edible! Also, make sure it doesn’t contain pork or

nuts and try to keep it healthy.

4) Think of the practicalities: Make sure to make a shape

of cake which is easy to cut and transition onto a plate/napkin.

This will come in handy when you have many people raiding

you and asking for cake or a snack. Make sure you bring the

plates/napkins as well. Put tables in a long row so that every-

one is not crowded together and make sure there are several

bins for rubbish and a box to keep the money safe.

5) Prices: You need to make sure you ’re making an ac-

ceptable amount of money and not losing money. Make the

portion sizes reasonable for $1. Be sure you have change,

there will be a great chance that someone will approach you

will $5 or $10. If you charge 75 cents, you will need more

change. We think ‘everything for a dollar’ makes life easier!

6) Safety: Before you even start selling your cake, make

sure to keep your hygiene at an appropriate level. Wash your

hands before touching your snack/cake. People don’t want to

eat food that’s been where your hands have (especially if you

have been to the bathroom)!

Perhaps it would be best to wear gloves or use a knife that’s

made for cutting and serving cake. Another note, no matter

how good your frosting looks, DO NOT lick it off of your

HANDS – or cake!

Make sure you know what is in your snack/cake, in case someone has an allergy. Slicing your cake is a bit dangerous, so make sure to cut your snack/cake, somewhere away from your customer, especially when you’re selling to younger P4s (or use a plastic knife)! It would be best to slice it beforehand.

P8 Cell Cake Sale


BJSL Netball and Touch Rugby

This term, students competed in Girls Netball and Boys Touch Rugby for the BJSL competition. Panaga School was able to field teams in the P5, P6 and P7 categories for the respective sports. Students worked hard throughout the term with most students practising twice a week. This accounted for the success and improved results from last year achieved in both sports at the end of season tournaments held at JIS. A special congratulations goes to the Boys Touch Rugby teams for being equal overall winners at the end of season tourna-ment. Well done to all who par-ticipated, as well as to those who continued to train and develop their skills despite not making the teams. We hope to see the same enthusiasm next term with the BJSL sports being Ath-letics, Football and T-ball.

By Mr Andy and Mr Nathan

Documents

Panaga School Magazine December 2014