November December 2010 - Panaga School
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<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Newsletter<br />
Featuring this issue:<br />
P7 explore the jungles of Kota Kinabalu, learn<br />
about the values of teamwork, resilience and independence,<br />
bask in tropical splendour, kayak,<br />
climb ropes, walls and ladders - and survive!<br />
More on page 2<br />
Message from the Head of the<br />
Dutch Stream<br />
Dear All,<br />
It is the end of Term One. A busy<br />
term in which a lot of activities<br />
and developments have taken<br />
place at <strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
At <strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong>, International<br />
Mindedness is an important part<br />
of our International Primary Curriculum.<br />
Not only in the classroom,<br />
but also during Cultural<br />
Assemblies, children learn about<br />
and experience the different<br />
cultures represented at our<br />
school. During this term, members<br />
of the Indian Community<br />
presented information on the<br />
Hindu festival of Deepavali, our<br />
Bruneian Learning Support Assistants<br />
and other members of<br />
the Muslim Community shared<br />
with us the celebration of Hari<br />
Raya Aidilfitri. The Dutch celebration<br />
of Sinterklaas and the<br />
different ways of celebrating<br />
Christmas have been a part of<br />
the Cultural Assemblies as well.<br />
We are very glad that members<br />
of the different communities are<br />
willing to organise this together<br />
with the Parent Teacher Panel<br />
(PTP) of the school. They are all<br />
truly a celebration of the cultural<br />
similarities and differences at<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Many classes have been on a<br />
<strong>School</strong> trip in Term 1. The children<br />
of the P6 classes enjoyed in<br />
October a successful residential<br />
to Kuching and the children of<br />
the P7 classes enjoyed their trip<br />
to Kota Kinabalu in <strong>November</strong>.<br />
Children participated enthusiastically<br />
in the organised outdoor<br />
activities and cooperative tasks.<br />
Also, the children of P8 went on<br />
their trip to Singapore with a<br />
varied and exciting program.<br />
Many thanks to the members of<br />
staff for their contribution to these<br />
well-organised trips.<br />
In Term 1, the school developed<br />
an Educational Visits Policy. This<br />
guidance aims to ensure that<br />
every trip made from this school<br />
combines the safest possible<br />
environment for children and<br />
enhances their learning in terms<br />
of personal, social and educational<br />
development.<br />
The PTP has started this school<br />
year with a lot of new members<br />
and they have been busy with<br />
planning and organising different<br />
activities. A very successful Coin<br />
Drop fundraising event on Thursday<br />
2nd <strong>December</strong> took place. A<br />
lot of Bruneian coins were<br />
brought to the school by the<br />
children and long, different patterns<br />
were made at Rampayoh<br />
and Teraja. At the moment, we<br />
don’t know how much money<br />
was raised but the money given<br />
by the children will be donated to<br />
charity to help families in Pakistan<br />
and Indonesia who have<br />
suffered due to recent floods and<br />
heavy rain. More information will<br />
be in next month’s newsletter.<br />
A PTP <strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Calendar<br />
for 2011 with photographs from<br />
the children was also established<br />
and is now available for purchase<br />
in each of the school offices.<br />
On Wednesday 18 th <strong>November</strong>,<br />
the second Parent Information<br />
Evening for this term was led by<br />
Liza Davison, the IPC Leader for<br />
Learning. Information on the IPC<br />
Assessment for Learning program<br />
was given to a large group<br />
of parents. For those who were<br />
unable to attend this evening, the<br />
presentation can be downloaded<br />
from the school website. The<br />
next Parent Information Evening<br />
will be on Wednesday 13 th January,<br />
2011. More information will<br />
follow in the first weekly Parent<br />
Information Letter for 2011.<br />
So, a busy term and an excellent<br />
start to the academic year!<br />
I would like to wish everyone a<br />
happy and restful break.<br />
Best regards,<br />
Meino Meines<br />
P7 display great teamworK(K)! Issue 20, <strong>November</strong>–<strong>December</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
The stars of<br />
Milepost One<br />
The Primary 2s<br />
and Primary 3s<br />
showed us all<br />
their musical<br />
talents in this<br />
year’s Milepost<br />
1 production,<br />
Stella the Starfish.<br />
All the children<br />
in each<br />
class sang,<br />
danced and<br />
acted their way<br />
round the stage<br />
with oozing confidence<br />
and enthusiasm.<br />
The role of Stella<br />
was played by<br />
Perrine (IP3R).<br />
She did a super<br />
job acting out the<br />
lost and unhappy<br />
starfish who<br />
asked for help to<br />
find her missing<br />
family.<br />
with the aid of the<br />
other sea creatures,<br />
helped<br />
Stella find her<br />
lost family near<br />
the sunken shipwreck.<br />
The actors and<br />
narrators worked<br />
very hard to<br />
learn their lines<br />
and they all<br />
spoke with loud,<br />
clear and expressive<br />
voices. A<br />
great achievement,<br />
well done<br />
to you all!<br />
Gracie (IP3A)<br />
and Hridyansh<br />
(IP3Y) played the<br />
kind and adventurous<br />
brother water adventure<br />
Truly an under-<br />
and sister, Sophie we won’t forget.<br />
and Steven, who<br />
By Miss Imogen<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Brunei Darussalam<br />
Jalan Utara, Seria, KB3534, Brunei<br />
Phone: +673 3372139<br />
Fax: +673 3373028<br />
Web: www.panagaschool.com<br />
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In this issue:<br />
* Letters from P7’s trip to<br />
Outward Bound Sabah,<br />
Kota Kinabalu<br />
* From IP6G’s Perspective<br />
* Diwali Celebrations at<br />
Assembly and in the IP2V<br />
classroom<br />
* News from The Parent<br />
Teacher Panel and the<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> Student Councils<br />
- Working side by side and<br />
- Collecting for the Penan.<br />
* IP6G’s Assembly<br />
Page 5 * It’s a Gold Rush in P4.<br />
* P5 find a way to exit<br />
the Rainforest<br />
* P4 Rap it up!<br />
Page 6<br />
Page 7<br />
Page 8<br />
* P1 like to be beside<br />
the seaside<br />
* P3 go all the way to<br />
Norway<br />
* P4 hit the museum<br />
* Sinterklaas is back<br />
* P3’s souvenirs<br />
* ASA cricket leaders<br />
* Goodbye and thank<br />
you, Ngozi<br />
* P7 - journalists for a<br />
day<br />
Quote for the month:<br />
“What we learn with<br />
pleasure, we never<br />
forget.”<br />
- Alfred Mercier<br />
Newsletter designed<br />
and edited by Damian Brady
<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Newsletter<br />
From Page One<br />
Hey, Hey! Here are some letters from the P7s in K.K. 2<br />
Dear mums and dads,<br />
We are all fine. It's brilliant here. It's really relaxing<br />
and fun. We are about to start our first<br />
activities of the morning. The food has been delicious<br />
- we are even washing our own dishes.<br />
The plane journey was short getting here - only 45 minutes -<br />
and even though there was a bit of traffic, it did not take too<br />
long to get the bus from the airport - only around 30 minutes.<br />
The beds in the cabins are bunk beds - not too comfortable,<br />
but they are ok. The showers are freezing, making it easy to<br />
wake up in the morning - even though it's not great waking up<br />
at 5.15.<br />
Please don't worry about us - all is fine. Look forward to seeing<br />
you on Friday.<br />
From Chris Pine (IP7AB) and Faiq Faizal (IP7AB) and all of P7.<br />
Dear mums and dads,<br />
We're still having lots of fun here. This is despite the power going<br />
out last night just before we were due to go to bed. However,<br />
this made us sleep even faster as if we moved a lot or were restless,<br />
we would have got hotter. Moments later though, the power came<br />
back on.. Not many noticed because they were already asleep. Plus,<br />
there are less mosquitoes here than in Brunei.<br />
Our activities began yesterday with tree climbing. We had to climb up around ten<br />
metres to get to the bell and ring it. After that was the giant ladder and we had to<br />
help each other up to reach the top of the ladder. We also kayaked, rock climbed,<br />
flying foxed and abseiled - all in an action-packed day. Finally, we completed a<br />
night-time orientation course with torches around the camp.<br />
The food is basic, but nice. We also have to wash our own dishes and clean the<br />
tables up after ourselves. We are learning many valuable lessons here like teamwork,<br />
resilience, responsibility and respect.<br />
Some people are homesick, but the enjoyment we're having with our friends makes up<br />
for that a lot.<br />
We miss you extremely and hope you are having a good time back in Brunei.. Two<br />
more sleeps until we see you.<br />
Lots of love from Nurul (IP7AB), Mariam (IP7AR) and Najma (IP7AR) and the<br />
rest of P7.<br />
Dear all parents,<br />
We are still having lots of fun. Last night we camped out in the jungle. It was<br />
cool. We had a bonfire and had marshmallows. We cooked our own dinner<br />
earlier and it was delicious because we cooked it ourselves and we knew there<br />
were no gross ingredients in it.<br />
We camped in mosquito net huts in a tree house. Each hut had 4 or five people<br />
in it. It was squishy. We sang songs and danced around the bonfire and then it<br />
fell apart. Even though we were squashed, we all fell asleep quite quickly<br />
because we were very tired. The sounds of the rainforest also sang us to sleep.<br />
Some of the activities we did yesterday consisted of bridge building, where we had restricted<br />
items we could use. These were just newspaper and tape. Nearly all groups succeeded!<br />
Yesterday on the flying fox, there was a competition to see who could scream the loudest. The<br />
winners were Josie and Fien. Intan was second. We first had to climb up three ladders tied together<br />
to get to the top. The third one wobbled. Then we flew through the air down to the end of a<br />
hundred metre clearing.<br />
On the other side of the tree, we climbed it, strapped in only by a harness. When we got to the<br />
top, we had to ring a bell to tell the instructor to slowly lower us down. We also went rock climbing<br />
and had to abseil down when we got to the top. We really impressed ourselves by how brave we<br />
were. Nurul was the bravest as even though she was scared to do most things she tried, she did<br />
them all anyway.<br />
In the afternoon, we all put on life jackets and went for a swim in the river. Mr Andy and Mr<br />
Damian threw us into the water. Some of us went kayaking. We were in pairs in each kayak and<br />
basically we could just only paddle around in circles.<br />
Today we are off to the wildlife park. We are all very excited. We are all looking forward to seeing<br />
you soon. Love from all the kids in P7, especially Intan, Emma and Fern who wrote this. See you<br />
Hello to all P7 parents from OBS,<br />
Yesterday we came back from camping in the jungle and we<br />
completed the second last of our activities - e.g. flying fox, tree<br />
climb, giant ladder, rock climbing and kayaking. All of these<br />
activities taught us the importance of teamwork, respect for<br />
each other and communication.<br />
Last night we took part in a treasure hunt we called the Amazing<br />
Race Sabah. It was fantastic fun because it involved a lot of activities<br />
and challenges.<br />
By the time it was 'lights out' everyone was so tired. David (DP7M) fell<br />
asleep before his head even touched the pillow. Fien (DP7M) snored all night<br />
long.<br />
This morning we went back to the boathouse to do raft building. The current<br />
was very strong so we did not paddle for too long. Building the rafts was<br />
easy - everyone worked well together. Even the teachers built a raft but it<br />
sank (a bit).<br />
Today we are coming home! We can't wait to see you! We miss our<br />
mums and dads a lot! But we have had so much fun that we have not felt to<br />
homesick or cried.<br />
See you tonight between 9 and 10pm.<br />
Lots of love from Fien (DP7M), David (DP7M), Josie (IP7AB) and all of P7.
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From all angles<br />
IP6G IPC Art Task – Perspective, Monday 8th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Artists can picture the same event from many angles to<br />
capture a different story each time.<br />
See here how the same baseball scene has been captured<br />
from 4 different angles showing 4 possibly different interpretations<br />
of the same event.<br />
We sketched each character from these 4 different angles<br />
to show how different viewpoints of the same event may be<br />
established.<br />
a<br />
b<br />
a) This side view captures all the action. The ball has been<br />
struck well but a freakish catch has been taken by the<br />
fielder. We can see how much strain the pitcher has put into<br />
the throw. We can’t see too much of short stop. b) Another<br />
good angle to show all the action – this time from the other<br />
side. Here we can see more of each person’s expressions,<br />
plus the extreme stretching they all had to do. c) This view<br />
from behind shows a better angle of how good the catch<br />
was and the position of the batter. See how he hit the ball<br />
perhaps too far from his body. Here, we cannot see any expressions<br />
of the short stop or the batter. d) Lastly, an angle<br />
which clearly shows the strain of both the catcher and the<br />
hitter. It was a cracking shot. It truly was however, a great<br />
catch!<br />
By Damian Brady<br />
c<br />
d<br />
Fatin, the<br />
catcher -<br />
What a catch,<br />
from all angles!<br />
Jack, the hitter –<br />
Which angle<br />
best shows his<br />
powerful hitting?<br />
Rhona, the<br />
pitcher – Look<br />
how far see has<br />
to stretch! Easier<br />
to see from<br />
the side isn’t<br />
it?!<br />
Harris the short<br />
stop – a dangerous<br />
job, especially<br />
as seen<br />
from the front,<br />
but someone<br />
has to do it!<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> Diwali <strong>2010</strong><br />
P2 enjoyed a day of learning<br />
about Diwali traditions for our<br />
IPC topic, Celebrations.<br />
We used clay to make our own<br />
Diwa lamps and we made stick<br />
puppets to help us tell the story of<br />
Rama and Sita.<br />
Some of our Indian mums came<br />
to school to show us how to make<br />
Rangoli patterns with coloured<br />
sand. They also drew some decorative<br />
Mehendi patterns and pictures<br />
on our hands using henna<br />
paste. Finally, they showed us<br />
their traditional stick dance and<br />
we had a go. It was quite tricky!<br />
By Miss Vanessa<br />
Assembly celebration of Diwali<br />
Teraja children too celebrated Diwali<br />
(or Deepavali) in a wonderfully<br />
showcased assembly, organised by<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong>’s Indian Community.<br />
Apart from detailing the background<br />
and history of their own ‘Festival of<br />
Light’ (celebrated by followers of<br />
Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism)<br />
children also presented in movement,<br />
pictures and dance details of<br />
other religions’ celebrations such as<br />
Eid and the upcoming Christmas.<br />
The dancers, wearing colourful<br />
dresses, highlighted wonderfully the<br />
features of Diwali celebrations.<br />
There was also a Powerpoint presentation<br />
explaining the lifestyle of<br />
India, history of India and famous<br />
Indian personalities who built modern<br />
India.<br />
Plus, there was a fashion show presenting<br />
costumes worn in different<br />
parts of India.<br />
The assembly proved that India is a<br />
land of diverse cultures and ethnicities.<br />
By Meghana Bharadwaj (IP8H)<br />
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News from the <strong>Panaga</strong> Student Council and Parent Teacher Panel<br />
Debbie Johnson in the Hot Seat<br />
The Rampayoh Student<br />
Council had the pleasure of<br />
welcoming Parent Teacher<br />
Panel (PTP) Chair, Debbie<br />
Johnson, to one of their<br />
weekly meetings.<br />
At the meeting Debbie told the<br />
children all about herself and<br />
her motivation to become PTP<br />
Chair. She also explained the<br />
role of the PTP in school life<br />
and how she hoped the Student<br />
Councils on both sites<br />
could work in partnership with<br />
each other throughout the<br />
year. An early indication of the<br />
partnership starting to work<br />
was the Coin Drop. The second<br />
half of the meeting was<br />
dedicated to finalising the arrangements<br />
for the Coin Drop<br />
on Rampayoh.<br />
Debbie and the Rampayoh Student<br />
Council working together.<br />
The Rampayoh Student Council<br />
would like to thank Debbie<br />
Johnson for taking the time to<br />
attend one of their meetings to<br />
give her advice and answer all<br />
of their questions.<br />
By Craig Heaton,<br />
Head of the International<br />
Stream<br />
Recently the Teraja Student<br />
Council coordinated an appeal<br />
for items of clothing,<br />
food and toys for the local<br />
Penan tribe.<br />
The councilors helped to collect<br />
the items from their classmates.<br />
They stored the items<br />
behind the stage in the hall.<br />
Once all the items had been<br />
received they then bagged<br />
them up to be transported.<br />
A special helper in a red suit<br />
with a large round stomach<br />
and a jolly laugh will help move<br />
the donations onto the Penan<br />
tribe.<br />
By Mr Paul Moffett, Teraja<br />
Student Council Coordinator<br />
IP6G Class Assembly - How to ‘Keep Fit’<br />
The children of Teraja were<br />
encouraged to ‘Keep Fit’ by<br />
the pupils of IP6G at their<br />
class assembly. The year<br />
group has been working on<br />
the ‘Fit for Life’ topic in IPC.<br />
Teraja Student Council - helping the<br />
Penan Community this festive season<br />
Yoga anyone?<br />
4<br />
A highlight of P6’s Fit for Life<br />
IPC topic this term was when<br />
Miss Sam led the children in a<br />
yoga session under the tent.<br />
The sketch consisted of a journey<br />
through the body and the<br />
clear message that we have to<br />
take care of ourselves by having<br />
a healthy diet and taking<br />
regular exercise.<br />
Pupils did well to learn their<br />
script and song words but<br />
came up with their own ideas<br />
for dance routines and props.<br />
PowerPoint slides produced by<br />
the class also gave useful<br />
health advice. The music featured<br />
helped get the healthy<br />
message across. The songs<br />
included an amended version<br />
of ‘Eat It’ by Weird Al Yankovic<br />
and the Buddy Holly classic,<br />
‘Heartbeat’, amongst others.<br />
The assembly had a serious<br />
message but was delivered<br />
with a smile. The children were<br />
fully committed and enjoyed<br />
presenting their assembly to<br />
the other classes. ‘Keep Fit!’<br />
By Mr Gordon<br />
Right: Yoga - not as easy as it<br />
looks! Story by Miss Liz<br />
Some of the moves the children<br />
learnt were warrior and tree pose.<br />
The children commented on how<br />
much they had enjoyed the session<br />
but also that yoga wasn’t as easy as<br />
they thought it would be!
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This Way to Exit the Rainforest!<br />
The children of P5 celebrated<br />
their ‘Saving the Rainforest’ exit<br />
point in colourful style as they<br />
encouraged their parents to<br />
have a go at some of the more<br />
creative activities they have<br />
been involved in.<br />
The three classes were set up to<br />
allow willing parents to: decorate their<br />
own Iban head dresses, produce<br />
woven mats or baskets, be face<br />
painted, take the smoothie taste test,<br />
try their hand at quilling or offer their<br />
opinion on how problems in the rainforest<br />
could be solved.<br />
The activities had a great response<br />
from parents who tried their hand<br />
at everything with some interesting<br />
results, particularly in the face<br />
painting – hope it brought a smile<br />
to those Friday afternoon meetings!<br />
By Mr Robert Taylor<br />
A ‘Gold Rush’ hits P4<br />
This month, P4 started their<br />
new IPC unit: Treasure.<br />
They were very excited when<br />
they met 2 original gold diggers<br />
from Australia, Bruce 1 and<br />
Bruce 2. They were able to learn<br />
about the ‘tricks of the trade’<br />
‘from the horse’s mouth’ as well<br />
as get the opportunity to pan for<br />
gold themselves! You wouldn’t<br />
believe how many P4s actually<br />
struck gold!<br />
Dapper P4 Rappers 5<br />
The children in IP4PM<br />
have been learning to rap.<br />
They wrote a variation of a<br />
verse and chorus of Gran,<br />
Can You Rap?<br />
Mum rapped through the<br />
garden while she tapped her<br />
feet,<br />
She rapped at the shops and<br />
felt the heat.<br />
Mum rapped to the house<br />
and rapped to the beach,<br />
She rapped with an eagle<br />
and made a loud screech.<br />
I’m the best rapping mum<br />
this world’s ever heard,<br />
I’m a chip chop, nip nop, rap<br />
rap bird.<br />
- Tyler and Joshua<br />
She rapped past the beach<br />
and the brand new mall,<br />
She saw a spider, it attacked<br />
the ball.<br />
She saw a knight with a hand<br />
band,<br />
She saw it move its waggy<br />
waggy hand.<br />
I’m the best rapping mum<br />
this world’s ever seen,<br />
I’m a jip jap, slip slap, rap<br />
rap queen.<br />
- Tobi and Sean<br />
The amah rapped to the<br />
brand new big oak tree,<br />
She jumped up when she saw<br />
a buzzing bee.<br />
She went to the zoo and<br />
rapped up a hill,<br />
Fell over a polar bear and<br />
caught a chill.<br />
I’m the best rapping amah<br />
this world’s ever seen,<br />
I’m a cip cop, tip top, rap rap<br />
queen. - Nisa and Yanisa<br />
Mum rapped outside with a<br />
smelly goat,<br />
It jumped in a brand new motor<br />
boat.<br />
She lost her pet and felt so<br />
sad,<br />
She found her pet and she<br />
was glad.<br />
I’m the best rapping mum<br />
this world’s ever seen,<br />
I’m a hip hop, rip rap, rap<br />
rap queen.<br />
- Karamina and Syasya<br />
Mum rapped outside to the<br />
brand new zoo,<br />
And she saw a baby kangaroo.<br />
She rapped in the garden<br />
and was stung by a bee,<br />
She rapped to the shop and<br />
scraped her knee.<br />
I’m the best rapping mum<br />
this world’s ever seen,<br />
I’m a drip drop, flip flop, rap<br />
rap queen.<br />
- Lottie and Anushree<br />
Mama ran to the colourful<br />
park,<br />
She got a scary, bloody<br />
mark.<br />
Then she ran to the shallow<br />
sandy beach,<br />
Then she heard a big loud<br />
screech.<br />
I’m the best rapping mum<br />
this world’s ever seen,<br />
I’m tip top, nip nap, rap rap<br />
queen.<br />
- Doga and Clarissa<br />
Compiled by MC Moff (AKA<br />
Mr Paul Moffett)
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Life’s a beach in Primary One<br />
Primary One had lots of<br />
fun on an early morning<br />
beach adventure! For our<br />
Entry Point to the new IPC<br />
unit, ‘Sand and Water’, the<br />
children spent time with<br />
their family and friends at<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> Beach.<br />
Everyone was very busy<br />
during the visit, digging<br />
holes, writing their names<br />
in the sand, watching the<br />
waves or searching for<br />
shells. Some children<br />
used their buckets,<br />
spades and sand toys to<br />
make some fantastic<br />
sandcastles!<br />
The visit to the beach<br />
helped the children to<br />
think of new words to describe<br />
sand and water<br />
and each class recorded<br />
their ideas when they got<br />
back to school. The children<br />
also drew and<br />
painted pictures of their<br />
beach experience for the<br />
classroom display.<br />
P3’s Norwegian holiday<br />
P3 went on a<br />
pretend holiday<br />
to Norway! We<br />
thought about<br />
what we needed<br />
to bring on a<br />
holiday and<br />
made passports,<br />
tickets and luggage<br />
tags.<br />
When all was<br />
ready, we took<br />
our luggage,<br />
checked in and<br />
boarded the<br />
ship. The teachers<br />
were the<br />
crew and Mr<br />
Andy was the<br />
captain!<br />
In the Arrivals<br />
Hall, we were<br />
greeted by a<br />
Norwegian man,<br />
Odd. He is<br />
Daniel’s father.<br />
He showed and<br />
told us lots about<br />
Norway. It was<br />
great fun!<br />
By Mr Robert Jan<br />
Weighing luggage<br />
Security check<br />
Waiting in the departure<br />
lounge<br />
Getting our passports<br />
stamped<br />
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The captain was entertaining!<br />
There was even rough<br />
weather…<br />
We arrived in Norway<br />
We had to find our bags in<br />
the luggage hall.<br />
Luckily we had tags!<br />
Thank you to<br />
all of the<br />
parents who<br />
came along<br />
to help us.<br />
Everyone<br />
enjoyed<br />
themselves!<br />
By Miss<br />
Sarah<br />
Checking bags in the<br />
departure hall<br />
Checking in<br />
Last check at the gate.<br />
First class could go first!<br />
Explanation on the cruise<br />
ship<br />
Mr. Skogly gave us lots of<br />
information about Norway
<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Newsletter<br />
Sinterklaas and the Black Peters are back!<br />
Classrooms destroyed, black finger prints everywhere, sweets left in shoes, graffiti<br />
on the whiteboards, pepernoten flung high in the air, men and woman of rich ebony<br />
appearance naughtily scurrying about and a man dressed an eye-catching<br />
red cape with a red mitre and a long white beard? It can only mean it’s that time of<br />
year again. Seasons greeting to all! And, many thanks to the Dutch Community<br />
and kids for once again making it such a memorable event. By Damian Brady<br />
P4s on a long bus ride<br />
On Wednesday 24 th<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2010</strong>, the<br />
P4 students boarded<br />
buses for a trip to the<br />
Bandar Museum.<br />
They are studying the<br />
IPC topic, Treasure and<br />
they travelled to the museum<br />
to explore the delightful<br />
treasures that<br />
Brunei has on display.<br />
The children enthusiastically<br />
hunted through<br />
the galleries to find a<br />
treasure that appealed<br />
to them. They then<br />
spent time sketching the<br />
treasure and expressing<br />
an opinion about why<br />
they liked it.<br />
This sketch has formed<br />
the basis of a papier<br />
mache copy which they<br />
have begun to develop.<br />
By Mr Paul Moffett<br />
Sketching inside the<br />
Islamic Art Gallery<br />
The boys sketching a<br />
brass canon<br />
Another type of treasure<br />
Souvenirs, get your souvenirs!<br />
In Primary 3 this<br />
term the children<br />
have been learning<br />
about holidays. We<br />
have found out<br />
about places we go<br />
and don’t go, where<br />
we have been on<br />
holidays in our<br />
lives, what holidays<br />
were like in the past<br />
and what we buy on<br />
holidays.<br />
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Then, we designed<br />
our own souvenirs of<br />
the types of things<br />
we thought people<br />
would buy and made<br />
them from clay.<br />
To help our learning<br />
some of the children<br />
brought in souvenirs<br />
and we discussed<br />
why we collect<br />
souvenirs from<br />
holidays and the<br />
types of things we<br />
buy. We even had a<br />
life size crocodile<br />
head (model) as a<br />
souvenir from Australia.<br />
This is Samuel making<br />
a model of a very famous<br />
landmark.<br />
Can you guess which<br />
one it is?<br />
By Mr Andy Winder
<strong>Panaga</strong> <strong>School</strong> Newsletter<br />
Journalists for the day!<br />
Last Monday the children<br />
of IP7 became journalists<br />
for the day as they took<br />
part in a once in a lifetime<br />
writing course!<br />
Armed with a pencil and a<br />
note pad IP7 were treated<br />
to a first class crash course<br />
in journalistic writing with<br />
our very own <strong>Panaga</strong> journalist…..Mr<br />
Damian!!<br />
The children took part in<br />
dramatic reconstructions,<br />
discussed newsworthy stories<br />
and made notes on<br />
how to be a top journalist.<br />
They also wrote their own<br />
news story using the 5 Ws<br />
of journalistic writing;<br />
Who? Where? When?<br />
What? and Why?<br />
This workshop was a part<br />
of the P7 Literacy unit of<br />
Journalistic Writing where<br />
the children have learnt<br />
effective interview techniques<br />
and a how to create<br />
a news article from scratch.<br />
They have even produced<br />
their own impressive<br />
magazines and newspapers!<br />
So next time you are reading<br />
a news article, be sure<br />
to look for the journalist’s<br />
name….it may just belong<br />
to a <strong>Panaga</strong> pupil!!<br />
By Miss Nikki<br />
Goodbye, good luck and thank you Ngozi<br />
This term we sadly say<br />
goodbye to Ngozi Ojeh –<br />
Creche Leader.<br />
She and her family are leaving<br />
Brunei to return to their native<br />
Nigeria. Throughout her time at<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong>, Ngozi has worked extremely<br />
hard and always with a<br />
smile on her face! She will be<br />
greatly missed by the children,<br />
parents and staff alike. We wish<br />
Ngozi every success in her new<br />
venture!<br />
We are pleased to announce the<br />
appointment of Mrs Nuele David<br />
-West as Ngozi’s replacement.<br />
By Richard White, Principal<br />
P8 ASA Cricketers -<br />
Leaders of the future<br />
Now that this term’s After<br />
<strong>School</strong> Activities have just<br />
come to a end, it is fitting<br />
time to mention the leadership<br />
qualities and wonderful<br />
initiative shown by<br />
some P8s in one of the activities,<br />
Indoor Cricket.<br />
One afternoon last half term,<br />
Adeel Kauthar and Bradley<br />
Cox were given the opportunity<br />
of leading two simultaneous<br />
cricket matches in the<br />
<strong>Panaga</strong> Club Multipurpose<br />
Hall and they did it with so<br />
much enthusiasm and dedication<br />
that they took on the<br />
role every week since.<br />
Using their own initiative,<br />
each Thursday afternoon<br />
they ensured to arrive first at<br />
the hall to set up the two<br />
pitches. As the other children<br />
came in, they started their<br />
younger peers on a few<br />
warm-up drills before splitting<br />
them up into two mixedability<br />
teams.<br />
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Taking on the role of umpire,<br />
bowler and mentor,<br />
these leaders were frequently<br />
heard yelling out<br />
warm support of shots,<br />
catches, fielding and<br />
throws and giving constructive<br />
tips on how a<br />
slight adjustment to technique,<br />
e.g., gripping the<br />
bat, may be made.<br />
Most impressive though was<br />
their ability to understand the<br />
differences in skill and experience<br />
of the players and<br />
be able to readily adapt different<br />
approaches in order to<br />
support each one of them.<br />
Many of whom, even as<br />
young as P4, already possess<br />
impressive skills.<br />
Recently two other P8s, Angelo<br />
Ocampo and Sam Newall<br />
also chimed in to offer their<br />
support.<br />
All of these P8 boys have the<br />
potential to make wonderful<br />
cricket coaches and players of<br />
the future. For a game currently<br />
experiencing quite a bit<br />
of turmoil at the moment, their<br />
abilities, attitude and passion<br />
for the game will be very welcome.<br />
By Damian Brady