SPB News March 2020

CONTENTS
Principal's Message
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International
Collaboration 2020
Things You must Know About
Coronavirus
En's Collections 2020
Field Trips February 2020
How to help your child make
(and keep) friends...
How parents can help 5th
graders learn science...
Your child’s brain on
technology: video games
Buddy Writing
Character Assembly
"Cooperation & Friendship"
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Corona Virus (now renamed Covid-19)
has been a trending topic since the end
of January this year. We watched with
horror, how quickly it spread in China
and how many people were affected.
We watched how China’s economy
slowed down in the following weeks
and we sincerely hoped the virus would
disappear soon.
Unfortunately, we were shaken by the
sudden news of the surge of confirmed
cases and death tolls in South Korea,
Iran and Italy. We sadly learned that
some world famous politicians and
celebrities also contracted the virus.
While we wish everyone well, we have to
be prepared that now it is affecting our
school life in Cirebon.
The school has taken many steps and
created several procedures since the
first outbreak in China. Our families has
received several notifications regarding
the change in procedures of coming to
school after being sick, after travelling
and for just being absent.
Now, the school has to stop face to
face teaching, and quickly changes to
other platforms while making sure that
students are engaged and progressed as
they should with face to face teaching.
It is a big task for us, and I am sure it is
also a big task for parents to keep their
children home, learning and healthy
during the home based learning.
With all these inconveniences and
uncertainties, I would like to encourage
all of us to remain calm, remain grateful
and do not forget to comfort each other.
This issue is filled with many school
activities that luckily could still be held
in February and beginning of March. Our
students were also able to participate
and won in several competitions.
Although 3 teacher trainings and
conferences were cancelled in March
and April, there were two reports of the
trainings our teachers attended earlier.
Reading this issue reminds me that life
will get back to normal, we will come out
stronger. I hope you will, too!
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Healthy Dinner Plate in
Global Perspective Class
Warm Regards,
Education Talk with Tohoku
University's Student
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Regina Elisabeth T. B.Sc, M.Ed
(Executive Principal)
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Primary English Teacher
Training
11th ANPS Teacher’s
Conference
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