E M B RA C E Ele c t r o n i c M a g a z i n e S e k ola h B o g o r R a y a's A r t s , C ult u r e a n d E v e n t s Vol .5/ JAN 2023
Bhineka Tunggal Ika , Unity in Diversity Dear Students, Staff, and Families, In this month's edition of Embrace, I will highlight the diversity topic and how rich Sekolah Bogor Raya is because of the diversity it has. I believe that most of us are familiar with the terminology of Bhineka Tunggal Ika, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is the motto of the Indonesian nation which is written on the Indonesian state symbol, Garuda Pancasila. This phrase comes from the Old Javanese language, Bhineka means “different”, tunggal means “one ”, and ika means “is”, which means "Different, but still one". The application of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is very strongly felt in the SBR environment. Sekolah Bogor Raya with its vision of nurturing the next generation of culturally aware, lifelong learners and thinkers who are compassionate, knowledgeable, and engaged citizens of the world, proudly chooses to be one of the best examples of the diverse learning community. The founders of this school realized from the start that schools must be able to provide a learning environment that resembles real world conditions, therefore Sekolah Bogor Raya aims to bring the world closer to the students as much as possible, one of which is by presenting a learning community that is rich in differences in terms of religion, belief, culture, ethnicity, and nation. With its background, SBR fosters a sense of appreciation and respect for differences since early childhood education, students are accustomed to seeing these differences and celebrating them as their strength. This culture that upholds diversity can be seen in almost every aspect of learning that occurs on a daily basis, and I'm sure all of you as part of the SBR community will often see this. Earlier this year as an example, there were two major activities that conveyed the message that SBR upholds and celebrates diversity as something beautiful. On January 23, the entire SBR community held an inauguration of our new reflection space, which is used as a public facility for all students regardless of religion, belief, ethnicity, and nation. The following week we were excited to be able to host a Barongsai Performance on the 30th of January 2023. This also conveys a strong message that every culture is valued and appreciated. We as educators feel proud and lucky to have very open minded community members who are able to see differences and diversity not as tools to compete with each other but as a strength that gives beauty to the journey of learning and life. Let us continue to celebrate this diversity in all aspects of our lives. Fransiska Susilawati Academic Director 1 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 From SBR's Academic Director Ibu Fransiska Susilawati
P L A Y G R O U P & K I N D E R G A R T E N K1-PREP Besides that, K1 students learn new songs, “You Are My Sunshine” and “Mr Sun.” Draven, one of the K1 students, learns how to sing the new song happily. He sings with a clear and loud voice. Singing songs helps the students to boost their vocabulary and language skills. Singing is important because it builds self-confidence, promotes self-esteem, always engages emotions, promotes social inclusion, supports social skill development, and enables young people of different ages and abilities to come together successfully to create something special in the arts. 2 K1 Time flies so fast! After two weeks of Christmas break, K1 students are back with a new spirit and ready to face the new theme, which is Day and Night. In this theme, K1 students will learn about weather symbols, activities during the day and night, and the tools to protect their bodies from different types of weather. On the other hand, Archie and the other K1 students are also busy playing indoors and outdoors. Playing outdoors gives students the chance to explore the natural environment and have adventures. Students can play games, test their physical limits, express themselves, and build their self-confidence. The most important thing is that playing outdoors helps to boost the vitamin D in the body. Being outdoors also lets them explore the world from a different perspective. Let’s continue learning through our play sessions! Vol.5 / JAN 2023
P L A Y G R O U P & K I N D E R G A R T E N K1-PREP 3 We are now on theme 3 under the Transdisciplinary Theme “Sharing the Planet.” K2 students develop an understanding of farm animals. They learn about different kinds of farm animals, how farm animals can help people, and how we take care of farm animals. They create and design the farm animals, such as fish, chickens, and cows, from a paper cup. They also cook from the product of farm animals, such as scrambled eggs from chicken, cheese bread from cows, and dumplings from fish. They become risk-takers as they learn how to take care of farm animals by feeding the animals at the farm. K2 K2 students showed great enthusiasm during the learning activities. They become knowledgeable by going to the chicken coop at school and learning about different kinds of chicken. They mention that Chicken Cemali is all black and the sound of laughing chicken is very unique. Miko was very enthusiastic and enjoyed painting the cloud using a brush. Doing arts and crafts activities, especially painting, helps children to learn to use brush and pencil grip. It also develops the students' hand-eye coordination and fine motor planning skills. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 It also helps them understand the sensory concept of stickiness. This month, K2 students also made fruit bread together using fruits, yogurt, and bread. Sabina looked excited when she made bread, and she also ate the bread happily. Making bread with an animal character develops creativity in the students. It also helps students to explore their senses, such as spreading yogurt on the bread and tasting the bread with yogurt, which has a different taste from a strawberry or peanut jam.
P L A Y G R O U P & K I N D E R G A R T E N K1-PREP 4 K3 New Year, new excitement! The semester break had been such a joy for all of our students. Most of them are very eager to share their experiences during their Christmas and New Year holidays. In this new theme, K3 students are going to be exposed to a new learning of ‘How The World Works’. They are going to enhance their knowledge about animals, especially land and water animals. At the beginning of this new theme, K3 students started to learn about different kinds of animals, particularly land and water animals. They are learning to be knowledgeable students by applying what they have learned to their animal diorama. For instance, for the first step, we can see that Ranya uses her skills and knowledge to colour the template of her chosen animals neatly. She was satisfied with her colouring results as it was neat according to her. Next, we have Mahira, who showed great consistency in painting the water animal diorama carefully. She likes how her diorama painting turned out, as it meets her expectations. Lastly, we also have Aldrich, who is trying to complete his diorama by meticulously pasting the cut template of all his chosen animals onto the diorama box. When he finished his diorama, he was very proud of the results that he had made. This finished diorama will then be one of the tools for students to show their knowledge about the animals. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 We hope this theme will bring them lots of good memories and fun experiences. We can’t wait to do all the things prepared for this theme. Stay safe and healthy, everyone! To support their application to become knowledgeable students, they are going to have a couple of excursions on this theme. First, they are going to go to a butterfly garden, where they will experience firsthand how a butterfly grows starting from the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and butterfly. From this excursion, they will apply their knowledge about butterflies and take care of the cocoon they get from the trip until it hatches into a beautiful butterfly. The second excursion that students are going to experience is going to Sentul Farm Fresh, where they can get the chance to learn more about animals and their uses.
P L A Y G R O U P & K I N D E R G A R T E N K1-PREP Another way is to recycle. Prep students have the England-based artist “Michelle Reader” as the inspiration for this theme. Her works on recycled art are able to catch students' attention. The positive atmosphere was there when Bianca, Nindy, Ashkan, Cristiana, and Romorio made their own recycled art. Bianca and Nindy showed their inquiry skills when they creatively made their rainbow windsock. Bianca said that she could make the rainbow windsock from tissue roll and that it is fun. She added that she feels smart because she did the cutting and sticking of the shapes independently to decorate her artwork. Nindy felt happy because she loves crafting. She likes to paste the origami paper onto the tissue roll. Ashkan created a rocket. He said he was happy to make the rocket as he could cut and paste. Ashkan said the good thing about recycled materials like tissue rolls is that we can make them into something new. Cristiana looked focused and immersed in the creative world. She created her own version of a rocket with fire. She said she likes to cut the shiny paper as the fire in her rocket. She felt excited because she could make it by herself. Romorio is an inquirer as he tries his best to solve the challenge of making the rocket. He said that he feels excited when making it. Romorio said he knew how to make the top part of the rocket by himself without any help and even helped some friends to make it. 5 PREP Prep begins 2023 with the theme, “Sharing the Planet.” Students are learning to take care of the environment by managing waste. The students have virtual sessions from Kertabumi Recycling Center to learn more about it. They are able to know that some ways can be done to manage the waste. We take the simple steps of sorting the waste and start to make the ecobrick as the continuum action. Recycling creatively enables students to see that we can do many things to show that we care for the environment. The students get creative as they think about what they can make with any other recycled materials and try not to make them become waste. On the other hand, they learn about and enjoy the process of creating and building things by themselves. Making things out of recycled materials is one of the positive actions to encourage students to recycle and reuse everyday objects, which hopefully makes them aware of the need to protect our planet. Vol.5 / JAN 2023
P Y P I N A C T I O N PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT Students never stop learning, and the same is just as true for teachers. We are welcoming the new 2023 year with the spirit of lifelong learning. We are so lucky that we had the opportunity to start the year with sharing sessions. Sharing is caring! One of our faculty meetings was used to share our knowledge that some of us gained from workshops. 6 Teachers as Lifelong Learners The purpose of professional development is to give teachers the opportunity to learn and apply new knowledge and skills that can help them to grow. Having a growth mindset is really important. The teachers will be more open to learning new things in any area of their life. It’s really inspiring to witness the enthusiasm of all the participants during the sharing sessions. Never stop learning because life never stops teaching. (WA) Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Learning Together, Inspiring Success
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE 7 Our 2nd semester started with the theme “How We Organize Ourselves”. In this theme, students will explore farms. They will deepen their understanding of food; how we get food ,how food is changed, and how foods need to be distributed. Through reading books and videos students will explore various types of farms and how we distribute food from the farm to reach our table. In order to support the learning, grade 1 students will have an excursion to Kebun Utopia. The students will explore many kinds of vegetables and how we plant them. We believe that this theme will be engaging and encourage the students to be life-long learners and have different perspectives of “mindfulness eating”. (IA) Grade 1 Grade 1 students were thrilled to start this semester and are ready to be even better this year. Some of them wished to be nicer students while others wished to be more confident in front of the class. Furthermore, all of us agreed to spread kindness everywhere, all the time, and to everyone. Grade 1 students were so excited because this second semester we have swimming time. Students are so happy to have this new activity where they can learn to swim together with their friends and teachers. New Year, Be Better and More Confident Vol.5 / JAN 2023 How We Organize Ourselves Swimming Time ! Splash! January January January events events
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE 8 Grade 2 Happy new year from us the second grade family to all members of SBR. May this year bring happiness and success to all of us. Always be the best version of yourself and leave an impact on everyone! Happy New Year: New Beginning, New Story, New Success Grade 2 begins the second semester with a history lesson. This will be very interesting and new for the students because they are accustomed to developing research skills earlier in the year. Theme 4, Where We Are In Place and Time, under the main idea of ”people invent money to fulfill their needs” - invites students to see flashbacks about the journey of money throughout different periods of time. Previously, the students recalled their needs and wants since they were babies until now. This topic will be discussed and integrated into other subjects such as Mathematics, Visual Art, ICT, Language Art, and Religion. Students will learn to develop sensory and motor skills in designing money using elements of art. Make a money timeline in the form of a powerpoint presentation and share experiences of “sharing” based on their own religious perspectives. Meanwhile, Math will focus on Indonesian money and its value. Inquiry learning will help them to think critically and be curious to find out the facts, how humans obtain their needs and wants from bartering up to money nowadays. The students also have the opportunity to explore other currencies from various countries in America, Europe and Asia through our Mini Museum of Money. Also, an excursion to Museum Bank Indonesia in Jakarta. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 The student learning process will also be supported by some interesting activities. They will go to the school canteen, buy snacks using a flazz card and participate in Grade 4 Market Day next February. Hopefully, visiting those two places can give them the experience to see money transactions between sellers and buyers using cash and cashless payments. We can say that this year brings many new things for our students. However, not at all. Some activities are just making a comeback from our previous routines with some little adjustments. For example PE, the students are introduced to the skills of playing basketball and the most exciting thing is when they can return to swimming lessons. So many funny and memorable stories they make, already when we will swim again. Our beginning is full of joy but challenging. The children learn to be patient, independent, trust others, and be risk takers. (DU) Measuring Mass in Math We learn to do research We learn to do research We create our PPT and present it We sing with two textures voice in Music class
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE 9 Grade 3 Happy new year, everyone! Wishing you all a healthy, happy new year. May the New Year bless you with health, wealth, and happiness. During circle time on the first day of school, we discussed the fixed and growth mindset. This activity aims to encourage the students to be resilient, not to give up easily, and also always believe in themselves. Life may give us challenges, but the spirit to try and overcome them is the most important. Besides that, under the current theme “Who We Are” students get more exposure to the beliefs, values, culture and celebrations of some events around Indonesia and ASEAN countries. With the central idea “People do action based on their belief and culture”, students learn that people behave because they have value; things that are important and belief; things that are true for their lives. This is going to enrich student's learning experience since we will have expert visits from representatives of the Department of Foreign Affair and also close the theme by having an ASEAN cultural exhibition. New Year, New Spirit, New Hope Apart from what we learned in the classroom, we are so happy as well that starting this new term, we can start swimming time! Students welcome this new routine with super excitement. Students learn to swim together with their friends, strengthen their management skills and independence and also manage themselves after swimming time. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Next, we also have a flag raising ceremony in the second week of January. Students get used to this routine already, by being punctual and preparing the SBR hat. And last but not least, the next new routine that we have starting this term is having recess and lunch together without being divided into groups. We hope that these new routines will last for a long time. (ND) Swimming Time !
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE 10 Grade 4 Happy New Year from the Grade 4 students! We are excited to start the new year 2023 with high hopes, a new spirit, and embrace the challenges together. Our grade 4 students shared that in this new year, they will try to be better in many things, including trying new sports, reading more books, visiting more places with their families, eating more fruits and vegetables, and even making new friends. Let’s Start the New Year with High Spirits & Be an Entrepreneur! The second semester has officially begun. We are in our Theme 4: How We Organize Ourselves. This theme is a special one for the grade 4 students since this is where we perform our big annual project: The Market Day, in which the grade 4 students will become entrepreneurs. That’s right, The Grade 4 Market Day! Grade 4 Market Day has always been an exciting event for everyone at school and a rollercoaster ride for the grade 4 students. We started the theme by exploring various types of markets, doing a market survey of other students, and learning more about the importance of marketing your products. Besides preparing and researching for the products, the students also create their own company brands, make labels for the packaging, and are ready to promote their businesses to become successful entrepreneurs. Let’s start a business! (YK) January is the moment for us to do some reflection on our successes, and failures that we faced last year. It is also a moment for us to set up resolutions, as well as goals. The new year brings new hopes, opportunities, and positive changes for us. Grade 5 Wishing Us a Prosperous and Joyous New Year! This moment also brings a turning point for Grade 5 students to face this semester with some positive changes, related to lessons and school life. In this second semester, the students can go swimming again. Almost all the students join excitedly after these last two years of not having swimming lessons. Many students also feel excited to know more about our new facility the "Reflection Space." ... Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Let’s start a business! Let’s start a business! Welcome to Semester 2! Always have a smile on your face.
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE 11 ... Those changes hopefully will lead to better motivation and more energy to be back at school, in order to make goals and the impossible, possible. Happy new year, have a prosperous and joyous year ahead to all of you! Let us make the learning authentic! Vol.5 / JAN 2023 According to the Authentic Learning creator and guru, Steve Revington, Authentic Learning “is real life learning. It is a style of learning that encourages students to create tangible, useful products to be shared with their world.” In this Unit of Inquiry How the World Works, grade 5 students have various practices of authentic learning at school. They did diverse experiences of testing their wonder and hypothesis about Physical and Chemical Changes through experiments. The students did some simple experiments such as leaf transpiration, dissolving solution, evaporation, oxidation, sublimation, as well as doing some more fun, frugal and exciting cooking science experiments like making pancakes, baking bread, making pudding, and making macaroni schotel. From those experiments, the students observed and analyzed the changing of the materials, whether there are physical or chemical changes. Besides, the students were also doing some eco-printing in Visual Arts class using natural materials such as leaves and flowers. They extracted the natural dyes by pounding the leaves and flowers, then implemented them on the fabric. What a fun experience for them (ABK) I am so excited to join swimming lessons in this second semester. I wear my google everywhere! I create my creative symmetry fun and exciting science cooking experiment with friends. Here are our cooking creations, can you Let's work together! identify what kind of material changes on them?
P Y P I N A C T I O N CLASS AT A GLANCE There are also some changes during this semester. We are really excited that there is no need to be in a group anymore during recess and lunchtime. Being allowed to take off our masks during PE lessons also makes us feel happier. We can breathe fresh air after more than two years of the pandemic. Not to forget, hello swimming! 12 Welcome, 2023! We are so excited to welcome the second semester as we are heading to continue our PYP Exhibition journey. The first week of school was so fun and full of surprises. We began by having a sharing session with some of the grade 7 students. They shared their stories on how to handle and deal with all of the struggles that they had to go through to finally make the PYP Exhibition happen. We also discussed and thought about important roles that can help us to perform our best and deliver a meaningful project in our Exhibition Event in the coming February 2023. Another thing that will be discussed during this topic is the right attitude towards keeping our discipline and commitments. The exhibition is in progress. We need to be present and focused every step of the way. We also need to be consistent in setting up our daily targets to make sure that we’re on track. Wish us the best! (WA) Grade 6 2023! Let’s Buckle Up and Get Ready for the PYP Exhibition Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Welcome 2023! It’s so inspiring to meet all kakak grade 7 Welcome 2023! It’s so inspiring to meet all kakak grade 7 It’s swimming time! So happy!
P Y P I N A C T I O N WE ARE IB LEARNERS! 13 The students learn to be an inquirer as they explore ones and tens using the blocks.They ask questions and they are guided to find the answers by themselves. Grade 1 Grade 2 We work hard to carry out Math challenges; Able to make sense of the concepts, use models and manipulatives, sharing ideas with others. We ask questions. We look for new information independently. We are very curious. We try to learn and discover new things. Grade 3 We try new things, we never give up on hard things, we support each other, until we succeed together. Vol.5 / JAN 2023
P Y P I N A C T I O N WE ARE IB LEARNERS! 14 The students share ideas and work collaboratively, in the classroom and music time. Grade 4 Grade 5 The students communicate their ideas to plan for the science cooking experiments. Good communication is needed to make sure that the ideas are conveyed properly. Grade 6 We learn and explore new things, we are so curious! Vol.5 / JAN 2023 ibo.org
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S “I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” — Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Facebook 15 Business Day: Learn to be Enterpreneurs Business Day was held from 13th-15th December 2022. This Business Day aimed not only to increase the knowledge of Bogor Raya School students, but also to hone their skills to become entrepreneurs from a young age. Business Day affected the order of the ideal learning process, to become an entrepreneur at a young age. The theme was that everyone could become an entrepreneur and being an entrepreneur is for everyone. Which means of course, that everyone can become an entrepreneur as long as they can consistently go through it and know the right steps to start with. On December 13th, 2022. Bogor Raya School held a seminar and invited guest speakers who were competent in their fields. This seminar was held at Aulia DSA and was attended by Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 students. This business seminar was held for a rather long time, because SBR students needed to know many things about examples of entrepreneurship in the real world. The SBR seminar invited Mr. Leka Putra, who is the founder of Leka Studio, was the first speaker. He is a painter as well as a Visual Communication Designer who runs his business to create designs for company profiles and branded goods such as: LV, Adidas, Nike, and other branded goods. Mr. Leka Putra talked about entrepreneurs in Indonesia and how to provide services and products that could be relevant in the market. He explained how he communicates with clients and how to be trusted, because the services provided must be good and perfect according to the wishes of the client, which is sometimes very complicated and demanding. How can we always be professional with whatever the request is? Vol.5 / JAN 2023 To start, there were several themes that were reviewed by speakers who are experts in their fields. Like how to execute a business, and how to read the business climate, situations and conditions to become an entrepreneur in Indonesia, and if you want to become an entrepreneur on an international scale. And finally, how the business can be a sustainable business that can also be profitable for you and for the community around us. ...
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S ...The second speaker was a business owner in the field of F&B (Food and Beverage). He is the owner of Atap Kopi and an educational consulting company with the name; German - Indonesia - Professional. He explained how to execute a business by doing good research on market needs, prioritizing the quality to be provided, and learning a lot from connections who have businesses in various fields. 16 The third speaker was Mr. Ardhi Irsyadi, who is an expert from a German government institution, namely GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) in the Migration and Development Program section, specifically Business Incubation "Business Ideas for Development". He explained how a business can become a sustainable business and provide benefits for the community around it. Business pitching will grow a student's selfconfidence so that they can always believe in their own products and how these products will provide value not only to the company, but also to many people. The third day, December 15th 2022, students were immediately provided with outlets so they could sell their products. Here we could assess how confident they were about their product, and how they communicated their product to the school community. (JD) Vol.5 / JAN 2023 The second day, December 14th 2022, was business pitching. The right word for this is Shark Tank. Previously, students in Grades 10 and 11 were given a project to make a business proposal for the product they would sell on the third day, namely a business exhibition. If you are familiar with Shark Tank, the students had to present their business proposal in front of the Judges. The Judges assessed how well the proposal was, and how valuable the company could be. Starting from the product presentation, the company's financial condition, and also what steps must be taken to run the business. The second day, December 14th 2022, was business pitching. The right word for this is Shark Tank. Previously, students in Grades 10 and 11 were given a project to make a business proposal for the product they would sell on the third day, namely a business exhibition. If you are familiar with Shark Tank, the students had to present their business proposal in front of the Judges. The Judges assessed how well the proposal was, and how valuable the company could be. Starting from the product presentation, the company's financial condition, and also what steps must be taken to run the business.
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S Meanwhile, severe positioning issues can make it difficult for a patient to chew properly, necessitating more effort from the jaw muscles which increases the risk of developing temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that focuses on correcting improper positioning of teeth, particularly if it causes problems including aesthetic issues or unsightly appearance and unbalanced facial structure, or it makes proper dental hygiene and maintenance more challenging. Teeth that are crowded together, for example, are harder to clean, increasing the patient’s risk of developing cavities that can lead to tooth decay and gum disease. 17 ORTHODONTIC SEMINAR: ORTHODONTIC PROBLEMS IN TEENAGERS It is correct to invite speakers who are experts in their fields, namely drg. Marcella Harlan, MM, Sp. Ort. who explains how important it is to maintain and care for healthy teeth and how braces work. At the end of the explanation, he said never be afraid to do orthodontic treatment. (NJI) Vol.5 / JAN 2023 The good news is you can easily straighten your teeth and correct your bite with the help of the right orthodontic treatment. For this reason, the Bogor Raya School in collaboration with Padjadjaran Mulia Hospital gives seminars to students in grades 7 to 12 with the theme Orthodontic Problems in Teenagers. This seminar is given to students so they care about dental health. Christmas Service: Christianity "Good News for You" Christmas Service is not only a ritual or celebration, but also a place for students to dedicate their talent in ministry. This is a place where the students can find their calling in God such as a Preacher, Worship Leader, Musicians, Singer, Dancer, and Intercessors. Here is also a place where students can apply the school values Discipline, Empathy, Self Awareness, Integrity, Respect, Equality, and Resilience (DESIRER). The Christmas Service was organized on 16th December 2022, the last day of 1st semester in this academic year, under the theme “Good News For You” (Luke 2:8-14). The offering money in this service is donated to Cianjur’s earthquake victims through the school's community service. Some teachers and parents also came to celebrate Christmas together with the students. This event gathered us in our uniqueness, individuality, and life experience as a human being in a community named Sekolah Bogor Raya. (CR)
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 18 The Japanese club is a club for all students who are interested in Japanese culture, learning the language, or the history of Japan. Most of the students said that they are interested in Japanese due to the culture, anime, and food. Anime is a very popular thing among teenagers, and there are many famous ones such as: Naruto, My Hero Academia, and One Piece. The Club has the plan to integrate the activities even more, by having Japanese cooking sessions, and inviting guest speakers in the future. If you are interested in Japanese, come join us, let’s learn together at the SBR Japanese club. (AB) Japanese Club: All About Japan Besides that, some students have also shown interest in cooking Japanese food. The food has a unique flavor and some dishes are simple to make. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Figure 1. Japanese popular animes (credit: https://www.japancitytour.com/) Figure 2. Japanese cuisine (credit: ichimoraftl.com) Each meeting holds a variety of activities related to the Japanese language and culture to help members learn and hone their skills. Sometimes, the focus is on speaking, and sometimes, the focus will be on writing and listening. The Japanese club has also participated in the student leadership exhibition. Figure 3. Club Poster at SLC Exhibition JWM
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 19 MANDARIN CLUB At school, we have a Student Leadership Club known as the Mandarin Club, my role in this club being the Vice President and Secretary. I personally am very interested in learning languages. I know most people nowadays think Mandarin is the hardest language to learn, but I see the Mandarin language as an interesting challenge. As the club’s Vice President, I have learned many things from all the activities we have done together, and also from the skills I gained through leading the club. Inside this club, I learn how to lead. I enhance my leadership skills by having club discussions regarding the activities and some other things. I also learn how to cooperate, communicate, think critically, and more. As for this club, it is a student led club, so all activities and discussions are held by the students themselves. This semester, the Mandarin Club has done very well. We have lots of fun activities such as calligraphy, pronunciation of mandarin letters, sharing knowledge through interactive slide presentations, observing and discussions regarding places in Indonesia with Chinese backgrounds and more. Kayla M Ting Vice President and Secretary of Mandarin Club Vol.5 / JAN 2023 STUDENT TEAM BUILDING (GRADE 10-11) To kick off the new year and new semester in high spirit, Sekolah Bogor Raya organized a Student Team Building Program for Grade 10 and 11 students on 10 January 2023. The program aimed to help the students develop their socialemotional skills through a series of fun and challenging activities which involve team-building, trust-building, initiativebuilding, and leadership games. In this program, Sekolah Bogor Raya was supported by Aethra Learning Center, the first positive psychology-based human resource development bureau in Indonesia who helped their clients to have an optimal performance by enriching and empowering their psychological competencies and soft skills through inspiring learning, in safe learning situations and with effective methods. This was not the first time for Sekolah Bogor Raya to collaborate with Aethra. All the activities held previously within this collaboration had always been successful. ...
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 20 ... The program started with dividing the students into small groups and they were asked to create a group's battle cry and practice it as a group. Then they did the battle with other groups. The group which stood last without being intimidated by the other groups won the battle. Some other group physical activities were performed with the purpose of improving their collaboration and teamwork. They had to work together as a group if they wished to win the battle. After each activity, the students were gathered in groups and the facilitators from AETHRA debriefed the students. They discussed what was done successfully, what was not, how they could’ve done it better, and what was the purpose of the activities. The final battle was an Indonesian traditional game, “Cing Benteng”, between grade 10 and 11. The grade 10 won the battle, but that did not really matter. What mattered most was how each grade could be cooperative among them, planned the strategy, and how they trusted each other to perform a certain battle strategy. Through the activities in the program, the students learned to increase trust among themselves, improved their communication, and increased their collaboration. It is hoped that the students will not only maintain but also increase their motivation in the new semester. (AS) Vol.5 / JAN 2023 On the 17th of January 2023, the Grades 7 and 8 students of Sekolah Bogor Raya had a Character Building Day event aimed to help students see that within them there is positive power to help them grow as individuals with superior character. The special theme of this program was "Strength in Me". CHARACTER BUILDING DAY (GRADE 7&8) : STRENGTH IN ME! In this event, Sekolah Bogor Raya collaborated with Aethra Learning Center to create an event used to build and improve students’ characters. Aethra Learning Center is the first human resource and development bureau based on positive psychology in Indonesia. The Character Building Day event was mainly focused to make the students improve their characteristics, follow the school values, and to improve their teamwork. During the Character Building Day, students were separated into groups, and each group had their own “Guardian Angel” from Aethra to guide them throughout the event. This event was conducted for a whole day and it consisted of team activities. Students had team activities and games that were related to the school values such as empathy, equality, respect, and more. Through this program, it was hoped that Grades 7 and 8 students could clearly see that the power within them, basically, really helped them to grow into individuals who can understand and respect themselves and others. In addition, students got to know themselves and what they could be. Furthermore, they understood the purpose of their life. They were able to recognize their abilities and talents and know how to use them to achieve these goals. In this way, individual students can find meaning and fulfillment in their lives. ...
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S Vol.5 / JAN 2023 21 Lastly, in order to successfully reach the goals of a team, everyone needed to give equal participation and each member had to focus and concentrate on each of their jobs and parts so they wouldn't fail the team. The third game was Shout Out Wall. In this game, we learned that every human on this globe has a different emotion range and sensitivity range. Besides that, we need to show empathy to all humans in the world, to understand how they feel, put yourself in their shoes, and feel how they feel. We learned to think twice and thrice before saying or doing an action that might be somewhat sensitive to others, and we learned to respect each other, and not make fun of their sensitivity. Through each activity from the start, the students were able to recognize themselves positively, and also got to really know themselves, and of course, they behaved positively towards others. ... For Grade 8, there were mainly three activities and games which were: the Alphabet Game, Ball Juggle, and Shoutout Wall. After having teamwork games, students were asked to reflect and brainstorm the ideas about what they had learned from the previous activities. Students were also asked to share their findings and ideas with other groups after playing the games/activities. The details for each game were very useful and important for growing our character. First, we had the Alphabet Game. In this game, we learned that in order to reach a goal, we needed to cooperate with our surroundings, and we needed teamwork to realize that no goals can be reached individually. Then, the second game was the Ball Juggle game. In the Ball Juggle game, we learned that in every group, there should be good communication and a strong connection. Communicating between team members should be kept in a strong manner. Then, to work together, we needed to share the information clearly, nicely, and politely. Besides that, in this game, we also learned that we needed to treat others the way we wanted to be treated. Chaperones from the Aethra Learning Center guided the students to learn and practice how to place themselves well in a social environment. They were able to feel that knowing and respecting ourselves will make us be respected by others. During the activity, it was seen that the students were very enthusiastic about participating in every activity that had been prepared by the committee. When the mentoring process was carried out in groups assisted by mentors, it was clear that each student was very enthusiastic in asking questions related to self-introduction. We are very thankful that Sekolah Bogor Raya could facilitate us in growing our character as students. After having this experience, we now know that we have to build good communication in our community, we have to respect each other, and we have to build a good collaboration if we are to reach our goals. (JK, RFB, Rachelle, and Kayla, Almira (Students of Grade 8)
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 22 Schools are not only a place to seek knowledge, but they also play an important role in sharpening students' talents. Sekolah Bogor Raya– which is committed to exploring each student's potential so that they can become educational catalysts, making a positive impact on the world and developing all around them. SBR has a program to support this commitment, namely SLC (Student Leadership Club). SLC programs are expected to encourage students to be able to become leaders, and an active member of school club activities, based on students' interests and talents. There are 34 clubs at Bogor Raya School, covering the fields of arts, literature, humanities, technology, sports and science. At the end of each semester, the clubs showcase their products and portfolio of activities at the SLC exhibition. In addition to showing off the club's products and portfolio of activities, exhibitors also demonstrated their talents, for example, a dance club, demonstrated several dance routines on stage, the Mandarin Club invited exhibition visitors – consisting of secondary students, grades five and six students, teachers, and parents from secondary school– for writing calligraphy with Chinese characters and also a craft club invites visitors to make origami. SLC Exhibition: Exploring Each Student’s Potential From the results of the author's relaxed conversation with several parents, they were impressed by how the students demonstrated their talents, even one of the parents was touched to see their child have talent in the field of computer programming. The SLC exhibition December 2022 went well and left an inspiring impression on participants and visitors. This exhibition is proof that every student brings their talents and schools have a very strong role in recognizing these talents and honing them. (MT) All Things You Need to Know About MC’s Club! About Master of Ceremonies How much do you know about being a master of ceremonies? Most people know this role as a fundamental recipe for a successful and exceptional event. However, there are more things that we can discover about being a master of ceremonies, such as the responsibilities and the importance of MC. An MC (Master of Ceremony) is an individual who starts, controls, and concludes both formal and informal ceremonies. They must also be familiar with the event's schedule and make sure the event starts and ends on time. MC serves as a representative of the conference or event as a whole. There are many skills that an individual can possess when they become an MC. An MC has a sociable demeanour, a sense of humour, improvisational prowess, and the capacity to put others at ease, and they can handle impromptu situations easily. Members of the MC club have shown a significant understanding of the necessity of MCs at events! Check out their activity below. ... Vol.5 / JAN 2023
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 23 ... All the fun activities we did! During our SLC meetings, we take the time to learn how to cultivate confidence by learning public speaking. We discuss how to become a good MC and excellent public speaker, and ensure that the event runs smoothly. Besides that, we consider how to make an event engaging and entertaining for the audience. All of these can be achieved due to the excitement of our members and the guidance of our lovely supervisor (Ibu Mia) as they help us achieve our aim by holding energetics games and activities! Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Here are the top 2 most memorable activities! 1.Impromptu MC Making Script The members of the club are assigned to either formal or informal style and will need to MC in that specific style. This was quite a challenge for the members, but the goal of this activity is to train the members to be versatile and dynamic with both styles of MCing. 2. MC-ing Events After a lot of practice and activities, we also had the opportunity to be in the real-life field of MCing. Our most notable events that our members have MCed include the SBR ALC Competition 2022, a Visit to SMP Pangerasan, a Braille Community Visit, Sumpah Pemuda, the SLC Exhibition, General Assembly, and a range of Student Council after EOS Activities. Testimony from one of our members! Nathanael (as the Vice Leader of the MC Club) had an interesting first-time experience. He said, "It was kind of chaotic preparing everything before D-Day, especially because that was my first time MCing an event, but I was so pleased that I was able to MC well and the event ran as planned". (MA) The Model United Nations (MUN) club at Sekolah Bogor Raya is a student-led organization that aims to familiarize students with the activities and procedures of Model United Nations events. It is a role playing club where students act as delegates of countries around the world and discuss, debate, negotiate, and attempt to reach consensus on some of the world’s major issues. The activities in the MUN SLC prepare students to participate in smallscale and large-scale Model United Nations conferences hosted by various schools in Indonesia. Model United Nations: Take Place as Global Citizens on the World Stage MUN club members are students who are interested in learning more about how the UN operates, honing their public speaking skills, developing their problem-solving skills, and practicing diplomatic and democratic behaviors and attitudes. They are highly motivated, self-driven, and they aspire to take their place as global citizens on the world stage. ...
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 24 ... MUN is an interest shared by hundreds of thousands of students across the globe in all education levels. Many of today’s leaders in law, governments, business, and the arts - including at the UN itself - participated in MUN during their time as students. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 The MUN SLC at Sekolah Bogor Raya is a coveted club whose members frequently participate in MUN events and often bring home honorable achievements. Achievements from MUN events are very helpful for students when it comes to college admissions and career internships. Additionally, the MUN SLC has helped with a new project in the last year which is hosting Sekolah Bogor Raya’s very own Model United Nations event, SBRMUN. (CE) .SBR 2023 Annual Musical Production A Symphony of Souls “Where Music Touches Lives” Throughout the past six years, the musical production has been one of the most enriching and anticipated events, for both students and the public alike. This year’s musical will be called “A Symphony of Souls”, a direct adaptation of the 1965 “The Sound of Music”. The story centers around Maryam, a young orphan who is assigned to be the new governess of a wealthy household. Her duty is to take care of seven extraordinary kids under the rule of a stern and harsh baron. This musical production will explore Maryam’s journey of fitting into this family. Audiences and viewers alike will be invited to immerse themselves in a world that is breathtaking and captivating. As we are fast approaching the showing date on the 19th and 20th of May, the team has been passionately putting their all into their preparations. Weekly rehearsals are being held for all cast, crews, musicians, and singers. The cast recently got their body measured in order to prepare for their costumes. On December 14th, we had a photoshoot session for the upcoming poster and we shot a particular scene for the teaser that will become the highlight of the musical. ...
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L N E W S 25 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 ... The publicity designers have been working hard in designing promotional materials. There will be lots more to come so there are plenty of reasons why the public should be thrilled! Check out our official Instagram page @asymphonyofsouls for more information. The Musical Production Craft Club also appeared at SBR's SLC Exhibition on 14th December just last year. Each SLC had their own booth that we decorated and displayed information, as well as pictures of what we had done so far. It was a very fun, and exciting experience, as we were able to interact with students from other grades, as well as learn about the other SLC’s, while considering which ones we can choose next semester. So, again, don’t wait to drop by at our official Instagram page @asymphonyofsouls Musical Production Craft Club (Every Wednesday afternoon) Have you ever wondered what exactly happens behind the scenes? The Musical Production Crafting Club has been diligently assembling the property for the set since the start of the first semester. The positive progress cannot go unnoticed with the performers and crew’s efforts. Here they will be responsible for all the backgrounds and props used in the production. Anything art related will be handled by this club. Some members make props while others illustrate the backdrops. We DIY many of our props and we make sure we recycle as much as possible, using materials from previous productions, as well as other projects. These materials include cardboard, newspaper, origami, etc. This was an opportunity for students to learn how to be a part of a large project, despite only having a small role. If one person wasn’t fulfilling their task to the fullest, the rest of the group would be affected as well. Working on the props improved students’ hand crafting skills. One of the students admitted that she has significantly improved her background drawing skills. She’s glad she decided to challenge herself and try something new that was out of her comfort zone. How wonderful it is, right?
26 STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT P rim a r y S c h o ol Gold medal for foil girls U 11 at the Tournament International"Blade bangkok 2022 Foil Challenge", 26 December 2022 Gold medal for foil girls U13 and Bronze medal for foil girls U15 at the West java fencing challenge 2022; Held in GOR Pakansari Bogor on 18 December 2022 Gold medal For foil U13 at the Kejuaraan Daerah Jawa Barat 2022, 8-9 October 2022 Hwita (Grade 6) Zia (Grade 5) Honorable Mention at the American Mathematics Olympiad 2022; Held online on 29 October 2022 Clifford (Grade 1) Sapphire Award Level A Math at the Olimpiade Nusantara 2 held online 7-8 January 2023 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 S e c o n d a r y S c h o ol Timothy W Wibowo Bronze Medal in the 9th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Sekar K A Sanjaya Honorable Mention in the 10th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) Edward F Budiman Bronze Medal in the 12th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Michael Suteja Bronze Medal in the 12th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Keegan Yeo, Karina C P Andrian, Tay Chin Kelly, FM Proudy Wijaya, Kayra Z Alimaa, MD Arib Asyrofi 2nd Place in the Sunforest Band Competition at SMA BPK Penabur National Plus Bogor, Sentul S e c o n d a r y S c h o olMatthew I Surya Silver Medal in the 7th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Shaquille W Pratama Bronze Medal in the 7th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Justin K Djapa Bronze Medal in the 9th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Shaquille W Pratama Bronze Medal in the 7th Grade Category at the American Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) 2022 Honorable Mention for being among the top 15 Participants in the SemiFinale of the Wolves of Wall Street Challenge Participant in the Harvard Young Global Leaders Program by Harvard Young Leaders in collaboration with Learn with Leaders Daniel Sudirjo Lady Mayra Finalist of Miss KidZania Jakarta 2022
27 STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT S e c o n d a r y S c h o ol Diamond Award for Science - Level D at Olimpiade Nusantara 2023 Diamond Award for English - Level D at Olimpiade Nusantara 2023 Emerald Award in Mathematics - Level D at Olimpiade Nusantara 2023 1st Place in Standar Nasional U18 Putri at Kejuaraan Archery Championship Rektor UNPAS Cup 1st in GOR Padjajaran Bandung 3rd Place in Eliminasi Standar Nasional U18 Putri at Kejuaraan Archery Championship Rektor UNPAS Cup 1st in GOR Padjajaran Bandung 3rd Place of the 4x100M Freestyle Relay Men from Indonesia Swimming Federation, the Indonesia Open Swimming Championship 2022, 12-15 December 2022 3rd Place of the 4x100m Medley Relay Men from Indonesia Swimming Federation, the Indonesia Open Swimming Championship 2022, 12-15 December 2022. Rachelle C Edmerdson Byanca GP Abdullah Alief Jan, Van Der Sluis Fathimah H Badjened Verbal Commendation in the Crisis Committee at the Mentari Intercultural School Bintaro Model United Nations. Cherly Bertine Most Outstanding Journalist in the Press Council at the Mentari Intercultural School Bintaro Model United Nations Dominick Chai Verbal Commendation in Crisis Committee at the Mentari Intercultural School Bintaro Model United Nations 1st Place in Solo Compulsories Gamma 12-13 Years, in Indonesia Ice Skating Open 2023 (BX Rink, under licensed of ISI (Ice Skating Institute) Asia) 3rd in Place Solo Program Gamma 12-13 Years, in Indonesia Ice Skating Open 2023, (BX Rink, under licensed of ISI (Ice Skating Institute) Asia) Diamond Award for Bahasa Indonesia - Level D at Olimpiade Nusantara 2023 Ruby Award for Sains - Level D at Olimpiade Nusantara 2023 Bronze Medal in Bahasa Indonesia Competition at PT. Gantari Competition in province level Silver Medal in Bahasa Indonesia Competition at PT. Gantari Competition in National level Silver Medal in Bahasa Indonesia Competition at Pusat Kejuaraan Sains Nasional (PUSKANAS) Silver Medal in Bahasa Indonesia Competition at Olimpiade Nasional Sains and Bahasa Braindicator Afifah R Putri Fathimah H Badjened, Giovanna A Santoro Winning a 20% Scholarship to take part in the Immerse programme in 2023 Felicia Audrey Nugroho, Shane M Santoso, Kayra Z Alimaa 1st Place in Lomba Studi Kasus Nasional: Caseathon 2023 organized by BecomeMore Indonesia Cleta Calystao Verbal Commendation in the Press Council at the Mentari Intercultural School Bintaro Andria Amaira Vol.5 / JAN 2023
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" W E " C O M M U N I T Y O F L E A R N E R S LEARNING TOGETHER WITH AN SBR TEACHER 29 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 There were many unforgettable experiences at this school, one of which was when her mother was sick with cancer and where Ibu Utari had to try to remain professional at work, she was able to feel the great understanding and support from the SBR family including the students. This helped her to carry out her obligations as a teacher, an employee and also as a child. She is very grateful to be part of the SBR community which has a high sense of kinship and togetherness. Ibu Utari’s personal motto is “Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones”; so always do your best in every task and finish them 100%. Ibu Utari Nurul Fathiyah was born in Bandung, 16 April 1991. She graduated from Indonesia University of Education (UPI), and currently she is a Chemistry Teacher & Cambridge Coordinator in Secondary School of Sekolah Bogor Raya (SBR). Ibu Utari has been working in SBR since 2019 and she told us the reasons why she enjoys working at SBR. One of the reasons she joined SBR was because of her mother. She wanted Ibu Utari to work in the same city where she lives, Bogor, and the only school she suggested was Sekolah Bogor Raya. “Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones”
" W E " C O M M U N I T Y O F L E A R N E R S FROM THE STUDENT PROGRAMME 30 7 Reasons Extracurricular Activities Are Important for Kids https://www.splashlearn.com/ Posted on January 3, 2023 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Every parent wants their child to demonstrate social skills, physical strength, cognitive thinking, and team spirit. For full character development in a child, school education can only help up to a certain extent. Doing extracurricular activities after school plays a significant role in overall character development. Therefore, parents need to introduce different extracurricular activities to their children to learn new things and build a wellrounded personality. Let’s dig in. An extracurricular activity (ECA) is any activity children perform beyond the school’s standard curriculum. These activities are based on their personal interests that can help develop a new skill. In simple words, activities that children perform beside the school curriculum are called extracurricular activities. Parents often find it hard to find extracurricular activities that can spike their children’s interests and help them in their college applications. An extracurricular activity has two main criteria, which are: demonstrates a talent and provides value to other people, including yourself. Let's take an example. Improving your hair quality or trying different hairstyles doesn’t count as an extracurricular activity. But starting a blog to share hair care tips will count as an ECA because it demonstrates skill and provides value to other people. These are the reasons why extracurricular activities are important: 1.Values that Extracurricular Activities can Bring in Your Child’s Life. Extracurricular activities can not only help your child make great applications to reputable colleges or universities but also offer many health and personality development benefits. Time management skills Community development Compassion towards others Self-efficient and so on. 2. Improves Physical Health Extracurricular activities that involve some physical work helps to improve the overall physical health of children. Physical ECA motivates kids to exercise, lowering the risk of many diseases like depression, obesity, low metabolism, etc. 3. Instills Social Skills Extracurricular activities instill social skills into children at a young age to help them as adults. The ECA develops basic social skills like leadership, coordination, and peer relationships. Some cultural and religious clubs even develop cultural values and diversity. 4. Boosts Self-esteem Extracurriculars focused on your child’s interest can give a push to their self-esteem and confidence. It allows kids to follow their passion and nurture a new skill. The improved levels of self-esteem can provide confidence to your child for better expressing their thoughts and forming opinions. 5. Elevated Mental Health Self-esteem and passion further fuel better mental and psychological development in children and teens. A study has shown that children who participate in extracurricular activities are more satisfied and less anxious. The study also talks about how ECA reduces screen time for them, resulting in a better mental state. 6. Develops Positive Habits Extracurriculars help to develop positive habits for better early development of a child. In addition, some extracurricular activities can set a pathway for the general health and well-being of a child to carry along throughout their lives, such as:
" W E " C O M M U N I T Y O F L E A R N E R S FROM THE STUDENT PROGRAMME 31 Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Don’t Make It Harder for Yourself Evaluate Your Child’s Strengths and Weaknesses Provides the Right Direction Lightweight and Fun Activities 7. Helps with Academics If you enroll your children into academic extracurricular activities, it will help them perform better in their school. This, in return, will improve their grades and brighten their chances to get admission to prestigious universities. Selecting the Perfect Extracurricular Activities There are endless extracurricular activities examples available that can confuse parents. If you cannot decide which extracurricular activities are suitable for your children, consider these factors while selecting ECAs: It’s hard being a parent. Juggling your child’s playdates, school activities, and homework is already taking plenty of your time. So it’s best advised to not add up the extracurricular burden on your plate and select extracurricular activities for kids that will not increase their and your workload. It would be best if you understood where your child’s strengths and weaknesses lie before selecting an extracurricular activity. If your child is good at coloring, there is no purpose in enrolling them into a kickboxing class. So, select an extracurricular activity based on their strengths. Apart from your child’s interest, it is important to select an extracurricular activity to help your child in academics. For this, you can consult your kids’ teacher to know which ECA can help them better perform in the school. Your children already have school work and homework to do. If extracurricular activities add extra burden on them, it will tire them. Therefore, select extracurricular activities that are light and fun, which can relax your kids rather than exhaust them. Set a Schedule Use Trial Classes Be Supportive Shortlist Some Extracurriculars The extra word is a key in extracurricular activities. The main purpose of extracurriculars is to convert your child's free time into productive time. It would help if you did not make your children extra busy with extracurricular activities. Thus, first, make your child’s daily schedule and accordingly pick an activity that fills that extra time window. If your child is interested in two things or have no clue what they are interested in, leverage demo classes. Almost every extracurricular activity class allows kids to attend one or two demo classes for free. So, it would help if you took them to these demo classes to find their areas of interest. Sometimes your and your kid’s ideas for extracurricular activities might not match. In that case, don’t try to push your kid towards the activity you think is better. Let your kids choose the extracurricular activity independently, and you provide them full support. You should sit together with your kids while shortlisting the extracurriculars list. This way, you both can brainstorm and select the best extracurricular activities that will benefit your child in the long run. Now that you have a fair idea of the different benefits that extracurricular activities can provide, it’s time to look at some examples of extracurricular activities and choose an activity that best fits your kids’ interests! Writer: Brian Lee Brian Lee is a writer and parent of 3 spirited children. He loves writing about his parenting experience, the lessons his kids teach him every day and parenting hacks and tricks he’s picked up along the way.
" W E " C O M M U N I T Y O F L E A R N E R S LEARNING TOGETHER WITH AN SBR ALUMNI 32 Rana Syarifa Mukawa graduated from Sekolah Bogor Raya in 2022. She joined SBR at K1 in the Playgroup level in the year 2006. Currently, she studies Psychology at the University of Indonesia. One of Rana’s main hobbies is playing golf. Right now, her days are mostly filled with lectures, meetings for committee work plans and organizations on campus, as well as golf and just hangouts with friends. Vol.5 / JAN 2023 Her favorite book is “Persuasion” by Jane Austen because it was a reminder for her that everything happens for a reason, that everything will work out when it's supposed to and when it's the right time, and most importantly that sometimes waiting is necessary. Rana’s most memorable experience when studying at SBR was the cultural caravan trip to the states because it gave her a chance to explore herself and an amazing opportunity for self-growth. She was a dedicated member of the gamelan and traditional dance teams for the cultural missions here at SBR. Her journey throughout the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) was a rollercoaster ride, many emotional highs and lows and there were certainly difficult times. Her main advice on passing the IBDP is to not procrastinate. Set small goals, organize your tasks, and start as early as possible. Above else, do not be afraid to ask for help. When things get too difficult for you, ask for help from your teachers and even seek help from your friends. Lastly, although the IBDP journey can be stressful, do not forget to have some fun and enjoy the whole process. Her personal motto is “Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?” Rana
" W E " C O M M U N I T Y O F L E A R N E R S PARENT SUPPORT GROUP & COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS The Album of Parent Support Group activities 33 @parentclub.sekolahbogorraya Vol.5 / JAN 2023 PSG Morning Tea 26th January 2023 SBR Leaders together with The Committee and Class Parents of Parent Support Group
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