EMBRACE - Sekolah Bogor Raya Newsletter Mar. 2021

EMBRACE Vol .08 / MARCH 2021

Electronic Magazine
Sekolah Bogor Raya's Arts, Culture
and Events

FOREWORD Vol.08 / MARCH 2021

From SBR's School Relations

Dear Students, Staff, and Families,

I hope everyone had a relaxing Term Break and were Additionally, if you feel that something is going really
able to spend some time with their loved ones. We well, we would love to hear about that too, so we can
are now in the fourth and final term of the 2020- continue those practices and/or recognize those
2021 academic year here at Sekolah Bogor Raya. We specific employees. The feedback from this survey is
are in the homestretch for the school year, and it will reviewed by the school management, administration,
be June before we know it! and teaching staff.

The last term of the year is often a busy one, with a We would like to recognize and celebrate the holy
lot of assessment and projects that need to be month of Ramadan, and we would like to remind you
completed before the deadlines. We encourage our that Sekolah Bogor Raya will be closed for the first
students to maintain the dedication that they have day as a sign of respect to our Muslim community
shown throughout the year, but to also be mindful of and to allow fasting students to begin fasting in
taking care of their own well-being during this time. familiar and comfortable surroundings. We wish our
Please make sure to reach out to the many resources Muslim community a very healthy and happy
provided by the school, whether it be the school Ramadan.
counselors, homeroom or classroom teachers, or
administration, if additional help is needed. As COVID has changed the way we hold major
events here at SBR, like our end of year student
We are happy to announce that all of our teachers performances and showcases, graduation
and staff are currently going through the vaccination ceremonies, and our annual SBR walk, please do be
process as rolled out by the local health authorities in on the lookout for additional information that will be
conjunction with the government of Bogor. We are shared with you in the upcoming weeks.
working hard to make sure that we are prepared for
the eventual reopening of the school as outlined by As we head towards the end of this school year, we
the mandate from the President. We will be sharing just want to renew our thanks to all of you for your
additional guidelines and updated protocols and help and support. With good collaboration between
procedures to reflect our reopening plans. parents and school, Sekolah Bogor Raya will keep
improving the quality of education we provide to our
Sekolah Bogor Raya will soon release our annual students.
Parent Survey. The purpose of this survey is to give
us a clear picture of how our school community -Benedict E Rinne-
perceives our school and to help us identify our
strengths and areas for improvement. We appreciate
any feedback, suggestions or comments relating to
the school that can help us make SBR even better.

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TIPS OF THE MONTH Vol.08 / MARCH 2021

Henny Anggraeni, Primary School Principal

HOW TO PRACTICE CARING WITH OUR CHILDREN

Some Caring Actions from Thoughtful People

Almost everyone needs a connection to others Caring practice only takes a small action in the
and the opportunity to give and receive support beginning. You can exercise together with your
right now. Caring is one of the ten attributes family, to begin practicing self-care. Try starting
which comprise the International with a very simple exercise you can do with your
Baccalaureate’s (IB) Learner Profile. The IB family.
Learner Profile applies to everyone at the “Actually, I was not a person who likes sports
school: students, teachers, administrators, and too much. After joining the SBR Virtual Run, this
parents, who are expected to support learning. activity soon became a routine for me and my
Caring, therefore, is something that we have to family on the weekends. Since exercising
do explicitly. regularly, I feel I can respect myself more and
feel healthier. I did it because I realize that
The IB describes a caring person in the health and a sense of caring for ourselves have
following way: a positive impact not only on ourselves but also
“They show empathy, compassion, and respect on our family.” (Ibu Rosdiana)
towards the needs and feelings of others. They
have a personal commitment to service and act You can easily prepare some unused things at
to make a positive difference to the lives of home that are still in good condition to be
others and to the environment.” shared.
“We share something to the less fortunate by
It is clearly stated how caring is demonstrated; giving foods, small amounts of money, old
caring for self, others, and other living things on clothes and other stuff that we don't use” (Mr
earth. When we show empathy, compassion, Bryan).
and respect to ourselves, to others, and other
living beings and put them into action, we have
taken part in practicing caring.

As social beings, we are related to everyone and
the environment around us. We will start from
the smallest circle in our life, which is family.
Our actions reflect how we were raised and
nurtured. Family plays an important role in all
stages of a child’s development. Our children
will look up to us in everything we do. Caring
practice can begin within a family, as can be
seen through the thoughtful people’s actions
below. They practice caring together with their
family and even they got it from their parents.

Here are some tips to practice caring with your
children:

Starting With Small Steps

There is a quote: “Sometimes the smallest step
in the right direction ends up being the biggest
step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a
step.” (Naeem Calla).

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Henny Anggraeni, Primary School Principal

Involve Our Family Members “We have better communication among the
family members now because during exercise
Everything will be more pleasant when we do we see and discuss many things around us.”
things together with our family! Involving our (Ibu Rosdiana)
family members sets a good example and is an
easy way to model the act of caring for our Planning For The Next Act Of Caring
children. Children see, children do. They will
follow whatever we do and this is a chance for The most exciting part is when we are planning
us to show them what true caring is. for the next act of caring together as a family.
“Actually, I do practice caring because of my We can ask our children’s ideas and involve
mom. She is the one who shows me what love them in the planning. They can take part in
is, not only for others, but also for the animals. sorting out things at home, preparing food to
She is my role model in practicing the caring be shared, or doing the shopping. We can show
that I do. At first, my dad didn't like animals. them the value of sharing as an act of caring to
When my mom and I brought the stray cat self and others.
home, my dad didn't seem to like it. He said
that when the cat grows up it will make our “I understand that in this pandemic, we have
house messy, and make the trouble. But as I very limited space. But it is important to take
see now, my dad shows that he also care for time for ourselves and get to know ourselves
them, and I feel grateful to know it” (Ibu Nana) more closely so that we are not only healthy
but also discover the positive things from within
Having a Conversation WIth Our that we can develop.”. (Ibu Rosdiana)
Children About How They Feel
“I feel pleased. It’s kind of a happiness to know
Getting to know how our children feel after they that I can do something good for others. It is
do something kind with us is important. It is a also happiness to see the animals not feel
moment of acknowledging what the children hungry anymore, they can sleep well, feel
have seen, their opinions, and how they will loved.” (Ibu Nana)
continue to build empathy. They may be the
ones to suggest the next caring action your “We feel really good when we help someone,
family will do! big or small we try to give it from our hearts.
“My wife and our children are always with me Priceless feeling!” (Mr Bryan)
while doing this activity so I assume that our
children would be proud and may inspire them Being a caring person is easy. Take the
to do the same in the future.” (Mr Bryan) opportunity to do it, start it, and feel great
afterwards!

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PYP IN ACTIONS Vol.08 / MARCH 2021
K2-PREP

K2

We closed our Theme 3 by having a 3-way The students are going to recognize and
conference, the students had the opportunity to understand that every mode of transportation
share their portfolios with their parents and has different ways to move (land, air, and water),
teachers. Now, we are in our last theme, which is know the parts of certain transportations, and
Theme 4: “How We Organize Ourselves.” understand that every person needs
transportation to go from one place to another
In this theme, students are going to explore the place.
central idea, “Transportation affects people and
the environment,” and will be focusing on the Students will also do the action as they get
kinds of transportation modes, how involved in the learning community and show
transportation works and how transportations commitment to contribute as individuals and
connects people, places, and surroundings. members of a group, such as class, school, and
community, and participate in the discussions
and learning experiences by creating a Jamboard
and cardboard art project.

Good luck, K2s!

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K2-PREP

K3

We still learned online and yet we were able to
explore the world together with our friends and
teachers. Many things happened; we found
thousands of experiences in the 3rd theme,
“Sharing The Planet".

There were 3 activities that brought much joy to
K3 students. First, they planted the microgreens.
Students had the opportunity to choose the seeds
to plant such as spinach, morning glory, and
caisim. After that, they took care of their
microgreens every day at home. They tried their
best to grow their plants. They watered them,
made sure that they get sunlight, and observed
their growth. Finally, they harvested the
microgreens and created sandwiches together.

The students were so happy with the Harvest
Party. They ate the sandwiches they made while
wearing the party hats from their art activities.
They also made their hats by applying the
pointillism technique from one of the famous
artist, George Seurat. They also presented their
planting journal from the lap book in front of their
friends, teachers, and parents.

Another exciting activity in this theme was the
“Bogor Botanical Garden Virtual Tour”. The
students walked around in the Bogor Botanical
Garden with their friends virtually. They saw
different kinds of trees and the famous giant
flower called Rafflesia Arnoldii Flower or in
Bahasa Indonesia, Bunga Bangkai.

We are excited about these ongoing positive
developments and looking forward to receiving
feedback from our K3 families. We greatly
appreciate your continued support and trust. Stay
healthy and stay strong. God bless you all!

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K2-PREP

PREP

We’ve made it to the end of Theme 4! Prep students have learned about “How The World Works” for
the past two months. They have more insights about living things and nonliving things by discussing
the characteristics of living things and the factors that make them change and grow during this
theme.

In the middle of theme 4, the student experienced planting the water spinach at their home with the
toolkit prepared by the teachers, and in the last week of the theme, they got the chance to harvest
their plants. After frequently watering the plants, taking care of them, and filling the plant care
tracker, the students harvested their water spinach during the Practical Life session. Although they
have different results, they still showed their excitement to harvest it.

With all of the knowledge the students acquire, on In Bahasa Indonesia, they arranged the words
March 5, 2021, the students present their learnings in into simple sentences. In Math, they did the
this theme in front of their parents in the Student- addition, and in Language Arts, the students
Led Conference. The practice and preparation for the read the Bob Book by themselves.
presentation before the D-day improved students’
confidence during the Student-Led Conference. After presenting with the class teachers. The
students joined the Music and PE session. In
They present the growth stages of living things by the Music session, the students performed
arranging them starting from the first stage until the The Planting Song with the movement and
last stage. made the rhythm using the maracas, which
were made by themselves from the used
bottles. In PE, the students showed their
ability to jump with the rope.

Most of the students looked so happy doing
the activity, even though some were still
trying to jump with the rope. Overall, the
Student-Led Conference went well, and it
would not have gone smoothly without the
support from everyone who took part in it.

The new theme is waiting! Thank you, Parents
and students, for the hard work during this
theme. Let’s keep working hard for the last
theme of this academic year.

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PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

Inspiring Creativity in The Era of Coronavirus
-Get to know the inspiring students
who shine despite the pandemic-

Ever heard of people saying “It’s just too hard to stay Kaissar Ziyan Nararya
focused in this pandemic”, “Life is hard”, “Life is too
limited with this virus around”?. Well, it seems like those Wow wow and wow, that’s the first thing that crossed
words don’t apply to these students. These students my mind when Kaissar gave me his blog address that he
strive and work hard even with the pandemic is around wrote during the pandemic. His parents said that they
the corner. I think it is even safe to say that they are truly want Kaissar to keep practicing his writing skill and
inspiring. Who are they anyway? And what sort of things therefore encourage him to have a routine writing and
that they do? blog was what Kaissar chose.“We wish his memory,
imagination, and writing skills kept sharpened”.
Andria Amaira
Kaissar wrote on his blog once a week and his blog
Andria Amaira, is a grade 5 student of Sekolah Bogor content was also very inspirational as he wrote his
Raya. She was working on her project about activities and ideas that he experienced. Those coming up
organizations when her ideas and creativity started. Her from a grade 5 student whose lifetime is already filled
organization was called “One World” and its main goal is with online lesson deadlines is astonishing. You can check
to gather as many people to work on cleaning up this one out his blog at https://kaissarzn.blogspot.com/?m=1 .
planet that we live on. She wants people to stop using
plastic bags and starts a movement of cleaning up. Another creativity coming up from this bright young man
are some online games that he made during his break
“I want to make a tote bag with time. Yup, I was saying the right thing, that he joined a
my organization logo and coding course during his one week mid semester break
tagline, so I can get income for and managed to develop several ready to play games.
my organizations’ funding. Here are samples of games that he developed.
Can I sell it through my online https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/496412688/
marketplace” bu? https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/495781416/
Can I make a website for my
organization, Bu?”

I was surprised on how far she went with her Amazing isn’t it? These young students and undoubtedly
organization despite the fact that everything is done supportive parents with their insightful parenting have
online and that she can only consult her teachers successfully made my jaw dropped as they have truly
digitally. She was only asked to plan an organization that passed the barrier or limitation that covid 19 gave us, and
fits her strengths and abilities and from seeing the instead, create ways to get creative and productive.
problem that the world is facing, but she was able to go
above and beyond with her organizations that she EPS
created the website for her organizations, the google
form for people to join and she even created a specially
designed tote bag, produced it, and even marketed it
through the online marketplace. Well that’s what I called
students with amazing minds.
Here is her organization website address
https://andriaamaira.wixsite.com/my-site

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PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

The 2nd Three-Way Conference

Conferences are a reporting tool that we use in the IB
PYP to communicate information about students'
progress and learning through assessment activities.
Reporting on assessments is all about communicating
what students know, understand, and can do. It describes
students’ learning, identifies areas for growth, and
contributes to the efficacy of the programme.

This academic year, we decided to conduct two three-
way conferences to share information between students,
teachers, and parents. During the first three-way
conference, we applied a new virtual method where we
had the meetings online. The online sessions ran quite
smoothly. After evaluating the first three-way
conference, we decided to apply the same method for the
second conference and saw a 95% attendance rate! We
love to know that parents, teachers, and students are
excited about these conferences.

As part of preparations for the three-way conference, Parents, teachers, and students have different roles in
parents and students try a home conference beforehand. supporting a students' learning journey. Since every
Parents and students independently conduct a student is unique, parents and teachers need to work
conference following the guidance given. The home together to give the best support possible. There is no
conference allows parents and students to set up their better way to achieve this than by building good
own time to improve their communication related to the communication amongst the families and teachers. We all
students’ learning experiences and conduct an informal want to ensure that we are present, listening, and
conference at home. It's wonderful to know parents and understanding the students' needs. Students share in this
students had a good time during the home conference as purpose to support their learning journey! (DK)
well.

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STUDENTS MEET THE EXPERTS

Let’s Learn More
About Houses

“What is a house? a house is a
place where people can stay
and live. It is where you can
play, eat and sleep inside,”
explained Pak Bagus to grade 1
students. Pak Bagus is an expert
visitor for grade 1. He is an
architect. He gave a brief
explanation all about houses to
the students.

At the first, Pak Bagus showed
some pictures of many types of
houses. He explained the
materials that are used to build
the house, and also the
differences between each
house. He also showed that the
environment and culture impact
the type of houses.

It was a pleasure to have Pak
Bagus as our expert visit. Grade
1 students were excited to hear
the presentation. Hopefully, this
pandemic will be over very soon
so that the students can meet
and also interact directly with
Pak Bagus. Thank you for being
our expert visit, Pak Bagus! (FN)

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STUDENTS MEET THE EXPERTS

Meet and Share with
The Illustrators

What do you do as an illustrator? Kakak Kiki Raihan is not only an illustrator but
What is it? also an author of children's books. She has
Is your role important in a book or story? made many famous books. She was so happy
How do you make the illustration? to talk with grade 2 students because she can
Is it the same among illustrator, illustration, see their enthusiasm during the session. In the
and drawing? last session, she challenged them to draw the
character from a story that she read. Some
Those are the questions that came up when the students were happy to share their drawings
students were informed about our special and got appreciation from kakak Kiki herself.
guests. Theme 5: How We Express Ourselves
allowed for grade 2 students to know more Meet and share with An Illustrator with Kakak Kiki Raihan
about being an Illustrator and how important it
is to create a story. Most of the students love to
draw and read books. There is a correlation
between story and pictures in a book for kids.
Pictures can make a story come to life. That is
what we call illustration. The person who makes
the illustrations for a story is called the
illustrator.

What a great chance for grade 2 students to
meet and share with Kakak Kiki Raihan and
Kakak Yosia Raduk as the illustrators in
Indonesia. The visits were conducted online and
offline on March 17 and March 22, 2021. They
started their career by doing what they love,
which is drawing and reading books. They
began when they were still kids, just like the
students. The story inspired grade 2 students to
put big efforts into what they love and make
their dreams come true.

Next visit, the students got a whole story about how to become an illustrator and how to make
illustrations from kakak Yosia Raduck. He showed steps to illustrate the story, starting from finding
the information until finishing a book. Hopefully, the students can understand the process and be
able to apply the steps if they want to illustrate a certain story.
...

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STUDENTS MEET THE EXPERTS

The Life of An Illustrator with Kakak Yosia Raduck

...
Illustrators not only complement a story, their role is as important same as the author. Illustrators
help the reader to visualize the story. So the story becomes easier, more understandable, and
interesting for kids. It was a wonderful moment for grade 2 students to meet and share with the
illustrators. (DU)

Meet The Historian

“The more you know about
history, the more liberated you
are”
(Maya Angelou)

The Grade 4 students have been busy exploring the Expert Visit: Meet the Historian
history of the world. We discovered facts about World
War 1 and 2, and we are now in the middle of a deep In this theme, we will also had a virtual trip to Museum ANRI
investigation regarding Indonesia’s road to (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia) in which the students will
independence. gain more in-depth knowledge regarding the history of
Indonesia.
We started by learning about great explorers, the silk
road. World war 1 and 2, and now we have finally
arrived at Sumpah Pemuda and Indonesia’s
proclamation of Independence.

In this Theme 5, we had a rare opportunity to be
visited by a historian, Pak Petrik Metanasi. Pak Petrik
is an expert in world and local history and also writes
articles. Pak Petrik started by explaining the major
causes of World War 2 and continued by Indonesia’s
history to reach independence. The Grade 4 students
were curious to find out more about historical events
such as “Sumpah Pemuda” and “Proklamasi
Kemerdekaan”. They asked many questions and were
very involved in our discussions.

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STUDENTS MEET THE EXPERTS

Meet BASIBA : Trash = Money?

This provocative question piqued the students’ curiosity during the
opening of the expert sharing session by BASIBA (Bank Sampah
Berbasis Aparatur). Ibu Novi Eka Mulya, the keynote speaker gave
additional insights into the trash they usually wasted at home. Not
only can the trash be turned into money, but she also explained that
the program aims to gain society’s participation to make the
environment clean and healthy. In detail, she emphasized that “not all
trash can be accepted” because not all of the trash can be recycled.
She also explained the importance of separating trash at home.

Students asked a lot of interesting questions, such as where the trash went after Basiba collected it, the distribution
of the trash, the benefits of the program for Basiba, whether their trash can be recycled or not, and also the price of
the collected trash. At the end of the session, students were challenged to make a creation using the trash they
collected the day before. In this sharing session, students got a lot of new knowledge and insight about trash, and
how to save the environment and society.

Thank you, Ibu Novi for the meaningful session (AS).

Alumni Sharing Session

Another interesting session that Grade 6 students had was the Alumni
Sharing Sessions with Kakak William Tandridinata and Kakak Faustina (Ara).

Kakak Ara talked about how to deal with bullying when she was at school,
underlining that it is sometimes necessary for us to understand why people
do what they do and how to be more confident with ourselves by taking a
stand for ourselves. “ The key to earn our parents' trust is to show that we
can be responsible with our life.“ Other than that, friendship and
relationship with family is one of the most important aspects during
puberty. According to her, first you need to learn to love yourself and know
your priorities before you build a quality relationship with others.

Kakak William also had quite a journey when he began the process of
puberty and finding what he is passionate about. According to him,
balancing between academic, social and emotional aspects is important to
make life meaningful and interesting. He stressed out the importance of
having a good personality to overcome the feeling of not being confident
with our look. Many questions came up during the session related to how it
feels now to be at his stage, how to achieve goals and to find our passion.

Both Kakak Ara and Kakak William also encouraged us to do more
exploration and experiment when we were young and full of energy so that
we can look back at it and share with pride in our elderly life. They
mentioned that as we grow up to have more independence, more
responsibilities will come along, becoming adolescent means we need to
take good care of ourselves and others as well.(F & LS)

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

“Let’s Go to Taman Mini
Indonesia Indah”

In this theme 5 “We Are In Place and Time”, grade 1
students learn about types of houses. They also learn
how culture and environments impact types of houses.

To develop students’ understanding regarding the types
of traditional houses in Indonesia, some of our grade 1
teachers; Pak Octa, Bu Yani, and Bu Tika visited Taman
Mini Indonesia Indah. There are many different types of
traditional houses. The teachers visited four types of
houses, which were Rumah Joglo from Central Java,
Rumah Gadang from West Sumatra, Rumah Panggung
from West Java, and Rumah Honai from Papua. There is a
speaker in each type of house. The teachers interviewed
with the speaker regarding the house. The speakers
explained the type of the house, the culture and
environment that influenced the type of the house, the
materials that are used to build the house, and the
functions of each room.

It was a great experience to visit Taman Mini Indonesia
Indah, and to get some information regarding traditional
houses from the speakers. Hopefully, through the video,
some pictures, a brief explanation from the speakers, and
also from teachers, the students can get a deeper
understanding regarding the type of houses. See you on
another virtual trip! (FN)

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

IT'S SO FUN!

Time flies so fast. Now we are almost at the end of theme 5. Even though we are
still doing online learning, all Grade 1 students and teachers are still showing
their spirit for the learning and teaching process. We still can do many fun
activities during this online learning.

There are so many activities from each lesson that make the students feel happy
and excited. One example is the Music lesson. This is the first time for grade 1
students to learn how to play pianica. When the teacher asked, “Who wants to
try to play the song?” The students were very excited, they said, “Me! Me Ibuu!”
Wow, we are so grateful to see the students are very active.

We can also see their spirit and excitement in other lessons too.
Mathematics lesson is another example. The students learned with
hands-on materials (various shapes from origami paper, string, ice
cream sticks). There were also games, such as Nearpod and Quizizz.
They enjoy learning Mathematics in this way. I remember, at the
beginning of this academic year, one of the students said “Math is
hard. I cannot do it.” But now, this student said, “Wow! Math is so fun.
Now I can do it! I like it!”. All With a big smile on his face.
Keep the spirit up, students! Because your spirit and your smile can
also bring the spirit for us, your teachers! :)

Grade 2 Expression In other subjects like Math, PE, and Music, the
students learned about Time, Endurance Training
Yeaaaiii, we are in Theme 5 now and it is so fun! and deepened their ability to play pianica.
Grade 2 learned about the elements of art, Besidesthat, they discuss the meaning behind a
creating a story and exploring the work of an picture in religion class. For PPKn, grade 2 wrap
illustrator. The lessons are integrated and up the Pancasila using visible thinking practice.
support each other to help students understand
the big picture of theme 5. New things in this theme give challenges but also
good chances for them. Hopefully, it can be a
Unit of Inquiry opens the opportunity for place to express themselves and they can enjoy
students to learn about how to become an every single time. (DU)
illustrator and find connection between a story
and pictures. This is supported by Visual Art class
discussion when the students learn more about
elements of art. In Language Art, they learned
how to write a Haiku poem. Poems were also
introduced in Bahasa Indonesia and the ways to
present it. ICT wrapped it up through
makebelievescomix.com. The students created
their comic using the online website application
to show the sequence of a story. They can choose
the background, setting, plot, characters and fill
in the balloon with dialog.

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CLASS AT A GLANCE Things that make us happy

Happy Just Because

What makes you happy?
It’s such a simple question, yet nowadays people
seem to have difficulties giving a straightforward
answer. So many things happen that change how we
see things or how we feel. We tend to take
everything for granted including things that make us
happy. Therefore it’s a good idea to take time and
reflect on ourselves and remember again all the
things around us that always make us happy.
Moreover, this month we also celebrate the
International Day of Happiness that happens on
March 20.

It’s a good way to celebrate things that make us
happy and bring positivity to our lives. That’s exactly
what the grade 3 students did for the whole week.
Each of the students shared things that make them
happy during the synchronous session. When looking
at their answers, it’s something as simple as toys or
that they like to have some quality time with their
parents. They show their eagerness in sharing things
that make them happy, and by sharing it, we can also
see how happy they are through their faces and how
it transfers to others.

Happiness can also be seen in their learning,
especially with so many interesting things that they
learned in this theme 5 where they learned about the
media. Yes, media, because nowadays it is something
we cannot separate from our daily lives. It’s really
something that cannot be separated from our daily
life. Grade 3 students learned not only about the
media but also about types of messages that they can
receive through the media. Also, they also learned
about how to make conversation (percakapan) in
Bahasa Indonesia. Furthermore, in math they learned
about time, as something that they will always use in
daily life. They can see the importance of learning,
how to read, and tell the time. But the most
important thing is that they always showed their
spirit and motivation in learning new things and are
always happy through their learning.

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The Grade 4 students were excited that

they were able to conduct the 3 Way Conference
as well as the Home Conference. They could not
wait to share their learning experiences so far with
the parents. Home Conference was done
successfully and the 3 Way Conference also
became a wonderful opportunity to have
conversations about the learning progress and to
set new goals ahead. We want to thank the
parents for supporting us and giving their time to
get in-depth with the students’ learning process.

The Grade 4 students did well in presenting their Grade 4 conducting 3 Way Conference
portfolios, explaining their work, and sharing their
learning experiences with their parents. A month
of happiness: In March, the Grade 4 students are
having the best time doing many fun activities.

We believe that learning has to be meaningful, engaging, and fun at the same time. The Grade 4 students indulged
themselves in various activities such as guessing movie titles by emojis, doing Kahoot guessing games, finding the
differences from movie posters, conducting matching pictures, and of course sharing their activities at home with
their friends in the classroom. It has been a great time to be able to bond, laugh and enjoy our time at school.

Cause I’m Happy

“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Grade 5
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you…”

Song writer: Williams Pharrell L

The song has us dancing along and we can’t help to be happy. Yes, that’s how powerful songs and words are. This
week grade 5 is having a light but meaningful discussion on what happiness is to them and how to be happy. They said
Pharrell songs tell about:

"The song is about being happy”_Laras 5A, Recently, when defining happiness, psychologists have
The song is about happiness_ Yasmine 5A come up with scientific terms for defining the word
“I think it's about the singer and us being happy. Maybe happiness. It is called Subjective-well being (SWB).
about what we do when we're happy? The feeling you get
when you're happy”_Kylen 5A This is very reasonable as the components of happiness
“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof” means No include your pleasure, your way of understanding or
limits to happiness. _Gwyneth 5B facing situations, and how engaged you are to the
“My level's too high to bring me down means you feel like conditions that make you happy.
you can't be brought down” _ Alief 5B
About being happy and helping us to cheer up._ Devan 5C It is very subjective and dependent on the person’s
The song is about being happy/happiness._Faith 5C point of view. Here’s what grade 5 thinks what
happiness is: ...

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... “Happiness is the state of being joyful and a fun time. Playing
“Happiness is feeling great or excited about games, playing with my grandma's dog , learning fun new
something”_Shaquille5A topics that are interesting. To be in the best state of
“Playing games, being with my bird (and friends and family), happiness, have a jolly fun in a joyful state doing something
eating noodles can make me happy”_Kylen 5A you like and be excited and have a great time with
“Happiness is something that makes you happy and others”._Hugo 5A
Something that makes me happy is singing” _Alexander5A To be happy you should find what makes you feel happy and
“Happiness for me is a feeling of maybe cheerfulness, it makes a feeling of joy makes you feel special makes you
positiveness and sometimes negativeness” _Callista5A happy in your own way and what's your personality.
“Happiness for me is being with my friends. Things that make _Yasmine 5A
me happy is to play with my friends or just to find something I am happy when seeing my idol's win, my idol being top 100
that you like to do for example play with your friends or play in Billboard , seeing my family and friends happy .
games with your siblings, cousins or parents.”_Gwyneth 5A Laras_5A

“Happiness is the state of being joyful and a fun time. Playing Faces of HAPPINESS
games, playing with my grandma's dog , learning fun new
topics that are interesting. To be in the best state of So aside from the norm or the set point of happiness set
happiness, have a jolly fun in a joyful state doing something for us by friends, family, or the people around us, we can
you like and be excited and have a great time with still work on our happiness. Our happiness can be
others”._Hugo 5A exercised. We can practice being happy for example by
To be happy you should find what makes you feel happy and not taking things too seriously when people bring us
it makes a feeling of joy makes you feel special makes you down, be happier with the simple things in our lives, and
happy in your own way and what's your personality. improve our purpose in life.
_Yasmine 5A
I am happy when seeing my idol's win, my idol being top 100 Be sure that with constant habit of dealing with things
in Billboard , seeing my family and friends happy . with happiness we will reach a more satisfying and joyful
Laras_5A life. Yes, that’s our definition of happiness, and no one
Happiness is love. _Farras 5B can tell us the other way.
Happiness is an emotional state characterized by feelings of
joy_ Katya 5B
Happiness easy definition is Laughing_ Andria Amaira 5B
Happiness is smiling but not a fake one _ Gwyneth 5B
Going somewhere, playing sports, praying, playing with my
family, going to church, and a lot others._ Cornellio 5C
Be around people who make you happy and do stuff you
really love._Cheryl 5C
Just be comfortable and do not push too hard. ALso try to do
something you love most._Matthew 5C
Spending time with my family, watching movies, watching
anime, listening to music and a lot others._ Mia 5C
Well, just do what you like to do. And try new things. You will
eventually find what makes u happy._ Devan 5C
Seeing people happy. Happy is just enjoying life, so enjoy life
as much as you can._ Adika 5C
What makes me happy is my friends, teachers and family,
and also do new things or try new things._ Gracia 5C

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We are so ready to continue our lesson of the fifth Grade 6
theme, Who We Are. During this theme, we
learned about Adolescence stages. This is a very
interesting topic for us because soon we are going
to be teenagers with lots of intense changes that
we are going to face in the future. Nervous and
excited, that both words are best to describe our
feelings during this learning adventure. So, this is
the time for us to be more reflective and
thoughtful.

On March, 20 we celebrated the International Day
of Happiness. This theme has taught us that
happiness is our own responsibility. Happiness is a
feeling of enjoying everything that we are doing in
present time; a feeling of having purposes; a
mindset to manage stress, for just feeling well.
Being happy means being mindful, being healthy
physically and mentally.

We also learned about how to achieve well-being
through strategies which are : connect, be active,
take notice, keep learning and give. Mindfulness
can be a way to connect, take notice and
appreciate simple things in life. We did a research
of a mindfulness activity that we want to explore,
practice individually and demonstrate together in
the class session. It’s amazing to experience being
mindful, taking a break from the busy routines and
just being present at the moment.

Mindfulness helps us to balance our emotional
state and just be thankful, something that we
sometimes forget to do in everyday life. Practicing
mindfulness might have its own challenges at the
beginning, but we surely can feel the benefit when
we have experienced it whole-heartedly. Next, we
are pretty sure to get ready for our final project by
the end of this theme. This project will summarize
our role as a person who has grown. (LS)

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SLC Mobil Pintar

Mobil Pintar is one of the student-led club Packaging is undoubtedly an important thing
that acts as a community service activity, for Mobil Pintar to be concerned about. All the
which focuses on contributing to growing online activities were staged with a flexible and
the community’s love of reading and literacy; fun style, which were presented by the
a series of activities that are all initiated and secondary level students, conducted online
conducted by students of Sekolah Bogor using the latest app and software, ensuring
Raya. that the vibe is similar to offline fairy tale story-
telling.
Mobil Pintar started the series of activities in
January 2018. During the normal era prior to This perseverance of Mobil Pintar’s members
the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mobil Pintar has shows the commitment to promoting reading
conducted visits to public schools and other as a great habit and hobby. It also introduces
places, providing interesting readings in a the library to students in a fun way, and
dedicated form of “mobile library”. develops social awareness, empathy, and the
caring of students of Sekolah Bogor Raya. (NK)
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, changes
have been inevitable, including the way
Mobil Pintar operates. All members of Mobil
Pintar have developed online activities
enabling the students to contribute even
more to community service, particularly in
supporting the spirit maintenance and the
creativity in creating interesting products
related to reading and literacy. Another
attractive program initiated by Mobil Pintar’s
members is online fairy tale story-telling,
which has been introduced to primary level
students of Sekolah Bogor Raya.

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HISTORY LOVERS

Magistra Vitae is a Latin expression, used by Cicero in his De Oratore as a personification of history,
which means "life's teacher". This parable shows the importance of history in life. Although historical
events took place in the past, there are many things that can be reflected in the present. In practical
life, history as a science can be used as a basis for policy making and multidisciplinary research.

With these values, Bogor Raya School has opened a Student Leadership Club (SLC) based on historical
interests. This club is called History Lovers. The purpose of History Lovers is to interpret historical
events in the method of historical scholarship in a fun way. To achieve this goal, the activities carried
out in the history club emphasize activities that are centered on students (members of the history
lovers club). They were asked to determine the monthly topic and open the discussion via zoom.

Topics discussed in the History Lovers Club are Operation Barbarossa, Yuan Influence in the China
Dynasty and the New Order History in Indonesia. During the discussion they were very enthusiastic.
Club leaders, Rakyan and Daniel, were able to lead discussions well and invite other members to share
ideas and analysis. (Mg)

BBPB STORY TELLING TO PRIMARY STUDENTS

Every year, around 1.3 million tons of Indonesia’s plastic waste ends up in
the ocean. Even though there have been a lot of initiatives from
governments and non-governmental organizations, it seems like plastic
waste is still a big issue for our beloved country. Besides contaminating
the beaches, plastic waste will most likely affect the balance of the ocean's
ecosystem. Every day, it is common for us to hear bad news about the
effects of plastic waste on various animals in the sea.

This is the problem for everyone, not only the government or
environmental activists. The problem of plastic waste will be far easier to
overcome if there are more and more people aware of the condition.
Fortunately, our students in Bye Bye Plastics Bag (BBPB) Sekolah Bogor
Raya are one of the groups that pay attention and have awareness related
to this issue. In hopes to increase the awareness to as many people as
possible about this plastic waste issue, the BBPB club held a story-telling
and sharing session for their juniors in the primary level on March 1st to
March 4th at the end of the term 3. Besides telling the story related to the
importance of reducing plastic waste to the ocean ecosystem, students
were also engaged in an interactive discussion. (DA)

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ONLINE BUSINESS WEEK 2021

On the 8th of March up to the 12th of March the Student Council launched the first ever Online Business Week

Event. Even during this pandemic, we tried our best to uplift students’ school spirits and hold up pre-existing

offline events! The Student Council also aimed to increase students’ productivity during the Covid-19

Pandemic. Business Week has been a long-standing event in Sekolah

Bogor Raya and students always get hyped up for it!

Therefore, this year we went and made the event online. The

event was a success! Students who signed up for the event

were eager and dedicated to the event.

This event encouraged students to explore the business
possibilities of social media and to develop their professional
business skills by creatively marketing their products, and
creating catalogues and business plans!

Online Business Week itself is an event where students are able to open their own online businesses for one
week (5 business days). The catalogues and menus for all of the shops were posted on Instagram and were
promoted through social media. The shops that participated in the event were: Rika Rice, Lunch Date, Sunflour
Bakery, Val’s Accessories and Kawaiimerch. The sellers were required to provide shipping calculations to
customers’ addresses and were in charge of producing and shipping their products. The Student Council
acted as a mediator between customers and sellers in taking customer orders. Sellers were given a week to
prepare their materials, logos and catalogue photos.

Thanks to the Online Business Week event, students are now able
to explore more alternatives in conducting business as well as
appreciate the hardwork and dedication it takes, starting from
creating their business plans, cost profit calculations, updating their
stocks, calculating their own shipping using various shipping
methods such as Gojek, JNE and Grab, as well as promoting their
products through a variety of methods. Overall, the event was a
huge success with many raving reviews from customers! (JL)

Dear SBR members, A yearbook is a keepsake, a jewel, the treasure
trove of youth. It transcends distance and time, the commemoration

of a year to remember, one in which we all came together to be
successful, facing the new challenges and emerging stronger than

ever!

Have you ordered your “Distance Unites Us” yearbook?

Memories should never vanish, don’t miss your chance to own this
special keepsake!

0813-9890-3600 (General Admin) for ordering.

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Secondary School 3 Way Conferences

Every mid-semester, we conduct a three-way conference
in which the students, the parents and the teachers all sit
together and the students do a presentation about their
achievements, areas of improvement, goals, and steps to
reach their goals which are written in their portfolio in the
form of a blog.

The conference is conducted after the report distribution
which reflects the results of assessments given during the
term. The process teaches the students how to reflect
from the past and how to make improvements and plans
for their future with clear goals.

Kaizen is one japanese term that represents the spirit of
continuous improvement or change for the better. The
essence of kaizen is using small steps to build a huge
success and confidence and also to develop the higher
stack for the next improvement. Through this process, the
students are expected to develop the spirit of continuous
improvement and make changes for the better.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The secret of getting started is breaking your complex
overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then

starting on the first one.

-Mark Twain-

In this current situation, it is still not possible to have an
offline conference and the conference was conducted
online instead. However, it did not reduce the meaning of
the conference itself and the process was conducted
smoothly with the cooperation of parents and students.

Through this online three-way conference, students learn
how to use technology which has already become a part of
our life as well as learn how to develop 4Cs skills:
communication, critical thinking, collaboration and
creativity. With the support and guidance from the
teachers and the parents, together we can develop the
students to excel in their future. (Snd)

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Study Club

The Study Club is a peer-tutoring club founded in 2019 in
order to help provide support for students who encounter
difficulties in some of their subject materials. It began as a
direct project where students taught other students directly
in classroom sessions. However, due to the COVID
Pandemic, the Study Club has had to adjust its teaching
methods. It took a while, but eventually, they were able to
transition into the new times and were able to continue our
teaching activities using Zoom meetings.

Since Term 3 of the academic year 2020/2021, they have
also improvised by making informative videos to help
students understand the concepts if they are unable to
attend our online classes. The goal of the Study Club is not
only to function as a simple teaching club. They want both
the participating tutors, as well as the participating students
to have a mutual teaching and learning experience. They
want their club to be less formal, and more directed to
collective learning. They want the tutors to be able to foster
their teaching skills, as well as further what they have
already learned by teaching, while also ensuring that the
students also get to take something away from the sessions.
That is what they believe their club’s goals to be.

To reserve a tutoring session from a tutor from the Study
Club, can sign themselves up through
https://forms.gle/3dCwiXLYYgfjPpP26.

The form is designed for a biweekly tutoring reservation so
that the tutor can make better preparation. So, don't forget
to fill the form out every Friday, at the latest. (GG)

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Indonesia Mathematical Modeling
Challenge (InaM2)

Greetings everyone, I am Nathaniel Chai from 11 DP
B, and on the last term break (term 3), Bianca,
Edward, Dominick, and I participated in a math
modeling competition. Besides our team, SBR also
sent other students in 2 teams. They were Katarina,
Ben, Michael, Galvin in the first team and Cheryl,
Raissa, Kiya, and Michelle in the other team.

INAM2C is an international math modeling
competition, and this year we were given the
opportunity to join it. I personally would not say that I
mastered this topic, but even so, I still took this
opportunity to get experience on math modeling
since modeling is an integral part of math
applications.
Over the term break, our group worked on the paper.
Though we did not have the best workflow nor the
best result, I still felt like we did respectively well
considering that none of us had hadany strong prior
knowledge of the topic we were given. I would
definitely recommend that students who are
interested in math applications try and join a
modeling competition. It will really train and apply
your knowledge into a realistic case study. I learned
quite a good amount of new knowledge from this
experience, and I’m glad I had this opportunity. (NC)

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IB DP INSIGHT
Learn more about
MARCH 2021 IB Education

This month has been an active and engaging ibo.org
month for our students. DP 2 students hit the
ground running as the term started with their
second mock test assessments. The assessments
went off smoothly and our students displayed an
exemplary level of discipline and integrity.

In the time after their mock exams, DP2 students
have set themselves tasks which bring out the
finest learner attributes in them. They are engaged
in completing their CAS work and are continuously
coming up with interesting ways in which they
engage with the issues that concern the world at
large. They have also taken up the challenge of
conducting the first ever SBR TOK conference and
are working diligently towards making that dream
a reality. Their leadership and self-management
skills are really coming to the fore as they take one
this daunting task.

The grade 11 cohort is no slouch. DP1 students
have been busy finalising their IA topics for various
subjects. Many students have taken on some
remarkably challenging projects as part of their
internal assessment tasks. Some TOK students
from grade 11 also attended the Beacon Academy
TOK conference this month. Their experience at
the conference was positive and has inspired them
to work on their own batch’s TOK conference in
the next academic year.

While online home learning continues, we can see
the light at the end of the tunnel with vaccines
being made available. It is with hope that we look
ahead, however it is with gratitude that we look at
the past year. This month has marked a full year of
online education at SBR and it must be said that
the students have performed above all
expectations through this difficult and uncertain
time. The resilience, perseverance and indomitable
spirit of our students as well as the whole SBR
community shone through and it is with justifiable
pride that we look to the future. (AR)

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STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT

Severine Abigail Budiyanto

2nd Winner of Category A
Online Spelling Bee Competition
Held by EF Cipete Jakarta on March 6, 2021

Alief Jan van der Sluis

Joined the Kejuaraan Renang Provinsi DKI Jakarta 2021-Virtual Meet at GBK Aquatic Stadium
on March 29, 2021. Here is the result:
2nd position of 200 M Freestyle Men (Final Time: 2.45.98)
2nd position of 100 M Freestyle Men (Final Time: 1.14.81)
3rd position of 50 M Freestyle Men (Final Time: 34.39)
8th position of 50 M Butterfly Men (Final Time: 34.39)
All the final time results will be recorded by PRSI DKI Jakarta to be used as the seed time on
other competitions held by PRSI.

Michelle Aurelia Yudianto

1st Place at the Stella Maris Online Mathpreneur Champhionship
1st place/Platinum Award at the Singapore School Mathematics Olympiad
Gold medal at the ROC Bilangan
Gold medal at the International Eduversal Mathematics Competition
Silver medal at the Galileo Achemist Competition

Odelyn Helena Kawitan

Best Delegate in the UN women representing the United Kingdom at the Youth Leader MUN

Felicia Audrey Nugroho

Verbal Mention in the UNEP representing Peru at the NTU MUN

Jashan Rohit Kumar

Honorable mention in the WHO committee at the SKY MUN

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Felicia Audrey Nugroho (Audrey) is one of our The reason why research
Grade 9 students who has been with SBR since is so important in
2009. She was born on November 16th, 2006. achieving the best possible
result of competitions is
Her hobbies include joining Model United Nations that MUN is where we
(MUN) conferences, doing arts and design (both represent the stances of
digital and traditional), and doing community nations/characters
service (especially SBR's Mobil Pintar activities). regarding important world
issues.
According to her, each activity has very distinct
aspects that need to be focused on. When she It's not just us about stating our personal opinions on
participates in the MUN conferences, she targets these issues. We hold up the position of a nation,
three areas to prepare herself in. which we should represent accurately for the sake of
our performance and experience and for the
1. Self-motivation evaluation of the chairs too.
2. Willingness
3. Research Without research, we may be lacking the content and
context needed to move through an MUN successfully.
These three areas may be similar, but they're quite Conclusively, she could say that in order to attain the
different in her perspective. Firstly is her best results, she always tries to find the motive behind
motivation. When she finds a MUN she can join, joining the conferences, then she would build on her
she would ask herself “what motivates me to join energy and willingness of taking part in the event, and
that particular MUN” and not other ones. "Are the finally she would prepare the content and materials
topics interesting, is the organizing committee needed to hold herself and the committee up
strong, is it renowned, is it fitting" are all questions throughout the conference.
she must answer for herself before committing. It
may sound cliche, but for Audrey it is very Most of her competition and conference involvement
important, as joining MUNs don't fully rely on revolve around Model United Nations, and though all
"wanting" to join, but also on "needing" to join, and of them managed to give her memorable experiences,
finding the reason for joining. among all of those MUNs, the Raffles MUN 2021 and
NTUMUN 2021 proved to be the most noteworthy in
Next is her willingness. You can think of it and her personal experience. Raffles MUN 2021 was
compare it to any activity. After you find the organized by Raffles Christian School Pondok Indah,
reason you want to do that activity, you work on and this year happened to be their 9th iteration.
your effort and eagerness to produce the best
results. That's the best way she can explain the She took part in the UNESCO committee, representing
willingness part; finding the energy and gathering Peru, and managed to achieve the Best Delegate
the effort for the competition. award. This MUN allowed her to explore one of her, so
far, favorite MUN topics, which was "The Protection
Lastly, her research. Usually, she looks into the and Preservation of Indigenous Cultures Amidst the
background of the issue, her allocated country's Pandemic". It allowed her, along with her fellow
stance on the issue, along with the current delegates in her committee, to explore how more
condition and solutions (all existing, past, and isolated/vulnerable communities should be approached
potential solutions). It's the crux of it all; without and protected amidst this pandemic.
research, her MUN experiences would not be part ...
of her highlights.

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...

Aside from the topic, she really values the people she Her memorable experiences in community service:
met within this conference. Though most people she
has met through MUN have been amazing, the people Community service moulded a majority of her best
she met in her committee for Raffles MUN 2021 were memories in lower Secondary school. She began to
undeniably exceptional. The amount of cooperation regularly take part in community service in 7th grade,
and effort they put into the debate and resolution just for the reason of enjoying it. Given that there are a
making should be commended, not to mention their particular amount of hours to be completed to be able
welcoming attitude both in and outside the conference. to graduate, she initially felt pressured just to finalize
Despite their astounding performance, a good amount those. But as time went on, she began to discover
of them were surprisingly first timers, and being able to certain community service activities which were
support and guide them through their first experience undeniably enjoyable and satisfying. The experience
made her delighted. which, until today, she treasures the most was the
weekly Mobil Pintar activities. The offline Mobil Pintar
Audrey also took part in activities, which would occur each Saturday, involved
students visiting state schools within the city of Bogor.
NTUMUN 2021. The activities that were conducted in each school had
the main goal of bringing joy and encouraging literacy
NTUMUN, short for for the students. She regularly took part in this Mobil
Pintar activity, sometimes for consecutive weeks. Not
Nanyang Technological to mention how joyful the students she met were; it
became more cherishable and treasured. The idea of
University MUN, is a how we could allow them to enjoy literacy in different
ways, even just for a short term, made her more
highly prestigious enthusiastic to take part in the activity.

Singapore-based MUN In addition, she also took part in the 2018 Cipanas
Community Service camp, along with other activities
which held their 15th such as taking part as the crew of school musical
productions, taking part in the church choir team, being
iteration this year. a committee for the Annual Language Competition, and
many more. It's unfortunate how the pandemic cut off
The committee picture from NTUMUN, the flow of all these great offline community service
where she received a Verbal Mention activities, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it fully
cut off community service from our school. Currently,
She took part in the UNEP committee as the delegate she is grateful to say that she is leading the Mobil
of Peru, where she was honoured to be awarded a Pintar club in Secondary school, which hosts and
Verbal Mention. This MUN gave two topics in her provides community service activities which have
committee, which have turned out to be some of her similar goals to what was set in the initial Mobil Pintar
favorite MUN topics up to now. The first topic activities; to encourage and develop literacy skills. ...
revolved around extreme heat events and disaster
management, while the other discussed fast fashion
and its environmental impacts. What she really valued
from this MUN was the amazing committee bond and
the experience as a whole. The UNEP committee was
filled with extremely warm and likeable people, and
even better, the chairs were very approachable. The
environment was amazing, and in terms of debate and
discussions, it was highly engaging and contained
substantive information all the way through. Each
lengthy committee session still brought great
memories, and thus she got to enjoy this MUN (and her
committee) very much. NTUMUN 2021 could be said
to have had the largest impact on her MUN career so
far, as it had a great natural ambience and enthralling
activities, and she would love to attend MUNs similar
to this one once more.

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... Her personal motto is "Reality is always harsher than
what we think it would be, but we're always stronger
Additionally, in this online school system, she has taken than we think we are."
part in a few community service activities, such as the It's more of a lingering quote than a personal motto,
Green Technology webinar. In the future, she hopes to but it works just fine. It's quite cheesy, but if it's not
come back to all these community service activities, true then I wouldn't have kept it in my mind.
and enjoy them in a similar, or better way than how she
used to.

List of her achievements:

1.Student Council Member (2018-2019: SMP
Member of the Community Service Department,
2019-2020: SMP Vice President)

2.Head of the Mobil Pintar Club (2020-present)
3.Dream Dancer Pod Theatre: Voice Acting Role as

Helen (2021)
4.Took part in the Indonesian Cultural Caravan

programme (2019)
5.Regular volunteer for community service activities

(such as Mobil Pintar, musical production crews,
community service camps, etc) with 88.5 hours (as
of March 2021)
6.Year 8 ICAS - High Distinction in Digital
Technologies and Distinction in English (2019)
7.Pathways World School MUN (PWSMUN) 2020 -
International Press Corps (Dawn News Agency) -
High Commendation (2020)
8.Modern Youth International MUN (MYIMUN) 3.0 -
UN Women 2.0 (Philippines) - Best Delegate (2020)
9.The Curae MUN 1.0 - UNOOSA (Somalia) - Best
Delegate (2020)
10.Raffles MUN 2021 - UNESCO (Peru) - Best
Delegate (2021)
11.Nanyang Technological University MUN
(NTUMUN) 2021 - UNEP (Peru) - Verbal Mention
(2021)
12.Took part as the organizing committee and
executive board of numerous MUNs (GCM MUN
1.0, Comfort MUN 3.0, MYIMUN 4.0, and YLMUN
1.0)
13.Scholarship from Sekolah Bogor Raya for grade 7-9
and grade 10-12

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LEARNING TOGETHER WITH AN SBR PARENT

Ibu Minda is one of our PGK and Primary Another motivating factor for her was her
parents at Sekolah Bogor Raya. Her desire to help others, especially in
hobbies are designing dresses and making providing a working place for those who
friends with others. However she likes need it, increasing the job opportunities in
learning new things, and one of them has the local community, and meeting new
been making a business related to food people who might support her to develop
and beverages. She began by pursuing her her knowledge about coffee.
interest in coffee.
Her favorite businesswoman is Dr. (H.C.)
Learning about the industry and the Susi Pudjiastuti. According to bu Minda,
philosophy of coffee lovers through a she empowered residents in the
wide range of resources was Ibu Minda's community and taught them skills to help
first step. She reached out to her family them be successful.
members and friends, and also sought out
information from the internet about So, when is the best time to learn about
coffee and the other businesses related to business according to Bu Minda? She says
coffee. She investigated some important that age is not the key point. We can learn
future considerations for the industry, about business at any age. But we need to
mainly around the production and pricing be prepared, know the risks, and work at
of coffee, and why building a sustainable it consistently.
coffee industry is so critical. She then
opened up a coffee shop in Bogor, named If you want to know more about
Snday.Coffee. Snday.Coffee, you can find out through its
social media account on Instagram :
Ibu Minda wanted to open it in Bogor so @snday.coffee
that she could be involved in the growth
of Food & Beverages businesses, while at
the same time promoting the Bogor
culinary scene.

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LEARNING TOGETHER WITH AN SBR TEACHER

Pak Karya Zaman (Pak Karya), was born on June 3rd, 1971. He took a three year
Diploma, majoring in Karawitan (classical gamelan music and performance practice),
followed by a bachelor's degree, majoring in Bahasa Indonesia and Sastra Daerah
(regional literature). He has been working at SBR since 2010 as the traditional music
teacher in Primary School.

Pak Karya feels proud of Indonesia cultures, especially those from West Java. They are
rich in different traditions such as in music, dancing and also theatre. He thinks that we
need to nurture our traditional cultures actively so that they can be preserved for, and
enjoyed by future generations. He feels blessed and thankful to the educational
institutions that still integrate traditional culture studies as part of the curriculum;
especially for those cultures that exist in the same regions of the schools that use it.

Sekolah Bogor Raya is one of the international or SPK schools in Kota Bogor that still
embraces and actively promotes the traditional cultures. It is embedded in the curriculum
and the after-school activities (extracurricular) such as gamelan and traditional dancing.
While the students who are in Grade 1,2 and 6 learn musical instruments that are
globally recognized, the students from Grade 3,4 and 5 learn traditional music
instruments from West Java.

Pak Karya teaches the traditional music classes. He introduces students to the pentatonic
scales, the use of suling, kecapi, gamelan Degung, gamelan Salendro, calung, angklung
and the other musical instruments from West Java. It is a welcome challenge for him to
familiarize the students with these traditional musical instruments while also integrating
lessons about the traditional costumes and cuisines. He feels that explorations of
different cultures are important building blocks of character development.

Pak Karya has been involved in a wide variety of performances that celebrate West
Java’s cultures such as:
-Joining the Festival of Music Dancing and Theatre.
-Actively involved in traditional music performances (formal and informal recitals).
-Participating as a musician in ceremonies where the government welcomes foreign
guests.
-Performing traditional music for the opening and closing of civic events.
-Performing traditional music in religious ceremonies and celebrations.
-Involved in international Cultural Mission Programmes, representing Indonesia. One of
the most rewarding was with Sekolah Bogor Raya's students as they showcased
Indonesian culture through performances in the Czech Republic.

His personal motto is “Stay Humble, Helpful and Blessed.”

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K2 K3

My Pop Up Book Project Presenting the LapBook

PREP

Students are able to harvest the water spinach
that they have planted.

Grade 2

Math - Measuring Volume Poster Visual Art - Making Poster Unit of Inquiry
Elements of Art Draw a Story Book Cover

Language Art - Writing a Haiku Poem ICT - Create a Comic using
makebelievescomix.com

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Grade 3

Math - Read and Tell the Time UOI - Compare and Contrast Media

Bahasa Indonesia
Membuat Teks Percakapan

Grade 4

UOI: The impact of Math: Finding direction with LA: Planning a research
World War 1 a compass

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Grade 5

Check out these cool news anchors from grade 5!

Grade 6

Making Mind Maps

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