EMBRACE APRIL 2022

EMBRACE Vol .9/ APRIL 2022

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

FOREWORD Vol.9 / APRIL 2022

From SBR's Curriculum Coordinator

Dear Students, Staff, and Families,

What an incredible month we had in April!
As part of our community outreach program, we wanted to look at different ways to create a positive
culture at the school related to diversity and inclusion, and one of the ways we were able to recently do
that was to look at how we celebrate a national hero, Raden Adjeng Kartini, who was instrumental in
progressing women’s rights, especially in education. We did this in tandem with Women’s History
Month, and International Women’s Day.

We introduced a whole school, 2 month long project where we looked at what equality meant in the
context of our school and the community, and how it aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal #4
of equality in education with the goal to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities for all."
At each level, students were having deeper discussions and discoveries about what equality and
inclusive education means in the context of their experiences at school, at home, and in the greater
community.

Within the school, we are fortunate to be able to offer international curriculums that share these values,
and we are proud to also support passionate groups of students who get involved in activities such as
Model United Nations (MUN), debate and speech clubs, as well as their own student-led clubs and
businesses catering to equal rights and empowerment. These students also work closely with other
organizations such as Best Buddies, an organization supporting those with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD), and Jakarta Swift wheelchair basketball club. All these activities help
speak to the values of empathy and equality that we hold at the school.

How we as a school approach these issues, and design programs around them to be able to incorporate
the lessons learned not only in the instructional area, but have it impact the school culture and the rest
of the community is the next step that we are working towards. As the above initiative was a newer way
for us to approach these issues, we will be taking the feedback from the students, teachers and
administration who all had a part in the planning and execution of this initiative to see how we can
improve upon it and future initiatives to also inspire additional action within the community and
Indonesia at large.

In the same spirit of giving back to the community, we also held our annual Tali Kasih event at the end of
the month. This is a special event for us at SBR as we are able to take time to appreciate everything that
our supporting staff do to help the school remain a safe, secure, and welcoming place for our students to
learn and grow. Without our team of dedicated maintenance staff, security, cleaning crew, and auxiliary
personnel, we would not be able to provide the high quality of education and learning that we expect
here at Sekolah Bogor Raya, and for that we are thankful to have each and every one of them as part of
our team.

There are many more events and activities planned as we finalize this term, and the school year, with
SBR's 27th anniversary event, our end of year celebrations, upcoming graduations and commencements,
and our virtual SBR Walk, so please be on the lookout for more information on these events soon.
As always, thank you once again for helping us all learn and grow as a community!

Thank you and regards,
Benedict Rinne

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PLAYGROUP & KINDERGARTEN Vol.9 / APRIL 2022
K1-PREP

K1

Time flies so fast!

It’s almost the end of theme 4, K1s! This theme is
joyful because all the K1 students are able to come
to school and play together with their friends. They
learn about the weather, kinds of activities during
day and night, and the tools to protect their bodies
from different types of weather.

Now, K1 students are busy learning and playing during classroom sessions. They all have the chance to play
indoors and outdoors. The outdoor play leaves kids with more advanced motor skills, including coordination,
balance, and agility. Kids who play outside are more likely to move in ways that challenge their muscles, bones,
and physical endurance. When children are outside, they have the space to run, walk, jump, swing and throw.
Playground activities, like swinging, have many physical benefits for kids. Being outdoors also lets them
explore the world from a different perspective.

Let’s continue learning through our play sessions!

K2

Theme 3 was concluded by having a 3-Way Through this theme, the students are going to
Conference where students had the opportunity to recognize and understand that every mode of
share their portfolios with their parents and transportation has different ways to move (land, air,
teachers. Now, we are in our last theme, which is and water), know the parts of certain kinds of
Theme 4: “How We Organize Ourselves.” In this transportation, and understand that every person
theme, students are going to explore the central needs transportation to go from one place to
idea, “Transportation may help people and the another. Students will also be involved in the
environment,” and will be focusing on different learning community and show commitment to
kinds of transportation modes, how transportation contribute as individuals and members of a group,
works and how transportation connects people, engaged in class, school, and community activities,
places, and surroundings. and contribute to discussions and learning
experiences by creating a house background using
the shapes on the Jamboard and diorama project.

We hope that by having these activities, students
will understand the different kinds of transportation,
the places where they move, and that every person
needs transportation to go from one place to
another as well as to connect people and
surroundings. Good luck, K2s!

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PREP K3 Under the Transdisciplinary Theme
“Where We Are in Place and Time”, K3
Students developed an understanding
that public places can play an important
role in them. Students learned not only in
the classroom but also had a virtual
excursion to “Galeri Nasional Indonesia”
through a panoramic site map.

They also explored public places around them, such as schools, hospitals,
banks, and supermarkets. For this theme, we invited our school's principal and
a doctor to share their experiences and knowledge. The event was conducted
online and offline on Friday, 22 April 2022. Students discovered what rules are
applied in public places and learned the functions of public places. Through
these activities, they became communicators as they actively asked questions
and shared opinions during discussions. They were totally excited to have this
activity.

We hope the learning experiences we have will be meaningful and inspiring,
especially for K3 students. Stay safe and healthy, K3 Families!

Floods Experiment Donate to BASIBA Ibu Novi also shared different types of waste and
waste sorting that we can apply at home and school.
Prep has started the fifth and the last theme in our We now have two boxes for plastic and paper waste
academic year: Sharing the Planet. We are talking in each Prep classroom, as special-temporary trash
about how our choices might affect the earth, be it in boxes. The accumulated waste will later be donated to
good, or bad ways. Together, we are exploring ways BASIBA, so they can help us to process the waste into
to take care of the Earth so that Prep students will more useful things.
develop a more caring attitude towards waste We are in an ongoing project to stuff plastic bottles
management. We are also preparing ourselves to be with plastic waste to create eco-bricks, and we all now
risk-takers to develop innovative strategies to help think twice before throwing things away, to see if we
the earth stand against adversities and for the can turn them into toys or beautiful arts & crafts!
changes that will come in the near future.
Prep students are doing a lot of other fun things as
We had Ibu Novi from BASIBA--Bank Sampah Induk well. For example, we celebrate kindness by playing
Berbasis Aparatur Kota Bogor, as an expert, to visit Kindness Bingo. The game is played like the traditional
our synchronous session to share about ways to take Bingo, with all sorts of good deeds like sharing toys,
care of waste starting from separating, reducing, saying I love you, doing chores, etc. When someone
reusing, recycling trash. fills in a row, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, the
student gets to share his/her experience during circle
time to inspire their friends and everyone else to
spread kindness.

We are looking forward to many other fun things to
do next!

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PYP IN ACTIONS Vol.9 / APRIL 2022
PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT

Giving Everyone an Equal Chance

We are living in a very diverse world. We value diversity amongst us and expect everyone to be treated with
respect. Nowadays, we see groups of people fighting for equality.How important is it, for us as educators, to
teach students about equality?

Equality is one of the bigger concepts that need to be taught at school. The reason is that at this stage, a
child's mind is very pliable and whatever they learn at this age, will have a strong impact on their actions in
the future. Therefore, as an educator, we should instill the value or concept to be a good human as well as
help them develop their academic performance. Other resources mentioned that teaching equality is also
necessary to make sure that students are at least getting the same base level of attention, resources, and
opportunities. Equality in education is necessary for students so that each learner has the same opportunities
and positive educational outcomes.

Sekolah Bogor Raya holds several values that should be developed, understood, and implemented by students
in their daily lives; Among them is Equality. We hope that SBR students are able to show equality by treating
everyone fairly regardless of their background, race, gender identity, or religion and by being impartial in their
relationships and celebrating differences

To introduce and promote this value, we have an activity called “Giving Everyone Equal Chance”. This is a
monthly activity that is held every circle time from Grade 1 up to Grade 6. From this activity, we hope that the
students are able to understand the meaning, the importance of equality in life, and how to respond if the
students see something that is not equal in their life.

As a closing, we also celebrated Kartini's Day together on April 21st.Kartini is known as someone who fought
for equality in education for women. Hopefully, by having this series of events, students are able to equip
themselves with sufficient knowledge about equality and know what they can do to make this world a place
that gives people the same opportunities based on their needs.

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PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT

Grade 5 Junior World Science Fair:
An exploration of natural-eco friendly products, heading to a sustainable living

The transdisciplinary theme, How The World Works, in Grade 5 is aiming to sharpen the students' sense
of science. The students did some inquiry into the natural world and its law, how humans use their
understanding of scientific principles and the impact of scientific and technological advances on society
and on the environment. Furthermore, we designed learning activities and experiences that can develop
their personal skills and learner profiles in order to support the big idea of the learning in this topic,
under the central idea of “Natural materials can undergo changes that may provide challenges and
benefits for society and the environment.”

There are four Approaches to Learning Skills we developed
in this theme; thinking skills, research skills, communication
skills, and social skills. The final project of the theme should
cover all of those skills. Then, what is the final project for
this year in How The World Works? This year, we
challenged the students to make a natural product based on
scientific methods and presented it at the Grade 5 Junior
World Science Fair. The product should be able to
overcome a daily life problem that the students choose.
Beforehand, the students have been equipped with
scientific knowledge by inviting expert visits as well as
sharing sessions with the previous grade 5 students.

Overall, the students experienced seven steps of the scientific process in
order to produce the final product. It starts by finding a problem.
Students should be aware of their surroundings and think about what
problem they want to solve. As an example, Phillip realized that
mosquitos often bite him and her sister at night. The irritating feeling of
being bitten by mosquitos inspired him to make a mosquito repellant for
the project. Once they have found the problem, they may go to the next
step: questions. The second step is where students jot down all of the
questions they have in mind related to the problem. For example, Phillip
asked himself: which materials best repel the mosquitoes, basil leaves
extract, or apple cider vinegar? The next step is research where students
need to find information related to their experiment topic.
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The aim is to aid the students with the basic knowledge about their chosen experiment topic. Making
hypotheses happens next and the students have to make their scientific guesses. In Phillip's case, he
made the hypothesis this way: “If I spray both of my mosquito repellents, the basil extract repellent will
be more effective than the apple cider vinegar repellent.” The next step is the most crucial step:
experiment and record the data. Students have to do their experiments, prepare their materials, and
record the data. Finally, by analyzing the data they got, they can draw a conclusion that answers their
questions and proves their hypotheses from before.

The teacher was astounded by the ingenuity of the fifth-grade children. They've created a slew of
innovative natural items while adhering to scientific procedures to a tee. Natural soap, natural scent,
scrub, plant and fruit-based coloring, candles, hand sanitizer, eco-lava lamp, and play dough are some of
their products (SN).

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STUDENTS MEET THE EXPERTS

Grade 4 Expert Talk

“Let’s Start A Business”

“Let’s Start a business plan for the future! As the Grade 4 students prepared themselves for the big event: The
Market Day, we had a wonderful opportunity to have a discussion with a businesswoman, Ibu Friska Febrina,
the branch owner of Pagi! Bogor. Pagi! Bogor is a business that produces healthy drinks such as fruit and
vegetable juice.

Ibu Friska explained how she started her Expert Visit from Ibu Friska Febrina, the owner of Pagi! Bogor,a healthy

business and the challenges that she managed to drink company.
overcome. It was not always an easy process, but
Ibu Friska did not give up and she kept trying to
sell her products and educated the customers
about the importance of healthy drinks. Ibu
Friska also managed to compete with other
companies by keeping a good quality of her
products and through promotional offers.

It was a great experience to be able to share business
insights with Ibu Friska. The students asked questions
about how to stay on top of the industry, ways to
promote products, and even how to handle customers.
Ibu Friska also shared the SWOT analysis: Strength,
Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat of running a
business. (YK)

Grade 5 Expert Talk

Better Me: Growing and Shaping Ourselves

What do we know about ourselves? We are human Expert visit with Pak Bayu
beings with different roles, personas, identities,
characteristics, and traits that differentiate us from How can we learn more about ourselves?
others. We grow and shape ourselves in response
to the things we experience throughout our lives. We are able to know and understand ourselves
Therefore, we come to understand and realize our better by doing self-reflection, self-assessment,
self-concept (the way we see ourselves). Our self- completing a personality test, or by having a
concept is determined by many things, such as our sharing session with other people around us.
personal experiences, body image, thoughts, and People around us might give opinions, input, or
the way we respond to various situations in our constructive feedback to help us get to know more
lives. about ourselves.

Pak Bayu, our school counselor, led an interesting So, what do you know about yourself? (ABK)
session about the components of self-concept.
These concepts are self-image, self-esteem, and
ideal self. Self-image is how we see ourselves, self-
esteem is how we value ourselves, and ideal self is
how you would like to be.

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Grade 5 Expert Talk

Be a Digital SuperHero!

One of our experts, Pak Banyumurti, on the 26 th of April 2022, did a sharing session about Digital Citizenship,
entitled “Be a digital Superhero!”. The sharing session was so interactive! It was clear that students really enjoyed
the presentation by how active they were in the brainstorming session. The brainstorming session showed us
that:

1.The students are already exposed to many platforms of social media.
2.Many students reported having been exposed to bullying. Either they were bullied, seen bullying, or read

about someone being bullied.
3.We are all exposed to the world as we have a digital footprint. People are judging us based on our digital

footprint
4.People are judging us based on our digital footprint and it is affecting our future.

The brainstorming facts from this session plus the He also encouraged the students to always check
knowledge that information is just a few clicks away, their digital footprints, as he mentioned that what we
reinforced the necessity of teaching digital write on social media may affect our future. He
citizenship and how to build a strong background of mentioned a true story where a student who was
reasoning skills in our students. Those facts supposed to have a chance of winning a competition
mentioned above and the fact that information is just had to be disqualified; The committee checked on his
a few clicks away, made the idea of teaching digital digital footprint and found out that he was posting
citizenship and building a strong background of something negative on his social media. Turns out
reasoning in the mind of our students, a valid ground. that posting about how he was happy to play truant
Teaching digital citizenship helps the students to be or to skip school caused him a great deal of
resourceful and ready with the skills, knowledge, and misfortune.
guidance to engage with the digital environment
safely and responsibly. We can conclude that the students really understood
the idea that they have to…
Pak Banyumurti highlighted 3 key things students
should follow when dealing with the online world: THINK before they click enter,
THINK before they post, and
1.Thinking Critically THINK who will read and might
2.Being safe misinterpret their posting.
3.Acting Responsibly
A strong foundation has been built, but the only way
to keep these lifelong learners healthy, happy and
productive in their online world is to keep monitoring
and helping them whenever possible. Let's work
hand in hand to help our students keep their online
behavior safe, responsible, and respectful so that
they know how to behave and treat others as well as
be able to spot red flags in other people’s online
behavior (ET).

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Grade 6 Expert Talk

Natural Phenomena, Miracles of the Earth

It was a fun session that we had with Ibu Avivah Yamani, an
Astronomy Communicator. As we are learning the theme of
How the World Works, Ibu Vivi explained a lot about natural
phenomena, such as day and night, seasons, moon phases, solar
eclipses, lunar eclipses and solar flares. She explained it in detail
and thoroughly so it was easy for us to understand about those
phenomenons and the process of how it happens. Besides
sharing the knowledge, Ibu Vivi also gave some tips on how to
watch the eclipse safely and the upcoming eclipse that will
happen in April 2023.

Learning the astronomical phenomena with Ibu Vivi

The Q&A session stimulated our curiosity and inspired us to learn more about how to predict natural phenomena.
It was interesting to find out facts about how natural phenomena relate to the sun, moon and earth system. It was
a good reminder that everything that is happening in the universe can bring positive and negative impacts to our
environment. Humans need to be aware of what happens on earth. Thank you, Ibu Vivi! (WA)

PYP IN ACTIONS
CLASS AT A GLANCE

Grade 1 Until we get equality in education, we don’t have an equal society.
Sonia Sotomayor

This month, grade 1 students learned
about equality. Equality is one of the
important values to be shared with the
students in the early years. The teachers
introduced this value through some
videos and storybooks, so it will be
easier for the students to grasp the
concept of equality.

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CLASS AT A GLANCE
For the next activity, the teacher asked the
he video that the teachers shared, showed students to draw about equality. Some of
the students that every child, boy or girl, has them were drawing about playing together
the same right to have an education. with friends, and the others were drawing
Teachers engaged with the students to about sharing the toys. Hopefully, through
think and imagine, what will happen if a girl these activities, students are not only able to
cannot get the same education as a boy can grasp the concept of equality, but also be
get; There will be no female teachers, there able to implement it in their daily lives. Let’s
is no “Ibu”, only “Bapak” that you can call the make equality a part of our daily lives! (FN)
teacher, and there will be all boys in the
classroom. One of the students said, “It will
be boring if no girls are in the classroom.”

Besides, the teacher also introduced that
equality means being fair, treating other
people fairly, and sharing something fairly.
Teachers showed the video about being
unfair. In the video, there is the teacher who
gives the cake to 2 students as appreciation
for their achievement. The teacher gives a
big cupcake to one student, while the other
student gets a smaller cupcake. The student
who watched the video commented, “This is
not fair.” The teacher explained that equality
means being fair to everyone, playing with
everyone without seeing their age, gender,
religion, or skin color.

Grade 2

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different.

C. Joybell. C

Equality is the provision of equal treatment, access, and Introducing the concept of equality
opportunity to resources and opportunities (Gunn, 2018). In
education, it is necessary for students to have equal
opportunities, levels of attention, and resources.

Grade 2 PTMT activity This April, all SBR teachers introduced their students to the
value of equality, especially equality in the classroom. Our
Grade 2 students had a weekly discussion about diversity and
equality during Circle Time. They expressed their ideas and
opinions during the discussion through drawing, writing, and
video recording.

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

Grade 2 PTMT activity Grade 2 PTMT activity

“All of us are unique and are not the same. But it’s They worked together to ensure everyone
okay. Actually, we can respect and care for each had the same opportunity, whether in-
other because we are all human and we live person or online, to express themselves. Our
together. Actually, the world is beautiful because Grade 2 students really embodied the value
we are different and unique” said Claire during the of equality by caring for and helping each
discussion. other. It was really nice to see our Grade 2
interaction in the school and the way they
Our grade 2 students showed equality by treating care for each other. Great job Grade 2! (RN)
everyone fairly and celebrating differences. They
showed their respect and love for each other every
day, especially during the limited face-to-face
learning (PTMT). They were so confident and kind
in reminding one another about their class essential
agreements; The students found ways to show
respect in the learning environment by sharing
their time to express ideas and opinions.

Grade 3

Let’s embrace equality for everyone!

April is going to be a memorable month for our students. During this month, all students have been exploring
more about equality. They learned how equality can ensure that every individual has an equal opportunity to
make the most of their lives and talents. To dig into their understanding of equality, we shared some videos
which provided more information and examples of equality problems happening in our world nowadays.
Afterward, we had a class discussion about their opinion on the equality issues that might still happen in our
environment. We also got the opportunity to talk more about equality when celebrating Kartini Day. The
students can identify the kinds of inequality that happened during Kartini’s time when they learned about
Kartini’s biography. It was a great moment for the students to raise their awareness about equality. In
commemoration of Kartini’s struggle for equality, the students also drew a picture of a woman who inspired
their life a lot.

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

Studying Language Art in the classroom can be extremely fun. Grade 3 is now very happy and full of motivation
to go back to school. Since they have the chance
to join the PTMT (Pembelajaran Tatap Muka
Terbatas), they are enjoying every moment they
could spend at school, from doing the
assignments to playing together. Although they
are so excited about meeting their friends and
teachers, they would always keep the health
protocols at school. We can obviously see how
glad they are to come back to school.

Now, grade 3 is in the middle of theme 6 underlying the
transdisciplinary of Who We Are. In this theme, the
students are learning about beliefs and cultures. They are
going to develop their understanding of how cultures and
beliefs affect our society and how people have different
actions to respond to their surroundings. Furthermore,
the students are going to learn to be more open-minded
and improve their perspective on different beliefs and
cultures. Keep up the good work and great motivation to
learn, kids! (NPH)

Doing the mathematics assignment at school.

Grade 4

Equality in Education

The Grade 4 students have been exploring equality for the past few
weeks. They have realized that in some parts of the world, children
are not experiencing the same educational opportunities as we are in
Sekolah Bogor Raya. In some countries, boys and girls have different
opportunities to go to school, while in other places, children don’t
even have a classroom or a good school building.

The students voiced their concerns and opinions during our
discussions. Everyone believed that young children deserve a fair
chance in education, as we all know that education is the window to
many experiences. It was really wonderful to see the Grade 4
students being aware of the inequality that is happening around the
world. Let’s make it happen, education is for everyone!

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

Equality in Education Meanwhile, in the classroom, the students are in the
middle of preparing for the Grade 4 big event: The
Market Day. They are busy doing research for the
products, checking the price in the market, and also
looking for the best ingredients and packaging. All of
us can’t wait for the Market Day to happen in the
upcoming month. (YK)

Grade 5

How Do We Teach the Concept of Equality to Our Students?

This essay is going to discuss how teachers in
Grade 5 educated their students about equality.
This is because equality is a vital topic that needs
to be introduced from childhood. Students need
to know that equality is something that we are still
struggling with even today. Teaching equality to
the students can give a better understanding of
why equality is supposed to be our norm.

The teachers in grade 5 did various activities on how to introduce the concept of equality. Firstly, we
delivered a Get Epic story about how a boy can make a difference in an unequal world. Through this activity,
we hoped the students grasped the meaning of equality. Secondly, we asked the students to draw children’s
rights. There are various interesting examples the students gave us, such as going to school from Sastri,
hugging mom from Elaine, and playing with friend from Rafa. This activity encouraged the students to
understand their rights as a child.

Finally, we showed the students an experimental Introducing the concept of equality to grade 5 students
video about gender inequality. The video was about
three pairs of boys and girls who did the same job but
got paid unequally because of their gender. Then we
asked the students how they feel about it. It turned
out all of the students were against the discrimination
shown in the video. They believe that boys and girls
should be valued based on their skills and workload,
not gender. What a great thought, isn’t it?

In conclusion, we hope that the three activities we did
to penetrate the concept of equality gave a deeper
meaning to equality. As a result, we will have a more
equality-aware young generation in the future (SN).

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CLASS AT A GLANCE

Grade 6

We Believe in Equality for Everyone

We have all heard that we should treat everyone Sharing our thoughts about equality
equally. Equality makes our life more meaningful. This
April, we had our time to celebrate Equality as one of the
school values of Sekolah Bogor Raya. We opened the
sessions by having a lot of discussions about how
everyone should have equal opportunities in life, such as
fulfilling the educational needs of the children, medicine
for every family, and how no one should be treated
unfairly. Equality is important because it ensures that
everyone has the same chance as everyone else, and no
one should be discriminated against.

Another lesson we can learn is how to implement Let’s discuss, think, feel and reflect on how to implement the

equality in our lives. Equality is caring, respect, and equality
being an open-minded person. Equality is also about
empathy. We need to cultivate our sense of empathy for
others. Through empathy, other people can be treated
equally. Through empathy, human rights can be fulfilled
equally. As children, we have a responsibility in
implementing equality in our daily life. We also
discussed in class how to make sure that we treat our
friends equally. It was a thoughtful sharing session while
doing our own reflection on the importance of kindness.
Equality can only be achieved through conscious
thoughts and kindful feelings towards others. It is also
exactly what we need to grow as children.

Hopefully, we can apply these values not only as part of the lessons in school but as part of what it means to be a
human. Moving to our last theme, How the World Works, of course, there are many interesting stories that we
can share. See you soon in our next story. (WA)

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Sight Seeing the World with SLC Globetrotter

During the pandemic, many of us were unable to go out traveling or have leisure time due to physical
restrictions. This may cause boredom and inconvenient feelings for the students. Therefore, SLC Globetrotter
was set as an alternative for the students to explore further about tourism and travel plans. Globetrotter is a
term for someone who travels widely around the world. In another word, they are travelers who are traveling
across the world.

The Globetrotter Club engages students’ eagerness
to discover information about a particular area, city,
province, or even a country. This information
includes local access to transportation, culinary,
historical locations, well-known tourist attractions,
and more. Sightseeing the local and global
uniqueness as well as promoting an understanding
of socio-culture, respect, and appreciation. Students
have the opportunity to join virtual tours/travel and
interactively explain their travel experiences
through personal presentations or videos.

Although not everyone likes to travel, there are
people who find meaning and joy in traveling. What
makes traveling meaningful? Whenever we are
traveling, we meet new people, cultures, experience
things for the first time, broaden our horizons and
gain new perspectives. While we anticipate our next
trip, Globetrotter SLC is meant to create an
opportunity for students to discover various
destinations alongside its culture.

Our posts in Instagram, such as photos and
videos are also completed with captions that help
the visitor to understand about the places. (RF)

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THE SKETCH CLUB

BY RAFA

Each week on Tuesdays, SBR students gather together at the Sketch Club with our supervisor, Pak Ardiles,
and develop their skill in sketching by learning and sharing. We do prompts ranging from art style studies,
completing a sketch with ink, and even character drawings. Students are able to innovate and create new
ideas based on those prompts, which is a valuable skill that gets the chance to be developed.

One of the prompts that we did during the To me, the Sketch Club is a safe space where
beginning of the academic year was the Inktober students are able to sit down and draw together
challenge. During the month of October, we while listening to some good music. It’s a
followed the official Inktober 2021 prompt list. refreshing change of pace to the usual bustling
These included themes such as spirit, raven, schedule of Secondary School. Seeing the different
sprout, moon, and 27 other themes we could pick drawing styles members have and their work is one
and choose from for the month. Drawing with ink of the highlights of the club. It sparks inspiration
was quite a versatile challenge, since we were able and encourages us members to learn from one
to just draw with pen or use proper inks with a another.
brush.
Within the two academic years that I’ve been in
Another challenge we once had was related to the Sketch Club, the group of students who come
Compassion Day, also known as Valentines Day. and go have brought their own beautiful works to
We completed the sketch in that one period and share with us. I admire every single member who’s
had a show-and-tell session before we ended, shared their work and contributed to making this a
showing everybody’s progress or finished pieces. fun club. I’m excited to see what we’ll come up
Reflecting and appreciating the other members’ with in the future and to continue being in this
work was our last part of the session as the comfortable community where we all continuously
meeting came to an end. The format of this grow.
meeting and prompt is common for the majority of (Rafa Nareswari)
our meetings.

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THE YOGA CLUB

BY : SELINA & NINIEK

As the pandemic continues to go on and hinder us in doing the things
that we like, the situation also increases stress. Yoga, an ancient
practice that originated in India, focuses on movement, meditation
and breathing. Regular practice of yoga can promote endurance,
strength, and flexibility.

Once a week yoga club does an online yoga practice session. During
the session, we do not only develop our strengths, but also our minds
by practicing meditation. Each session lasts for about 30 to 40 minutes
which is designed to gradually increase in difficulty. Despite the
difficulties, we manage to continuously show up on our mat and get
the benefit of yoga.

Taking yoga class was something I did not plan to do. At first, I simply
wanted to join yoga because my mom told me that yoga can help me
with my back posture. However, yoga class is becoming something
that I have enjoyed doing throughout this year. Yoga has become my
stress reliever, especially during the busy days and exam week. It helps
me to clear my mind and relax while also helping me to increase my
flexibility and improve my muscle strength. Overall, I have really
enjoyed my yoga class with Ibu Niniek :D

CHECKPOINT FROM HOME FOR MAY 2022 EXAM SERIES

Cambridge Checkpoint is an international diagnostic test which
measures the students' progress of their ESL, mathematics and science
studies. This examination is used to see the students’ readiness before
they take a higher curriculum later, which is the Cambridge IGCSE. The
Grade 8 students will usually take their test at school.

Due to the pandemic, the Checkpoint examination was again conducted
from home. The test was conducted from the 19th to the 21st of April,
with participants from all three of the Grade 8 classes.

On each examination day, the exam papers were picked up from school
and returned back at the end of the day. At home, the students did their
papers under the supervision of the invigilator through the Zoom
platform. In preparation for this examination, the students joined some
extra classes, doing the past paper reviews in class, and also taking the
Mock Tests.
...

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...
Though the examination procedures are quite different from what they usually had, the examination ran
really well. We would like to thank all the teachers for their hard work in preparing the Grade 8 students.
We would like to also thank the parents for the support which makes this examination run smoothly. We
are proud of the candidates, who are all passionate and want to know their strengths and areas of
improvement through this test. Congratulations to all Checkpoint candidates this year! (TDS)

DP INSIGHT

This was an unusual term in many ways for our IB Diploma
programme students. In normal years, this term would be filled
with exam prep for the final IB exam. However, due to the
cancellation of exams for the grade 12 batch this year, we were
able to use the time this term for other activities. After the mock
exams were conducted the DP 2 students, now somewhat free of
the mental burden of exams, applied themselves to preparing their
CAS exhibition, TOK conference, and the Visual Arts exhibition.
The first of these events was the Visual arts exhibition which took
place on the 26th of April. Under the able guidance of Mr. Ardiles
Septuaginta Sopakuwa, the students showcased their
extraordinary work to the school community. Their creativity,
depth of thought, and passion for their chosen themes was very
satisfying to observe.

The DP1 students have been busy this term as well with more of their
IA proposals being approved. They are now well on their way to
becoming independent learners and thinkers. Observing their seniors’
efforts bear fruit also provided them some much needed motivation to
work on their own projects. In the weeks after the Lebaran break, they
will be working on completing some of their first IB assessments such as
the TOK exhibition and the language A oral assessments. With the
restrictions on outings being lifted we are also seeing some field trips
being planned. Three students - Karina, Banyu and Rakyan - from the
Biology course went on a field trip to gather data about butterflies for
an extended essay project.

As always, our endeavor is to continue to provide exciting new learning
opportunities to our students and we look forward to the term ahead.
(AR)

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STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT

Primary School One Star Award
Alexandra Kirana Mulyono (Grade 4)

Science - Grade 2 Autumn 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 3 Autumn 2020 Won Sapphire Medal
Science - Grade 4 Autumn 2021 Won Emerald Medal
Science - Grade 4 Spring 2022 Won Emerald Medal

Prabu Parsa Pritama (Grade 5)
Science - Grade 2 Spring 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Science - Grade 3 Autumn 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Science - Grade 5 Autumn 2021 Won EmeraldMedal
Science - Grade 5 Spring 2022 Won Sapphire Medal

Four Star Award
Kanika (Grade 6)
Mathematics - Grade 2 Autumn 2017 Won Ruby Medal
Science- Grade 2 Autumn 2017 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 2 Spring 2018 Won Sapphire Medal
Science- Grade 2 Spring 2018 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 3 Autumn 2018 Won Ruby Medal
Science- Grade 3 Autumn 2018 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 3 Spring 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Science- Grade 3 Spring 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 4 Autumn 2019 Won Emerald Medal
Science- Grade 4 Autumn 2019 Won Ruby Medal
Mathematics - Grade 5 Autumn 2020 Won Emerald Medal
Science- Grade 5 Autumn 2020 Won Sapphire Medal
Mathematics - Grade 5 Spring 2020 Won Sapphire Medal
Science- Grade 5 Spring 2020 Won Emerald Medal
Mathematics - Grade 6 Autumn 2021 Won Sapphire Medal
Science- Grade 6 Spring 2022 Won Ruby Medal

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STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT

Primary School Science Competition Mathematics Competition

Grade 2 Grade 2
Clarice Julia Magdalena Lee got Good Effort Clarice Julia Magdalena Lee got Good Effort
Claire Juliette Magdalena Lee got Good Effort
Grade 4
Alexandra Kirana Mulyono won Emerald Medal Grade 4
Angelique Audrianna Natanielle won Sapphire
Zia Ul Fattah El Farisi Siregar won Emerald

Medal Medal
Abiel Aurelius Tamtomo got Good Effort Arie Yusuf Van Der Sluis got Good Effort
Kloe Kumala got Good Effort Madeline Aurelia Harianto got Good Effort

6Grade 5 Grade 5
Elaine Agatha Zhang won Emerald Medal Kireina Kusumaatmaja Soegianto win Sapphire

Prabu Parsa Pritama won Sapphire Medal Medal
Fedryano Rendyon Annky Poli got Good Effort
Grade 6
Grade 6 Faith Nadya Santoso got Good Effort
Kanika won Ruby Medal Matthew Immanuel Surya got Good Effort
Shaquille Willia Pratama won Emerald Medal
Matthew Immanuel Surya got Good Effort

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STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT

Secondary School Nareswari Ayu Prabowo
Special Mention Award in the Open Debate Forum held by Change Mindset MUN

Valentine Chandra
2nd Place in Song Composing Competition at BPK Penabur Sentul Festival 2022

Tay Chin EE Kelly
3rd Place in Song Composing Competition at BPK Penabur Sentul Festival 2022

Radya Erik Sampurno
4th Place in Song Composing Competition at BPK Penabur Sentul Festival 2022

Myscha Afla Diesta
1st Place in Lomba Matematika Nasional Practo Tingkat SMP 2022 at Practo Math

Academy

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SATUAN GUGUS COVID-19 SBR

The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency (Disnakertransgi) issued a number of regulations
regarding the protocol for preventing and controlling Covid-19 in the workplace. This is stated in Decree 1363
of 2020 concerning the Protocol for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 in Offices or Workplaces during
the Transition Period Towards a Healthy, Safe, and Productive Society. The decree is a derivative of Governor
Regulation number 51 of 2020 concerning the Implementation of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) during
the Transition Period Towards a Healthy, Safe and Productive Society.

In the decree, there are 26 Covid-19 prevention protocols in offices, as follows:
1.The company leadership team formed the Company's Internal Covid-19 Task Force which consisted of the
management team, the personnel department, the K3 section, and health workers.
2.Limiting the number of workers present in the office or workplace to a maximum of 50 percent of the total
number of workers.
3.Adjusting working days, working hours, work shifts, and work systems to adapt to the conditions of the
Covid-19 pandemic by still referring to health protocols.
4.Arranging the use of worker facilities in offices or workplaces to prevent crowds (places of worship,
canteens, rest areas, sports facilities, entertainment facilities, etc.).
5.All workers and guests or visitors are required to wear masks and other personal protective equipment as
needed while in the office or work environment.
6.Regularly disinfect the work environment using appropriate cleaners and disinfectants and keep the work
environment clean, especially door handles and stairs, elevator buttons, shared office equipment, areas and
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SATUAN GUGUS COVID-19 SBR

7. Take body temperature measurements at each office entry point or workplace.
8. Companies are required to provide sanitation tools such as hand sanitizers in each entrance area and around

the building area.
9. Provide facilities and infrastructure for washing hands or cleaning yourself with soap and running water.
10. Do not terminate employment and continue to provide rights that are normally accepted by workers who
are doing self-quarantine.
11. Conducting a Covid-19 risk self-assessment, one day before workers enter the office for all workers to
ensure that workers are not infected with Covid-19 and require guests or visitors to fill out a self-assessment
form.
12. The company determines the maximum number of workers in one room by taking into account the
minimum distance between workers that is at least one meter (physical distancing).
13. Maximizing the use of technology to reduce direct contact between workers.
14. Minimizing the use of meeting rooms by maximizing meetings virtually even in one area of the building
15. Health workers or K3 officers or personnel to monitor workers' health proactively.
16. Avoid sharing personal tools such as prayer utensils, cutlery, and so on.
17. Every worker is encouraged to use a private vehicle when traveling, preferably bicycle and walking.
18. Provide supporting facilities for workers cycling to the office or workplace (parking lots, shower facilities,
etc.).
19. Cleaning the operational vehicle and equipped with personal protective tools and sanitary tools as needed.
20. Performing transmission prevention engineering such as installing barriers or glass screens for workers
serving customers, and others.
21. Provide a separate area or room for the observation of workers, guests or visitors who find symptoms
during screening.
22. The company is obliged to provide an assignment warrant, ID card, and office uniform if any to the assigned
worker.
23. Workplace leaders should always pay attention to the latest information as well as appeals and instructions
from the central and local governments related to Covid-19 in their regions, and inform all workers through the
most effective infrastructure and media.
24. The company provides guidance for workers who do not implement Covid-19 prevention and control
protocols.
25. Companies to report Covid-19 prevention or control protocols in offices or workplaces during the
transition period.
26. The company is asked to make an integrity pact for the implementation of the protocol as attached in the
decree.

Reference: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2020/06/08/15175061/24-protokol-pencegahan-covid-19-di-perkantoran-
perusahaan-wajib-bentuk.
Penulis : Ryana Aryadita Umasugi

We thank and congratulate the Satuan Gugus Covid 19 SBR for their hard work and commitment together
with all of the school's community members and the government of Kota Bogor in making the
implementation of medical protocols, and vaccinations done successfully. Together, we fight Covid-19!

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LEARNING TOGETHER WITH AN SBR PARENT

dr. Ni Nyoman Tri Priliawati, Sp.KK (Ibu Tri) is one of our PGK parents, and works as a
doctor. She enjoys listening to music and singing too. Her favorite movies are “Olympus
Has Fallen”, “Hunter Killer”, “Now You See Me”, and “London Has Fallen”.

Since she registered her daughter to Sekolah Bogor Raya during the pandemic, we would
like to share her stories, the experiences when guiding her child to be successful in online
home learning, and the beginning of in-person learning at school.

Facing the system of learning mostly through online is of course not easy to most
Playgroup and Kindergarten parents. The biggest challenge is finding the best strategies
for working parents including her. Her child is still 4 years old, and has not mastered
working with a laptop or the video conference application, Zoom. This includes their
helper at home who is also not familiar with using a computer or laptop.

If there is a technical problem such as with a bad internet
connection or accidentally clicking on something
incorrectly, it becomes a problem in guiding their helper
through phone calls. 10 minutes before online class
sessions begin, she has to remind and endure the helper
clicks on the Zoom link. Ibu Tri hopes that the full in-
person classes open soon and the virtual activity can be
formed as part of homeworks or ICT activities guided by
the teacher.

To support the learning process of her child, Ibu Tri manages her working schedule carefully. She does not take a
lot of scheduled working hours outside the house so she can still have some time to accompany her child learning.
Nevertheless, every day she makes time to help her child prepare for the next day’s lesson. Her everyday routine
after working hours is also checking the E-Learning padlet of her child, reading about the upcoming learning
materials, teaching her child to write time table, arranging the toolkit for upcoming lessons, arranging stationeries
that will be used accordingly, checking the evidences that need to be submitted to teacher, and re-arranging the
order of Zoom links in a simple way according to the schedule, so their helper and her child can click the link easily.

It is not always easy doing all those activities, because like with many children, her daughter sometimes prefers to
play instead of study. It takes more patience, especially if she feels tired and has just come back from the office.
These experiences help Ibu Tri to get used to handling her child and supporting her to learn from home. Whenever
she sees her daughter is not enthusiastic or uncooperative, she will give some time for her child until she is ready
and usually she gives some fun activities before learning such as playing, drawing or telling stories about what they
did that day. If the child is sleepy, she will let her daughter sleep first. Ibu Tri actively communicates with her
child’s teacher by asking things that she doesn’t understand about the lesson. This is very important to make her
child learn the lesson.

For her, education and the child’s development is very important, therefore she is eagerly putting her enthusiasm
in knowing and following the progress of her child’s learning at school and making her time to accompany her
daughter's learning from home in the middle of her busy working days as a medical practitioner.
Ibu Tri’s personal motto is “The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories”.

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K1 K2

Paper plate Octopus Nathan's Pre-Writing Activity

K3 PREP

Fact about Public Places Students are making collage arts out of paper

waste to decorate their cylinders.
Grade 1
gr.1 - Creating Puppet Stick

Gr.1 - Menggambar Lagu Anak Gr.1 -Imaginary Creature Hand Puppet

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Grade 2

Classifying animal based on their
Gr.2 - Making My Animal Mindmap Gr.2 - Tabata Activities
habitat

Gr.2 - Class Animal Book Gr.2 Collecting, read and make the tally chart

Grade 3

Gr.3 - Making Wind Chime Gr.3 - Membuat Teks Informasi Tentang Alat Elektronik

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Grade 4

Gr.4 - The Case of Supply and Demand Gr.4 - Creating A Business Plan

Gr.4- Market Day Survey Report

Gr.4 - Menulis Ringkasan Cerita

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Grade 5

Grade 5 - Creating natural products through a series of scientific processes

Grade 6

Gr.6 - Our creative writing as a journaling content creator

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