Earth Day activities

Burning rubber

Did you know nearly 500 new cars and 3,000 motorbikes join Jakarta traffic DAILY? That is a lot of burning rubber. What actually happens to the tyres when they can no longer be used on vehicles? We researched some ways to recycle and then came up with our own ideas and creation. Some of our ideas included: a boxing target, dolphin training, rolling toy, trampoline, swings, floating rings and gardening pots, a birthday cake, a zombie mask, a goal shooting target and a huge donuts. 

Batik bits and pieces

In preparation for Ibu Kartini Day we decided to use off cuts of batik to decorate a picture frame image of Ibu Kartini Drawings. I wonder what Earth Day issues Kartini had to deal with 100 years ago?

Photo from web link.

Pak Iyan the bakso seller, How do you reduce, reuse and recycle?

As part of our unit we have invited food vendors to talk about production, distribution and consumption. Students prepared questions relating to reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are three highlighted questions:

Reduce - Do you make a little or a lot of bakso every day?

Reuse - How many times do you reuse the water to clean the dishes?

Recycle – When you throw away your rubbish is any of it taken by a recycle collector?

29th May 2015

Grade 3 to 5 2014 - 2015

Our last unit of inquiry has the central idea,

  "There are many different belief systems each with their own traditions, rituals and behaviours."

Nasi Tumpeng

Initially we focused on an Indonesian traditional meal, "Nasi Tumpeng." We did some research and asked local staff members about the celebration and meaning. We worked in small groups to create our own "Nasi Tumpeng"considering how to construct  the 3 dimensional cone. From there we looked at measuring circumference and diameter of the rice. This would be important information to give to someone who wanted to prepare to the exact measurement of the customer. Two students had the task of interviewing 10 staff members. They even got to take a "Selfie"after the interview. They thought Pak Gatot and Pak Tio were the best selfi models.

Below the students considered the learner profiles highlighted in related to "Nasi Tumpeng."

Thinker: Make the Nasi Tumpeng is more creative and traditional. Knowledgeable:  Knowing how Nasi Tumpeng looks like. Open minded: Nasi Tumpeng is a traditional food in Java and you should appreciate the culture and food. By Dyllan , Robert and Robin

We need to be respectful to Indonesia’s culture because it is not nice to say bad things to Indonesia. We need to be knowledgeable about the different foods in Nasi Tumpeng so that we don’t just make random food. We need to be a thinker because we need to think before we act about saying stuff about Nasi Tumpeng. By Gaby, Rahma and Clay

Thinker- We used thinking skills and we made the Nasi Tumpeng. Open-minded – We are knowledgeable because we know what is on the dish. By Feri, Prince and Avi

Open-minded: We are open-minded because we helped other people and they helped us. Thinker – We wanted to make it small so we can make all the small details. Knowledgeable – We are knowledgeable because we made the nasi tumpeng and we knew how to do it. By Alaka, YeJin, Nathan and Jordi

Students made a dialogue between a customer and "nasi tumpeng"seller. 

Please see one example below. This was read out at assembly:

Customer: I want

Nasi tumpeng maker: A nasi tumpeng that is 39cm high and 10cm wide, 6cm for diameters and the radius is 3cm, is it right?

Customer: Yes how did you know.

Nasi tumpeng maker: Magic

Customer: Never mind I want it delivered at 3.00AM and delivered at Villa Bogor Indah. How much will it cost?

Nasi tumpeng maker: RP250.000

Customer: Ok but remember 3AM

Thinker: Make the Nasi Tumpeng is more creative and traditional.

Knowledgeable:  Knowing how Nasi Tumpeng looks like.

Open minded: Nasi Tumpeng is a traditional food in Java and you should appreciate the culture and food.

By Dyllan , Robert and Robin

We need to be respectful to Indonesia’s culture because it is not nice to say bad things to Indonesia.

We need to be knowledgeable about the different foods in Nasi Tumpeng so that we don’t just make random food.

We need to be a thinker because we need to think before we act about saying stuff about Nasi Tumpeng.

By Gaby, Rahma and Clay

Thinker- We used thinking skills and we made the Nasi Tumpeng.

Open-minded – We are knowledgeable because we know what is on the dish.

By Feri, Prince and Avi

Open-minded: We are open-minded because we helped other people and they helped us.

Thinker – We wanted to make it small so we can make all the small details.

Knowledgeable – We are knowledgeable because we made the nasi tumpeng and we knew how to do it.

By Alaka, YeJin, Nathan and Jordi

Religion Symbols

BUDDHISTS

On Tuesday there will be a public holiday to celebrate Hari Waisak. This is a Buddhist celebration. Students watched a short film and did some research to find out more about Buddhists. These are some facts they found out:

* Sidhartha Gautama born as a prince in northern India 2,500 years ago.

* His father the king didn't let him go outside because he didn't want him to see any sadness.

*  Sidartha left his palace to search for happiness.

* He shaved his head and only wore an orange robe

* He meditated under a bodhi tree and after several days found his enlightenment how to be happy.

* He taught his enlightenment to many people and had many followers.

* The image of Buddha is Sidharta.

* He died at the age of 80 in a sideways lying position. (This is why many Buddha's are in a lying position)

* Waisak day is to celebrate Sidhartha's birth, enlightenment and death.

* Hari Waisak is celebrated at home and in the temples. 

* Waisak appears on a full moon.

* When Buddhists worship it is called Puja.

* 96% of Cambodia is Buddhist.

* Buddhists don't believe there is a god but they follow the ways of Sidhartha.

* Monks devote their life to Buddha by meditating and doing good to others.

Buddha Sketch by grade 3 - 5

Bogor Palace

At Bogor Palace I saw very interesting things inside the Palace. And we looked the video to educate us more about presidents. (Avi).
The Palace is really big and really nice. We learned about the presidents when we were at the museum (Robin).
At the palace we interviewed the guide when was the palace build. We didn't get to meet Pak Jokowi because he was in Jakarta (Dyllan).
At Istana Bogor we saw the Presidents  museums and I asked the tour guide to go into the audio visual room. I liked it a lot as well as looking at the president's medals & uniforms! (Nathan).

  

I saw big trees and deers at the Palace. There were the previous Indonesian Presidents. (YeJin)
I found the  previous statues of  Presidents of Indonesia, the first one is Pak Soekarno, second is Pak Suharto, third is Pak Habiebie, forth is Gusdur, the fifth is Ibu Megawati and sixth is Pak Susilo Bambang Yudoyono (SBY) (Jordi).

At The Palace we went to the museum. The guide told us about Garuda symbol and we watched a movie about the history of presidents of Indonesia. It was very interesting (Robert).

I went to the Presidential Museum. I took a photo next to the picture of SBY to look like I am the next President. I wish! (Gaby).

Maths- Diameter and circumference and estimation

Students worked in partners to find objects that could be measure the circumference and diameter. They also found objects that could only have the circumference measured. The next part was to compare measurements with other groups and from this information match the missing diameter measurement through estimation.

Expander Numerals

We recorded large numbers up to 10 million and then read these aloud to partners. We rated their listening skills to see if they could identify what position the numerals were. e.g. 23,698,751. What is the value of 8? the answer is 8 thousand. 

Class Dance

We did Boya Dance at school.  We danced in front of the parents. Everybody dressed up with cool clothes.

TERM 4 CLASS BLOGS

Pak Fredy the siomay seller

Our unit for this term about how we organise ourselves. Our central idea is "Economics influences the distribution of food. In Indonesia we have many people in our streets acting as a mobile restaurant. Pak Fredy needs to purchase, produce and distribute on a daily basis. He works in a small business with his three brothers who also drive around on motorbikes providing tasty meals for people in Bogor. When he came to ISB there were some very hungry students and staff members. He sold 200 siomay in just the one hour he was here. He has between 400-600 in his pot. On a good day he can sell all 600. Please read below the students favourite question they asked Pak Fredy.

Student questions:

Prince.

When did you start selling siomay? 1992

Clay.

What time did you wake up to sell? 4 o'clock. I go to the market to buy the ingredients and then make siomay with my brothers at home. I sell from 2pm to 8pm.

Avi.

How do you get someone to buy siomay if they only speak English? Use body language.

Dyllan.

What the cost of 5 siomays if the customer consumes this amount? 5 thousand rupiah.

Feri

Who buys your siomay? Staffs office, hotel staff, school students and café staff.

Robin

Do you have special place to go and wait or costumers? Hotels and schools.

Jordi.

Do you have any  friends that sell siomay too but in other cities? No. Only in Bogor.

Gaby.

Do you have a special mold to make the siomay round? No. Just use hands.

Rahma.

Do you only distribute siomay in Bogor? Only in Bogor.

Alaka.

About how much siomay do you sell a day? 400 siomay

  

Robert.

What type of compliment do you get when people eat your siomay? Yummy, enak!

Ye Jin.

Who are the most customers to buy siomay? Office people.

Design and technology challenge
Built a siomay transportable restaurant attachment to a bicycle. When complete prepare a short speech.

Gaby, Clay, Jordi and Feri.

Gaby: Hi everyone! Today we are going to show you our Siomay. Let's start!

Clay: This is what it's look like. We tried our best to make it nice.

Feri: These are the sauce for the siomay. The are three different types of sauce. 
Jordi: There are chili sauce, soy sauce and peanut sauce.

Gaby: This is the pot for the siomay. This is the place for putting the plates and this one for the spoon.

Clay: This box is for the plastic instead someone wants to take it home.
Sorry that's it. Bye! and buy our siomay too!

Avi, Robin and Alaka

Avi: Hello everyone! We are going to show you this siomay thing-e-me-bob we made.

Robin: There is soy sauce, spicy sauce, there are plates and siomay.

Alaka: The siomay is made out of fish. The spicy sauce is made out of garlic, chili, onion, and tomato.

Avi: We made this because a siomay seller made something like that.

Robin: That's all about it.

Nathan, Dyllan and YeJin

This is our siomay carrier. We have three compartments. 

The first one is the siomay box. Inside the siomay box is the siomay and the plates.

The next compartment is the spoons and chopsticks.

This last one has extreme hot sauce. This extreme chili sauce can make you cry.

One drop of chili sauce will make you on fire. 1 bottle will make you a living sun!

1 gallon will make you burn the galaxy.

Just kidding it''s a normal sauce! Thanks!

Robert, Rahma and Prince.

Our siomay carrier is called Siomay B& W  AKA. "Black and White". It was hard to make it.

Inside this there is a siomay pot, sauces, utensils, bowls and of course siomay.

In our group there is Robert, Rahma and Prince. For the decoration we used black tape. To make the siomay, we only use tissues. We used  purple crape paper for the soy sauce.

At first we were struggling to make it, but the next day we figured out a way to do 
it.

So that's all! Thanks and goodbye...



Swimming Carnival and Letters to Ms. Miriam

Our annual swimming carnival was held last week. Nearly all of our students participated. There was also a Water Fun Day at school for ELC1 and 2. We decided to write a letter to Ms. Miriam to share about our time at the ISB Swimming Carnival and ask some questions about their special day. Please read some letters below:
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So Mrs. Miriam...our swimming carnival was fun but exhausting. I hope you had fun and I wonder do you wonder if I had fun? That would be awesome if you did have fun. Anyway you guys should have fun because your day was called a Water Fun Day, right?
From Jordi.

Dear Mrs. Miriam, At the swimming carnival we had lots of events. The 1st one was the noodle race. The noodle race was not fun. My leg gets tired all the time and I kept losing in the noodle race, it's my worst event. the 2nd one is the breaststroke and I was 3rd. I like the breaststroke but I can't beat Robin. robin is too fast for breaststroke. The 3rd event was backstroke and I won first place. The backstroke event was my favourite. The 4th one is freestyle. At freestyle I won 1st place too. I won because Avi didn't bring goggles. If Avi brought them it would have been a tie. Next event is the 5th which is fun games. We played water polo, Gaby gobbling golf balls and clothes relay. The questions for you are: What did you do there? Did the kids have fun? What did they play with?
From Dyllan

Dear Mrs. Miriam, How is it with your water day with your class Mrs. Miriam? We all had a fun day. What about your class? we all tried our best to win the swimming carnival but then at the end Mr. Jim said the winner is......Sumba and Java. What said everyone. I said what, it's a tie. Yes Mr. Jim said and Java and Sumba take a picture with the trophy. that was our end of our story about our swimming carnival. So what about your swimming activity? Did you have fun? What time did you finish?
From Clay

Dear Mrs. Miriam, At the swimming carnival there were so many fun games and races. We swam very fast to win. We did freestyle, breaststroke, noodle race, backstroke. The smaller kids did kick board. We did 3 fun games and they were clothes relay, Gaby gobbling golf balls and water polo. My favourite was water polo because I liked blocking the shot and passing. After there was snack time. I ate a lot of oranges because it's so good. I heard the ELC1 and 2 had a water fun day. What did they do when they were in the water? Did all of them come or did it finish early because I saw Aiden and Milo at CIFOR.
From Avi

Dear Mrs. Miriam, we had lots of fun at the swimming carnival. One of the games was the clothes relay. Equipment per team, Bali, Java etc. 3 ties (it has to be around the neck), 3 shirts (Size XXL), 3 pairs of socks and 5 hats. How to play the clothes relay: first you have to put on all the clothes properly with the help of your teammates. Next swim two laps back and fro. After that take off all the excess clothes and let another person have a go. 
Sincerely Nathan.
P.S. What did you do?
P.S.S. How many people were there and why?