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Tunas Muda is a five star school!We nurture growth togetherthrough our five star educationsystem to embrace hearts, engageminds and enrich lives, so we canall be the best that we can be.

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Principals Greeting

Ms. Rachel & Ms. Frances

Dear Parents and Friends of Tunas Muda,

Welcome to our first edition of Spotlight for 2015 and a happynew year to you all! At the beginning of each new year, manypeople make a new year’s resolution....... what’s your resolutionfor this year? Is it something you will keep all year? Or somethingthat will be forgotten by February? As our school theme thisyear is CARE, it would be great if we could all make resolutionswhich reflect this theme in caring for ourselves, for each other

and for our environment, which we will keep not only for this year but for ever. Perhaps having FamilyNight once a week when the focus is on the family sharing fun time together playing a game, going outfor a swim or a walk, or enjoying a home made meal together (with all electronic gadgets put in a drawerfor the evening of course!). Or maybe spending more time outdoors appreciating the wonderful naturalenvironments of our country and less time in the mall. There are so many ways to show we care!

Life is all about making memories and school days are certainly times in our lives when we make memoriesthat will last a lifetime. As you will see in this edition of Spotlight, we have had so many fabulous thingshappening, both inside school and out in other locations. Our students have had so many memorablelearning experiences and we hope that all our readers will enjoy reading about them.

A special mention to our Parents’ Associations for all their hard work during 2014, especially for all theydid to make our Christmas Celebrations so successful. We all greatly appreciate all our PA members doto help us and we look forward to more events in 2015!

Enjoy reading Spotlight and sharing in the joy for learning that we nurture here at Tunas Muda. We lookforward to a happy and successful 2015 for us all!

With best wishes,

Frances Hazle and Rachel Groves

CAREprogrammeCultivating Partnerships in Education

Nurturing potential and striving to bethe best that we can be

Enriching lives by livingthe Learner Profile

Engaging minds in the pursuit ofacademic excellence

Embracing hearts through faith in God

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KEDOYAOn Friday, 5th December, our Pre-Primary children celebrated Christmas with livelyperformances and a themed party. Each class performing either a dance, music or a stageplay. Highlighting the programme was Santa’s gift-giving. Most of the children loved meetingSanta!

Our Primary students together with their families joined us to celebrate the blessings ofChristmas too. Our Year 5 students performed the Christmas story with flashes ofperformances by all our Primary students who danced and sang to the tunes of Christmas.In addition, our Year 3 students performed a Christmassong on the recorder and we heard the magical voicesfrom our spectacular school choir.

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Christmas in Our HeartsTime flies… We have finally reached Christmasand the end of 2014!

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MERUYAMeruya School has a great Christmas Celebrationand End of Year Performances on 10 December2014. In the morning, our Pre-Primary childrenfrom Nursery to KB were very excited showingtheir talents; singing and dancing with confidenceand with attractive costumes.

In the evening, more than 400 students, parents,guests from AYO SEKOLAH and Panti AsuhanDorkas and families of TMIS who were inattendance as the school venerated earlier theChristmas season with this year theme: Christmasin Our Hearts. Parents and students werewelcomed with our lovely Orchestra from Year 7and 8 playing “Il est ne le Divin Enfant”, “DingDong Merrily On High” & “Sway”.

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PYP’s celebration was held in the hall. Ourconfident Primary students presentedperformances such as playing handbells formYear 1, a Nativity Drama from Years 2,3,4,5and 6.

MYP’s celebration was held in the Multifunctionhall. We had a religious skit from Year 9, aChristmas outreach presentat ion andperformances from Year 9,10,11, musicalperformances of “Winter Wonderland” from Year10, and casual performances from Year 12.

Entertainment followed by other greatperformances from our PYP and MYP choirs, Year10 and 12 musical performances, also ParentsAssociation and staff choir! Last but not leastthe celebration was closed by duet from Ms.Venus and Mr. Ernest singing O Holy Night….

We ended our evening with a delicious banquetprovided by our Parents Association. A hugethankyou to Our Parents Associations fororganizing such lovely decorations and wonderfulfoods! Congratulations to all the teachers forpreparing the children so well for the performancesand of course, thanks to all our shining starchildren for sharing the Chrismas spirit withus all!!

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The Living RosaryOctober is the month of the rosary and how fittingthat we celebrate this occasion by holding a livingrosary in honor of Mary, the Mother of Jesus andour mother too.

A Living Rosary is a prayer service where eachperson represents one of the beads of the rosaryand leads the corresponding prayer whilereflecting on the mysteries of Jesus’ life. Thisform of prayer started in France by Pauline-MarieJaricot in 1826. The Catholic Church approvedthis activity as expressed in its canonical letterin February of 1827. Ms. Jaricot was declared“venerable” by St. Pope John XXIII in 1963.

The Living Rosary aims to bring the peopletogether to a prayerful way of life while wecommemorate the history of our salvation bymeditating on the mystery of the life of our Lord,Jesus Christ. Having the Living Rosary in ourschool is a great opportunity to encourage us todevelop the seed of devotion to this wonderfulprayer as it becomes alive in front of us. May ourdearest Mother Mary pray with us so that Godwill continually smile upon us with love and mercyand grant us the peace which we all desire, withinour families, communities and in the world.

Teaching with HeartsEnding the year 2014, all teachers from Meruya Campus and Kedoya Campus got amotivation seminar facilitated from Adam Khoo Learning Centre with theme “Teaching withHearts” on December 12, 2014.

The motivator made us feel excited and we could feel the positive ‘aura’ throughout theseminar. The speaker kept reminding all of us as teachers to set up goals and to updatethe trend nowadays.

Student Council

of the diagram of Bloom’s Taxonomy appears ascreating instead of remembering.

It was such a big ‘aha’ moment for most of theparticipants who listened to this speech.

Then we went to three different sessions which lastedone hour each. We started at about 9 a.m and endedat 2 p.m.

The teachers from our schools were saying they hadlearned many things from the sessions that theyattended as well as listening to other IB practitionersthat they met, and they plan to implement and sharewith other teachers back at school. This was a goodopportunity where we learned new knowledge andnew strategies which we can put into practice.

There was also positive feedback from the organizer,(JIS), that they were so grateful to have a lot of IBteachers who came and shared their knowledge byleading the sessions which were attended by a largenumber of participants who were from IB schools aswell.

So, like the 7th Habits says: Let’s Sharpen the Saw!

Elza OktoraTM Kedoya PYP Coordinator

As IB professionals, we need to be committed to belifelong learners. In line with that philosophy, 27teachers from the three programmes, PYP, MYP andDP from both schools, Tunas Muda Kedoya andMeruya attended and participated in the IB DuniaConference.

The event was organized at Jakarta InternationalSchool (JIS), Cilandak, South Jakarta on Saturday,22nd November 2014. Around 750 participants fromIB schools throughout Indonesia came to thisprestigious event.

The opening speech was given by JIS Head of Schooland followed by Dr. Vivek Bammi who is a DiplomaProgramme Theory of Knowledge teacher and a DPWorld Extended Essay Examiner, who brilliantlyshared his views about BRAIN BASED LEARNING,on which he has done research based on humankind’singeniousness as inventors and creators. He referredto the Bloom Taxonomy Theory related to how ourbrain works effectively in our daily practice, even inthe classroom, and how we can visualize the way thebrain works into the classroom’s activities as the top

22nd November 2014

IB Dunia Conference at JIS

Council will improve, along withits new leaders and members.

It’s the end of November and it’sthat time of the year when wehad to choose a new Presidentand Vice President. During the 3weeks hiatus, the Year 11Student Council membersprepared for our final days, whichmeant elections, interviews andfinal applications for the newstudent council team. I was more

than pleased to know that Levina Robson was runningfor President along with Sherline Maseimillian as VicePresident, and they were duly elected. I know that theywill contribute more and willd continue the legacy well.Aside from the leaders, we had to do two days ofinterviews in search of the best and most productivestudents that will do well for this organization. It wasvery difficult to choose who was going to be acceptedbecause each student has his or her own talents thatwould contribute well to the team. Finally, we came upwith a total of 28 names for the 2014-2015 StudentCouncil batch.

To the new batch, we wish you greatest luck and thatyou guys will bring more events and memories to thestudent body. And to the old batch, thank you for yourhard work and contribution!

Puteri KumalapuriYear 11 Student

The Student Council is more than just a students’organization group in Tunas Muda International School.It’s a place where you can interact, contribute andcreate. I was given the opportunity to be the head ofthe Student Council for the 2013-2014 period and Icouldn’t be more thankful. For more than a year, myteam and I created events like Valentine’s Day, EasterEgg Hunt, Class Meetings, Friendship Day, and ourmost anticipated event, the TMIS Cup. Our missionwas to color the school with events like these so thatstudents not only get to learn new things through theacademics, but also have fun and create memorieswith their friends. I believe that every year, the Student

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The Pre-K chidlren went to an excursion lastNovember 13, 2014 to Kemang Playparq as partof our third Unit of Inquiry, “The Weather AffectsWhat We Can Do”. The children definitely hadfun under the sun. They toyed with water andenjoyed playing with the slide, seesaw andtrampoline. They also had a chance to ride thekiddie zipline, which was a first for most of them. To ensure the safety of our 33 children, we soughtfor the help of 10 teachers and 7 very helpfulmommies. Many thanks to the mommies whojoined us! It was indeed a tiring and yet memorableexperience for the kids and fulfilling for theteachers!

In unit 2, our Pre-K children have learnt about”Holiday”. They hadgreat fun visiting Karinda Café and were engaged in differentactivities which gave them real-life learning experiences andhelped them to see the relevance of their learning. They enjoyedplaying with playground equipment, walking on the grass, watchinga variety of animals such as snake, bird, turtle and hedgehog;they also had the opportunity to feed the fish and doves. Theyloved having their snack in the “saung” with the exciting view.They have become more good inquires and were able to askquestions to discover new things, and the teachers have beenimpressed with the responsible attitude that the children aredeveloping towards their studies.

Tirah and VehPre-K Teachers

Our Nursery children have enjoyed lots of creativelearning experiences and one of their favoriteactivities is “painting” which have helped themto understand new concepts and vocabulary, usea variety of tools to develop new skills and havefun! They learn by doing and these examples showhow creative our children are!

Tirah and VehNursery Teachers

PaintingNursery Meruya

Field Trip toKarinda Cafe

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Pre-K Buzz!Pre-K Kedoya

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In Unit 2, the KA children were inquiringabout the central idea, ”We need shelterand live in different types of home”. Thechildren got a deeper understandingabout what a home is, why we need ahome, the parts of the home includingthe rooms and the function of each room.They also know more about differenttypes of homes, getting information froma slide show, books and pictures. Theyreally enjoyed when we went on anexcursion to see different types oftraditional houses from Indonesia inTaman Mini. One type of home that they really remember was a Gadang House from Padang Sumatra.They said that that house was Ms Viona’s House, as she comes from Padang. They were also excitedto ride on the cable car when were busy mentioning the things they could see from above.

SupriyatiKA Teacher

Friendship Week Here at Kedoya!the-Poo as the World’s Ambassador of Friendship atthe United Nations.

Here at Kedoya, we celebrated the event with a bang!We had a full week packed with exciting activities tocelebrate Friendship Day. In appreciation of our friends,we arranged a series of events for all year levels. Frommaking posters, friendship bands, friendship cards,outdoor games to having a quest to search for Mr. andMs. Hugs and collecting a list of 100 ways to be kind.It was truly an amazing week and everyone enjoyedspending their time with friends and new found friends!

A very special thank you to the Friendship Committeeteam namely Fanka, Durbin, Merry, Emmy, Luke, Yati,Viona, Devi and Nancy for a job well-done. To allteachers and staff well, our heartfelt thanks for yourkind help and support. To our dear Pak Mus, thank youfor making the time to help make the week so activeand exciting!

What better way to end the year than to celebrateFriendship Week!

Friendship is one of the best gifts from God. Everyonebecomes a friend naturally or even by accident. Be asit may, lucky are those who have such wonderful peoplein their lives and far better if we have been one goodfriend to someone. Friends are the special people thatcome in our lives to help us go through life witheverything happening around us. They are the oneswho are always there with open arms accepting us forwho we are, believing in us when no one else can,giving us inspiration and most of all, being a willinglistener to whatever we want say.

Friendship should be celebrated and acknowledgedbecause friends are our extended family which wecannot live without. As a matter of fact, it is celebratedtoo in most parts of the world and it started as earlyas 1935. In honour of Friendship Day in 1997, NaneAnnan (wife of UN president Kofi Annan) named Winnie-

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In Year One, for our unit of inquiry the students learnt about the function of facilities in our localarea. To understand one of the facilities in our area better, we did a restaurant role play.

Each student was assigned a role of either a waiter or a customer. This learning engagement enabledthe students to use their social, communication and thinking skills. They also applied their Languageand Mathematics knowledge.

After this role play the students visited some restaurants in the local area to interview the staff there.They could find out answers to their questions and find out more about the function. What a greatway to learn!

A Restaurant Role PlayYear 1 Kedoya

Welcome to our restaurant. We speak in Englishand remember to use our magic words “Please”and “Thank You”.

Showing comprehension by preparing the orderas per the guest’s request.

The waiter shows care as he takes his guest totheir table.

Thinking and speaking clearly to choose an itemfrom their handmade menu. Then, the waiterlistens carefully and writes out the order.

Our restaurant in action. We show cooperationas we work together.

Applying our mathematical knowledge by usingcounters to pay the bill.

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Creating Sculptures

Connected to the central idea, we invited RumahTanah Liat to the class to show the children howto create a sculpture out of clay on Monday,November 3rd. The aim of this activity was thatthe children understand how forces can makethings change shape. The children had fun creatingsculptures with their parent(s). They were all verycreative and now understand more that forcescan make things change shape. FABULOUS!!!

Fanny RakhmawatyYear 2 Teacher

Excursion

The Year 2 students had a blast excursion duringUnit 3. On Thursday, November 6th, we went toPlayparq Bintaro to experience how forces canmake things move and stop. They needed a ‘push’to go on the flying fox, the slide, and the seesaw,a ‘pull’ to jump on a trampoline and to climb awall, a ‘push and pull’ to play swing, and manymore.

Forces Can Make ThingsChange Shape and Place

Year 2 Meruya

On 24 September 2014 , we had an excursionto Pasir Mukti. This excursion was related toour central idea how electricity changes theway people live. The purpose of this excursion,was to learn how to live as a farmer. When wearrived at that huge place, first, we learnt howto plant a plant in a pot. We put the fertilizersoil in the pot, then we put the plant in it. Afterthat we covered it with more soil. Then we movedto another area to see a house in the village and

Trip to Pasir MuktiYear 3 Kedoya

how they called the community by usingkentongan made from bamboo. In that area, wealso learnt more about rice, from how to plantrice (of course we liked it because we could playwith mud and plough the rice field riding a cow!) and the process of how paddy is changed to torice.

It was an unforgettable excursion with lots ofexperiences. We not only had fun but we alsolearned about something. At home time, thepeople from Pasir Mukti gave us the plants thatwe had planted before. We promised to growthese plants at home to make our environmentbecome greener.

Nana and LatishaYear 3 Students

On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Year 4 wasexcited to get an opportunity to visit MuseumListrik dan Energi Baru and Museum Minyak danGas Bumi in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. Theysaw a lot of instruments including a solar stove,a wind-powered electric fan and a simple modelof hydro power plant. They also tried simpleexperiments that showed how one form of energyis transformed to another. In Museum Minyakdan Gas Bumi they learned how oil and gas is

Excursion to TMIIYear 4 Kedoya

EKSKURSI KE MONUMEN NASIONAL

Dua bulan yang lalu, saya dan teman-temansekelas pergi ke Monumen Nasional atau lebihdikenal dengan Monas. Kami melihat banyak arcadan diorama. Kami juga sempat melihat ke puncakMonas dan melihat kota Jakarta dari atas sana.Kami melihat pintu gerbang yang terbuat dariemas dan teks pancasila yang diukir di dinding.Setelah itu, kami melihat diorama tentangperistiwa penting sampai Indonesia merdeka.Kami sangat senang dan bahagia melihat kisah-kisah tentang Indonesia.

Di depan pintu Monas, saya dan teman-temanmembeli beberapa suvenir. Kami naik ke keretauntuk kembali ke bus. Di dalam bus, kami makansiang sambil bermain dan bercanda. Akhirnya,kami pulang kembali ke sekolah. Saya harap sayabisa ke Monumen Nasional lagi.

Gracia HaniYear 4 Student

BERTAMASYA KE MUSEUM IPTEK

Tanggal 11 November 2014, saya dan teman-teman sekelas bertamasya ke Museum IPTEK diTaman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII).

Di sana kami mencoba beberapa eksperimen.Salah satunya adalah kertas yang tidak terbakarsetelah dicelupkan ke dalam alkohol. Ada jugaeksperimen kertas ditulisi dengan tinta yang tidakkelihatan lalu disemprot suatu cairan yangmenimbulkan tulisan berwarna merah muda. Kamijuga mencoba simulasi gempa. Setelah makansiang, kami naik gondola atau kereta gantung.

Sebelum pulang kami melihat-lihat toko suvenir.Saya membeli dua gantungan kunci, yang satubergambar kepiting dan yang lain bergambarkerang. Lalu kami pergi ke Museum Listrik danEnergi Baru. Kami hanya datang dan melihatlihat, tetapi kami tidak masuk ke dalam museumitu karena petugas museum itu sedang pergi kepertemuan di gedung PLN. Lalu kami naik ke busdan kembali ke sekolah.

MichelleYear 4 Student

Excursion to Monas& Museum IPTEK

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extracted from the core of our earth through ashort video clip. It showed them how fossil fuelstook millions of years to form inside the earthand that taught them to use energy resourceswisely. It was a fun-tastic day of learning and weall enjoyed it so much!

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Tuesday, 18th November 2014 was really anexciting day for Year 5, as they went to IslandCreamery an ice cream outlet that is located inAlam Sutera, Serpong Tangerang.

They learnt how ice cream is made and processedand what states of matter are involved in makingice cream become one of the most delicious foods.Ibu Inka, the owner, was the one who presentedthe ice cream making process. With some familiarequpipment such as stove, pan, and thermometer,she explained patiently and in great detail to the

Island Creamery, Flavor Bliss(Alam Sutera)

Year 5 went on an excursion to

On the 29th November 2014, year 5 had theirAsian exhibition. This is an event where thestudents came together to exhibit their richunderstanding of the diversity of culture andtraditions in Asia. The students of year 5 workedover a period of five weeks on this event wherethey had to work individually on their own assignedcountry. The students were knowledgeable aboutthe concepts. They displayed their knowledgeand research skills confidently. They were risk-takers in their efforts to present their work to theparents, teachers, and other students. Thestudents were communicators in delivering theinformation. They were open-minded and reflectivein their willingness to address the informationabout their country. And most of all they were socommitted and worked so hard to make thisexhibition such a success.

Asian ExhibitionYear 5 Meruya

We were very proud to see the students exhibitmost of the attributes of the Learner Profilesduring the exhibition.They have learned andmatured in their communication and selfmanagement skills. They were also able to managetheir work in a more organised manner. TheAsian Exhibition was extremely successful andwas attended by the entire school communityand parents of year 5 students.

A big thank you to parents who supported thisexhibition!

students. Most of Year 5 students were verycurious about the process of the ice creamchanging from liquid into solid and how long theprocess took. She showed the students that theice cream comes from milk and needs to be boiledto a certain degree of heat in order to kill thebacteria. They also add some other substancesthat make the ice cream become creamy. Soonwhen the dough was about to boil the chef turnedoff the stove heat After the students learnt howthe ice cream was processed, then they had thechance to decorate cupcakes. Then it was theend of the session. The students also enjoyedbuying some food and beverages and they alsogot some ice cream. Again, Ibu Inka showed themthe finished process of the ice cream after it wasput in the fridge.

That was a very informative session from Ibu Inkawho had the opportunity to explain by herself toour students and they really learnt somethingfrom it.

Year 5 Team

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Year 6 CampOn Oct 29-31, 2014, Year 6 students went to have our camp. The theme was 'Head, Heartand Hands'. At lunch time, we arrived at Villa Bukit Pinus, Ciawi and went straight to haveour lunch. The food there was delicious. Then we went to see our bedrooms. The air androom was so cool and clean. We felt so refreshed to be there with beautiful trees andspacious rooms. Then after a shower and another snack, we were ready to begin our firstsession. The camp was led by the Cakrawala Group.

It was a great camp in Villa Bukit Pinus, Ciawiwhere the air is cool and there are good facilities.There, our topic is 'Head, Heart and Hands' andwe learned lots of things. We learned how toforgive our parents, focus, be disciplined, carefor others, cooperate and other things and playedlots of games such as 'binaragawan, tupai danpemburu', seven up, touchdown and others. Ourmentors also let us have free time and we wereable to swim, play basketball and soccer and alsotable tennis. It was so much fun and I hope wecan do it again sometime. -Robertus-

The Year 6 camp was lots of fun. From the Year6 camp, I learned to be more thankful for thethings I have and not be jealous of what otherpeople have. I also learned to work together withpeople and learned that everyone is different. Ialso learned to pay attention to when someoneis talking and give my heart and thoughts to theperson who's talking. The games were a lot oftime fun also. From the games, I learned tocooperate and that everyone has their own style.So from this camp the most important lesson Ilearned is to be more disciplined and get my workdone on time. -Kayla-

The Year 6 camp was so much fun! We get tohang out with our friends and our teachers andget to know each other better. The year 6 campwas more of a reproach. In the year 6 camp, weplay, we learn, and we hang out. After the year6 camp, we all turn into more disciplined children.We learned how to be disciplined, how toappreciate our family and how to become a betterchild. Now, we have all become into moredisciplined and better children. -Devyn-

Here are some of the comments from the students:

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Instructions tell a reader/viewer precisely how to do something. They usually provide a list of whatis needed and step-by-step directions on how to do something; that is exactly what the Year 8saccomplished this Unit 3 during the Expository Fair.

The enthusiasm, nerves, difficulty and ecstatic excitement all in one fair! The students of Year 8(8A, 8G and 8J) displayed their weeks of hard work, research and knowledge all by explaining aprocess, a “how to” of their choice in one lesson. They invited classes and teachers, even Ms. Janellefrom Kedoya, to share in their experience of explaining how the process of their chosen “how to” isaccomplished. From how to- make chocolate balls, recycle items, paint, create orange candles, tohow to ---make cotton candy, crochet in easy steps, golf and 30 ways to be a better goal keeper, theExpository Fair was a great success!

Year 8’s Expository FairNovember 2014

The enthusiasm, nerves, difficulty andecstatic excitement all in one fair!

A few comments from 8A(“Crowded, epic, astounding, creative, fabulous, messy,food, breakfast, early lunch, too much butter, awesome,marvelous, delicious, tense”.)

Oh wow, where do I even begin? The expository fairwas held on Tuesday, November 25th. To say it wasnerve wrecking is an understatement. The night before,each and every one of us had so much to prepare forand to think about! But when I first saw the amount ofpeople coming to see our fair, I was beyond ecstatic! It was so exciting to have so many people listen to usexplaining about our topic. The place was practicallypacked with people and it was so crowded! Everythingturned out to be awesome, too. Despite our worriesthe night before, things went well for all of us. Wewere all overjoyed when we read the comments left!We are very thankful and appreciative to all who hadcome and listened to us. It was frankly a wonderfullearning experience. - Valerie Fandy

A few comments from 8G(“Interesting, awesome, exhausting, hot, crowded,epic, exciting, amazing, outstanding, incredible”.)

Another one of Ms. Sheila’s great ideas to make aproject fun and interesting! I had a lot of fun presentingmy topic, and explaining my procedures with a lot ofpeople. It got really tiring and exhausting after an hourof talking, and talking, and talking, but it was still oneamazing experience. There were many other topicsthat caught my attention, and I think a lot of them werereally cool. Great job to all my friends! - Jovan

A few comments for 8J(“Best English activity ever!, fantastic, exciting, nervewrecking, super-fun, creative”.)

It’s a pleasure for me to be part of the 2014 ExpositoryFair. I think that the expo fair was brilliant and therewere many phenomenal booths. The audience wasAMAZING! It was a great experience to be part of thisexpo fair. - CIA

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In November year 11 students visited Singaporefor a three-day school trip. In Singapore we sawChina Town, Chijmes, and Marina Bay. Thehighlights of our time in Singapore were a visitto Singapore Zoo, Gardens by the Bay andEsplanade to see The Globe theatre companyperform Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night'sDream .

The trip was not only enjoyable, but informativeand engaging for students in English andEnvironmental Systems and Science. Studentswere able to see a text they are currently studyingperformed by one of the most respectedShakespearian companies in the world, and tosee first-hand the plants and animals which theyare currently studying. It was a fun and memorableexperience.

Philip Smith

Study tour to Singapore has brought year 11 ESSstudents to higher understanding regardinganimals and plants conservation. We visitedGarden by the bay and Singapore zoo for studentsto observe. Species from around the world weredisplayed in customized climate condition to createsuitable habitat for the corresponding organism.Students are going to create an conservationcampaign for a species of their choice.

Ridwan Bachtra

Year 9 CampHeld on 5-7 November 2014 at 3G Resort, Mega Mendung, Gadog, Bogor, our Year 9Camp was fully designed to develop the life and social skills of Year 9 students of TunasMuda International School. The students participated in every activity, facilitated by AdamKhoo Learning Centre.

We believe that this camp gave immeasurable value to the overall development of Year 9students. Well done, Year 9!!!

One of the highlights of this unit was the fundraising activity where the children went roundthe primary classes, explained the purpose ofthe fund raising, sang songs and asked fordonations. We also cooked and sold jelly andpopcorn and then we sold them in the primaryplayground. The children also each made abracelet and necklace using beads and askedtheir parents’ kindness to donate money by buyingtheir necklace and bracelet. We raised Rp. 3.761600,- and we used the money to buy bags, pencilcases, lunch boxes, bottles and food for 49students of SLB N 5 Palmerah as well as 3standing fans for the school and snacks for theteachers. The KA children enjoyed singing andplaying with the SLB children. Through thisactivity KA children learned that we have toshare with others, show care, empathy andrespect to others and be thankful to God forthe blessings and our life. What a great andsuccessful unit we have had!

SupriyatiKA Teacher

In Unit 3, the KA children enjoyed investigatingthe central idea, “We can explore and understandthe world using our senses”. The children didvariety of experiments using the different senses:sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Theseexperiments included tasting food, cooking,baking, and guessing mystery objects by touchingthings while blindfolded, hearing and identifyingsounds and smelling a variety of smelly things.They also watched the story of Helen Keller,who was born blind and deaf but learned tocommunicate and went to university. The childrenwere serious while watching and they realizedhow difficult it must be live without some of oursenses.

KA Learned About Senses

Fund Raising Activity

For the first time in Tunas Muda InternationalSchool, Year 3 Meruya held a silent auction. Thispilot project was designed to accommodate theirlearning in Unit 2 and at the same time to takeaction within the learning community.

It was a long process, planning and preparation.We decided to use the Unit 2 Visual Arts projectas the focus of the silent auction. Students madediorama and learned to draw landscapes and wedisplayed all of the students’ work to be sold andthe funds raised were donated to Let’s AdoptIndonesia.

Silent AuctionYear 3 Meruya

We were so fortunate for having Let’s AdoptIndonesia, an adoption organization for cats anddogs under the Let’s Adopt InternationalOrganization located in Spain, to take part in thisproject. We donated IDR 4,000,000 to Let’s AdoptIndonesia and hope that it will be helpful for savingthose cats and dogs in foster homes.

We would like to thank to Year 3 Meruya parentsfor all their support by coming to this event andcontributing some amount of money to be donatedto Let’s adopt through the Silent Auction project.And of course the students did a very wonderfuljob to make it happen.

Year 3 Team Teachers

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Dalam rangka memperingati Hari Pahlawan Nasional, pada hari Senin, 10 November 2014siswa-siswi Tunas Muda International School Meruya berkumpul bersama untuk mengenangkembali sekaligus menghargai jasa-jasa para pahlawan Nasional yang gugur dalam membelabumi pertiwi dengan mendengarkan cerita sejarah Hari Pahlawan. Pada kesempatan yangsama, mereka mengenakan pakaian pahlawan-pahlawan masa kini yang bekerja sebagaidokter, perawat, pemadam kebakaran, polisi dan lain-lain. Selain itu, mereka juga diingatkanbahwa orang-orang yang berperan dalam kehidupan mereka seperti orangtua, guru, teman-teman, dan pembantu rumah tangga juga bisa disebut pahlawan. Dalam kegiatan ini, setiapkelas menunjukkan apresiasinya terhadap pahlawan dalam berbagai bentuk, sepertimenyanyikan lagu-lagu nasional, membaca puisi dan bercerita tentang pahlawan nasionalIndonesia. Kami berharap agar dengan adanya acara ini, siswa-siswi terinspirasi untukdapat menjadi pahlawan bagi keluarga, teman-teman dan bangsanya.

Shanti AriyaniTM Meruya PYP Coordinator

Peringatan Hari Pahlawan

We’ve seized our day! This was the mantra of our year 10 and 11 students who faced upthemselves to creating extraordinary lives with others by going out from coziness andsecurity zones to stay for a time with the less-privileged kids in Griya Asih and Mulia Sejati orphanages in east and south Jakarta respectively on December 5 and December 11,2014. This pre-Christmas outreach activity was another student-initiated pursuit. Theydesigned, talked and solicited packages from Parents’ Association and would be benefactorsto contacting the orphanages as well. They set aside extras from their weekly allowancesjust to make cohort orphanage fund larger to be prearranged to their specified beneficiary.Congratulation to all!

TroyCAS Coordinator

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The Little Mermaid Jr.TM Drama Musical Production 2014

Friday, October 24 2014Graha Bakti Budaya, Taman Ismail MarzukiJakarta

As the Principals of Tunas Muda, we were veryproud to experience the success of The LittleMermaid Jr production, when our whole schoolcommunity came together to make it all happen.Involving so many students in such a bigproduction is certainly a challenge, but with thehard work of so many people both before andon the day, everything was made it all possible.Before the production day, many Year 9 studentsand teachers in the DT and IT teams worked veryhard to use their skills and creativity to produce

many of the props, the film and the programmebook, and the results were all amazing. On theperformance day, the Stage Crew worked swiftlyto ensure everything was in place, and the fabulousactors truly shone. Our final mention goes to thebackstage heroes----the hair, make up and foodteams and the army of teachers helping 12 classesof young children to stay calm and quiet! Welldone, TMIS team of shining stars! We are veryproud of you all!

Rachel Groves & Frances Hazle

FABULOUS!!!... is the right word for the 9th MusicalProduction of Tunas Muda International School, TheLittle Mermaid Jr. Well, to tell the truth, as a parentswe are also proud to see how the progress goes fromthe 1st musical production until now. Lots of aspectshave become better and better, like the stage settingand decoration, sound system, articulation of players,choir and music, backstage crew also the fashion designsespecially "Ursula’s costume"... really fascinating! Mostof the players could get into the character that theywere playing. It was not easy to prepare this musicalproduction, but you all made it! ...Explore your talentand NEVER STOP BEING BETTER...

Carpe diem,Venda

Parent of Kenneth, Year 9

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When the school production was announced as TheLittle Mermaid, I was a bit dulled for it because I simplywas not fond of the animated movie itself. NeverthelessI still wanted to be something big in the production soI auditioned for several roles. I got chosen as the roleof Sebastian; having knowledge of the movie I knewhe wasn’t big in a sense of physicality but that didn’tmatter in the coming months. I wasn’t really hyped inthe early months of the production because I didn’treally know too much about The Little Mermaid. Weeksof practicing went by I still wasn’t too hyped as I didn’tlearn much about how Sebastian was. I memorized thescript, after Mr. Phil persuaded me numerous times,and realized that after reading my lines over and over,that Sebastian had lots of potential for being animpactful and funny character. Since that moment, Irealized my faults and the teachers and class membersI asked gave me helpful advice. The staff were reallyhelpful and our production ended up being a wonderfulsuccess, however after the production ended I beganto miss those times were we sat in rehearsal just

What a wonderful and unforgettable experience theYear 9s have spent together for the past 2 months.We have all succeeded in performing a musical dramaThe Little Mermaid, Jr. with satisfying feedback fromviewers. Being one of the main characters in this schoolproduction has been an extraordinary memory that Iwill not forget. As Ariel in this drama of the LittleMermaid, Jr., I am grateful that I am given thisopportunity to be able to perform and experience newthings.

Through ups and downs, also limited time of practicing,we all had fun together and this has made us becomeone. One of the memorable moments that I enjoyedwas when the Mersisters, Flounder, and I had thechance to use roller skates as part of our costume.Although we had difficulties at first, we mastered usingthe roller skates in the end. At last this journey hasended. I’m glad that I participated in this year’sproduction. I hope that people could see our hard workin this production of The Little Mermaid.

Calista (9I)

When I got cast as Prince Eric I was baffled andextremely happy that I could be a main character inthis grand production. As you wouldn’t have probablyimagined, the weekly training was exhausting and alsoa lot of fun. The entire board of actors was a pleasureto work with; they were a talented and a very optimisticbunch of people and they made this productionmemorable for me and probably a lot of other peopletoo. I have to thank the teachers that contributedtheir time in helping everyone, including me. Withoutthem we wouldn’t know what to do. In the end ourcollaboration paid off, we worked well as a team, andin my eyes it was a success.

Arthur (9S)

Students’ Comment

watching each other and laughing. It probably was andstill is the best moment I’ve had in school. I’d like tothank everyone that participated in the production andgave us a hand (I have claws) to make, in my eyes, awonderful production. WE DID IT, GUYS!

Benedict (9I)

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