BACK TO BACK ISSUE 2/SEM 2/AY 2017-2018 Inside this issue: Scrabble Competi- 2 tion Health and Nutri- 3 tion W eek Foreword Teachers‟ Day Pro- 4 -Ms Jasmin, Vice Principal I gramme Academic year 2017-2018 was a breeze. Reflecting on the past school year makes us realise how fortunate we are at Bina Bangsa School, KJP. Our students are meeting high standards of perfor- Spelling Bee Com- 5 mance because of the continuous dedication of our teachers and support from our parents. We must recog- petition nise our students for their perseverance, hardwork and effort displayed throughout the school year. Family Day Cele- 6 Academic year 2017-2018 will be remembered because of the following milestones reached: bration “Nurturing leaders who strive to be the best that they can be” … BBS,KJP students brought pride and glory to the school by receiving accolades in prestigious competitions such as ICAS, Eye Level Literary Award and Kangaroo Math Competitions. BBS KJP was awarded the Best Primary School for the year 2017 by Chinese New Year 7 the University of New South Wales - International Competitions and Assessments for Schools Programme (ICAS). “Lifelong learning” … Robotics, introduced into the P5 IT curriculum is a proof that Bina Bangsa School Preschool Harvest 8 incessantly implements initiatives that prepare students to be equipped with 21st century skills. Day Programme “Inculcate discipline, instil open-mindedness, integrity …” Believing that character and intelligence brings School Sports Day 9 success, BBS, KJP launched and successfully ran the “3 R‟s (Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Responsibility in all your Actions) Campaign”. BBS Speech Festival 10 It has been a great year! Together we have learnt much and shared experiences that will long Easter Celebration 11 remain with us in the years to come. Field Trip 12 - Message 16 -Ms Yuliana Makmur, Vice Principal II Kartini Day Cele- 17 bration I feel blessed to witness our students' growth this year. They have been do- ing several activities which would provide them with opportunities to explore and de- Earth Day Celebra- 17 velop their interests as well as work with each other to make their goals achievable. tion We commit ourselves to guiding, supporting and encouraging our students to excel in whatever talents they have. While academic excellence is important to us, we Preschool Produc- 18 also ensure that our students learn about values and understand that their actions Preschool Graduation 19 affect those around them, those they do not see and even those that are yet to come. Primary School 20 "It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting Graduation there, which grants the greatest enjoyment." Carl Friedrich Gauss We sincerely thank all our students, teachers, support staff and parents, for working hand-in-hand to make KJP an enjoyable learning place for everyone. "Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere." Chinese proverb Let us continue to keep the treasure and grow together! Have a safe holiday! Page 2 Back to Back Newsletter Scrabble Competition In an effort to increase the students‟ enthusiasm to learn new words, to see the beauty of different words and It was also evident during the the zeal to use them in varied event that the students, even contexts, BBS KJP organised a though they were opponents, Scrabble Competition exclu- encouraged each other not to sively for the P6 students. give up trying. The students took part in the The semi-finals took The finals took place on 30th th competition enthusiastically place on 25 January 2018 January 2018. The students and learnt various new words between two finalists from each were excited to start the finals through the event. The compe- class; P6 Charity, P6 Faith and and the excitement did not tition made them realise that P6 Hope respectively. The win- cease throughout the competi- they knew quite a number of ner from each class competed tion as one got more points words. in the finals. The finalists were than the other while also learn- Eunike of P6 Charity, Leonardo ing new words from their oppo- of P6 Faith and Chloe of P6 nents through the course. Hope. Chloe of P6 Hope scored the highest and won the title of the competition. Thanks to the English Depart- ment for organising an event such as this! - Ms Shanthi If all the Scrabble tiles ever produced were lined up, they would stretch for more than 80467.2 km. In Great Britain, 53% of all homes own a copy of Scrabble and in the United States about 33% of all homes own a set. In 2004, Scrabble was finally inducted into the American National Toy Hall of Fame, joining other great toys and games such as Monopoly, Etch a Sketch, Lego and The Game Boy. Source: www.thefactsite.com Page 3 Back to Back Newsletter “A Clean School is a Healthy School” - Health and Nutrition Week It is a culture at BBS KJP that we set aside a plan for “Health Week” which is organised by the Science De- A maximum of three points were partment, focussing on health and awarded. The proceeds from their cleanliness amongst the staff and the payments would be donated to student body. The purpose of this event „Habitat for Humanity‟, the house is to emphasise on a healthy lifestyle. building project adopted by BBS The Health Week, this year, took place KJP. The PSG members actively between 21st and 26th January, 2018 participated in this event throughout and the theme was, “A Clean School Is the week. This activity encouraged A Healthy School”. The Department of healthy eating as well as teamwork. Science launched the Health Week by Aside from healthy eating, conducting a series of activities in line cleanliness towards one‟s surround- with observing cleanliness in one‟s body ing was encouraged. On Tuesday, and its surroundings and consuming a 23rd January 2018, the children were balanced diet. encouraged to clean their own During the week, students classrooms during their Class Fo- were encouraged to bring a pre-planned rum. The primary school participat- variety of food every day. The days of ed by bringing their own cleaning the week were themed as: No Fry Mon- materials for this activity. The chil- day, Cheesy Tuesday, Meaty Wednes- dren were excited to do the clean- day, Veggie Thursday and Juicy Friday. up; they bonded well with their friends during the process and nev- The week before the launching of the Apart from these activities, we er looked at it as a chore. Health Week, the student body was had competitions classified into three given a set of menu that they could or- Thursday, 25th January categories: Primary 1 and Primary 2 had der from the school for the given themes 2018, began with an exercise rou- a colouring competition, Primary 3 and 4 and earn points for their respective tine, led by Mr William, in which the performed advertisements on cleanli- houses. However, if they brought food teachers and the students of the ness and Primary 5 and 6 composed from home according to the stated Primary School participated enthusi- acrostic poems on „Cleanliness‟. theme, they too earned house points. astically. The objective of this activi- The culmination of the week- ty was to remind everyone that exer- long activities took place on Friday, 26th cise should be an integral part of our January. The colouring entries of the lives. lower primary were displayed in the as- sembly; the students of Primary 3 and 4 showcased their talent by presenting their advertisements and pre-selected acrostic entries of the Primary 5 and 6 were read by their composers. The Department also had a surprise for the school. During the week, every day, assigned staff went around the school, room by room to assess the cleanest class. The class with the high- est score was P1-Hope. The Depart- ment took this opportunity to deliver a short lecture on the benefits of prac- tising proper hygiene. The Health Week was a success from the launching to the culmination. We thank all who were a part of it. - Ms Antoniette Page 4 Back to Back Newsletter Teachers’ Day Teachers‟ Day Celebra- tion at KJP took place on 1st The questions help identify the February 2018. This was the day most senior teacher in KJP, the when we, the students, took the youngest teacher in KJP and the opportunity to recognise, honour birthdays of a few teachers. and thank our teachers for guid- Another game was “Are you ing us all through the school smarter than a 5th Grader?” year. It was also the time when wherein a quiz was conducted we remembered all the teachers between the Primary 5 students who were a part of our school. and the teachers. Of course the We began the day with a teachers won! The Dance prayer which was followed by a Troupe, too performed a dance short video clip of our teachers to a fast number to make the learning Chinese. This was rec- day more jubilant. orded during the activity, “Let‟s To end the celebrations, Talk in Chinese”, where the stu- the students of P6 Hope, dedi- dents taught the non-Chinese cated a song to the teachers, teachers, Chinese. It was note- “We love you teachers”, which worthy to mention that this video was followed by a photo-taking was edited by one of our stu- session accompanied by a song dents, Olvin, of P6 Hope. number by the students of P5 Next on the array of Charity.