MSHS UPDATES

End of Term 1, WWW trips, PTC and more!

Written by Mr. Alex Nenes

Hello, SWA Community!

The past two weeks were really exciting in MSHS and we have lots of news to report! STUCO elections took place last week in a very smooth, beautiful and well conducted electoral process, which was fully led by STUCO Executives Sherry (G11) - President, Gisela (G11) - Secretary, and Joshua (G11) - Treasurer. All candidates spent last week in their campaign visiting Homerooms, sharing their videos in social media and other channels, such as the TVs in Arts Lobby, Zhen He and Gajah Mada buildings. The Thursday MSHS Assembly was dedicated to candidates presentations to the students. They did an amazing job presenting their plans and debating. All candidates demonstrated IB Learner Profile Traits such as Caring, Knowledgeable, Risk Taker, Principled and great Communication Skills. After the assembly, all MSHS teachers and students voted and the results were the following:

President: Gisela (G11)

Vice President: Jae Yi (G10)

Secretary: Chelsea (G10)

Treasurer: Jing (G10)

Stuco Election 2022 Results:

WWW Trips are coming!

I would like to thank all parents for the support and trust by registering the children for this fantastic journey of learning, exploration, fun and sharing. This year 120 MSHS students will join the WWW Trips to Lembang, Bandung (Grades 6, 7, 8 and 9) and Pulau Seribu, Thousand Islands (Grades 10 and 11). The students who are not joining the WWW Trips will have a series of activities on campus and attendance will be taken as usual.

End of Term and PTC

MSHS Term 1 Assessment period is almost over and we will offer an IGCSE/Checkpoint focus for students in Grades 8,9 and 10. This initiative aims at improving the results and providing students the opportunity to get acquainted with the papers and Cambridge requirements.

Last day of term 1 will be on October 7th, with a full day dedicated to Parent Teacher Conferences. All parents will receive the PTC letters soon and will be able to book the Parent Teacher Conferences with their children's teachers in Fiori. MSHS will make face to face and online PTCs available. Parents who wish to meet the teachers on campus will be able to do so, while those who prefer to have the PTCs online will be able to meet with the teachers via GMeet. More details will be sent soon via Infoflash.

Term 1 break starts on Monday, October 10th and ends on Friday, October 14th. Term 2 starts on Monday, October 17th.

MYP AND DP UPDATES

In House Professional Development

Written by Mr. Alex Nenes

Grade Level Discussions

SWA is committed to provide an individualised experience to all students and this requires that each teacher, each administrator knows each student very well. Mr. Haoken, MYP Coordinator at SWA took the initiative to conduct Grade level discussions in which all teachers discuss the strengths and areas of improvement of each student as well as strategies to provide all students the opportunity to succeed. The session involved teachers, coordinators, UGC and PSD teams in a very positive and collaborative environment.

Focus on Curriculum and Teacher shared knowledge

Ms. Andrea, SWA DP Coordinator organised a planned sharing of knowledge and best practices section during each faculty MSHS meeting. In this section each teacher presenting shares best practices, curriculum knowledge and innovative approaches to teaching and learning as well how to do an optimal utilization of the tools and resources already available. On Wednesday, September 14th, Ms. Katherine (English and I&S Department) presented and hands on technique based on the "I think, I know, what I want to know, and What I hope I can learn (KWL). Mr. Aleks Marchev (I&S Department) presented about approaches to Project Based Learning summative assessment. Dr. Xavier (Sciences Department) shared best practices in quality feedback to student work based on criteria, content review, knowledge and student reflection, and Mr. Greg (Maths Department) shared how to incorporate ATL Skills and differentiation in the classroom. On September 21st Mr. Ciaran (ICT Department) Presented a lesson structured based on One word story, sandwich structure, warm up ideas and how to keep students engaged.

MYP UPDATES

Written by Mr. Haoken

Dear MYP Parents & Guardians,

Our MYP Programme embraces key elements of the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) as well as external assessments of CAIE. Together with our BEST Pathways, SWA's Grade 6 to 10 Programme combines age appropriate approaches, a focus on ATL skills development and academic rigour ensuring that our students are prepared for success.

Please see a few notices and reminders for Weeks #6 - #7 of Term 1:

1. Summative assessment tasks are posted on Managebac. Teachers clarify the expectations for each Summative Task with direct reference to subject assessment criteria, (A,B,C,D). All teachers will provide a minimum of 5 days notice in advance informing students of summative assessments. Assignment feedback will be key to encouraging our student's development. Teachers provide an overall guidance comment within the Managebac platform and return all marking within the 7 days turn around. Please feel free to contact us if you encounter any issues.

2. Homework is a type of formative assessment that teachers use to extend learning, skill building and mastery development outside of the classroom. Grade 6 - 8 teachers limit the amount of homework assigned per week as follows:

• Grade 6 : 60 minutes per week per subject (except Math which is 90 minutes per week)

• Grade 7 : 80 minutes per week per subject (except Math which is 120 minutes per week)

• Grade 8 : 125 minutes per week per subject (except Math which is 150 minutes per week)

• Grade 9 & 10 : 150 minutes per week per subject (except Math which is 180 minutes per week)

Please contact us if you feel your child is getting more than this amount in a given subject.

3. We encourage all students to be involved in at least one Sport or Athletic EX. Please review your child's chosen activities to ensure pickup time arrangements as needed.

4. Academic Support classes for all subjects will begin in Term 2. These support sessions take precedent over non-paid EX and CAS activities. Teachers may place students on these academic support lists as needed based on performance on assessments.

6. Congratulations to our newly elected STUCO executive team Gisela (G11), Jae Yi (G10), Chelsea (G10) and Jing (G10). We would like to commend the efforts of all candidates who ran this year and point out the exceptionally high quality of campaigns, speeches and candidates themselves.

7. International Peace Day took place on Thursday, 22 September 2022. Students were engaged in various amazing activities during assembly to support the objectives of this world wide initiative.

8. WWW Pre-departure Information letters went home for our annual WWW Trips on September 24th, 2022. It includes some critical information related to the trip such as timeline, venue and items to bring/wear. Majority students were joined these trips with activities focused on International Mindedness, Service as Action, Interdisciplinary Learning and Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills development. Participation in the trips helps develop strong bonds between students and gives them an opportunity to learn while enjoying the rich culture, nature and geography of Indonesia.

9. Term 1 Progress Reports will be available for pick up from MSHS Administration Office on Friday, October 7th, 2022 at 8.00 AM. The Parent Teacher Conference (PTC) letters will be emailed via Infoflash soon and parents are required to make booking arrangements through Fiori for PTC on 7 October with their teachers.

10. The Grade 10 personal project provides an opportunity for students to undertake an independent and age-appropriate exploration into an area of personal interest. Through the process of inquiry, action and reflection, students are encouraged to demonstrate and strengthen their approaches to learning (ATL) skills. Grade 10 students completed their Objective A - Planning during August and September 2022 and progressed into their Objective B - Applying Skills. By February 1st, 2023, Students should be able to complete three elements:

• Product or outcome—evidence of tangible or intangible results: what the student was aiming to achieve or create

• Process journal—ideas, criteria, developments, challenges, plans, research, possible solutions and progress reports

• PP report—an account of the project and its impact, to a structure that follows the assessment criteria. The report includes a bibliography and evidence from the process journal that documents students’ development and achievements.

11. Please check Managebac regularly and contact us if you are having any trouble logging into the website.

I&S DEPARTMENT

Individuals and Societies - Human Rights

Written by Ms. Aleksandra

Creative Research

How we considered and what we learned about the greater global impact on our perspective on sense of fairness and development

After the detailed consideration of the origin and content of the Declaration of Human Rights and the discussion based on case studies we did the research and presentation projects that covered the current topics related to the importance of human rights. The students presented the heritage and cultural values of Indonesia, did the debates on a variety of related topics, showed their creative skills and involvement in critical thinking. They were encouraged to further develop the skills such as information and media literacy, organisation, collaboration, critical thinking, and transfer.

As a teacher, I am very glad to see the students show their interest, enthusiasm, responsibility, willingness to cooperate and interact. Here is the hint of the positive and dynamic atmosphere in the classroom.

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Think-Pair-Share
Written by Ms. Aleksandra

In Grade 8 in our English language classes, we talked about types of learners, careers and how we develop our interest for different careers, what life-long learning means and how we determine our long-term and short-term plans, how to establish that these plans are attainable and realistic; we discussed about what is important for individual success, etc.

A variety of activities were performed, such as developing a career plan, thinking and talking about a scenario for a day at work, guessing a job title, doing research on work environments in another culture, workday hours, working week, opportunities, benefits, salaries, and cost of living, as well as discussing about what is more important - how much a person earns or how much he/she enjoys a job. They all contributed to building students' self-awareness through the use of language in spoken, written and visual form.

These photos are examples of students presenting their name logos and attributes that they feel are their strongest, which contributed to summarize the IB learner profile attributes. This is an example of creative work and practice of visible thinking strategies and techniques. They explained how they came up with the design and answered their friends' questions in the Q&A part.

INDONESIAN DEPARTMENT

Grade 9 ILL Class on Cooking

Written by Mr. Ahmad

Almira with "Avocado Toast", Kent with "Healthy Sandwich", Andrew on "Boiled Potato with Broccoli and Cheese", Adhisa with "Tamago Sando", Aimei with "Roti Isi Bergizi" and Nicole with "Veggie Fried Rice" are the highlights of Grade 9 Indonesian Language and Literature class when creating a procedural writing project in the form of a cooking tutorial video. They started this project by conducting research on nutritious food. They made a script consisting of the introduction and background of the food they cooked, then they introduced the materials, tools, and steps in making it. Students also collaborated and helped each other when they recorded cooking activities at Davinci Kitchen. Overall, this project-based learning experience gives them the opportunity to channel their organization, collaboration, time management, and creativity. Also, they managed to edit their recordings using various applications to create cooking tutorial videos as part of their summative assessment.

VISUAL ARTS

The Last Term One Formative Artwork

Written by Mr. Alan

In today's issues, the visual art students are preparing their term 1 summative assessment, you will see some grade students are working on their last term one formative artwork practices from research to drawing and rendering or making. And here also wanted to use this opportunity to inform everyone that SWA Production is in action now. If you hear about it and wanted to know more about the production and you are curious about what the students are doing, come and visit the production house on Monday at Design Technology Building GreenRoom Studio, and Friday they will be at the Zheng He building outside the peace garden outdoor filming. We are still open for recruitment, if you're interested you can write to production_house@swa-jkt.com leave your name and grade level, and the executive producer, G11 Antonia will contact you.

Silent in the set, Rolling, and Action!

The SWA Production team did a fantastic job last Friday, the team was very cooperative and professional, and they manage to interview two students and one teacher from the World Scholar Cup before the sky turn darker, below are some snapshots of the interviewees, Grade 10 Jae Yi, Grade 11 James, and Ms. Aleksandra.

After the musical skit, we were supposed to continue the assembly with a duet singing performance by Samarth and Qiara, accompanied by the whole Grade 7 in an angklung ensemble presented a Chinese classic popular song entitled "Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin" in our own arrangement. Unfortunately, Grade 7 students were not able to present it live on stage due to the pandemic's impact, so we presented their rehearsal video on the screen. The Grade 9 students presented a beautiful poem reading show with their original hand-made Chinese lanterns. The poem was very meaningful and inspiring. In the end, the assembly was closed by an energetic Chinese modern dance performance by the OneTake Dance club. All the Students and teachers enjoyed the beautiful assembly with wonderful performances and presentations prepared by both the Chinese and Music Departments. Below is the Youtube link to watch the whole assembly. Please enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDcftmmdK-Y&t=2507s

Coding in Mathematics
Grade 8 Additional Mathematics

Having explored the concepts and applications of quadratic functions, the G8 Additional Maths class were excited to take on the challenge of creating a short program to calculate the discriminant using Python in a joint lesson with Mr. Ciaran. With procedural fluency acquired through their deep understanding of the topic, the students were able to understand the flow diagrams that guided them. Mr. Ciaran very kindly provided a great instructional video (please like and subscribe to his channel!) and helped to answer questions and troubleshoot. Some students worked on an extension exercise of coding the 3-door Monty Hall problem using the same principles. Well done G8 and thank you Mr. Ciaran!

CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE (CAS) AND SERVICE AS ACTION (SA)
Written by Ms. Elma Moeloek

The CAS and SA Fun Scale Posters

This week in our CAS and SA lessons, we created posters applying The Fun Scale, which says there are three types of fun, to our activities and projects as a reflection. Type I fun is when it is fun to do and remember that we want to keep going back for more. Type II fun is when it hurts a bit to do but is fun in retrospect, ending up being most fulfilling in the long run. Type III fun is when it is not fun to do and in retrospect, but makes an interesting story. We discussed that the types of fun for an activity can change over time as we grow, get better, have new interests, or want the next challenge. There were so many beautiful and thoughtful posters to choose from, we can only include some here. It was such fun looking at all of them, as we felt we got to know the creator just by reading about the activities they were doing. We will be putting up all the posters in the classroom, so check them out!

Grade 11 and Grade 12

CAS Project: Spike Volleyball
It’s volleyball season everyone! Volleyball is a non-contact sport which makes us covid-19 friendly, well in a way? The first volleyball team is on its way to becoming an ever-improving group of athletes by training every Monday so that eventually, we will be able to compete against other schools in the near future. However, most importantly, this club was made to have fun with each other through the fantastic sport of volleyball. In this club, our aim is to improve our volleyball skills by forming better communication and collaboration, while also increasing our level of physical and mental health through the sport.
Social media: @spike_volley

CAS Project: Project Limitless
Project Limitless is a CAS group that provides underprivileged students and schools in Indonesia the opportunity to enhance their education quality by establishing curriculums for subjects ranging from English to arts. We provide a chance for these kids to get the knowledge they deserve. We can provide the resources they need to achieve greatness in the future. Being a part of this project also allows you to gain many experiences and suffice you with amazing opportunities. Last week, at our second meeting of the CAS project, the members got a chance to create teaching materials for the local schools! On Saturday, they even taught the SDN DOMPU Students English regarding Expressions and identity! Finally, we are currently working on raising funds for donations for these schools!! This is done through selling merchandise from books to stickers! Below is the gform link for purchasing: https://forms.gle/fksLTbJF1BTABTSd9

Check out our Instagram for more information! @projectlimitless_id

CAS Project: Timbre
Hey everyone! Timbre is back this year and we’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll!

We will be setting up events as well as performances to make sure everyone is entertained through the art of music. At our club, members will be able to showcase their musical talents and find their inner music spirit through practicing and improving their musical skills, while also preparing for their own unique performances. In a week’s time, we’ve managed to pull off an amazing band cover of “Come Inside of My Heart” for our lovely juniors in EYES. We were able to get the opportunity to perform at their Talent Show and we hope that we were able to bring out smiles on their faces. Looking forward, we have plans for renewing Lunch Acoustic back to the MSHS community so more students will have the chance to display their talents as well as preparing for Halloween and our annual Christmas Concert.

Instagram: @swatimbreproject

CAS Project: Advanced Projects
Advanced Projects is here! We make 3D crafts, including pottery, pop-up books, origami, sculptures, and more. Our mission is to link visual arts and service by having fundraising booths, exhibitions, out-of-school teaching sessions, global awareness advocacy, and hosting donations. We seek students who are interested in arts and crafts and/or community service, but no prior experience is required. We don't just sit down and create, we actively move to make a change.

Join our first session! https://forms.gle/9rUqhBMk3aurBshi6

CAS Project: High Society
Ready. Set. Dance. Hey everyone! Let us introduce our school dance team called High Society. Over here we do all kinds of dance activities and yes activities! It is not just about learning dances or doing performances but rather like a "society", a family. You can find us in the arts lobby dance room doing dance battles, random dance challenges or simply learning new styles of dance. We highly encourage everyone to try dance because it is so much more than 'can I dance?', it is about expressing yourself with muscles and movements. Feel free to let us know if you would like to do a trial or join one of our upcoming choreography classes!