NEWS FROM GRAMMAR 2015
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Learning<br />
Indonesian at<br />
Broadland<br />
At the Junior Campus, for the<br />
first time, we now teach Bahasa<br />
Indonesia from Early Learning<br />
to Year 6.<br />
Gallipoli ANZAC<br />
Commemoration<br />
Last year I entered the Anzac Centenary Competition<br />
and was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the seven<br />
Tasmanian students to visit Turkey and represent<br />
Tasmania at Gallipoli for the Centenary of the landing.<br />
Our programme is coordinated by Ibu Umi Quor,<br />
who has made a major contribution to the teaching<br />
of Indonesian over many years. To support our work<br />
in this area we have been very privileged to be one<br />
of 16 Schools in Australia to be part of the Australia-<br />
Indonesia BRIDGE Project.<br />
We arrived in Istanbul on the 17th April and spent a wonderful few days<br />
visiting famous sites such as Hagia Sofia, the Grand Bazaar and the Topkapi<br />
Palace. I was so amazed by the history and beauty of the city and it was<br />
fascinating to see such a different way of life.<br />
The project involves teachers from schools in Australia<br />
and Indonesia working and learning in partnership<br />
together.<br />
During Term One we were very fortunate to have Pak<br />
Jakta and Ibu Eti from Yogyakarta stay with our host<br />
teachers; Mrs Jude Coombe and Ms Laura Watts<br />
for two weeks. The contribution they made to our<br />
School was invaluable. Our children enjoyed learning<br />
about Indonesian music and dance, making puppets<br />
and cooking traditional Indonesian food. We are very<br />
excited as later in the year two of our teachers will also<br />
visit Indonesia.<br />
We look forward to this being a very special and ongoing<br />
connection with the SDN Percobaan 2 School in<br />
Yogyakarta in Java, Indonesia.<br />
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