A Trip to the Traditional World
Gabrielle Hadipraja, Year 7
In a small village in Bogor, the Year 7s explored traditional Indonesian activities. Their teacher, Mrs Maggie Eubanks said,
”This is a great way to engage with traditional events.” First, they sang traditional songs and played an Indonesian
instrument called the Angklung. Then they were separated into two groups to have a tour around the village - from viewing
cornfields to witnessing what villagers do for a living. After the tour, the class planted rice on a sticky paddy field. The best
was yet to come - washing the cow by the river and crossing the river. When they got back on land, they went to play an
Indonesian instrument called gamelan, paint hats, make dolls out of a few branches, cook traditional cakes and stir
traditional drinks.
As a result, students had a great time. Shaurya Taparia commented, ”In our field trip, I saw and learned many things
people who live in small towns and villages do. The things they do would overtime have been advanced. An example, the
making of bugis cake has developed over time. So now, we have different types of cookies and cupcakes. That is one of
the examples of the relation between our big idea and our fieldtrip. There are more things that are done in the village that
still relates to the big idea.”
Exit Point in the Web
Gabby M. Hadipraja, Year 7
“Beliefs and customs from the past have a powerful impact on our lives today.” That was the big idea of the Year 7’s Exit
Point. Parents and the Year 6s crowded in the Year 7’s classroom. Posters of some of the subjects were on the walls.
Laptops were arranged in order. The Year 7 classroom was decorated with lots of colour.
The students started with a music performance of Angklungs and a small choir. Then there was a short speech from Yash
Bakhtiani and Aretha Arivia. After that was a cooking class with Arlyn Buntaram, Carissa Averina and Jason Dodani. The
parents and some students were learning about making a cake called Kue Bugis. When the making of the cakes was
done, everyone went back to the Year 7’s classroom to look at the websites that students made. The website was the main
event - it contained information on what the students learned and how their lives relate to their unit.
After the Exit Point, Max Suwarsa, Year 7, commented, ”I think that the Exit Point was successful and our class has done a
good job because everyone loved it and our websites were nice, and it was pretty much the best Exit Point we had so far.”
Ms Liem Siu Ik, a parent, stated, ”I think the Exit Point was fun and the bugis cake was delicious. The websites gave lots of
information on the students’ learning in the unit. The relation between the big idea and the websites was really clear. The
way students inserted the big idea into their websites and the information provided had a great connection.”
”I think that the Exit Point is a great way to express student's feelings and experience throughout the learning. Parents and
other students would get to know and experience what we did in this unit. I think that this is a fun event. I think it went well,
even though there were a few things that happened unexpectedly but we could solve the problems,” thought Aretha Arivia,
host for this exit point.
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