TMIS PYP EXHIBITION: DIGITAL NATIVES, DIGITAL REPORT

As an IB school, we need to see our students as the children of their decade. The students nowadays are the digital natives. They live their lives with the digital tools. They watch TV, listen to the radio, play PS games, have fun with their ipod, browse internet and many more activities.
Here in Tunas Muda International School, we so much aware on their needs during PYP exhibition. The students had been given a group website, where they can write their digital report on their research. It was not an easy thing to do in he beginning. However, as the digital natives, it took them only 30 minutes to get ready and on board with the websites given.
You may visit their websites under weebly. I do hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from the students. Here are the links:

The Radio











The Television

The Magazine











The Newspaper











The Multimedia












blessing,


Hugo

PYP EXHIBITION 2011 TUNAS MUDA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Hi there!

PYP Exhibition is something that PYP school is waiting for. This time, Tunas Muda International School had their PYP Exhibition on 10-11 February 2011.
The school had its PYP coordinator, Massy Sitompul, leading the exhibition together with grade 6 teacher, Shanti Aryani. The transdisciplinary theme was "How We Express Ourselves". The central ideas was "Media allows us to communicate and to share information, ideas and thoughts with others".
The exhibition itself had shown how grade 6 of TMIS really engaged themselves closely to the exhibition.
The visitors, including parents, were really impressed with the results. I do hope that you will feel the same as well. Enjoy the pictures!

TUNAS MUDA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (TMIS) for MERAPI & MENTAWAI

Here is the slides from our visit to Merapi refugees. The villages are Glagah Harjo and Kepuh Harjo. It is really a tribute to the refugees. Thanks to student council, Parents Association, teachers and staff and of course all students! Blessing!

Song "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" from The Hollies 

LANGUAGE EXPECTATION

The internationalism has been a trend currently. People want to be still considered local while they also want to be part of international world. One way among many ways in embracing internationalism is to have fluency in some "world languages". 

The languages that people have desire to master are English, France, Latin and Chinese. Besides those four languages, people will automatically master their own mother tongue. In some countries, people can have two mother tongues. Thus, if they learn two other world languages, then these people would be mastering four languages during their lives. 

To be able to use some languages with good standard of fluency must be a great achievement. Some people find it easy as they are language naturalists; some find it hard. 

The rapid changes of world's global economy encourages people to put language as an asset. There are any language courses are established to meet the need of language learners. There are many adults and kids register and learn within language courses. 

Some schools that also want to embrace the internationalism apply certain language policy that they believe will enhance the language skill of their students. However, some schools have made themselves as "risk-taker" by applying "three-languages policy". The expectation is that students at the end of schooling will be able to use three languages in their lives. 

The big question now is whether the students will master the three languages fluently or they will have one language mastered while other languages are just a failure?

Learning a language, I believe must be started with strengthening the mother tongue of a student. Once the mother tongue is established both in school and home, then the students will be able to master another language easily. Another support is that if a family wants the kids want to master two languages, then the family must also exposed every member of family with the correct use of the two languages. What about three languages? I really think that three languages is way too much.

Now, it goes back to school and family policy then.