Kang Guru Indonesia September 2010
Welcome to KGI's first ever bulletin. First of all a BIG thank you to all those people who have written letters, sent emails and logged onto the new KGI Facebook Fans Page asking about KGI magazines. As we mentioned in the March magazine, there are no more KGI magazines this year. However you can still keep close contact with KGI on the web, by email and letters AND on KGI's new Facebook Fans Page.
This September KGI bulletin has been sent to all KGI-ites, English-language teachers and educational institutions on the KGI database plus all Australia Indonesia Partnership (AIP) activities in Indonesia . It is also available in pdf format on the KGI website. Be sure to check the KGI website in November for the next edition of this bulletin. Please continue checking the KGI website and the NEW KGI Fans Page on Facebook during the next few months for news of KGI in Indonesia.
+628213759XXXX - just one of many SMS to KGI from this AIBEP school
Thanks for KGI . When i C the KGI JUNE ed front cover, im so surprised,
i think thats a good image. I also want to congratulate because AIBEP made new school SMPN 4 Purwantoro. I hope AIBEP can continue the program to build 2000 schools because it is helpful to many people, especially for students to study well.
(Muhammad Sulthon Asidiq from JawaTengah, Purwantoro, Sukomangu, Nglogung, Rt 01 Rw 02) |
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Hundreds of people, including excited members of the local community, attended the opening of the 2000th school built in Indonesia by the Australia Indonesia Partnership (AIP). Foreign Ministers from Australia and Indonesia, Mr. Stephen Smith and Bapak Marty Natalegawa, respectively, opened the school. It was a big day for the community and for the teachers and students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri junior high school in Balaraja. Read more and check the KGI video of the opening on July 15, 2010.
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Dental
Care in Ambon
Dental EducationMission
Pacific Partnership 2010
Eight dentists and dental assistants from the Pacific Partnership
2010 team, including Australian Navy Dentist Lieutenant Tom
Yong, arrived at SD Negeri 78 in Air Putri, Ambon, on 28 July
to conduct dental hygiene classes and a dental screening.
“We are really, really happy to have them here,”
said Principal Ms Magda Mual. “We have made lots of
preparations and included the parents in the day also,”
she said. Each of the school’s 259 students saw a dentist
and received a toothbrush and toothpaste to put into practice
all that they learned. The team also met with parents and
teachers from the school.
KGI's Report and photographs
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In the
three villages of Banyumeneng, Desa Giriharjo near Yogyakarta,
groups of UGM students have been working for several years
to build and maintain a solar-powered water supply system.
Dr Ahmad Agus Setiawan, an Australian Development Scholarship
(ADS) alumni, is leading UGM students on this educational
adventure. Getting water from the underground source (see
left) to the top of the hill - by solar power! The team also
helps with community awareness of the importance of sustainable
water supplies, agriculture, public health and livestock development.
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Imagine this – an indigenous (aboriginal) Australian teaching aboriginal life-skills in Jakarta to SD students. Awesome, right! These hunting and food collection life-skills have been taught to indigenous children in Australia for the past 1,000 years. Learning these life-skills helped to prepare the indigenous children for their nomadic life in the Australian outback. Rob Hyatt used sporting equipment to teach some of these traditional games and life-skills to these lucky Indonesian students. They visited the Australian Embassy in Jakarta earlier this year as part of NAIDOC Week.
What is NAIDOC? Check the KGI website!
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Do you know that most people who die in earthquakes die because of collapsing buildings. It is true! The Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) is busy working with local government authorities and local communities in many parts of Indonesia to design and build stronger structures in earthquake-prone areas such as Padang. Then the number of fatalities will be reduced. This is a huge task but Indonesia and Australia are working together and the work has begun … www.aifdr.org
Also check KGI's September 2009 magazine for more AIFDR information
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This is certainly NOT the first BRIDGE exchange between Indonesian and Australian schools. It it will not be the last! Students and teachers from Southern Christian College, Tasmania visited SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar in August. There was no shyness at all and the students interacted very, very easily with each other. This is because they had actually known each other (via internet) for nearly 12 months as part of the BRIDGE program from AusAID - fantastic! What a great way to make friends and develop lasting links between people, and countries.
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Ayu from KGI joined
SOIna in Jakarta in July 2010. What is SOIna?
The Special Olympics Indonesia (SOIna) 2010 was held at the Sports Stadium in Ragunan from 24th - 30th June with more than 1300 athletes from 26 provinces and it is intended for people with intellectual/mental disabilities (tunagrahita). And these special athletes have competed in their district/town before the competed in the SOIna then the champions can then compete in Special Olympics World Games.
Read about Ayu, the
athletes and Ade Rai on the Travel Pages of the KGI website.
Where is KGI going next? See for yourself, okay.
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KGI recently went to Pasuruan. Sue was very BUSY. She saw
the mud flow, climbed an ancient monument, drank jamu, was
entertained by the SMP1 Sukorejo Marching Band, kidnapped
a teacher and was almost deposited at a bank!
KGI teacher workshops have been held recently in Pasuruan,
Parepare. Workshops coming up include Pariaman, Biak, Yapen,
and Serang and ...
Want to know more? Want to see more?
Go to KGI Travel Page and KGI
Travel Calendar.
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Where is Sue? Who is the thin man in the orange shirt? |
Well, this year will be my first year in teaching the third
grade of senior high school. Could you please give me some
tips so that I can manage my students in learning English
well? I hope all of my students can pass the national examination
100%. So fellow teachers, please give me some suggestions
to do that!!!
Nur Yanti (SMAN 1 Purwonegoro)
Check the Discussion Board and leave a message or respond to questions/discussions on Kang Guru Indonesia Fans Page.
English-language teachers can win WIN KGI SMP & SMA Teacher Packages.
Ayu will be checking the Discussion Board on October 31st to select 10 winners.
Winners announced early November.
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I know it's been a while … we miss you too.
But I have great news for all SMP students, now you can see more of us on the Kang Guru website. There are some new language games and
competitions for you to follow – like this
crossword puzzle below.
Complete the
crossword puzzle and other Joeys activities on the Joeys Page of the KGI website. Send your entries to KGI before October 31st and win
KGI Surprise Gift Packs. |
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Trinity is one of Indonesia's most famous cyber-celebrities. She created a blog about her travel experiences which was later made into a book. Do you want to be a successful blogger like Trinity? Why don't you start with your own blog and let everyone read and give comments about your blog.
A blog can make someone famous and make money as well.
Read more about Trinity and her best selling book 'The Naked Traveler' on KGI website's Latest News Page.
Give comments about her blog and you can win copies of 'The Naked Traveler' from KGI.
Comments by October 31st to oyutarini@ialf.edu Five winner will win both books from Trinity. |
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As in Indonesia, there are many, many indigenous languages in Australia. Below are some examples of aboriginal vocabulary used in the Uluru region of the Northern Territory.
Can you guess which definition is correct?
For the answers go to KGI's Joeys Page. |
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Do you want a simple and fun way to help your SMP students review vocabulary on a theme? Have a look at the idea on the KGI in the Classroom web page.
Find out how to make your own KGI Picture Sheets. Your students will love them.
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Here are two introductions welcoming participants to a KGI teacher workshop.
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming and it’s lovely to see you all here today.’
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your coming and it’s lovely to see you all here today.’
Which is the correct way to say this? |
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