Kang Guru Connection Pouch - April - June 2006

Galilei Club, Paiton - probolinggo, East Java

A Short History of the Club

This club was founded in July, 2003. We did this because we would like to improve and develop our knowledge especially English. And we are conscious that we have little knowledge of English and we know that to face the global era we really need English - the international language. Our members are all girls and all are around 17 years of age. We joined the club through our boarding school. We have relationship with other organisations such as LIPS (Language Intensive Programs of SLTP), FLDC (Foreign Language Development Centre), PSI (Centre for Islamic Study), Language Plus and Language Centre.

Weekly Club Activities

Monday	Enlarge Vocabulary. We also do tasks such as learning English words by heart and the winners will get a prize.
Tuesday	Gymnastics. In order to keep our body healthy. This activity using music is for all members of Galilei Club.
Friday	‘Clean Friday’ is cleaning around our dormitory for basic health reasons.
Sunday	The English Exercise and English Debate. Activities include reading KGRE magazine and listening to KGRE cassette in our classrooms.

We very enjoy these activities. The songs help us to study English words. The songs are not so difficult and easy for us to adapt.

Capt. KGRE visited the Galilei Club on the 3rd of April 2006 and here is a part of his Travel Report posted on the KGRE Travel Page.

.....There were probably 100 girls at the meeting and they were fantastic. They were keen, vibrant and their English was so good. There were lots of questions and lots of excitement too. We had games and quizzes and even teachers joined in......

EDELWEISS ENGLISH CLUB

Edelweiss Routine Activities are:

Listening to Kang Guru Radio English
Reading Class Set activity
Religious activity
Edelweiss Creation and Expression
Edelweiss’ Birthday Celebration
Independence Day Celebrations
Organising an Intensive English Course for new members
Publishing a Newsletter
Teaching Training using the “Buddy System” in school or on English courses
English Discussion Club
Weekly Diary Writing Activity

Note: KGRE sent some books and pens for all members of Edelweiss Club and they use them for the ‘Weekly Diary Writing Activity’.

Special Events

Inter-Pesantren Visit to nearby Pesantren of Nurul Islam, Sumenep - February 3rd, 2006.
Australia Day Celebrations - January 26th, 2006.
Inter-Pesantren Visit to PP. Qomaruddin, Bungah, Gresik - December 14th, 2005.
English Training Camp which was attended by Capt. Kang Guru, Mr Kevin Dalton - September 30th, 2005.
A Get Together with Pioneer English Club, Madura - January 26th, 2005.

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