TSC Sister School Visit and Homestay

Here are the planned programmes for TSC Sister School visit to SMKDPM which begins on 19th - 25 September 2012.

DATE	DAY	ACVITITY	NOTES
19	Wednesday	Arrival at Kota Kinabalu International Airport Homestay	Arrival : Royal Brunei Airlines B1825 7.00 pm Homestay Parents
20	Thursday
	6.40 am – 7.00 am	Activity Briefing at Bilik Gerakan	MPP, Surie
	7.00 am – 8.00 am	School Orientation / Tour - Office - Teacher’s Room - Classes, Cabins and Labs - Counselor Room - Mahligai Seri Saloon - Bengkel KH - Hostels - Pendidikan Khas	MPP
	8.00 am – 9.30 am	IN-Class with Students Olivia [ 5B] – same class with Jane Zachary & Ryan [5A] Emily & Georgia [4A]	MPP
		5F English Class with Johnston and Mr. Con	MPP
		3A English Class With Fiona Ruth and Janet	MPP
	9.30 am-10.00 am	Recess	Homestay Sisters
	10.00 am – 11.10 am	IN-Class with Students	MPP
		5B English Class with Ganesh and Mr. Con	MPP
		6R3 MUET Class with Flavia and Janet
	11.30 am - 12.00 am	Assembly with Afternoon Sessions - Introduction - TSC Presentation	MPP Mr. Con, Janet & Students
	12.00 am -1.00 pm	Sport Science With 4C Class and Mr Medi	MPP
	1.00 pm -2.00 pm	Lunch & Rest	MPP Principal and Mrs. Fay Canteen
	2.00 pm – 4.00 pm	Visit to Monsopiad Cultural Village	MPP Homestay Parents Mr. Medi
	4.00 pm	High Tea at Mrs Winnie Jimis house	Mrs Winnie Jimis
	6.00 pm	Back to school and homestay	Homestay Parents
21	Friday
	6.40 am -7.00 am	TSC meeting at Bilik Gerakan
	7.00 am – 8.30 am	Meeting with Students Council (MPP), Class Monitors, Prefect and Librarian at Bilik Gerakan	MPP, Class Monitors, Prefects, Librarians.
	8.30 am – 11.00 am	Visit to SK Sri Gaya Primary School	MPP Mr. Medi
	11.00 am - 2.00 pm	Lunch Visit to Sabah Museum	Medi, Surie, Badinah
	2.00 am – 4.00 pm	Visit to University Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
	5.00 pm	Back to school and homestay	Homestay Parents Mr. Medi
22	Saturday
	7.30 am	Gather at School
	8.00 am	Visit to Orang Utan Rasa Ria Resot	Medi, Surie, Badinah, KPA
	11.00 am	Visit to Upside Down House (Rumah Terbalik)
	12.30 pm	Lunch
	2.00 pm	Visit to Signal Hill (Kota Kinabalu View)
	4.00 pm	Back to school and homestay	Homestay Parents Mr. Medi
	7.00 pm	Mr. Con and Janet’s Dinner with School Administrator	Principal
23	Sunday	With Host families	Host Family
24	Monday
	6.40 am	Assembly with Morning Session - Introduction - TSC Presentation - Farewell Speech
	8.30 am – 9.30 am	Activities with Pendidikan Khas - Sign Language - Jahit Siling (Lace)	MPP, Mrs. Piluh
	9.30 am	Recess
	10.00 am – 12.30 am	Mudball Activities with Pendidikan Khas	MPP, Mrs. Piluh
	12.00 am – 12.30 pm	Compost and Lestari Briefing	Alice Chung Evon
	12.30 pm – 1.00 pm	Lunch	MPP, Principal, Fay
	1.00 pm – 1.30 pm	Rest	MPP Bilik Gerakan
	1.30 pm	Morning Prayer with Teachers (Mr. Con and Janet) Homestay for TSC Students	MPP Bilik Gerakan MPP, Homestay Parents
	7.00 pm	Farewell Dinner at Beijing Restaurant, Tun Fuad Park	Homestay Parents Participants of Sister School visit to Australia School Administrator Surie, Medi
25	Tuesday	Kota Kinabalu International Airport (Terminal 1) (Please be at the airport before 6.00 am)	Departure : Flight B1822 8.50 am Host Families

Please refer to your co-ordinator for the latest and updated tentative programmes.

Sister School Visit and Homestay Meeting

A short briefing/meeting was held at Cyberlab1 SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin on 8th September 2012 to discuss TSC Sister School visit and homestay. The meeting attended by Madam Nurani (Principal), Mrs Fay (Curriculum Senior Assistant), Teacher Badinah, Teacher Nainey, Homestay parents and students .

A few minor changes and new programmes were discussed and agreed on that day. We hope our TSC Sister School will have a worthy educational visit, new experiences, enjoyable trip and comfortable place during their stay here.

Return Visit to SMKDPM rapidly approaching!

Excitement is building in Tallangatta as our small group gets ready to travel to Sabah via Brunei to visit our sister school in SMK DPM.  We depart Melbourne on Monday 17th September and after a short visit in Brunei, we will be welcomed in Penampang on Wednesday 19th September. Only a small group of Janet, Con (Assistant Principal TSC) and 5 students, but the excitement could not be higher! 

See you all soon in SABAH!

Live Mudball Demonstration

On 30th May 2012 we had a live mudball making demonstration by SMKDPM to TSC through Skype to share the process of producing eMas (EM Activated Solution) and mudball. The demo presented by Teacher Flavia with our two students, Charlene and Dashina. Two other teachers present were Teacher Surie and Teacher Piluh.

13 November 2011 : Good Bye Australia

Reported by Janet Floyd, Tallangatta Secondary College

Sunday saw everyone up and around early as bags were locked and brought to the dining room fom 6.30 am onwards. Everyone seemed eager to head home but at the same time reluctant to say final goodbyes.


















John loaded the bus and after some final photos we headed to Tullamarine airport.

On arrival bags were unloaded from the trailer and all prepared to head inside to go through the customs checks. Due to limited bus parking close to the terminal, we all had to say our goodbyes at this point. After lots of hugs, promises to stay in touch and invitations to catch up next year in Sabah we had to part.

Whilst Janet, Deanne and John boarded the empty and strangely quiet bus to head back along the Hume Highway, Fay, Badinah, Nainey and 16 tired students headed into the terminal, keen to head home to Penampang via Kuala Lumpur with lots of stories to share with their familes of new experiences and friendships formed during an exciting week in Tallangatta.

12 November 2011: Action packed day in Melbourne

Reported by Janet Floyd, Tallangatta Secondary College

The last day in Melbourne was an action packed day. After breakfast at the hotel Miami, we boarded the bus and John drove us to the Victoria Market - again! A frantic 2 hours was spent looking for the final souvenirs and presents for families at home.

Next we headed to the Melbourne Museum. The museum kept every body interested browsing the different displays ranging from creatures under the sea, the mysteries of the insect world and the development of the earth's surface to the mysteries of the human body and the history of Melbourne. The allocated time rapidly disappeared.

On the bus again, we headed back to Southbank where John managed to find a bus park right at the from of the Eureka building. After a quick lunch we went to the Eureka Skydeck where the lift took us skyward at an amazing 88 floors in 36 seconds. All of our Malaysian guests decided to conquer "The Edge" so enjoyed the view whilst waiting their turn in the glass bottomed cubicle.
Back on the ground, we once again boarded the bus for the DFO at South Wharf f0r MORE shopping.

View of Federation Square from the Eureka Skydeck

Finally we headed off to the Ice House. Here most had their first experience of ice skating. After a tentative start Deanne, Jane and Kimberly were soon confidently moving across the rink, whilst other stayed closer to the security of the walls to keep them on their feet - most of the time. 2 1/2 hours later all had started to feel the cold so it was time to move on again.

After returning to the Miami, we walked to Errol St, North Melbourne to try a range of cuisines for the last evening meal in Australia. Back at the hotel, it was then time to repack bags to fit in all of the new purchases ready for an early start on Sunday.

11 November 2011 : Goodbye Tallangatta, Hello Melbourne

Following a fond farewell to house families, the last school bust trip and the last Home group, we loaded bags onto the bus and John and Deanne Baude drove us off down the Hume Highway to Melbourne.


After a quick check in to the Hotel Miami, it was off to the Victoria Market with what seemed to Janet to be an attempt to buy every souvenir that could be found! The number of purchases that could be made in just 1 1/2 hours was amazing! Obviously plenty of family and friends in Sabah will be showered with gifts. This necessitated a return to the Miami to off load shopping, before heading along Spencer street to catch the city circle tram for a ride around the edge of the city towards Flinders street station.










Next we headed to Southbank for a quick meal at the food court and a stroll along the river bank, then a quick walk over the foot bridge for - you guessed it - more shopping! After another 2 hours of souvenir hunting and a much needed visit to the money changer for some, it was back onto the tram to return to the Miami and off to bed after a long day.

10 November 2011 : The Last Day At Tallangatta

Reported by Janet Floyd, Tallangatta Secondary College

Today in many ways was the culmination of the trip, especially for the students and staff of Tallangatta. It began with students attending Home Group with their hosts, then attendance at classes during the first two lessons.

After recess the focus was on final presentation for the assembly. Students had one last rehearsal for their dance performance, then were joined by the TSC choir students and Mrs Esta Styles for a rehearsal of their combined choir performance. 5 of the students then headed off to the Herald office at school so that they could be interviewed for the next edition of the local Tallangatta paper which is produced by students at the college, whilst the rest went to their final class at Tallangatta Secondary College.

During the lunch break students made their final preparations for the assembly. The bell rang and TSC students assembled, the UCAA assembly area quickly filling with rows of chairs.

We were joined on this occasion by Mr Peter Joyce, mayor of Towong Shire, Mrs Jocelyn Owen representing the Hume Education Regionional Manager, and Mrs Manry Elliott from Tallangatta Primary School, as well as several of the host family members.

The assembly began with a welcome by Mr Alby Friejah who explained the importance of the visit to the college in consolidating the sister school relationship. Mr. Peter Joyce also spoke to the assembly, emphasising the importance of sister school relationships, not only in schools but also between communities, in building understanding between cultures. He encouraged students to take up the opportunities being involved in such a program offered them. Mrs Fay Mogindol responded on behalf of SMK DPM and spoke of the importance of the sister school relationship between our schools.

The first cultural item of the assembly was a performance of 'The Rose" by the Tallangatta Secondary College choir. Next the DPM students performed a medley of songs and although all of the lyrics were not understood by the audience, all were appreciative of the work that had gone into the performance, the clarity and harmony and obvious enjoyment of the students in their performance.

 

Next came the exchange of sponsorship money for our first environmental project. On behalf of TSC, Josh Crothers and Maidie Dawson presented Fay with our sponsorship of 3 orang utan which are being looked after and re-introduced to life in the rain forest at the Rasa Ria Orang Utan Rehabilitation centre in Sabah. In return the TSC students were accepted DPM's reciprocal donation to "adopt" a koala to support the rehabilitation of an Austalian animal.

Once again the DPM students returned to the stage. First Valorien explained the different traditional costumes worn by the students. Then the audience was treated to a medley of 4 dances from the Sabah state.

Following the performance, several presentations and exchange of gifts took place. These included gifts to each of the school principals and the gift of a bookmark made by the DPM students to every student at Tallangatta. On behalf of the TSC staff, Sue Ledsam also accepted a gift of a traditional beaded wrist band for every staff member. These gifts were made by the DPM students. Finally the TSC students who had acted as hosts at school throughout the week, presented their new Malaysian friends with a gift on behalf of TSC.

To finish off the assembly, the DPM students and the TSC choir joined on stage to present an outstounding performance of "You Raise Me Up", a great achievement of harmony considering the students had only know each other for 4 days and had 1 opportunity for rehearsal. Alby Friejah closed the assembly, thanked all for their contribution and expressed the hope that we will meet again next year in Penampang, Sabah.


After a fantastic day, students caught their buses for the last time to spend their last evening with their Australian families.

9 November 2011 : Indigenous Culture and Sport

Reported by Janet Floyd, Tallangatta Secondary College

Today DPM students joined together with the TSC Year 9 students to take part in workshops run by members of the Koori community to share aspects of indigenous Australian culture with all of the students. This included an explanation of some artefacts, Koori games and weaving.

Basil and Carl learning to weave.

After lunch students joined with Mr. Hale and the sports leaders class to participate in a range of sports and games. These included badminton, table tennis and dodge ball. All took part enthusiastically.

Once again the DPM students were completed on their positive involvement in all activities.













Catching the bus at the end of the day



In the evening, Alby, Con, Chris, Fay, Badinah, Nainey, Sue, Yanti and Janet spent a pleasant evening at Hollywood's in Wodonga.