Good Morning DPM

30 June 2014 : A chance to introduce myself to the whole school.  Not sure that the students understood my three phrases of Malay, spoken in my Aussie accent, but they were very polite, and seem pleased to see me!

More Tour on Sunday

 29th June 2014

In the morning Jacqui was brought to the 'Tamu Gaya Street' or Sunday market by Teacher Artina and her husband.  In Malay language, ‘Tamu’ means open-air market. Traditionally a place where farmers, fishermen and vendors trade their produce, Sabah’s Tamu has certainly evolved to become a favorite hang-out place for locals and tourists.

In the afternoon, Jacqui and the 'Kelab Pencinta Alam' - KPA, with Teacher Karen and Teacher Melva went to Rasa Ria Resort to visit our adopted 'Orang Utan'.

Kota Kinabalu City Tour

28 June 2014: Jacqui's Kota Kinabalu City Tour with Mdm Fay, Badinah, Nainey and Farizah.

At KDCA - Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association cultural village, Penampang, Sabah.  

The cultural village is located at Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Hongkod Koisaan, Penampang which is about 15 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu City. This cultural village is specially catered for the Kadazandusun tribes in Sabah and there are four (4) major Dusun tribes in Sabah in the village; Dusun Tindal Kota Belud, Dusun Papar, Rungus and Murut.



The cultural village is located at Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Hongkod Koisaan, Penampang which is about 15 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu City. This cultural village is specially catered for the Kadazandusun tribes in Sabah and there are four (4) major Dusun tribes in Sabah in the village; Dusun Tindal Kota Belud, Dusun Papar, Rungus and Murut. - See more at: http://www.sabahtourism.com/destination/kdca-cultural-village#sthash.gBVs2fBG.dpuf

 

Visiting Sabah Art Gallery

 

 

There were many pieces that I had to take photos of, to share with Sue Ledsam, and the other art and technology teachers

 



We were all quite taken with the front desk!

 

Welcome to Malaysia Jacqui !

Jacqui finally arrived at Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia at 10.10 pm and was greeted by Farizah, Surie, Nainey and Badinah.

Next Project : Mathematic Teacher Exchange Programme

Our next Sister School programme is Mathematic Teacher Exchange Programme which will be from 27th June until 9th August 2014 by Madam Jacqui Veal.  All preparation are in progress to ensure this programme success and we here at SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin, are looking forward to Mdm Jacqui's arrival here.

Sister School Visit Report Presentation

Presentation report on findings during Sister School visit on 24 November 2013 - 3rd Disember 2013 by Teacher Badinah, Teacher Nainey and Teacher Fadley to morning and afternoon session teacher of SMK
Datuk Peter Mojuntin.

Appreciation to TSC

Dear Madam Janet,

Thank you very much for attending to us throughout our stay there.  We greatly appreciate your kind and warmest gesture.  We hope we didn't intrude on your daily routine.  We are happily waiting to see you soon.

Dear Mr. Alby and Mr. Con,

First of all, thank you for accepting us to visit your school and arranging our visit to Brunswick School in Melbourne.  We greatly appreciate your warm and sincere hospitality.
Thank you for sharing to us your expertise.  The information and knowledge we get are truely superb.  We did shared them to our Principal and all the staff here.  We hope you don't mind if we adapt one or two of what we learnt there to be practiced here.

Once again, thank you for sacrificing your time eventhough we know that you're very busy with your school responsibility.

To All our host family,

Thank you for having us as one of your family in your house.  We hope we didn't trouble you with our presence.  We really had a blast time and enjoyed the food you served us.  We hope that we will still be welcome the next time we knock your doors.

Dear Teachers and School Staff,

Thanks a billion for sharing with us your knowledge.  We were very honoured and grateful to be given the opportunity to observe how the teaching and learning process in your school.  We do learn a lot and had shared them with our colleague.

Hopefully we have a continuous cooperation.

Warmest Regards,

Nainey, Badinah, Fadley, Naimah and Martin.
2013 Sister School Visit
SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia

Staff from SMK DPM visit Tallangatta in November 2013

Sunday 24th November 2013
On 24th November, 4 staff from SMK DPM set off from Kota Kinabalu for a visit to Tallangatta Secondary College and Melbourne.

The group consisted of Badinah Bianis and Nainey Ajik who had previously visited with students in 2011, Mohd Fadley Fauzi and Naimah Hj Din accompanied by her husband Martin Bin Bubin

The group arrived in Melbourne at 12.15 am on the Monday morning and were met at the airport by Mr Alby Freijah, Principal of Tallangatta Secondary College and Mr Con Madden, Assistant Principal.

Monday morning in Melbourne with TSC Principal Alby Freijah

Monday 25th November 2013After a short sleep, the group along with Alby and Con, visited Brunswick Secondary College in Melbourne, Brunswick Secondary College is one of the most multi-cultural schools in Australia and has many special programs including intensive English language courses, to assist new arrivals to Melbourne to adjust to their new life in Australia,

Following this visit the group headed up the Hume Highway to Tallangatta, arriving at TSC at about 5 PM then joining their host families.

Tuesday 26th November 2013

The group spent the day at TSC, taking a guided tour of the school. This included the new science centre which had completed since the visit in 2011.  The group visited classes and had the opportunity to discuss different approaches to teaching and learning compared to SMK DPM. They visited a range of classes from general Maths and English classes to cooking, science, humanities, textiles and music. This also included seeing the benefits students had at TSC as a result of being in classes with a maximum size of 25 students compare to 45 - 50 in Penampang.

Textiles class

Wednesday 27th November 2013

On Wednesday, the group were taken by Mr Con Madden and Janet Floyd on a tour of the local area to learn about the geography and the history of the area.
This included visits to Yackandandah, Myrtleford, Bright and Beechworth. 

Map of area

Thursday 28th November 2013
On Thursday the group paid a short visit to Tallangatta Primary School, visiting most of the classes and catching up with some staff they had also met 2 years ago.

The rest of the day was spent in discussions with the principal and other staff members discussing different aspects of teaching and learning and education processes in Tallangatta compared to Malaysia.  We also spent time discussing potential projects for the future, including teacher and student exchanges, possible curriculum projects and even the viability of work experience placements.

On Thursday evening the guests and hosts ventured into Albury for an enjoyable farewell dinner at a Thai restaurant.

Visitors and hosts at dinner

Friday 29th November 2013
Friday morning was spent in discussions with Mr Madden and Janet about different student management strategies and support programs in place at Tallangatta.

This was followed by a morning tea and an exchange of gifts before farewells and promises to meet again in 2014 were exchanged

Plaque to commemorate the visit created by TSC teacher David Goodwin

About 2.00 pm, the group once again to the Hume Highway driven by TSC teacher Rhys McKee and accompanied by Janet.

The next few days were spent site-seeing and shopping in Melbourne, followed by a day trip along the well-know Great Ocean Road to view the 12 Apostles, before returning to Malaysia on 3rd December.

The 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road

Everyone at TSC enjoyed the visit and look forward to catching up again in the future.

Thanks to Rhys McKee, Con and Chris Madden, Yanti Grant and Sue Ledsam for extending their hospitality and their homes to make our colleagues from SMK DPM feel welcome.

Orang Utan Adoption Programme

Certificate of Orang Utan Adoption Programme for Katie, Ten-Ten, Itinban and Wulan, which were adopted by Tallangatta Secondary College.

Teacher's Sister School Visit to Tallangatta

Our next project is Teacher's Sister School visit to TSC and Melbourne from 24 November 2013 to 3rd December 2013.  The teachers who will be involved in this visit are :

1. Madam Naimah Hj Din ( Student's Affair Senior Assistant)

2. Mohd. Fadley Fauzi (Counsellor)

3. Badinah Bianis (Head of Student's Affair Unit for the Form Six - Pre University)

4. Nainey Ajik ( Head of the Resource Centre)

The objective of this visit is to obtain best practices of student’s management as well as teaching and learning process.

 

GreenBox Letters From Malaysia to Australia

 All 42 letters are ready to be posted to Australia today.

 The name list of students with their GreenBox pen-pal

Some of the letters for 'Climate/Weather" topic

This GreenBox Letters from SMKDPM is supervised by Teacher Chong Pik Yen and Teacher Irene Lung

Appreciation

SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin would like to express our highest gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals and organization for their cooperation in welcoming our Tallangatta Secondary College Sister School visit to SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin.

Mr. Alby Freijah

Principal of Tallangatta Secondary College

Madam Nurani Fauziah Derin

Principal of SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin

Mr. Con Madden

Assistant Principal of Tallangatta Secondary College

Madam Janet Floyd

Curriculum Senior Assistant and Sister School Coordinator of Tallangatta Secondary College

Madam Fay Hameliene Mogindol

Curriculum Senior Assistant and Cluster School  of of SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin

Surie Aziz

Sister School Coordinator of SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin

Students of Tallangatta Secondary College

Ryan Mull

Zachary Stephens

Emily Jarvis

Georgia Trewin

Olivia McMaster

Homestay Sisters and Families

Jane Thecla Bensing Vonih

Vonih Bernard Bass @ Bonnie Bensing

Kimberly Vung

Ifnelly Biak and Vung Hi Ming

Sharmane Suemunie

Mr. Stanley Sikolis and Mrs Sifera Kodoh

Rinie Sheriezah

En. Hamdan Suarah and Pn. Ferizah Casimir

Veneda Angelia Joe

Parents

Deanne Seanuau Kely Jitilon

Pn Winnie Jimis and Mr. Donald Kely Pete

Steffira Zeandea Greater

Mr. Max Greater and Wife

Miss Badinah Bianis

Miss Nainey Ajik

Mr. Medi Marau

Mrs Piluh Osong 

Photographers
Max Greater, Jesson Hintanau, Surie Aziz

Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre of Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort

Monsopiad Cultural Village

Principal and SK Sri Gaya Primary School

Sabah Museum

Persatuan Ibubapa dan Guru SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin (PIBG)

Special Education Programme Teachers and Students

Students Council (MPP) and Prefects of SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin

Teachers, Students and Staff of Tallangatta Secondary College
Teachers, Students and Staff of SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin