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EDUCATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT

CONCERNING:

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KBM ONLINE AND GRADUATION OF STUDENTS IN THE UNITS OF EDUCATION OF HIGH SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND SLB IN CENTRAL JAVA

Based on:

1. Decree of the Governor of Central Java Number 360/3 of 2020 concerning Determination of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-l9) Disaster Emergency Response Status in Central Java Province;
2. Circular of the Head of the Education and Culture Office of Central Java Province Number 443.2109002 dated March 24, 2020 regarding Educational Services in the Context of Prevention of Spread and Spread of Corona Virus Disease Infection (Covid-l9 in Central Java.

Respectfully conveyed the Online KBM policy and Graduation of Students in the Unit high school, vocational, and high school education in Central Java, as follows:

A.  KBM ONLINE

1. Teaching and Learning Activities carried out independently at home remotely through an online / online system by utilizing adaptive media, directed to realize meaningful education through enjoyable learning interactions and not burdening students.
2. As a follow-up Circular of the Head of the Office of Education and Culture of Central Java Province Number 443. 2/08997 dated March 20, 2020, related to the process of teaching and learning independently at home, taking into account the emergency conditions of the pandemic covid-l9 until now has not abated, the KBM policy independently at home, again extended until 30 April 2020, and will be evaluated according to developments which will be notified later.
3. Considering the KBM independently as referred to number 2, where the beginning of Ramadhan L441 H is estimated on April 24, 2020, then on 23, 24 and April 27, 2020 is declared as the initial holiday of Ramadan fasting, and resuming online KBM starting from 28th April 2020.
4. Arrangements for the implementation of the KBM and other important dates in the provision of education services in the education unit for April s.d. to July 2020 as attached, and if a central government / Kemendikbud policy is issued, will be adjusted according to the provisions.

B.  ANNOUNCEMENT OF GRADUATION AND INCREASE OF CLASS

1. Graduation and grade promotion of students from the education unit based on Permendikbud Number 43 of 2019 and Circular of Minister of Education and Culture Number 4 of 2020 dated March 24, 2020 About the Implementation of Education Policy in the Emergency Period of Corona Virus Disease Spreading (Covid- 9).
2. The announcement of graduation is not permitted by presenting / gathering students, so the announcement is made online to the students concerned. Technical provisions for graduation administration and the provision of diploma forms will be notified further based on policies from the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.
3. Considering the determination of the status of Emergency Disaster Response, school, diploma reception, graduation.

C.  MISCELLANEOUS

1. Principals are required to monitor the activities of teachers, students, employees and students in implementing online KBM and Work From Home (WFH) / work from home, so that the policy has a positive impact as part of efforts to prevent the transmission and spread of Covid-l9.
2. Matters that need further handling related to the implementation of educational policies in the emergency period of the Covid- 9 pandemic, to be reported in stages. Thus to be guided and implemented as it should.

Beberapa minggu ke depan, anda akan melihat peningkatan masalah perilaku dengan putra-putri anda. Entah itu protes, kemarahan atau kegelisahan karena mereka tidak bisa melakukan sesuatu dengan normal- hal itu akan terjadi. Anda akan melihat perilaku yang bersifat memberontak, kehilangan kontrol diri atau menjadi gampang marah di beberapa minggu ke depan nanti. Hal ini lumrah dan memang bisa terjadi di dalam kondisi semacam ini.Saya sedang mengatur jadwal untuk dapat mengadakan rapat dengan para ibu-ibu: “pengasuhan selama covidv 19: bagaimana membuat anak saya tetap sibuk”.

Apa yang diperlukan putra-putri anda sekarang adalah perasaan nyaman dan disayang. Merasakan bahwa semuanya akan nenjadi OK. Jangan khawatir kalau mereka mundur dari pelajaran sekolah. Semua anak dalam kondisi yang sama dan semuanya tidak masalah. Ketika kita kembali ke kelas, kita semua akan mengarahkan kembali pelajaran mereka. Semua guru kita sudah trampil meghadapi masalah ini. Jangan berargumentasi dengan anak anda kenapa mereka tidak mau belajar matematika. Jangan memarahi mereka karena tidak mengikuti jadwal. Jangan meminta mereka belajar 2 jam kalau mereka menolaknya.Kami berharap dengan ikut Zoom Meeting anak-anak akan mendapatkan kegiatan yang menyenangkan yang akan mengalihkan pikiran mereka tentang kebosanan yang akan dihadapi beberapa minggu ke depan.

Jika saya bisa mengatakan satu hal adalah hal ini: di akhir dari semua ini kesehatan mental putra-putri anda lebih penting dari pada ketrampilan akademik. Bagaimana perasaan mereka yang mereka rasakan saat ini akan tetap mereka rasakan sampai lama setelah ingatan tentang apa yang mereka lakukan selama minggu tersebut telah lama hilang. Jadi tolong camkan hal tersebut setiap harinya.

Warmest Regards

Ms Kerry

Please note that the Department of Education and Culture of Central Java has extended the online learning again until the 30th of April 2020.

Link to the publication can be found here: 0563/KADIN/IV/2020

Should you still require books from school, please make an appointment with the Permata Bangsa administration office.

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Permata Bangsa School Team.

Yang terhormat orangtua dan guru,

Saya telah mengunggah Jadwal Sementara ke Edupage untuk membantu kita merencanakan kelas untuk siswa-siswa kita.

Jadwal ini akan berubah lagi selama akhir pekan dan sepanjang minggu depan.  Periode waktu yang masih kosong akan terisi secara bertahap dengan bertambahnya jumlah guru yang akan ikut mengajar dengan sistem Zoom.

Jadwal baru dilihat di Aplikasi Edupage Anda:

1. In Edupage open “Timetables”
2. Under “Grade (?”), you’ll find “19-20 Sem 2 T3 V”
3. Press “V” to open drop down menu
4. Select Temporary Timetable

Regards,

Ms. Kerry

Dear Parents and Teachers,

     I have uploaded a Temporary Timetable to Edupage to help us plan classes for our students.

     This timetable will change again over the weekend and throughout next week.  Empty time periods will fill in gradually as new teachers joining the Zoom Classroom system schedule their classes.

     To locate the new Timetable in your Edupage App:

1. In Edupage open “Timetables”
2. Under “Grade (?”), you’ll find “19-20 Sem 2 T3 V”
3. Press “V” to open drop down menu
4. Select Temporary Timetable

Ms Kerry memberikan penghargaan yang sangat tinggi kepada semua orang tua yang baik, semua murid yang tekun dan para guru yang berdedikasi. Dukungan yang telah diterima selama 2 minggu terakhir sangat membantu sekali.

50% dari staff pengajar sudah siap mengajar secara daring lewat Zoom. Setengah dari staf pengajar lainnya sedang dalam pelatihan dan akan siap di akhir minggu ini.

Hari Senin dan Selasa kami sudah dapat memberikan program pembelajaran yang efektif kepada murid- murid kita dan saya sedang membuat jadwal hari Rabu saat ini.

Ketika para staf pengajar yang tersisa siap memakai Zoom, kita akan dapat membuat dan mengunggah jadwal baru di Edupage dengan lebih baik. Diharapkan bisa di rilis akhir pekan ini jadi anda semua bisa mendapatkannya untuk program minggu depan.

Murid yang ketinggalan pelajaran karena orang tua membutuhkan komputer untuk pekerjaan, akan  diberikan salinan video dari pelajaran tersebut.

Terimkasih, sekali lagi,  untuk semua kerja keras dan dukungan yang sangat besar. Saya sangat bangga terhadap sekolah kita - kita benar-benar bersatu ketika situasi sedang sulit.

Ms Kerry would like to send out a round of applause to all our wonderful Parents, tenacious Students and dedicated Teachers. The support our school has received during the past two weeks has been absolutely heart-warming.

Fifty percent (50%) of the teaching staff are up and on line with you via Zoom. The second half are in training and should be ready by the end of the week. 

Monday and Tuesday we were able to provide effective learning programmes to our students and I am building Wednesday's timetable at this very moment.

As the rest of the teaching staff come on board Zoom, we will be better able to create and upload a new timetable to Edupage. It should be published this weekend so you will have it for next week’s programme.

Students who miss their class because mom or dad need the computer for work, will be provided with a video copy of the lesson.

Thank you, once again, for all the hard work and uplifting support. I am very proud of our school - we really come together when times get tough!

Cambridge and Cambridge Univ Press have given free access to their websites during Covid-19 outbreak for teachers.

1. Free access to resourceplus (IGCSE and A Level):   Click Here

2. Access to Cambridge Elevate (IGCSE and A Level):  Click Here

Salam dari Ms. Kerry,

Seperti yang banyak dari anda lakukan, tim Permata Bangsa selalu memonitor penyebaran  dan dampak dari COVID-19 (VIRUS CORONA) di Semarang dan juga di Indonesia serta di seluruh dunia. Ini adalah krisis kesehatan dunia paling utama, dan pikiran serta doa kita ditujukan ke mereka yang terdampak langsung oleh virus di masyarakat. Sebagai sebuah sekolah berwawasan internasional, yang anggotanya bepergian ke luar negeri secara teratur, kita juga secara aktif melacak COVID-19 dan mengambil tindakan untuk melindungi murid-murid, para orang tua, para karyawan dan bisnis kita.

Selama lebih dari 20 tahun, kita sudah mempunyai pengalaman yang sangat signifikan dalam menjalankan masa-masa yang tidak menentu dan tidak pasti. Dan saat ini tidak berbeda dengan masa tersebut. Fokus kita, akan selalu memberikan kepada murid kita dengan pendidikan yang terbaik. Kita akan melakukan ini dengan cara menjaga karyawan kita selalu aman dan sehat, program sekolah tetap berjalan, dan tetap fokus pada misi kita.

Walaupun masih terlalu dini untuk mengetahui dampak yang pasti dari virus ini di sekolah dan komunitas lokal kita, saya yakin bahwa rencana berkelanjutan kita yang kuat akan memungkinkan kita untuk menjalankan program dan melayani murid kita untuk melalui situasi saat ini. Kita secara aktif menguji berbgai macam  aplikasi dan program dalam kaitannya dengan situasi covid 19 ini untuk lebih memahami implikasi dari virus, dan menyesuaikan kebijakan dan program kita dengan benar.

Kita dengan rutin akan selalu memberikan informasi terkini kepada anda.

Salam hangat,
Kerry Neuman-Clark, Kepala Sekolah.

Greetings from Ms. Kerry.

Like many of you, the Permata Team is closely monitoring the spread and impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) within Semarang as well as Indonesia and around the world.  This is first and foremost a global health crisis, and our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been directly affected by the virus in their community. As an internationally minded school, whose members regularly travel abroad, we are also actively tracking COVID-19 and taking measure to protect our students, parents, employees and business.

Over our 20 year history, we’ve had significant experience in navigating periods of volatility and uncertainty. And this time is no different.  Our focus, as always, will be on providing our students with “Simply The Best” education possible.  We’ll do this by keeping our employees safe and healthy, the school programme running, and staying focused on our mission.

While it’s too early to know the exact impact the virus may have on the local and school community, I’m confident that our robust continuity plans will allow us to continue to operate and serve our students throughout the current situation. We’re actively testing various programmes and applications within the realities of the COVID-19 situation to better understand the implications of the virus, and to adjust our policies and programmes accordingly.

We will continue to keep you regularly updated.

Warm Regards,

Kerry Neuman-Clark, Principal

World Health Organisation - link to site

PBS di-rumah: 

Rencana untuk tanggal 23 Maret 2020.

Kita sedang menyusun dan mencoba teknologi yang kita akan gunakan untuk memberikan pendidikan yang berkualitas untuk murid-murid kita di dalam suasana yang nyaman dan aman di rumah mereka.

Ini adalah vidio informasi singkat yang diumumkan ke para orang tua bahwa kita akan berencana memberikan Pelajaran Sains dan Matematika pada hari Senin melalui Edupage.

Vidio informasi ini adalah tentang bagaimana mengakses dan menggunakan pelajaran dan materi pelajaran yg disiapkan dan diunggah pada hari Senin pagi bersama dengan instruksi aksesnya. Pada pertengahan minggu kita akan menyediakan ruang kelas virtual yang memungkinkan untuk pembelajaran real time bisa dilakukan.

Guru, murid dan orang tua dapat berperan serta dalam pelajaran dan pembelajaran dapat berlanjut seperti biasa, hanya berbeda format saja.

PBS is organising and trying out the technology we'll use to provide quality education for our students in the comfort and safety of their own homes.

This is a short informational video announcing to parents that we are planning to provide Math and Science Lessons on Monday via Edupage on Monday.

Informational Videos (IV's) on how to access and use the lessons and materials provided will be prepared and uploaded early Monday morning along with access instructions.

By mid week we should be providing a virtual classroom setting allowing real time learning to take place. Teachers, students and parents can participate in lessons and learning can continue as usual, just in a different format.

We love our kids! On 18 March 2020, PBS began disinfecting all the classrooms and work areas in the school as a frontline attack against infectious viruses, especially Covid-19. We will repeat the process every two weeks until the epidemic recedes.

My Grandson Charlie is this year's Poster Child for "World Down Syndrome Day".  Please share the youtube link to his special song with all your friends. Let's build awareness as to how special our children are! Let's make "Charlie's Light" go VIRAL!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqzP5HNS22Y&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2fY_knErmQLqbmEEYu4FYXIzBjH6sCKBPnq9kJy5IjjOUO9fjfJofiQp0

From the website:  "Charlie's Light" is a song written to express a father's gratitude by juxtaposing his own joy with the emptiness of those that struggle blindly without a guiding light. World Down Syndrome day is celebrated on March 21st to recognize the many contributions to our communities played by people with Down syndrome. This song and slideshow is my attempt at a contribution to this celebration. Please spread the word and "Rock your Socks" on March 21st!

Grade 7 had a great lesson at the Gombel Golf lesson this week with Turnberry Coach Kenny Macleod. The famous Turnberry Golf Resort is located in Scotland. Mr. Kenny has traveled all this way just to meet up with the PBS students again. The PBS Golf Clinic will continue throughtout the month of February. Mr. Macleod has inspired all our students to take up a club and get out on the course! You can download more pics by visiting: http://img.gg/qw09WHT. 

Saturday 8 February, Mr. Tory and his Hippo English Team met students from all over Semarang as they came together at PBS to compete in this year's Hippo English Competition. Good luck to all!

'Building Good Teamwork' was the theme of PBS Character Building Games during EB. It was so fun! 

Ms Kerry and PGA Pro Mr Gavin took grade 9 for their first golfing lesson at Gombel Golf Course. Indonesia's future golfing superstar could be in this photo!

Indonesia has announced they will obtain graduation criteria directly from schools. Permata Bangsa School will submit data from the school examination result to Diknas which the government will use to award Grade 6 diplomas. At this point there will be still Examination Preparation classes for Grade 6 students. Beginning next week PBS Exam Prep will continue to be offered as Extra Curricular Activities. 

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Pemerintah Indonesia telah mengumumkan akan menggunakan kriteia kelulusan langsung dari sekolah. Untuk itu, Permata Bangsa School akan menyerahkan data hasil ujian sekolah kepada Diknas Pendidikan yang akan digunakan untuk mengisi nilai ijazah kelulusan SD. Maka dari itu mulai minggu depan kegiatan Persiapan Ujian akan tetap diadakan untuk siswa kelas VI dalam bentuk ekskul.