Year 10 students from Mullumbimby High School entertained 56 year 6 students from Brunswick Public School today by writing, creating and performing traditional Indonesian shadow puppet plays called Wayang.

The puppet shows were produced by the Year 10 elective Indonesian class and told stories of finding Nemo, counting classroom objects and shopping for pets. The Indonesian language used in the plays was explained and reinforced through interactive games with prizes.

Yudi, the Balinese assistant teacher at Mullumbimby High School inspired and directed the students with their wayang creations. Elke Buhrich, teacher of Indonesian at Mullumbimby High School explained “This has been a enjoyable learning experience for all involved and a great opportunity to develop relationships with our sister school."

MULLUMBIMBY HIGH SCHOOL PRESS RELEASE
Thursday 26th March

ILTA/MLTA will provide a 2015 MLTA Trial Indonesian Beginners and Continuers exam paper.

Please email Ida Harsojo at ida.harsojo@det.nsw.edu.au by 1 May 2015 if you are interested in receiving a copy of either exam paper.


Please note - you MUST be a current MLTA member to be eligible to receive the papers. Please make sure you have renewed your MLTA membership before applying to receive the exam papers.

The exam papers and accompanying CD will be distributed at the end of Term 2.

A Year 12 Indonesian Speaking Day will be held at Burwood Girls High School on Saturday 20 June from 9.30am - 12.30pm. For more information, please see the flyer below or contact Ida Harsojo at ida.harsojo@det.nsw.edu.au

Each year the Department of Education and Communities coordinates the Kompetisi Siswa, a writing competition for students of Indonesian from Kindergarten to Year 10. Many teachers find this a great opportunity to raise the profile of Indonesian within their school community and for their students to experience competing with students in other schools at a state level.

Each Stage (Years 1-2, Years 3-4) etc is given a different topic and format for their writing task. Teachers are asked to coordinate their students’ work by selecting six entries per year group to be entered in the competition.

The closing date for entries is Friday 26 June 2015.

Prizes for first place, second place and highly commended are generously donated by the Australia-Indonesia Association of NSW. All students will receive a certificate of participation from the MLTA of NSW. Each participating school will receive a certificate of recognition from the Indonesian Consulate. See below for competition rules and entry forms. 

Do your students love reality TV shows? Check out this curriculum resource from the AEF where students learn about a variety of Indonesian cuisines through popular Indonesian TV cooking shows

Congratulations to the students from Illawarra Sports High school and their teacher, Jennifer Jurman-Hilton who have partnered with a sister school in Bali to create ways to solve local environmental issues through the Bottle for Botol program. For more information about this program please visit the Bottle for Botol website at www.bottleforbotol.org

A reminder for NSW schools that a day for students of Indonesian and their teachers will be held at the University of Sydney on Friday 12 June. 

A joint initiative between the Association of Independent Schools, the Catholic Education Commission, the NSW Department of Education and Communities and the Indonesian Department at the University of Sydney, the day aims to inspire students to continue their study of Indonesian to Year 12 and beyond. 

Students will have the opportunity to hear from guest speakers, see performances and to participate in language and cultural activities. There is no cost to students for this event.To register your interest, please complete the form below.

For more information, contact Lyndall Franks, Indonesian Language officer on 9244 5355 or at lyndall.franks@det.nsw.edu.au 

Applications are open for the Indonesian government's Darmasiswa scholarship program. For more information and to download an application form visit http://darmasiswa.kemdikbud.go.id/darmasiswa/