Save the date! Wednesday 4 September.

ACT Indonesian teachers are planning to bring "Michael J School Concerts in Oz" to Canberra in 2019. If you are in a NSW public school, you may like to consider joining us.

The National Gallery of Australia will also be exhibiting "Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia" at the same time – a huge exhibition of contemporary Indonesian art. (Some of us are currently working with the NGA to create language-based resources/activities to go with the exhibition.)

Combining the two events would make an excellent day trip for students in NSW. Save the date in your school calendars now!
 
For more details: rebecca.battaglini@ed.act.edu.au

Rebecca Battaglini, Indonesian teacher at Melrose High School in Canberra, is organising a unique opportunity for Indonesian teachers and students in Years 6 to 12.
 
Indonesian Idol, Michael J, has been booked to perform a concert for students studying Indonesian in the ACT and surrounding regions. The concert will be held at Melrose High School on Wednesday 15 August from 11:00am to 12:15pm.
 
Please send your official booking form (below) directly to the Balai Bahasa Indonesia Perth (BBIP). They will then inform Rebecca of booking numbers. BBIP will invoice your school directly for the tickets you have booked ($10 per student).
 
Please note: The form is an official booking form - you are making a commitment to purchase these tickets.
 
Any enquires should be directed to Rebecca at Rebecca.Battaglini@ed.act.edu.au

The following article, written by Dr Novi Djenar, appeared in the University of Sydney's Language and Culture Magazine (Issue 33) following on from this year's successful Indonesian student day in June. Indonesian in Action was the result of a cross-sectoral collaboration between the Department of Indonesian Studies at Sydney and Department of Education and Communities, Association of Independent Schools, Catholic Education, and Modern Language Teachers Association. 

To mark the 70th anniversary of Indonesia’s declaration of independence on August 17 1945, the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour in conjunction with the Museum Benteng Vredeburg in Yogyakarta, Indonesia are holding simultaneous displays.

Learn more about the fascinating history of the Black Armada ('Armada Hitam' in Bahasa Indonesia) and Australia’s role during the Indonesian independence struggle. The exhibition will be open daily from Thursday 20 August, 9:30am to 5:00pm, with the official opening at 10am.

For more information visit the Australian Maritime Museum website at http://www.anmm.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/coming/black-armada

'Year 12 Speaking Day 2015' yang diselenggarakan oleh ILTA/MLTA NSW berjalan dengan sukses dan dihadiri oleh 30 siswa kelas 12 yang belajar Bahasa Indonesia (Beginners, Continuers dan Extension), 8 orang guru dan 6 mahasiswa dari Macquairie University dan the University of Sydney. Para siswa dan guru yang datang berasal baik dari sekolah-sekolah di metroplitan Sydney maupun dari Camden, Woolooware dan Nowra. 

Tahun ini acara Y 12 Speaking Day ini diadakan di Burwood Girls High School - terima kasih kepada Ibu Lauren Dwyer yang sudah menjadi 'tuan rumah'. Para siswa senang sekali bisa menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia dalam siatusi nyata dan berkenalan dengan mahasiswa Indonesia dan sekaligus bisa melatih ketrampilan mendengar dan berbicara untuk HSC Oral Exam yang akan datang. Respons dari siswa sangat positif dan bahkan beberapa siswa tidak mau berhenti berlatih sampai waktu makan siang. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada para guru yang sudah meluangkan hari Sabtunya untuk datang dan mengantar siswa-siswanya, juga yang sudah membawa makanan kecil dan kue-kue yang lezat serta buah-buahan yang menyehatkan dan sudah membantu panitia sehingga acara ini berhasil dengan lancar dan baik. Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih untuk relawan - para mahasiswa Indonesia yang sudah membantu membuat suasana santai dan menyenangkan.

Tahun depan mudah-mudahan kami dapat mengadakan acara seperti ini lagi dan kami harap lebih banyak siswa dan guru yang hadir supaya mereka mendapat kesempatan untuk berkenalan dengan siswa-siswa lain, dan bercakap-cakap dengan mahasiswa serta mempersiapkan diri untuk HSC Oral Exam dengan guru-guru yang berpengalaman dalam suasana yang hangat dan informal.

Ida Harsojo

Bilingual Puppetry Tour of Sydney presents “Aladin dan lampu wasiat". Full of colour and action and most amusing, layered to engage all levels. We present bilingually in:

• INDONESIAN-ENGLISH. 

 The show is suitable for:

• JUNIOR PRIMARY
• PRIMARY 
• & SECONDARY LEVELS 

The performance and second language (LOTE) content is adapted accordingly and also performed entirely in English for Drama/Performing Arts students.

Please check our website, www.carrousel.com.au for more information about our performances, synopsis & LOTE support.

Anne-Marie Peiffer
Carrousel Theatre
(03) 9376 5527

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 

Experience a showcase of traditional dances and music from the province of Bali. Through this program, students will get a true taste of Balinese culture. After watching the dance performance of Cendrawasih, the story of Peacock birds playing in the garden paradise of Bali, they will be taught some simple dance moves as well as basic Indonesian language. Students will also have the opportunity to play the Angklung (Bamboo instruments) and do vocal percussion themselves!

Half day and 50 minute programs are both available. For more information and booking visit the Cultural Infusion website.

The Cultural Infusion Culture in Education program promotes cultural harmony, wellbeing and engagement with the arts through the delivery of a range of school programs, including: school incursions, multicultural all day programs, concerts, tours, interactive workshops, artist-in-residencies, youth and training programs. Next year, 2 Indonesian specific workshops will be offered to schools. For more information including programs and tour dates, visit the Cultural Infusion website at http://culturalinfusion.org.au/ or click on the images below.

Congratulations to the students and staff from Mullumbimby High School who have just returned from a 10 day excursion to Indonesia, including a visit to Camp Leakey in Kalimantan and to Yogyakarta in Central Java. This marks the first government school excursion to Indonesia in over a decade and teachers Elke Buhruch and Linda Keyte report that the trip was a great success. Please see below for more details about the visit, some wonderful photos as well as information on how to apply for overseas excursions.

Overseas Excusrions Policy

For government school teachers interested in applying for an overseas excursion, please read the Department's Excursion Policy and related documents at https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/student_admin/excursions/excursion_pol/PD20040010.shtml The advice and application pack can be downloaded at Overseas Excursions  - Advice and Application Pack

Advance notice of the excursion is required at least nine months prior to the planned date of departure.

Contact your local Educational Services office for information on the appropriate procedures for appoval. A list of contacts for schools is available at http://www.edservices.det.nsw.edu.au/

Mullum High Building Bridges with Indonesia

Six Mullumbimby High School students along with four adults have just returned from an adventure of a lifetime, having travelled to the jungles of Kalimantan in Borneo and the city of Yogyakarta in Java. The group of years 9 and 11 students from Mullumbimby High School departed for their ten day Indonesian excursion on
June 25.

Highlights of the trip included a three day house boat journey through Tanjung Puting National Park viewing orangutans and other endemic wildlife in their natural habitat, a visit to Camp Leakey Research Station and
observation of rehabilitating orangutans at feeding stations in the jungle. In Jogjakarta students visited the ancient Buddhist temple Borobodur in central Java and tried all forms of local transport including becaks (pedicabs) and dokars (horse drawn carts).

The student participants in the excursion are all studying Indonesian Language at Mullumbimby High. The main purpose of the excursion was to allow participating students to consolidate and extend their knowledge of Indonesian in a real life context and to experience Indonesian culture first hand. Elke Buhrich, the excursion organiser, believes that “interacting with local people, staying in local hotels, eating in local eateries, and being surrounded by all things Indonesian will have a profound impact on students’understanding of Indonesian
language, culture and way of life.” Elke Buhrich, who worked for the Orangutan Foundation International in Kalimantan for 4 years, has extensive experience of orangutans and was able to share her knowledge and her local friendships and contacts providing students with a very unique insight.

Mullum High students started fundraising for The Orangutan Project (TOP) early last year. Money raised was used to adopt an orangutan called Bunga and safeguard orangutan habitat. Further fundraising included a mufti day where the whole school wore orange clothing. The excursion to Central Kalimantan provided students the opportunity to see first hand how their hard earned dollars will be spent on orangutan conservation. 

Money raised was personally presented to workers at three different conservation centres in Central Kalimantan; the Orangutan Foundation International Quarantine and Care Centre where ex-captive orangutans are rehabilitated before being released back to the wild, the Friends of the National Park Foundation Pesalat
Reforestation Project, and the Yayorin (Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia) Conservation Village, where local people are provided training in low-impact, sustainable income-generating activities. Students also planted orangutan friendly trees at the isolated Pesalt Reforestation project. 
 
Indonesian teachers Elke Buhrich and Linda Keyte hope the trip will become an annual event to encourage students to study Indonesian at high school. The students hope so too!