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An Old School with Up-to-Date Teaching

SDN Ambalresmi 1 may be the oldest MBE target school because it was opened on 1 May 1869 and you can still see the student register from that year. Even though its building is ancient - its timber is still from the year 1869 - the learning is was very much up-to-date.

The first student register

Ibu Handayani, a grade 6 teacher, organizes many active learning activities. In one such activity, her students made a study visit to a watermelon farm to view it and listen to the farmer's explanations about watermelon cultivation. The students then wrote books about what they had learned. The books, one of which is pictured on the right, are lengthy and have technical explanations, appropriate to the ability and understanding of grade 6 students.

Comment: The task of obtaining information about watermelons from the farmer was very interesting for the students, and what the teacher asked of them matched the abilities of grade 6 students. The students enjoyed making their reports because they were given the freedom to make a book themselves.

Primary School Students Speak English

Besides teaching the core subjects, Ibu Handayani also teaches English. When Mr. Stuart Weston, the MBE Program Chief of Party, visited Ambal he was given some student's writing in English. One piece of writing is shown on the below

Comment: During their study of English the students learn to use English as a means of communications. They use English to convey their opinions. Often the abilities of students is limited to a number of basic sentences like, ‘My name is ...' and they are rarely capable of the sort communication seen in the photo on the right. (b)


The students learning about watermelon
The work of Rahyu
The work of Rahyu

1.The first student register of SD Ambalresmi 1, student records from 1869.
2.The students learning about watermelon cultivation directly from the farmer.
3.Ibu Handayani, grade 6 teacher (second from left), listening to the information from the farmer.
4.The work of Rahyu, a grade 6 student. She wrote 6 pages about her visit. to the watermelon farm.


Siti Nur Jannah's writing
Grade 6 students communicating in English

a.: Siti Nur Jannah's writing in English
b.: Grade 6 students communicating in English with Stuart Weston

Ibu Handayani, grade 6 teacher

Learning Language Through Origami

By Susanto, Primary School Supervisor, Banyuwangi - Photo below

The students were given 2 pieces of paper each (or used their own paper). They folded one of the pieces of paper into a shape that was interesting, amusing, or beautiful (Origami Art). The shapes they made were up to them. After they had finished, the students then unfolded the paper. However, the folds in the paper could still be clearly seen.

By examining these folds, and remembering the process, they then proceeded to write down the procedure step-by-step so that if another person followed the same procedure they would be able to produce the same shape, as that produced by the student. After the steps or procedures has been written down the students exchanged their procedures (the main thing was that the procedures were different).

Then each student folded the paper step by step in accordance with the procedure they had received and examined the results. The students then discussed and questioned in order to check whether the results were what they had hoped for or not. They then discussed how to improve or revise the procedures in order to make them more communicative and meaningful.

The students displayed their works (folded paper) that were produced after modifying their written procedures. Finally, the students thought about their learning activities and experiences and wrote about them in their books. The feelings they experienced while they were actually doing the task were also recorded.

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