Indonesian Day 2019

Selamat Pagi!

On Wednesday 14th August our SJV community celebrated the Indonesian Day! The day was filled with fantastic activities which highlighted the Indonesian culture and language learning. Congratulations to our students, the school staff and parents for participating in this event. Enjoy the highlights of the day.

Indonesian Morning Tea

Our Grade Six leaders served Indonesian morning tea for our parents and teachers. A range of Indonesian popular foods and beverages were offered during the morning tea. The parents and teachers also enjoyed the Indonesian quiz prepared by our leaders.

Traditional Dances and Costumes

We were fortunate to have Baguskan a leading Indonesian incursion provider to help us in organising the cultural workshops and performance. We were engaged in learning a variety of Indonesian cultural dances. We enthusiastically participated in the Indonesian day performance by wearing a wide range of Indonesian costumes.

Indonesian Traditional Instrument

Our Grade Five and Six students had the opportunity to learn the Indonesian traditional instrument.

Indonesian Day Performance

We all had a memorable day celebrating the SJV Indonesian Day. It was amazing to see how our students collaborated together in symphony to deliver the Indonesian day performance. They dressed up in various Indonesian costumes, delivered the dances, and demonstrated their skill in playing the Indonesian instruments. Well done to our students who performed as the lead characters. We all enjoyed your captivating and engaging performance.

Fun Activities

Our students participated and engaged in the fun activities prepared by our senior students. The red and white represent the colours of the Indonesian Flag.

Here is what some of our students had to say about our SJV Indonesian Day:

"I liked the dance and performance. I liked the old man and the giant in the performance. I loved the mask and the costume" - Foundation

"We loved the Indonesian colour and culture. I liked the face painting and the throwing ball games. I learned about the dance and the Indonesian story" - Grade 1-2

"I liked when we did the whole school performance. I enjoyed the story" - Grade 3-4

"I loved the fun activities. It was great to witness our ideas come to life in the Indonesian Day" - Grade 5-6

"We enjoyed the morning tea and the performance. It was a great day." - Parents and teachers