Delegation from Weeroona College

Educational Friendships and Links:
SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat, Tangerang, and Weeroona College, Melbourne, Australia.




Weeroona College Bendigo Melbourne will send 2 teachers to visit SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat from 6 April – 14 April 2009. The teachers’ name is Ms. Robyn Elmi who teaches Indonesian language, and Ms Andrea Jones who teaches arts. Ms. Robyn Elmi will help SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat Tangerang to learn English. During her visit to SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat, she will share her knowledge with SMA Negeri 2 Ciputats’ students. She will present a conference in learning English. Other Weeroona College teacher is Ms. Andrea Jones. She will teach SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat’s students arts as a media for learning, during her visit here. She recently starts learning Indonesian Gamelan music. She likes traditional music and if it is possible she intends to learn more about Gamelan music when she visits SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat Tangerang. This educational activities is for initiating and strengthening friendships through school to school contact. Pak Dedi Rafidi, the school principal of SMA Negeri 2 Tangerang has long history contact with Weeroona College. It started when he led at previous school, however, he wants to keep contact with Weeroona College, thus, when he moved to SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat Tangerang. He tries his best effort to link Weeroona with SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat. In the future, may SMA Negeri 2 Ciputat be able to visit Weeroona to forge link and to create mutual benefit for both schools. In return, we hope this educational friendships and links will help understand and build good neighbouring friendships either for Indonesian and Australian (HS, 2009)