Wednesday & Thursday, October 18 & 19, 2023

By: Ms. Olivia & Ms. Elda

The unit of inquiry, titled “Who We Are”, focused on teaching our BINUSIANS the importance of friendship. Instead of solely emphasizing on academic skills, the unit aimed to help our students develop the ability to build and maintain friendships.

October 18th and 19th, 2023 held great significance for our Early Years 3 class, as we had the privilege of hosting 36 children from PAUD Tunas Mawar. The main objective of this event was to showcase the impressive skills our students have acquired throughout the unit and put into practice what they had learned. Before they arrived, we shared with our BINUSIANS that these children were less fortunate. They came from humble backgrounds and attended an underprivileged school.

The students from PAUD Tunas Mawar entered our classrooms with excitement visible in their eyes. Our teachers organized various activities to make this playdate a memorable experience for all the students, who had the opportunity to meet and make new friends from a different school for the first time.

Over two days, the children spent a total of two hours together, engaging in learning, playing, and sharing snacks. Witnessing our BINUSIANS embrace an open-minded and caring attitude while transcending boundaries was truly amazing. The atmosphere was filled with a sense of unity and determination as everyone enthusiastically engaged in the task of forging new friendships. When the event concluded, the children from Tunas Mawar were overjoyed to bring home personalized cards, handcrafted bracelets, and other keepsakes as remembrances of the time they spent together with us as a team, persevering towards a common goal.