Bandung Int'l School students visit media

Bandung Int'l School students visit media

BANDUNG: Twelve Grade IV students from Bandung International School (BIS) visited Tribun Jabar, a local newspaper in Bandung and a member of the Kompas media group.

Angela Speirs, Grade IV class teacher of the school, said the visit was intended to better acquaint the students with the way the news was written and a newspaper produced.

"At present the students are involved in a school newspaper project. We would like them to see for themselves how to combine the different elements into a product," said Angela, accompanied by Lenny Gozali, a teaching assistant.

The students were very enthusiastic and asked many questions ranging from how news stories and photo captions were written to matters related to deadlines and advertisements.

They also wanted to know how the newspaper was laid out and printed and what happened to unsold copies.

Angela, a teacher at BIS for 6 years, said that BIS adopted the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, in which students, through their own enquiries, were kept busy with activities that suited their development.

Apart from visiting Tribun Jabar, they also went to Golden Web printing house.

One of Bandung's international schools, BIS is at Jl Suria Sumantri No. 61. At present, over 200 students from various nationalities study there. --JP