Our Simultaneous Learning & Living Skills

A.  Learning Skills

 

We do believe in that one of the most valuable things in education is helping students prepare for lifelong learning. To achieve this goal, Afkaaruna curriculum is designed to assist students to learn, understad, and reinforce concepts by which they have the opportunity to develop and strengthen good study habits and learning strategies through various instructiona methods and strategies.

 

We design our learning skills curriculum to best meet academic requirements through mini workshop, reading habits program (reading log) and structured home learning project. This design will improve students’ capacity to be self-regulated learners, personal character and motivational in learning.

 

This skill is mainly developed through Science and Research Project as well as through hidden curriculum in all subjects as a part of our efforts to trigger students ability to raise questions using 5W+1H (5 minutes question time). At the same time, contextual learning is also used in every single subject

 

With this kind of series of activities, it is expected that students will have the ability to learn independently (read: good learning skills) and have a good creativity. Having good learning skills enables students to be able to plan, organize, report, and evaluate problem and to solve it. This learning skill, in turn, will strongly stimulate creativity.

 

Different to critical thinking, creativity can be harvested if and only if we are able to generate ideas. Creativity can be built in and within a condusive and safe environment that enables students to think differently, to raise any question and to have independent project. At the end, Afkaaruna Islamic School also stimulates collaboration among them. By collaboration through peer group learning we inculcate some of Afkaaruna characters;  communication and adaptation.

 

B.   Living Skills

 

Living skills are a key part of working hours curriculum for all Afkaaruna Islamic School pupils. Careful curriculum planning across the madrasa gives all pupils the opportunity to experience and learn to prepare for real life situations, such as shopping, crossing the road, meal planning or even growing and eating their own food. Furthermore, this is also designated to develop characters including self management, but not limited to, self-belonging management, self care and health, self protection, domestic skills, helping and serving others, use money and transaction, project building, and self traveling. Numeric skills is developed through making mathematics real (read: applied mathematics). Social dan civic awareness is built through scout, social study, and social project. Digital skills is developed through computer science.

At Afkaaruna Islamic School, literacy is another essential part of living skills for the pupils and is developed through several subjects including English, ALP English, and Bahasa Indonesia. The program can be shown below:

Targeted Pupils	Programs	Implementation	PIC
Preschool Students	Reading book	Daily circle time	Room leader
	Reading corner	Daily	Room leader and librarian
Kindy Students	Reading book	Daily circle time	Room leader
	Reading corner	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Library day	Weekly	Room leader and librarian
	Story telling
P-One students	Reading book	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Reading corner	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Reading log (Writing book title)	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Story telling	ALP English
P-Two to P-Five students	Reading book	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Reading corner	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Reading log	Daily	Room leader and librarian
	Writing Diary	Daily	Room leader and principal
	Story telling	Special Program
	Spelling Bee	Special Program