PTET hosts Khatam Al-Quran Ihya Ramadhan 2017 and donations ceremony (14.6.2017)

PTET recently held the Khatamul Quran Ihya Ramadhan 2017, a joint-collaboration between the Student Council, the Parent-Teacher Association (PIBG) and the Islamic Religious Knowledge department of the college.

Borneo Bulletin and Media Permata covered the event.

Hj Amit bin Hj Omar, the Chairperson of the PIBG was present as the guest of honour. In addition to the Khatam, the event also witnessed the handing over of donation proceeds to orphans, to those who are currently receiving assistance under the Miftah An-Najah scheme and also to neighbourhood families registered with JAPEM.

PTET students depart for the 6th STEP-NUS Sunburst Brain Camp, Singapore

 PTET delegates

PTET delegates with Deputy Principal Cg Rozieana Hj Zini and officers from Dept of Schools, MoE Brunei

On 4 June 2017 four Lower 6 students, namely Dk Nur Haziqah Syuhadah binti Pg Izudin Abas, Norzarifah binti Ishak, Izzul Afiq Amirun bin Muayah and Mohd Naqib Nasrullah bin Mohd Yussof, with chaperon Cg Raihan binti Hj Nokman, departed for Singapore this morning.

The delegates will attend the 6th Sunburst Brain Camp from 4 to 10 June 2017, organised by Singapore Technologies Endowment Programme (STEP), in partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS). During the programme, with the engagement of experts, students are challenged to research and present a topic on the Brain. PTET students will present their research paper on "Williams Syndrome" 

PTET elects new Parent-Teacher Association members (20.5.2017)

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The new PIBG (Parent-Teacher Association) for 2017/2018 was elected by parents and tutors.

Amongst the six parents elected to hold the key positions were
Hj Amit bin Haji Omar - Chairperson
Norfah binti Esok - Deputy Secretary
Khoo Sing Chen - Deputy Treasurer
Imam Haji Kartolo bin Haji Abang - Chief Bureau in spiritual acitivities
Haji Kamaluddin bin Haji Sabtu - Chief Bureau in community services
Haji Rosli bin Haji Karim - Chief Bureau in physical and recreational activities

The former PIBG chairperson for 2015/2016, Cikgu Abdul Kani bin Abdullah, expressed his gratitude to the school for allowing him to participate in the association.

The newly elected chariperson, Haji Amit meanwhile said that he hoped for the newly elected committee members to take on the responsibility to ensure the success of the students.

PTET star achievers feted at national academic award ceremony (20.5.2017)

Three Year 13 students (2015/2016) who achieved three straight grade A for the Brunei-Cambridge GCE A-Level November 2016 examination were awarded at a national academic award ceremony held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) today.

The students were,
1. Teo Zhi Perng
Chemistry (A*)
Physics (A*)
Math (A*)

2. Arzree Francis
Physics (A*)
Math (A*)
Chemistry (A)

3. Aisy Umar
Chemistry (A*)
Math (A)
Physics (A)

Another Year 12 student, Afiq Hamizan bin Amzah was also awarded for being "Top in Brunei for AS-Level Chemistry" and being "Third Place for Best Across Four AS Levels".

PTET appoints new student leaders for academic year 2017/2018

This morning, PTE Tutong held an investiture ceremony for the new student leaders session 2017/2018.

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A total of 30 students were elected to become part of the Students' Council (MPP) with another 30 being elected to be part of the Peer Guiders (PRR).

Md Riyanulaiman Effendy bin Mohd Yazid is the new President of the Students' Council, succeeding Syafi'e bin Hj Sabrin.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Ammar Syahmii bin Alim is the new Chairperson of the Peer Guiders, succeeding Najwa Hazwani bte Muhammad Haskani as the outgoing Acting Chairperson.

Aspirasi magazine is out

The long awaited PTET School Magazine Aspirasi is out.
PTET students (Session 2015-16), please collect your personal copy from the school admin office during office hour.
The cost of the magazine has already been fully paid during L6 admission.

Imtiaz group sets bar high (26.4.2017)

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Yesterday's gathering involved students who have scored 280 tariff points and above based on the UCAS tariff points system, either in their Lower Sixth End of Year examination and also the recently released GCE AS-Level November 2016 examination results.

In light of their current achievements, representatives from the college's Education Development Unit (EDU) briefed students and parents on various information that will become very pivotal in coming months for their varsity application.

The Assistant Senior Master (Academic), Cg Nur Adyani bte Hj Yusop briefed on general higher education options. The Head of EDU, Cg Charles Lim talked about overseas university application and key dates. The school's specialist career teacher, Cg DK Farizah bte Pg Hj Wahab briefed on the education loan. 

It is hoped that the information relayed would benefit the Imtiaz focus group as well as their parents.

Students show outstanding IT skills to raise awareness on Glocal issues (18.4.2017)

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Six groups of finalists, which comprises of Upper Sixth General Paper (GP) students had the opportunity to share with the school through their excellent thought-provoking videos in this year's iteration of the the GP ICT competition 2017.

Previous year's themes had included Superstititions, Green Brunei and Old is Gold. This year's theme is glocal issues. This year's finalists' videos touched on various global issues including poverty, racism, stereotypes, diabetes, catfish and drug abuse.

The top three videos, as judged by Faiq Airudin, a former photojournalist with the Brunei Times together with Cg Charles Lim Wei Siong (history tutor, PTET) and Abdul Azim bin Hj Morni (a former finalist from GP ICT competition 2015), were

First place - Diabetes
Muhd Danish Asrien bin Md Masri (U6-1)
Andrew Teo Kui Huang (U6-1)
Md Haziq bin Hj Imran (U6-1)
Md Izzuddin bin Ishak (U6-2)
Nur Amirah Syakirah bte Airwan (U6-1)
Nursyafiqah bte Sulhi (U6-1)
Swee Kae Yie (U6-1)

Second place - Drug abuse

Third place - Poverty

Videos are to be made available on the blog soon. Check this space frequently.

PTET YSF17 intro video (17.4.2017)

PTET soccer team battles hard in interschool men's football finals (5.4.2017)

Congratulations to the following students who had represented the school in interschool men's football finals amongst Cluster 5 schools in Brunei on 5th April 2017.

Leading up to the finals, PTET men's won big against SM Tanjong Maya men's with scoreline of 4-0.

Unfortunately in the finals, despite battling hard, PTET men's lost against SM Muda Hashim Tutong who were the better team ultimately, with the scoreline 2-0.

The students were accompanied by Cg Muhd Shahnofazli bin Hj Sabli, Senior Master (CCA) and Cg Sea Kong Meng.

The students who represented the school were,
1. Md Zamri bin Juppry (L6-1)
2. Abdul Qayyum Hakimuddin bin Hj Shahrol Annuar (L6-3)
3. Md Syahmi bin Hj Kamaluddin (L6-3)
4. Abdul Syafiq bin Merhassan (L6-4)
5. Faiz Hazim bin Md Fadilah (L6-5)
6. Muhammad Luqman bin Hj Md Zlan (L6-5)
7. Md Azwar bin Md Hairolrani (L6-6)
8. Md Adib Akmal bin Hj Abd Hamid (L6-6)
9. Azri bin Zainal Arfan (L6-7)
10. Ahmad Yadiy bin Mardani (L6-7)
11. Syafie bin Hj Sabrin (U6-1)
12. Md Haziq bin Hj Imran (U6-1)
13. Abdul Hakim bin Morni (U6-1)
14. Syahrul Nizam bin Adenan (U6-2)
15. Hisyamuddin bin Hj Zaidin (U6-5)
16. Md Rafiuddin bin Hj Rozaini (U6-6)
17. Hj Isyrah Iltizam bin Hj Osman (U6-7)
18. Ammar Qawi bin Nor Aidul (U6-7)
19. Md Ibnurafiq bin Ariffin (U6-4)
20. Md Izzudin bin Ishak (U6-2)

PTET bleeds for a good cause (13.4.2017)

Borneo Bulletin covered this story.

Another blood donation drive was held recently at Multi-Purpose Hall of the school. A total of 32 pints of blood was gathered.

The RIPAS blood bank sometimes run short of valuable blood types so these continuous blood donation campaign is an excellent educational aid in increasing awareness on the importance of donating blood and to encourage existing donors to donate regularly.

Cg Teo Ying Ying, as the main organiser of the campaign, said "we had overwhelming interest from the Lower Sixth (Year 12) students at the moment but unfortunately they fell just below 17 years old. So we are planning for another to have another donation drive at the end of this year because by then they would be eligible to donate!".

A student volunteer, Nur Adlina bte Abdullah Sahbowai said, "donating blood is one of the many ways you can contribute to society, so donate and save lives."

PTET victorious in inter-school badminton competition (13.4.2017)

Some PTET students who represented the school in inter-school badminton competition were victorious in their endeavours.

The accompanying teachers were
1. Cg Nur Najma binti Matshah
2. Cg Lim Teck Chang
3. Cg Rajasegar

Fully supported by two further teachers
4. Cg Almasri bin Hj Sulaiman
5. Cg Azrin bin Hj Bolhassan

The students involved were
1. Nur Najihah binti Ismail (U6-7)
2. Nayli Aileen binti Salor (L6-6)
3. Yong Qiao Xiu (L6-5)
4. Muhammad Yusrin bin Md Yusop (U6-3)
5. Maurice Anak Peranchis Logan (L6-1)
6. Muhd Nazirul Yazid bin Hj Anuar (L6-2)

PTET Teacher Professional Development (TPD) hosted Teachers Forum 2017 #2 (12.4.2017)

The Teachers Forum 2017 #2 is the seventh of the overall Teachers Forum series since its inaugural forum in November 2015.

It provides a platform for teachers to share educational best practices as well as challenges and strategies in overcoming these challenges, tried and tested methodologies that had worked well and those that worked less well, essentially small-scale classroom based investigations.

Cg Ak Azim bin Pg Hj Abas lectured on the perspectives of Art in the eyes of education, science and society. He also responded to queries from the audience regarding whether students and public in general question every component of Art they encounter, to fully appreciate its meanings and underlying concepts. 

Cg Onn Chee Sheng talked about his experience of using Wordpress blog in his teaching of Chemistry. He had used Wordpress blogsite as a digital depository for teaching and learning materials that were shared and easily accessible by his students as well as fellow colleagues within and outside the school. This promotes a culture of independent study habit by students, given all the supporting resources, to learn anytime, anywhere. 

Cg Hjh Murni presented certificates as token of appreciation to both presenters to conclude the afternoon. Podcasts of both talks are available at TDP YouTube channel and also specifically through this playlist.

Eksplorasi Kerjaya 2017 (11.4.2017)

On 11th April 2017, in collaboration with the UKK, MOE, PTET hosted various higher education representatives in a lunchtime exhibition and subsequently briefing by local varsity admission officers regarding courses and entrance criteria.

Participating exhibitors included the HRD Educational Services, Findlay Sdn Bhd, US Embassy representative (Mayra Robles), Australian Embassy representative (Josie Abdullah) and Adelaide University rep (Vivian Chow) as well as the British Council representative (Cecile).

Local university reps included Universiti Brunei Darussalam, University Teknologi Brunei, UNISSA, KUPUSB and Politeknik Brunei.

The school thanks all who were involved and hopes the students obtain valuable insights into their future education pathways.

13th Borneo Global Issues Conference of the International School of Brunei (10.4.2017)

The students who participated in the 13th Borneo Global Issues Conference of the International School of Brunei earlier last month was recognised during a school assembly recently.

The student participants were
1. Fatin Firzanah binti Hj Rosli
2. Abdul Hakim bin Morni
3. Mohammad Nazirul Syafiqaiman bin Md Jaini

The two teacher chaperones who accompanied the students during the conference were
1. Charles Lim Wei Siong
2. Queenie Chong Chin Yee

Students make PTET proud in Round 1 of UK Chemistry Olympiad (8.4.2017)

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Tutong Sixth Form Centre (PTET) claimed five silvers and ten bronzes in Round 1 of the UK Chemistry Olympiad 2017.

Twenty-five students sat for the two-hour competition organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

This is the list of the medalists,

Year 13
Silver - Maimunah Fa'izun binti Hj Abdul Rahman
Silver - Izzati Hanani binti Hj Ali Jafri
Silver - Arzree Anak Francis
Silver - Alex Brandon Wong
Bronze - Muhammad Faris bin Aliani

Year 12
Silver - Afiq Hamizan bin Amzah
Bronze - Nur Umairah binti Ali Hazis
Bronze - Nur Amirah Syakirah binti Airwan
Bronze - Swee Kae Yie
Bronze - Sharmaine Anak Kahar
Bronze - Fatin Firzanah binti Hj Rosli
Bronze - Muhd Danish Asrien bin Muhd Masri
Bronze - Casper Koh Junzhe
Bronze - Audrey Menti Baring Anak Melayu
Bronze - Amillen Fizry bin Senaut