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The Stay Curious Newsletter highlights news/events for students, schools & communities. 

Who Inspires Us

Cikgu Baetrice from SK Beluru Central 
“Textbook is very difficult as it is very theoretical, yet it requires (students) to be hands-on at the end of the chapter.”

The lack of scaffolding in the textbook got her to creatively map Chumbaka content into the DSKP, allowing her to teach her students in Year 4 & 5 more meaningfully. Using the classic “follow-me” approach, students repeated her steps in learning microcontrollers using Scratch. She emphasised that “it is important to reflect and check for understanding after the hands-on learning with the students”

 
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What's New

CHATGPT & ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATION! 
At first, we tried out ChatGPT for fun. But as we play more, we notice this AI chatbot will silently invade the world of education. Read more..   
WE WERE AT SMK TEMBANGAU! 
Together with Hong Leong Foundation & 31 teachers from SMK Tembangau, Chumbaka at Cyberjaya managed to kickstart the Orang Asli students' interest in open-source coding and digital creative platforms through project-based learning. Read more..   
STUDENTS BUILTS THEIR OWN LANTERNS DURING MOONCAKE FESTIVAL  
One of the Chumbaka students at Sibu combined the microcontroller Maker Uno with coding to make a lantern for Mooncake Festival in October. Check it out here
TRANSFORMING SARAWAK RURAL SCHOOLS TO SCHOOLS 4.0 - TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOP 
We ran the first physical Train-The-Teacher workshop for the Transforming Sarawak Rural Schools to Schools 4.0 Programme after two years of the pandemic! Yayasan Hasanah and MEITD have supported the teachers and students in Sarawak to learn with technology. Read more..

What's Happening

DUO FROM KUCHING REIGNS AS THE CHAMPION OF JUNIOR INNOVATE 2022
Solomon and Brian from SJK(C) Chung Hua No. 4 Kuching won the champion title of JI2022 with their game to educate players on identifying and segregating wastes according to their respective categories. This is the first time for the duo to rise as a champion after 2 years of participating in this competition
IT'S A WRAP FOR SDYIC! 
It's a wrap for Sime Darby Young Innovators Challenge (SDYIC) 2022! The 3 Innovation Grant Recipients are from Kedah, Pulau Pinang, and Sarawak. Starting January 2023, these SDYIC Innovation Grant Recipients will start mass-producing their prototype so that their targeted communities get to adopt their solution.

What's Coming

JOIN THE HEART COURSE’S WATCH PARTY!
Following the Leaps of Knowledge, the HEART Course is launched officially! It is a 5-session course that creates a space where educators are excited to connect over ideas in education and start conversations that bring change to their classroom, school, and community.
CHUMBAKA FROM ACROSS MALAYSIA MEETS AT SUMMIT 2022
After 2 years of seeing each other via webcam on Zoom, all Chumbaka partners finally gathered at Sekinchan recently to learn about our earliest seed of inception, and to discuss our social mission for the next 3 years. Interesting things are brewing, stay tuned to our stories! 
SARAWAK STEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IS STILL OPEN!  
The first part of our year-end STEM Enhancement programme is wrapped up! More are coming up on 27-30 December, sign up at https://bit.ly/DecSEMiri2022
MORE PROGRAMS BY CHUMBAKA 
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