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Bandung Newsletter June 2026

Shapes Of Thoughts Limitless Thoughts Without Boundaries | A Small World Of Sound | The Day We Met Water | Sun | RESPECT | Wire | Muscle | Water | Millipede

Welcome to the June 2026 edition of our Bandung newsletter! We have lots of exciting updates and stories to share this month.​

Project work has always been one of the greatest strengths I see within our school community. It is more than an activity or a classroom approach — it is a journey into the minds and hearts of children.

Children’s thoughts are often fleeting, delicate, and spontaneous. Yet when we truly listen, observe, and document them, they open doors into another world of discovery. A simple question, a curious observation, or a small wonder can lead us into days, weeks, or even months of meaningful learning.

What amazes me most is how contagious their imagination and curiosity can be. The children inspire me to read more, research further, and continue learning alongside them. Together, we find ourselves traversing unknown paths of discovery, experimentation, and exploration — paths that no textbook could have fully planned.

Through project work, children become thinkers, investigators, storytellers, scientists, artists, and collaborators. Their vocabularies expand naturally as they engage deeply with ideas that matter to them. They begin using language filled with meaning, purpose, and excitement because the learning belongs to them.

Documentation also becomes an essential part of this journey. By capturing conversations, theories, sketches, experiments, and moments of wonder, we create visible proof of learning. More importantly, we preserve memories — memories that children, teachers, and families can revisit together over time.

Nafas To Install Clean Air Zones in 7 iSmile Pre-School Campuses in Indonesia

As pollution in Jakarta and many other Indonesian cities continues to get worse, Nafas has been appointed as the air quality partner for iSmile Family of Schools in Indonesia and is tasked with bringing healthy air quality to 7 campuses in Permata Hijau, Menteng, Kelapa Gading, Pantai Indah Kapuk, P. Antasari (for Alam Atelier & BazGym) and Bandung. As part of the partnership, Nafas will be providing healthy air quality management, analytics & reporting as well as leading educational programs for parents across iSmile, iShine, Alam Atelier and BazGym  to continue to raise awareness about air pollution and public health.

Over 800 students attend iSmile Family of Schools, one of the top pre-schools in Jakarta, Bandung and Bali. The dedication of iSmile administration to providing the optimal learning environment for its students extends to ensuring that healthy indoor air quality levels are always maintained. 

For their schools that already have a Clean Air Zone, Nafas successfully reduced indoor air pollution by over 80% in classrooms at the Kelapa Gading campus in April 2024.  Unhealthy indoor air quality in schools provides a sub-optimal learning environment for children and long term exposure to PM2.5 reduces concentration, focus and can impair cognitive development. Nafas even published an article about this – The Smog Effect: How Air Quality Could Be Affecting Test Scores.

Clean Air Zones by Nafas are a subscription based B2B service which provides companies with air quality diagnostics, healthy air management, data analytics and real-time reporting of indoor pollution levels. The end to end service is the first of its kind in Indonesia, and already serves over 100 clients in offices, schools, small businesses and residential locations.

Interested to learn more about turning your business into a Clean Air Zone – click here. 

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