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Learning area
Curriculum

Visual and verbal literacy through Balinese painting, sculpture, textile, and language-based observation.

Visual Arts / Design

Grade 4–12

Visual storytelling, sculpture, composition, textile and material traditions

Seni BudayaPrakaryaIB MYP ArtsIB MYP DesignIB DP Visual ArtsCambridge Art & Design
Connection examples
  • Kamasan, Batuan, and Ubud painting traditions
  • Ogoh-ogoh sculpture and expressive three-dimensional form
  • Endek, songket, and cepuk as pattern, colour, and weaving knowledge

Bahasa Indonesia

Grade 4–12

Teks deskripsi, teks eksposisi, laporan, literasi budaya

KM Bahasa IndonesiaP5 Kearifan LokalLiterasi Budaya
Connection examples
  • Object and gallery description from direct observation
  • Exposition on Subak, Tri Hita Karana, or the Saka calendar
  • Museum visit report using observation, classification, and synthesis

English / Language Acquisition

Grade 4–12

Descriptive writing, model texts, translation, oral reporting

KM Bahasa InggrisIB English BIB English ab initioCambridge ESL
Connection examples
  • English description of objects, artworks, and gallery spaces
  • Bilingual labels and audio-guide scripts as authentic reading material
  • Translation choices, imagery, tone, and intercultural communication

Fieldwork connections for P5, interdisciplinary projects, and inquiry-led learning.

Project-Based Learning / P5

Grade 4–12

Sustainable living, local wisdom, diversity, fieldwork

P5 Gaya Hidup BerkelanjutanP5 Kearifan LokalP5 Bhinneka Tunggal IkaIB MYP ProjectCambridge Global Perspectives
Connection examples
  • Gaya Hidup Berkelanjutan through Panca Maha Bhuta, Tri Hita Karana, and Subak
  • Kearifan Lokal through calendar, craft, ritual, and material culture
  • Bhinneka Tunggal Ika through Balinese identity within Indonesia's cultural diversity

Social systems, historical thinking, cultural heritage, and object-based inquiry.

Social Studies / Civic Education

Grade 7–12

Community governance, shared resources, values, civic responsibility

IPSPPKnSosiologiIB Individuals & SocietiesCambridge Global Perspectives
Connection examples
  • Subak as communal governance of shared water resources
  • Tri Hita Karana as a framework for social life and decision-making
  • Community responsibility through ritual, environment, and cultural practice

History / Historical Thinking

Grade 7–12

Continuity, change, archives, ritual memory, source analysis

SejarahIB HistoryCambridge History
Connection examples
  • Nyepi and the Saka calendar as historical and cultural systems
  • Objects, archives, and exhibition texts as historical sources
  • How cultural practices continue, adapt, and carry memory

Cultural Heritage / Anthropology

Grade 7–12

Ritual, identity, material culture, cultural memory

AntropologiSosiologiIB Social & Cultural AnthropologyCambridge Sociology
Connection examples
  • Ritual objects and museum interpretation as cultural evidence
  • Material culture as a way to read belief, social life, and identity
  • Heritage as living practice, not only preservation

Environmental knowledge, materials, conservation, astronomy, and Balinese systems of time.

Environmental Science / Ecology

Grade 4–12

Panca Maha Bhuta, Subak, sustainability, human-nature relationship

IPASGeographyEnvironmental SystemsIB ESSCambridge Environmental Management
Connection examples
  • Panca Maha Bhuta as an elemental framework for understanding environment
  • Subak as ecological and social management of water
  • Tri Hita Karana as a values-based approach to sustainability

Mathematics / Astronomy

Grade 7–12

Calendars, cycles, time systems, observation, pattern

MatematikaAstronomyIB MathematicsCambridge Mathematics
Connection examples
  • Saka calendar as a cultural system for organising time
  • Lunar cycles, ritual timing, and observational knowledge
  • Pattern, sequence, and time calculation as cultural practice

Chemistry / Conservation Science

Grade 9–12

Material, pigment, preservation, environmental conditions

KimiaScienceIB ChemistryCambridge Chemistry
Connection examples
  • Material behaviour in textiles, painting, and sculpture
  • Pigments, fibres, clay, bamboo, and conservation conditions
  • How museums care for cultural objects over time

Values-based inquiry and vocational learning connected to cultural institutions, creative industries, and tourism.

Ethics / Philosophy / Values

Grade 7–12

Harmony, responsibility, belief, community, environment

PPKnEthicsIB PhilosophyCambridge Global Perspectives
Connection examples
  • Tri Hita Karana as a framework for ethical relationships
  • Nyepi as a social and spiritual practice of restraint
  • Responsibility to community, place, and the natural world

Religious & Moral Education / Hindu Dharma

Grade 4–12

Nyepi, ritual, cosmology, symbolic practice

Pendidikan Agama HinduBudi PekertiKearifan Lokal
Connection examples
  • Nyepi and the Saka calendar as ritual and moral practice
  • Symbolic forms in offerings, objects, and cultural narratives
  • How religious practice shapes community life in Bali

Vocational Studies / Arts & Cultural Management

Grade 10–12 / SMK

Museum work, cultural interpretation, visitor experience, hospitality and tourism

SMKCultural ManagementHospitalityCreative Industries
Connection examples
  • How cultural institutions communicate knowledge to public audiences
  • Visitor engagement, gallery flow, interpretation, and service design
  • Careers at the intersection of culture, tourism, education, and hospitality

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