Sunday, November 29, 2009

Animated clip art

I will be creating more animations using Fireworks.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Red Cross camp

Looks like I am going to fall sick - did not sleep for the whole night. Keep sneezing though I took the flu tablets...

Photo slideshow for the Red Cross camp - move your cursor to the bottom right corner and click on the google icon to access the photo folder if you want to download the photos.

Night trail at 11 pm!


Preparation for the campfire - songs, dance and skit based on the theme "Wildlife and teamwork"




Ice cream!!!

At the dragoon teeth gateway replica.




At the playground

Team work - confidence building - walking out of the maze blindfolded.


We walked all the way to the jetty where we had our map reading excercise - cadets are tested on compass reading.

Walking down the very steep coastal path - I must applaud the leaders and teachers for helping the students got down safely to the promenade.



Observing the information at the various heritage sites.


"Hornet attack again - take cover" simulation



Group photo at the gun placement areas. Girl Guides followed by Red Cross

"hornet attack = cover your head = not your ears!"



Entering by the old fort entrance.

Lunch time

Footdrill





Group photos




Saturday, November 14, 2009

Labrador park

Went to labrador park today to recce the route for the hike on Monday with Christine and Chee Jean. We will enter by the old fort entrance and then proceed on the trail towards the museum (tunnel) which is closed for renovation. Along the way, we will be looking at the gun placement areas and where the ammunition were kept by the British before WWII. This will form part of our heritage trail and our cadets will learn more about our historical heritage through these sites. Of course as required by the Outdoor activities component, the students will locate the various spots on the map given. We will then climb down a flight of stairs down to the promenade - it is pretty steep and we must caution the cadets to take care of each other when they make their way down. At the promenade, the students will have to make use of the compass to orientate themselves. I also suggested that the cadets can make use of the maze at the playground for some games. E.g. a member of the group blindfolded and directed out of the maze by the group members - building up confidence and trust.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Google doc and freemind training

A very fruitful training today as I learned to use Google document and freemind.

I generated a survey form for 3n2 using google document- http://sss3n2.blogspot.com/2009/11/class-gathering.html

I could view the responses on a spreadsheet and the data is also processed into a summary chart for me. The spreadsheet is definitely useful in helping me to collate the information which I need.

I downloaded freemind which is a free software and used it to create the mind maps for Geography - http://olevelgeog.blogspot.com/search/label/Mind%20map The software can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/ and I must say it is very user friendly

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

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