NE manager Sentosa LJ

A learning journey to Sentosa was organised for the Sec 1- 3 NE managers on 25th May by Ms Liang and Mrs Lily Lee. As part of the training, the NE managers had a better understanding of the NE messages through their visit to the Images of Singapore and Fort Siloso at Sentosa.

National Education Messages
Singapore is our homeland; this is where we belong.We treasure our heritage and take pride in shaping our own unique way of life.

We must preserve racial and religious harmony.We value our diversity and are determined to stay a united people.

We must uphold meritocracy and incorruptibility.We provide opportunities for all, according to their ability and effort.

No one owes Singapore a living.We find our own way to survive and prosper, turning challenge into opportunity.

We must ourselves defend Singapore.We are proud to defend Singapore ourselves, no one else is responsible for our security and well-being.

We have confidence in our future.United, determined and well-prepared, we have what it takes to build a bright future for ourselves, and to progress together as one nation.

At the end of the LJ, the students handed in their reflections and were rewarded with a badge that was designed by Ms Loo.

National NYEC Enmazing race 2010 briefing

http://nyec-challenge.org/events/

The NYEC National En-mazing race is back! This year we have entered 10 teams and look out for them as they race around Singapore on 5 June 2010. The race will end before 4 pm and the closing ceremony will start at 6 pm. You might want to support them at the closing ceremony at City Square Mall (Farrer Park MRT). The theme for this year's race is based on water conservation and energy efficiency to fight climate change. All the best to all the 10 teams!

Please remember to report before 7.30 am at B1 Fountain Square at City Square Mall on 5 June (Sat).

During the briefing at Commonwealth Secondary today, the students were reminded the following:

1. To bring their pens, ezlink cards (with at least $10 value), fully charged handphone, the handout which contains the emergency contact no. of event i/cs.

2. The participants have to report before 7.30 am in the event t-shirt, shorts and covered shoes. They will be issued a race kit which includes poncho and a bottle of water.

3. The participants must travel as a team all the time and make use of public transport. They are given 20 mins at each station.

4. They must safeguard their team's scorecard and ensure that it is signed by the station master.

ELMO 3B03
nuriwani, filzah,jiaohao, shairul,melvin


Synergy 4C03
bobby,nayan,don,muazum,justin

Unity 1D03
felisa, fiora,jacob, sara,xue ying

EC Roar 2C03
danish,naresh,jiayi, syazwani,aishah

DMC 2B03
darrel, firdaus, syafiq, aleem, meng lam

Titans 5C02
cindy, huiyan, bryan, cassandra,jasmin

H2O 1B02
mirza, zhixun,solihin, iswandi, choon hao,

Oasis 2D05
karen, chintana, akmal, muhammad, dinesh

GEEKZ 1C03
syafiqah, ayu, nabilah, hasmin,haiqal

Coolio 3C02
charlene, stella, andreana, yue ying, yanli

National Stamp Collecting competition training workshop

8 teachers and 42 students from Serangoon Secondary attended the training workshop for the National Stamp Collecting Competition at the Philatelic Museum.

I think the students learnt a lot from Ms Lily Samuel and were actually given some materials for a simple hands-on session. The students learnt about the different philatelic materials and the proper way of mounting them to the exhibition sheets.

Some advice from the trainer.

1. All presentation must be in protrait and not landscape orientation.

2. There must be an introduction, body and conclusion as well as a captivating title just like telling a story.

3. To use only white paper and no fancy or coloured fonts. It must be typed and the font size should be 14 for title, 12 for boday and 10 for caption.

4. The 1st page which is the content page must contain the page number.

5. There must be at least 16 exhibition sheets - other than the content page, all pages must contain at least 60% philatelic materials.

6. The students should use a variety of philatelic materials e.g first day cover, zo cards, aerogram, used stamp, mint stamp, minature sheet, commercial cover, postal cancellation, metal cancellation, watermarks, postcards, slogan canellation and of course gems like colouur trail, progressive sheets, odd shaped stamps etc.

7. Stamps must not be torn and the images should be properly seen. It must be detached from paper by floating.

8. The students should only write the group's name at the back of the exhibition sheet and not the name or school.

9. The philatelic materials must be mounted upright and not slanted. A proper margin for the mounting strip and stamp must be observed.