Humanities Educators' Conference 2012

Extracted from Mr Heng Swee Keat's (Minister for Education) speech during the Humanities Educators' Conference 2012:

"Another example is Geography teacher, Mrs Lily Lee, of Serangoon Secondary School. She maintains a very informative blog where she shares links to up-to-date news footages and relevant articles to help her students appreciate how geographical issues play out in the real world."

I felt so honored being mentioned in the Minister's speech. I was also interviewed by the Lianhe Zaobao:

English translation from the article: 

Many teachers are using new and innovative methods to teach humanities nowadays. Our Minister for Education, Mr Heng Swee Keat, shared some of these in his speech. For example, Mrs Lily Lee from Serangoon Secondary School, who has 17 years of teaching experience. To ensure that her students are updated with the latest geographical issues, she had set up a geography blog which the students can discuss the latest geography news and information. Said Mrs Lily Lee "The textbook only provides the basic knowledge. There are so many happenings related to Geography and it is taking place every day. It is not possible to teach everything in class so the blog is a good platform to share the information."

http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp120531_007.shtml

My Geography blog - http://olevelgeog.blogspot.com

More on our amazing sky in the morning

Just some of my latest creations - as mentioned earlier - the pictures were all taken from the staff room. The one on the top was taken on 9th May and I was really amazed by the change in the sky. Nature has offered us many masterpieces. Sometimes we just have to look around us and appreciate them. The world is a better place when we appreciate them as well as the people around us.

National Geographic Channel Young Photographers Award 7 May 2012

Solomon Woo won the voters' choice in Singapore and Hazel, his friend, won the lucky voter's prize. The winners were announced on their website: http://www.natgeo-canon.com/winners.php

The prize award ceremony was held together with the photography Seminar by Ira Block. I like his quote on photography - "Don't take a picture, make a picture: Light, Composition and Moment" - Do not just point and shoot - go close to the object or even around it - find the best angle and moment for the best picture. Different Lighting can really make a difference to the photo too!

Sun Rise

Same place, same sky, different moods and quotes. All pictures taken from the staff room. 

National Geographic Young Photographers competition

• Log onto http://natgeotv.com/asia/awards and vote for Solomon - his entries are the 2nd and 3rd photographs on page 9. A real achievement considering him to be the only one from a secondary school with 2 entries shortlisted among the 60 from Singapore and Malaysia.
• Lucky Voters will win an Canon EOS-Crumpler DSLR camera bag and 2D1N stay at Uma by COMO in Bali.

http://www.natgeo-canon.com/vote.php?photo_id=1438

http://www.ura.gov.sg/conservation/blair.htm - Found out from Solomon that this is part of Blair Plain conservation area -4, Spottiswoode Park.

http://www.natgeo-canon.com/vote.php?photo_id=1443

Red Cross Achievements Term 1 2012

I am so proud of our unit for making so many achievements within a term!

Sun Rise Sun Set

Lovely sun rise taken from the staff room. The sun was red in colour! I reach school normally around 630am so I rarely get to appreciate the sun rise - rare sight for me as I took my cup of coffee that morning. Most of the time we are so busy that we miss the beauty of the little things around us. Gratitude.

Like a picture - the sun set as I took this picture on my way home from school. From sun rise to sun set - most of the time we spent 12 hours in school - more marking and lesson preparation back at home. ... The tower of cloud is just like the load which is overcrowding our life..

Prize for Singapore Red Cross Photo

my 2nd prize for the Singapore Red Cross photo contest on volunteering in you.

Chee Jean's 3rd prize for the same competition

Easy Click Photo Contest winner

Attended the prize giving ceremony yesterday and this is my prize - stamp set designed by Edmund Chen. Edmund said that the photos and videos for the prize presentation will be uploaded on http://ectv.sg/ soon.

My winning entry - collage in the kindness category - 

New Year artwork