2008
Explore highlights from 2008, including award wins, conference presentations, and cultural events organised by the Mother Tongue department.
ICTLT 2008
On 5-6 August 2008, the Mother Tongue department Chinese Unit presented on Outram Chatterbox and FleaMarket@Outram at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology. During the exhibition, Mdm Tan Kim Choo, Ms Wong Ching Hun, Mrs Lui Ping Xin, together with 2 students, Tan Kai Jun (Sec 3/5) and Eldrid Tan (Sec 3/3), shared our projects to the delegates and the members of public. With the help of our TA, Mr David Chiang and Mr Chua Wen Jin, the presentation was a success and we received many favourable feedbacks from the participants and guest.
S4 Cluster Professional Sharing 2008
On 30th July 2008, 4 teachers from our school, Mdm Tan Kim Choo, Mr Wen Zhiguang, Miss Chua Choo Hong and Mrs Looi Lay Geok participated in a professional sharing convention organized by the S4 Cluster. Teachers from the various primary and secondary schools in the S4 Cluster got a chance to share and exchange their creative and interesting teaching padegogies.
Miss Chua introduced our school’s Culture-based National Education Infused Curriculum to enable our pupils to have a greater understanding of the traditional cultures of different ethnic groups. The activities include Chinese Calligraphy, Paper-cutting, Mask-painting, demonstrations of Malay and Indian Wedding Ceremonies etc.
Mrs Looi shared on the features of the FleaMarket@Outram as another innovative learning platform for pupils to apply their Chinese IT skills, communication skills as well as their entrepreneurial skills in their language learning processes.
It was a valuable experience as all participants found the sessions inspiring and enriching.
Inspiring Chinese Language Teacher Award 2008
Mrs Lui Ping Xin was awarded the Inspiring Chinese Language Teacher Award 2008 on 30th May. She received the award together with 13 other Chinese Language teachers from various Primary, Secondary and Junior College out of 1300 nominations.
Chinese Cultural Learning Experience 2008.
Traditionally, Chinese New Year is celebrated over a period of 15 days. This year, on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year (21st Feb 08), which is also commonly known as Yuan Xiao Jie, the Mother Tongue Department organized a Chinese Cultural Learning Experience for all staff to have a better understanding of the Chinese culture and also to celebrate this very last day of the Chinese New Year. A wide range of activities like Chinese Calligraphy, Paper Cutting, Tang Yuan (glutinous rice-balls) making and Yu Sheng (raw fish salad) demonstration were carried out and our teachers and staff had their chance to have hands-on sessions to learn the respective skills and art. We had a great time of learning and feasting, and we ended the day bringing home our own art pieces and a satisfied stomach.