Cyber wellness

In the current society, more and more teenagers are vulnerable to scams online. In order to ensure our safety, everyone has to play his own part in ensuring a safe online community.

-How can you protect yourself when coming across unaccredited sites and/or approached by unknown online contacts?

-How can you make a difference for others and become an ambassador for building a safe and harmonious online environment?

By the way, today is 人日, so happy birthday everyone! :)

Inside the classroom that dares to break traditional teaching

Some food for thoughts for all of you.

An article that I find interesting..

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/feb/11/schools-students-traditional-teaching


“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

― John Dewey

First Class Dinner

  "Guys, the Mcdonald's delivery is here, hurry up! We might not be able to carry that much by ourselves." A few of us remarked as the motorcycles came riding in with our food. We thought there were very much to be carried and we couldn't cope by ourselves, so we asked for help from the guys. Unexpectedly, when the guys arrived at the main gate, there came us carrying all the food, with a few holding onto only one or two bags of food. We overestimated the amount of food, and laughed embarrassingly to pass it off.

  Feb 6 marks the day of our FIRST class dinner. It could be compared to a feast, which there were lots of burgers, drinks, fries...And most importantly... pizzas, garlic breads and bread sticks treated by our dear form teachers: Mr Teo and Ms tan! 3 cheers for them. It was a great dinner filled with chatters and laughters, with us being the only one in the hostel canteen (Which makes us that special). We definitely created a lot more memories and forged closer bonds with our classmates. Cheers for more to come!

Welfare comm

Getting to know yourself better : SEL

Bench- mark	Descriptors for “Exceeding” (Upper Sec)	Gist
1	Understands one’s strengths and weaknesses. Takes steps to build up strengths and works on weaknesses.	Self-awareness
2	Makes use of one’s talents, skills and interests to make good choices in life that have positive impact on others.	Personal strengths
3	Reflects on the important issues of life and recognises the impact on self.	Self-reflection
4	Sees stress in positive light. Assesses useful and relevant strategies for different types of stress. Shares and exchanges strategies with others on managing stress.	Coping with stress
5	Behaves in a socially acceptable manner.	Self-control
6	Demonstrates a passion for learning in most areas.	Learning
7	Moves beyond the immediate community (outside class, CCA or even school) in terms of valuing and working with diversity.	Working with different people

  

8	Impacts on the team positively by harnessing their needs and strengths so as to influence their behaviour towards a common goal.	Teamwork
9	Engages others positively in reducing tension and changes in relationships and applies strategies to cope with these.	Communication
10	Guides parties to reach an amiable solution.	Conflict management
11	Take steps to work on the changes in relationships.	Positive relationships: family & friends
12	Articulates and explains the issues of cultural diversity and justice. Makes informed decisions when functioning in different cultural settings, bearing in mind our own cultural biases and assumptions.	Cultural diversity
13	Does right even on one’s own self accord without any rewards or reminders.	Responsible decision making
14	Is reflective and receptive to others’ opinions in making changes and improvements	Response to feedback

Dear 4Ers,

               Please select one of the 14 benchmarks from the SEL assessment list you would like to focus on this year. Do elaborate the rationale of why you choose this benchmark and how you can improve on this benchmark.

Thank you.