Regent Secondary School's National Education Online Management Guide

Total Defence Day THIS WEEK!!!

2011-02-13T20:30:00.004+08:00

Every year on 15 February, Singapore commemorates Total Defence Day, which is also the day in which Singapore fell to the Japanese during World War II. This Day of Infamy, will forever live in our memories in which Singapore fell into one of its darkest periods in its history.

As with previous years of Total Defence Day, the theme this year is:

'Home - Keeping It Together'.

Faced with a more open and cosmopolitan society in addition to being a part of the globalised world, challenges to our Singaporean society continue to change and evolve. Everyday, we are confronted with issues that threaten to pull us apart as a cohesive society.

But remember...

There will be one thing that will hold us all together. And that is the fact that Singapore....

is our

HOME

In the coming weeks, Regent Secondary School will be carrying out activities in commemoration of Total Defence Day. This Blog shall also be updated explaining the virtues of Total Defence and its importance to our society. There will be fun activities in store for everyone to participate! So look forward to it!!!

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NE Cluster W6 competition

2010-04-25T14:46:00.011+08:00

On Wednesday, 24th March 2010, Regent Secondary School sent in a team of 6 NE ambassadors to represent the school in an NE competition featuring all the schools from Cluster West 6. Guest-of-Honour for the event was Mdm Rani, Master Teacher of Cluster West 6.

The participating schools were:
Fajar Secondary School
Greenridge Secondary School
Assumption English School
Jurong Secondary School
Regent Secondary School
Zhenghua Secondary School
Chestnut Drive Secondary School

Event Format:

Each team has a team of 5 or 6 members and are supposed to feature a landmark around the school. They are to prepare a write-up, submit a video as well as give a presentation on the actual day based on their researched landmark.

Objective:

Learn about the significance of historical buildings and landmarks in Singapore (HEAD)

Develop an appreciation of these historical gifts (HEART)

Develop heritage trails to share findings and inspire students to appreciate these historical buildings (HANDS)

Results:

Our team's entry was a proposal for an amazing race around the Japanese Garden. We failed to obtain any of the top 3 positions but our team gave their best effort and it was a most rewarding experience! Here are some pictures taken on that day. Regent Secondary School was to provide 2 emcees for the event and they were Daryl Chee (S4-10) and Jasmine Goh (S3-7) Pictures taken by Lim Zhiquan (S4-8)

NE Team:
Vivien Zhang (S4-8)
Lee Kok How (S4-8)
Liang Junhao (S4-8)
Zhuang Guoren (S4-8)
Loh Qiuxuan (S4-8)
Lim Zhiquan (S4-8)

Our two emcees (Jasmine and Daryl) for the day.

Our presenters (Kok How and Vivien) in action!

The 'clicker' behind the laptop, Guoren!

Audience comprising NE ambassadors from different schools.

Our static display, with pictures and write-ups of the Japanese Garden amazing race the team has proposed.

Good effort, everyone! Regent Secondary School will definitely aim to do better the next time round!

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

2010-02-04T16:24:00.006+08:00

As you all have seen the wonderful performance, you would have known the story of Sadako and the thousand cranes. This is a true story.

Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl living in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan (August 6, 1945). In 1955, at age 11, Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia, a type of cancer caused by the atomic bomb. [Photo from wikipedia.com]

While in the hospital, Sadako started to fold paper cranes. In Japan, there is a belief that if you folded 1000 paper cranes, then your wish would come true. Sadako spend 14 months in the hospital, folding paper cranes with whatever paper she could get. Her wish was that she would get well again. Sadako also wished for an end to all suffering and to attain peace and healing to the victims of the world.

Sadako died on October 25, 1955, she was 12 years old and had folded over 1300 paper cranes. Sadako’s friends and classmates raised money to build a memorial in honor of Sadako and other atomic bomb victims. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial was completed in 1958 and has a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane. At the base is a plaque that says:
This is our cry.
This is our prayer.
Peace in the world.
(story obtained from http://www.origami-resource-center.com/sadako.html)

(pic obtained from http://www.sadakosasakifacts.com/)

(pic obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_Sasaki)

Lessons learnt:

The story of Sadako and the thousand paper cranes reminds us the importance of world peace. We must never take peace for granted. Sadako, with all her hopes and dreams of becoming an Olympic Gold medallist sprinter, could not achieve her dream because of the repercussions of the Atomic Bomb. All of us have hopes and dreams. Our parents have hopes and dreams of us too. However, if we are not living in a peaceful and prosperous Singapore, we will find it very difficult to achieve these hopes and dreams.

By forging friendships with people regardless of race, language or religion, we find ourselves making more friends and widening our social circle. This is the same for countries. Singapore makes friends with other countries. We do not want a war to happen. War not only causes tremendous destruction to life and property, sometimes it also affects future generations, like the case of Sadako Sasaki.

What are your hopes and dreams? Let us ensure that we do our part to defend Singapore, to allow us to fulfil such hopes and dreams.

Total Defence Day 2010 Programme line-up

2010-02-04T15:48:00.005+08:00

Hi all Regenites,

by now you would have known, that Total Defence Day falls on 15th February 2010. Our school will commemorate this day with the following programme:

2 Feb and 4 Feb(lower and upper sec assembly):
Performance by National Arts Council - Sadako and the thousand cranes.

1-11 Feb:
There will be video clips shown before the morning flag-raisings in the hall. Students, do think about "Why do I care about Singapore?" and explore some of the things that make Singapore important to you.

Food for thought:

What makes us feel like we belong, that this is our rightful place?
How would we show that Singapore is important to us?
What are we prepared to do to preserve and protect our way of life?
What does it mean to "care about Singapore"?
What would happen if we didn't care about Singapore?

4-9 Feb:
Students will reflect on what they will do for Singapore and fill up printed copies of the "I WILL" cards.

11-12 Feb:
Selected prefects will be reading out some of the "I WILL" best entries by students during the morning assembly. The best entry from each level will be given a limited edition notebook which commemorates the total defence day.

Total Defence 2010 Theme: "I WILL"

2010-02-04T13:43:00.011+08:00

Other than filling up the "I WILL" cards in class, you may also want to take part in the online contest at http://www.iwill.sg/. Click the link for more details!

examples of pledges:

"I will stay fit and healthy to protect the people I love."

"I will use my first-aid skills to help anyone in need."

"I will relish all opportunities to feed Singapore's hunger for excellence and growth."

I will play with my classmates, who are of many races.

"I will make Singapore proud and inspire Singaporeans to persevere when faced with an Everest.

National Day 2009

2009-10-01T17:49:00.001+08:00

Happy 44th birthday Singapore!!!!

Photos courtesy of Mr Thomas Tan and Mr Izwandy 2009.

Winners of Racial Harmony Day Reflections

2009-08-11T14:17:00.012+08:00

Racial Harmony Day 2009

Theme: "Know your neighbours."

Secondary One

3rd place: Izamanshah, 1-7

2nd place: Nurfatehah, 1-7

1st place: Crystal, 1-7

Secondary Two

3rd place: Kimberley, 2-7

2nd place: Farzana Yasmin, 2-5

1st place: Muhd Safwan, 2-2

Secondary Three

3rd place: Neo Hui Juan, 3-6

2nd place: Chan Kai Qi, 3-8

1st place: Elisha, 3-8

Entry submitted by mystery person (below): This piece is done by a Secondary 3 student who did not leave his/her name on the reflection! This is easily top 3 material, but it's a pity! Lesson learnt: always write your name on your assignments/work! Anyone knows who drew it?
[Disclaimer: Unfortunately there will be no prizes for this mystery person. However, your name might appear here and you will gain recognition for the beautiful drawing you have done!]

Secondary Four & Five

3rd place: Vicky, 4-4

2nd place: Elis, 4-10

1st place: Maria, 4-10

Congratulations to all winners! Some of you (especially the graduating classes) have not claimed your prizes. The NE comm will be passing them to your Form Teachers.

Thank you everyone for their active participation in the commemoration of Racial Harmony in Singapore!

Remember, racial harmony is not by chance!

We must never take racial harmony for granted!

Let us live harmoniously among our friends and neighbours from different races!

Regent Secondary School's National Day Celebration

2009-08-10T15:27:00.001+08:00

Pics to be up soon!

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!

mrbrown at NDP 2009: Funpack!

2009-08-02T17:28:00.000+08:00

Racial Harmony Day Commemoration! "Who's your neighbour!"

2009-07-19T18:41:00.002+08:00

Racial Harmony Day (Chinese: 种族和谐日) is celebrated annually on 21 July in Singapore. The event is to commemorate the 1964 Race Riots, which took place on 21 July 1964.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Harmony_Day)

You can read more on the race riots here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots

For the lower secondary, the deadline for the submission of entries for the RHD video competition is over. Watch this space as we showcase these videos! Winning entries will also be shown during the National Day Concert! (Depending on the h1n1 situation, the national day concert may or may not take place.)

This week during your contact time, you will be learning more about the different races, as well as penning your reflections. Best reflections win attractive prizes! Give your creative best!

Now, let's take a look at an interesting and relevant article:

Racial harmony is not a given
Both touch on threat of terrorism and the need to stay dedicated to living peacefully
By Jeremy Au Yong
July 19, 2009

THEY spoke separately on Saturday at different events to different crowds.

But both Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had the same stark reminder for Singaporeans: Do not take racial harmony for granted.

The harmony Singapore had worked so hard to build could be destroyed by a single flashpoint, like a terrorist attack, they warned.

Speaking at the National Orange Ribbon Celebrations in Bishan, MM Lee told the crowd he would dispense with the speech prepared for him by one of the ministries.

The Minister Mentor went on to speak passionately for half an hour about the challenges Singapore faced from its earliest days, to build trust between the races.

He said the first important decision the Government made was to break up the old racial enclaves and scatter Singaporeans among neighbours of various races when it resettled them in the public housing estates it built.

Singapore has come a long way since but MM Lee stressed on Saturday that it was not yet a nation.

'Over time we have become one community with many races, many cultures... Are we a nation yet? I would not say we are,' he said. 'We are in transition. But we will always progress provided we know where we are and what we have to do to get there.'

To drive home his point, he even took aim at the multi-racial performances at the event. They were a contrived effort which represented an ideal. 'This is an ideal which we may never completely reach, but because we have this ideal, we will continue to make progress,' he said.

Over at Bishan, MM Lee unveiled a 9-feet tall star-shaped structure containing 150,000 little paper stars, each one with a Singaporean's written pledge to live in harmony. An inscription on the structure carried MM Lee's own pledge: 'Harmony is a base for stability, growth and progress.'

(http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405233.html)

Any comments? Feel free to share them!

The MOE Racial Harmony logo is in the shape of a heart, representing both the brotherhood of Singaporeans and the deep emotional, visercal bond that we all share. Red is also the colour of passion and energy, representing how we as a country are moving forward and boldly embracing our challenges and future.

This heart is also made up of four people, all joined together in a joyous embrace in a collective dance as they live in harmony. Where they have joined hands, there is a wonderful coming together of energy and efforts, and the yellow represents a bright light shining forth that illuminates our way and progress forward into the future.

(http://www.ne.edu.sg/rh_website.htm)

12,000 turn up to celebrate Singapore Day in London

2009-04-26T20:08:00.001+08:00

By Channel NewsAsia's Olly Barratt | Posted: 26 April 2009 1740 hrs

LONDON: Some 12,000 people turned out to celebrate Singapore Day 2009 in London on Saturday. Singaporeans who live and work all over Europe travelled to Hampton Court Palace to attend the outdoor event, enjoying the food, live performances and the chance to mix with fellow expatriates.

Amy Kiesgen, who travelled from Germany, said: "I know Singaporeans. They're all homesick no matter where we are. We go as Singaporeans and as you know Singaporeans, we want to meet Singaporeans all over Europe. And I think, that they waited for two years for this day to come. And they want to also enjoy Singapore food, to know more about Singapore, (to know) what is going on in Singapore."

Chew Chee Keong, who travelled from Switzerland, said: "Firstly, because I think it's a rare opportunity for overseas Singaporean community to get together and really enjoy the authentic hawker food from home. And I get to meet a lot of my friends here, so that's the other incentive!"

Wee Kim Kian, who also travelled from Switzerland, said: "I think it's good about having groups...wherever you might be in the world... you still have a community you can rely on in times of need."

The food was provided by a hand-picked selection of hawkers who travelled from Singapore for the event.

There were also showcases of Singapore's changing cityscape, an update on Singapore's education facilities and an armed forces exhibition.

The crowds enjoyed live performances too, hosted by Michelle Chong and Adrian Pang.

Adrian Pang said: "An event like this, you know, bringing people who have lived out of Singapore for some time together, just for one day, just to soak in everything that they hold dear to them as Singaporeans, it's just wonderful."

Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng was on hand, too, to explain why he thought it was important to hold an expensive event like this at a time of recession.

Mr Wong said: "Even though the times are not good, we should not just enjoy when we have good times but, I think, in bad times we must also hold up hope for a better future....For Singaporeans here, some of them might be quite anxious about their jobs and anxious about their families back home because they might have members who lose their jobs. We want them to know that the government will put in place programmes to ensure that Singaporeans will be taken care of."

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/425023/1/.html

Revamp!

2009-04-16T15:26:00.004+08:00

This site is still currently under revamp. Do bookmark it on your computer, and come back often!

Meanwhile, do participate in the vote on the right column!

If you have any comments regarding the International Friendship Day event, feel free to use the 'comments' tab at the end of each post to tell us about how you feel.

Students with interesting and good comments will stand to win attractive prizes!

YOG Presentation Pics!

2009-04-13T21:46:00.003+08:00

Here are some random pictures of Regenites presenting their YOG countries!

Welcome to NE OMG!

2009-04-07T13:30:00.000+08:00

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2009-01-22T18:52:00.000+08:00

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