From the Desk of Mr Daniel

I know a number of you is unable to complete your holiday project tasks and assignments due to [Insert your reasons here].

I am offering you guys an chance to avoid penalty from us (PW Teachers & Trainer).

Download the following 2 documents and complete them before printing them out and submiting them to us the first thing during PW lessons. The two documents are:

1. Project Reflections:
Reflect why you are unable to meet the deadline. Provide reasons. List down the solutions to rectify the problem. Make a task list and deadline to complete the task. Propose a new deadline.

2. Request for Extension of Deadline.
Follow the format of the request. Change the details where necessary.

Both documents must be completed with the group members' names. All members must read, agree upon and sign the document before submiting to the PW Teacher & Trainer.


Download Documents:



Project Reflections


Request for Extension of Deadline



IMPORTANT: Extension will only be considered if the reflections and request are done first thing during the PW Lessons this week.

The updated new time-table for secondary 2 express PW lessons is as follows:

2E1 - Friday (9.30am - 10.30am)
2E2 - Monday (10.30am - 11.30am)
2E3 - Wednesday (10.30am - 11.30am)
2E4 - Friday (10.30am - 11.30am)
2E5 - Monday (12.30pm - 1.30pm)

The new time-table for secondary 2 express PW lessons is out:

2E1 - Tuesday (10.30am - 11.30am)
2E2 - Monday (12.30pm - 1.30pm)
2E3 - Thursday (12.30pm - 1.30pm)
2E4 - Tuesday (12.30pm - 1.30pm)
2E5 - Friday (9.30am - 10.30am)

Get yourselves prepared and looking forward to meet you guys again! :)

Ok it is official. School will reopen as usual. No extension.

Schools to re-open on schedule dispite H1N1 situation.

But here at Damai Secondary, we are prepared for school closure anytime. So guys, better hurry up and finish all the holiday homework before school re-opens!

Meanwhile, please enjoy the H1N1 video ;)

This is week 4. Calling all sec 2E students, you should be finishing the Project Work holiday assignment by end of this week.

This holiday assignment, you will need to draw your actual comics and have it done by school reopen. Here is what you should have done:

1. 1 panel on 1 A4 paper.
2. Draw at least 3 drafts
3. Week 1 & 2 practise on human figure & expressions (bald & naked)
4. Week 3 practise on human figure with hair and clothes. (draft 4 & 5)
5. Combined the best panels from draft 5 to create the final comic strip.

Note that you should have label each panel that you draw for easier organisation:
PageX_PanelX_DraftX

What's going to happen when school reopens:

1. Scan your drawings into the computer using the scanner
2. Trace your drawings using Illustrator
3. Colour your comic strips using Photoshop

This afternoon, together with Miss Tay, Miss Wong, Miss Poh and Mr Ho, we went down to Kinokuniya at Ngee Ann City to make book purchase for our school library.

Miss Wong bought some English Books while Miss Poh, Mandarin books. Mr Ho just tag along with us. Miss Tay purchase some fiction books while I aim for multimedia, comic production as well as photography books. Miss Tay say I may be the one who spend the most as these books I recommended were expensive (above $50++). Buying books at Kinokuniya for the library is so much fun. We just take a scanner and look for the books we want. Once we locate the books, we just scan the barcode. The bookstore will collate an excel spreadsheet and send to Miss Tay (the library teacher) for approval and the order will be delivered to the school library.

Later we all went for tea at Starbucks before returning home. We may be making another trip again if there are leftover funds. So guys, enjoy the new books!!!

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We should not look down on others who are handicapped. More than often, they are more talented than us. For those who are less advantage, do not dispair. Work harder and excel in your life. Be brave and show others that you can live your life well!

First we have eLearning (ISPL). Now we have mLearning (Mobile Learning).

Just receive information from my HOD that we are going to explore and implement Mobile Learning in Damai Secondary School. So what exactly is Mobile Learning? It is about students takes advantage of learning opportunities offered by portable gadgets so that learning can take place across locations.

Which means to say, students coming to school with portable computers and devices such as an iPhone in hand to gather information on the web, getting their email, watching lectures to learn anytime and anywhere.

I am still in the progress of doing research and gathering data for proposal. Will update you guys on the details later! :)

All Damai Secondary staffs (Teaching & Non-teaching) meet at Orchid Country Club for staff retreat. For this retreat, we are having a seminar on Balanced Scorecard to improve the operation of the school in areas of:

1. Cognitive
2. Social, Moral & Morale
3. Leadership
4. Aesthetics
5. Physical

By providing quality school programmes, develope character and sense of belonging, develope pupil leadership, develope aesthetics and physical domains for the students. In this way, Damai students will be a committed, competent and compassionate leaders, which are inline with the school's mission and vision.

All these are possible by improving the people and organisation (available resources):

1. Human Capital
2. Organisatioal Capital
3. Informational Capital

For me, together with other teachers involved in ICT department, we are involved in Informational Capital, which will provide the support for Quality School Programmes by using varied instruction and assessment modes for engaged learning.

Cheemiology right? *LOL* Anyway, in short, there will going to be a change in the school operation from this coming term 3 as well as from next year onwards. ;)