Updates from Coffee Talk 110708

Hi everyone,

Glad to see we had interesting takeaways from the Excel Fest. Let's see how we can apply these takeaways in our lessons to make it more meaningful for the pupils. The bit which Jaz went for focused on the usefulness of recycling - encouraging our pupils to hone their creative talents to think out of the box to produce something meaningful. For the fish spa... interesting... can't imagine somone eating off my foot! For me, it's about seeing how we make learning more meaningful for our pupils and how we can tap on their other talents to get them enthusiastic about learning. Someone must have found out about that fish spa to be able to introduce it in the first place.

The sharing by the various teacehrs yesterday was also useful for us. We mentioned how we can tap on the idea of a moot board and take photos of this year's props for our Sec 1 Singapore Legends so that next year's pupils can add value to what the current batch has produced. Also about how we should acknowledge our pupils - saying thank you - and most importantly about how we should set the tone right before starting our lessons.At the same time may I take this opportunity to once again thank Caroline for her excellent sharing yesterday during PD session. Thanks Caroline!

I think the Humanities Times discussion today is interesting. We talked about the teacher who did not help his pupils during the earthquake and how he was later sacked for the comments he made after that. We mentioned about the roles we play as an educator in ensuring the safety of our pupils and whether the actions of the teacher was right. Also about the experiences we had when we see people in distress in Singapore. Hope it got us thinking...

Had a good time just now. Have a good weekend ahead :)

Azlinda