SST Students Blog 2012: February 2012

(20120221) Cyber Wellness Ambassadors Training and Conversation

Conversation with Juliana Chan, PhD: research scientist with A*STAR, Asian Scientist Magazine editor with SST Cyber Wellness Ambassadorson Cyber issues.

Brief Profile of Speaker

Jun 2010-Jul 2011
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kamm Lab
Prof. Roger Kamm Lab, Department of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, MIT

2006-2010
Ph.D. in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Advisor: Robert Langer, Sc.D., David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT
& Omid Farokhzad, M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Controlled Delivery of Nanoparticles to Injured Vasculature.

2002-2005
B.A., M.A., double First Class Honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Christ’s College, Cambridge University, U.K.
Advisor: Richard J. Jackson, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge University
Dissertation: Reinitiation of Eukaryotic mRNA Translation After Puromycin-induced Termination.

(20120225) My Dream Neighbourhood by HDB

Have you ever dreamed about what your neighbourhood should be like?
Can you tell us what you want your neighbourhood to be like?

Describe in no more than 300 words about your dream neighbourhood and email to heartlandbuzz@hdb.gov.sg by Monday, 30 April 2012.

This contest is open to all primary and secondary school students. For more details, please visit http://heartlandbuzz.hdb.gov.sg/programmes-details.aspx?nsid=243

Source: NE FORTE 24 February 2012 ISSUE
Character & Citizenship Education Branch. Student Development Curriculum Division. Ministry of Education
(Extracted from http://library.edumall.sg/library/slot/reslib/dc57/6e97f71c7_56785.pdf)

(20120225) Invitation to schools to contribute write-ups from staff and students to MOE’s IremembermySchoolDays project

In Sep 2011, MOE launched the iremembermySchoolDays project to collect memories of school days from within schools, MOE HQ and the public. This project is part of the National Library Board’s larger Singapore Memory Project to collect, preserve and provide access to the memories of our nation, with the target to collect 5 million stories by 2015 in commemoration of Singapore’s 50th birthday.

iremembermySchoolDays aims to allow members of the public, staff and students to share personal memories of their school days, to deepen the sense of shared heritage and rootedness to Singapore.

The NE Unit would like to invite school staff and students to contribute write-ups to share their memories of how core NE events (e.g. Total Defence Day, Racial Harmony Day) are or were commemorated in school. Such write-ups could share personal perspectives of what the events meant to the individual, and could include photographs or videos.
For sample write-ups, please refer to http://www.iremember.sg/

Memories of NE events can be sent to moe_cceb@moe.gov.sg
Please indicate name, school, class (for students), date and email address.

Thank you for your contribution to the Singapore Memory Project.

Source: NE FORTE 24 February 2012 ISSUE
Character & Citizenship Education Branch. Student Development Curriculum Division. Ministry of Education
(Extracted from http://library.edumall.sg/library/slot/reslib/dc57/6e97f71c7_56785.pdf)

20120223 SST’s Got Talent

Re-auditions will be on Tues 28 Feb 2012 and Thurs 1 March 2012 after 3.30pm in the Music Room.

Semi-Finals will be held on the 27th and 29th March (week after e-learning week) in the Auditorium. Contestants to please register your time slots outside the staff room.

For further enquiries, please contact Ms Patricia Ng on ext. 414 or via email (click HERE to find Ms Ng's email address).

20120223 Network Authentication in Campus

Dear Students,

There will be some changes to the way we login to the school wireless network from 28th Feb (Tue) onwards.

You must read and understand the changes in order to continue using the school network without disruption to your learning needs on Tuesday.

Please login to the GoogleSite (Student Domain) to read the full details of the changes.

With Regards,
SST ICT Helpdesk

(20120221) Cyber Wellness Ambassadors Training and Meeting

To: Sec 1, 2 and 3 Cyber Wellness ambassadors

Please note that the Cyber Wellness Ambassadors Training and Authentic conversation will be conducted next Tuesday 28 February at 2.15 pm.
You are required to report to C03 (Learning Oasis 1).

The agenda are as follows:

Introduction to Cyber Wellness at SST
Roles and Responsibilities
Training programme
Conversation with an expert

From: Mr Nur Johari
Cyber Wellness ambassadors

(20120219) Commencement of Maths Olympiad Training Programme

To: Students who have signed up for the Mathematical Olympiad Training programme

Please note that the Olympiad training programme will commence THIS week on Tuesday (21 February) or Thursday (23 February) afternoon.
You are required to report to C03-14 (Multi-Purpose Room 1) for all training sessions.

The reporting times are as follows:

LOWER SECONDARY (i.e. Secondary 1 and 2 students)

Tuesdays from 2:30pm - 4pm
Thursdays from 2:15pm - 3:45pm

UPPER SECONDARY (i.e. Secondary 3 students)

Tuesdays from 4pm - 5:30pm
Thursdays from 3:45 - 5:15pm

The exact dates for all training sessions will be provided to you on the first training day.

From: Mr Jason Ingham
Subject Head MATHS

(20120215) Students taking CSP

To all students offering CSP,

Please be reminded that CSP lesson for Sec 1 and Sec 3 will be canceled for this Thursday, 16/2. Lesson will resume on the following Tuesday.

Sec 2 CSP lesson will continue as per normal.

Ms Bek Su Ling

HOD/Mother Tongue Languages

Results for SST's Got Talent and SST Show Choir Auditions

Results for SST's Got Talent and SST Show Choir Auditions are available outside the staff room.

Please contact Ms Patricia Ng if there should be further queries.

Presentation Slides – Parents’ Engagement Session – 11 February 2012

Students whose parents attended the Parents' Engagement Session on 11 Feb:

Please inform your parents that the presentation slides are already put up at the School's website http://www.sst.edu.sg/stakeholder-links/announcements/

(20120213) Opening hour of side gate

Please note that from 13 February 2012 (Monday), the side gate (nearest to the bus stop) will be opened for half-an-hour during the school dismissal.

The timing are as follow:

Monday 2pm - 2.30pm
Tuesday 1.30pm - 2pm
Wednesday 1240pm - 1.10pm
Thursday 1.30pm - 2pm
Friday 12.40pm -1.10pm

Notices have been put up at the gate. A reminder to all to observe road safety rules in and out of school.

(20120212) Info Hub News: Etiquette

The Info Hub aims to create a comfortable and conducive space for the SST community to learn and cultivate the love for reading. It is therefore every SST students responsibility to make the Info Hub a quiet and pleasant environment.

All users are to read through, observe and practise the etiquette desired to create a conducive environment for the SST community.

Invitation as Co-author (preparation for eLearning Week)

Dear Students

The eLearning week is going to take place in Term 2.
To facilitate learning and submission of work remotely, please check to see that:

1. You have been invited as a co-author to the class blog & subject blog (if your subject is using the blog).

If you are not a co-author yet, please provide your email to your form teacher/ subject teacher so that you can be invited to be the co-author of the blog.

2. You are able to access the GoogleSite.

eLearning schedule and activities will be posted in the Googlesite.
Please see Ms Rini (ICT HelpDesk) to reset the password if you are unable to access the GoogleSite.

The above should be completed by Term 1 Week 8 (24 February 2012)

Level Tests on 13 -17 February

Dear Students

Besides the Level Test Schedule (which you should have already referred to last week), the slides that Ms Tay used for the Level briefing in the Morning Assembly last Monday is also available at the GoogleSite.

Important things to note from the slides:
1. Instructions to Students
2. Attire
3. Reporting Time:

Report as usual to school, by 7.40 A.M. except on 13 February Monday – report by 8.40 A.M.
Proceed to your classrooms for the national anthem and pledge-taking

4. Latecomers & Absentees
5. Dos and Don'ts

Email Addresses of Subject Teachers

Email addresses of Teachers are available at:
1. Students Blog (see left panel, below the class blogs) - "Email Addresses of Subjects"
2. School Website > Parents > Announcements
http://www.sst.edu.sg/stakeholder-links/announcements/

The direct links are here:

Sec 1 CCA Allocation

Dear Sec 1 Students,

The 2012 Sec 1 CCA allocation is completed and can be found at the CCA site under the Announcement Page in the Sec 1 students' domain. You can start your CCA next Monday or Wednesday.

If you have any problem with your CCA allocation, please see Mr Lam Hin Chew, HOD Sports and Wellness or Mr Jerome Tan, CCA Coordinator.

Thank you.

2012 Science Lecture Series (Sec 3): The Chemistry of Love - Rated PG

The Science Department is launching the 2012 Science Lecture Series for Sec 3 students this week.

To kickstart the series, we are proud to have Dr Christopher Slatter (Subject Head, Chemistry) to deliver a lecture entitled The Chemistry of Love.

Synopsis: The Chemistry of Love - Rated PG

People involved in a loving relationship are often said to have a certain "Chemistry", but does a loving relationship really involve molecules and chemical reactions? It certainly does! In the first SST Science Lecture of the year we will discover the role that Chemistry - with a little help from Biology, Mathematics and Psychology - has to play in the human emotion called "Love."

The presentation will cover:

+ The Chemistry of men - testosterone.
+ The Chemistry of women - oestrogens.
+ The Mathematics of beauty.
+ Pheromones - the smell of love.
+ The colour of love.
+ Love as a drug - the central nervous system.
+ Addicted to love.
+ The Mathematics of dating.

Dates: 9 Feb (Thur), 14 Feb (Tues)
Time: 1430-1530h
Venue: Lecture Room
Maximum number of participants: 100

Interested students who do not have formal lessons, Support Class or CCA on these days, are welcome to attend the lecture.

Click HERE to register.

SST Show Choir Auditions

Fri 10 Feb, Dance Room 2pm

Singers: Please come prepared to sing a song (of your choice), and also bring suitable attire for choreography work.

Instrumentalists: Please come prepared to play your song on your instrument as well. We are particularly looking for percussionists, bassists and pianists to form a band. If you are a drummer, just video yourself and submit your video to patricia_ng@sst.edu.sg.

*Please note that participation in SST Show Choir is strictly voluntary.

Ms Patricia Ng

SST's Got Talent Auditions

SST's Got Talent 2012 Auditions (for the Upper Sec Students & those who could not make the earlier dates)

Tues 7 Feb 2012, Auditorium from 3.30pm onwards

Thurs 9 Feb 2012, Auditorium from 1.30pm onwards

20120202 (Sec 1) Maths Olympiad Selection Test on 3 February 2012 (Friday)

You have signed up for the Selection Test (Pls check your name below).

The selection test will take place at the Seminar Room (Block C, Level 3) at 1 pm.

The paper will last for 1 hour.
Please report to Mr Jason Ingham
You will require your writing materials. No calculator is allowed.
Please report punctually outside the Seminar Room at least 5 minutes before the start of the paper.

Your names have been emailed to the teachers to inform them that you would be involved in the Selection Test, and therefore will report to any event/ CCA after you have completed the selected test. Note that your attendance to the test will be sent to your teachers by the end of Friday so that they are aware that you have participated in the selection test.

No.	NAME	CLASS
1	Lim Wei Feng	S101
2	Alyssa Siow Shu Yin	S101
3	Chiam Jing Han	S101
4	Marco Ajay Gerard Obe	S101
5	Puteri Nur Huda	S101
6	Jeremiah Ong	S101
7	Kenneth He Zhi Jing	S102
8	Siddhant Chaurasia	S102
9	Cheston Chee En	S102
10	Rachel Mark	S102
11	Berwyn Low Zong Xun	S103
12	Chew Yun Hui	S104
13	Liaw Xiao Tao	S104
14	A Manicka Praveen	S104
15	Chiam Chuen	S104
16	Kota Kiran Chand	S104
17	Sarah Chan	S104
18	Arjun Appavoo	S104
19	Tan Shi Jie	S104
20	Angeline Yap Zhi Han	S104
21	Ng Keen Yung	S104
22	Poon Wai Kit	S104
23	Leong Sin Yuen, Lynnette	S104
24	Lim Zhongzhi	S104
25	Liew Jia Wen	S104
26	Koh Guo Feng	S104
27	lee wen feng	S105
28	Koh Zhen Haw	S105
29	G.k.Netraa	S105
30	Nguyen Minh Tri	S105
31	Marcus Chan Tuck Yan	S105
32	Lim Jia Yi	S105
33	Htet Wai Yan Linn	S105
34	Yadi Nay Myo	S105
35	Clemens Chua Kai Wen	S105
36	Sean Lim Zie	S106
37	Greg Lim	S106
38	Jenova Pillai	S106
39	Leong Ko Rixie Tiffany	S106
40	Odelia Goh	S106
41	Dion Low Zhe Kai	S106
42	Wong Kang Zhi	S107
43	Loh Xian Ze Bryan	S107
44	Darelyn Lim Qi Xuan	S107
45	Khin Sann Tun Claudia	S107
46	Lim Ding Wen	S107
47	Brandi Lai	S107
48	Matthea Koh Hwee Ern	S107
49	Ng Jun Wei Timothy	S107
50	Yasha Lai Zhi Hui	S107
51	Vaddadi Divya Asritha	S107
52	Trevor Tan Yan Xiong	S108
53	Anurag Choudary Putti	S108
54	Issac Jose Ignatius	S108
55	Valence Leung	S108
56	Jerrold Wong Kheng Hang	S109
57	Aloysius Seah	S109
58	alexandre shing	S109
59	Tan Kian Chong	S109
60	Dongil Shin	S109
61	Ng I-Shen, Samuel	S109
62	Cassandra Chai	S109
63	Farruq Daniel Bin Humardany*	S109
64	Cassandra Chai	S109

*Farruq will see Mr Igham at the staff room at 2.30 pm (for the selection test)