IDEAS

August 2018 issue

Dear teachers, If you see this part of the school year as a 100-metre sprint, then the starting pistol goes off in August, and kids are reminded to keep their eyes on the finishing line. All else — especially CCAs, […]

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July 2018 issue

Dear teachers, The 2018 National Day theme “We are Singapore” triggers memories — of the original song’s release in 1987, of my own kids marching around our living room singing those first NDP songs nonstop, and of a permanent-resident friend […]

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June 2018 issue

Dear teachers, This year’s Racial Harmony Day (RHD) will be our first since Singapore ratified ICERD (the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) last November. It is a landmark in our nation’s journey towards greater […]

June 22, 2018 / No Comments / More

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