(S1, S2 and S3) Updated 2020 Assessment Plans & Schedules

Dear students,

Welcome back to a new semester.

Please find updated Assessment Plans & Schedules in the following links:
(Updated) 2020 S1 Assessment Plan & Schedule - ver 2
(Updated) 2020 S2 Assessment Plan & Schedule - ver 2
(Updated) 2020 S3 Assessment Plan & Schedule - ver 2

In version 2, the following table was amended:


Should you have any queries, please approach your Subject teachers for clarification.

Posted by: Mrs Lim Woon Foong, HOD Science

SST Incorporated (SST Inc.) 2020 Recruitment

SST Incorporated (SST Inc.) is the technology Talent Development Programme in the School of Science and Technology, Singapore. SST Inc. serves an incubator that nurtures student employees in running technology start-ups to help communities and better our world.  SST Inc. is now open for applications. If you have a passion for learning to code and design apps to better our community, apply at go.sstinc.org/join2020.

Things to prepare for S&W lesson when school reopens next week

Dear Students,

Hope everyone is healthy and fine. In preparation for S&W lessons when school reopens next week, students are to take note of the things to prepare and some changes with regard to S&W lessons. See appended.

Besides the above, there are other new measures in place when delivering S&W lessons. Your S&W teachers will brief you in greater details on your first S&W lesson.

Thank you and see you soon.

Best regards

Timetable: 2020 Term 3 W1-W2

Dear Students,

Please click HERE to access the class timetable for Term 3 Week 1 & Week 2.


There will be slight adjustments to the class timetable (for some classes) from Week 3 onwards.
To avoid confusion, we will put up a separate post to inform you the updated timetable by end of Week 2.

2020 Term 3 - Welcome Back to School and Adjusting to New Normal

Dear students,

Welcome back to SST in Term 3 2020! 

We hope that you have had a good break and are looking forward to seeing your friends and teachers back in school! :)

As you adjust to a new normal in school, here are some things that you will need to do to prepare for school and when you report to school on 2 June 2020 at 0740 (for Secondary 1, 2 and 4 students) and on 8 June 2020 at 0840 (for Secondary 3 students). 

Preparing for the School

1. Your Journey to School

• You are advised to set off earlier than usual from home for school as you may encounter delays due to safe distancing measures on public transport and safe management measures by the school when you arrive. 
• Please familiarise yourself with the safe measurement measures on the buses and trains if you are taking public transport. 

2. Things to pack: 

• Bring your own kit (see list below) and avoid sharing essential items to prevent cross-contamination.
• Mask (main option) or face shield (secondary option). 
• Reusable bag (eg. a plastic “sandwich” bag or paper bag) to store your mask and/or face-shield for hygiene purposes. Label your name and class on your reusable bag
• Oral Digital Thermometer (in working condition)
• Hand sanitiser
• Wet wipes
• A box of tissue paper for wiping down of your learning area(s)
• Remember to bring a book for reading. 

3. Attire and Grooming 

• A gentle reminder for all students to be appropriately attired in your school uniform and groomed when you report for school. 
• Please refer to Attire and Grooming Guidelines in the SST Code of Conduct (page 17 and page 18) for details. 

Safe Management Measures in School

All students are expected to play their part as a responsible member of the SST community by complying with the Safe Management Measures: 

4. Social Responsibility: 

• Remain at home if you are feeling unwell and seek medical advice. 
• DO NOT come to school if you are on Leave of Absence (LOA), Stay Home Notice (SHN), Home Quarantine Order (HQO) and Approved Absence (AA). 
• DO NOT come to school even if you are well but one of your adult household members (18 years old and above) shows flu-like symptoms. Please have your parents inform your form teacher or contact the General Office when this situation arises. 
• Check and monitor your own temperature daily. 

5. Maintaining a Safe Distance at All Times

• Abide by all social distancing measures when commuting between home and school
• If you take the MRT to school, you are encouraged to walk to and from Dover MRT station and especially from SST to Dover MRT station to school if the weather permits to avoid crowding at the bus-stop. 
• Maintain social distancing from others at the school gate when entering and leaving the school. 
• When buying food, obey queue markers on the floor of the canteen for safe distancing. You are encouraged to join the queue that is cleared faster. 
• To facilitate the quick clearance of queues, most canteen stalls will be offering a fixed standard menu on a pick-and-go basis. You are advised to plan ahead so as to avoid browsing to see what is being offered by each stall. 

6. Practising Good Hygiene Upon Arrival in School 

• Wash hands with soap and water or clean hands with hand sanitiser
• Report directly to your classroom. 
• No playing of sport games (free/ unstructured play) or board games.
• Wipe down your desk area.
• Wash hands with soap and water or clean hands with hand sanitiser after a wipe-down.

7. New Classroom Venues for Some Classes

• In order to ensure safe distancing in school and by reducing congestion in the school, some Secondary One classes (S1-02, S1-04, S1-06, S1-08) and all Secondary Two classes will be relocated to a new classroom venue. 
• Here is the link to the map of the new classroom venues. 
• Students are to report to their new classroom venue on 2 June 2020 when they return to school.

Stay safe, be socially responsible, practise good hygiene and keep a safe distance!

Looking forward to seeing you back in school! :)

From the SST Student Development Team

*Note: The links provided can only be viewed by SST students using the school’s domain.

Launch of SST House Google Sites

Dear SST Students,

Hope things are well at home.

Today 19 May is the launch of 5 House Google Sites. 

These sites can only be accessed by logging into SST email google account. 

House EXCO will engage you weekly via respective House Google Site.

Below is a screenshot of each House Sites and links

BLACK: https://sites.google.com/sst.edu.sg/black-house/home

BLUE: https://sites.google.com/sst.edu.sg/blue-house/home

GREEN: https://sites.google.com/sst.edu.sg/green-house/home

RED: https://sites.google.com/sst.edu.sg/red-house/home

YELLOW: https://sites.google.com/sst.edu.sg/yellow-house/home

Take care all till we meet again.

Regards,

Mr Derrick Foo, House OIC

Mr Ng Jun Wei, House 2IC

SST Student Council and Peer Support Board Chairpersons had a Google Meet to check on each other

We hope you're doing well in HBL. Want to get a few tips on staying healthy and the importance of maintaining a routine during this last week of HBL and upcoming school holidays? Hear what Owen, PSB chairperson and Karthik, SC Chairperson have to say!

Do no harm to yourself, do no harm to others and do no harm to the school! Let's all stay safe and look forward to the possibility of coming back to school in June. :)

[For Action] Enhanced Security Measure

As shared at CCE lesson on 17 April 2020 (Friday)





[UPDATE: 19 April 2020 SUNDAY 1400h]

Students who failed to act on the above by at 8 am (19 April 2020) despite of the email reminder sent on 18 April (PM):

• Your password to the SST email account has been reset. 
• An email with instructions to reset your password has been sent to your parents. 
• To avoid inconvenieces (e.g. not able to join the HBL lessons), please follow-up from there BEFORE MON. 

Registration for I am a Young Sustainability Champion Programme (Interested Students Only)

Dear students,
Appended is the I am a Young Sustainability Champion programme from Science Centre Singapore. If you are interested, please email Mr Lam Hin Chew (lam_hin_chew@sst.edu.sg) so that everyone can be enrolled as a school. Please do not enrol on your own.

The deadline to inform Mr Lam is on Monday 20 April by 1 p.m.

Thank you.

	I am a Young Sustainability Champion- Vodcast 22nd April 4pm to 5pm
The Young Sustainability Champion Badge programme is a free programme that aims to introduce all students to Sustainability and aims to empower them to make informed decisions and actions with regards to the sustainable development goals. Students who submit outstanding work will have multiple opportunities to attend deeper thinking workshops and bootcamps organized at Science Centre, gain access to mentorship and have an opportunity to build projects and that address sustainability challenges. Join our vodcast on 22nd April, 4pm to 5pm to find out more. We will be talking about sustainability, addressing why it is important, talking to our youth leaders and hearing from some of the students who have been hard at work during the circuit breaker period to earn their Young Sustainability Champion Badge.

Invitation to Statistics Competition 2020

Dear students,

The NUS Department of Statistics and Applied Probability is organising a yearly competition for pre-university students. The objective of the competition for pre-university students. The objective of the competition is to expose young people to concepts and methods used in statistics and data science.  

More details on the competition can be found here. 

If you are interested in signing up for the competition, please form groups of no more than 3 people and indicate your interest via the Google form here.

The deadline for registration is 1 May 2020 (Friday), 5 p.m.

For queries, please contact Mr Samuel Lee at lee_tzi_yew_samuel@sst.edu.sg.

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[Reminder] Use of SST email account to access HBL lessons

Dear Students

In light of possible threats to a safe learning environment for both students and teachers, students are reminded that they required to use their SST student email accounts to sign in and access the HBL lessons via Google Meet.

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[HBL] Technical Support for Home-Based Learning

[Original post on 1 April 2020; Information updated on 8 April 2020]

Dear Students

Please refer to the following, should you need technical support during Home Based Learning (HBL):

1(a) Virtual HelpDesk 
Available through Google Meet during curriculum hours to help troubleshoot technical issues surfaced.

Click HERE to seek assistance:

• You will be 'admitted' to the HelpDesk.
• Identify yourself with your Name, Index no. and Class. 
• You may be asked to provide your SST email address if the HelpDesk needs to follow-up with your enquiry.

1(b) HelpDesk 
Alternatively, you may also call the HelpDesk at 6571 7427 for assistance.


2. Google Meet - STUDENTS' Guide and Routines
Click HERE to access the document.
Do pay special attention to (C) Attendee Protocol & (D) Google Meet Workflow.


3. SLS Student Learning Space
3.1 If you have forgotten your password

• We have completed the email verification exericise before. You can now reset your password by clicking at the "FORGOT PASSWORD" link beside the login button.  
• Alternatively, you may contact the following for SLS queries including SLS access matters such as unlocking of accounts via Google Hangout or email: 
• Mr Ngiow Shin Fatt @ ngiow_shin_fatt@sst.edu.sg 
• Ms Loh Kwai Yin @ loh_kwai_yin@sst.edu.sg 

3.2 For any other matters
You may email to SLS HelpDesk at helpdesk@sls.ufinity.com.
When emailing the SLS Helpdesk, include your full name, name of school and form class.

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You will find the same information at the left panel in the Students Blog:

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Full Home-Based Learning starting on Wednesday (8 April 2020) - Please clear lockers and bring home all your belongings.

Dear students, 

In view of the upcoming full Home-Based Learning starting this Wednesday (8 April 2020), 
please ensure that your lockers are cleared by the end of the school day tomorrow and bring home all your belongings such as books, files, worksheets, thermometer etc,..

Students will not be able to come back to school during the Home-based Learning period from 8 April to 4 May 2020 to collect their items. 

Thank you. 

Full Home-Based Learning (HBL) at SST from 8 April 2020 to 4 May 2020

Dear Students,  

In alignment with the Multi-Ministry Taskforce's latest efforts to further enhance safe distancing measures, SST will shift to full Home-Based Learning (HBL) from 8 April 2020 till 4 May 2020. 

During this period, students should carry out HBL from their homes except for those who have obtained prior approval to come to school for HBL. Otherwise, students are required to seek permission from their form-teachers if they have a need to be in School and will have to report to the General Office when they are in School.  The collection of the School Graduation Certificate will be suspended during this period.   Visitors will not be allowed into the School premises except for essential services.  Entrance to the School will be limited to Gate B (near the General Office) and all visitors will be required to take their temperature and submit their travel declaration before entering the School. 

The operating hours of the General Office will be as follows: 

Mon - Thu: 8 am - 5.30 pm, Fri: 8 am - 5 pm.  

Please contact us at Tel: 6571 7200 or e-mail: contactus@sst.edu.sg if you need any assistance.  Thank you.  

School of Science and Technology, Singapore

[UPDATE] 2020 TIMETABLE for Term 2 (updated on 6 April) - only S4 timetable affected

Dear students,

With the implementation of Home Based Learning (HBL), some changes are made to the current S4 timetable.

Please click HERE to access the updated version of Term 2 timetable (ver 2g)
The timetable will take effect from TUESDAY (7 April 2020)

[Note] Link has been updated on 6 April 2020, 1250 to ver 2f2 with minor info updates. 

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[Updated on 5 April] Annual School-Based Health Screening 2020

Dear Students,

(All Secondary 1 and 2 students and selected Secondary 3 and 4 students)

Further to our message posted on 26 March and updated on 1 April 2020, please note below the latest schedule for the health screening on 6 April and 7 April in view of HBL starting on 8 April 2020.  Please report punctually for the health screening at:  Block B, Level 5, Tutorial Room 2.

Date/day	Time	Class	*Screening
6-Apr-20	0900 - 1030	202	AUD/VISION/FBT
MON	1030 - 1200	203	AUD/VISION/FBT
	1200 - 1245	102	FBT
	1245 - 1315	403	SELECTED
	1315 - 1400	101	FBT
	1400 - 1440	103	FBT

Date/day	Time	Class	*Screening
7-Apr-20	0800 - 0845	104	FBT
TUES	0845 - 1015	205	AUD/VISION/FBT
	1015 - 1145	204	AUD/VISION/FBT
	1145 - 1230	105	FBT
	1230 - 1410	201	AUD/VISION/FBT

The health screening for the remaining classes will be deferred until further notice.  We regret for any inconveniences caused.  Thank you.

School of Science and Technology, Singapore

[HBL Update] Home-Based Learning Announcement

Dear students,

Please be reminded that the Home-Based Learning day is on 2 Apr 2020.

• Attend the HBL lessons at home.
• Be ready by 7:55 am to start the first lesson of the day.
• Inform your Form Teacher if you are feeling unwell and are unable to attend the virtual lessons. (MC/Parents' letter of absence still applies).
• Access your virtual lessons through the URL posted in your individual Subject Google Classroom.
• Please note that Tech Support is available at our Virtual Helpdesk.

Check this post for any further updates.

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Useful Reference: Google Meet - STUDENTS' Guide & Routines

[Updated on 1 April] 2020 School Dental Service (for Sec 1 and Sec 3 Students)

Dear Students (Secondary 1 and 3),

Please note the updated schedule below in view of HBL on Thursdays and changes to the time-table wef 1 April 2020.  

The School Dental Service (SDS) will commence service to Secondary 1 and 3 students from 6 April 2020 (Monday) onwards.

Students, whose parents have given consent earlier, will be required to report during school hours, upon request by the Dentist, to the mobile SDS bus which will be stationed at the visitors car park.

Please note below the class schedule.  Please understand that the schedule may be subject to changes depending on the situation each day, due to the nature of treatment.

For more information, please contact the General Office at Tel: 6571 7200.  Thank you.  

Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Class
6-Apr-20	Mon	9:00am	2:40pm	S1-08
7-Apr-20	Tue	8:30am	2:00pm	S1-07
8-Apr-20	Wed	8:30am	2:00pm	S1-06
13-Apr-20	Mon	9:00am	2:40pm	S1-04
14-Apr-20	Tue	8:30am	2:00pm	S1-03
15-Apr-20	Wed	8:30am	2:00pm	S1-02
17-Apr-20	Fri	8:30am	2:00pm	S3-01
20-Apr-20	Mon	9:00am	2:40pm	S3-02
21-Apr-20	Tue	8:30am	4:20pm	S3-03
22-Apr-20	Wed	8:30am	2:00pm	S3-04
24-Apr-20	Fri	8:30am	1:00pm	S3-06
27-Apr-20	Mon	9:00am	2:40pm	S3-07
28-Apr-20	Tue	8:30am	3:20pm	S3-08
29-Apr-20	Wed	8:30am	1:00pm	S1-05
4-May-20	Mon	9:00am	2:40pm	S1-01
5-May-20	Tue	8:30am	3:20pm	S3-05
6-May-20	Wed	8:30am	2:00pm	Absentees  / Follow up cases

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