#YOEO (You only eat once) Challenge

Dear students, 

We are commemorating Total Defence Week. 

We often find ourselves sticking to the familiar and comfortable, but have you ever thought about stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something new? The canteen has a wide range of delicious and healthy options that can help you expand your palate and embrace the unknown.

Trying new foods can help to build resilience and face new challenges with confidence. So why not challenge yourself and try something you've never had before? Visit the SST canteen today and let your taste buds do the talking!"

Upload the food/drink that you write and answer the following questions below. Take a picture of the food/drink and share the LINK with us to see it. [Ensure that you enable access for us to view the picture]  

You will be awarded house points. You can access the Google Form here

Regards,

NE team (ACE Committee)

 

[Sec 1] Python in Five by S4-01: A Service-Learning project seeking participants

Dear Secondary 1s of the SST Family,

As part of our Class Service Learning Project, our class, S4-01, is conducting a python workshop, Python in Five, in collaboration with the Buona Vista Youth Network. 

We will be conducting a dry run and we are seeking for 25 Secondary 1s to participate in our beginner-level python workshop. As a participant, you will learn the basics of Python programming over the 5 hour session while providing us feedback regarding the session.

The dry run would be held on 4th March (Saturday), 1pm to 6pm at the Buona Vista Community Club (36 Holland Dr, Singapore 270036). Refreshments will be provided for all participants. 

To sign up, please fill in the Google Form: https://forms.gle/9Tzku3sCbnuD6m9R6.

Limited to 25 participants only 

Form closes on 24 February 2023 (Friday), 2359.

Should you have any queries, feel free to contact us for more information:

kenneth_koh_kai_le@s2020.ssts.edu.sg,

lovette_tew_yu_xin@s2020.ssts.edu.sg,

andrea_ng_sze_ying@s2020.ssts.edu.sg

We look forward to seeing you at our workshop!

Thank you!

Best Regards, 

Lovette Tew

ACE Leader

On behalf of S4-01, Python in Five

SST Football NSG Fixture List

 Dear Students,

You may find the fixture list for SST Football Team for the upcoming B Division NSG. 

Please turn up for the matches and show your support for the SST Football Team! 

2023 Junior Leadership Board Application Opens!

 

Dear Secondary 2s,

The application for the Junior Leadership Boards are now open for interested students. Please kindly complete this form by 6 Feb 2023, Monday, 2 p.m. If you have any questions, feel free to approach Mr Ng Guohui (ng_guohui@sst.edu.sg)

You may wish to refer to this set of slides for additional information.

Thank you.

[S1, S2, S3, S4] 2023 Term 1 Class Test Schedules & Briefing

Dear students,

Please find Briefing on School-based Assessments and Test/Exam Rules and Regulations in the links below for your reference.

• Briefing on School-based Assessments
• Test/Exam Rules and Regulations

Here are the Term 1 Class Test Schedules:

• Secondary 1 Term 1 Class Test Schedule
• Secondary 2 Term 1 Class Test Schedule
• Secondary 3 Term 1 Class Test Schedule
• Secondary 4 Term 1 Class Test Schedule

Here are the links to the 2023 Assessment Plans & Schedules shared in an earlier post. You are advised to print a copy for your own reference.

• Secondary 1 Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 2 Assessment Plan & Schedule - ver 2
• Secondary 3 Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 3 IDP Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 4 Assessment Plan & Schedule

Assessment Plans & Schedules have been shared with your parents via Parents Gateway (PG).

Posted by: Mrs Lim Woon Foong, HOD Science

Grammarly Premium Account Invitation

 Dear Sec 1s,

Please go to your SST email to look for an invitation from Grammarly to accept the Grammarly Premium Account invitation. 

If you cannot find it, please wait for another day or check your spam folder. 

If you have accidentally created a free account using your SST email address, please fill in this form. (*There is no issue if you had created it with another email account.) Info Hub will help convert your free account to a premium version.

If you should have further queries, contact Mdm Julie and I via this email address: infohub@sst.edu.sg

Regards,

Ms Patricia Ng

Teacher i/c of Info Hub

2023 House Election Speeches and Polling Information

Dear students,

This Friday 27 Jan, please report directly to the following venues for your morning assembly followed by your House Election Speeches.

Black Unicorn - ISH

Blue Pegasus - Big steps outside LO

Green Dragon - Auditorium

Red Phoenix - Atrium

Yellow Griffin - MPH 

Please note that polling will start at 0800hrs and end at 1400hrs. You will receive the voting forms via your email.

Thank you.

[S3 and S4] Student-Initiated Service Learning Project (CCA/Committee Group-Sec 3&4)

 Dear Secondary 3 and 4 students,

Amidst the preparation and execution of your respective classes’ service learning projects, this is a gentle reminder for those who are interested in initiating separate self-initiated projects with peers from your CCA or Committee. If you would like to initiate projects, please refer to the instructions and timeline in this document.

Here are some key dates for ease of reference:

Between Term 1 to 3 (at least 6 weeks before the service day) – 

• Form a committee of maximum 5 students.

• Submit a draft proposal (Stage 1 and Stage 2A of the Student-Initiated Service Learning Project Form) to your CCA/Committee teacher-in-charge and book a consultation with him/her (who will be mentoring you and your team).

• Your CCA/Committee teacher-in-charge will email to Mr Elson Loh (ACE teacher) your draft proposal. If approved, your teacher-in-charge will guide you in completing the final and completed proposal (Stage 1, Stage 2A and Stage 2B)

• Your CCA/Committee teacher-in-charge will email to Mr Elson Loh (ACE teacher) your final and completed proposal. Teacher-in-charge will receive the result of proposal submitted from Mr Elson Loh, i.e. whether the project is approved. 

• After the Project is approved, the group embarks on planning and implementation of the student-initiated project under supervision by assigned teacher mentor from CCA/Committee.

By 30 June 2023 - Service of student-initiated project to be completed 

Should you have further queries regarding Student-Initiated Service Learning Projects or the above procedures, please do not hesitate to contact any of the following ACE Committee teachers via email:

1. Mr Elson Loh (loh_heng_meng_elson@sst.edu.sg)

2. Ms Nurus Sa'adah (nurus_sa'adah_binte_hatraby@sst.edu.sg)

3. Mr Keith Wee (wee_kheng_leong@sst.edu.sg) 

[S3 and S4] Student-Initiated Service Learning Projects (Open Group-Sec 3 and 4)

Dear Secondary 3 and 4 students,

Amidst the preparation and execution of your respective classes’ service learning projects, this is a gentle reminder for those who are interested in initiating separate self-initiated projects of their own to take note of the instructions and timeline in this document.

Here are some key dates for ease of reference:

• Before 15 February 2023 - Form a committee of maximum 5 students. Alternatively, you may choose to embark on the project individually.

• 15 February 2023 - Submit a draft proposal (Stage 1 and Stage 2A of the Student-Initiated Service Learning Project Form) and book a consultation with an ACE teacher-in-charge.

• 13 March 2023 - Submit the final and completed proposal

• By 24 March 2023 - Receive result of proposal submitted, i.e. whether the project is approved 

• By 30 June 2023 - Service of student-initiated project to be completed 

Should you have further queries regarding Student-Initiated Service Learning Projects or the above procedures, please do not hesitate to contact any of the following ACE Committee teachers via email:

1. Mr Elson Loh (loh_heng_meng_elson@sst.edu.sg)

2. Ms Nurus Sa'adah (nurus_sa'adah_binte_hatraby@sst.edu.sg)

3. Mr Keith Wee (wee_kheng_leong@sst.edu.sg) 

[S3 & S4] See Think Wonder Challenge!

Dear Sec 3 and Sec 4 students,

You are invited to join the See Think Wonder Challenge!

This is the world's first Challenge centered around Harvard Thinking Routines, where you will develop the ability and the inclination to think and articulate your thoughts.

It is a free, sequential Challenge to build up a good habit to

1. Look closely
2. Make evidence-based interpretations
3. Innovate with reasons

 

You will bring these skills to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposals to IKEA and 7-ELEVEN and directly present the ideas to them. Those who advance to the Finals will also be sponsored to fly to Taiwan for the final presentation.

For Round 1 to Semi-Final, the Challenge will be hosted online so anyone (aged 15-19) can join.

In Round 1, you will observe and compare the pictures to see the progress over the past century and think about the human needs behind the progress.

Here are the details for Round 1:

Here is the link to the See Think Wonder Challenge handbook. You may refer to the handbook for more details on the Challenge.

For those who are interested to participate, please fill in the form here by 29 Jan, Sunday, so that I will be able to register for you. Do email me if you have further queries.

Thank you.

Regards,
Ms Priscilla Lee
Dean Academic Studies

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Lunar New Year Celebrations - Dismissal Time and General Office Closure

The school will be celebrating Lunar New Year on 20 January 2023, Friday.   Students will be dismissed around 10.15 a.m. after the celebrations. The General Office will be closed from 12.00 pm onwards and School gates will be locked at 1.00 pm.

The School will be closed from 21 January 2023, Saturday to 24 January 2023, Tuesday. School will resume on 25 January 2023, Wednesday.  

We take this opportunity to wish all of you a Happy Lunar New Year!

School of Science and Technology, Singapore 

Orator's Trophy Competition organised by ACJC

Dear students,

The annual ORATOR’S TROPHY organised by ACJC is back!

For those who are interested, please read the following details:

1. Each participant is to submit two recordings; one topic for Preliminary Round 1 AND one topic for Preliminary Round 2.

2. Recordings must be in full body and participants must be in school uniform.

3. Recordings should be in mp4 format.

4. Label recordings as Class_Name_RoundX_Y [X refers to Preliminary Round Number, Y refers to Question Number. Refer to Page 5 of the Invitation Letter.]
- E.g. S1-09_JohnLee_Round1_2

5. Submit your recordings to BOTH:
- Mr Chok [chok_yong_hui_john@sst.edu.sg]
- Ms Tan [tan_hui_en_debbie@sst.edu.sg]

6. Submission DEADLINE: 30 Jan 2023, Mon, 5pm

7. If you are selected to represent SST, you will be notified by 2 Feb 2023, Thurs.

8. You may view the information of the Orator's Trophy here:

- Judging Rubrics

- Invitation Letter

Note:
Junior League: S1 & S2 (lower sec)
Senior League: S3 & S4 (upper sec)

For those with queries, please drop either Mr Chok or Ms Tan an email.

Thank you.

2023 HBL Briefing

Dear Students, 

Here are the slides to our HBL Briefing.

Sparkling Joy @ SST!

Dear SSTudents,

The Environmental Committee would like to give you the opportunity to pass on any pre-loved items in the following categories:

- electronic items

- laptop bags/sleeves

- self-development books

- card/board games

- electronic toys (Assisting Electronics project by Ms Karen Teo)

Launched as Sparkling Joy@SST, let's aim to reduce the waste generated by us.

Kindly submit details via this form and we will reach out to you.

[S1, S2, S3, S4] 2023 Assessment Plans & Schedules

Dear students,

Please find the 2023 Assessment Plans & Schedules in the following links:

• Secondary 1 Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 2 Assessment Plan & Schedule - ver 2
• Secondary 3 Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 3 IDP Assessment Plan & Schedule
• Secondary 4 Assessment Plan & Schedule

Assessment Plans & Schedules will be shared with your parents via Parents Gateway (PG).

Term 1 Class Test Schedules will be available at a later date.

Posted by: Mrs Lim Woon Foong, HOD Science

Shell NXplorers Journey 2023 is now open for registration!

NXplorers is organised by Science Centre Singapore and Shell Singapore. It is a platform for youths to develop sustainable solutions to food, water and energy challenges. Through the process, students learn systems thinking, scenario planning, and develop change management skills – all highly relevant skill sets that inspire and equip students to be positive agents of change. Teams with innovative solutions stand a chance to receive attractive cash prizes.

Note: NXplorers Workshop – All participating teams must attend a compulsory workshop(s) where they will be guided through the ideation process for the challenge. Do make sure that you are able to commit to the dates below before you sign up.

Registration Closes (no extension on closure)	31 Jan, Tue	11:59pm	-
Announcement of Selected Teams	10 Feb, Fri	By 5pm	TBA
Students Briefing	17 Feb, Fri	2:30pm - 3:30pm	Via Zoom
Micro:bit Workshop	9 Mar, Thu	2:30pm - 5:30pm	NYP School of Engineering
Train the Teacher NXplorers-1	13 Mar, Mon	9am - 5pm (Min. 5 teachers required to run the programme)	Science Centre Singapore
My World, My Work Life by Shell	14 Apr, Fri	2:30pm - 5:30pm	TBA
NXplorers Camp	29 May, Mon 30 May, Tue	9am - 5:30pm	NYP/Shell
Project Sharing Day	29 July, Sat	9am - 12:30pm	TBA

Note: Students are not to register on their own without the approval of the school.

Students who are interested to participate in the above-mentioned have to form teams of 3 - 5 and email Ms Choo Mui Luan (choo_mui_luan@sst.edu.sg) by 27 January 2023, Friday for the registration - 

a) Full name and class of each member (indicate the leader please); 

b) Team name

All participants are required to attend the weekly training on Monday 3 - 4.30 pm with the I&E TDP team.

International Mathematics Contest 2023

 SST Students are invited to take part in the 2023 International Math Contest.

The contest will be held online from 6 February to 19 February 2023. It is a 30-min online paper.

The contest is free of charge (there is another option with payment, but students do not need to choose that)

The official website is as follows: https://contest.rsmfoundation.org/oly/registration

Students will need their parents/guardians to set up an account for them on the website. Students are to type their full names for registration.

In the field “Local Day School Grade”, Grades 7, 8, 9, 10 refers to Secondary 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively.

In the field, “After School Math Program”, fill in “Other Math Program”.

In the field, “Day School”, fill in “School of Science and Technology”.

On the day of the contest: 

Students are to choose the appropriate papers and to work on them without external help. Submit their answers accordingly.

Once their parents have received the details of the results via e-mail (e-certificate and ranking) around a week later, students are to take a screenshot of the results. Rename the screenshot to the class, index number and the name of the student (e.g. S2-09 08 Ang Tze Kiat) and deposit them in this Google Form. This form will be closed on 28 February 2023 (Tuesday) 5 p.m. Late entries will be not entertained.

An e-mail will be sent to the students acknowledging their entry. The contest will be registered as an enrichment activity in the CCA records of the respective student only when the screenshot has clearly stated the full name of the student.

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

Mathematics Department

[S1] SST Email Account - What you need to do

Dear S1 students

You will be receiving the login information of your SST email account through your form teachers by this Wednesday (11 Jan 2023). 

When you received your email login information (i.e. a slip of paper), 

• Step 1: Go to gmail.com
• Step 2: Enter your entire email address, e.g. full_name@s2023.ssts.edu.sg and the computer-generated password
• Step 3: You will be prompted to change the password. Follow the instructions and requirements in the website to complete the process. 

Should you need assistance, please approach the ICT HelpDesk (beside the cafe).

Complete this login process latest by 13 January 2023.

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S1 HCL and CL grouping

Dear S1 students,

Please find the HCL and CL grouping list. Do note the venue for your lessons.

regards

Peng Wee Chuen / HOD MTL

[S1] Overview of email use

This is a follow-up of this morning's briefing. 

Please approach the ICT HelpDesk (Block B, beside the cafe) if you need assistance (on the network connection or email account access)