tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35396826732205844062024-02-06T19:23:08.230-08:00EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAiming to make Education Effective for children & young peopleTeacher Thamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040095346329603806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539682673220584406.post-57634127599901582292011-12-04T23:10:00.000-08:002011-12-04T23:10:55.872-08:00THE CALENDER SONG~<div style="text-align: center;">In the previous post we have learnt the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">g</span></b></span>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and now it's time to learn the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">g</span></b></span>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Click 'Play' to watch the video and sing along to the catchy tune~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your children will get to know all the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">12 months</span> in no time!</div><br />
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CLICK 'PLAY' TO WATCH </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d5a6bd; color: #4c1130;">&<br />
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QUESTION: What is your bedroom like? Try to label everything in this bedroom.<br />
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(1) Blanket<br />
(2) Poster<br />
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(4) Alarm Clock<br />
(5) Pillow<br />
(6) CD Player<br />
(7) Lamp<br />
(8) Book CaseTeacher Thamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040095346329603806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539682673220584406.post-22635993554119533062011-09-24T08:08:00.000-07:002011-09-24T08:08:45.814-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moe.gov.my/"><span id="goog_1267859572"></span><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlc_ZuR-c_mXoVtItFs3nz90OeiMPjrg6l7QklEgHIs_8C_3WrnokFDFOB42ZjJml1Blo9fyBHlj0iVWXCVgkHjQ7_ay18thfODr3B-SdPy6rBorqxlRul3iTxmp-etGM8fc6A57uDJam_/s200/Ministry_of_Education_%2528Malaysia%2529_logo.png" width="200" /><span id="goog_1267859573"></span></a></div>Teacher Thamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040095346329603806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539682673220584406.post-53072559557587749462011-09-20T09:42:00.000-07:002011-09-24T07:53:07.492-07:00Importance of Pupil Emotional Health and Wellbeing<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Emotional Health and Wellbeing of pupils has been identified as a priority for action at Ministerial level.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt;">Emotional wellbeing is critical in developing a healthy successful school community including developing a pupil's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: 12pt;"><i><b>social</b></i>, <b><i>emotional </i></b>and <b><i>behavioural skills</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In September 2007, the Department began work in partnership with all key statutory and voluntary and community sector stakeholders and interested parties to develop a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">'Pupils Emotional Health and Wellbeing (PEHAW) Programme'</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. The programme focuses on positive prevention by building coping skills in children and young people and complements the personal development strand of the curriculum.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With additional funding of £2.5million made available over 2008/09 to 2010/2011, the learning and outcomes from the post primary programme will be built upon. The emphasis in the first year will be to engage with professionals to identify appropriate options for primary and special schools; engaging with CCEA on how to support the Personal Development strand of the revised curriculum, developing standards and commissioning training materials. The upskilling of teachers will follow.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">The Programme will contribute to the building of resilient emotional health and well being of pupils. It is intended to be a vehicle for providing the "glue" to integrate individual policies/services such as all non-academic and curriculum activities affecting pupils such as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>counselling</b>,<b> pastoral care systems</b>, <b>suicide prevention</b>, <b>anti-bullying</b>, <b>discipline process</b> and <b>the healthy schools initiative in a consistent and coherent way</b>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Designed as part of the Department’s Pupils’ Emotional Health and Wellbeing Programme, a series of materials on 10 topics of concern to young people and sources of support has issued to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">post-primary school</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>s</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>libraries</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>youth clubs </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><b>parent groups</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">. The materials are revised annually and are produced in a range of formats - diary insert, poster and leaflet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is hoped that schools will continue to use the topics within homework diaries for the 2012/13 academic year and the other materials will provide teachers with scope to use them in the classroom to link to topics with non academic/curriculum matters affecting pupils. A useful teachers' resource complements the other materials.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">**Above is the article from </span><a href="http://www.deni.gov.uk/" style="color: #a64d79;"><i>http://www.deni.gov.uk</i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> based on a new report, prepared for the </span><b style="color: #a64d79;">Department of Education</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> in </span><b style="color: #a64d79;">Northern Ireland</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">. Prepared by an inter-disciplinary research team, led by </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Professor Paul Connolly</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> and involving colleagues from education and social work, the report presents the findings of an independent review of current practice in relation to promoting pupils’ emotional health and well being in post-primary schools in Northern Ireland and a review of existing audit tools that schools can use to self-evaluate their whole-school practice in relation to this area. Based upon these findings, the report makes a series of recommendations in relation to future policy and practice regarding the promotion of pupils’ emotional health and well being across the post-primary school sector in Northern Ireland.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: #a64d79; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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