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    SPOTLIGHT   
With effect from Monday, 29 June 2009, there will be daily temperature-taking. Please remember to bring along your ODTs. Thank you.
Postponed: GESPS Learning Fiesta scheduled for Sat 4 July 
In light of the current H1N1 situation, the GESPS Learning Fiesta (our Open House) scheduled for Sat 4 July 2009 has been postponed until further notice. 
Innergy Awards 2009 
Our staff team innovative project "Fun Fingers" has received the Innergy Awards 2009 (Commendation)! "Fun Fingers" is an innovative approach to teaching Chinese Language. The project was presented by Ms Chim Lih Yieng and Mr Marcus Yip, with the report written by Mr Ong Jian Ming and inputs from other Chinese Language teachers. Well done colleagues !
Math Olympiad Competition 2009
We congratulate our math whiz pupils from P6 for winning 1 Gold and 3 Bronze awards at the Math Olympiad which was held at Hwa Chong Institution at the end of Term . The pupils (all from P601) are Zheng Shi Qiao (Gold Award), Lin Yuan (Bronze), Nicholas Foo (Bronze) and Louis Yap (Bronze). Well done, GESPians!
Change in evening dismissal procedure
As a further measure to keep our children safe, since 29 June 2009 P1 & P2 pupils have been led to the gates at school dismissal to be handed over to their parents. All parents / visitors who wish to enter the school premises are required to have their temperature screened and complete a travel declaration. We would like to thank parents for your understanding towards this necessary change.
We seek the cooperation of parents to monitor their children's health. Parents should not send their unwell children to school but seek medical attention and let them rest at home till they are well.
Useful websites on the H1N1 Flu - keep yourself healthy!
Influenza, commonly known as flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus. The Health Promotion Board provides useful information at  www.hpb.gov.sg. on Influenza A H1N1 symptoms and preventive measures. The latest information on travel advisory and the list of  countries with sustained community transmission may be found at http://www.moh.gov.sg.  Do take all the necessary precautions if you should travel.
GAN ENG SENG PRIMARY awarded PSE !

Our school has been awarded the Programme for School-Based Excellence (PSE) in Band and Choir

The PSE helps to develop strong primary schools with distinctive character to give more opportunities for our students to develop different areas of excellence. 

Being awarded the PSE in Band and Choir also means our school would receive MOE funding to further raise the quality and reach of our school-based programmes and initiatives.

Congratulations to all our staff who worked so hard and to all GESPians!

Healthy Lifestyle Fortnight 2009 (23 March - 3 April)

The Healthy Lifestyle Fortnight 2009 (HLF) is an event to raise awareness on healthy living and to equip pupils with the knowledge on ways to keep oneself fit and healthy. 5 main topics on health were covered during the carnival-like event – Nutrition, Exercise, Managing stress, Eye Care and Smoking. Eye Care week and the talk on ‘Being Smoke-free’ was combined with the HLF 2009, rather than having a separate event/ programme, as they are subjects that are also based on ‘taking care of self’.

There were many activities within HLF 2009 which allowed for more opportunities for pupils to learn about keeping healthy lifestyle habits and knowledge through a variety of activities.

Activities within HLF 2009:

o        HealthAmazing Race – P1-6 pupils had to look for clues around the school, write the answers to the questions (from 4 different locations) in their individual HLF card and get back to the pit-stop with the right answers. The top 10 pupils get a token.

o        Exhibition Panels – Panels are provided by HPB over the 2 weeks – ‘The key to good health’ which is on nutrition and exercise, ‘Yes, you can!’ which is on managing stress and keeping positive and ‘Choose life, not smoking’. Pupils are to read and fill-in-the-blanks on their personal individual cards. Classes are rostered to go down to visit the exhibition panels besides their recess and free time.

o        Reading of Food Labels lesson – HE teachers conducted this lesson package prepared for them which teaches pupils to read food labels, specifically looking for fats and sugars. Those in upper primary are expected to look for dietary fibre and sodium as well.

o        Pre-Assembly talks are conducted by various HPCA department teachers on a variety of health topics, from sharing of online health games to having vision breaks. These talks are capped at 10 minutes after the morning assembly.

o        Sandwich-making competition for P1-6 is conducted during HE lesson (2nd week) where pupils are to prepare a healthy sandwich in groups. This hands-on activity created a buzz among pupils as they were excited over the healthy ingredients that they were required to bring and create a sandwich in the next HE lesson.

o        Fruit-eating day is meant to be on the first week of every month. HLF 2009 started off the fruit eating day for the month of April where pupils go to the canteen 5 minutes earlier to get their fruits or eat fruits that they have brought from home.

o        Art competitions varied among the levels. P1 & 2 created a ‘Fruit and Vegetables’ headband/ masks and wore it during one of their recesses during the 2 weeks, P3s created a fruit and vegetable bunting which they displayed outside their classrooms (helping to add colour to the event), P4 & 5 created a mascot of a fruit or vegetable within their group and they were rostered to wear them during one of their recesses in the week. P6s created posters on healthy living.

o        Fitness Challenge (P1-6). P4-6 pupils were to run the 1.6km  and the top 10 gold awardees were given a token. P1, P2 and P3 ran the 400m, 600m and 800m respectively.

o        Mass workout was done twice over the 2 weeks on Friday mornings, 7.30-8.00a.m.

o        Assembly programme was conducted for P3-6 on exercising with exercise bands by external vendors ‘Step-with-it’ and another talk on ‘Choose life, not smoking’.

     

 

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