Moodles Log In

Dear 6 Faith,

In the next few days, please go to our school moodle website http://www.mahabodhi.edu.sg/
and try to log in. I need to know how many of you CANNOT log into your own account.

Those who have problems logging in will have to let me know by 3rd March (Monday) so I can help you to find out what is wrong. If I do not hear from you by then, I will take it that you have no problem with your account and I expect that you are able to produce the online holiday assignments by Term 2.


2 more days to end of exams! Do hang in there! :)))

2010, Here We Come!

I know this is a little delayed- but woohooo!!! Singapore has won the bid for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG)! It is exciting because this is the FIRST YOG to be held ever, as initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC, the one which oversees the once-every-4-years-Olympic Games).

For the first ever YOG to be held in a small country like Singapore, we have shown that Singapore is able to stand up against the bigger countries as a developing regional media hub. Our country is way younger than other countries, but in many ways, we have prevailed through difficult times and survived as a successful story.

The coming years will definitely be exciting, with the inaugural F1 Night Race to be held this year, the first Integrated Resort (IR) to be completed by 2009, the YOG in 2010, and the completion of the Sports Hub (the place where the National Stadium used to be) by 2011.

For the time being, I hope you will all spend some time thinking about the success Singapore has achieved in all the above areas so far, and if you're keen, I highly encourage you to visit the following website for more information on the YOG:

http://www.singapore2010.sg/day/index.htm

There's a section where you can view all messages that Singaporeans have posted up to show their support for our country in this event! Or, you may click on "Get Involved" at the bottom of the page and you'll be led to a page where you can show your support to Singapore by posting your very own wishes and blessings for the nation! :)

Commemoration of Total Defence Day (TDD) 2008

I'm sure all of you have known by now (if you don't yet, something is SERIOUSLY wrong with you), TDD is commemorated by schools on 15 February of every year. I'm also sure that all of you know the 5 areas of Total Defence (again, if you don't yet know, something is SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY wrong with you), being:

1) Economic

2) Military

3) Civil

4) Psychological

5) Social Defence

A little bit of history: 15 February marks the day Singapore fell into the hands of the Japanese in 1942. The idea of Total Defence was only introduced to us in 1984, and we had adopted this idea from the experience in Sweden and Switzerland.

There are 2 reasons why the idea of a "TOTAL" Defence:

1) As a young nation with a small population, we cannot afford to maintain a regular armed force. As such, we need to involved every Singaporean in the effort of defence.

2) The nature of warfare is no longer simply about guns and tankers in a battlefield. Potential danger can strike in many other non-battlefield ways, e.g. suicide bombing in the city or residential area.

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The theme for this year's TDD is "Total Defence. It's Personal. Play Your Part." As such, the teachers deemed it appropriate that everyone in Maha Bodhi School plays our part particularly on this day to commemorate TDD in true, blue Maha Bodhi fashion. It doesn't matter whether you're a new P1 student or a graduating P6 student; whether you're a new teacher or an experienced teacher - we all have a part to play!!

Thus we began the week with a Total Defence Skit performed by the Discovery Centre. This was followed a 2-hour long water abstinence exercise for the morning session (1 hour for the afternoon session juniors) on 15 February, as well as the porridge-taking exercise on the very same day:

Your task is to answer the following questions:

1) Why did we practice water abstinence and porridge-taking exercise on TDD? (The answer has already ben hinted in earlier paragraphs. You may also find the answer in the circular given to your parents before TDD.)

2) How did you feel about the water abstinence exercise (DO NOT just tell me things like "I felt thirsty") and the porridge-taking exercise? How do you relate these two activities to your role in Total Defence?

Again, leave your answers in the comments column and I will look through them before i publish them :)

p.s. If you're interested to find out more about TDD, you may surf the following website: www.totaldefence.org.sg/

All The Best!

Dearest 6 Faith,

All the best for your CA1 Composition Papers tomorrow and day after!

加油！ 加油！ 加油！

:)))

Happy Lunar New Year!