Dear colleagues,
STAR-POST is a monthly update on STAR’s professional development programmes for Art Teachers. This document serves to update you on the new courses/ workshops/ programmes offered by STAR, ways to sign up for our programmes (TRAISI codes, etc), as well as updates on existing programmes (vacancies available, extensions of closing dates, change of venues etc).
If you do not wish to receive STAR-POST, simply write to us.
Ms Tang Hui Jing (Programme Manager, Art) for Pri Art Teachers email: tang_hui_jing@moe.gov.sg Tel: 6664 1494 or
Mdm Victoria Loy (Programme Manager, Art) for Sec, JC/CI, IP Art Teachers email: victoria_loy@moe.gov.sg Tel:: 6664 1493
Something to warm your heart….
T
eachers play a key role in inspiring young minds, touching young hearts and moulding the future of our nation. As teachers, we are instrumental in guiding our children / youths to form their beliefs, attitudes and personal identity.
As we constantly give, it is important for us to be renewed, recharged by experiencing joy of discovery through learning and sharing, so as to keep our passion alive! Only when we are passionate, inspired and motivated can we in turn inspire and engage our students to enjoy each lesson.
Just as masterworks of Art touch our hearts and souls, Good teachers are remembered by their students forever!
Inspiring Quotes for you…
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Joseph Addison
The object of Education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
Robert Maynard Hutchins
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
Joseph Joubert
Those who trust us educate us.
George Eliot
Something to ponder over….
I AM A CHILD
Extracted from “Fulfilling the Promise of The Differentiated Classroom” by Carol Ann Tomlinson
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. I bring a whisper. Can you hear the poem in it?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. Will you tell me what to think, Or show me how? Will you teach me answers, Or the symmetry of a question well-composed?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. Will learning be only about doing things right, Or about doing the right thing? A thing of joy, Or of duty?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. Which will matter most to you, My soul, Or my grade?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. Can you teach me to chart my journey, Or must you use a standard measure To place me always In the shadow of others?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. Will I go away from you ascending my strengths, Or hobbled by my weaknesses?
I am a child. I come to you, my teacher. I bring you all I am, All I can become. Do you understand the trust?
s/n
1
2
3
4
6
7
9
Glance
1
2
3
What’s
on
at the arts scene…
Singapore Art Gallery Guide
http://www.sagg.com.sg/page/index.php?option=com_eventlist&type=e xhibition&Itemid=168 Highly recommended…
Singapore Biennale 2011
http://artitute.com/2011/03/15/a-first-look-singapore-biennale-2011open-house/
Negotiating Home, History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, 1991 - 2010 http://www.singart.com/exhibitions/details.php?id=66
Do-Ho Suh Prints
Sat 9 Apr – Sat 7 May http://www.stpi.com.sg/currentexhibitions.php
