Do you think it is important for all of us to keep our environment clean? If so, what are the various ways that you have been doing to keep the environment clean? Do you have some innovative ideas to keep the School and the neighbourhood clean? Why not share it with everybody?
To participate in this online contest, all you have to do is to post a comment, sharing with everybody your opinion and unique ideas, and you will be awarded with a prize token! It's that easy! So, since the contest will only last throughout the month of August, what are you waiting for then? Hurry, post your comments NOW!
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Monday, 28 July 2014
The Launch of "Keep Endeavour Clean" Campaign
Background Information
Keep Singapore
Clean Movement
The Keep Singapore Clean Movement (KSCM) is a
national rally call for Singapore to move from being a 'cleaned city to a truly
clean city'.
The movement awareness drive aims to bring the
cleanliness challenge to the forefront of the public’s consciousness, and rally
the community to take action, encourage a groundswell of related activities and
incorporate positive messaging on social graciousness and consideration for
others.
Do you know that the Keep Singapore Clean
campaign was one of Singapore’s first national campaigns as an independent nation?
Launched as early as 1 Oct 1968 by former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the
month long campaign aimed to make Singapore the cleanest and greenest city in
South Asia. The government believed that
improved environmental conditions would not only enhance the quality of life
for Singaporeans and cultivate national pride, but also attract foreign
investors and tourists to Singapore. So far, we have made tremendous effort
over the past decades to transform Singapore to become a beautiful garden city
that all of us are proud of.
Staying clean and green in Singapore remains
as important as ever. This is because we have a bigger population now. We
consume a lot more energy, we generate more waste materials. We are a more
built up city and so we have to work harder to preserve our green spaces.
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In order to encourage students to be advocates for a
clean Singapore, a “Keep Singapore Clean
Movement in Schools” was launched on 3rd June 2014 by our
Minister of Education, Mr Heng Swee Keat.
This movement
will enable students to be role models for their family and peers, and help
students to develop empathy and commitment to the community.
Thank you once again to all our uncles and aunties. So the next time when you see any of them in school, don’t forget to say Hi, greet them, and thank them for their hard work!
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| Assembly Talk on 1st July 2014 -----  |
Keep Endeavour Clean Campaign
To Support the Keep Singapore Clean Movement in Schools, we have launched our own Keep Endeavour Clean Campaign on 8th July, all the way to end of Semester 2. There are various and exciting activities planned for you to support the campaign!   ---- |
The government is hoping to establish a new social norm through
the launch of an invigorated “Keep Singapore Clean Movement”: Cleaning up after
oneself instead of relying on others.
Minister for Environment & Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrisnan, said Singapore
needs to reclaim community ownership and community action to keep the country
clean.
He continued to say that:
“A key reason of course, is the wrong attitude that cleaners are here to
pick up after us and the misplaced notion that this is appropriate behaviour because cleaners are paid to do so.” Indeed, this is very wrong and we must
change our mindset.
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We are very fortunate and blessed to have our school cleaners to
help us in maintaining our school clean.
Do you realize that they are the ones who clear the bins in your
classroom every day? The ones who help to close our classroom windows,
preventing our classroom from getting wet when it rains? The ones who clean our
toilets and mop the floors? The ones who clear the spills from your noodles and
any vomits or pukes in the hall or classroom? The ones who cares for our
well-being, giving us a clean environment to study best in?
But have your ever approach them to say a word of thanks? Many a
times, we take things for granted, and never realize the importance of these
people.
These uncles and aunties work very hard to keep our school clean
so that we can have a good learning environment. Their jobs are tough, but they
take pride in their work.
So we should always learn to appreciate their contribution to
the school and to thank all our great uncles and aunties for always being there
to take care of our school and well-being!
To show our appreciation, some of our teachers have thoughtfully
designed a Thank you card, especially for our school cleaners. Inside the cards, we have
special messages to our uncles and aunties, written by our EDP pupils too!
Lastly and most importantly, let us thank
all our following great Uncles and Aunties for their hard work!
Thank you once again to all our uncles and aunties. So the next time when you see any of them in school, don’t forget to say Hi, greet them, and thank them for their hard work!
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| Our Principal, Mrs Pek, presenting the little appreciation tokens to our school cleaners. ---- Every action counts. Everyone needs to show their consideration, empathy, care and committment by doing their part in keeping the school environment clean. Let's do our part, get involved and make a difference together! With that, we can truly call Singapore our beautiful and clean Homeland. |
Classroom Cleanliness Competition 2014 - Semester 1 Results
We are happy to announce the winners for our first round of Classroom Cleanliness Competition! 3 winning classes have been chosen from each level.
They are...
As a student from Endeavour Primary School , we should do a part in keeping our school clean by doing the following:
They are...
Congratulations to
all these winning classes!
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Our Class
Representatives and their winning prizes!
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We would also like to thank the teachers and pupils for the
support. It is heartening to see that every pupil has put in efforts and uphold
their responsibility in keeping their classrooms clean.
Some good examples that can be observed and seen from these
winning classes are having a planned duty roster and pupils would diligently
perform their duties. For example, pupils would spend 5 to 10 minutes to
arrange the chairs and tables in class, and to sweep the floor clean. Before
dismissal, all pupils would also ensure that their tables are neatly arranged
and the floor is free of litter. All these conscientious efforts would play a
big role in keeping our classrooms spick and span.
1) Do not litter
2) If you see any litter in your classroom, pick it up.
3) If you see anyone who litter, ask that person to pick it up. If not, we could also help him / her to pick it up, in order to keep our school and classroom clean.
4) If it is your rostered duty, do it properly, as you are also doing a part to keep the classroom clean.
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When we see others or if you yourself are about to litter, be considerate about all those hardworking cleaners, who are all helping to keep our school clean. Whenever we see a school cleaner, we should smile at them and thank them for helping us to play a part in keeping our school clean.
We are also looking forward to the next 'Use Your Hand Campaign' to clean our classroom together with all our classmates and teachers!
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Lastly, to all other classes that did not emerge as winners
in this first round of competition, do not be disheartened! You can look forward
to another round of the classroom cleanliness judging in Term 4!
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