Donation drive for used textbooks and story books

Calling all students of Endeavour Primary School!

Are you intending to throw away your used textbooks and old storybooks when cleaning up your room to usher in a new academic year? DON'T!

You can donate these books for other students who might have a need for them to show your care and love for your fellow students. What's more, it is also environmentally friendly to reuse these used textbooks and old storybooks.

Details as follows:

Date : 8th November  to 20th November 2018.
Venue : Outside Library

So, do your part now and let your effort be counted!

Canberra Day

More than 10,000 residents residing in Canberra came together on Sunday, 12 March 2017 for the annual family carnival.  The event launched this year focused on the theme; Love your Environment, Let’s Go Green!

Our Green club and some students from 6 Diligence have actually set up some creative "green" games booth on that day. There were also quizzes prepared by them that were related to caring for the environment for the community to participate. Some of the tokens in the form of book marks were even made by our students to help spread the green messages.

We are very happy that our school has played a part to engage the community through games and at the same time learnt more about how to go green.  This event provided a good platform for our students to interact with the residents. This also allowed them to make new friends and enhanced their interpersonal skills and confidence.

Yes! Together we can play our part in building a more gracious society through green practices and championing a sustainable way of life.

Racial Harmony Day in CCE Cirriculum

The CCE teachers have conducted the lesson on Racial Harmony Day with the various levels. The P2 students played the various traditional games to allow them to understand the cultures of other ethnic groups through playing games.

"Buddy Clean Workshop" by NEA

The "Buddy Clean Workshop" by NEA was held on the 20th July 2016 in the School.

"Good Deeds, Exemplary People." VIA Weeks Photo Contest 2016

To all the shutter bugs out there, have you ever witnessed a good deed being performed by some really awesome kind souls that you wished you can celebrate their noble acts with the rest of the world? Now you can!

In conjunction with the VIA Weeks, the VIA department has launched a photo contest for all students who are keen to take part in the contest to snap photos showcasing the good deeds being performed by people around you. They can be your family, your friends, or members of the public. And the place can be anywhere, be it your home or outside. The theme of this photo contest is "Good Deeds, Exemplary People."

Next, you should write a short description or story about the photos to give context to your photos. You may then submit your entry by emailing your photos and write-up to: edpcce2016@gmail.com

The closing date for this contest is Term 2 Week 10 and winning entries will be showcased on our CCE-VIA Blog and gallery, and most of all, attractive prizes will also be given out to the winners!

So, do not wait anymore! Go out there and snap photos of some wonderful people doing really nice things for others and you may be the one who wins!

VIA Weeks Photo Contest 2016
"Good Deeds, Exemplary People."

Reflections on CCE / VIA activities

During this morning's assembly programme, Miss Cheah has taken us down the memory lane to review the various CCE / VIA activities conducted throughout this year.

Please do pen down some of the thoughts that you might have. You could write about the positives experiences that you had while participating in one of these eveents. Or, your could point out the areas that you felt could have been done better. Better yet, you may even want to suggest future activitives and events that you feel that would have a big impact on the lives of fellow students in the area of CCE /  VIA education.

Wait no more! Give your comments generously and encourage your calssmates and friends to do so too. Let us hear what you have to say and let the whole school hear your voice. Do it now!

Online Contest: Have you been environmentally-friendly?

Hello, everybody! Do you realize that whether you are traveling overseas or just hanging around in Singapore, we inadvertently shall leave behind our carbon footprint and that would have impacted the environment in many ways. As you go about your daily life, are you aware how much carbon footprint you have generated? Have you been consciously living your life in a environmentally-friendly way? What "Green" efforts have you carried out over the last one month? Have you done anything that you can proudly claim to be "saving Gaia"?

You have stories, dreams and hopes. But you also have your own different views, brilliant ideas and unique opinions. Why not share it with everybody and you win for yourself an attractive gift token! So, go on and pen down your thoughts in reply to this post!

To participate in this online contest, all you have to do is to post a comment! It's that easy! So, since this online contest shall only last throughout the June school holidays and into the 5th week of the Term 3, what are you waiting for then? Hurry, post your comments NOW!

Performing Household Chores

Based on the positive response received last year, our CCE/VIA team rolled out the Family Household Chores Appreciation Card project once again this year!

We hope to encourage our students to assist their parents/guardians in doing household chores, as a way to show care and concern for their family members. It is also their responsibility to take charge of these tasks at home (especially of their own rooms).

This year, we hope to also garner greater parents' engagement. We would like to encourage parents to pen down your thoughts upon seeing your child's efforts and work through the completion of the household tasks.

One of our P6 boys, Bryan Sun from 6A, has been consistently helping his parents with the household chores. You may want to view his appreciation card that was nicely done up:

Bryan Sun's (P6A) Family Household Chores Appreciation Card

Seen here is another of our P6 boys, Brandon Goh Yi Heng from 6B. who is cooking instant noodles for his mother.

Brandon Goh Yi Heng (P6B) cooking noodles for his mother.

Brandon Goh Yi Heng (P6B) cooking noodles for his mother.

Next up, this P3 girl is Juana Little Sia from 3B. She and her mother were making pancakes together. She brought the pancakes to school and shared with her classmates.

Visit to SWAMI Home

SWAMI (Sunshine Welfare Action Mission) home is a nursing home that provides residential nursing care facilities and  dementia day care for the aged and the aged sick. It is located in Sembawang, and houses services such as physiotherapy, medical treatment rooms and rehabilitation services all under one roof.

On 22 May 2015, our EDP students, teachers, and parents volunteers spent a meaningful afternoon at the SWAMI Home. Our talented students from the performing arts group (Choir, Guitar and Gu Zheng) prepared a line up of performances for all to enjoy. As most elderly only know dialect and mandarin, our performing arts group specially prepared songs that are in their familiar language to cater to them! Apart from that, understanding that the bedridden residents are not able to join us at the stage area for the performance, our student-guitarists took the initiatives to head up to the rooms instead to strum and sing for them. Delectable high-tea snacks and drinks were also prepared and served to all residents at the Home. Following that, we had a mass singing session that brought everyone clapping along together! It was indeed heartwarming to see the elderly smiling and singing along with the music.

Although interacting with the elderly might not be easy for everyone due to the language barrier, it was still a fruitful and enjoyable learning experience. More importantly, what is significant is the smiles we have left on the elderly faces during the visit.

As the saying goes, it is a blessing to give than to receive.
Let us continue to reach out to the community, and to spread the EDP spirit of care!

Green Club Exhibition of Games Made From Recycled Materials

21-May-2015