OPW - Holiday Homework & Important Updates

Dear Guys,

For this week's OPW please submit all your draft trailbooklets (holiday homework).

Your draft trail booklets should include the following (using PagePlus software):

1. Cover

2. Introduction

3. Map

4. Information on sites (1 - 2 pages per site)

5. Acknowledgements

Please ensure that ALL your groups hand in their draft booklets as we need it to the Thinkscape Trails conductors on the 7th July when they conduct the last OPW lecture.

We'll be preparing your final oral presentation this week for OPW. All final trail booklets as well as trail presentation will be done in Week 8. OPW will end in term3, week 10.

Feel free to clarify any doubts you may have with me or your respective Humanities teachers.

Thank you.

Regards,

Mrs Melissa Lim

Important Info - Semester 2

Dear Guys & Parents,

Please note the following information:

(A) Travel Declaration Form V.2 & Leave of Absence
Please kindly log into the VS portal and download the travel declaration form, print it out and complete the form for submission on Monday, 29th June. This is for important information required by the school on top of the 1st Travel Declaration that you have submitted before the holidays.

You are automatically on leave of absence (LOA) if you have recently returned from a trip to an affected country. LOA is 7 days prior to your date of return. Do note that E-learning packages will be made available on the VS website for you to be on task as with the rest of your classmates in school.

(B) Oral Digital Thermometer
Please be reminded to bring your ODT everyday for twice daily temperature checks.

(C) Symptoms of Influenza
If you did not travel to affected countries yet are unwell and exhibit symptoms of flu, like coughing, sneezing, fever etc. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL. Please practice hygiene and social responsibility and remain at home until you are 100% well and fit to attend school again. Do keep me updated. ;)

(D)Semester 2 Time Table
The new time table is available online on the VS portal. Please have it downloaded for own info.

(E) Health Booklet
For those who have yet to submit your health booklet. Please kindly bring it along on Monday for submission. The health nurses allocated to VS will need to look through your details prior to your check up.



Thank you for your cooperation.

Have a good weekend.
Mrs Melissa Lim

H1N1 - Important!!! (v2)

Dear Guys and Parents of 2G,

(A) List of Affected Countries
The Influenza A (H1N1) affected countries are those considered by WHO to have sustained community transmission or to be in transition towards community transmission, as well as countries that have been reported to have exported cases.

As of 23 Jun, these countries are Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Hong Kong and Indonesia.


(B) Leave of Absence (LOA)
To safeguard the health of all members of the school community, the school will issue Leave of Absence (LOA)(Travel to Affected Countries) to excuse students who had travelled to affected countries from school for 7 calendar days upon their return to Singapore. Hence, should your child return from an affected country recently, please DO NOT send him to school. E-Learning packages will be available for home-based learning for students on LOA.

*** If students and staff who are on LOA continue to display no fever and/or influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, they should be allowed to return to school after this 7 day period. However, if these students and staff display fever and/or influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, they will not be allowed to return to school even though the LOA has expired.


(C) Travel Declaration / NIL Reply
Either Ms. Gloria Boey or myself would have attempted to contact your child over the last 2 days. However, for some, I was unable to be in touch with you and was not able to reconfirm your travel declaration made before the holidays.

I will appreciate if you could contact me immediately upon reading this and to SMS me on my mobile to update me on your travel history over the course of your holidays.

Please kindly include:
1)Destination of Travel
2)Dates of Travel

If you did not leave the country, I will appreciate a NIL reply as well.

Do continue to stay in good health and tune into the class blog for regular updates regarding the H1N1 measures and updates when the new school term commences.

Please remind your child to bring along a functioning Oral Digital Thermometer (ODT) for at least twice daily temperature checks when school reopens.

Thank you for your cooperation and your support on this matter.

Best regards,
Mrs Melissa Lim

H1N1 - Important!!!

Dear Guys,

Please reply to this post by sending me an SMS immediately to inform me about your travel history during this holiday. I will need specific details on your travel, including the destination of travel and the dates of travel.

*** Please note that a NIL reply is also required for those who did not leave the country.

For those whom I have spoken, you do not need to reply again.

Thank you!
Stay in the pink of health!

Regards,
Mrs Melissa Lim

*** H1N1 Precautionary Measures ***

Dear Parents and 2G,

Due to the rising cases of H1N1 virus, please take note of the following:

(1) If you have been to affected areas such as Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America and have been back for LESS than 7 days prior to the new school semester, please DO NOT attend school. Do practise social responsibility and do not engage in extensive community activities such as shopping and participating in mass activities.

(2) If you have not travelled to the affected areas or have been back for more than 7 days and is WELL when the new semester begins, please BRING DIGITAL THERMOMETERS daily for temperature checks.

(3) Do be regularly updated with the current news to be in touch with the situation and MOE's decision to school closure. Prior to any concrete decisions made by MOE, please do not assume that there is no school when semester begins on the 29th June.

(4) Please kindly drop me an e-mail or an sms if you have gone to any of the above countries as stated above, esp if you have an issue with (1).


Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.

Regards,
Mrs Melissa Lim