Buzz At Beatty! E-Newsletter - Semester 1

Gong Xi Fa Cai
Lunar New Year Celebration
Beatty Secondary School
celebrated Lunar New Year
on 27 January. In line with the
school theme of ‘One School, One
Family’, the celebration started
with the reunion Lohei session
in class with form teachers. The
Lohei session was meaningful and
exciting as it helped to strengthen
class bonding.
The Lohei session was followed
by the Lunar New Year concert
in the hall, another highlight of
the celebrations for the day. The
concert was launched by our
Principal, Mr Ling, Vice Principals
and key school partners (members
from School Advisory Committee,
Alumni and Parent Support
Group).
The concert started on a festive
note with school leaders presenting
oranges to all staff members on
The traditional lion dance
stage. All oranges were sponsored
by school leaders as a token of
good luck and prosperity in the
year of the Rooster.
Concert items were put up by
students from Chinese Orchestra,
Wushu and Malay Dance. A group
of teachers and students also
presented a song item. During
the celebration, students also
learnt about the Lunar New Year
culture and traditions through the
informative video clip and exciting
quiz.
The highlight of the concert was
the finale performance by the
lion dance troupe. This item was
sponsored by Mdm Janet Yeong,
the President of Beatty Alumni.
It was indeed a wonderful and
memorable Lunar New Year
celebration for all Beattyians as a
big family.
Lo Hei or Prosperity Toss for all classes
Mandarin oranges for all
Our Wushu Team is always a crowd-pleaser
Let’s celebrate together
Prosperity for all
MTL Fortnight 2017
The objective of the Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Fortnight is to create an immersive environment for
students in the learning and usage of the Mother Tongue Languages as well as to show appreciation of the
respective MTL cultures.
The MTL Fortnight 2017 was held from 27 January to 10 February. The theme was ‘One School, One Family’.
The conceptualisation and planning of the MTL Fortnight activities were hence aligned to the theme of ‘One
Family’.
The MTL Fortnight was launched on a festive note in conjunction with the celebrations of the Lunar New Year
held on 27 January.
Some of the key programmes and activities organised during the MTL Fortnight were:
• Lunar New Year celebrations – Reunion Lohei session and Lunar • MTL Oratorical Skills Camp
New Year concert celebrations.
• Chinese Tea Appreciation Workshop
• MTL Cultural Camp for all Secondary One classes
• Chinese Mobile Trail @ Toa Payoh
• Mother Tongue language-related competitions, eg Essay Writing • Malay Dining Culture
Competition, Story Telling Competition and Pen Calligraphy • Tamil Public Speaking Workshop
Competition.
• Tamil Celebrity Talk cum Motivational Workshop
• Mother Tongue Language & Cultural Quiz– Proverbs & Idioms
Indeed, these fun, meaningful and authentic learning experiences have helped to deepen students’ understanding
of MTL and appreciation of the different cultures.
The official opening
Batik Design Finding out about heritage through apps Traditional Tea Ceremony
Tie Presentation Ceremony
Fun way to learn Mother Tongue Practise Malay with role-play Practice makes perfect
Beatty Secondary School is privileged to have our alumni who
have excelled in the commercial and public sectors. Our alumni
also gives back actively to Beatty and can often be seen showing their
support at school events. Their support is also felt in other tangible ways,
for example, through the sponsorship of the Beatty Secondary School
ties for all incoming Secondary One students and the ex-Balestier Hill
Secondary School students who joined Beatty Secondary this year.
On 13 February, we had the Tie Presentation Ceremony where a
distinguished member of the Beatty Alumni, Mr Goh Joon Seng,
presented the sponsored ties to the students. Mr Goh is from the Class
of ‘58 and had an illustrious legal career as a Supreme Court Judge
from 1990 to 2000. Mr Goh is currently a member of the Council
of Presidential Advisors of Singapore and was recently awarded the
Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang) at the 2016 National
Day Awards for his contributions.
We thank Mr Goh and the Beatty Alumni for their generosity and
support.
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Speech by Mr
Goh Joon Seng
One Beatty One Family
Support from Beatty Alumni
Presenting the ties to Sec 1 Students
Mr Goh receiving token
of appreciation