Beatty Secondary School Yearbook 2021

Aesthetics & Technology Depar tment
Both our Design and Technology (D&T) and
Nutrition Food Science (NFS) units adopted the
flipped classroom approach where students were
introduced to online instructional videos before
applying the steps and processes learnt during
their hands-on lessons.
Our D&T unit piloted a catapult competition for
our Secondary Two students, which involved
designing and creating the catapult. The
Secondary Three Express Arts students attended
a virtual learning journey to American Museum of
National History in New York.
Designing and making are both essential
elements of teaching in our subjects. While some
of the work can be carried out in the confines of
a typical classroom, we need special resources
and equipment available only in a workshop
or food laboratories for the purpose of testing,
prototyping and creating.
Despite COVID-19 and the limitations posed by
the Safe Management Measures, our department
was determined to find different ways to
continually capture our students’ hearts while
ensuring they grasp concepts and learn skills
with confidence. We adapted and capitalised on
a range of technologies to forge new ways for
our students to continue learning.
Our music curriculum was revamped to create
new learning possibilities afforded by digital
technologies. We leveraged music making apps
such as Chrome Music Lab to accelerate and
deepen students’ learning through new music
modules like Soundscapes and Production 101.
Our Nutrition Food Science unit brought
their Secondary Three Express and Normal
(Academic) students to a Molecular Gastronomy
learning journey organised by the Singapore
Science Centre to learn different techniques that
combine science and art to create food products.
Throughout this year, we have seen an
extraordinary display of courage, compassion,
generosity and grit in our department teachers
and students. They possess the mettle to go the
extra mile and emerge stronger than before.
I truly enjoyed the whole process of making
the catapult. After designing, we did a
cardboard mock-up before proceeding to
use materials such as acrylic and Jelutong
wood.
Neo Jia Shuen, 2E1
With music technologies, music-making
becomes more active, interactive and
personalised!
Ms Ng Ying Hui, Teacher-in-charge
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