Journey of Legends – Student Performance 2017
The Speech and Drama Arts (SDA) programme team is once again proud to have presented the year-end student production. The performance saw three mini productions from Indian, Malay and Chinese literature. The three selected plays were Ramayana, Hang Tuah and The Monkey King. By Pushpaa Arumugam, Assistant Director of Enrichment Programmes To read more about this […]
DAS Students visit Istana
DAS students were the lucky ones to be invited to the inaugural picnic at Istana! The children had afternoon tea on the lawn where they painted and coloured in artwork with the help of students from the School of the Arts (SOTA). President Halimah Yacob announced on the day that she was making a push […]
CEO Thoughts: “Can do Spirit!”
I have just completed a meeting wrapping up actions for our inaugural DAS Charity Golf and Dinner held on 23 May at the Tanah Merah Country Club and could not help but reflect on how successful our fundraising event has been. Not only did we raise over $371,000 for children with dyslexia from lower-income families […]
CEO Thoughts: Stability and Instability at DAS!
CEO BLOG – STABILITY AND INSTABILITY AT DAS! It is performance appraisal season at DAS and I have been talking to colleagues and getting their feedback. One of the more notable discussions I have is on both stability and instability at DAS! There is stability at DAS because of our strategic direction has been consistent: […]
9 EVENTS OF INSTRUCTION
Educators can use these 9 events of instruction to develop learning experiences that stick and offer 21st-century learners the opportunity to engage in every step of the instructional process. Gain attention Inform learners of objectives Stimulate recall / prior knowledge Present the content Provide learning guidance Elicit performance (practice) Provide feedback Assess performance Enhance retention […]
Teaching Today’s Learners on their Terms
Sujatha Nair, Assistant Director (QA) Hani Zohra Muhamad, Lead Educational Therapist Nur Alia Salim, Senior Educational Therapist Ashabiena Mohd Ashraff, Lead Educational Therapist Janitha Panicker, Senior Educational Therapist Soofrina Binte Mubarak, Senior Educational Therapist & Edutech Coordinator “Teaching Today’s Learners on Their Terms” – an apt title for the learning and education of children today. […]
5 TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD IMPROVE READING FLUENCY
Written by Safinah Bte Hassan, Senior Educational Therapist, Main Literacy Programme (MLP), DAS Readers who are not fluent read slowly and pause at each word. If they are more focused on having to sound out each word, this will hinder their understanding of what they have read. Thus this affects their comprehension and their motivation […]
CEO Thoughts: The Importance of Early Intervention – Prevention and Remediation
Prevention is where intervention begins before children have experienced a prolonged period of failure in acquiring literacy skills. Remediation is where intervention occurs after children have experienced difficulties in literacy learning for many years. Prevention is of course preferred as it is usually more successful than remedial teaching. International studies have shown that if children with dyslexia can be identified before they are seven years old […]
CEO Thoughts: The Importance of Early Intervention for Preschoolers
There has been a surge in interest from the preschool community recently reflecting the acknowledgement of the importance of early intervention for children with or at-risk of dyslexia. The DAS Specialised Educational Services Preschool Seminar “Supporting the Diverse Learning Needs of Preschoolers” on Friday, 16th March 2018 at the Lifelong Learning Institute was sold out with 320 participants. […]
Exploring Science and Enriching Minds
Kavitha Tiruchelvam, a Senior Educational Therapist from DAS Woodlands Learning Centre has created the Science short-term programme for Primary 3 and 4 students and here she shares her love of science and what we can do the help our students in this subject. I always felt that as parents, we have this strange sense of nostalgia or […]