Visit to Health Promotion Centre

Today afternoon, we went to visit the Health Promotion Centre, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health. We met some of the Health Education officers there to discuss about the activities they plan to implement for our Brunei primary science teachers. Some of the topics may include obesity prevention, diet/nutrition and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Year 2 Science Orientation Workshop (Grp B)

This is the second day of the science briefing orientation workshop for Group B participants conducted by the Science and Agriculture Unit, Curriculum Development Department. The participants who attended the workshop are mostly primary teachers from (i) government schools of Tutong district and (ii) non-government schools.

Year 2 Science Orientation Workshop (Grp A)

Today is the first day of our science orientation workshop for Group A participants which are mostly teachers from Brunei-Muara (Brunei I, II, III & IV), Tutong, Belait and Temburong district. For this workshop, we are working closely with our Year 2 Science Pilot Teachers in conducting the science sessions which deal with the 4 main topics i.e. grouping non-living things, light, healthy body and pushes & pulls. Throughout the sessions, we encourage teachers to adopt the 'scientific enquiry' approach to teach science and provide hands-on activities in their science lessons wherever possible.

YEAR 2 SCIENCE MEETING

We had another meeting with the Year 2 Pilot Project teachers (Groups 2 and 4) which was held in CDD on 15 August 2009. Cikgu Ak Azman, Cikgu Henry and Cikgu Hjh Mainon, from Group 2, were present during the meeting to discuss the Year 2 science topic Healthy Body. We also did some video recordings on how to make egg sandwiches, orange juice and vegetable spring rolls. These video clips will be given to Year 2 Science teachers as additional resource materials in the science briefing orientation workshop this coming October.

BLOG WORKSHOP

A workshop on learning how to create blogs was conducted by the ICT Unit, Curriculum Development Department on the 11th and 12th of August for CDD officers in Group 2. It was held in the Computer room, 1st floor and facilitated by Dyg Nanihasrinah binti Hanafi. The participants involved in the workshop included officers from the Science and Agriculture Unit, Early Childhood Education Unit and Multimedia Unit. The workshop was indeed a fun and enriching experience for everyone, thanks to the facilitator who has been so informative and accomodating. Our most sincere thanks to her :)