Blessed Easter

Greetings and a Blessed Easter to all our friends, educators and collaborators. Our office will re-open on Monday the 5th of April.

Walking with Jesus - Use of music

This is the first of 3 videos which we recorded during the recent "Walking with Jesus" workshop. This sector concentrates on the music aspect and is conducted by musician Trevor Nerva.

Walking with Jesus workshop

Holy Innocents' Primary School played host to the second "Walking with Jesus" workshop today.
The facilitators, in sequence, were Msg. Eugene Vaz, who provided the biblical basis for the series,  John Chan who again touched on the WWJ programme itself, Trevor Nerva who spoke on the use of music and Ms Wendy Louis who provided the synthesis.
A total of 20 teachers and parent-volunteers attended the session which included active role play in the form of planning and delivering an actual lesson and enthusiastically took part in the music section.
Additional copies of the WWJ books and complimentary materials were also made available for sale.
Picture shows the participants demonstrating an actual lesson. Watch the videos here http://www.youtube.com/user/accscommunion

Walking with Jesus Refresher Workshop

Twenty Five primary school teachers attended the "Walking with Jesus" refresher workshop on the 11th of March at CHIJ Katong Primary.
Msgr Eugene Vaz shared on Using the Bible, Salvation History and Our image of God, as well as answered some of the difficult Biblical questions that teachers encountered in class.
Ms Wendy Louis shared on Word as Sacrament, Spirituality of the Child and Use of Music in the series as well as revisited the history of this programme.
John Chan, project director, RE (Pri Schools) touched on the WWJ programme itself as well as how one can use Multiple Intelligence & Learning Styles to teach WWJ.

Catholic Ethos

In his final workshop today Fr Norbert Menezes interacted with nineteen educators on the topic of Catholic Ethos. Combining a lecture with an opportunity for the individual attendees to voice their concerns and experiences the experienced Jesuit spoke on a number of issues. Amongst them were a fundamental question of what is a Catholic school and what makes a Catholic school Catholic.
He also spoke on the need for an education that leads the young into the sacred space of the human person and of every person making them aware of the inalienable human rights of every individual and group.
Those present included Administration Managers, Principals and teachers.

Integral Pedagogy

 

Fr Norbert Menezes SJ today delivered his third talk in  two days at CAEC. This time addressing a few principals of Catholic schools and tailoring his discussion to a summary of Integral Pedagogy as a vision of what Catholic schools should have. He reiterated its value as a way in which teachers accompany learners in their growth and development. It is an art and science of teaching and cannot be reduced to methodology. And lastly that it must include a world view and a vision of the ideal human person to be educated. The two hour session also included a question and answer time frame.

Integral Pedagogy - A Way Forward

Fr Norbert Menezes,  the renown secretary of Jesuit education in South Asia conducted a workshop for civics and moral education teachers at CAEC, Highland Road today. His topic, Integral Pedagogy, is basically a teaching model that seeks to develop more integrated men and women for others. It is a process whereby a teacher accompanies the students in their intellectual, spiritual and emotional development.
Fr Menezes took the extra step of arriving in Singapore a few days early to familiarise himself with various classroom situations. He also visited local families to be more acquainted with the local conditions.
The session will be for a day and a half with the concluding session tomorrow.
Picture shows Fr Menezes addressing the thirty five educators at a group discussion.