Teachers' Day 2012

Teachers' Day this year was celebrated at Catholic Junior College on the 15th of September.
Archbishop Nicholas Chia along with Fr Michael D'Cruz and Fr Colin Tan celebrated the mass which was attened by some 400 people.
20 children from the Canossia School for the hearing impaired provided two beautiful hymns during the Mass.
His Grace was keen to link the theme of the celebration “Follow Me, Walk in the Presence of the Lord” with the call of the Holy Father to celebrate the Year of Faith. In his homily he invited all present to join him in celebrating the opening of the year of faith next month.
He emphasised that the year of faith is an opportunity to “walk in his presence in every moment of every day.” He explained that we could do this through more attention to prayer and added, “In this Year of Faith when we also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publishing of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we can open our eyes and our ears to hear God speaking through the teachings of the Church… Try to make time to study and read together some sections of this important document.”

Social, Emotional & Spiritual Literacy

Dr Janet Smith, an educator and consultant today delivered a talk on developing your student's social, emotional & spiritual literacy, SESL, at Catholic Junior College. Some 70 people turned up to listen to Dr Smith's comparing and contrasting cognitive intelligence, emotional/social intelligence and spiritual intelligence. She also discussed how SESL could be introduced and embedded in curriculum and then maintaining a culture that is supportive of it.

Common Space in Catholic Schools

On the 23rd of April, 40 Principals, teachers, parents and staff of the Archdiocesan Commission for Catholic Schools gathered in the Training and Development Centre of Catholic Junior College to exchange and explore the meaning of “Common Space” for Catholic Schools in Singapore. The occasion was the 2nd of the ‘Communio’ series organised by ACCS to bring together educators around topics of concern and interest in education today.

The term “Common Space” came into the public eye when it was mentioned by the Prime Minister last year during his National Day Rally Speech. He even used an example of a Catholic School to show how a school with religious affiliation can be a ‘common space’ where all Singaporeans feel they are respected and can thrive.

Read more...http://www.accs.sg/Common Space.html