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Sr2& Sr3 School Reopening
Sr2& Sr3 School Reopening

Online Meeting
Online Meeting

The Broadcasting Club was not one to shy away from Reported by:
their own activities, either. The first two weeks of classes for Lew Yuen Teng Sr3ComA
Ng Ting Hui Sr2ScF
new members and non-broadcasters were conducted the
Heads of Broadcasting and assisted by the club president.
The 20th June class taught members on the techniques in
broadcasting and writing news reports, which can be heard tutorial and online classes. For tutorial lessons at
daily via the PA system at 7 am. On 21st June 2020, Sr2 and Sr3
students, along with their respective class school, a class would be split into two, with the

The Head of Broadcasting began the class by listing teachers, gathered at Zoom for an online same teacher entering both classes, unlike other
schools which were using projectors. With this,
out some SOPs and important regulations regarding meeting with the principal, Dr Chua Lee Lee. teachers would be able to track the progress of
news broadcasting. She then explained the flow of news This meeting was split into two parts: first the their students in both classes.
broadcasts, which consisted of an opening, five international principal addressed the students on the school’s
news pieces, five local news pieces, and an ending. News reopening procedure; then Sr2 and Sr3 students After that, the principal also stressed
scriptwriting techniques were up next, followed by samples returned to their respective Zoom classrooms the importance of self-discipline and time
of news scripts which exemplified the techniques. An for a more in-depth meeting with their class management during online learning, as the
interactive session was next, where members were tasked teacher. The purpose of these two meetings was disparity in understanding of the syllabus between
to write a news script based on an article from the Sinchew to ensure that students would be ready for the students would be revealed with tutorial classes.
website. They were then invited to read out their scripts, in school’s reopening and its new environment. With only two days at school, students were also
which feedback was given by the Head of Broadcasting.
The principal began her speech by stating reminded to take this chance to ask questions to
The next part was the introduction to news that after three long months of the Movement their own teachers. The principal also reminded
everyone of the importance of staying safe at
broadcasting techniques, which was demonstrated by the Control Order (MCO), schools have finally school, by wearing face masks, washing hands and
Head of Broadcasting. The members were originally going been allowed to resume classes for students through social distancing. Finally, she thanked
to attempt broadcasting the scripts but were cut short due to taking public exams. Through these tough everyone for their cooperation, including parents
time constraints. The class ended after a brief Q&A session. times, students and teachers had begun online
learning with no preparations beforehand, and and students who have previously filled in the
classes resumed with everyone’s hard work and school’s survey, and wished the students all the
dedication. While teachers were initially digital best.
immigrants, they soon learned the tricks of the
trade in teaching online through Zoom. After the principal’s speech, Senior 2 and
Senior 3 students headed to their designated
Though school would be reopening, Zoom meeting room to discuss the rules and
everyone was still not out of the woods. To regulations for the school reopening. The briefing
quote the principal: “although the government of the new Standard Operating Procedures were
had allowed schools to resume classes for Form followed by the selection of new class committee
5 and Form 6 students, we are still at risk as the members to deal with every class being split into
vaccine for Covid-19 has not been discovered two.
Reported by: yet. As the Selangor district is a medium risk area
Sophia Ng Szu Fei Sr1ScA and 60% of the students take public transport to
Lew Yuen Teng Sr3ComA school, the school is concerned about students’
Lee Ai Lin Sr2ScC
health safety.” As a result, the school has decided
to use the blended learning method. Through
this method, the school has combined both

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