IdEas@Work in Nanyang

Contributed by GOH HAN PIN Current Situation: Teachers and students underweight the importance of EAS and their contributions. This could have partially contributed to the lower staff engagement among EAS in NYGH, lower than EOs in NYGH and lower than EAS in other schools. Improvement: Revert to the correct name. Executive and Administrative Staff. For recognition to be genuine and sincere, the correct name ought to be used.

Contributed by GOH HAN PIN Current Situation: Teacher do not receive adequate feedback from students about their learning mastery until the end of chapter assignment. Improvement: Incorporate formative assessment tasks within the school notes itself e.g. short questions, annotated diagrams. Examples showcased at 2021 Staff Learning Festival.

Contributed by LIM XUE MEI MICHELLE. Current Situation: Glue guns being hung on a rack with hooks, but when withdrawn for use, the glue guns would drip hot melted glue on surfaces, and it is not stable when being placed on the attached metal slotted stand. We have seen students using the glue gun and placing it on the floor in between sticking and holding objects together. Improvement: Used the 3D printed to create glue gun holders, which has a part that is able to collect melting and dripping glue coming from the tips of the glue gun while being used. These stands are more solid and stable and allows the glue gun to rest safely while the student continues to work without any hazards.

Contributed by LIM XUE MEI MICHELLE Current Situation: Due to having one round of wood working sessions done during maker lesson in Semester 1, we have observed wood dust collecting on all exposed surfaces. It makes it difficult to clean and may shorten the lifespan of certain equipment. Improvement: Plastic covers were sewn to the customised dimensions to the equipment. The equipment are as follows : 3D Printers , iMac computers , Printer, Sewing Machine, Die cut machine. As this was done in house with existing plastic pieces and thread, and making use of the sewing machine, we saved some cost as to hiring a tailor to do that. This has allowed the maker team to be able to maintain and keep such items dust free and ensure cleaner work spaces. Making use of see through plastic also allows the item covered to be still. visible to the users of the makerspace, and also provides a sense of aesthetic quality with the use of neon orange thread for the hemming.

Contributed by LIM XUE MEI MICHELLE Current Situation: There is no template for efficient input of information for exhibition labels, to streamline texts displayed in the art gallery. Improvement: Created a template with standard format with font, font size and layout in the order of museum labels to make it more efficient to key in information (student's name, class, artwork title, artwork description) for all art teachers and technician. This template also includes a sample text, such that if a teacher needs information quickly, he/she could download and sent this template out for students to put in data on their own. This saves a lot of time re-doing a new layout each time an artwork is displayed.

Contributed by LIM XUE MEI MICHELLE Current Situation: Maker Lessons have evolved over time and this year, students from Sec 2 (Sem 1) and Sec 1 (Sem 2) are now equipped with basic woodworking skills, stemming from manually sawing pieces of plywood and rods to build their very own wooden laptop stand. With such activities that generate a lot of wood dust, on top of wiping down and sweeping the dust after each lesson by each student, the frequency of cleaners coming in to do the regular cleaning was not sufficient and could lead to skin irritation and eyes, throat and nose irritation as well. A teacher developed hives as a result of the environment with the wood dust in the air. Improvement: Worked out a cleaning schedule aligned to the maker lessons timetable as well as team meeting timings, and counter checked with cleaning supervisor to make adjustment to increase the frequency of cleaners coming in immediately after each lesson ends as much as they can. This has created a cleane...

Contributed by WANG MO, TONG SOI MUI, CHANG MICHAEL HSIN-JU Current Situation: Sculpture room has many old wooden furnitures that attract pest and also take up space. Much of the wall space were not utilised. Improvement: To utilise the wall space and build storage shelves to store art materials and student artworks, considering the use of metal shelves to replace wood ones so to avoid wood burrows and other pest infestation.