NewsMaker Awards – Singapore 2017

Awards Winners
  • Gold Award Winner: Haig Girls' School
  • Silver Award Winner: East Spring Primary School
  • Bronze Award Winner: Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
  • Merit Award Winner: Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School
  • Merit Award Winner: Woodlands Ring Primary School

Photos
NewsMaker Award 2017 Slideshow

Competition Briefing and Training
Date : 1 March 2017, Wednesday
Time : 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Venue : Raffles Girls’ Primary School
21 Hillcrest Rd, Singapore 289072
Tel: 6468 4377
Objectives : - To cultivate a love for the English Language through the use of innovative and engaging broadcasting technologies.
- To widen students’ knowledge in the project topic through research and collaboration.

Competition Entry Submission
Date : 22 March 2017, Wednesday
Time : 11:59pm (Cut-Off Time)
Submission Method : Online

Announcement of Winners and Prize Presentation Ceremony
Date : 29 March 2017, Wednesday
Time : 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Venue : Raffles Girls’ Primary School
21 Hillcrest Rd, Singapore 289072
Tel: 6468 4377

Competition Format:

This is a news-broadcasting competition open to all primary schools in Singapore. The participants will use the NewsMaker software to produce videos. Please watch the sample video created using Newsmaker:.

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Each participating school will send a team comprising of three Primary 4 students and one teacher mentor. Each participating school can only send one team.

On the Competition Briefing and Training day, 1/3/2017, participants will learn how to use NewsMaker, the immersive digital video-news making software. Then, each team will complete and submit their videos by 22/3/2017. The videos will be assessed by a panel of judges for its content, good use of language, good use of media such as music, video and photos, and the video’s overall aesthetic appeal. The winners will be announced during the Winners Announcement and Prize Presentation Ceremony on 29/3/2017.

The top five performing teams will be presented with Gold, Silver, Bronze and (two) Merits Awards accordingly and all participating students will also receive their participation certificates.
Registration : Registration is now closed.
Registration Closing Date : 10 February 2017, Friday
Vacancies Left : 0
No further registration will be accepted once 30 schools have registered or by 6pm on Registration Closing Date, whichever occurs earlier.
Judges:

1) Dr Linda Hanington
Head, Teachers' Language Development Centre
Senior Lecturer, English Language & Literature
National Institute of Education
 Dr. Linda Hanington holds a Doctorate degree, an MA in Education, Training and Development and an MBA in Strategic Management. Early in her career Linda taught English as a Foreign Language in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Spain. She moved to Singapore in 1987 and has since worked extensively with Singapore school teachers and other professionals. She joined the English Language and Literature Academic Group of the National Institute of Education in June 2010 and is currently Head of the Teachers' Language Development Centre.
 

2) Ms Florence Lee
Lead Teacher & Covering EL HOD
Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
 Florence Lee is a Lead Teacher at Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road). She teaches English Language at the Upper Secondary levels and is currently covering the role of Head of Department. In her school, she also works closely with the Professional Development Committee to foster a culture of learning within the school community, and heads the Corporate Communication Committee where she oversees various publications, photography and publicity platforms. Prior to this, she taught General Paper, Project Work, and Knowledge and Inquiry at Anderson Junior College before moving on to be a curriculum planning officer at the Curriculum Planning and Development Division in MOE Headquarters. Florence has an MA in Applied Linguistics, an Ed.M in Adult Learning and Leadership and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is interested in exploring the different ways students, and teachers as adult learners, learn and how she can facilitate this learning process.
 

3) Mr. Mark J. Wilkinson
Lecturer
English Language & Literature
National Institute of Education, Singapore
Mark Wilkinson is a lecturer at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. He teaches communication skills for teachers, English phonology, digital journalism for English language enhancement, and children’s literature. His research interests include CALL, ESL/EFL, digital literacies, communication skills, and project-based learning.
 

4) Mr. Mashor Arshad
Assistant Director
Media Design for Learning (MDL) Branch
Educational Technology Division
Ministry of Education
 Mashor Arshad is a trained Education Officer who taught Geography at secondary level, Economics and General Paper at JC level before joining the Ministry of Education as a Media Producer. He is involved in the designing and production of audio and video resources to support the curriculum, teacher training and corporate communications, and has been a jury member for the Schools Digital Media Awards for over 10 years. Today, Mashor oversees collaborations between the Media Design for Learning (MDL) Branch and various MOE Divisions in the development of learning and teaching resources as well as provides consultancy and training in media production. Mashor also plays a key role in ensuring that audio and video productions developed by MDL are of the highest quality.
 

5) Ms. Trudy Lim
Senior Lecturer
School of Communication, Arts & Social Studies
Singapore Polytechnic
 Trudy Lim was a journalist for almost 20 years with SPH, first with The Straits Times, and then with The New Paper. She has worked as a reporter, news editor, copy processor, copy taster and sub-editor. She has a passion for news. For the last 10 years, she has taught journalism and media to students in the Diploma in Media and Communication course at Singapore Polytechnic.
 
 
Prizes : Gold Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Gold Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $50 Times the Bookshop voucher (for students)
3 X $30 Popular Bookstore voucher (for students)
Silver Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Silver Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $30 Times the Bookshop voucher (for students)
3 X $25 Popular Bookstore voucher (for students)
Bronze Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Bronze Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $20 Times the Bookshop voucher (for students)
3 X $20 Popular Bookstore voucher (for students)
Merit Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Merit Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $15 Times the Bookshop voucher (for students)
3 X $10 Popular Bookstore voucher (for students)
Merit Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Merit Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $15 Times the Bookshop voucher (for students)
3 X $10 Popular Bookstore voucher (for students)
Certificate of Participation -
All participants will receive a certificate of participation.
Organised By :
  1. Raffles Girls’ Primary School
  2. Teevers Pte Ltd
In Support Of : Speak Good English Movement (SGEM)
Sponsors :
  1. Speak Good English Movement (SGEM)
  2. Times Experience Pte Ltd
  3. Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd
  4. Raffles Girls’ Primary School
  5. Teevers Pte Ltd
Contact : If you have queries, please email us at: support@teevers.com

Event Timetable

Briefing and Training Day
1 March 2017, 2:30pm to 5:00pm

Time Activity
2:15pm Registration
2:30pm Opening Address by Vice-Principal of Raffles Girls’ Primary School
2:35pm Safety Briefing
2:45pm Program Introduction
2:50pm NewsMaker Hands-On
3:45pm Tea-Break
4:15pm NewsMaker Hands-On (Continue)
5:00pm Competition Briefing with Q&A
5:30pm End of Competition Briefing and Training Day

 

Prize Presentation Day
29 March 2017, 2:30pm to 4:00pm

Time Activity
2:15pm Registration and Collection of Door Gifts / Viewing of Competition Videos
2:30pm Welcome Address by Emcee
2:35pm Speech by Guest of Honor
2:45pm Presentation by Marshall Cavendish Education
3:10pm Speech by Chief Judge
3:15pm Presentation of Certificate of Participation
3:25pm Presentation of Certificate of Participation
3:40pm Photo-Taking
3:50pm Refreshment
4:00pm End of NewsMaker Awards Singapore 2017