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- To widen students’ knowledge in the project topic through research and collaboration.
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:Loading the player...
Each participating school will send a team comprising three Primary 4 students and one teacher mentor. Each participating school can only send one team.
On Competition Day, 19/3/2020, participants will learn how to use NewsMaker, the immersive digital video-news making software. Each team will complete and submit its video by 2pm on the same day. 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 appeals. Then, the winners will be announced at 4:15pm during the Prize Presentation Ceremony.
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.
Mr. Jason Leow
Jason Leow is currently the Managing Director, Head of Corporate Affairs & Communications at GIC.
With over 20 years of professional experience, Jason has been in a range of industries, from media to engineering services. He has advised senior executives in organizations undergoing global restructuring, and has led multi-country marketing campaigns. Before GIC, he was the General Manager, External Relations for Shell companies in Singapore. Before Shell, he was global head of marketing communications at Meinhardt. Before that he was Asia Pacific change communications lead at AECOM, based in Shanghai. He has been a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, based in New York and Shanghai, and China Bureau Chief for The Straits Times, based in Beijing.
Jason is passionate about future-of-work issues and entrepreneurship. He founded and runs a coaching and psychotherapy practice that works with business executives and youth coping with workplace transformations. He is a volunteer at Aidha, a Singapore NGO empowering women through financial literacy and entrepreneurship. In 2018, he was a judge at the Mumbrella Asia Awards.
Jason has been a recipient of the Raffles (Chevening) scholarship, the Wall Street Journal Fellowship in Asia, as well as the New York Financial Writers Association award. He is a graduate of New York University, Goldsmith College (London) and the National University of Singapore.
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Gold Award Certificate (for students)
Silver Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Silver Award Certificate (for students)
Bronze Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Bronze Award Certificate (for students)
Merit Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Merit Award Certificate (for students)
- Raffles Girls’ Primary School
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Event Timetable
19 March 2020, Thursday| Time | Activity | |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome Address by School Leader Safety Briefing A safety briefing will be conducted before the event to inform participants of the safety procedure in case of an emergency. | |
| 8:45 - 10:00 | NewsMaker Software Training @Performing Arts Theatre | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Tea break | |
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Production | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Production & Submission by 2.00pm | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Judging | Tea break |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Certificate presentation and distribution of goodie bags | |
| 15:15 - 16:15 | Special Program for Participants | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Prize Presentation | |
| 16:45 | End of event | |