Vol
10 No 6
Surprise
visit by a Very Important Pelican
Birds of Wetland Project II
Art in the Wetlands
Celebrate Nature
A 'Sungei' Runs Through It
HSBC/NYAA Youth Environmental Award 2005
Bird Flu: Frequently Asked Questions |
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in the Wetlands
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Ng
Sock Ling
assistant director
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| Rachel
Wong, 13, was doing something different today. Holding a shoe box
in one hand, with her hair dappled in sunlight, she was meticulously
sifting through fallen leaves, seeds and gravel near the Main Bridge
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves. She was preoccupied with an environmental
concern – the hole in Earth’s ozone layer – and was looking for items
to add to her collage piece to highlight this concern. |
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Green Cities in the Eyes of a Child
by Sembawang Secondary School
Mirror Image
by Sembawang Secondary School
Enjoy Nature in Garden City
by Hillgrove Secondary School
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Rachel was part
of a group of 21 art lovers who participated in Sungei Buloh Wetland
Reserve’s ‘Art for the Environment’ workshop on 18 and 25 June 2005.
Targeted at secondary school students, the workshop was sponsored
by the Singapore Press Holdings Foundation (SPH Foundation), with
the aim of enabling students to gain a better appreciation of nature
through art.
The art workshop attracted students from six schools, namely Crescent
Girls School, Haig Girls School, Hillgrove Secondary School, Sembawang
Secondary School, Tanjong Katong Girls School and Yishun Town Secondary
School. They learnt about the art of collage making from SBWR Volunteer
and resident artists, Mr Tham Pui San. More importantly, Pui San reminded
them through newspaper clippings, the environmental concerns facing
our planet and how they can make a difference.
An art competition was held as part of the workshop to encourage the
students to deliver an environmental message to their peers using
their artistic skills.
Working in teams, the students put their hearts and minds into producing
collages with an environmental message of their choice.
The winning work, entitled “Green Cities in the Eyes of a Child”,
was created by the Sembawang Secondary School team. It will be produced
into a poster calendar for 2006 and be distributed to all schools.
The art pieces done by the workshop participants will also be exhibited
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve from November to December 2005.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is grateful to its sponsor the Singapore
Press Holdings Foundation, SBWR Volunteers Pui San and Deborah, and
the participants in making possible the ‘Art for the Environment’
workshop. |
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