Recycling Programme in Telok Kurau Secondary School

In February 2007, the school started a recycling corner outside the canteen.

Three new recycling bins were given by Alvater Sulor: one for paper products, one for plastics & other recyclables and one for the Recycling Competition.

The teacher-in-charge of the Environment Club gave an assembly talk on waste minimization and 3Rs in the school hall.

The Recycling Bins were brought onto the stage and the whole school was shown the kind of products to be recycled and where they were to be placed.

The Recycling Competition is open to all classes the whole year round. All students, parents and teachers  have been encouraged to bring newspapers and old clothings from home. Collection is done every Friday after school at 1 pm by the Environment Club members.

Two prizes every term have been given out to the two classes that have the highest collection. There will be one overall highest collector prize to be given at the end of the year.  

In the first semester, four classes with the highest collection were given LED torchlight, umbrellas & pouches  sponsored by NEA. They are as follows:

Term One :  3 Commitment and 3 Harmony
Term Two :  2 Loyalty and 3 Commitment

 There is a noticeboard on recycling information beside the recycling bins.

Announcement on the amount of collection is updated weekly on the IT portal.

Environment Club Activities 2007

January, 2007
Collection of recyclables : paper, aluminium cans, tetrapack, cardboard, glass and plastics.

1 Feb 2007
Assembly talk by NEA Ms Neo Fung Ling on Dengue Prevention

6 Feb 2007
Hands-on session by NEA staff on mosquito breeding grounds

26 Feb 2007
Assembly talk cum demonstration on waste minimization & 3Rs by the Environment Club members and teacher-in-charge

1 Mar 2007
Sharing of gardening expertise with teachers and Green Club students from Chung Cheng High School

2 Mar 2007
Start of the collection of newspapers and old clothings from homes 

13 Apr 2007 ( 7 to 9 pm )

Walkabout with grassroot leaders and MP Dr Ong Seh Hong and NEA officers at Eunos Crescent Block 25

Environment Club members as Dengue Ambassadors to educate the HDB 3-Room flat dwellers on mozzie prevention

14 April 2007
Three Environment Club members participated in the National Environment Quiz at Nan Hua High School

18 April 2007 ( 3.30 – 5.30 pm )
Collection of newspapers from Eunosville Blks. 822, 824, 826, 828, 830, 832, 834, 836

18 Apr 2007 ( 7 – 9 pm)
Walkabout with grassroot leaders and MP Dr Ong Seh Hong at Eunosville

Environment Club members as Dengue Ambassadors to educate the HDB Executive flat dwellers on mozzie prevention  

17 June 2007
Hougang Health Day 2007 cum Dengue Prevention launch by MP Mrs Lim Hwee Hwa. Walkabout with grassroot leaders and NEA officers at Hougang Blks 301 & 302, 306 – 310 and 316 - 319

Environment Club members as Dengue Ambassadors to educate the HDB 3 Room flat dwellers on mozzie prevention 

19 July 2007
Sharing of dengue prevention tips: Environmental Club members walkabout the school grounds with class Environmental Managers

2 Aug 2007
House to house visit along Lorong G Telok Kurau

Mozzie check & education cum collection of newspapers and  recyclables

13 August 2007
Humanities Week:

-Fashion Garbage Show at school assembly

-Class competition on the use of recyclables to dress up students

-Collection of tin cans and plastic containers

25 August 2007

-Exhibition on ‘Garden Harvest’ at Zhongzheng Primary School
-Compost using organic recyclables like wood chips, dried leaves, egg shells, coffee/teabags and rotten fruit
-Preserved garden products: bottlegourds, spongegourds and wintermelon
-Video on the school garden