INFORMATION PACKAGEfor participants and teacher-facilitators

© 2019, Communications and Engagement Group, Ministry of Education

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contents03 / our schools, our stories

04 / quick guide

05 / rules & regulations

08 / copyright

09 / name your files

10 / submission

11 / judging & awards

12 / osos workshop

13 / need inspiration?

14 / photo story samples

For more information, visit:https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

or email:schoolstoriesMOE@gmail.com

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Our schools

Our stories“Our Schools, Our Stories” (OSOS) photo contest is back!

Last year, over 13,000 people had the chance to view your school stories at the “Our Schools, Our Stories” roving photo exhibition across 6 locations in Singapore.

In all, you shared over 700 stories with us last year and we know that you have so many more stories of your students, teachers, and other school staff, and the memories that you laughed and bonded over to offer.

Flip through the pages of this information package and browse through the amazing photos submitted by OSOS 2018 winners to get inspired.

Then through your lenses, take us on your school adventures!

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Quick guide1 2 3 4

New to the Our Schools, Our Stories (OSOS) photo contest? We’ve made it easier for you to participate! Read our 4-step introduction and start snapping away!

Submit your entry online

Curate yourphoto story

Brainstorm and start shooting

Form a team

https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

Ensure that your files are named correctly (see page 9)

Log on to https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

Submit your entry by 5 July 2019, 11.59pm

If you are a... Choose one of the contest themes, start planning andsnap away.

Use your selected photos and tell us your photo story in around 50 to 150 words.

Detailed guidelines for the contest can be found on pages 5-11.

• Take part in the Junior Category• Form a group of 2 or 3• Prepare a photo story with 4 - 6 photos

• Take part in the Youth Category• Form a group of 2 or 3• Prepare a photo story with 5 -7 photos

• Take part in the MOE Staff Category • Form a team of 1 • Prepare a photo story with 7 - 10 photos

Pri 5-6 or Sec 1-2 student

Sec 3-5 or JC 1-2 student

MOE Staff

Priceless Moments

Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary School Life

My School Community

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rules & regulationsOVERVIEW1. Each school may submit as many entries as they wish.

2. Each photo story must comprise a set of photographs from only one of the following categories.

3. For the Junior and Youth categories, each entry should be produced by a team of 2-3 student members. A student cannot be a member of more than one team.

4. Teacher-facilitator: Each team in the Junior and Youth Category must have a teacher-facilitator who is from the same school as the students.

5. The teacher-facilitator acts as a point of contact between the organisers and the team. He should not be doing any substantial work on behalf of the students, but he is allowed to brainstorm with, advise or guide students on whether they are heading in the correct direction. The teacher-facilitator can be the same for all the teams from the same school.

6. The teacher-facilitator will help the team(s) to register and submit their entries online at: https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

7. The closing date for the entire submission is midnight of 5 July 2019. Late entries will not be entertained.

Junior Category(P5-6/Sec 1-2)

4 - 6 photos per entry

Youth Category(Sec 3-5/JC 1-2)

5 - 7 photos per entry

MOE Staff Category

7 - 10 photos per entry

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PHOTO STORY1. Participants can choose any of the following themes for their photo story.

2. A photo story should comprise of these components:

3. Each set of photos should come from the same theme.

4. Photo resolution and format: The resolution of the photos should be at least 2560 x 1920 pixels. The photo file format must be in JPEG (.jpg).

5. Photos must be original. Minor editing (for brightness & contrast) to the photo is allowed.

6. Photos should be in colour.

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Set of Photos 50 - 150 words to describe your photo story+

Priceless Moments

Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary School Life

My School Community

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PHOTO STORY (cont.)7. Photos must NOT include watermarks, borders or signatures.

8. Photos submitted must be those taken after 1 Jan 2018.

9. Entries must not have been previously submitted for other competitions or accepted for broadcast through any public media (e.g. Internet, radio, television).

10. Entries must not be concurrently submitted for other competitions, distributed, broadcast or otherwise made public, until the results of this competition are announced.

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copyright1. Seeking permission from photo subjects: Participants are responsible for taking all steps necessary to protect the rights of persons depicted, including but not limited to obtaining their permission. Participants are responsible for the resolution of any legal issues arising from their works.

2. Photos should be in good taste, and must not contain any image that are deemed indecent, blasphemous, libellous, offensive, pornographic, politically insensitive, racially insensitive, or otherwise unlawful or depict any inappropriate activity. Ministry of Education reserves the rights to reject any entry that is deemed to be inappropriate.

3. Participants must ensure that there is no plagiarism or violation of copyrighted work. Permission must be granted from the original creator or copyright owner if any non-original elements (such as supporting photographs, images, screen shots etc.) are used.

4. The Ministry of Education shall be entitled to use the materials contained in the entries, in full or partially, to advertise, publicise, in various media of its choosing, including, but not limited to, newspapers, magazines, publications, radio, television, public screenings and any other electronic media including, but not limited to, the Internet, or for other purposes in a manner it deems fit to showcase our education system.

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name your files1. Participants are required to submit their photos of their story online.

2. To ensure that your entry are received successfully, each image file should be named to this format:

<Category>_<Theme>_<Full School Name>_<Participant1’s Name>_<Photo Order>

Use these acronyms for the selected theme:• Priceless Moments = PM• Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary School Life = OSD• My School Community = MSC

Example: Category: Junior Theme: Priceless MomentsSchool: MOE Primary School No. of photos: 5Name of Participant 1: Angie Tan

Your files should be named as shown below:

Junior_PM_MoePrimarySchool_AngieTan_1.jpgJunior_PM_MoePrimarySchool_AngieTan_2.jpg Junior_PM_MoePrimarySchool_AngieTan_3.jpg Junior_PM_MoePrimarySchool_AngieTan_4.jpg Junior_PM_MoePrimarySchool_AngieTan_5.jpg

Name File Type

JPG FileJPG FileJPG FileJPG FileJPG File

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submission1. Participants are required to submit the original high-quality files of all the images individually online. 2. You will be required to fill in these details at the submission page.

• Title of photo story • 50-150 words about your photo story • School name • Category (Junior/Youth/MOE Staff) • Theme (PM, OSD, MSC) • Full names of participant(s) • Name of teacher-faciliator (if applicable)

3. Entries that are incomplete, incorrectly filled in and/or submitted late will be disqualified.

4. The organisers will send you an email to acknowledge receipt of your entry. This email does not, however, imply that you have fulfilled all the requirements or that you have not been disqualified.

5. Submit your entries via this URL: https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS Scan to visit site:

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Judging & awardsJUDGING CRITERIA1. The judges’ decision is final. 2. Entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

AWARDS1. Every participant will receive an e-certificate of participation.

2. Awards will be given for each theme and category.

3. The awards and prizes for the following categories are as follow:

4. Ministry of Education reserves the rights to change or replace the prize with another of equal or greater value should the featured prize become unavailable. Prizes are not exchangeable for cash.

Junior CategoryBest Photo Story Award• $400 Vouchers• Plaque for each member 2 Honourable Mentions• $200 Vouchers• Plaque for each member

Youth CategoryBest Photo Story Award• $400 Vouchers• Plaque for each member 2 Honourable Mentions• $200 Vouchers• Plaque for each member

MOE Staff CategoryBest Photo Story Award• $400 Vouchers• Plaque

2 Honourable Mentions• $200 Vouchers• Plaque

Technical Quality50%

Storytelling & Creativity50%

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osos workshopPHOTO STORY WORKSHOPTo give students and teachers a head start, we have arranged for two sessions (one for primary students and another for secondary and JC/MI students) with an expert at the Canon Imaging Academy to guide teachers and students on the processes of taking good photographs and developing their photo story.

Due to limited vacancies, each school is allowed to nominate 1 teacher and 3 students to represent their school. Notes from the workshop will be made available to all as well.

The workshop dates and information are as follows:

Primary School WorkshopFriday, 26 April 2019 2.00 - 5.30pm* Academy of Singapore Teachers2 Malan Rd, Singapore 109433

Secondary/JC WorkshopThursday, 18 April 2019 2.00 - 5.30pm* Academy of Singapore Teachers2 Malan Rd, Singapore 109433

Register by 10 April 2019 at https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

Zinkie Aw is a Singaporean photographer who does street photography. Zinkie will take you through some basics of photography and how to take interesting photos that will tell your stories better.

THE EXPERT

Photo and information credits: Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.

* Light refreshments provided

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need inspiration?PHOTO STORY IDEASWondering how to develop the theme for your photo story? Get more ideas from the OSOS website, from the OSOS 2018 winners. Do note that these examples are just suggestions and you can still explore your own interpretations for the themes.

Priceless Moments• The journey which the sports team took to prepare for their tournament• Working on a science/art project together • Bonding over snack time/recess/lunch

Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary School Life• How the drama club students prepared for a school musical • How sports day is conducted in school • Learning journey to the Museum as part of art lessons

My School Community• Inspiring friends/colleagues/staff/parent in the school• A staff member who makes a difference in many student’s lives• Unsung heroes in the school

need inspiration?

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photo story samples

PricelessMoments

Junior Category

PHOTO STORY SAMPLESAttached in the following are some ideas for how your photo stories can unfold. We have prepared 4 sets of photo stories featuring samples from each theme and category. Teacher-faciliatators or participants may use these samples to understand the components of a photo story.

Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary

School Life

Junior Category

Ordinary School Day, Extraordinary

School Life

Youth Category

My School Community

MOE Staff Category

VISIT THE OUR SCHOOL, OUR STORIES WEBSITE FOR MORE!https://www.moe.gov.sg/OSOS

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Sample #1CATEGORY: JUNIORTHEME: PRICELESS MOMENTSTITLE: FROM HARD WORK TO SUCESS

INTRODUCTION

From our daily practice to the tense final secondsbefore we go on stage and perform. It is clear that thereis no success without hard work, effort and diligence.We practise, and practise and keep practising.

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Sample #2CATEGORY: JUNIORTHEME: ORDINARY SCHOOL DAY, EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL LIFETITLE: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PINKIE

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We water bottles are important as we accompany our owners to the interesting school activities. The water we carryquenches their body’s thirst even as they quench their thirst for knowledge! Follow me to see what I do with my owner Adriana as we create new adventures during recess, PE and lessons during different periods of the day.

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Sample #3CATEGORY: YOUTHTHEME: ORDINARY SCHOOL DAY, EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL LIFETITLE: NURTURING TALENTS, DEEPENING ONE’S PASSION

INTRODUCTION

From the biennial Chung Cheng Arts Fest to our School Sports Meet, you can be assured that our schoolmates will riseto the occasion and do our very best to make our school proud of our CCAs. Even if it means taking off our shoes to feelgrounded in English Drama, our students will do it!

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Sample #4CATEGORY: MOE STAFFTHEME: MY SCHOOL COMMUNITYTITLE: CARING FROM OUR HEARTS

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It takes a whole village to raise a child. All of us strive to provide a safe and caring learning environment. We impart our pupils with the right values, knowledge and skills so that they are future-ready. And it starts outside school, with our parents.

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