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Source:
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TRIM AND FIT AND MINDEF PHYSICAL FITNESS
PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2006 |
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Trim and Fit Awards |
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) presents the
Trim and Fit (TAF) Awards annually to schools in recognition of their
efforts in improving physical fitness and reducing obesity in their
schools. |
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This year, TAF Awards are presented to
307 schools in recognition of their efforts and achievements in
the TAF Programme for 2006. |
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163 schools will receive the Gold
Awards while 144 will receive the Silver Awards (see Annex 1). |
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Each year, schools are banded
according to their fitness index, results in the National Physical
Fitness Award (NAPFA) test and percentage of overweight students. |
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The TAF banding criteria are given in
Annex 2. Schools in Band A will receive the Gold Award while
schools in Band B will receive the Silver Award. |
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MINDEF Physical Fitness Performance
Award |
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The Ministry of Defence will be
presenting the MINDEF Physical Fitness Performance Award (MPFPA)
to 11 Junior Colleges (JCs) and Millennia Institute this year. |
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The award is given to JCs and the
Centralised Institute (CI) as their final-year students have
achieved the qualifying Gold/Silver pass rate in the National
Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA). The aim is to recognise their
efforts in promoting physical fitness. |
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MPFPA recipients will each receive a
monetary award based on the number of final-year students who have
achieved the Gold/Silver standard for NAPFA. |
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In addition, the JCs/CI Best Performer
Award and Most Improved Award recipients will be given an
additional monetary incentive of $3,000 and $1,500 respectively.
Besides the monetary award, MPFPA recipients will each receive a
trophy. |
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This year, Millennia Institute will
receive the Best Performer Award and Anglo-Chinese JC will receive
the Most Improved Award. |
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The Merit Award will be presented to
Anderson JC, Anglo-Chinese JC, Catholic JC, Hwa Chong Institution,
Innova JC, Jurong JC, Meridian JC, National JC, Serangoon JC, St.
Andrew¨s JC and Victoria JC. |
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Holistic Health Framework |
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The TAF Programme has been effective
in raising physical fitness and reducing obesity among our
students. |
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Moving forward, schools will adopt a
holistic approach in health promotion through the Holistic Health
Framework (HHF). |
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In May 2006, Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister
of State for Education, announced the HHF during the CHERISH (CHampioning
Efforts Resulting in Improved School Health) Award Ceremony. |
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The thrust of HHF is the total
well-being of each student. In line with this, schools¨ health
promotion efforts will now include physical, mental and social
health. Opportunities will be given to students to develop the
skills and attitudes to live healthily and sustain a healthy
lifestyle even after they leave school. |
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The HHF encompasses the formal and
non-formal curricula. Formal curriculum includes health education
and physical education while the non-formal curriculum comprises
co-curricular activities, enrichment programmes and life skills. |
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Under the HHF, schools will engage the
support of their stakeholders in health promotion since the total
well-being of school children is a shared responsibility of
parents, schools and the community. |
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Joint HPB-MOE CHERISH Award |
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To complement the HHF, MOE and the
Health Promotion Board (HPB) will give out the Joint HPB-MOE
CHERISH Award in 2008 to recognize schools for their health
promotion efforts. |
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The Joint HPB-MOE CHERISH Award is
included in the MOE Masterplan of Awards. |
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More..... (Annexes) |
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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg Press Release
19 Mar 2007 |
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